Vanity Fair editor thinks we are angry teenagers...with guns

[HD76]

Saw this on Drdge Report today.

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2010 ... don-201012

According to him, voters acted like angry hormonal teenagers at the polls. Couldn't be that we are fed up with all the crap that goes on in Washington, nope we are imature, and have anger issues. And being conservitive, we are also likely to be armed so Watch Out!!!

[HankB]

In 1994 when the GOP won 50+ seats in Congress, the late Peter Jennings chided Americans for behaving like angry 2-year olds throwing a temper tantrum for voting out all those good Democrats. (And Jennings wasn't even a U.S. citizen until nearly 10 years later.)

So now 16 years have past, and the 2-year olds who threw a tantrum have turned 18 . . . what do you know, they ARE teenagers!!! How about that!

At least the condescending elitists can do some simple math.

[cbr600]

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[chasfm11]

It is amazing that no matter which individual writes the Liberal tripe, it all comes out sounding the same.

It unfortunate that Mr. Carter doesn't get down of his elitist high horse long enough to realize that the reason for the disproportionate numbers of the gun toters between the Conservatives and the Liberals doesn't lie on the Conservative side. It is because some many of the Liberals are also anti-gun - and about anti-everything else. What whining and complaining!

I really love the fact that it isn't just the American public that is angry. Could it be that there is worldwide hatred for you and the rest of your elitist friends, Mr. Carter?

[Texas Dan Mosby]

Leninism:

Leninism is a political theory and practice of the dictatorship of the proletariat, led by a revolutionary vanguard party. Developed by and named after Russian revolutionary and politician Vladimir Lenin, Leninism comprises political and socialist economic theories, developed from Marxism

If this is not an accurate description of the current democratic party, I don't know what is.....

This election has restored faith in my fellow citizen for being able to recognize and remove harmful influences within our nation.

While I do NOT place much faith in ANY political party, it is not too difficult to identify which is the more harmful to our nation.

IMO, the democratic party no longer exists, as it has been usurped by communists. The democratic party is a legitimate threat to the American way of life as we know it...

[RPB]

Wouldn't it have been more accurate to say we acted like Parents who caught the pre-teens with their hands in the cookie jar and sent them to their room?
He sounds like a caught teen grumbling and mumbling on his way ...

[Oldgringo]

I'm wondering if I care more about what he thinks than he cares about what I think?

I've coming to me now and the answer is {pause for effect} NO!

[The Annoyed Man]

The liberal media are behaving like angry teenagers who have been dumped at the prom.

[HankB]

. . . IMO, the democratic party no longer exists, as it has been usurped by communists. The democratic party is a legitimate threat to the American way of life as we know it...

It's been going on for quite a while - in 1994, columnist Nicholas Von Hoffman wrote the following in The Washington Post:

"To its committed members the Democratic Party was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked like Captain Hook's crew--ambulance-chasing lawyers, rapacious public policy grants persons, civil rights gamesmen, ditzy-brained movie stars, fat-assed civil servant desk squatters, recovering alcoholics, recovering wife-beaters, recovering child-buggers, and so forth and so on, a grotesque line-up of ill-mannered, self-pitying, caterwauling freeloaders banging their tin cups on the pavement demanding handouts."

[WildBill]

I'm wondering if I care more about what he thinks than he cares about what I think?

I've coming to me now and the answer is {pause for effect} NO!

I never had to stop and wonder what he thought of me, but after reading some of his drivel, I wonder if he actually thought about what he thinks he thinks.

[OldSchool]

I've seen it so much: An attitude of arrogance, because that person has the key to The Ultimate Truth. It's very hard to deal with a person like that, unless they have enough intelligence to be open to discussion (but then, they wouldn't be arrogant). And, yes, it often does have to do with intelligence (properly, the ability to learn and adapt). Of course, we all have to be open to that, but the Progressives/Liberals (man, what misnomers) become stuck in a paradigm of "Justice for those who are Worthy." Often, they've likely "fallen for the Party line" (hmmm, brings some history to mind).

This arrogance leads very much to hypocrisy, as stated by philosophers from Plato onwards. Plato's Republic required a basic level of competence among the leaders, which Progressives seem to assume for themselves. Actually, Plato's meritocracy was based on true merit of the ruling class. Democracy (I believe) is based on the idea that no group has true merit, but true merit comes from the sum of all.

When their ability to lead is questioned, or someone in authority gets in their way (such as the true owners of this Country), Progressives see it as an unwarranted personal attack against themselves and their view of Truth. I believe that is how the Demos became the "Party of Hate" (as I've labeled them) over the past 10 years, leading them to their constant personal attacks on specific Republicans to try to convince voters of The Truth. A tactic, by the way, that Republicans have also used on occasion and which the Demos see as "unacceptable" (to which I agree).

It's time for all to bite our tongues and get on with getting things done, since the trouble that is coming in the next two years (and I don't mean politics) will become far more important than any battle of philosophy. Respect will be an important tool in the kit for everyone.

ETA: I just realized that this seems to be a blanket condemnation, which was not my intent. Certainly it only takes a few Leaders to become the face of an entire organization/philosophy, and it becomes easy to criticize the many because of the few. My apologies if I offended.

[HankB]

. . . ETA: I just realized that this seems to be a blanket condemnation, which was not my intent. Certainly it only takes a few Leaders to become the face of an entire organization/philosophy, and it becomes easy to criticize the many because of the few.

And when the many follow the few in lockstep?

For a specific example, how many Democrat senators, including the "moderates" and "blue dogs," voted against Obamacare in the last session?

[cougartex]

The liberal media are behaving like angry teenagers who have been dumped at the prom.

[OldCurlyWolf]

There are good Democrats out there, but none of them work in DC or for the DNC. My Mother is a registered Democrat, but she didn't vote for Obama/Biden and she doesn't like the last two SCOTUS nominees.

Vanity Fair is a mag for teenaged females. Those people have the brains of a gnat.

[sjfcontrol]

Vanity Fair is a mag for teenaged females. Those people have the brains of a gnat.

Well, that's not a very nice statement... Gnats everywhere should be insulted!