Pro-Forma Attack On Rall (With Thoroughly Age-Appropriate Zinger), Part Number 2293-4492D

We all remember one kid in high school who throve on hatred - the kid who'd insult people on purpose, perhaps out of misplaced masochism, perhaps because he just got off on people's hatred of him.

It's perhaps too obvious to say Ted Rall was that kid. It's certainly not original.

And yet the 90% of this nation that wants to see Ted Rall eaten by mice are certainly not going to change their minds now:

How Sad...

...that Ronald Reagan didn't die in prison, where he belonged for starting an illegal, laughably unjustifiable war against Grenada under false pretenses (the "besieged" medical students later said they were nothing of the sort) [We were asked there by a multinational group of Grenada's neighbors. It was multilateral. And the invasion's effect on Soviet policy justified it a thousand times over - Ed) and funneling arms to hostages during Iran-Contra.(Less so - Ed.)

Oh, and 9/11? That was his. Osama bin Laden and his fellow Afghan "freedom fighters" got their funding, and nasty weapons, from Reagan.

Yep. Ted's right - or as close as he can be, taking the events of the early '80s completely out of context. Blaming support of the mujihadin for Bin Laden is like blaming Clemenceau and Lloyd George's opposition to post-WWII German Communism for Hitler.

A real piece of work, Reagan ruined the federal budget,(by creating the conditions that allowed the "Peace Dividend" that was the only reason Clinton could balance it - Ed.) trashed education, (It trashed itself) alienated our friends (Like in Eastern Europe?) and allies and made us a laughing stock around the world.(So unlike Jimmy Carter) .

Hmmmm...sounds familiar.(To someone who was that kid who throve on hatred? No doubt)

Anyway, I'm sure he's turning crispy brown right about now.

Nah.

And "crispy" would be an improvement for Ted Rall's work - which is more the mushy brown that comes from digestion.

Posted by Mitch at June 7, 2004 07:11 AM