{"id":3205,"date":"2010-03-10T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T21:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stiftungleostrauss.com\/bunker\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2010-03-11T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T04:17:41","slug":"the-human-element-appears-to-have-failed-here-but-wed-hate-to-condemn-an-entire-program-based-on-a-single-slip-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stiftungleostrauss.com\/bunker\/the-human-element-appears-to-have-failed-here-but-wed-hate-to-condemn-an-entire-program-based-on-a-single-slip-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human Element Appears To Have Failed Here, But We&#8217;d Hate To Condemn An Entire Program Based On A Single Slip Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>S<\/b>uch a cornucopia of riches this week.  Liz Cheney&#8217;s low budget web ad?  When we saw our old friends David Rivkin and Lee Casey (they used to write everything as a threesome) organize conservative lawyers in opposition, we knew &#8216;it&#8217;s so on.&#8217;  Adding Starr was a nice touch. <\/p>\n<p>Ex-Congressman Massa&#8217;s extemporaneous absurdities probably speak more truthfully about the disintegrating American political class.  His informationally bulimic style was too much even for the double X chromosome chattering industry.   And how often is it we get treated to their slack jawed silence?<\/p>\n<p><center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" id=\"Groping\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"Groping.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><embed src=\"Groping.swf\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" name=\"Groping\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" allowFullScreen=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>A<\/b>bsent a truly galvanic development in the health care debate [sic], doubt we will write about it much more.  It became a USA Network (Characters Matter!) remake of a Peruvian satire of a Fellini movie.  Sure, we get juggling midgets and sobbing clowns mumbling about. Then the screaming between takes &#8216;What&#8217;s my motivation?&#8217;   To watch one more Administrative stooge blankly recite &#8216;The President&#8217;s Plan&#8217; [sic] will reduce health insurance premiums for the majority of Americans&#8217; is simply to watch the mirror image of Fox News&#8217;s pro-wrestling contrived narratives.  <\/p>\n<p>The whole world sees it.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1155622.html\">Wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if the Israelis, before slipping the shiv into Biden&#8217;s back, didn&#8217;t mutter &#8216;We got your reconciliation right here.&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such a cornucopia of riches this week. Liz Cheney&#8217;s low budget web ad? 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