In the past, I've had trouble agreeing with this pundit's political thought. But now my hat is off to Kirsten Powers and the latest crystal clear points she has made.
1. WORLDVIEW
Last night Kirsten was in a discussion on the Fox All Stars at the end of Brett Baier's news. The discussion was about the stepped up agitation in Afghanistan over the massacre of the innocents.
Kirsten had read a NYTimes piece about the imam being asked why he did not respond to the slaughter (versus his outrage at the Koran burning). The article said the imam thought that a crazy question. Kirsten's HUGE point was that their value system was so skewed to elevate an accidental book burning over a human life...that she wondered aloud how America could negotiate or come to any agreement with such a divergent perspective on life. To see the discussion, click.
2. GOOD FOR THE GOOSE/GANDER
There are AWFUL comments about conservative women being made by people on the left such as Bill Maher and Ed Schultz and Matt Taibbi and Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. Those things are incredibly out-of-line and seem to go unchallenged. click
Now the furor over what Rush said causes liberals to come unglued. Kirsten wrote a wonderful appeal to reason here: click Or, if you prefer video, here: click.
These two truths...valuing life and standing against coarse discourse...are neither left nor right. We all can agree on that level ground.
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