Arianna Huffington on John Mccain-1/2

Author, Blogger Arianna Huffington on How John McCain Has Changed Since Telling Her He Didn't Vote for Bush in 2000
Blogger, author and nationally syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington revealed this week that Senator John McCain had told her eight years ago that he did not vote for President Bush in the 2000 election. McCain has angrily denied the claim. Huffington joins us to talk about her disillusionment with McCain, whom she says has abandoned his principles in his quest for the Republican nomination. Huffington is author of the new book, Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe—and What you Need to Know to End the Madness. [includes rush transcript]

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[noreast77]

This woman grates on my ears- even with the volume muted. Just her lips moving is enough to know she is thinking about how wonderful she thinks she is, even if she is talking about something else, darling.

[Chris1345]

Arianna is one of the best..bless her.

[EchoesUnlimited]

I was being oxymoronic..lol

okay peace peace treaty now.

I have a black berry and I like juice and I hate not being No.1

[blackberryjuice1]

yeah and your big words don't impress me. you misused malapropism dumbshit (isn't that ironic). and if you thought I was so ignorant, why would you bother trying to "educate" me, LOL. You're so frickin' retarded suckwats.

[EchoesUnlimited]

..cause I felt like educating you stupid douchebaggg.

[blackberryjuice1]

guess what you did respond dimwitshitard.  you're so fucking dumb.

[EchoesUnlimited]

The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this, as evidenced not only by our republican constitutional system, but also by their writings in the Federalist Papers and elsewhere. James Madison cautioned that under a democratic government, "There is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or the obnoxious individual."

[EchoesUnlimited]

Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden behind purposely meaningless language. As a result, Americans have been conditioned to accept the word "democracy" as a synonym for freedom, and thus to believe that democracy is unquestionably good.

[EchoesUnlimited]

George Orwell wrote about "meaningless words" that are endlessly repeated in the political arena.* Words like "freedom," "democracy," and "justice," Orwell explained, have been abused so long that their original meanings have been eviscerated. In Orwell's view, political words were "Often used in a consciously dishonest way."

[EchoesUnlimited]

We've all heard the words democracy and freedom used countless times, especially in the context of our invasion of Iraq. They are used interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings are very different.