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Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 18, 10:14 PM
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bahamamama Wrote:
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> Dennis in Denver Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > bahamamama Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Ben_M Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
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> >
> > > -----
> > > > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> > > >
> > > > Any democract is bad, any republican is
> good,
> > > bomb
> > > > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> > > >
> > > > Just keep spinning the above, article after
> > > > article.
> > >
> > > ARE YOU A RACIST???? You sure write like
> one.
> > > Good response
>
>
>
> No one is racist here. I didn't even write that.
> The point here is that CHuckie here has a very
> limited view of the world and all you neocons take
> it as gospel.


You seem to confuse conservatives with liberals....... hard core liberals being the ones with the greatest tendency to swallow happily all the pablum their preferred talking heads wish to feed them. On the other hand, conservatives have a greater tendency to *think*.....

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 18, 10:18 PM
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bahamamama Wrote:
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> BillyC Wrote:
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> > Say, bahammmananannamanna,
> > by this same token, should you not be railing
> > against the current Dem controlled Congress?
>
>
> Blah Blah Blah......The GOP has doen so much for
> ALL of Us That is why this country is a mess and
> it has nothing to do with the Democrats. Typical
> neocon tactic........Smear Smear you will sink in
> your own mud. I have nothing else to say to you
> neocons pposting here except most moderate
> Americans are not even posting her. SO keep
> preaching to yourselves.


In 1994 Republicans won a majority in the House for the first time in 30 years(?). They immediately set to work and passed significant legislation with a popular Democrat president.

In 2006, Democrats won a majority in the House and can't get out of their own way, have a dismal approval ratings and can't pass anything with and unpopular Republican as President.

Republicans have demonstrated capability. Democrats have yet to do so.

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 18, 10:19 PM
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Jim Wrote:
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> "I agree, Obama is even more embarrassing than
> Bush and I didn't think that was possible."
>
> Obama is the Democratic version of George W. Bush.


What principles does Obama stand for?

Bush has demonstrated his principles. Obama has not.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 10:28 PM
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WOW18D Wrote:
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> RyanW Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "Bush will be historically considered at least
> one
> > of the top ten Presidents in our history."
> >
> > That point nullifies anything else you say.
> >
> > And I supported him in 2000.
>
>
> HOLY @#$%& YOU CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE!!!! WOW, YOU
> MUST BE SMART TO DISREGARD EVEYTHING A MAN SAYS
> BECAUSE OF ONE COMMENT!!!!! TEACH ME!!!! TELL ME
> OH WISE ONE, WHAT WILL PRECLUDE BUSH FROM BEING
> CONSIDERED A TOP 10 PRES 100 YEARS FROM NOW!!!!!!
> DO YOU KNOW HOW THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO
> PAN OUT? I SURE AS @#$%& DONT, YOU @#$%& INBRED
> RETARD. YOU ARE MOST LIKELY FROM NEW YOIRK OR CA.
> YOUR LITTLE QUALIFIER ABOUT VOTING FOR BUSH MEANS
> @#$%&, I SUPPORTED GORE IN 2000 AND HERE I AM IN
> THE MILITARY KILLING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KILL YOU.
> TIMES CHANGE DICK FACE

Umm, I don't think you could have made more of an @#$%& out of yourself if you tried- Congratulations. If this guy represents what McCain supporters think like, it just reinforces my belief that Obama is the better choice. Wow.

For the record, I am from Minnesota. A state that has 1 sitting Afgan war vet as a U.S. Congressmen (Tim Walz- 1st district) and two Iraq War vets that will be winning office in Nov. (Steve Sarvi in the 2nd District and Ashwin Media in the 3rd District). That is 3 of our 8 U.S. House seats... but here is the kicker.. they are ALL Obama supporters and Dems.

Guess how many Afghan and Iraq war vets hold seat or are running for the GOP in my midwestern state? Answer:0

It turns out you do not speak for all military servicemen and women- you only speak for one of them, so turn down the volume and cut the childish insults. It is time you grow up, son.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 10:35 PM
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Jim Wrote:
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> "I agree, Obama is even more embarrassing than
> Bush and I didn't think that was possible."
>
> Obama is the Democratic version of George W. Bush.


McCain is the Republican version of Abe Simpson.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 10:39 PM
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MystWlker Wrote:
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> bahamamama Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Dennis in Denver Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > bahamamama Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Ben_M Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any democract is bad, any republican is
> > good,
> > > > bomb
> > > > > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just keep spinning the above, article
> after
> > > > > article.
> > > >
> > > > ARE YOU A RACIST???? You sure write like
> > one.
> > > > Good response
> >
> >
> >
> > No one is racist here. I didn't even write
> that.
> > The point here is that CHuckie here has a very
> > limited view of the world and all you neocons
> take
> > it as gospel.
>
>
> You seem to confuse conservatives with
> liberals....... hard core liberals being the ones
> with the greatest tendency to swallow happily all
> the pablum their preferred talking heads wish to
> feed them. On the other hand, conservatives have a
> greater tendency to *think*.....

That is why a guy on here posted earlier that Pres. Bush would go down as one of the 10 greatest presidents of all time. Because us liberals "drink kool-aid" and you guys think logically. Right...

Why is it that the higher the education level, the greater chance a person is to vote Dem? If you guys do all the thinking...

Posted by: bonnier  
Jul 18, 10:39 PM
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Neither this country nor the world needs an inexperienced, arrogant Empty Suit as leader of the free world. Why is it taking so long for the mainstream media to report the truth? The stakes are too high for the media to remain complicit in the "coronation" of this Chicago politician, with all of the pejoratives implied, as president of the United States.

Posted by: the enemy is us  
Jul 18, 10:58 PM
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Just what did Mr. Krauthammer mean by the statement that one has to 'earn' the right to speak at the Brandenburg gate?

Is the gate some kind of holy grail? He assumes that only approved American speakers 'earn' that right. Approved by whom? Mr. Krauthammer? The German gov't? I would think that any American who is running for the Presidency has earned that right....just by being an American running for the Presidency.

Domestic politics aside, for just a moment, whether I vote for Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain is irrelevant to me....Mr. Obama should be able to speak at that monument. Certainly enough American soldiers have died for that to happen. And Mr. McCain should have the same opportunity, if he so chooses.

Mr. Krauthammer is mistaken to take domestic politics and apply them to foreign shores. Imagine his outrage if Mr. McCain had thought of that photo opportunity first, and was pilloried by liberals for not having 'earned' the ability to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. The blood of tens of thousands of American soldiers would have earned him that opportunity.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 11:04 PM
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Man, it must be a full moon... the McCain trolls are out tonight.

Its easy, anyone can do it... here is the formula:

1. Express concern.

2. Qualify your concern with one of the following:

a-your unending love for the country
b- your service in the military
c- the fact that you are or were a Democrat
d-some other experience that would qualify you (lost a son on 9-11, work for CIA, etc)

3. Make sure to include at least two of the following terms when referring to Obama:

Flip-flopper
Elitist
Muslim
Marxist
Racist
Unpatriotic
Empty Suit
Coward
Terrorist

4. Make sure to not mention McCain or any of his stances on issues, only vague references to his POW experience are accepted but really should be avoided.

5. Bonus points are awarded for:

Blasting the Media
Using the phrase "threw _________ under the bus"
Mentioning he didn't leave his church for 20 years
Attributing his success merely to his race.
Using the term "kool-aid drinkers" when referring to supporters.

5. When finished, start over only change the name on the post.

There you have it- the anatomy of the McCain troll RCP thread echo chamber.

Posted by: Bmarks  
Jul 18, 11:23 PM
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Mr. Krauthammer:

You are right on!

This trip is a campaign media trip of the first order and the Brandenberg Gate is simply on more TV back drop for platitudes about how America has been so bad and that Obama will ask for foregiveness from the "community of nations".

You know that Katie Coric and company will show OB in a positive light even if he committs a Fa Pas or demonstrates a lack of basic knowledge of history . The Euro leaders will fawn over him as if he is the second coming of Jackie er John F. Kennedy. They will laud his sophistication , charm and eloquense ( even if its in English). The discussion with the Lebaonese President and the PA leader will be reported as "fruitful and friendly" while the discussions with Isreal will be characterised as "frank and in candor" ( they will try to tell him Iran is dangerous....he will try to get them to sware off a strike on tIrans nuclear facilities), while King Abdulla will publicly compliment Obama but privately state he's a "babe in the woods".

We are going to witness a rock star tour of Europe and the Midddle east.

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 18, 11:25 PM
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BigTobacco Wrote:
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> GOP failures in a nutshell:
>
> Economy

The overall economy over the last 7 years has been better than during the eight years before, the current difficulties stem from a combination of subsidized ethanol production reducing the supply of food and increasing prices (Liberal Democrat policies), and a continuation of the refusal to tap domestic oil reserves and develop nuclear power (Liberal Democrat policies), despite a threefold increase in the price of crude oil....

> Trade

Such as trade with Columbia, who export goods to the US tariff free, while US goods are taxed heavily when shipped co Columbia? I seem to recall legislation to lift that trade tarriff, but it was voted down (by liberal Democrats)...

> Energy

See 'Economy'

> War on Terror

You mean the one we're winning? (Iraqi violence decreasing dramatically, Iraqi military and police daily taking more and more control of their country, to ensure their security on their own, and with it their future as a free and independent nation)

> Katrina

Katrina - where the Mayor (liberal Democrat) allowed graft and corruption to redirect federal funds intended for improving and maintaining the levee system into local politicians' and contractors' pockets, allowed the breaking levees to flood sections of new orleans before taking any action, such action consisting mainly of doing interviews. Meanwhile, the LA Governor, (Liberal Democrat), hemmed and hawed for days afterward before authorizing the national guard to come in and assist (posse commitatus, you know....)

> Health Care

Health care is not a guaranteed right. It's not granted in the constitution. Illegal immigrants don't have a right to a federal medical plan, though they already get free medical treatment at emergency rooms, and while a large number of americans do not carry health insurance, many of them *choose* not to, having invested the time and effort in prevention, and kept themselves in good enough health that all they need is a yearly checkup, which can be paid for in cash, instead of spending thousands a year for insurance, when they only make a few hundred in claims. Plus, having taken care of my health, eating well, exercising, not engaging in high risk activities like drug abuse, alcohol abuse, etc, I don't feel the government has any right taking money from my paycheck (as additional taxes) and redistributing it to people who have spent their lives eating junk, smoking crack, doing meth, and living on the couch playing video games. It's an encouragement to the abrogation of personal responsibility.

