Ben Stein just gave a left wing editorial on CBS Sunday morning news.

mucifer

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:15 AM
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Ben Stein just gave a left wing editorial on CBS Sunday morning news.

The right wing comedian and former nixon speech writer just changed his stripes. He spoke about the stock market and how the only reason it is doing well is because of the growing divide between the very rich and the rest of us. He said sooner or later the stock market is gonna crash and we will be in a huge mess.

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ikojo

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:17 AM
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1. Doesn't necessarily he has changed his stripes

If he is an old school pug, as opposed to an Ayn Rand worshipping neo con, he may not approve of shrubya's fiscal irresponsibility. I am sure Mr Stein saw nothing wrong with the stock market during the Clinton years.

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Buzz Clik

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:21 AM
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3. Stein will never change his stripes.

He continues to speak out against Hollywood as being totally left-wing and intolerant of the right, yet he continues to be a part of Hollywood. He lives there.

He may have a point of view we agree with on a rare occasion, but he's a political rightwinger to his core.

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NewJeffCT

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:36 AM
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10. Amazing with Republics regarding Hollywood

Edited on Sun Feb-18-07 11:37 AM by NewJeffCT

They rail against it, but the vast majority of politicians from Hollywood are Republics - Reagan, Arnold, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy.

For Democrats, we only have Cooter (Ben Jones) that I can think of in recent memory.

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ClassWarrior

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:18 AM
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2. You know the old saying... You wanna live like a Rape-Publican...

...you gotta vote like a Dem.

:shrug:

NGU.

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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:21 AM
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4. If that is the way the wind is blowing...

let noone say that I do not also blow.

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yellerpup

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:22 AM
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5. He's been coming on in that vein

in the business section of the NY Times lately, too. :shrug:

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Olney Blue

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:23 AM
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6. He kept saying that it was a good time for the rich....

but not for those deployed in Iraq.

I interpreted it as an anti-war piece.

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BeatleBoot

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:28 AM
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7. I agree with him about the stock market

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Jack Rabbit

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:31 AM
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8. That's not called being left wing. That's called stating the obvious.

Now, if Mr. Stein were to suggest the remedy for the problem lay in nationalizing industries, I might agree that he is now left wing.

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peekaloo

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:31 AM
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9. Most of the time I tune him out, but he has a background in economics

as did his father. Maybe this is the one area where he has "clear eyes" for the poor guys/gals.

He's still an ass.

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Ian David

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Sun Feb-18-07 11:45 AM
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11. Ben Stein kills doctors, and does commercials denying that fisheries are in danger. n/t

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TheCowsCameHome

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Sun Feb-18-07 12:00 PM
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12. Besides, he looks like a dork.

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Rydz777

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Sun Feb-18-07 01:29 PM
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13. Stock market

Sure the stock market will crash sooner or later. Everything will crash sooner or later. Unless you put a date on it you are simply stating the obvious. However, it is probably overdue, and it would only take another terror attack in the USA to set it off. That would also set off a lot of other things. Think of the Patriot Act on steroids.

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originalpckelly

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Sun Feb-18-07 01:34 PM
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14. Sadly, if you really look at Nixon, on policy issues he was very progressive...

before Watergate, he was about to announce a massive program to reform drug abusers in our prisons systems, and don't forget he's the one who started the EPA.

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mucifer

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Sun Feb-18-07 05:14 PM
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15. Actually congress pushed for the EPA and Nixon went along for the ride.

Edited on Sun Feb-18-07 05:14 PM by mucifer

Which isn't bad considering these days.

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