Another Drive By Religious Smear
Michael Kinsley dons the mantle of victimhood to complain about the criticism of those who want to defund the war. Somehow, he doesn't see such an approach as constituting a de facto surrender, although he fails to explain either how it's going to lead to any kind of success in Iraq or not constitute a great victory for Islamofascist terrorism.
But what's most interesting is his drive by religious smear of Mitt Romney:
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, with no known foreign policy expertise or even interest (unless you count his "mission" to France after college, trying to convert the French to Mormonism) . . . (emphasis added).
Wow. Of course the slam is sort of silly on its face (where, exactly, has any of the presidential field that has served in the executive, rather than the legislative branch -- aside from Giuliani, of course -- had the opportunity to demonstrate foreign policy expertise? Bill Clinton, Arkansas governor, had no such experience in 1992, but that seemed to bother very few in the MSM).
But what's worse is that Kinsley obviously feels free to take a nasty little dig at Romney's religion even more objectionable than Peggy Noonan's infelicitous invocation of "boxers, briefs and temple-garments."
Why do commentators feel free to mock and "play cute" with the tenets of Mormonism in a way that would be utterly unacceptable were it directed, say, at Christians, Jews or Muslims? And it's particularly disgusting coming from the left, which spends so much of its time instructing the rest of us how to behave with appropriate "sensitivity" toward minorities (except, obviously, religious ones).
But what's most interesting is his drive by religious smear of Mitt Romney:
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, with no known foreign policy expertise or even interest (unless you count his "mission" to France after college, trying to convert the French to Mormonism) . . . (emphasis added).
Wow. Of course the slam is sort of silly on its face (where, exactly, has any of the presidential field that has served in the executive, rather than the legislative branch -- aside from Giuliani, of course -- had the opportunity to demonstrate foreign policy expertise? Bill Clinton, Arkansas governor, had no such experience in 1992, but that seemed to bother very few in the MSM).
But what's worse is that Kinsley obviously feels free to take a nasty little dig at Romney's religion even more objectionable than Peggy Noonan's infelicitous invocation of "boxers, briefs and temple-garments."
Why do commentators feel free to mock and "play cute" with the tenets of Mormonism in a way that would be utterly unacceptable were it directed, say, at Christians, Jews or Muslims? And it's particularly disgusting coming from the left, which spends so much of its time instructing the rest of us how to behave with appropriate "sensitivity" toward minorities (except, obviously, religious ones).
posted by LadybugUSA at 9:27 AM
1 Comments:
BTW, Temple Garments are not that far removed from a garment that Orthadox Jews wear - called Tsitsis. These are fringed garments worn under the shirt and are proscribed by the Torah.
I remember listening to the garbage aimed at Mr. Romney's father over this belief - I thought it stupid and insensitive then. I find it offensive now.
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