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6.26.08 @ 12:01AM

ARIANNA'S BACK ALLEYS
Re: Peter Ferrara's Alley Cats of the Left:

Speaking as a Liberal, and I don't mind the capitalization, please don't lump in Huffington with us. Keep in mind that as recently as 2000, she was an Alley Cat of the Right. She was a control freak then and she's a control freak now.

When she realizes that Liberals don't like the government controlling everything either, I'm not sure where she'll go next. China, hopefully.
-- Matthew Huntington
Rochester, Minnesota

Allow me to rework the Queen Twit's (Kos be da King) quote:

"It would help if the media reacted to Huffington[original omitted]'s drivel by treating it with the contempt it deserves instead of dutifully reporting it as if it contained an ounce of logic or sanity."

As I learned it, the ad hominem attack is a sure and first sign of a losing argument. The Royal Couple and their legions lead with it as a matter of routine. How juvenile.
-- Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut

I don't know if I've ever read such blatant lies in my life. I'm sure the author can find good reason to have a two-sided argument about whether blacks should still be enslaved, or that child abuse is a beneficial activity. The pure fact is that conservatives are not interested in small government for the sake of encouraging freedom (see their great backing of expanded military and prisons). Conservatives want smaller government because without someone looking over their shoulder, it makes it much easier to swindle people out of their wages, out of their homes, out of their life savings. It makes it easier for them to get rich by charging extremely high prices for energy and take food out of the mouths of children by forcing their parents to work for less than a living wage. The conservative philosophy with regard to the economy is, "To hell with you...I'm rich!"

The conservatives don't care about education, about the poor, about single mothers, or about people out of work. The only time we see these satans raise their head at all is to protest anything that might take an additional 10% off of their multi-million dollar salaries. Elitists! Except for the less fortunate conservatives who have been tricked into thinking that these rich people actually care about them! It's a joke. I work for an investment bank and so I see everyday how rich people look for ways to pay poor people less and less money. Romney is in this crowd. He made his money by firing poor people at struggling companies.

God will ensure that each and every one gets what they deserve in the end.
-- Adrian S. Roberts

I read a book a few years ago about mathematics where the author stated that our education system has replaced logical reasoning with emotive reasoning. (It was about mathematics, I could not tell you the author's political views). Many of Arianna and her fellow travelers seem to fall into the emotion as argument category. (I think Bill Cosby or another comedian made a reference years ago that, just because you can yell louder doesn't make you more correct). Because they are more passionate and dramatic in their presentations, they must be correct. When emotion drives your actions, it is easy to be made afraid, and when you are afraid, you react by getting rid of what scares you, by whatever means necessary. When you silence dissent or an opposing view, it is easier feel in control. Who wants to be afraid and not be in control of the situation?
-- Rebecca Welton

After reading about the hatchet jobs and ad hominem attacks perpetrated by Huffington et al. at the Huffington Post, I finally find myself to be at a loss for words. Since I can't think of anything myself, I will have to depend on an elder statesman. Yes, the Boy President got it exactly right: "Scumbag!"
-- Ira M. Kessel
Rochester, New York

It doesn't matter which prominent liberal -- Arianna, Keith O., Howard D., Nancy, Harry, and now Barack Obama -- their political message begins and ends by trying to persuade people that:

1. All conservatives are corrupt and inferior. They're evil and dumb! They're full of hatred, they're dishonest, selfish, violent, hypocrites. Conservatives lack intelligence and proper education. They're racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, intolerant, blah, blah, blah....

2. Liberals are superior in every way.

For liberals, this invalidates the need to discuss any issues.

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