tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114849513980773570.post6062373193348514936..comments2023-12-22T14:04:55.065-05:00Comments on Ehlers on Everything: Will America Remain a Good Society?Mark J. Ehlershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06410705618925284448noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114849513980773570.post-35387178344623901452011-08-06T22:00:19.226-04:002011-08-06T22:00:19.226-04:00Mark,
“…the Limbaugh/Palin faction of American p...Mark, <br /><br />“…the Limbaugh/Palin faction of American politics plays to fear, ignorance, and the boogie man.” Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009<br /><br />“Part of his greatness as a leader is his willingness, indeed desire, to engage his opponents in a civil and respectful manner.” Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009<br /><br />"As citizens of a vibrant and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate? How does each of us remain firm in our principles, and fight for what we consider right, without demonizing those with just as strongly held convictions on the other side?" Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009<br /><br />“Explain to me how Limbaugh's comparison of Obama's health care plan to Nazi Germany is anything but offensive? Their comments do not suggest that they are willing to have a rational conversation about a serious policy debate.” Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009 <br /><br />“I don't like it when anyone, on any side of the political divide, resorts to offensive name calling -- thus, when left wing nutbags compared George W. Bush to Hitler, I found that offensive as well, not because I agreed with Bush on most things (I did not), but because he was the President and I assumed he was acting in good faith -- as is President Obama.” Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009<br /><br />“Third, your insistence on trying to defend a comparison of Obama to Hitler is no less offensive than if I suggested that Bush, Reagan, Cheyney, et al., were just like Hitler. It is so preposterous, I can't believe you actually believe what you wrote.” Mark Ehlers, 8/16/2009<br /><br />“I also was disturbed at left wing critics who suggested that President Reagan, and later President George W. Bush, were modern versions of Hitler, or were fascists and other historical inaccuracies.” Mark Ehlers, 3/31/2010<br /><br />“(though I find it laughable that anyone could equate Obama with Hitler – please, go back to school and read a history book)” Mark Ehlers, 3/31/2010<br /><br />Mark Ehlers, July 30, 2011: <br /><br />“To the Tea Party radicals, compromise is weakness. They are the Hezbollah faction of American politics, suicide bombers willing to destroy themselves to destroy their opposition. Meanwhile the country is collateral damage.”<br /><br />“But the anti-tax radicals insist this is the time to shrink government and to let everyone fend for themselves.”<br /><br />This is a first, Mark: I couldn’t finish your post and not just because of the slander, but because when I stopped reading I was already at the 5,000 word mark necessary for a rebuttal to the silliness and I just don’t have the time (and I don’t want to be accused of hijacking your blog!).<br /><br />Sorry,<br /><br />Rich R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com