> Housing

If Congress (Democrat controlled) hadn't pressured lenders into extending credit to those not credit worthy in order to not be labelled racist or discriminatory, al portion of the homes in danger of forclosure wouldn't be on that list at all. Add to it property held vacant by real estate speculators who stop paying for them because they believe the government is going to bail them out, and there goes another big slice. The numbers on this housing issue have been greatly exaggerated and/or misrepresented. Then Chuck Schumer (Liberal Democrat) let's it slip that he doubts the solvency of IndyMac, and you have a 1.6 billion dollar run on that bank - which *makes* it insolvent.....

> Justice Department

The Justice Department that has been operating short of federal judges, because the Democrats refuse to approve of any of the president's judicial apointments?

> Environment

AlGore, your environment messiah, is CEO of a carbon credit trading company. The farther he pushes his global warming (oops, tems are dropping, now we have to call it the Climate Crisis), the more money he stands to make from cap and trade legislation. The same AlGore that has a carbon footprint greater than any 20 of the rest of us.....

> Defense

What do you suppose our defense will look like after Obama slashes the defense department budget to help pay for his program of new entitlements? Doesn't anyone remember Carter doing the same thing in the 70's?

> and so on.
>
> Now, I don't expect politicians to solve all these
> problems... but at least they could stop making
> them worse. I won't say that the GOP is inept,
> because all of these disaster have yielded huge
> windfalls for the special interest groups that
> support them. But if you are not one of the
> profiteers, the GOP looks like a bunch of
> miserable failures.
>
> Words_Matter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > BigTobacco Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Michael,
> > >
> > > What you say is the sad truth: McCain is not
> > > Bush.
> > >
> > > Yet, he is bending over backwards to continue
> > > Bush's failed policies. Either McCain is
> just
> > > lying to sucker the Bush dead-enders in
> voting
> > for
> > > him. Or he is telling the truth, and is
> going
> > to
> > > plunge the nation deeper into the Bush
> > cesspool.
> > >
> > > I actually think McCain is lying and that he
> > would
> > > be a decent president. It just makes me sad
> > that
> > > someone who presents himself as a man of
> > > principle, and who presents his opponent as a
> > > liar, is actually flip-flopping, lying, and
> > > sliming his way through this campaign.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, Krauthammer is a vain
> little
> > > fascist. He is who I was referring to when I
> > made
> > > my comment. And, his uncanny ability to be
> so
> > > freaking wrong while thinking he is so
> freaking
> > > superior means that his opinion on Obama's
> > vanity
> > > is suspect.
> > >
> > > michaelp0429 Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > McCain IS NOT BUSH.
> > > >
> > > > Why do you guys keep pretending to yourself
> > and
> > > > trying to con the rest of the world that
> this
> > > > election is Bush vs. Obama? Because you
> > know
> > > > the only way people will vote for Obama is
> if
> > > you
> > > > distort McCain's record and try to twist
> him
> > > into
> > > > Bush III?
> > > >
> > > > Some new kind of politics.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > BigTobacco Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > You know what else is vain? Being dead
> > wrong
> > > > for
> > > > > nearly a decade, screwing up the country
> > > beyond
> > > > > recognition, and strutting around like
> you
> > > have
> > > > an
> > > > > opinion that is worth a darn.
> > > > >
> > > > > Republicans always accuse everyone else
> of
> > > > their
> > > > > own weaknesses.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Which policies are currently failing?

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 18, 11:30 PM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> MystWlker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > bahamamama Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Dennis in Denver Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > bahamamama Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Ben_M Wrote:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any democract is bad, any republican is
> > > good,
> > > > > bomb
> > > > > > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just keep spinning the above, article
> > after
> > > > > > article.
> > > > >
> > > > > ARE YOU A RACIST???? You sure write like
> > > one.
> > > > > Good response
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No one is racist here. I didn't even write
> > that.
> > > The point here is that CHuckie here has a
> very
> > > limited view of the world and all you neocons
> > take
> > > it as gospel.
> >
> >
> > You seem to confuse conservatives with
> > liberals....... hard core liberals being the
> ones
> > with the greatest tendency to swallow happily
> all
> > the pablum their preferred talking heads wish
> to
> > feed them. On the other hand, conservatives have
> a
> > greater tendency to *think*.....
>
> That is why a guy on here posted earlier that
> Pres. Bush would go down as one of the 10 greatest
> presidents of all time. Because us liberals "drink
> kool-aid" and you guys think logically. Right...
>
> Why is it that the higher the education level, the
> greater chance a person is to vote Dem? If you
> guys do all the thinking...


Perhaps is because all the hippies, radicals, societal dropouts and misfits, and failed Marxists, have found employment in their later years as college professors.......

Posted by: juevosrancheros  
Jul 18, 11:40 PM
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Oh my ...
Krauthammer critical of Obama? Call the press! And if you can't reach them, call ... Krauthammer.
This 'reporter' is as predictable as gravity. But once Obama is in office, K-ham will still have a job railing away against the government. In an economy like ours, it's staggering how incompetence is rewarded with job security.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 11:41 PM
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Bmarks Wrote:
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> Mr. Krauthammer:
>
> You are right on!
>
> This trip is a campaign media trip of the first
> order and the Brandenberg Gate is simply on more
> TV back drop for platitudes about how America has
> been so bad and that Obama will ask for
> foregiveness from the "community of nations".
>
> You know that Katie Coric and company will show OB
> in a positive light even if he committs a Fa Pas
> or demonstrates a lack of basic knowledge of
> history . The Euro leaders will fawn over him as
> if he is the second coming of Jackie er John F.
> Kennedy. They will laud his sophistication , charm
> and eloquense ( even if its in English). The
> discussion with the Lebaonese President and the PA
> leader will be reported as "fruitful and friendly"
> while the discussions with Isreal will be
> characterised as "frank and in candor" ( they will
> try to tell him Iran is dangerous....he will try
> to get them to sware off a strike on tIrans
> nuclear facilities), while King Abdulla will
> publicly compliment Obama but privately state he's
> a "babe in the woods".
>
> We are going to witness a rock star tour of Europe
> and the Midddle east.


I find it a little odd that McCain spent 3 months whining publicly that Obama hasn't been to Iraq latley and that he needs to go. The RNC had on their front page of their website a counter that was keeping track of the days since Obama was in Iraq.

Now Obama goes to Iraq, and McCain and his supporters are up in arms because they think this trip is being played up by the media

You cant have it both ways John, you are responsible for much of the media buzz for this trip.

Posted by: GinnyB  
Jul 18, 11:45 PM
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Illinois Voter #494, I liked your post.
Can you give us more?

Why isn't anybody writing about BHO's next-to-zero accomplishments as a community organizer?
Who will explain why this so-called gifted man never published while president of the Harvard Law Review?
Who is going to give us a detailed account of his years in the Illinois senate?

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 18, 11:45 PM
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Mecklen Wrote:
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> I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the
> continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect
> whose string of successes (in terms of positions
> advocated) include nearly a million dead in Iraq,
> trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to hell
> and back, and our standing in the world at an
> all-time low.


Post a credible source for the figure of one million dead in iraq. If you're going to parrot the talking points, have the information to back it up. or be quiet.

The Constitution has suffered more at the hands of Democrats in the last eight years than because of the president. Eminent domain? Curtailing the executive branch's war authorities? ( the ones that grant the right to tap phone conversations to and from suspected terrorists without having to obtain warrants? the ones that grant the right to the executive branch to detain enemy combatants, and to conduct military tribunals as we did in wwII?)

trillions in debt - yet the president has NO AUTHORITY to spend any money, period. He has to ask congress and the senate. They control the government pursestrings - and they're spending like a sailor on shore leave in Manila.

And should I really care if France and Germany likes us, after they made a fortune on the oil-for-food scam, at our expense?

Posted by: Dr.Guido  
Jul 18, 11:53 PM
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I finally figured out why Obama is making this a 6 day trip........

On the 7th Day He rests.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 18, 11:57 PM
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MystWlker Wrote:
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> Mecklen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the
> > continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect
> > whose string of successes (in terms of
> positions
> > advocated) include nearly a million dead in
> Iraq,
> > trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to
> hell
> > and back, and our standing in the world at an
> > all-time low.
>
>
> Post a credible source for the figure of one
> million dead in iraq. If you're going to parrot
> the talking points, have the information to back
> it up. or be quiet.
>
> The Constitution has suffered more at the hands of
> Democrats in the last eight years than because of
> the president. Eminent domain? Curtailing the
> executive branch's war authorities? ( the ones
> that grant the right to tap phone conversations to
> and from suspected terrorists without having to
> obtain warrants? the ones that grant the right to
> the executive branch to detain enemy combatants,
> and to conduct military tribunals as we did in
> wwII?)
>
> trillions in debt - yet the president has NO
> AUTHORITY to spend any money, period. He has to
> ask congress and the senate. They control the
> government pursestrings - and they're spending
> like a sailor on shore leave in Manila.
>
> And should I really care if France and Germany
> likes us, after they made a fortune on the
> oil-for-food scam, at our expense?


Those "Constitutional Rights" you mention (i.e. wire tapping, forever holding enemy combatants, military tribunals and eminent domain- none of which I agree with you on) were struck down not by liberal Democrats, but instead by a Supreme Court that has 7 of 9 members appointed by Republican Presidents. The liberal bogeyman does not work here.

And the surplus of the 90s was long gone by the time Democrats took power back in congress in 2006. You can blame our astronomical debt on your own party.

Posted by: the enemy is us  
Jul 18, 11:58 PM
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This trip is a campaign media trip of the first order and the Brandenberg Gate is simply on more TV back drop for platitudes about how America has been so bad and that Obama will ask for foregiveness from the "community of nations".
Posted by: Bmarks

Man, I can't believe you just gave up the high ground so immedialely for partisan politics.

There is NO reason for any American politician to cede being able to speak at the Brandenburg Gate whenever the F... they want to.

We've earned that right.

Posted by: Dennis in Denver  
Jul 19, 12:05 AM
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chuckk Wrote:
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> Charles:
> Ever considered objectivity? You are so
> transparently in love with McCain. It's
> embarrassing.


Sir,

You apparently suffer the same BLIND love for EgObama. So what's the difference???? You support your man and Charles his. In America, you can each support the person you like best.

