tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post5967272807591040338..comments2023-10-25T04:54:37.147-07:00Comments on Just Right: Useful idiot of OmahaJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-11194687219127022652011-08-18T12:11:57.015-07:002011-08-18T12:11:57.015-07:00Warren Buffet is certainly a smart person and he&#...Warren Buffet is certainly a smart person and he's entitled to his viewpoint - as am I. As for "name-calling" I assume you refer to my "useful idiot" descriptor. The term has <a href="http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22useful+idiot%22&pbx=1&oq=%22useful+idiot%22&aq=f&aqi=g5&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=8659l13307l0l13573l16l15l1l0l0l0l343l2431l2.10.2.1l15l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=557dd095ed97bfff&biw=1436&bih=801" rel="nofollow">well known meanings in political dicourse</a>, so it's hardly "ad hominem". It applies to Buffett as an apparently well-meaning but oblivious shill for Obama's big government, economy wrecking agenda. I should have added "hypocrite" because, as Peter Foster points out, he has personally benefitted hugely from Government bailouts and tax loopholes and now bemoans that he (and his fellow super-rich) doesn't pay a "fair share".JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-18386200390735013852011-08-17T17:12:59.678-07:002011-08-17T17:12:59.678-07:00Warren Buffet is a smart person with a viewpoint t...Warren Buffet is a smart person with a viewpoint that apparently does not accord with yours. Why the ad hominem attack and the name calling? Why can't conservatives state their point of view without assisinating the character of the person they disagree with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com