Tag: dustup

Name-calling is unnecessary, Ed Schultz was wrong
ecthompsonmd May 26, 2011

Over the last 24-48 hours, there’s been a dustup over some comments that radio talk show host and television personality Ed Schultz made on his radio show. As far as I can tell, there’s no instance in which someone deserves to be called a “slut.” One has to be very careful about off-the-cuff remarks. In my opinion, we should confront and combat, when possible, the actions and words with which we disagree. Specifically, labeling those who disagree with us as a this or a that is uncalled for. I applauded Ed Schultz for his heartfelt apology. From Mediate: Schultz was discussing

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Obama angers many with choice of Warren
ecthompsonmd December 23, 2008

As everyone knows by now, Barack Obama has chosen the hugely successful but quite controversial Reverend Rick Warren to perform the opening invocation at his inauguration. The gay and lesbian community has been outraged over this choice. It has been noted that on his website he has stated that unrepentant homosexuals will not be accepted as members of his Saddleback Church. These harsh statements have disappeared from his website, but does this mean that the Reverend Warren has changed his mind about homosexuality? I doubt it. This has become a very big deal in the Progressive community. The dustup over Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich really did

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Obama Defends his Statement
ecthompsonmd April 11, 2008

There has been yet another Friday afternoon dustup in this political campaign. Barack Obama was speaking in San Francisco last week (yes, last week– it took this long for somebody to find the video). He was entering a question about why some Pennsylvania voters are finding it hard to get behind his campaign. As usual, Obama gave a very thoughtful answer: “But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like

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