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Living With the Radicals

by John Cole|  March 28, 20051:43 pm| 9 Comments

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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

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  1. 1.

    disinherited

    March 28, 2005 at 2:02 pm

    Extremists usually end by devouring their own.

  2. 2.

    Defense Guy

    March 28, 2005 at 2:12 pm

    Impotence in the face of life and death can lead to bad behavior.

  3. 3.

    B. Minich, PI

    March 28, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    Wow, I never thought I would see the words “Read Sullivan” strung together here.

  4. 4.

    Walt

    March 28, 2005 at 3:25 pm

    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.”

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    Tom

    March 28, 2005 at 6:22 pm

    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

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    Gary Farber

    March 28, 2005 at 8:15 pm

    “Read Sullivan.”

    Please forgive me for my reaction to this, which I leave unspoken, he said, giggling.

    ;-)

  7. 7.

    CaseyL

    March 28, 2005 at 9:06 pm

    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.

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    Kimmitt

    March 28, 2005 at 9:28 pm

    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

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    Mr Furious

    March 29, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    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.

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