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Maddie Halfbright: Good versus evil isn't a strategy

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-24 11:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 She played the Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz, right?

Posted by Perfessor 2006-03-24 12:13|| 2006-03-24 12:13|| Front Page Top

#2 God have mercy on us if we ever let these fucking idiots back in power.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-03-24 12:19|| 2006-03-24 12:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And the Third Reich was never united, the SA vs the SS. The SS vs. the Wehrmacht, the Gestapo vs SD. Never a threat, never evil. And Gehlen never helped us.

A better counter to her argument: the Nazis and the Soviet Union fought each other tooth-and-nail, yet both were inarguably evil, and both had, up until Hitler decided to turn east, cooperated to the point they were each other's greatest trading partners.

I have to agree with Dave -- God help us if these morons are ever given power again.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-24 12:26|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-24 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 No real solutions, as usual.

...the future of the Middle East may well be determined by those in the region dedicated to the hard work of building democracy.

Queueing up for an all hail job.

"It is sometimes convenient, for purposes of rhetorical effect, for national leaders to talk of a globe neatly divided into good and bad. "

It is sometimes necessary, for purposes of proving they have measurable brain activity, for national leaders to acknowledge evil on the globe where it exists.

Posted by Jules 2006-03-24 12:37|| 2006-03-24 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 You are so right, Dave D.

"...the Bush administration should disavow any plan for regime change in Iran not because the regime should not be changed but..."
This is the kind of Clintonesque word play that got us a nuclear-armed North Korea. She honestly believes that she can say one thing, mean quite another, and somehow triumph with a wink and a nod. Clinton "did not sex with that woman" and Bush "should not call for regime change with that Iran". Nonetheless, the blue dress is stained and the Iranian leadership is rightfully doomed.

Yes, indeed, God have mercy on us if we ever let these fucking idiots back in power.

Posted by Darrell 2006-03-24 12:39|| 2006-03-24 12:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Seeing who she worked for, I can see her having issues with the "good versus evil" concept...

Posted by tu3031 2006-03-24 13:33|| 2006-03-24 13:33|| Front Page Top

#7 ...we must recognize that the region will be shaped primarily by fairly ruthless power politics...

What a beacon of hope she is to women in the Muslim world! "You got gang-raped and now Daddy's going to shoot you for dishonoring the family? Tough shitski, hon. Guy threw acid on your face? That's the way power politics works, doll."

We may not always be able to stop it but God help us if we "recognize" it.

Posted by Matt 2006-03-24 14:44|| 2006-03-24 14:44|| Front Page Top

#8 "Good versus evil isn't a strategy"

Especially when you don't believe in evil (except for your political opponents).

Good ol' Maddie "never-met-a-dictator-she-didn't-suck-up-to" Halfbright. In a way, it's comforting to know some things never change.

Sorta like a permanent rash.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-24 17:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-03-24 17:41|| Front Page Top

#9 NS - Thanks for not splashing halfbright's pic. Don't wanna get nightmares.

Reno, halfbright, etc. boy Billary sure could pick em.

Posted by Captain America 2006-03-24 18:33|| 2006-03-24 18:33|| Front Page Top

#10 Burgess Meredith in drag: "I indicate our diplomacy by the brooch I choose to wear that day"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-03-24 18:47|| 2006-03-24 18:47|| Front Page Top

#11 the hanging Brooche diplo

LOL! Frank!

Posted by RD 2006-03-24 20:11|| 2006-03-24 20:11|| Front Page Top

#12 When a Brooch is a Roach

Maddie = fat cockroache

Posted by RD 2006-03-24 20:15|| 2006-03-24 20:15|| Front Page Top

#13 It also is common sense to presume that Iran will be less willing to cooperate in Iraq and to compromise on nuclear issues if it is being threatened with destruction.

Ummmm, who's offering to compromise?

Thanks,
John Bolton

PS. I didn't offer to compromise, did you?

Thanks,
Condi

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