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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (18760)5/16/2006 10:07:40 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (3) of 543225
 
I see a big difference between criticizing one person or official and trying to demonize the entire group that person may belong to. An elected official is 100% accountable, especially one who wants to take credit for democracy and freedom and economic prosperity around the globe. No one invented "Mission Accompished" on that banner in a sudden fit of BDS.

There were some pieces here recently that went out to the edge as far as assuming the worst about Bush, but it wasn't an implausible inference based on his behavior, insisting on unaccountable executive power and setting up programs that do disturb up to half of us, if not more (depending on the poll).

I will keep an eye out for what you refer to - anyone can PM me if they see it too. But I will add that I don't recall anyone on the right ever complaining about Bill DS, Hillary DS, Gore DS, Dean DS, McCain DS or Kerry DS when plenty of folks were frothing at the mouth about how awful and evil those folks were.

The current definition of BDS seems to have conveniently appeared out of the blue when Bush's polls went through the basement. And equally convenient that BDS can be used to label anti-Bush voices as irrational and emotionally unstable. Quite a backhanded smear.
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