Comments on: A Reply to Jeff Jarvis http://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jimmie Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:52:06 +0000 /?p=626#comment-79 I'm in absolute agreement - on both issues! Get out your calendar because I'm about to whack the President (lightly here, but maybe a lot harder in another post). McCain-Finegold was horrible, horrible law and the President couldn't have been more wrong in signing it. It's rare to know that a President actually signed a law, expecting that the Supreme Court will find it unconstitutional. That was...well...inexplicable with any but purely political logic. I'm in absolute agreement – on both issues!

Get out your calendar because I'm about to whack the President (lightly here, but maybe a lot harder in another post). McCain-Finegold was horrible, horrible law and the President couldn't have been more wrong in signing it. It's rare to know that a President actually signed a law, expecting that the Supreme Court will find it unconstitutional. That was…well…inexplicable with any but purely political logic.

]]> By: Robbiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Robbie Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:40:15 +0000 /?p=626#comment-78 I won't argue any of those points, my bro. Frankly, as with most everyone else, I'm getting a bit tired of the story. Yes, Kerry did bring all this on himself by using this Vietnam service as the centerpiece of his campaign; and as nasty as it is, I suppose it should be addressed. But there are more pressing issues, I think, that need to be discussed in both campaigns. And I, too, would LOVE to see and end to the 527s! I won't argue any of those points, my bro. Frankly, as with most everyone else, I'm getting a bit tired of the story. Yes, Kerry did bring all this on himself by using this Vietnam service as the centerpiece of his campaign; and as nasty as it is, I suppose it should be addressed. But there are more pressing issues, I think, that need to be discussed in both campaigns.

And I, too, would LOVE to see and end to the 527s!

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Jimmie Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:32:56 +0000 /?p=626#comment-77 Fair, enough Robbie. He certainly could have been in Cambodia at some time for some reason. But it wasn't on Christmas Day, 1968 and it wasn't at the behest of Richard Nixon. And it sure as hell wasn't "seared - seared" into his memory. If he exaggerated back in his diaries to make himself look better, well that's creepy, but I'm not going to crucify him for it. But if he exaggerated the story even though he knew it not to be true in order to change foreign policy, that's a different story. Fair, enough Robbie. He certainly could have been in Cambodia at some time for some reason. But it wasn't on Christmas Day, 1968 and it wasn't at the behest of Richard Nixon.

And it sure as hell wasn't "seared – seared" into his memory.

If he exaggerated back in his diaries to make himself look better, well that's creepy, but I'm not going to crucify him for it. But if he exaggerated the story even though he knew it not to be true in order to change foreign policy, that's a different story.

]]> By: Robbiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Robbie Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:16:49 +0000 /?p=626#comment-76 <b><a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2105529/" rel="nofollow">A little more about Christmas Eve.</a></b> A little more about Christmas Eve.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Jimmie Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:55:52 +0000 /?p=626#comment-70 Maybe, Donnah, but I've considered him a pretty smart guy and not unlike a lot of othre folks out there. I figure if I have something that makes sense to him and makes him think, then it's going to make a lot of other folks think, too. Maybe, Donnah, but I've considered him a pretty smart guy and not unlike a lot of othre folks out there. I figure if I have something that makes sense to him and makes him think, then it's going to make a lot of other folks think, too.

]]> By: Donnahhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/08/22/a-reply-to-jeff-jarvis/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Donnah Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:14:48 +0000 /?p=626#comment-69 Dag, Jimmie, he's just another blogger, and can be just as big a dumba$$ as anybody. Dag, Jimmie, he's just another blogger, and can be just as big a dumba$$ as anybody.

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