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Post #18,763
by Brandioch
11/19/01 11:12:57 AM
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New Another article.
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/15/opinion/15SAFI.html|Dictatorial Power]
Post #18,794
by inthane-chan
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11/19/01 12:52:20 PM
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New Where does Safire lie on the political scale?
IIRC, he's been considered Conservative, but I'm not really up on him - could somebody confirm or deny?
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #18,795
by Another Scott
11/19/01 12:55:28 PM
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New He was one of Nixon's speech writers.
Bio-ish column [link|http://conservativechronicle.com/columnists/safire.htm|here].

Cheers,
Scott.
     War is hell (on your civil liberties) - (Silverlock) - (32) - Nov. 16, 2001, 04:27:57 PM EST
         I can't tell yet whether - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2001, 06:12:55 PM EST
             The scarier. - (Steve Lowe) - Nov. 17, 2001, 12:48:02 AM EST
         Hell on whose civil liberties? - (marlowe) - (23) - Nov. 17, 2001, 12:34:44 PM EST
             Let's say you're Arab-looking US-citiz. Someone sez ___. -NT - (Ashton) - (15) - Nov. 17, 2001, 03:35:28 PM EST
                 Let's say you're grasping at straws. - (marlowe) - (14) - Nov. 17, 2001, 03:46:19 PM EST
                     Let's say you're too young to *remember* HUAC, SISS. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2001, 04:43:00 PM EST
                         I haven't forgotten all that. Nor have I forgotten... - (marlowe) - Nov. 18, 2001, 07:56:05 PM EST
                     Alternative to what? - (Brandioch) - (11) - Nov. 18, 2001, 12:39:32 AM EST
                         Oh, please. - (marlowe) - (10) - Nov. 18, 2001, 07:33:09 PM EST
                             No, wait a minute. - (Ric Locke) - (5) - Nov. 18, 2001, 11:17:52 PM EST
                                 Incorrect assumption. - (Brandioch) - (4) - Nov. 18, 2001, 11:42:31 PM EST
                                     [Completely OT]I might have to take you up on that... - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2001, 12:45:19 PM EST
                                         Sure. - (Brandioch) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2001, 01:34:48 PM EST
                                             E-mail me. - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 19, 2001, 01:43:27 PM EST
                                     No challenges here - (Ric Locke) - Nov. 19, 2001, 07:23:23 PM EST
                             They didn't get a fair trial? - (Brandioch) - (3) - Nov. 18, 2001, 11:24:19 PM EST
                                 You deliberately misunderstand, because you know you've lost - (marlowe) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2001, 10:43:51 AM EST
                                     Maybe you have a problem understanding me? - (Brandioch) - Nov. 19, 2001, 11:06:54 AM EST
                                     Ah.. I begin to understand your larger problem. - (Ashton) - Nov. 19, 2001, 08:02:56 PM EST
             But the question is... - (Simon_Jester) - (4) - Nov. 18, 2001, 10:34:25 AM EST
                 The postmodernist dodge rides again! - (marlowe) - (3) - Nov. 18, 2001, 08:09:47 PM EST
                     Marlowe...I hope you're right. - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2001, 01:23:53 AM EST
                         I like that link. - (marlowe) - Nov. 19, 2001, 02:52:23 PM EST
                     Uh... Look a bit up-thread, to... - (CRConrad) - Nov. 20, 2001, 09:46:49 PM EST
             Way to miss the point. - (Silverlock) - Nov. 19, 2001, 08:45:44 AM EST
             Q: Hell on whose civil liberties? A: Mine - (neelk) - Nov. 19, 2001, 09:03:42 AM EST
         the fear factor - (andread) - (2) - Nov. 18, 2001, 01:35:14 PM EST
             "Close enough for government work". In Ashcroft-2001 Times. -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 18, 2001, 03:11:16 PM EST
             Damn. I actually agree with you on something. - (Brandioch) - Nov. 18, 2001, 11:45:23 PM EST
         Another article. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2001, 11:12:57 AM EST
             Where does Safire lie on the political scale? - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2001, 12:52:20 PM EST
                 He was one of Nixon's speech writers. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 19, 2001, 12:55:28 PM EST

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