[Peace-discuss] Durbin interview

[John W.]

At 10:52 PM 7/19/2007, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

>I like the notion of "holding his little clay feet to the fire"!

It's a wonderful metaphor, very a propos.  I wonder if either of you knows 
where it comes from, and what its larger significance is?




>When there were real universities, the university-educated knew as a 
>matter of course "corruptio optimi pessima" -- roughly, the worst 
>corruption was of the potentially best thing.
>
>The Republican do what they say they're going to do -- invade and kill -- 
>and lie about their reasons.  The Democrats don't do what they say they're 
>going to do -- stop the war -- and lie about their reasons for it.  The 
>result is that they support the killing, but, in contrast to the 
>Republicans, they're hypocritical about it.  --CGE
>
>
>Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
>>What is the point of publicly dissing Durbin???? He's one of the 
>>(relatively) good guys holding elected office (yes, even tho' he wouldn't 
>>spill the beans after he learned the "facts" justifying the invasion were 
>>BS). We should certainly hold his little clay feet to the fire, but let's 
>>be realistic here. Look what he's/we're up against. Russ Feingold wanted 
>>to censure the Bush admin for deliberate deception leading to the US 
>>invasion of Iraq, and not one senator would support him. Not one senator 
>>condemned Israel for attacking Lebanon last year. Let's go after the 
>>really bad guys when we create our flyers, not the ones who are lots 
>>better than most who we'd like to be perfect, even tho' it wouldn't make 
>>a bit of difference if they were, given the present climate. AWARE will 
>>have a greater impact on folks reading the flyers if they can see the 
>>point to our criticism.
>>
>>Grrr,
>>Jenifer