William Pitt circa 2002

[Kimberly]

The other day BEG made a comment about hating the DUmmies' hypocrisy more than their lies, which I completely agree with. I was racking my brain trying to remember specific comments and decided to do some nadin-ing and find some examples and stumbled across this fount of Will Pitt wisdom in the bowels of the internet:

Back when dissent was patriotic

Outrage over Enron:

Whichever part of the nation that never heard of the energy giant Enron Corporation has recently been introduced to the company in odious context. The story thus far is nothing less than astounding: Enron, a company valued in the billions on Wall Street, suddenly filed for the largest bankruptcy claim in the history of the known universe. 4,000 employees were abruptly shown the door after having been barred from dumping the company stock, meant to fund their retirement, while it was worth something. Meanwhile, Enron executives in the know were able to dump the stock, back when it was the gold standard on the Street, for a cool $1 billion.

Outrage over Solyndra: none

Concern over budget:

Once upon a time, a person's ability to effectively manage a budget, whether it be personal or business-oriented, was an essential aspect of the character analysis performed if said person wished to seek political office. Financial records would be disclosed and examined by a wide array of eyes. If said person appeared unable to handle his money, or the money of others, that person stood little chance of getting elected.
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Somewhere between then and now, we seem to have lost the ability to effectively analyze the fiscal responsibility level of our candidates. The Presidency of George W. Bush is the newest, and perhaps most fearsome, example of this phenomenon. If the election game in 2000 had been played by 1988 rules, Bush would have never gotten out of Texas.

Concern over the Senate's lack of a budget: silence

Patriot Act & First Amendment:

In essence, John Ashcroft claims that if you question the unprecedented steps he and his Justice Department are taking, if you voice doubts about the concept of destroying freedom in order to save it, if you step out of the narrow line being drawn by he and Mr. Bush, you are a terrorist. If you dare to participate in that most fundamental American activity - dissent - you are aiding and abetting the murderous butchers who sent thousands of our citizens to death three months ago.

No more grave an accusation can be leveled in this time, and no more base and groundless a charge can be or has been spoken. It is one thing to sit for weeks and hold your tongue for fear of being called unpatriotic, as many patriotic Americans did in the aftermath of September 11th. It is another again to be called a terrorist for defending the sanctity of the United States Constitution from men who come for it with erasers and redacting tape.

The idea that it was unpatriotic to question Bush in the aftermath of September 11th received wide play and acclimation in the media, and still does in many circles. This skirted the edges of free speech restrictions forbidden by the First Amendment. Ashcrofts proclamation of December 6th, that anyone who speaks out against his and Mr. Bush's plans, fairly defines the reason this Amendment was created in the first place.

Patriotic Americans will now fear to speak out against the government, the first fundamental responsibility of any citizen, for fear of an accusation that will taint them forever. It is intimidation in the raw of the first principle - the right to speak your mind, and to defy authority when it has gone awry.

Criticize Obama: Racists!!!!!

Secret military trials: evil

One of the main reasons Ashcroft was ordered to appear before Congress was because of Bush's recent Executive Order authorizing the use of secret military tribunals to try - and potentially order the execution of - anyone suspected of being a terrorist. This is troubling on its face - secret trials with secret evidence followed by secret judgments.

Drone kills: awesome!

Will Pitt Bio 2002:

about William Rivers Pitt...
William Rivers Pitt was born in Washington, DC., and lived several years in Alabama before eventually moving to Boston. He was educated in English Literature at a small Jesuit college in New England, and after graduation spent two years in San Francisco pursuing an ill-conceived career in the law. Currently, he teaches English Literature, Journalism, Grammar and History at a small private high school outside of Boston.

Pitt has been writing about politics off and on for years, but became devoted to the practice during the interminable months of the Clinton impeachment. Since the election and subsequent Supreme Court catastrophe, he has directed all of his energies to the fight the rising tide of conservative fundamentalism in American government.

Pitt is currently writing a book of essays that will, when completed, span the course of American politics from the end of the Super Tuesday primary to Election Night 2004. Several of the essays to appear in this book can be read here. He is actively seeking publishers.

[BEG]

Thank you Kimberly. H5

[wasp69]

Oh, you mean he's no better than your average, run of the mill, DUmp poster?  Can't be! 

[R_Tatum]

Pitt is a particularly odious turd slurper.

[Duke Nukum]

Outstanding! 

[FlippyDoo]

about William Rivers Pitt...
William Rivers Pitt was born in Washington, DC., and lived several years in Alabama before eventually moving to Boston. He was educated in English Literature at a small Jesuit college in New England, and after graduation spent two years in San Francisco pursuing an ill-conceived career in the law. Currently, he teaches English Literature, Journalism, Grammar and History at a small private high school outside of Boston.

Pitt has been writing about politics off and on for years, but became devoted to the practice during the interminable months of the Clinton impeachment. Since the election and subsequent Supreme Court catastrophe, he has directed all of his energies to the fight the rising tide of conservative fundamentalism in American government.

Pitt is currently writing a book of essays that will, when completed, span the course of American politics from the end of the Super Tuesday primary to Election Night 2004. Several of the essays to appear in this book can be read here. He is actively seeking publishers.

Since I haven't seen anything about his book of essays I have to assume he never did succeed in finding a publisher. I would have been interested in watching and hearing the search for a publisher.

WRP: I'm William Rivers Pitt. I need a publisher for my book of essays.
Publisher: You're who?
WRP: William Rivers Pitt.
Publisher: Never heard of you.
WRP: I'm quite famous at Democrat Underground.
Publisher: Oh! That parody website where the members pretend to be idiots.
WRP: Uhhh. No. Well, I mean yeah, but it's not a parody website.
Publisher: Who'd of known? Anyway, I've still never heard of you.
WRP: I'm so famous that a guy in the Sandhills named a manure pit after me. Plus I've got the feeling that in a few business years that business hours will be very good for me.
Publisher: Okay. Whatever floats your boat. So what kind of book is it?
WRP: I sent the manuscript to your office. It spans the course of American politics from the end of the Super Tuesday primary to Election Night 2004.
Publisher: Yeah. I remember that. Listen kid, we can't help you. We only publish quality stuff here like horoscopes and tales of Batboy.

Apparently his other books went over well though. Below are a couple of reviews from Amazon.

27 of 89 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Tedious Tome, December 22, 2006
By
bcamp "b" (houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: House of Ill Repute: Reflections on War, Lies, and America's Ravaged Reputation (Paperback)
This book could not be more wearisome and erroneous. Rather than attempting a chapter by chapter refutation of this leftist assault on America masquerading as non-fiction, let me just suffice this review with the fact that Mr. Pitt cherry picks his facts to suit his conclusions. He makes leaps of logic that only a shill for al Qeada could find their way through.

On the positive, Mr Pitt has a gift for prose, but for my personal taste it is long winded. The book could be made significantly more readable by shortening it to a pamphlet.

12 of 47 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Debunked many times over, November 7, 2005
By
Right Face "concerned citizen" (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know (Paperback)
This book contains nothing but left-wing talking points that have been thoroughly debunked since its writing. However that's the principle of the Big Lie: Just keep repeating it over and over until it takes on a life of its own and people believe it based merely upon the number of times they've heard it.