The True Meaning of Fitzmas

I took this from Tinksrival's post on another thread--thought it was good enough to deserve a thread of its own.


This from a comment by wg on Kid Oakland's politics + culture blog.

BUT, I think I may be experiencing, Linus-like, the deeper meaning of Fitzmas. Watching and listening to Fitz, I rediscovered something I haven't felt in a long, long time: a kind of simple, optimistic pride in the potential and promise of America. I know that sounds fatuous, but it felt like, after crawling through the desert, I was finally rewarded with a tall, clear glass of ice-cold life-sustaining water. I took such profound and unexpected pleasure in the trust I felt in this guy. And I even found a perverse satisfaction in the way he frustrated my shallow partisan craving for a brutal rhetorical smackdown. When was the last time you had the experience of seeing somebody on tv, in a political context, that you didn't feel compelled to view through an angry ideological prism? It was such a relief to not be an analyzing and enraged critic, or even a chortling schadenfreudian. I just had a very simple, almost childlike, faith in this guy. He'll follow the evidence where it leads and no further, but he's not afraid of anybody, especially these smug thugs. He seemed like a walking, human rebuke to the insane political atmosphere of the last decade. I know this all sounds ridiculous and naive, but perhaps that only suggests how deeply I was craving, without even really being aware of it, somebody to believe in again. I believe in fairness, and justice, and equality, and civility. And I saw that today in Patrick Fitzgerald. And maybe that, Charlie Brown, is the true meaning of Fitzmas.
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Credit to: wg on Kid Oakland's Politics & Cultures Blog

Seems to hit the nail right on the head.

Pretty much, right on the money from where I sit.

TDP

It was the Chicago accent, I'm sure. But when I saw his press conference later on tv I was left with a whole different impression. Maybe it was those sad hound-dog eyes, or his crooked mouth. He is the real deal. He will get us as much justice as he possibly can, and if he doesn't indict somebody, it's because it's not doable.

I trust him. He will be fair and impartial.

year. He (the poster) listened to the debate on the radio upstairs while his wife/girl friend watched them on tv downstairs. He came away with a "it was a draw" impression (second debate, if I recall correctly) while she was glowing that Kerry had won.

It's amazing how much the difference in the media contributes to one's perception of the same event, isn't it?

Glad you caught it on tv. It was time well spent.

the eyes tell a lot.

So goddamned good.

I don't know what may come out of it, probably less than my wildest dreams, of that I am fairly sure. But I feel some measure of sanity has been brought back. I didn't see Fitzgerald, only heard him, but for some reason I trust his fairness. I think the part that really got me was him talking about how the Grand Jury's secrecy is a big part of the fairness of the American Justice System and that the next process for Libby is a part of it as well and we should all honor it. I think when I heard him talk I heard him talking to all Americans, I didn't hear everything I dreamed of hearing, and some people heard things they didn't want to, but he kept everyone focused on justice and impartiality, which is something we are surely lacking. He made me able to let go some of my blood in the water mentality and be able to give an iota (however small) of trust back into the justice system.
Kat