Orson Scott Card on Rush Limbaugh

TitusTodd · Senior Member

Orson Scott Card on Rush Limbaugh

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

And this thread isn't likely to be locked... :)

(Not that I have anything to discuss yet. :) )

--Ray

Jeffery_LQ1W · Senior Member

Wow, powerful words.

Pt314 · Senior Member

Awesome article, I like the way Orson Scott Card thinks.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I enjoyed reading his words. I enjoy his political perspective. WHat was Rush's reaction to the article? I wish I could've heard it. Did he read the part about the extreme "Hannity" world view?

--Ray

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

I'll probably get around to reading it sometime. I'm sure there are some nuggets of grass-roots conventional wisdom, as OSC usually includes that in his essays. And I'm sure there are some items I don't exactly agree with, as are usually included in his essays.

Right now, I'm just too tired of political things to want to put anything else in my mind... afraid I'll have a Homer experience where it bumps something out due to limited space...

Roper · Senior Bucketkeeper

This isn't the first time the esteemed Mr. Card has been critical of "his own party" and written in support of President Bush's policies. Maybe he should consider changing his political allegiance.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Nauvoo thread's been closed now... apparently someone brought up that Uncle Orson called him a racist or some such nonsense... I'm personally disappointed, because I don't recall his comments in this regard.

I'd love it if Rush and Orson could chat... just cuz... Better yet, Michael Medved and Orson... Medved actually reads tons of stuff...

--Ray

Jeffery_LQ1W · Senior Member

Roper wrote:

This isn't the first time the esteemed Mr. Card has been critical of "his own party" and written in support of President Bush's policies. Maybe he should consider changing his political allegiance.

Why should he? Does a man change his character like his clothing? I know a number of democrats that support the war (including a former democrat Lieberman). Card is right in his questioning of the liberals in the democratic party. Most of America is not liberal, but the democratic base is. What I find interesting is that the democrats that have won seats have won because they espoused conservative issues. Not because they are reflect the likes of Pelosi.

Card is right. And in this case, unfortunately, he is probably prescient too.

Randy · Senior Member

Roper wrote:

This isn't the first time the esteemed Mr. Card has been critical of "his own party" and written in support of President Bush's policies. Maybe he should consider changing his political allegiance.

Mr. Card is for affirmative action, so some of his views are certainly at home in the Democratic Party. Most of us will never share 100% of all the views of their party.

I might be a rare exception. And even in my case, where I pretty much agree totally with the Republican Party (their words not their actions) the Republican Party does not always speak with a unified voice (even with their words only) so it really would be nearly impossible to agree 100% with one party.