Isn’ t That Special
In her continuing crusade to show benighted scum such as myself the shameful error of our ruthlessly partisan conniving un-Republican ways, Katherine Kersten, the Strib’s official ombiddysman, cranks up her calliope once again this week. This time she’s wheezing out more lies and smears about the Wellstone memorial service three years ago.
I hope she’s wearing her asbestos bloomers, because Norwegianity’s putting a blowtorch to her sanctimonious ass:
If I ever grow to be so psychotically partisan that I cannot sort out the talking points from the reality, just shoot me. What’s the point of thinking about anything if you lack the critical cognitive skills necessary to understand what’s happening?
In life, FIRST you figure out what happened, then you figure out how to fix it. The entire wingnut movement is based on knowing what you already know, then twisting heaven and earth to make all other facts fit into your world view.
It’s the kind of thing you take meds for, but oddly enough the hard right seems to find some kind of validation in making our round world fit into their square holes.
But that’s just the way they are. Still, you’d think that after THREE FUCKING YEARS they’d let this one go.
Think again. In fact, think as often as you like. If you’re not a koolaid drinking wingnut, it’s impossible to agree with them about what happened.
And remember, if it really had happened like they say, they’d be selling videotapes to prove it.
I wish Paul and Sheila’s children would OK such a release. I don’t think anyone could watch that three-hour tape and find any merit in Kersten’s disgustingly partisan spin and lies.
Power Liberal Smartie adds his .02:
The right has never exploited someone’s tragedy for political gain, right Katherine?
I’m not saying on the whole the Republican party is worse than the Democratic party. Both parties clearly have exemplars of virtue and shady figures in roughly equal proportion. That’s what makes this kind of dialogue so pernicious. Not only does it lead to a lack of communication with the other side, but it also creates a fertile breeding ground for corruption in your own because when you are absolutely convinced of the righteousness of your cause, it doesn’t make sense to question your leaders.
This is the politics of personality cults, not democracies. Kersten should be ashamed of being such a useful idiot for these hacks, and everyone on the right should be embarrassed that she is associated with them.
In addition to writing a column for the Strib, Kersten is shown here hard at work at her second job as the Biddy Superior of her church, Our Lady of Perpetual Rectal Moralizing Moral Rectitude.
Posted: October 31st, 2005 under General.
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