Comments on: Irony http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:55:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Elayne Riggs http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138445 Elayne Riggs Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:20:02 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138445 I have to admit to a soft spot for Bill Bradley, since 30 or so years ago he was a tremendous help to my family in helping my dad's cousins emigrate from Romania. Without his aid I don't know if they ever would have escape Ceaucescu's madness. Whatever he's done since then, I will always be grateful for his actions back in the '70s. I have to admit to a soft spot for Bill Bradley, since 30 or so years ago he was a tremendous help to my family in helping my dad’s cousins emigrate from Romania. Without his aid I don’t know if they ever would have escape Ceaucescu’s madness. Whatever he’s done since then, I will always be grateful for his actions back in the ’70s.

]]> By: JKFriz http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138301 JKFriz Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:39:42 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138301 "...you should remember this is a seasoned politician who’s guilty of just about everything of which he accuses Hillary Clinton." Um, he accused Hillary of being secretive and unforthcoming about her tax returns and Clinton Foundation and Clinton Library donors. Are you saying that Bradley is guilty of this, too? I don't really get the references to the 2000 race, either - let's not forget that the 2000 Gore bears essentially no resemblance to the 2008 Gore. This was a guy who ran one of the worst campaigns in recent memory and apparently thought it was a good idea to put Joe Lieberman on the same ticket. As far as the Times essay goes - are you saying that Bradley's wrong here? I gather that his implication is not that charisma is bad in and of itself, but rather that the type of organizing that needs to be done need not focus obsessively on presidential politics. I have some doubts that the Obama campaign embodies this, but when the campaign's over there will certainly be more of a grassroots structure in place than the Clinton campaign would be likely to leave. “…you should remember this is a seasoned politician who’s guilty of just about everything of which he accuses Hillary Clinton.”

Um, he accused Hillary of being secretive and unforthcoming about her tax returns and Clinton Foundation and Clinton Library donors. Are you saying that Bradley is guilty of this, too?

I don’t really get the references to the 2000 race, either - let’s not forget that the 2000 Gore bears essentially no resemblance to the 2008 Gore. This was a guy who ran one of the worst campaigns in recent memory and apparently thought it was a good idea to put Joe Lieberman on the same ticket.

As far as the Times essay goes - are you saying that Bradley’s wrong here? I gather that his implication is not that charisma is bad in and of itself, but rather that the type of organizing that needs to be done need not focus obsessively on presidential politics. I have some doubts that the Obama campaign embodies this, but when the campaign’s over there will certainly be more of a grassroots structure in place than the Clinton campaign would be likely to leave.

]]> By: Steve Smith http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138258 Steve Smith Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:56:58 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/11/20/25/irony-4/#comment-138258 "Pompous, sanctimonious ass?" What did Phil Jackson ever do to you? In any event, none of the passages quoted above has a direct quote from Senator Bradley, merely MSM types paraphrasing him. What were the specific accusations they were referencing? “Pompous, sanctimonious ass?” What did Phil Jackson ever do to you?

In any event, none of the passages quoted above has a direct quote from Senator Bradley, merely MSM types paraphrasing him. What were the specific accusations they were referencing?

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