Larry Elder provides a cavalcade of the utterances of political geniuses today. The winner (and it is hard to choose):
Janeane Garofalo: “The world would be better off with multiple superpowers.” When asked if that means our enemies should be more powerful Garofalo said, “Sure . . . when Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. . . . The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.”
Really, I can understand that some have moral objections to war, but arguing that having the USSR back would be a good thing utterly vitiates the intellectual integrity of Ms. Garofalo and her ilk. I know I long for the days when total nuclear war was a real possibility and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Europe were under the thumb of authoritarian dictators. I especially love the implication that having the USSR in place was a good thing mainly because they were a counter-balance to the US. Remarkable.
And, indeed:
Dustin Hoffman: “I believe — though I may be wrong, because I’m no expert…
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August 10th, 2024 at 10:24 am