Posted by: Dennis in Denver  
Jul 19, 12:08 AM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> Man, it must be a full moon... the McCain trolls
> are out tonight.
>
> Its easy, anyone can do it... here is the
> formula:
>
> 1. Express concern.
>
> 2. Qualify your concern with one of the
> following:
>
> a-your unending love for the country
> b- your service in the military
> c- the fact that you are or were a Democrat
> d-some other experience that would qualify you
> (lost a son on 9-11, work for CIA, etc)
>
> 3. Make sure to include at least two of the
> following terms when referring to Obama:
>
> Flip-flopper
> Elitist
> Muslim
> Marxist
> Racist
> Unpatriotic
> Empty Suit
> Coward
> Terrorist
>
> 4. Make sure to not mention McCain or any of his
> stances on issues, only vague references to his
> POW experience are accepted but really should be
> avoided.
>
> 5. Bonus points are awarded for:
>
> Blasting the Media
> Using the phrase "threw _________ under the bus"
> Mentioning he didn't leave his church for 20
> years
> Attributing his success merely to his race.
> Using the term "kool-aid drinkers" when referring
> to supporters.
>
> 5. When finished, start over only change the name
> on the post.
>
> There you have it- the anatomy of the McCain troll
> RCP thread echo chamber.


Sir,

You suffer from Political Racism. In America, everyone is entitled to an opinion, without being put down or slandered. In Communist countries, they try to control thought.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 19, 12:21 AM
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Dennis in Denver Wrote:
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> RyanW Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Man, it must be a full moon... the McCain
> trolls
> > are out tonight.
> >
> > Its easy, anyone can do it... here is the
> > formula:
> >
> > 1. Express concern.
> >
> > 2. Qualify your concern with one of the
> > following:
> >
> > a-your unending love for the country
> > b- your service in the military
> > c- the fact that you are or were a Democrat
> > d-some other experience that would qualify you
> > (lost a son on 9-11, work for CIA, etc)
> >
> > 3. Make sure to include at least two of the
> > following terms when referring to Obama:
> >
> > Flip-flopper
> > Elitist
> > Muslim
> > Marxist
> > Racist
> > Unpatriotic
> > Empty Suit
> > Coward
> > Terrorist
> >
> > 4. Make sure to not mention McCain or any of
> his
> > stances on issues, only vague references to his
> > POW experience are accepted but really should
> be
> > avoided.
> >
> > 5. Bonus points are awarded for:
> >
> > Blasting the Media
> > Using the phrase "threw _________ under the
> bus"
> > Mentioning he didn't leave his church for 20
> > years
> > Attributing his success merely to his race.
> > Using the term "kool-aid drinkers" when
> referring
> > to supporters.
> >
> > 5. When finished, start over only change the
> name
> > on the post.
> >
> > There you have it- the anatomy of the McCain
> troll
> > RCP thread echo chamber.
>
>
> Sir,
>
> You suffer from Political Racism. In America,
> everyone is entitled to an opinion, without being
> put down or slandered. In Communist countries,
> they try to control thought.


Dennis, my man... I will let you in on a little secret. Inside that big word "racism" is a little word... "race." I know it can be hard to find, because someone a long time ago when developing our Germanic branch of Indo-European languages decided that we drop the final vowel when adding postfixes which start with a vowel. Racism only deals with race... not gender, or age, or even political leanings. Passing unfair judgment or having preconceived beliefs about another person based only on their political leanings may be described as "bias" or "prejudice" but it may not be called "racism" because one's political ideology is not race.

So for future reference, you may call my posts biased or prejudiced (it is clearly your right)- but if you continue to use the term "Political Racism" I will continue to laugh at you.

Posted by: the enemy is us  
Jul 19, 12:31 AM
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Say what you will about George W. Bush, he does know how to speak Spanish.
Posted by: Jim

So do I. I know plenty about how to get legal immigrants to fill out the correct papers.

Does George W. Bush know how to fill out the papers of legal immigrants?

Until he knows how to do that, I wouldn't promote his Spanish language skills.

Posted by: BT  
Jul 19, 12:32 AM
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Mr. Krauthammer is correct. Unfortunately, the BHO part of the nation is walking in darkness. They know not that the radical muslims will gladly die to kill us. They see not that socialism/ communism will fail every time. They know not that government cannot be the great savior. They yearn to be part of something important and yet reject the one that is truly important. They want heaven on earth- folks that will not happen. They make excuses for 20 years of American hatred by Jeremiah Wright. They won't consider that their candidate has never accomplished anything special, absolutely nothing. Well, he has never had a real job. I wonder if he has ever held a shovel in hands ? Ever met a payroll, ever built a small business? Has he ever brought people together? Has he ever produced good change? No No and No he has never never never. To the folks in darkness the only thing that matters is his color or his charisma or his age or his party or his cadence. Age, party color charisma and cadence did not make America great. God, hardwork, self discipline , patriotism and integrity did make America great. We will find out in November how many of our fellow countrymen are in darkness cause they are for sure BHO voters.

Posted by: George Lujack  
Jul 19, 12:37 AM
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Congratulations on your brilliant article, 'The Audacity of Vanity.' You truly hit the nail on the head and articulated what a lot of Americans feel about Obama's candidacy. Great article.

www.independentpolitics.net

Posted by: Stephen Bleeds  
Jul 19, 01:04 AM
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Oh Vanity thy name is Charles...he who projects his on defects on others and then preaches hate with amazing arrogance. Vanity cannot see itself...except in the mirror of others...true Obama may be a little vain...but Bush, Cheney and yes Charles K. have no reason to be vain except that vanity itself tells them so.

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 19, 01:12 AM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> MystWlker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Mecklen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the
> > > continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect
> > > whose string of successes (in terms of
> > positions
> > > advocated) include nearly a million dead in
> > Iraq,
> > > trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to
> > hell
> > > and back, and our standing in the world at an
> > > all-time low.
> >
> >
> > Post a credible source for the figure of one
> > million dead in iraq. If you're going to parrot
> > the talking points, have the information to
> back
> > it up. or be quiet.
> >
> > The Constitution has suffered more at the hands
> of
> > Democrats in the last eight years than because
> of
> > the president. Eminent domain? Curtailing the
> > executive branch's war authorities? ( the ones
> > that grant the right to tap phone conversations
> to
> > and from suspected terrorists without having to
> > obtain warrants? the ones that grant the right
> to
> > the executive branch to detain enemy
> combatants,
> > and to conduct military tribunals as we did in
> > wwII?)
> >
> > trillions in debt - yet the president has NO
> > AUTHORITY to spend any money, period. He has to
> > ask congress and the senate. They control the
> > government pursestrings - and they're spending
> > like a sailor on shore leave in Manila.
> >
> > And should I really care if France and Germany
> > likes us, after they made a fortune on the
> > oil-for-food scam, at our expense?
>
>
> Those "Constitutional Rights" you mention (i.e.
> wire tapping, forever holding enemy combatants,
> military tribunals and eminent domain- none of
> which I agree with you on) were struck down not by
> liberal Democrats, but instead by a Supreme Court
> that has 7 of 9 members appointed by Republican
> Presidents. The liberal bogeyman does not work
> here.
>
> And the surplus of the 90s was long gone by the
> time Democrats took power back in congress in
> 2006. You can blame our astronomical debt on your
> own party.



Constitutional *authority*, not constitutional right...

and don't agree with me just because I say it, read the Constitution for yourself

Actually there are four conservative justices, four liberal justices, and kennedy, who could vote either way depending how he feels in the morning. Once they're apponted they're there for life, so who appointed them isn't nearly as important as how their ideology has evolved. Since Sen Kennedy and company control who gets appointed, a couple of justices have slipped through who aren't exactly conservative, in order to get *someone* appointed...


As for the debt, first we had 9/11, then we had Katrina, we have a two front war to fight, and to add insult to injury, we have congress and the senate earmarking us into the poorhouse - when they aren't granting massive grants to the likes of ConAg, and the ethanol industry. (and sometimes they do *both* on the same legislation). But still, the president has NO authority to spend, he can approve spending by the legislative brance, and he can ask them to vote to spend. Either way, it's the legislative branch that decides what money is spent, and how. By the way, the rebublicans are not my party............



And, you didn't quote a credible source yet for your claim of a million dead in iraq............

Posted by: GiNFiZ  
Jul 19, 01:12 AM
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Anti Reaganess. Wrote:
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> OMG!!
>
>
> "Racism, racism, racism, racism, racism,
> "RE-EDUCATION CAMPS TOO" racism,racism, racism,
> racism, "REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS" racism, racism,
> "AND DID I MENTION HE'S BLACK" racism, racism,
> racism." How they do carry on.......
> ..................................................
> ...........................................
>
> Posted by: CaDem4McCain
> Comment: #21
> Jul 17, 11:31 PM Report Abuse
> --------------------------------------------------
> --------------
>
> Um, D. Greene,
>
> At the risk of asking a question that may seem,
> ahh racist, how are any of those impressive
> qualifications you listed in any way relevant to
> the job of being President?
>
> Posted by: CaDem4McCain
> Comment: #22
> Jul 17, 11:33 PM
> --------------------------------------------------
> --------------
>
> Bill Carson Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Look, Congress has been wasting its time on
> > unimportant matters. It's time for us to unite
> > around something that we can all agree upon. We
>
> > must pass laws that provide stiff prison
> sentences
> > for people that write opinions like this one
> that
> > attack what will be our new leader in November,
>
> > likely the best, smartest, most suave, most
> adept
> > president that this country has enjoyed or even
>
> > will see again.
> >
> > Racist drivel like Krauthammer's must never be
> > allowed to be published. Has anyone ever
> > considered how embarrassed our country will be
> > ten, twenty or more years from now when it comes
>
> > out that column's like this one were published
> > before the earth united around its natural
> leader
> > who brought peace, prosperity and enlightenment
>
> > to the entire world? Please believe me: it will
>
> > be much better to imprison non-believers now. We
>
> > must obey our new world leader! (p.s.-- and his
>
> > wife, too)
>
>
> Do you think we can have "re-education camps" too?
> You know liberals, um I mean enlightened people
> believe in rehab.
> ..................................................
> ....................................
>
>
> Anti Reaganess.

How about writing a post with substance, for a change??

