Comments on: Norman Mailer: Against the Empire http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SanFernandoCurt http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-30011 SanFernandoCurt Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:32:37 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/#comment-30011 "My hypothesis is that President George W. Bush and many conservatives have come to the conclusion that the only way they can save America and get if off its present downslope is to become a regime with a greater military presence and drive toward empire." Well... It has seemed to me, over the course of the last few years, that greater military presence and drive toward empire are what put us on the "present downslope". They are not the corrective, they are the CAUSE. Guess Mailer's self-description as a "left-conservative" is emblematic of his confusion. May he rest in peace. “My hypothesis is that President George W. Bush and many conservatives have come to the conclusion that the only way they can save America and get if off its present downslope is to become a regime with a greater military presence and drive toward empire.”

Well… It has seemed to me, over the course of the last few years, that greater military presence and drive toward empire are what put us on the “present downslope”. They are not the corrective, they are the CAUSE.

Guess Mailer’s self-description as a “left-conservative” is emblematic of his confusion. May he rest in peace.

]]> By: lester http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-28224 lester Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/#comment-28224 lol no kidding. also, my mistake it was gore vidal i was thinking of lol no kidding. also, my mistake it was gore vidal i was thinking of

]]> By: Dain http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-27542 Dain Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:22:45 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/#comment-27542 I remember seeing him on an episode of The Gilmore Girls. Ha. I remember seeing him on an episode of The Gilmore Girls. Ha.

]]> By: lester http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-26913 lester Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-against-the-empire/#comment-26913 I have a retrospective book of "the nation" that includes a piece by him on the subject of american empire from I think the 80's. It's very good I have a retrospective book of “the nation” that includes a piece by him on the subject of american empire from I think the 80′s. It’s very good

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