To be semi-fair and give context (which is in the clip), Curry asked, "Do you know the American people are suffering -- watching?" It's still cringe-worthy, but it's not like she was making that assertion out of thin air. I mean, I'm a little embarrassed (as an American person) to be described as "suffering" by watching a war. Am I horrified by it? Yes. I'm not suffering in any way. The people who've lost their loved ones, and those living through it in Iraq (on any side) are the ones suffering.
yeah, I think that the accusation can be taken out of context. What she seems to be saying is "[of the people just watching], no one suffers more than the President", but they are JUST WATCHING.
OK, that seems slightly more fair. Sure, the Bushes are "suffering" more than I am, but not nearly as much as the 20 year old wife going through extensive rehab with her brain-injured husband. For example.
Are they really the sufferingest of the spectators, though?
Love the stocking suggestions, and I will happily wear short skirts if they cover the ass.
(Please tell me I'm not the only one on the board who saw Idiocracy and spent a good part of the movie whimpering at how much their government resembled our own?)
Actually, having just finished reading Shards of Honor, which was written in -- was it 1986? -- I was spooked by how prescient it seemed w/r/t the entire government being corrupt evil sodomizers.
I just wish we had Aral Vorkosigan to take them all out.
no one has suffered over Iraq more than her and W. No one.
Even taking it in context, it still sounds (to me) an awful lot like "Let them eat cake."
I think she just meant to convey that they feel the weight of responsibility. Perhaps not the best way to put it though.
I think she just meant to convey that they feel the weight of responsibility.
This is appropriate, I think. But it sounded to me like she was saying, even giving her the benefit of the doubt, "but we've suffered too!" which is basically bullshit. I don't think it's appropriate to talk about how much suffering the problem has caused you when you created the problem yourself.
I think she just meant to convey that they feel the weight of responsibility.
I do think that this is what she meant, but I see little evidence that Bush feels the weight of responsibility. He's been the most powerful man in the world for years now, and he still can't be bothered to learn the most basic things necessary to do his job well. He's ignorant and self-absorbed and seems to be untouched by real events in the world, including the massive suffering caused by his ignorance and self-absorption. If he were paying attention at any meaningful level we would expect to see some evidence that he is learning--or at least trying to learn.
I am doing online chat reference this afternoon and every single person I have talked to has been a spammer (with questions about penis size, etc.). Ye gods the multitudes, they are unwashed. Thank god for all you people.
I was coming here to say "Did she actually say this", but I see from Cindy's post that she did. Because I have a a co-worker whose son's head was *split open* up the back by a bomb. Laura has suffered more than them? I gave birth to a baby without my husband (among a million other things that year)...pretty minor in the scheme of things, but has Laura suffered through that?
Stephanie, the White House should be flooded with these stories. I don't think they have any idea how much weight they really should be carrying.