Posted by: ocraddock  
Jul 19, 01:13 AM
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A Bunch Of you racist need to get a life. All of you are a part of the "Buush" era, including

"Mein Kamp" Krauthammer. Won't be long now we will have a new day, Change is a coming!!
And I dont mean John McCain.

Posted by: Lou  
Jul 19, 01:20 AM
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Bigdaddy54 Wrote:
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> What made any other American so qualified to be
> President. Leadership.... Let's look at the
> millions of votes he received in the Primary. Now
> lets look at The Millions of Votes he will receive
> in November....Obama wins. Headlins... Obama Wins
> Big!!! Anyonone who votes for McSame is either
> Very Rich or just plane STUPID.


You are so wrong, and by the way don't call people stupid when you can't even figure out which spelling of plane/plain is appropriate to use in your sentence.

Posted by: GiNFiZ  
Jul 19, 01:23 AM
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MystWlker Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Mecklen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the
> > continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect
> > whose string of successes (in terms of
> positions
> > advocated) include nearly a million dead in
> Iraq,
> > trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to
> hell
> > and back, and our standing in the world at an
> > all-time low.
>
>
> Post a credible source for the figure of one
> million dead in iraq. If you're going to parrot
> the talking points, have the information to back
> it up. or be quiet.
>
> The Constitution has suffered more at the hands of
> Democrats in the last eight years than because of
> the president. Eminent domain? Curtailing the
> executive branch's war authorities? ( the ones
> that grant the right to tap phone conversations to
> and from suspected terrorists without having to
> obtain warrants? the ones that grant the right to
> the executive branch to detain enemy combatants,
> and to conduct military tribunals as we did in
> wwII?)
>
> trillions in debt - yet the president has NO
> AUTHORITY to spend any money, period. He has to
> ask congress and the senate. They control the
> government pursestrings - and they're spending
> like a sailor on shore leave in Manila.
>
> And should I really care if France and Germany
> likes us, after they made a fortune on the
> oil-for-food scam, at our expense?

The executive branch's 'war authority' that the Congress (and a few former members of the Bush Senior administration) wants to curtail is a 1973 law -not the Constitution.
American companies too made sh*tloads of money with the oil-for-food scam, no need to blame other countries. Btw, US defense contractors sold their junk to Saddam under Reagan's watchful eye, too.

So, why don't you check you sources -unless they are from Rush Limbaugh's oral farts.
You neocon gasbags are so easy to deflate, it's not even funny anymore.

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 19, 02:46 AM
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GiNFiZ Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> MystWlker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Mecklen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I'll tell you what hubris and vanity are: the
> > > continued posturing of an ivy-tower intellect
> > > whose string of successes (in terms of
> > positions
> > > advocated) include nearly a million dead in
> > Iraq,
> > > trillions in debt, the constitution mocked to
> > hell
> > > and back, and our standing in the world at an
> > > all-time low.
> >
> >
> > Post a credible source for the figure of one
> > million dead in iraq. If you're going to parrot
> > the talking points, have the information to
> back
> > it up. or be quiet.
> >
> > The Constitution has suffered more at the hands
> of
> > Democrats in the last eight years than because
> of
> > the president. Eminent domain? Curtailing the
> > executive branch's war authorities? ( the ones
> > that grant the right to tap phone conversations
> to
> > and from suspected terrorists without having to
> > obtain warrants? the ones that grant the right
> to
> > the executive branch to detain enemy
> combatants,
> > and to conduct military tribunals as we did in
> > wwII?)
> >
> > trillions in debt - yet the president has NO
> > AUTHORITY to spend any money, period. He has to
> > ask congress and the senate. They control the
> > government pursestrings - and they're spending
> > like a sailor on shore leave in Manila.
> >
> > And should I really care if France and Germany
> > likes us, after they made a fortune on the
> > oil-for-food scam, at our expense?
>
> The executive branch's 'war authority' that the
> Congress (and a few former members of the Bush
> Senior administration) wants to curtail is a 1973
> law -not the Constitution.

The 1973 war powers resolution requires the president to obtain either a declaration of war or a resolution authorizing the use of force from Congress within 60 days of initiating hostilities with a full disclosure of facts in the process. Its constitutionality has never been settled, and some presidents have criticized it as an unconstitutional encroachment upon the President.

This resolution was passed as an effort to refine the description of powers already granted the executive branch by the constitution - not to create them. In simpler terms, the powers were already there, the war powers act clarified them


> American companies too made sh*tloads of money
> with the oil-for-food scam, no need to blame other
> countries. Btw, US defense contractors sold their
> junk to Saddam under Reagan's watchful eye, too.


Yes, but france, germany, russia and others blocked enforcement of the UN resolutions against saddam hussein because government officials and business figures were getting kickbacks in cash and oil vouchers, and they wanted to maintain the status quo. Meanwhile, the food purportedly traded for the oil, what little of it was actually food, rarely made it to the starving iraqi people. Meanwhile, the news media were playing video of starving, crying children, and blaming the US for starving them.
Yes, we sold military equipment to saddam - because at the time, he was at war with iran. Then as now, the risk of an Iraq overrun by and controlled by Iran is too great a threat to the world at large to be allowed.

> So, why don't you check you sources -unless they
> are from Rush Limbaugh's oral farts.
> You neocon gasbags are so easy to deflate, it's
> not even funny anymore.

Classic liberal debate - when talking points don't work, resort to name calling.



AND YOU STILL HAVE NOT QUOTED A CREDIBLE SOURCE FOR THE FIGURE OF ONE MILLION DEAD IN IRAQ.

Still trying to google it? Maybe you can't find it because that figure is a made up liberal talking point.

Posted by: Obvious  
Jul 19, 02:58 AM
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MIKE FIELD YOU'RE COMPLETELY TWISTED.

First your statement is not factually accurate, in fact up until south carolina CLinton had the majpority of the black vote and then came Bill's comparison to Jesse Jackson. his use of the words "fairy tale" to describe Obama's opposition ot the war, and Hillary's comments about PResident Johnson and the Civil Rights Movement. Up until those three events in fact the clinons were winning the majoirty of the black vote.

So your first premise is false --that Obama won because he played to the lefty and to blacks

Regarding blacks and left wing people aren't they americans also? Don't hteir votes count? Do the democrats who are fighting and dying in Iraq are their lives worth less? Help me out here what is your point about the left wing supporting Obama by and large that is the majority of the country now, at least if the polls are any indication

But more than that you neglected some of the other reasons why Obama is beating the hell out of Mc cain

He graduated from Harvard Law School
He taught constitutional law
He has written two award winning books
He has served in state and national offices
he is an excellent writer and orator
He was editor of the Harvard law review
He has re invented campaign finance and eliminated 527's from the democratic apparatus
He defeated the clintons

Compare all that to mc cain and his D average, his privileged up brining, the beer princess, but I like mc cain in spite of all that, the trouble with mc cain is that he flip flops he was against the tax cuts for the wealthy before he was for them, he was against agents of intolerance ( falwell et. al) before he sought their endorsement, torture, roe v wade, the list goes on...He used to have to principle, now he 's just another politician--there is no difference bewtween mc cain and bush on any issue...So why would any body vote for him?





> Not so impressive as Henry B. says he is. After
> all, somebody has to be nominated. The real
> ability Obama showed in the primary season ability
> was the ability to capture the left-wing vote. He
> won, for one thing because he was running against
> an opponent with a lot of negatives, but also
> because he was able to do something even a
> "Kennedyesque" white male candidate could not have
> done, capture a huge percentage of the black vote.
> He did that because he is black, not because of
> his "remarkable abilities and vision".
>
> A similar white candidate (and it is possible for
> one to exist), might have gotten some percentage
> of young blacks voters and black professionals,
> but no way would that white candidate have won any
> large percentage of the black vote against Hillary
> Clinton. Against that mythical charismatic white
> candidate, Clinton would have won most of the
> black vote for the same reason she won the white
> blue collar vote against Obama.
>
> Obama took advantage of his opportunities where
> many others failed over the years, but he is no
> miracle man. Remember, also, that he was never
> alone in his pursuit. He began with the powerful
> Chicago-Daley machine behind him and the support
> of John Dean, and that is a good start right
> there.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > mamatx Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Obamabots try to compare Obama's lack of
> > > experience with that of Reagan and Lincoln.
> > What
> > > they fail to understand that both of those
> > great
> > > men had strong core beliefs, forged over many
> > > years, that guided their lives and their
> policy.
> >
> > > Regan had executive experience as governor of
> > > California. Obama has talked to lots of
> people
> > > and watched Rev. Wright closely to learn how
> to
> > > make people swoon and faint with his sermons.
> > >
> > > Obama's core belief: I want to be President.
>
> > I
> > > will be President. I deserve to be President.
>
> > I
> > > will do or say anything that I need to to
> > become
> > > President.
> > >
> > > Barack Obama: He stayed in a Holiday Inn last
> > > night.

Posted by: GiNFiZ  
Jul 19, 03:03 AM
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MystWlker Wrote:
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> bahamamama Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Dennis in Denver Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > bahamamama Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Ben_M Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any democract is bad, any republican is
> > good,
> > > > bomb
> > > > > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just keep spinning the above, article
> after
> > > > > article.
> > > >
> > > > ARE YOU A RACIST???? You sure write like
> > one.
> > > > Good response
> >
> >
> >
> > No one is racist here. I didn't even write
> that.
> > The point here is that CHuckie here has a very
> > limited view of the world and all you neocons
> take
> > it as gospel.
>
>
> You seem to confuse conservatives with
> liberals....... hard core liberals being the ones
> with the greatest tendency to swallow happily all
> the pablum their preferred talking heads wish to
> feed them. On the other hand, conservatives have a
> greater tendency to *think*.....

Conservatives sure do think -with their a**! Take Michael 'Potty Mouth' Savage saying that about 99% of children with autism are 'brats'. Deeeeep thinking around here! Compassionate Conservatism in action!

Posted by: Obvious  
Jul 19, 03:18 AM
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REAGANESS YOU ARE AN IDIOT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AN IDIOT YOU ALWAYS WILL BE AN IDIOT

1. I have no son 25 years old or otherwise, I don't know who you are confusing me with.
2. You are the one that compared Hitler to Obama which was was twisted and weird
3. I know plenty about LSATS and the like and in fact currently black native american et. al cannot get into UW Law School without a minimum of 3.5 GPA before they even look at your LSATS YOur comment disparagin a graduate of harvard law school and chlaking it up to his race is
a. incorrect
b. not facutlly based
c. just plain weird
d. Reagenenss do youself a favor and actully reason an argument rather than spewing hatred and foolishness but to be clear, I have no son, I am not "green" I have no idea who you are confusing me with but it's creepy. Your an odd female...



