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Wed Aug-10-05 10:52 AM
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I just saw Ed Koch in the elevator. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 10:54 AM by Bleachers7
I work in Midtown Manhattan. He was in the elevator in my building. I have met him once before and I mentioned that to him. I told him that I always admired him, which is true. He has a great story and is a wonderful NYer. I also said that he's been helping out right wingers a lot lately. His friend said something like who are right wingers and that I am a left winger. I said, yes, I am a left winger. He was getting off. He said he was a "liberal with sanity." I said it that it was "nice to see him again."
I feel somewhat sad that someone that I admired has degenerated into a right wing moran. One of his big issues is Israel and attacking Iraq somehow helps Israel. Truly sad.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:54 AM
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1. Did He Say "How'm I Doin?" |
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or maybe "if it's yellow, let it mellow"?
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:55 AM
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2. he is not a liberal with sanity |
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my only guess is that he is a zealot who has sided with bush all bushCo all because of Israel. he has abandoned all sanity for this issue
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:55 AM
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3. I used to have respect for him as well. koch is for koch only. |
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IMO, that drives what he says and does.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:55 AM
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4. Good -- he should be called out for what he's given support to. |
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Glad you let him know that people did notice.
Now that Iraq is clearly known to be an unmitigated disaster, I'm betting he feels like a fool.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:56 AM
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6. I wanted to keep my words respectful. |
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I really like the old guy.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:56 AM
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5. I met Monica Lewinsky in an elevator one time... |
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She was meeting with the editor of her book. I worked for said company for a couple of years. I said Hi to her. She was very nice. "I did not have sexual relations" with her in the elevator, however.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:56 AM
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7. After congress he turned to shit. |
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I lived in New York, as mayor he was a divider. He never lived up to the idealism of his youth.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:58 AM
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8. I like Ed Koch. Seemed remarkably honest. |
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I contrast this "One of his big issues is Israel and attacking Iraq somehow helps Israel. " (quoting you) With: "No Discussion of Iraq Can Fairly Include Israel" current NY Congressman Jerrold L Nadler
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Wed Aug-10-05 11:00 AM
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9. His friend is an asshole |
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"I also said that he's been helping out right wingers a lot lately. His friend said something like who are right wingers and that I am a left winger."
He pins an extremist label on you while feigning ignorance of the other side of the political divide. The only explanation being he's just not a "mainstream" right winger which makes him a Liberal.
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Wed Aug-10-05 11:01 AM
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10. I don't think right winger or left winger are extremist labels. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 11:13 AM
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12. I don't either, but the friend intended it to be IMO |
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Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 11:13 AM by Norquist Nemesis
Now, when someone mangles it into Left/Right Wing"nut", they are most assuredly being polemic. I realize you used the term "right wingers". But the friend's response seemed overly defensive and his remark snide.
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Wed Aug-10-05 11:10 AM
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11. Remember: the old Dixiecrats made Ed look liberal (as a congressman)... |
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Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 11:12 AM by JHB
...and "Israel" isn't one of his "big issues", it's just about his only issue these days. I don't know if he's officially a PNACer, but his view of what's wrong in the MidEast and how to deal with it is right up their alley.
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