"Strobe" Talbott

[Doug Henwood]

Marta Russell wrote:
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>Tom Lehman wrote:
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>> For you Canadians who are reading this, Talbott is the guy who looks
>> like Duke in the Doonsbury cartoons. Strobe Talbott looks to me like a
>> fetal alcohol syndrome case, of course I have to reserve judgment
>> because I've never seen him in person(?).
>
>So what if he is a fetal alcohol "case".  That has nothing to do with his
>politics or his affiliations.  Tom, you know this ???   Your comment
>reminds me of Marc Cooper denigrating Bob Dole by calling him Captain Hook
>because Dole's hand was messed up in the war, and Arianna Huffington at
>the Kosovo Teach-In referring to some of Clinton's advisors as "dwarves."
>
>I know several "dwarves" and they are brighter and more honest than
>Huffington.
>
>Really people, when is everyone going to finally get it that using
>someone's body characteristics as a reason to dislike, demean or
>politically assault them is childish.   I would suggest you examine your
>own hang ups to find out what this inclination is really about.

Yeah, Tom, and while you're at it, think about the Polish jokes and your,
um, flirtations with anti-Semitism.

Doug