tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post4756758165230810843..comments2024-02-26T13:34:55.746-06:00Comments on Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy: Civility Died Long Ago, But It Can Be Raised from the DeadComrade Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-13551703501597718192009-09-16T19:53:28.426-05:002009-09-16T19:53:28.426-05:00It's a balance, pure and simple, and few have ...It's a balance, pure and simple, and few have the inner strength and poise it takes, in my opinion.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-74032753043360335132009-09-16T18:32:46.379-05:002009-09-16T18:32:46.379-05:00As someone who's done as much, or probably mor...As someone who's done as much, or probably more, to lower the level of discourse in this country, I say mea culpa.<br /><br />I've been told, as recently as today in fact, that my habit of saying politically incorrect things about politicians is wrong - and on the surface I agree.<br /><br />But, sometimes embarassing things need be said so that everyone gets a chance to take the sanctimonious down a peg and to remind us all that we have to laugh to keep from crying about the likes of Mr. Wilson.<br /><br />I can't argue with the Republicans that Wilson's gentle slap on the wrist was partisan. So was his snipe. So were all the combined Democrat and Republican snipes that have gone many times before.<br /><br />But someone has to start the ball rolling in the right direction and it might as well be making an example of Wilson. <br /><br />I only hope that Dems will be up to the task of sanctioning their own when the time comes and that Republicans can remember this example the next time they get all pious about bad behavior.<br /><br />So I'm back to saying rude things. It's what I do, but I have that luxury because I'm not on the floor of Congress - I only speak for myself and no one else. It may not be consistent, but it is strangely American.Omnipotent Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902313824358840026noreply@blogger.com