Reply #92: while I'll give you snaps for drama

[AtomicKitten]

... you are being just a teensy (!) bit over the top in your 'woe is me' response that only Clarkies suffer the slings and arrows of accusations of hero-worship and you surely did dish it back.

I used the term in the specific sense that although I really admire General Clark, I do not agree with his stance on the ME. There are unfortunately people who go along with anything and everything their candidate of choice says or does. My position is further bolstered by the fact that I would feel exactly the same way should Gore not call for an immediate ceasefire; he has not yet and I do. I realize that flies in the face of the kneejerk response of blame your adversary's candidate repartee that goes on, but there it is nonetheless.

You quoted some of my responses above; I'm flattered you chose them, although I realize you meant to slam me by posting them.

"It would be the thrill of my lifetime, a righteous reckoning that would put the world back on its axis."

"I would venture to say Al Gore would kick the every lovin' shit out any opponent for a myriad of reasons. Dems are dying for a leader, and Al Gore's strong, outspoken, populist move to the left over the last several years is the medicine that will heal America."

Of course, you probably aren't interested in the tiny detail that because the 2000 election was stolen (also 2002 and 2004), a Gore victory in 2008 would be an in-your-face to the Republicans. Also I don't think many would argue with the fact that his speeches since then have been pretty aggressive confrontations of BushCo.

But, again, I am not the type to dispense blanket approval for every statement he utters. So, in spite of the fact that you chose to ridicule me in particular, your criticism is pretty cowardly in that you do it peripherally and not directly. Not that that will stop your attack on me, but this is my response nonetheless.

It's unfortunate that people cannot just accept the fact that we don't all think the same way and that choosing up sides like this is not only juvenile but is a waste of energy. It really is okay to have a difference of opinion and preference for this candidate or that.

And that has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I want an immediate ceasefire in the ME, the genesis of all this bullshit.