Comments on: When “elitism” fails, try… http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml#comment-683 tychay Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:55:31 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/so-the-elistist-tactic-didnt-work.shtml#comment-683 Swiftboating didn’t work? Now they have to pull out that Valerie Plame revenge stuff: <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/harriet-miers/bang-the-frum-slowly-131320.php" title="Bang the Frum Slowly—Wonkette" rel="nofollow">David Frum</a> (mentioned here) and <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/bruce-bartlett/righty-fratricide-no-one-gets-away-clean-131611.php" title="Righty Fatricide: No One Gets Away Clean—Wonkette" rel="nofollow">Bruce Bartlette</a>. Air a bit too rarefied when you are on top of the world? Swiftboating didn’t work? Now they have to pull out that Valerie Plame revenge stuff: David Frum (mentioned here) and Bruce Bartlette.

Air a bit too rarefied when you are on top of the world?

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml#comment-680 tychay Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:25:54 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/so-the-elistist-tactic-didnt-work.shtml#comment-680 An amusing <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-crittenden/the-secret-im-conversatio_b_9042.html" title="Bush seeks advice from Clinton—Danielle Crittenden" rel="nofollow">IM conversation about Miers</a>. An amusing IM conversation about Miers.

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml#comment-675 tychay Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:20:35 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/so-the-elistist-tactic-didnt-work.shtml#comment-675 It failed, of course. <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1118316,00.html" title="Why They Can't Hit The Right Note—Time" rel="nofollow">Third times the charm?</a> I love how they are swift-boating their own. How productive is that? I wonder what concessions the Democrats will get for voting for/against Miers? It failed, of course. Third times the charm? I love how they are swift-boating their own. How productive is that?

I wonder what concessions the Democrats will get for voting for/against Miers?

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml#comment-673 tychay Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:30:34 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/so-the-elistist-tactic-didnt-work.shtml#comment-673 I linked Dave Frum’s piece under "their own attack dogs" and he <a href="http://frum.nationalreview.com/archives/10112005.asp#079226" title="A sinking nomination" rel="nofollow">continues with more</a>. Realize this is coming from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frum" title="David Frum—Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">the former neocon speechwriter of the Bush administration</a>. Here is an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101321.html" title="" rel="nofollow">analysis from the Op-Ed of the Washington Post</a> which jives with my reading of things: the Right has too-long listened to their own mythology of a new conservative resurgence when in reality they were at their peak. They and the rest of America have parted ways and they are looking around and find that they don’t like the company they keep. I linked Dave Frum’s piece under “their own attack dogs” and he continues with more. Realize this is coming from the former neocon speechwriter of the Bush administration.

Here is an analysis from the Op-Ed of the Washington Post which jives with my reading of things: the Right has too-long listened to their own mythology of a new conservative resurgence when in reality they were at their peak. They and the rest of America have parted ways and they are looking around and find that they don’t like the company they keep.

]]> By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/elitism-sexism.shtml#comment-672 tychay Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:04:46 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/so-the-elistist-tactic-didnt-work.shtml#comment-672 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/10/12/conservative-columnist-bi_n_8746.html" title="The best alternative would be for Miers to withdraw…—Bill Kristol" rel="nofollow">Whoop! there it is</a>! Whoop! there it is!

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