Anti Reaganess. Wrote:
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> OMG!!
>
>
> Like I said you don't understand higher education,
> it is so "OBVIOUS" as to your lack of
> understanding. You are in over you head.... you
> simply don't have a clue as to how the system
> works.... Don't speak to college, my good friend,
> you don't have are lost in the environment. What's
> the average LSAT score at Harvard anyway? You
> don't have a clue you don't even know what I am
> talking about. Daniel it's so easy to see when one
> is dealing with the un-informed, when they try to
> be, or understand, what they they (do not)
> understand, and are not.... It's ok if you have a
> GED, we all have to start somewhere....
>
> ..................................................
> ..................................................
> ...........
>
> Posted by: OBVIOUS
> Comment: #315
> Jul 18, 11:58 AM
>
> REANGNESS YOU ARE AN IDIOT
>
> There were NUMEROUS POINTS THAT WERE STUPID, in
> fact MOST OF YOUR POINTS ARE STUPID BUT THIS ONE
> WAS JUST FUNNY
> __________________________________________________
> ____________________
> > the same "underwater decoration degree" will get
>
> > you into Harvard Law, if you can cut the
> > mustard.... That's the way it works in "Higher
> > Education."
> >
> >
> > Anti Reaganess.
> __________________________________________________
> _____________________You couldn't get into
> University of Wisconsin Law School much less
> Harvard no matter what color
> you were, although that you are a woman might help
> a little but not enough
> ..................................................
> ..................................................
> ...................
>
> Do you want to tell me about your 25 year old son,
> from Stanford, who is the chief exective of
> Microsoft.... Or was it Google? you just wrote
> about him last night.... Just more of you
> infinite, bag of (BS). Mr Green the thing about
> college is those of us who have been there know
> the rules, those who haven't don't really
> understand it, even if they spent "10 years" at a
> Junior College it's not the same thing.
>
> As to your "Idiot" comment, I refrain from saying
> things like "you poor ignorant slob" as it does
> not really add to content of the discussion.
>
>
> Anti Reaganess.

Posted by: GiNFiZ  
Jul 19, 03:23 AM
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MystWlker Wrote:

"Its constitutionality has never been settled, and some presidents have criticized it as an unconstitutional encroachment upon the President."
If so, why would elderly statesmen from the Bush Senior administration want to curtail further those powers? Unless people like Brent Scowcroft, and James Bakerare pinko liberal muslims?

"Yes, we sold military equipment to saddam - because at the time, he was at war with iran."

And then he could invade Kuwait -this is what you reap having third-rate actors playing presidents.

Then as now, the risk of an Iraq overrun by and controlled by Iran is too great a threat to the world at large to be allowed."

Now Iran is stronger than ever -result of the insight of the almighty Decider-in-Chief!

> Classic liberal debate - when talking points don't
> work, resort to name calling.

If you're referring to Pimplebutt Limbaugh, he fully deserves it: I remember when he was blaming the 1988 gassing of the Kurds on Iran -factually defending Saddam, and Reagan's policy. But I suppose you're too young to remember -or the good ol' Conservative selective memory kicked in again!

Posted by: MystWlker  
Jul 19, 03:30 AM
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GiNFiZ Wrote:
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> MystWlker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > bahamamama Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Dennis in Denver Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > bahamamama Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Ben_M Wrote:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any democract is bad, any republican is
> > > good,
> > > > > bomb
> > > > > > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just keep spinning the above, article
> > after
> > > > > > article.
> > > > >
> > > > > ARE YOU A RACIST???? You sure write like
> > > one.
> > > > > Good response
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No one is racist here. I didn't even write
> > that.
> > > The point here is that CHuckie here has a
> very
> > > limited view of the world and all you neocons
> > take
> > > it as gospel.
> >
> >
> > You seem to confuse conservatives with
> > liberals....... hard core liberals being the
> ones
> > with the greatest tendency to swallow happily
> all
> > the pablum their preferred talking heads wish
> to
> > feed them. On the other hand, conservatives have
> a
> > greater tendency to *think*.....
>
> Conservatives sure do think -with their a**! Take
> Michael 'Potty Mouth' Savage saying that about 99%
> of children with autism are 'brats'. Deeeeep
> thinking around here! Compassionate Conservatism
> in action!


Your reply would seem to point out who is using their gluteus maximus for cognitive exercises. And I don't listen to michael savage, although I'm still trying to deduce just what your point is - aside from the classic liberal name-calling to disguise the lack of a reasoned rebuttal........
Come to think of it, your quote is probably taken out of context anyway. However, conservatives are compassionate - I've always had the utmost compassion for the cognitively challenged.......

Posted by: Carley  
Jul 19, 06:01 AM
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As an average American woman, I am sick of the Obama's treating me like I am an ill-informed hillbilly! Their elitist attitude is unbelievable to me. It also saddens me that so many Americans support him.

Posted by: Stella  
Jul 19, 06:34 AM
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Mr. Obama: A case of missing identity


While Mr. Obama attempts a remedial course in foreign relations within a campaign of European public relations, the American people know better than to buy this steaming heap of propaganda.

We remember JFK.
We remember RFK
And we remember Dr. King.

Mr. Obama, sir? You are not one of them. Not even close.

Who do you take us for, anyway?

So stop trying to ride their coattails every which way with your feigned "statesmanship," rolled white shirtsleeves, retro-stylized PR, and weekly reinventions.

Run a campaign on substance, not subliminals.

In fact...

Try developing a legacy of your OWN instead.

What a concept.

Posted by: Domer2x  
Jul 19, 06:41 AM
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I basically agree with Charles but think that Obama should be given the chance to show his stuff. Will Obama's speech in Berlin be in German? Or will he, like the pope, deliver it in several of the foreign languages he speaks? Does the speaker's platform at the Brandenburg Gate come equipped with a teleprompter? Have his people learned that "ein Berliner" means "a jelly donut" in German? Since JFK 's speech was given in front of a town hall and not at the gate, will Obama be able to count his speech as a "town hall meeting" for purposes of meeting McCain's challenge? These are some of the questions that beset me. But I know Barack will have an army of aides with him and, of course, the cream of the American press corps supporting him like a mother taking her child to school for the first day of kindergarten.

Posted by: bahamamama  
Jul 19, 06:50 AM
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Hokiepokie Wrote:
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> Obama's core belief: I want to be President. I
> will be President. I deserve to be President. I
> will do or say anything that I need to to become
> President.
>
> Barack Obama: He stayed in a Holiday Inn last
> night.
>
> hahaha..........I love this mamatx..........he is
> a fraud..........


another neocon hit job.....who [pays you Rush, Hannity or Limbaguh. I t seems that it is here where the nut jobs come to post. They have nothing agaisnt Obama except anger, smear and cynicism. The more mud the GOP throws at Obama the more they will sink in it.Heheheh

Obama rules!

Posted by: bahamamama  
Jul 19, 06:57 AM
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Naive? Wrote:
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> Who does he think he is? That sums up the central
> issue of BHO. The presidential seal is just one
> sign of his arrogance. Both him and his spouse
> are constantly lecturing the American people with
> condescending remarks. Their high education was
> a result of the reversed discrimination the left
> created. They are not a bit thankful and will
> probably continue to "worship" the honorable Rev.
> Wright if his old sermons did not surface.
>
> Are we ready for a racist president?

Obama is not arrogant. Bush and company are the most arrogant people in the history of governance in this country. His presidency is a failed one and the American voters don't believe the GOP party platform or what they have to offer. Talking about gall and hypocrites!!!!! The GOP is the party of the hypocritical politicians. They talk one way , they do something else.


The party of fiscal responsibility. HAhahahhhhaaaa........

The party of who put this country into a red fiscal hole!!!!!
The party of hypocrites
The party of let's stiff the middle class and see how much they can take it



No McSAme, No lies, No more.......Obama is the way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: bahamamama  
Jul 19, 07:03 AM
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> Sad that the only candidate the Neo-Cons has is a
> War Hero wasn't that used before by the Dems. Too
> bad for this war hero though, that's all the
> credentials he thinks will take to win this
> election. What a sham. God bless all our true
> fallen heroes. God bless America


Nothing could be more truthful. As much as the neocons criticize Obama I think secretly they admire his political acumen. He is really the most clevfer politician I have seen in a long time. He is beating neocons at thei own game and they can't stand it.

Posted by: dbm new england  
Jul 19, 07:18 AM
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Very well written! Where is Lloyd Bentson when you need him...."Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

Vote McCain 2008

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 19, 07:29 AM
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The job of president is LEADER.

McCain had more leadership experience his first year at USNA than BHO had in his entire career to date.

The country does NOT need another lawyer for president. It does need a leader.


