On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:00:21 -0700, Michael Dawson <mdawson at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
> >well, this was exactly stewart's point, of course. people have to "be
> >who they are", and carlson and begala are not thinkers, they're hacks,
> >and that's they're job on that show: not to understand things better,
> >not to help other people understand things better, not to learn or
> >teach, but to argue with each other for the sake of arguing. that's
> >who they are. to do something like change your mind or develop your
> >position would be to not "be who [you] are".
>
>
> Actually, I thought Stewart's point was not that these two aren't thinkers,
> but that they are merely performing drama, rather than asking real questions
> and being their real selves. They are NOT being who they really are,
> Stewart said, but merely posing as their real selves. They are peddling
> phony "debate" that is really staged according to the demands of the
> politicians and corporations, a.k.a., the ruling class.
>
> What Stewart knows is that Carlson is actually a right-wing
> pseudo-intellectual turd, a George Will junior, and Begala is a mere DP
> mouthpiece, and Clintonoid cling-on hack.
>
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