Comments on: Shorter Christine Flowers, Annotated http://brendancalling.com/2008/10/24/shorter-christine-flowers-annotated/ "living in an alternative universe of permanent outrage and relentless negativity fostered and fueled by the blogosphere." Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:18:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Non-Compassionate Liberal http://brendancalling.com/2008/10/24/shorter-christine-flowers-annotated/comment-page-1/#comment-12054 Non-Compassionate Liberal Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:51:45 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=3739#comment-12054 In Christine Flowers Oct. 24 column, "One tiny vote for John McCain," she spewed poison that Obama was "so devoted to abortion rights that he'd deny a child the right to medical care if it compromised a woman's right to an abortion" yet Obama had previously pointed out that the "born alive principle was already the law in Illinois," and the law already prohibited the conduct being addressed by the redundant bill that Flowers references (incidentally, the Illinois attorney general's office said that allegations that fetuses were born alive at Illinois hospitals and abandoned without treatment were unfounded). In her Oct. 10 column, "Obama Camp's Racial Decoders," she lies about which campaign was exploiting racial tensions: "[R]ace has become the not-so-secret weapon of the Obama camp" and "The Obama campaign has made it harder to talk about the economy, national security, health care, etc., without dragging in the murky and volatile factor that corrupts every debate." With all the vitriol from the McCain camp, one example being Palin hissing to "take the gloves off" because Obama's "not one of us," it's certainly not Obama who's the perp (but in her reverse reality, not so much). In her April 2007 column, "Who Are The 'Extremists' Now?", about the new 2007 Robert's Supreme Court's precedent-reversing/overturning of the 2000 Supreme Court's decision that struck down Nebraska's ban on so-called Partial-Birth Abortion and upholding a Bush signed federal law banning the same procedure, Flowers, with a brushing-off type "what's the problem" attitude, basically lied with this misdirection: She stated that the ruling STILL upholds the "life of the mother" exception when the BIG difference, the BIG problem was that she conceals that it now eliminated the "HEALTH of the mother" exception. Her Sept. 16, 2006 column "A Scandal Goes Down in Plames," where she was so full of herself and mocked her imaginary Liberal Conspiracy Theorists as having been repudiated in their belief about higher-ups in the administration bringing down Valerie Plame -- because of new revelations -- she wrote: "Novak's source was actually Richard Armitage," yet, to her bad luck, just a few pages before her column in that same DN issue, it was just revealed that higher-ups (above Armitage) in the administration were involved, but I don't have a copy of that issue. But I remember the day because I was so full of MYself to see her (who has no shame) repudiated like that! I guess to compensate for his paper having to endorse Obama, Tierney inflicts Christine, his co-Catholic on us. In Christine Flowers Oct. 24 column, “One tiny vote for John McCain,” she spewed poison that Obama was “so devoted to abortion rights that he’d deny a child the right to medical care if it compromised a woman’s right to an abortion” yet Obama had previously pointed out that the “born alive principle was already the law in Illinois,” and the law already prohibited the conduct being addressed by the redundant bill that Flowers references (incidentally, the Illinois attorney general’s office said that allegations that fetuses were born alive at Illinois hospitals and abandoned without treatment were unfounded).
In her Oct. 10 column, “Obama Camp’s Racial Decoders,” she lies about which campaign was exploiting racial tensions: “[R]ace has become the not-so-secret weapon of the Obama camp” and “The Obama campaign has made it harder to talk about the economy, national security, health care, etc., without dragging in the murky and volatile factor that corrupts every debate.” With all the vitriol from the McCain camp, one example being Palin hissing to “take the gloves off” because Obama’s “not one of us,” it’s certainly not Obama who’s the perp (but in her reverse reality, not so much).
In her April 2007 column, “Who Are The ‘Extremists’ Now?”, about the new 2007 Robert’s Supreme Court’s precedent-reversing/overturning of the 2000 Supreme Court’s decision that struck down Nebraska’s ban on so-called Partial-Birth Abortion and upholding a Bush signed federal law banning the same procedure, Flowers, with a brushing-off type “what’s the problem” attitude, basically lied with this misdirection: She stated that the ruling STILL upholds the “life of the mother” exception when the BIG difference, the BIG problem was that she conceals that it now eliminated the “HEALTH of the mother” exception.
Her Sept. 16, 2006 column “A Scandal Goes Down in Plames,” where she was so full of herself and mocked her imaginary Liberal Conspiracy Theorists as having been repudiated in their belief about higher-ups in the administration bringing down Valerie Plame — because of new revelations — she wrote: “Novak’s source was actually Richard Armitage,” yet, to her bad luck, just a few pages before her column in that same DN issue, it was just revealed that higher-ups (above Armitage) in the administration were involved, but I don’t have a copy of that issue. But I remember the day because I was so full of MYself to see her (who has no shame) repudiated like that!
I guess to compensate for his paper having to endorse Obama, Tierney inflicts Christine, his co-Catholic on us.

]]> By: Ellen http://brendancalling.com/2008/10/24/shorter-christine-flowers-annotated/comment-page-1/#comment-12032 Ellen Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:41:06 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=3739#comment-12032 See - I think that any person of conscience has a duty to be "cafeteria" and not just drink the Koolaid - we (humans) get into the most trouble when we unquestioningly do what the charasmatic wingnut tells us to do. True religion/faith (or whatever path of conscience) does not grow unless we constantly assess whatever we do and see if WE think it is right and wrong And - to keep in a religious framework - do these dodos think they get more points for doing what they are told versus a MLK who fought for what's right, despite getting arrested (etc) for his fight. I can't vision anyone's version of St Pete rubberstamping the sheeple but giving a "whoa there big boy" to MLK but hey, maybe I'm just nuts See – I think that any person of conscience has a duty to be “cafeteria” and not just drink the Koolaid – we (humans) get into the most trouble when we unquestioningly do what the charasmatic wingnut tells us to do. True religion/faith (or whatever path of conscience) does not grow unless we constantly assess whatever we do and see if WE think it is right and wrong

And – to keep in a religious framework – do these dodos think they get more points for doing what they are told versus a MLK who fought for what’s right, despite getting arrested (etc) for his fight. I can’t vision anyone’s version of St Pete rubberstamping the sheeple but giving a “whoa there big boy” to MLK

but hey, maybe I’m just nuts

]]> By: Tim http://brendancalling.com/2008/10/24/shorter-christine-flowers-annotated/comment-page-1/#comment-12031 Tim Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:48:43 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=3739#comment-12031 Father Carty used to go on the "cafeteria Catholics" rants during the 1980s at St. Augustin's Church, especially when then Demcoratic state rep Paul Crowley (RIP) was in the building with his family. How these politicians who took liberal stands were essentially "excommunicating themselves." Most parishoners I knew shrugged it off and thought Carty was a loon. Father Carty used to go on the “cafeteria Catholics” rants during the 1980s at St. Augustin’s Church, especially when then Demcoratic state rep Paul Crowley (RIP) was in the building with his family. How these politicians who took liberal stands were essentially “excommunicating themselves.” Most parishoners I knew shrugged it off and thought Carty was a loon.

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