Comments on: Alan Brinkley Accosted by FoxNews!

By: Supportive

Supportive — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:26:58 +0000

Brinkley handled it like a champ – way to go – you made them look more ridiculous than they could have looked on their own. Well done!

also, nice hat!

By: steve

steve — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:56:57 +0000

Brinkley is dead wrong, as of June 2005 39 people had been convicted of terrorist activities. The professor should get his facts straight. See link attached:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/11/AR2005061100381.html

By: sdfgh

sdfgh — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:03:39 +0000

Fox Neews is amazing. Fuck all of you stupid ass communist/socialist/liberals out there that want to ruin America

By: Wondering

Wondering — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:41:59 +0000

Where is the whole clip, I wanna see it

By: Very nice.

Very nice. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:43:21 +0000

Great. I agree with you that having idiotic spokesmen such as Limbaugh and Hannity does not serve the Republican party very well. I also agree with you that it doesn’t serve the Republicans in Congress very well to take their cues from people of such obvious mental limitations. It is shameful and ridiculous that no one in that party has the courage or character to stand up and describe those “talkers” for what they are– intellectual midgets. And I agree with you, lastly, that classical conservatism deserves a better defense– that it is a serious, perspective and an intellectual force to be contended with, and that anyone who derides it and confidently presumes to have all of the answers in the world or to simply have a superior ideology on the basis of the people’s verdict in the last election or any election for that matter is laughably ignorant. Very laughably ignorant. I caution you, however, not to think that the unpopular actions taken by those who held office in the past few years are all inherently wrong because of their unpopularity. It seems that you are trying, by labeling yourself a libertarian, to excise yourself from those presumed sins, and while I do not doubt that your ideological position is genuine, I caution you against conflating intrinsic fault with popular disdain. Non-libertarian conservatism too, or whatever you wish to call it, also deserves a proper defense, and is not an ideology that can only be held by a moron or disseminated by a purveyor of hot air.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:13:30 +0000

Oh man, everyone needs to watch that full clip, where the Fox dudes actually try to act like they’re still right after Brinkley’s completely legitimate response. Their criticism basically goes from “He is lying!” to “He may have made some grammatical errors!”

By: yes but

yes but — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:38:48 +0000

Even if it’s the best political move, it’s not their job to think about media strategy, it’s their job to keep our community members safe and comfortable. They will go through bags of 21+ seniors but are okay with a bunch of aggressive random people harassing our provost.

By: Well

Well — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:11:40 +0000

it’s best that public safety didn’t intervene — that would have just made the situation look worse, the very sort of drama fox that would supply fox’s bullshit. If brinkley wanted he could easily have gestured to the guard in the booth for intervention. in fact i have a feeling that if a guard or someone did begin making a move brinkley would’ve just told them to stand down because it makes more sense to just ignore this sort of bullshit rather than make a confrontation of it

By: Ya...

Ya... — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:57:09 +0000

Guess the Public Safety officer was just chillin’ in his little booth and didn’t even notice the cameras pass by. Some security system and this was in broad daylight nonetheless!

By: Gotta love public safety

Gotta love public safety — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:32:10 +0000

Props to public safety, who apparently at 40s on 40s, will be going through seniors’ bags to check if they have bottles in them, but couldn’t keep our provost from being harassed.

By: oh wow

oh wow — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:05:26 +0000

did anyone else notice the spiffy little phrases at the bottom of the screen? “indoctrinating youth”, “common myths in children’s textbooks.” Poor Alan Brinkley, that must’ve been a really awkward 5 minute walk to Low.

By: i missed it!

i missed it! — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:56:24 +0000

If only i had gone to class this morning, I would have been there.

By: The mention

The mention — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:47:14 +0000

of Wm. F. Buckley Jr. makes my day every time.

Oh, to live in his era…

By: Pragmatic Conservative

Pragmatic Conservative — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:57:12 +0000

Thanks. I for one have never been a fan of putting divisive social issues before the things that I feel really matter to this country, i.e. moving to eliminate protectionism and towards a more open global economy, and improving America’s profile in foreign policy after neoconservatism almost destroyed it. This libertarian and deemphasizing view on social issues, however, is far less popular among mainstream conservatives, and talk radio and Fox News would make it seem that these things are all we care about. I feel an emphasis on practical free market alternatives (no matter what you think about the economic crisis, now is not a time to move towards trade barriers and away from capitalism, although some smarter regulation is needed) is needed to bring back conservatism in this country. It really bothers me, for instance, that there are no Republican House members left in New England. We need to work to change that.

There is still very much hope for conservatism in today’s society. But some moderation on social issues is needed in order to broaden our appeal.

By: Agreed

Agreed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:47:26 +0000

There still is hope! If anything, the current state of the Republican Party will encourage younger conservatives to be more pragmatic and innovative.

There’s hope, not that conservatives may one day come back to the White House, but that they will bring back respect to the GOP and be able to work together with Democrats again.

Let’s just hope it happens sooner…