Obvious Wrote:
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> MIKE FIELD YOU'RE COMPLETELY TWISTED.
>
> First your statement is not factually accurate, in
> fact up until south carolina CLinton had the
> majpority of the black vote and then came Bill's
> comparison to Jesse Jackson. his use of the words
> "fairy tale" to describe Obama's opposition ot the
> war, and Hillary's comments about PResident
> Johnson and the Civil Rights Movement. Up until
> those three events in fact the clinons were
> winning the majoirty of the black vote.
>
> So your first premise is false --that Obama won
> because he played to the lefty and to blacks
>
> Regarding blacks and left wing people aren't they
> americans also? Don't hteir votes count? Do the
> democrats who are fighting and dying in Iraq are
> their lives worth less? Help me out here what is
> your point about the left wing supporting Obama by
> and large that is the majority of the country now,
> at least if the polls are any indication
>
> But more than that you neglected some of the other
> reasons why Obama is beating the hell out of Mc
> cain
>
> He graduated from Harvard Law School
> He taught constitutional law
> He has written two award winning books
> He has served in state and national offices
> he is an excellent writer and orator
> He was editor of the Harvard law review
> He has re invented campaign finance and eliminated
> 527's from the democratic apparatus
> He defeated the clintons
>
> Compare all that to mc cain and his D average, his
> privileged up brining, the beer princess, but I
> like mc cain in spite of all that, the trouble
> with mc cain is that he flip flops he was against
> the tax cuts for the wealthy before he was for
> them, he was against agents of intolerance (
> falwell et. al) before he sought their
> endorsement, torture, roe v wade, the list goes
> on...He used to have to principle, now he 's just
> another politician--there is no difference
> bewtween mc cain and bush on any issue...So why
> would any body vote for him?
>
>
>
>
>
> > Not so impressive as Henry B. says he is. After
> > all, somebody has to be nominated. The real
> > ability Obama showed in the primary season
> ability
> > was the ability to capture the left-wing vote.
> He
> > won, for one thing because he was running
> against
> > an opponent with a lot of negatives, but also
> > because he was able to do something even a
> > "Kennedyesque" white male candidate could not
> have
> > done, capture a huge percentage of the black
> vote.
> > He did that because he is black, not because of
> > his "remarkable abilities and vision".
> >
> > A similar white candidate (and it is possible
> for
> > one to exist), might have gotten some
> percentage
> > of young blacks voters and black professionals,
> > but no way would that white candidate have won
> any
> > large percentage of the black vote against
> Hillary
> > Clinton. Against that mythical charismatic
> white
> > candidate, Clinton would have won most of the
> > black vote for the same reason she won the
> white
> > blue collar vote against Obama.
> >
> > Obama took advantage of his opportunities where
> > many others failed over the years, but he is no
> > miracle man. Remember, also, that he was never
> > alone in his pursuit. He began with the
> powerful
> > Chicago-Daley machine behind him and the
> support
> > of John Dean, and that is a good start right
> > there.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > mamatx Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Obamabots try to compare Obama's lack of
> > > > experience with that of Reagan and Lincoln.
>
> > > What
> > > > they fail to understand that both of those
> > > great
> > > > men had strong core beliefs, forged over
> many
> > > > years, that guided their lives and their
> > policy.
> > >
> > > > Regan had executive experience as governor
> of
> > > > California. Obama has talked to lots of
> > people
> > > > and watched Rev. Wright closely to learn
> how
> > to
> > > > make people swoon and faint with his
> sermons.
> > > >
> > > > Obama's core belief: I want to be
> President.
> >
> > > I
> > > > will be President. I deserve to be
> President.
> >
> > > I
> > > > will do or say anything that I need to to
> > > become
> > > > President.
> > > >
> > > > Barack Obama: He stayed in a Holiday Inn
> last
> > > > night.

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 19, 07:36 AM
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GinnyB Wrote:
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> Illinois Voter #494, I liked your post.
> Can you give us more?
>
> Why isn't anybody writing about BHO's next-to-zero
> accomplishments as a community organizer?
> Who will explain why this so-called gifted man
> never published while president of the Harvard Law
> Review?
> Who is going to give us a detailed account of his
> years in the Illinois senate?


I wonder how the Ryan's divorce testimony was 'leaked'?

"Yet Ryan had a problem - during the campaign, he was going through a messy divorce from actress Jeri Ryan, of “Star Trek: Voyager” fame. Details of Jeri Ryan’s testimony contained lurid details about Ryan forcing his wife to go to sex clubs in Paris. These details were toxic to Jack Ryan’s campaign, and he saw his poll numbers plummet - eventually, Republican leaders pressed Ryan to quit the race, fearing he was toxic to the statewide ticket.

Eventually, Ryan bowed out, leaving the Illinois Republican Party to find a candidate to run against Obama. This led to the national embarrassment of Alan Keyes moving to Illinois to run. Naturally, Obama won 70%-27%, buoyed by his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention."

[www.wpri.org]

Just typical Chicago politics?

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 19, 07:42 AM
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bonnier Wrote:
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> Neither this country nor the world needs an
> inexperienced, arrogant Empty Suit as leader of
> the free world. Why is it taking so long for the
> mainstream media to report the truth? The stakes
> are too high for the media to remain complicit in
> the "coronation" of this Chicago politician, with
> all of the pejoratives implied, as president of
> the United States.

The press is losing its power to the people. Bloggers and web sites are killing the newspapers and even TV news is losing share.

BHO gets ratings. That's all that matters to the media, ratings.

Posted by: KathleenVS  
Jul 19, 07:48 AM
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Let's see, Mr. K: Seems the republicans have pretty much destroyed our economy, ruined our standing in the world, not to mention those killed and wounded in Irag and Afghanistan and are now figuring out that the voters WILL remember those things in November. Mr. G was a tad mixed up. We are not a nation of whiners, only the republicans are whiners.

Posted by: Jeff Johnson  
Jul 19, 08:49 AM
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Obama at the Brandenburg Gate, eh?

....."ich bin ein pretender."

Posted by: Madeline Kelly  
Jul 19, 09:00 AM
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Dear Mr. Krauthammer,

I listen to Fox News and always listen to your comments on the program. I just finished reading your article on Obama and the Brandenburg Gate. I was very impressed and agree with you completely. I worry that Obama will be our next president and I truly hope I am wrong. Is the country so wrapped up in him that they can't realize he really has nothing to say. As a speaker he is without doubt one of the best I have ever heard, but words can only do so much. The only thing that really counts is action, something I feel he is not capable of doing. Thank you again for saying what many of us believe.

Madeline Kelly

Posted by: ND Pendent  
Jul 19, 09:00 AM
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Charles K is so biased and spiteful that how can anyone take what he writes serious. If Obama were to somehow end hunger in the world and save 2 million starving babies, Charles K would criticize him for for contributing to over population. So Obama is arrogant huh Joker boy. Then what do you call W? Loses the popular vote, but governs as if he won by a landslide, ignores the advice of seasoned generals on how to conduct the Iraq war and listens to chicken crap service dodgers like himself that believe we could "shock & awe" or enemies into submission, steps all over the constitution and smugly declares executive priviledge for him and his cronies, takes the country down a very unAmerican and arrogant path of preemptive attacts on nations give us dirty looks. The Bush administration is all about hubris an no wisdom.

Posted by: wpi  
Jul 19, 09:25 AM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> Jim Wrote:
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> -----
> > "I agree, Obama is even more embarrassing than
> > Bush and I didn't think that was possible."
> >
> > Obama is the Democratic version of George W.
> Bush.
>
>
> McCain is the Republican version of Abe Simpson.

SO WE HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO SIDE SHOW BOB V. ABE SIMPSON?

Posted by: jan g  
Jul 19, 09:26 AM
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You are so far off base! I particularly take issue with your point that Barak Obama has not written a piece that is noteworthy or memorable other than the two books he has written (Your words, not mine!). His speech about racism in America has been hailed by many in the public eye as one one that will be long remembered. His speech on foreign policy this week shares his philosophy as well as a specific plan for bringing America to a previous international stature deserving of respect and not one of derision.

It seems that those who support McCain are concerned that Barak Obama did exactly what his presumptive opponent asked him to do. Go and find out for yourself. And so Obama is travelling, asking questions and formulating opinions for himself. (And it just so happens that the press core is interested and have come along.) That is much more than what George W. Bush did before he took office. He stumbled over questions about names of countries. And it appears that may be what McCain will do as well. He confused Irag with Iran and needed Lieberman to assist him more than once. Barak Obama will indeed be able to show his ability to be a national leader on the world stage.

Take time to read and formulate an unbiased opinion from the information that is out there about Barak Obama. He is very knowledgeble of the critical challenges our country faces. He has the sound judgement to create a plan and consider the possible consequences both nationally and internationally before taking action. He will assemble a cabinet without the ideology of the Bush administration. Rather, he will assemble a cabinet where there can be discussion, rather than align members of his cabinet who are ideologically joined at the hip. Look at the wisdom of Cheney and Rumsfeld, men with years of experience and where did that lead us to? An ideoligically pre-planned war with Iraq causing a deficit that we are paying for every day and that future generations may very well pay for as well!!! (How did Bush include an open-minded man of sound judgement such as Colin Powell in this cabinet? ) Notice the number of men and women who,because of his or her sense of integrity, bailed out of this administration: Clark, O'Neill, Whitman, and McClellan to name a few. Barak Obama will lead this nation with an assembly of men and women committed to do what is best for the country and the world.

My final point is that sound judgment, the ability to bring people together, skills to communicate logically and with civility are all part of the necessary skillset of the leader of the greatest nation on earth. Americans desperately seek a person who speaks to them, inspires them and ultimately brings this torn nation together once again. That person will be the next president of the United States. Barak Obama.

Posted by: wpi  
Jul 19, 10:29 AM
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JAN G @55, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GUY "BARACK OBAMA"

HE WROTE TWO FORGETTABLE BOOKS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NEVER HAVE GOT PUBLISHED HAD HE NOT BEEN A BLACK US SENATOR. AS USUAL HE EXPLOITED THE TAX PAYER FOR A QUICK
BUCK FOR HIMSELF.

HIS SO CALLED RACE SPEECH WAS A POLITICAL EXPEDIENT JOKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIMSELF. THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET AS ANOTHER USE OF THE RACE CARD TO BAIL HIM OUT.

SOUND JUDGMENT? 20 YEARS AT AN ANTI-AMERICAN RACIST CHURCH. $300,000 FROM A CONVICTED FELON SO HE COULD BUY A MANSION FOR HIMSELF. NEVER BOTHER TO SHOW UP FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE OF HIS SHORT CAREER IN THE US SENATE, THE IRAN VOTE...

THIS MAN HAS BEEN A TAKER AND USER HIS WHOLE LIFE. CAN YOU NAME ANY SERIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT OR ANY PRINCIPLED ISSUE HE HAS HELD LONGER THAN THE LATEST POLLS?

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 19, 10:31 AM
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"My final point is that sound judgment, the ability to bring people together, skills to communicate logically and with civility are all part of the necessary skillset of the leader of the greatest nation on earth. Americans desperately seek a person who speaks to them, inspires them and ultimately brings this torn nation together once again. That person will be the next president of the United States. Barak Obama."

Torn nation?

It seems to me the tearing is being done by the socialists. Gore had to use every means possible to to win and the moonbat liberals can't understand how a two time governor from TX could win.

Why should I or any US citizen compromise liberty and property to socialists?

If the nation is torn so be it. Compromising with evil brings NO good.

Posted by: wpi  
Jul 19, 10:32 AM
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SORRY, THATS JAN G @54.

Posted by: GiNFiZ  
Jul 19, 11:27 AM
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MystWlker wrote:

"I don't listen to michael savage, "

That's the first intelligent thing I've head from you.

