Many are beginning to recognize that pandering to lunatics like Randall Terry and his supporters was a bad idea:
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has joined fellow Republicans in shameless grandstanding on this case, at least has refused to be pressured by the Schindlers and others to take extraordinary
disinherited
Extremists usually end by devouring their own.
Defense Guy
Impotence in the face of life and death can lead to bad behavior.
B. Minich, PI
Wow, I never thought I would see the words “Read Sullivan” strung together here.
Walt
A) Randall Terry is one of those folks who never met a TV camera/microphone he didn’t like. He plays to the whole ‘more-radical-than-thou’ dynamic that small, insular groups with constant loyalty-checking indulge in.
B) THe Communist Youth Brigades are acting just as dumb on the other side, grabbing microphones at M. Schiavo’s lawyer’s press conferences to blather on.
C) I don’t know who should be more embarrassed by this. Actually, I do, but Operation Rescue and the RCB seem fundamentally incapable of shame, embarrassment, or any other emotion which might prevent them from herd-charging a camera.
P.S. Cal Thomas is simply engaging in ‘influence without responsibility’. Check Michael Barone for the rest of the quote.
P.P.S. Barney Frank is calling for some discussion about setting definitions, etc. Praise where praise is due, he seems serious and in good faith. I hope they can limit it to fact-finding and discussion, with a side of ‘Here are some ideas for clarifying matters, states.”
Tom
The “Communist Youth Brigade” is almost certainly a ficticious group designed to smear those who are opposed to federal intervention in this case (ala “Billionaires for Bush” or “Communists for Kerry”). To believe otherwise is pretty naieve.
“A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.”
— Eric Hoffer
Gary Farber
“Read Sullivan.”
Please forgive me for my reaction to this, which I leave unspoken, he said, giggling.
;-)
CaseyL
The CYB might be fictitious *now*, but I do remember them as a real group when I attended UF in the 70’s. A real nutcase group, I should say: they had a cereal box-level comprehension of ideology, and a carnival huckster’s sense of reasoned debate.
They were considered a joke then, even by us lefties.
Kimmitt
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has joined fellow Republicans in shameless grandstanding on this case, at least has refused to be pressured by the Schindlers and others to take extraordinary
Mr Furious
Your coverage here has been tremendous. Finding common ground on issues like this with somebody who I am likely to disagree strenuously on everything else is always an enlightening experience.
Gives me hope that you might be salvagable… does that work both ways?
The Sullivan link was great, and I’ve enjoyed my time here over the last few weeks. I’ve added you to my listing of adversarial links at my place, and I’ll be stopping by to see what you have to say about “normal” issues.