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[malasadas.livejournal.com]

Simple political observation:

When my sister was at Columbia Law School, she was friends with a gentleman who had graduated from the University of Virginia while Laura Ingraham was attending law school there. He had heard from some people with ties to Ms. Ingraham's undergraduate alma mater their negative opinions of Ms. Ingraham, but they never really explained it to him, and as a conservative, he began to suspect that people were just being biased about her since she was vocally conservative.

He knew my sister attended Dartmouth College when Ingraham was there and active in the off campus conservative weekly The Dartmouth Review, and he asked my sister her opinion on why some people he had known with ties to Dartmouth were so negative about her. My sister then explained some of the highly polarizing actions of the Review during her years there and specified Ms. Ingraham's role in secretly taping a meeting of the campus organization for gay and lesbian students (this was in 1985...long before anyone could claim a strongly supportive atmosphere for gay students anywhere).

Her friend pondered this information. Then he said, quietly and sternly, "I'm a conservative. I'm not an ASSHOLE."

I think we could use many more people of that character in our body politic today.

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[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

Having dealt with her directly, I can say that Ingraham has a huge opinion of herself. She flew into the airport I used to work at the night before the 2008 NH Primary (y'know, the biggest one in a generation, with heated Democratic and Republican races). She was absolutely incensed that we didn't have a rental car for her, because "I made a reservation!" (fifteen minutes before she showed up, and it was probably a PA she badgered into doing it). I knew who she was, but when she asked "do you ever listen to the radio?" I just smugly replied "Really only NPR..." The sudden confirming look on her face, like my NPR enjoyment perfectly explained why she had to wait like a normal human being, just made me hate her even more. She ended up waiting nearly an hour for a crappy old minivan.

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

How rude. You should have knelt before her and asked for absolution.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

By contrast, Howard Dean was an incredibly nice guy. He looked almost sheepish asking for an American-made car rather than a Toyota. When I pointed out it was an American-made Toyota, he said, "Well yeah, but you think people are gonna check the serial number for that little A or J?" Good point, Mr. Dean.

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

It is amazing what people in those positions have to worry about.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I've ever heard a good story about her, sadly.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

I agree. This is a good story, and I thank you for sharing it.

[dukexmachismo.livejournal.com]

"I'm a conservative. I'm not an ASSHOLE."


I would vote for anyone who used that as a campaign slogan.

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Challenge accepted.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

That would be a hard task for ya.

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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Nope. I'm only an asshole to people who deserve it.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Well that's the problem, isn't it? Your mileage may vary from that of those who are setting the rules.

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[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Well, I think you were given (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1648319.html?thread=131912639#t131912639) more than enough opportunities to put a halt to your crusade or whatever this is. I'm afraid we're left with no other option:



Details (http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1301765.html).

I'm sure you know what follows next, should we have to repeat the exercise.

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

Why oh why of all things am I reminded of the Prop. 8 hearings and that silly old lady that went on and on about the sphincter being "much too tight!"?

[paft.livejournal.com]

A very pleasant, smart conservative relative of mine once brought Laura Ingraham along on a visit to my parents. She made a truly awful impression, at one point even yelling at my Dad and storming out of the house because he disagreed with her about something. The nicest uncle I have, a very gentle soul who's known for never speaking ill of anyone would only say afterwards, shaking his head, "There's something wrong with that woman."