"> Come to think of it, your quote is probably taken
> out of context anyway. "

Go on Youtube (Savage on Autism) , you'll listen to your compassionate loudmouth -not out of context!

"However, conservatives are
> compassionate -"

Racial profiling for Muslims (Michelle Malkin)
Call for murder (Ann Coulter)
Yeah, that sure is compassionate...

"I've always had the utmost
> compassion for the cognitively challenged......."
Not all autistic people are 'cognitively challenged' (I know one):

You've just displayed your ignorance and prejudice.

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Jul 19, 11:59 AM
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GiNFiZ Wrote:
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> MystWlker wrote:
>
> "I don't listen to michael savage, "
>
> That's the first intelligent thing I've head from
> you.

well, that certainly displays the mental block typical of hard core liberals, which prevents them from seeing the bus they're about to be thrown under, simply because it doesn't conform to their ideology.......

>
> "> Come to think of it, your quote is probably
> taken
> > out of context anyway. "
>
> Go on Youtube (Savage on Autism) , you'll listen
> to your compassionate loudmouth -not out of
> context!

Again, he's not "mine", I don't listen to him, and since you already acknowledged that fact, I will simply quote William F. Buckley, who said "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. "


>
> "However, conservatives are
> > compassionate -"
>
> Racial profiling for Muslims (Michelle Malkin)

In a perfect world, the ideal of security without some measure of what whiners call 'racial profiling' would be possible (in a perfect world, we wouln't need security at all, in fact). However, the cold facts are that every terrorist plot involving airplanes in recent years has been attempted by ...... radical Muslim jihadists. Therefore, insisting that airport security waste time and resources doing background checks on 80 year old grandmothers from philadelphia, and strip searches of american non arabic women with nipple piercings strikes me as bordering on criminal negligence. Away from airports, where are you going to look for evidence of arab terrorist activities..... the local Eagles club? You go into the arabic communities and ask questions, develop sources of information, and then follow them up. That's just basic investigative technique. If world terrorism was being perpetrated by Irish men between 20 and 45 years of age, I would have no problem with investigators scouring places frequented by Irish Americans, even if Iwas the one being scrutinized. If I come home and see a black man or a hispanic man running from my yard as I pull in, and discover my home was broken into, I don't want the police looking for a male of 'unspecified race', I want them looking for the man I *saw*. It's not racism, or racial bias, or prejudice, it's the realities of the world we live in.

> Call for murder (Ann Coulter)

It's called political satire, something those on the left are also blind to, unless it's satirizing Rebublicans (the talk of assassinating george bush, for example...........?)

> Yeah, that sure is compassionate...

far more compassionate than the anti war activists of the liberal left, demonstrating at funeral services for fallen soldiers, marring forever their families memory of laying their loved one to his or her final rest. Not only is that incomapssionate, it's obscene.

>
> "I've always had the utmost
> > compassion for the cognitively
> challenged......."
> Not all autistic people are 'cognitively
> challenged' (I know one):

And where did I say I was referring to autistic people?

>
> You've just displayed your ignorance and
> prejudice.

Right back at you, in spades, my good man.

P.S. Still not ready to admit that the claim of 'one million dead in iraq' was an outright lie........?

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 19, 12:28 PM
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Why must 'compassionate' 'liberal/progressives' use the coercive power of the state to take from the rich and 'give' to the poor?

Truly compassionate conservatives give, with no need for coercion, more of themselves and their money than 'compassionate' liberals.

Posted by: ozzie  
Jul 19, 12:46 PM
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Mr. Krauthammer is probably the most brilliant political commentator around. He combines uncanny insightfulness with formidable language skills. He also knows when to use a rapier instead of a sledgehammer (no pun intended).

Obama's press-padded trip abroad could be his political undoing.

First, everyone knows McCain gave him no choice but to go. The idea that a future president's resume could sport the sterile environment of a Congressional committee as the sole source of foreign policy experience was clearly untenable. But to make the capitulation less obvious, Obama states his position before leaving. That bit of cleverness will be dealt with by making his meetings in the Middle East with military leaders who actually have a clue as to what's going on in the region as brief and unremarkable as possible.

But Obama has other worlds to conquer. So he'll visit European venues, not for the purpose of private meetings with leaders who "actually have a clue as to what's going on in the region" and might conceivably inform him, but rather for the purpose of giving speeches, which have served him well here. What utter cheek! Can you think of any other political candidate for the U.S. presidency that has the anatomical appendage (which Jesse Jackson wants to deprive him of) to make public speeches abroad? Quo warranto? Has he been elected and the rest of us slobs missed it? The only other time I encountered this oracle/apprentice phenomenon was as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. We know where that led.

But the hubris of speaking publicly presents challenges. We assume he will lose the "man" and the slovenly southern accent thing in favor of a more formal presentation replete with visual images indicating a penchant for future coinage. As for what he will say, will he reaffirm American values and efforts which have saved the region from savagery (thereby pissing off his base) or will he, ever so subtlely of course, confess to American imperialism (thereby pissing off everyone else)., Either way, he's screwed.

Posted by: RyanW  
Jul 19, 04:02 PM
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"Mr. Krauthammer is probably the most brilliant political commentator around."

LOL... Someone alert the New Yorker! Ozzie has mastered satire, because no one could with a straight face make that statement. Not even Krauthammer's botox infused mug could withstand that knee-slapper.

Posted by: Let Em Vote  
Jul 19, 04:29 PM
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Amazing! Does anyone else notice that any criticism of Barack Hussein Obama is immediately labeled "racist" by his adoring throngs? As a bi-racial man, I say call a spade a spade. Obama is an empty suit and I hold out hope that the super delegates will come to their senses before the Denver Convention. PLEASE!!

Posted by: the enemy is us  
Jul 19, 06:55 PM
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Amazing! Does anyone else notice that any criticism of Barack Hussein Obama is immediately labeled "racist" by his adoring throngs?
Posted by: Let Em Vote


Classic! Does anyone else notice that no one is using 'racist', expect those trying to innoculate themselves against that charge?

Obama may be a liberal, and that's fair game....but, puhleeze, I rarely hear liberals call those who disagree with Obama's POV racists. It happens occasionally, but the way you phrase it only supports your own POV, which is that all those supporting Mr. Obama do so because he is Black.

Ever occur to you that Mr. McCain's supporters are 95% White, and that you could make an arguement that that those who support him do so because he's White?

Where does that leave the charge of 'racism'?

Posted by: Gina 22  
Jul 19, 07:31 PM
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I hesitate to respond to people as ignorant as yourselves but I cant hold back...

I am just trying to get something straight...so ANY criticism of Obama is racist but anti-semitism is perfectly cool? Flawless Logic.



bahamamama Wrote:
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> Ben_M Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Are Mr.Rathammer, so very predictable.
> >
> > Any democract is bad, any republican is good,
> bomb
> > Iran, long live the Jewish Enclave.
> >
> > Just keep spinning the above, article after
> > article.
>
>
> Good response

Posted by: the enemy is us  
Jul 19, 07:53 PM
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"so ANY criticism of Obama is racist but anti-semitism is perfectly cool? Flawless Logic. "

Again...innoculation at work. What is the point here? You want to point out that all who do not accept criticism of Obama are doing so on racist grounds....that all liberals are racist? And fascist because they won't accept ANY criticism of Mr. Obama because he is black?

It's a pretty convenient strategy. Keeps conservatives from having to deal with the fact that at least half the country does not agree with them, and conveniently blames race or intolerance.

Nevermind that conservatives have failed to convince half the country that they are correct. Easier to blame racism, or sexism (when Ms. Clinton was the heir apparent), rather than face the fact that conservatives have had plenty of time to convince voters that their policies are correct, and have failed .

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Jul 19, 08:31 PM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> "Mr. Krauthammer is probably the most brilliant
> political commentator around."
>
> LOL... Someone alert the New Yorker! Ozzie has
> mastered satire, because no one could with a
> straight face make that statement. Not even
> Krauthammer's botox infused mug could withstand
> that knee-slapper.

Those with nothing to say oftimes turn to observations about personal appearance. For shame!

Posted by: occam  
Jul 19, 09:01 PM
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Jeff Johnson Wrote:
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> Obama at the Brandenburg Gate, eh?
>
> ....."ich bin ein pretender."


Classic!!!!!!

Posted by: occam  
Jul 19, 09:36 PM
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RyanW Wrote:
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> Man, it must be a full moon... the McCain trolls
> are out tonight.
>
> Its easy, anyone can do it... here is the
> formula:
>
> 1. Express concern.
>
> 2. Qualify your concern with one of the
> following:
>
> a-your unending love for the country
> b- your service in the military
> c- the fact that you are or were a Democrat
> d-some other experience that would qualify you
> (lost a son on 9-11, work for CIA, etc)
>
> 3. Make sure to include at least two of the
> following terms when referring to Obama:
>
> Flip-flopper
> Elitist
> Muslim
> Marxist
> Racist
> Unpatriotic
> Empty Suit
> Coward
> Terrorist

You left out:

1. Sleazy Chicago machine politician
2. Mediocre CYA Ill voting record, but he gets good marks for being present.
3. Non productive Senator who hasn't authored a single bill of substance that has been passed.
4. A Democratic tool who votes the Pelosi/Reid line 100% of the time.
5. A lying resume padding exaggerator who distorts and changes facts to support his life story.


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> 4. Make sure to not mention McCain or any of his
> stances on issues, only vague references to his
> POW experience are accepted but really should be
> avoided.
>
> 5. Bonus points are awarded for:
>
> Blasting the Media
> Using the phrase "threw _________ under the bus"
> Mentioning he didn't leave his church for 20
> years
> Attributing his success merely to his race.
> Using the term "kool-aid drinkers" when referring
> to supporters.
>
> 5. When finished, start over only change the name
> on the post.
>
> There you have it- the anatomy of the McCain troll
> RCP thread echo chamber.

Anatomy of an Obama lemming:

Obama is for Change.
He's so dynamic and inspiring.
He's so cool.
He'll make everything better.
He'll save our country.

Posted by: Bleakthought  
Jul 20, 09:53 AM
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I am amazed at how obamamaniacs attack anyone who debates against Obama! I am even more amazed that his supporters don't see "through" him but, I am pretty well convinced that his coronation will be successful. Sad to me.

