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June 15, 2004 Poison and hypocrisy Atrios posted a very timely comment from Clinton... This is a great country. Politics is noble work.I've just been doing some interviews in connection with my book, and I told Mr. Ryder (ph) yesterday, I said, "You know, Most the people I've known in this business, Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, were good people, honest people, and they did what they thought was right. And I hope that I'll live long enough to see American politics return to vigorous debates where we argue who's right and wrong, not who's good and bad. [emphasis added]Within a few posts, Atrios describes his opponents as "cowardly", and "stupid" and claims he "wouldn't bother spitting on them if they walked by because they're not worthy of my saliva". No word on whether Atrios suffered any ill effects from the irony. |
"Politics is noble work"
Um....no. Public service is a noble work. Politics is something else entirely.
Posted by: shark at June 15, 2004 10:43 AM
I second that, Shark.
Posted by: jcrue at June 15, 2004 06:36 PM
No word on whether Atrios suffered any ill effects from the irony.
That's assuming Atrios has a conscience. Of course, we know better.
Posted by: Xoxotl at June 15, 2004 07:11 PM
He did post an item titled "Irony", but no, it wasn't about his own.
Maybe he'll point out that posting those thoughts from Clinton didn't constitute agreement with them.
Posted by: Phil at June 16, 2004 01:52 PM