Dehumanizing ordinary [humans]. . . .

Its what separates Man from the other animals.

there is no such thing as history. there are only historians.

During my speech at the NRA a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama," he wrote. "I apologize that my comments were offensive, that was never my intention."

I heard Huckabee make this apology (when he also admitted it was lame) on the air too. He seemed genuinely contrite.  The key word is "genuine."   In comparison, the only time we see the genuine McCain is when he makes spontaneous and embarrassing statements; then he's the real McCoy (with apologies the actual real McCoy).

Words I've heard personally.

Half this country would blindly engage in genocide, and much more than half won't see any problem with these remarks.

I'm digressing here, but this is why Obama has to move to the center. Half the country is, or is potentially, batshit, and that's why McCainiac is in the low to mid 40s having not done much of anything except get associated with Bush. And McCain must be stopped at all costs.

It's not civil to call someone an ass, so we're right back where we've been before, following the soul-less media to the slaughter.  

Death is Americ's #1 export.  What better represents that than a bomber pilot who dares to appear less than civil?  
Another bush indeed.  Will everybody forgive that new joke?

I had a suspicion that it wouldn't be as easy as it first appeared, but eight year-old irony and snark is easily misquoted and there is a large segment of the population without much of a sense of humor. Still, another six years of Norm Coleman?

I think it was the cartoonist Tom Toles who did a piece back during the first Gulf War where a reporter asks "How many Iraqis are you willing to see die so that gas will be so cheap that you can wear nothing but your underwear in your living room?" The answer was immediate and unblinking "All of them."

Ooops, tee hee, they already have it!  JUST JOKING!

Pax

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I was trying to think of an analogy to what would happen if Obama said something parallel, only to realize anew that there is no parallel. It is unthinkable that Obama would stoop to anything resembling this. McCain and the GOP are a whole nother universe. It's called the Dark Side. Which is why I find crap like "reaching out" and "compromise" so disgusting.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

But yeah.  The important thing is: here's good ol' mavericky war hero John McCain facing a populace that's really leery about one more war when it knows we're already losing two in places where we don't belong.  So what's he do? He tries to loosen everybody up by desensitizing them with a tasteless joke about killing people.  It's okay, John-boy, it's them and not us.  Har har.  Tell us a few more.  Maybe we'll start thinking of them as inhuman demons if you keep it up.  After all, it's against the rules to question your integrity.