Posted by: ozzie  
Jul 20, 12:23 PM
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There is an unfortunate tendency in the media to group diverse actual or perceived misdeeds of Obama and McCain under the alliterative, but largely meaningless rubric, flip-flops, a/k/a sandal scandals. It seems to me that for analytical purposes, these indiscretions should be distinguished and grouped as policy changes, breaches of agreement, or lies.

Policy changes, that is, changes in one’s thinking as to what would be good for the country, are certainly not inherently venal, and it is useless to speculate as to whether the motive for the change is real belief or political expediency. (As no one can get into the head of our candidates, no hard evidence as to motive can be obtained.) Think of the wide-eyed graduates of our institutions of “higher” learning who, over time, gain a more realistic appreciation of the importance of private property and the human instinct to compete. Flower child becomes deflowered adult. That’s not flip-flopping; it’s growing up.

Breach of agreement is quite another matter. Civilization depends upon people doing what they agree to do. Obeying the private law of contracts is just as important as complying with public laws. Both provide necessary stability and predictability in human conduct. With regard to campaign finance and NAFTA, Obama has demonstrated that in balancing his legal and political backgrounds, the instincts of his lesser calling have prevailed.

Lies, the misrepresentation of facts, is perhaps the most serious offense. Here again, Obama seems the more culpable of the candidates. The most recent example is his television ad stating his support for welfare reform in the face of the “inconvenient truth” that he voted against the measure, presumably to placate his then base.

Stray thoughts:

It seems that for every old saw that sounds like the encapsulation of eternal truth there’s another old saw that goes the opposite way. When loved ones are separated, does absence make the heart grow fonder or is it rather a case of out of sight, out of mind? In the current campaign, should the candidates be judged by the company they keep or is that wrongful guilt by association? I go for the former, and on this ground Obama has a lot to answer for.

I think any political pundit should be banned from the airways if, when asked a question about his favored candidate, he or she uses the name of the opposing candidate in the first five words of the response. So far, Bill Schultz on the left and Shawn Hannity on the right are on my black list.

General Wesley Clark must be on the McCain payroll. Although his statements are literally true, what kind of galactic stupidity would cause him to make them.

And then there’s our songbird who decided that the lyrics of our National Anthem were as difficult to handle as the tessitura of the melody. Some are bound to view that as barometric of things to come under an Obama presidency.

Posted by: wpi  
Jul 20, 01:22 PM
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OZZIE #71, GREAT POST! I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT SCHULTZ AND HANNITY. I THINK IT'S GUYS LIKE THEM AND SHOWS LIKE HARDBALL, COUNTDOWN, THE O'RIELY FACTOR AND THE ORIGINAL CROSSFIRE THAT TEND TO POLARIZE PEOPLE (AND JUST AS IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS) TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CORNERS. IT NEVER USED TO BE LIKE THIS. THE MSM IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS INTO REALITY TV. YOU SHOULD RE-POST YOUR POST WHEN MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT!!!

Posted by: ford  
Jul 20, 02:09 PM
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It will be noted that we all could have guested that BHO would be so arrogant....he wrote 2 books to create his image for the media(one should have been enough for so young a person).....now he actually believes the stories he told himself!

Obama has underestimated the American public, and does not yet know his customer. Bill Clinton was never this overt in his perfectionism. Obama numbers will drop off the more this spectacle continues.

His best asset so far is the poor translation of the men he meets with by his campaign, I guess his team does need more training in foreign language.

300 foreign policy experts, and no one told him this pompous behavior would flop???

Posted by: marjon  
Jul 20, 07:58 PM
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wpi Wrote:
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> OZZIE #71, GREAT POST! I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE
> SAYING ABOUT SCHULTZ AND HANNITY. I THINK IT'S
> GUYS LIKE THEM AND SHOWS LIKE HARDBALL, COUNTDOWN,
> THE O'RIELY FACTOR AND THE ORIGINAL CROSSFIRE THAT
> TEND TO POLARIZE PEOPLE (AND JUST AS IMPORTANT
> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS) TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CORNERS.
> IT NEVER USED TO BE LIKE THIS. THE MSM IS LARGELY
> RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
> INTO REALITY TV. YOU SHOULD RE-POST YOUR POST WHEN
> MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT!!!

You don't think issues polarize?

When fundamental issues of security and property rights are in play, what side will you compromise?

When one side wants to tax the air we exhale, when they are not willing to defend the country, when they want to raise your taxes, whey they want to dictate the definition of marriage, when they want to allow non-citizens the vote, ...what side will you take or will you give in so not to be polarized?

Posted by: LMH  
Jul 20, 08:49 PM
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Your use of language and satire is surpassed only by your clarity of vision. Emotional reaction to the words "hope" and "change" have blinded millions to the fact that the self-proclaimed "emperor" has no clothes. Jimmy Carter ran on the same type of shaky platform. Perhaps voters should study life in the United States during those years. The change he brought to the country was a troubled economy, the Iran hostage fiasco, and a nation-wide feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. I fear that Obama's damage will be worse because we now live in more precarious times. Keep up the fight for truth and reason!

Posted by: Vegas Vic  
Jul 20, 09:46 PM
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Chicago gal Wrote:
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> The fact that Obama is black doesn't bother me -
> it's his long time radical friends, religious
> militant church, James Cone philosophy, and New
> Party/ACORN affiliations that bother me.
>
>
>
> McCain 08

Why, if one is half black & half white, then one is black? Why isn't he white?
His mother, Stanley, was/is about as white as one can get.

Posted by: Vegas Vic  
Jul 20, 09:55 PM
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occam Wrote:
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> 2. Mediocre CYA Ill voting record, but he gets good marks for being present.

I hate defending the profit Obama, but in Illinois, voting 'present' means the bill needs further work, send it back, make changes, then bring it up for a vote later. Voting 'nay' means, 'kill it'

Posted by: occam  
Jul 20, 11:16 PM
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Vegas Vic Wrote:
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> occam Wrote:
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> ...
> > 2. Mediocre CYA Ill voting record, but he gets
> good marks for being present.
>
> I hate defending the profit Obama, but in
> Illinois, voting 'present' means the bill needs
> further work, send it back, make changes, then
> bring it up for a vote later. Voting 'nay' means,
> 'kill it'

Perhaps in some cases but NOT ALL.

Rich Miller, who writes and publishes The Capitol Fax

"Miller points out that, at times, Obama was the only lawmaker voting "present" on bills winning near unanimous support, even on issues he supported and on one he sponsored."

I did some research, and there were at least 36 votes, most controversial, where Obama voted present and it wasn't part of a party strategy and the bills were passed or defeated.

And this.

"There's a saying in Springfield that there's a reason why the present button is yellow," Miller says.

Posted by: Traci, Illinois  
Jul 22, 05:59 PM
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This is one of the best articles I have read so far! It is very refreshing to know there is a journalist who sees what I see in Obama. Thank you very much!!!

Posted by: lea  
Jul 22, 11:01 PM
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Stop the spinning and cut the rhetoric. You don't help a nation when all you do is spin, spin, spin. It's a new era and a new beginning. We need change now and Obama is the man!

Posted by: Remulac  
Jul 23, 11:40 AM
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Yes, the liberals might as well just start calling Barrack "The Chosen One". I honestly believe that they worship him in the true sense of the word, and that he has little difficulty accepting that worship. This man is narcissistic enough to make Bill Clinton look like St. Francis of Assissi.

Posted by: winningwell  
Jul 23, 11:50 AM
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This hits the nail on the head! I hope the Big "O" continues to strut his stuff -it is a very big turn off to the common man! Good grief that uppity chin is dreadful- can't imagine having to look at him look down on us!

Posted by: winningwell  
Jul 23, 11:51 AM
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lea Wrote:
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> Stop the spinning and cut the rhetoric. You don't
> help a nation when all you do is spin, spin, spin.
> It's a new era and a new beginning. We need
> change now and Obama is the man!

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Jul 23, 11:52 AM
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winningwell Wrote:
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> lea Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Stop the spinning and cut the rhetoric. You
> don't
> > help a nation when all you do is spin, spin,
> spin.
> > It's a new era and a new beginning. We need
> > change now and Obama is the man!

Posted by: LORD GBETESON  
Jul 24, 11:23 AM
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I'll say Audacity of Confidence. Nothing wrong with it. Mr. Krauthammer, it's seems you are getting
irritated by the confidence that Obama is expresses all over. Like it or not come January 2009, Obama will be occupying the White house. We need some sanity in the system and enough of this lack of experience stuff. If we can put up with a class b movie star and a Texan Cowboy why not give this " Over confident" Obama a chance, at least he has good education and I believe he can learn on the job like the other jokers have!!

Posted by: Barbara Parot  
Jul 24, 01:28 PM
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Capertree Wrote:
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> As usual, Charles Krauthammer is right on the
> money. How, how on earth can any rational person
> believe Barack Obama should be President? It's
> just mind boggling that this lightweight could
> win.

Posted by: Barbara Parot  
Jul 24, 01:30 PM
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To Carpertree:

I am a rational person with an advanced degree and I will vote for Obama. Do you have a Harvard Degree? If not, you may reconsider who the "lightweight" is when it comes to having an opinion. God bless America

Posted by: Gordon Osmond  
Aug 03, 08:27 PM
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Risky Guy

Obama says that the McCain campaign is going to paint Obama as a risky guy. The campaign would be guilty of political malpractice if it did not.

Obama would like to ground the risk in his name and ethnicity, thereby nullifying it. It’s not that easy. The risks inherent in Obama as president are not so superficial. The riskiness of Obama lies rather in his inexperience, his priorities, and his military naiveté. Add to this a child-like refusal to confess error and to acknowledge the superior judgment of your political adversaries and you’ve got a very risky proposition indeed.

The American public does not want to witness a first day in office which announces weekly bi-partisan meetings with members of Congress (My God!, why didn’t I think of that?), and lectures on the importance of turning off lights and plumping up tires, etc. He’s not running for class president you know.

Another major element of risk is Obama’s sense of social priorities. His hostility toward the engines of our nation needs no elaboration. More troubling is his connection with liberal groups bent on income redistribution, social reparations, and the corrosive concept of collective guilt for individual misconduct. If you’re white and not destitute, get ready to pay one way or another.

Of course, risks are worth taking if there’s the potential for reward. Try as I may, I just don’t see it with an Obama presidency. In an infantile quest for international affection, he’ll surely weaken this country both economically and militarily.

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