tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718338093102084116.post4362246960230127626..comments2023-05-15T06:53:23.161-04:00Comments on Trans-Cendence: Carl Paladino Dysfunctional and Unfit for GovernorJoann Prinzivallihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273374659694014340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718338093102084116.post-57100012932954800912010-10-11T18:47:46.141-04:002010-10-11T18:47:46.141-04:00@Matt, Wilson's presidency predated the rize o...@Matt, Wilson's presidency predated the rize of National Socialism in Germany. FDR was at war with the Nazis. Fascism was very popular in the United States during the Depression - and the American Legion nearly pulled off a fascist coup to topple FDR, to be led by General Smedley Butler; except General Butler, after pretending to go along, blew the whistle on the scheme. The song "You're the Top" originally had a verse that was quite admiring of Benito Mussolini.<br /><br />Tea partiers have put the Charlie Chaplin moustache on President Obama, who is hardly a Nazi. Their having done so first means that the gloves are off with regard to use of Nazi imagery in connection with populist "Tea Party" candidates like Carl Paladino - especially when their scary positions have an eerie similarity to those of past bullies.Joann Prinzivallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273374659694014340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718338093102084116.post-36902576974333181472010-10-11T17:55:04.789-04:002010-10-11T17:55:04.789-04:00Woodrow Wilson and FDR said and did equally bigote...Woodrow Wilson and FDR said and did equally bigoted things. No one ever called them Nazis. Two wrongs don't make a right.MatTruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187375848820982019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718338093102084116.post-83595207191428543432010-10-11T15:33:16.537-04:002010-10-11T15:33:16.537-04:00I think perhaps in Paladino's case the uniform...I think perhaps in Paladino's case the uniform of the Italian Fascists might be more ethnically correct.<br /><br />Actually though if someone sounds like a Nazi then Godwin be damned, they are a Nazi.SuzyQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396158610549402206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718338093102084116.post-62838990969456167662010-10-11T09:22:45.154-04:002010-10-11T09:22:45.154-04:00Carl Paladino issued the following statement:
&qu...Carl Paladino issued the following statement:<br /><br />"In my speech today to Orthodox Jewish leaders in New York City, I noted my opposition to gay marriage, inspired by my Catholic beliefs. I did not say this phrase, as was inaccurately attributed to me by some media outlets:<br /><br />"There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual. That is not how God created us."<br /><br /><br />"I do not agree with this passage, nor did I say it. Apparently a few reporters relied upon suggested remarks distributed after my departure by my hosts at the synagogue in Williamsburg, not the actual statement I made. My campaign staff has worked with the inaccurate outlets and most corrected their stories after viewing video of the event.<br /><br />I unequivocally have no other reservations about homosexuality and I abhor discrimination in any form. I enjoy a close relationship with my nephew who is gay and I certainly consider him to be a functional child of God."<br /><br />-- Of course, Carl is, once again, lying through his teeth. However, the part about "dysfunctional homosexual: and "not how God created us" while in his WRITTEN remarks, was apparently the *only* part of his offensive remarks that he did actually skip reading.Joann Prinzivallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273374659694014340noreply@blogger.com