I read in one newspaper article that 10% of the US electorate still believe that Obama is muslim. I guess that is the power of soundbite tv news.
More the power of (lack of) education, that's why no ruling party / class / whatever you call it has an interest in improving education levels (too much). You can find this in Marx' books, but common sense tells it as well.
More the power of (lack of) education, that's why no ruling party / class / whatever you call it has an interest in improving education levels (too much).
May I just say, "Simply wow."
"Sorry, guv'nor. I oughtn't to have left me da's farm 'n gotten meself one of them thare edjamacation things. I didn't know I was upsettin' the rulin' class."
There appears to be a deliberate hiding of his upbringing. Why? You are absolutely correct that the man is being evaluated, not the mother.
I humbly and respectfully call bullsh!t on that comment. There have been at least two major articles in Time and Newsweek on his mother. You also seem to be insinuating there is some sort of cover up at best and deliberate lies at worst.
It would be fair to say the GOP candidates were also likely to be far more right-wing than they let on. But to focus on their red-neck parents would hardly have been cricket, just as highlighting the fact that Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian, to undermine his family values, would have been a low blow.
I still don't see why his mothers political persuasion can detract from her, or his, all-Americaness. If so, there is something to be said for the fact that even here in the UK, Englishness transcends class or politics.
@brick: a U.S. Governor is only executing organ for the ruling class and in fact doesn't have to be very well educated, too (GWB just as an example ^^)
"Neocon" is simply a pejorative used in an attempt to end the discussion. There is no such party or formal association. A conservative American is often called such when other arguments fail. The term has more emotive appeal than 'conservative' but is otherwise without definition.
The National review is probably one of the most right-wing neo-con publications out there.
Really, you got the poll results to support that assumption? Just because that is what you believe does not make it fact.
That the 'The National Review' is more pro conservative than liberal is true, that the 'The National Review' is more Republican Party than Democratic Party is true. However, hardly a "the most-right wing, neo-con publication".
I suppose that in your eyes the 'New York Times' is fair and balanced with no bias toward the Democratic Party what so ever. Just like the BBC.
"Neocon" is simply a pejorative used in an attempt to end the discussion.
It should, perhaps, then be pointed out, that several "Neocons" have described themselves as such.
Are we to infer then, that these people are somewhat ambivalent about their philosophical position? Or did they just forget in which house they left their alter ego.
It should, perhaps, then be pointed out, that several "Neocons" have described themselves as such.
However, not in my case, I have been labeled a "neo-con" numerous times whereas I firmly believe I am not. Conservative yes, but hardly a Neanderthal, knuckle dragging, ultra right-wing neo-con.
"Neocon" is simply a pejorative used in an attempt to end the discussion. There is no such party or formal association. A conservative American is often called such when other arguments fail. The term has more emotive appeal than 'conservative' but is otherwise without definition.
Utter tosh. Neoconservatism is a political philosophy. To say otherwise is somewhat naeive. To say the least.
However we could discuss the relevence of the low brow dumbass terms old and new Europe.
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I suppose that in your eyes the 'New York Times' is fair and balanced with no bias toward the Democratic Party what so ever.
Is that the same New York Times that spread the utter crap about WMDs and carried the story which named an active CIA agent, leaked by that paragon of American patriotism Scooter Libby?
and in fact doesn't have to be very well educated, too (GWB just as an example ^^)
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