Krauthammer has a great track record of hitting the target precisely.

Give enough rope to most arrogant, self-servng types and they usually hang themselves very nicely, indeed, on their very own little petards.

They are a wily bunch, however. Check out how they are framing themselves in their campaign ads.

“Bigot” has lost its sting. So many have been called bigot over so many issues, we all get it is just a way of refusing to debate the issues.

Wow – Krauthammer one of my heroes. And could anyone be more succinct? I just remain cautiously optimistic that the Dems do in fact get trounced.

They still have the MSM. They still have the unions. They still have the Black Panthers. They still have dead people voting in droves. They still have whisky-runner relatives buying votes in places like Chicago. They still have a vast group of members who pay no income tax yet reap the benefits of others paying theirs. They still have carloads of pre-filled out ballots in strategic positions all over the country to steal the election away from a conservative winner (like what was done to get that jackass Franken elected).

Their capacity for rational thought has atrophied to the point of non-existence, since their narcissism makes it impossible to contemplate the fact that they might be wrong, or at least simplistic.

All they are capable of now is vicious mud slinging. But don’t forget: they are still in control most media outlets and most of the entertainment biz.

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/06/ill-take-a-cashiers-check-mr-breitbart.html

What can I say? I’ve always been a bit uppity.

Lyn,

Hanging oneself on a petard?

It’s “hoist”, and it’s an antique meaning of hoist: dismember. Petard is an old word for a bomb.

“Hoist with your own petard” means “blown up by your own bomb.”

Well then, I’m very much hoping that the electoral petard that goes “BOOM!” among the Demoncrats in November is a big one, whether of the “hanging” or “hoisting” variety.

Dr. K nails another one from beyond the 3-point circle. Nothing but net!

I hope that the Dems get trounced this November – but there is power in incumbancy. Many people may dislike Democratic Party policies, but like their own particular member of Congress because of that member’s “constituent services.”

I also wonder whether the size and complexity of our society, coupled with the power of entrenched interests, mean that our situation is incapable of making the changes needed to restore a sane economic situation and a common set of social values.

I also have a suspicion that many people think that perfection is possible and so will not be satisfied with whoever governs, resulting in a see-saw effect of first one party and then the other “taking control,” with neither one being able to set us on a common course and helping us to recognize that there will always be problems even in the best we can do.

Ed the Roman
August 27, 2010

“Hoist with your own petard” means “blown up by your own bomb.”

And here I thought it meant lifted by one’s own fart.

Marie Blocher