Comments on: William Kristol: Triumph of the Shill http://www.ustvmedia.org/conservative-liberal-what-do-they-mean/2008/02/09/william-kristol-triumph-of-the-shill/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Andy http://www.ustvmedia.org/conservative-liberal-what-do-they-mean/2008/02/09/william-kristol-triumph-of-the-shill/#comment-21307 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:31:43 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/conservative-liberal-what-do-they-mean/2008/02/09/william-kristol-triumph-of-the-shill/#comment-21307 "Jethro" is correct here in pointing out the error having ascribed editorship of the National Review to William Kristol, who is indeed the editor of The Weekly Standard, an error for which I apologize. Kristol is however a frequent contributor to the National Review, which is edited by Rich Lowry, who is himself another pea in the neo-con pod, making the distinction between himself and Kristol somewhat akin to discerning between Tweedledee or Tweedledum. As for the 'tired smear' of the application of the label of chickenhawk, it is not nearly so tiring as living (or dying, as the individual case may be) with the policies of these tiring individuals who continue to drive their pet theories and ideologies into national policy, no matter how tiringly ruinous or unpopular they may be. It is tiring to continue to see how these fortunate sons of privilege continue to be in respect to living without any form of civic or professional accountability for their actions as the intellectual cheerleaders they were and are in regards to the murderous debacle in Iraq. I agree with "Jethro" that it has become tiring to hear of 'chickenhawks'. I look forward to the day when the individuals for which this 'tired term' continues to unfortunately apply are no longer in the public arena so that our civic attention can be directed towards more productive endeavors. “Jethro” is correct here in pointing out the error having ascribed editorship of the National Review to William Kristol, who is indeed the editor of The Weekly Standard, an error for which I apologize. Kristol is however a frequent contributor to the National Review, which is edited by Rich Lowry, who is himself another pea in the neo-con pod, making the distinction between himself and Kristol somewhat akin to discerning between Tweedledee or Tweedledum.

As for the ‘tired smear’ of the application of the label of chickenhawk, it is not nearly so tiring as living (or dying, as the individual case may be) with the policies of these tiring individuals who continue to drive their pet theories and ideologies into national policy, no matter how tiringly ruinous or unpopular they may be. It is tiring to continue to see how these fortunate sons of privilege continue to be in respect to living without any form of civic or professional accountability for their actions as the intellectual cheerleaders they were and are in regards to the murderous debacle in Iraq. I agree with “Jethro” that it has become tiring to hear of ‘chickenhawks’. I look forward to the day when the individuals for which this ‘tired term’ continues to unfortunately apply are no longer in the public arena so that our civic attention can be directed towards more productive endeavors.

]]> by: Jethro http://www.ustvmedia.org/conservative-liberal-what-do-they-mean/2008/02/09/william-kristol-triumph-of-the-shill/#comment-21304 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:27:16 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/conservative-liberal-what-do-they-mean/2008/02/09/william-kristol-triumph-of-the-shill/#comment-21304 There's reasons there were no comments on this. Firstly your facts aren't straight (Kristol is the editor of The Weekly Standard). Secondly, considering the accusation of "chickenhawk", one of the most tired smears of our time as a "money shot" leaves you sounding oh so stale. There’s reasons there were no comments on this. Firstly your facts aren’t straight (Kristol is the editor of The Weekly Standard). Secondly, considering the accusation of “chickenhawk”, one of the most tired smears of our time as a “money shot” leaves you sounding oh so stale.

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