I wish this wasn't so true.

[madbaker]

"More than any other election in recent memory, this one reminds me of Henry Adams' observation that politics is the systematic organization of hatreds.

"The left-wing political road rage directed at George W. Bush for being dumb and lying about the war reminds me of nothing so much as the right-wing obsessive invective directed at Bill Clinton for being smart and lying about sex. Rush Limbaugh versus Michael Moore, and let the man nursing the most unrequited rage win. The DRAMA and spectacle of the election will be fascinating to watch, but novelists, even more than actors, should be political agnostics."
-Richard Dooling

What I'm reading: Neal Stephenson, In the Beginning... Was the Command Line

Comments

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I'm not offended, and I wasn't actually trying to wind you up. I've been known to thrust a stick into a hornet's nest on occasion to watch the furious buzzing, but I wasn't flame-baiting here.

The original point of the post was to point out that the furious arm-waving on the Left against Bush is virtually identical to the Right's four years ago vs. Clinton. I thought that the author said it far better than I could. And no, I don't think "hate" is too strong a word for what is (and was) expressed on each side.

The fact that we detoured so far from the intent of the post may validate the thesis!

[scendan.livejournal.com]

It could. *grin* I agree that there's a lot of arm-waving on both sides...the thing I stuck on is that, frankly, I think that the arm-waving is more justified on the Left, this time around.

Not always. Just...this time around.

There have been ample times I can think of when that's not the case.

But with this President...yeah. I think Bush is far more of a bad deal than Clinton at his willy-wagging lying worst.

So...that's why I reacted as I did. But by the same token, your point is valid. We'll get further, all of us together, if we can actually try to listen to each other and not just scream and yell. And there's a lot of that on both sides right now.