Headline Deadline
From the LA Times: "This time, Roe vs. Wade really could hang in the balance." Pardon me for coughing, it's the dust. Haven't they used this line every four years since '76?
It's like the end of the world sketch from Beyond The Fringe, where a group goes up to the mountaintop on a daily basis waiting for the world to be destroyed. When nothing happens:
"Never mind, lads, same time tomorrow...we must get a winner one day."
posted by LAGuy @ 12:50 AM
10 Comments:
That works because for the Dems, it is 1976.
In what sense?
One could argue that their staunch efforts on this issue have kept the ruling intact and that current and future hypervigilance is the time-tested strategy for keeping it.
Don't know if they are right, but it hardly seems rational to criticize them for saying the same things for 32 years when apparently it has worked for 32 years.
This is the same sort of argument Cheney makes when he argues for continuation of enhanced security measures since there have been no domestic attacks for 7 years.
It's not the argument (as bad as it is) that I find silly, but the claim THIS is the time we have to truly worry, not all those past times we said THIS is the time.
In what sense?
In a whole bunch of them. High gas prices, fuel shortages, the economy is on the verge of going into the tank, inflation is starting to rear its ugly head and, oh yeah, the legacy of a much-despised President.
Ford = four more years of Nixon, or hadn't you heard?
Ah, I see, yes. The comparison wasn't intuitive for me because I was 6 years old at the time.
How many years will it take, LAGuy, before you think that "Terror is the critical issue" has become passe? Assuming, of course, that we haven't been attacked (in the homeland) in the meantime?
Ah, I see, yes. The comparison wasn't intuitive for me because I was 6 years old at the time.
Wait a minute. Did you just say I was old?
Your question, anon, isn't too related to the original post. For those who think protecting Roe is important, every election may seem critical. My point is that they keep saying all those other time we said were critical weren't, but it's critical now.
As to your question, do you mean the belief that terror is a critical issue, or terror being a critical issue? Because right now I don't believe the public is concerned enough. This is partly due to our success. Problems that don't happen are just as important as those that do, but it's almost impossible for humans to concentrate on them in the same way.
As to how long it should be considered a critical issue, I guess it's similar to asking how long should we have been concerned about communism during the days of the Soviet Union. Or how long should we have fought for greater voting rights for African-Americans in the South. These things take as long as they take--there's no easy way to predict when they'll be less important.
Wait a minute. Did you just say I was old?
Hey, if the orthopedic velcro sneaker fits.... [now I guess I owe you both dinner AND a beer]
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