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Dear Readers:
Due to some technical glitch, I cannot respond to individual comments. This kept me from replying directly below the essay by Sam Guttenplan, an American philosopher long based in London (amd married to my accomplished cousin Jen.) Sam's nuanced article suggests what I was thinking and trying to say,but he does it better. This is Sam Guttenplan: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/philosophy/our-staff/academics/guttenplan I also inadvertenly cut out a nice comment by Ed Martin -- gone, into the ozone. Maybe the hurricane is messing up the site. And I cannot resist adding this comment from my friend George Mitrovich who worked for Robert F. Kennedy (Dem) and Charles Goodell (Rep.) George forwarded this comment by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, once the chief of staff to Colin Powell, on MSNBC the other night, responding to the vile Sununu comments: "My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as Commander in Chief as President, and everything to do with the color of skin, and that is despicable!" Mitrovich added: "That is not an uncommon view of what has happened to the party of Lincoln, but seldom had it been said with such candor and directness." -- Sounds right to me. GV
tom
10/28/2012 12:18:24 pm
Non-sense. it's the politics.
Brian Savin
10/28/2012 12:20:19 pm
Horsefeathers, George. In my opinion, your post is inappropriate (notwithstanding this is your blog) because it transcends the ability of any fair-minded, trying-to-be-objective person to respond. 10/29/2012 04:06:16 am
George
Brian Savin
10/29/2012 12:06:34 pm
Alan, you are too much of an admitted Democratic Party partisan to be objective. I implore you, please, do not presume to speak for moderates, or, especially, life-long eastern Republicans. We need to go beyond the Jackasses and Elephants if we are to achieve anything in our lifetime together for the good of the country. Let's work together. GV's articles, frankly, are the best sports comments I have ever read, and they are important to me. Because they make me think. But I also know, personally, a lot about this President (whom I voted for enthusiastically) and as Lord Palmerston once actually said (the quote is attributed to others), "I reserve the right to holler 'tripe' whenever tripe is served."
Gene Palumbo
11/2/2012 03:10:49 pm
George has a column in tomorrow's (Saturday's) Times (page D3 of the New York edition) on the decision to call off the marathon: "Wisely Stepping Aside in a Bombarded City,"
Brian Savin
11/2/2012 03:39:00 pm
Yup, perfect. The outliers will get over it. Comments are closed.
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