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In a recent interview with Rick Warren, Barack Obama stated that he would not have nominated Justice Clarence Thomas. He felt Thomas was not qualified, and disagreed with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Even K. Kmiec, a constitutional scholar from Pepperdine University, said that Justice Thomas is one of the best appointments ever made by any president in recent times. Obama also said he would not have nominated A. Scalia or J. Roberts; these are also two of the best justices we have.
In these troublesome times, it is disturbing to me that we have someone wanting to be our president who has such little experience. He plans to raise capital gains from 15 percent to 28 percent, let the Bush tax cuts expire and raise taxes on Americans by billions of dollars. He is against drilling oil, thus keeping us dependent on foreign oil. He is for abortion and same-sex marriage. These things are against God's Word, and he says he is a Christian; he should be against these things. The Rev. Wright's church bothers me, too.
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falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:47 PM:
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:42 PM:
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:37 PM:
Wikipedia says the Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe VARIOUS related foreign policy principles. "
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:22 PM:
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:20 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 15, 2008 8:02 PM:
Individual definitions may vary but its general meaning is well known by anyone with even a basic understanding of American foreign policy.
Clearly, the Pork Queen is not one of those people. "
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 7:29 PM:
That is what Charley thought too.
It could mean a lot of different things. Who has defined the "Bush Doctrine" as it relates to foreign policy? Wikipedia? I just did a google search and laughed at all of the different opinions on what the "Bush Doctrine" is. You can read into it what you want, but any person who thinks they have a conclusive correct answer on what the Bush Doctrine is, is opening themselves up to subjective criticism. I think that it is the effort to spread democracy. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 15, 2008 5:42 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 15, 2008 5:34 PM:
falcon: Charley Gibson is not running for VP of the United States. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 15, 2008 1:29 PM:
I think that you are wrong on that Leonard. She had heard of the Bush Doctrine.
I think you are fantasizing. The blank look on her face said it all. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 15, 2008 1:28 PM:
Leonard, what do you think the Bush doctrine is?
Well, the McCain Camp would have us believe that it is the doctrine of preemptive warfare.
In reality, it is the policy of attacking whoever you want as long as you can make up a persuasive lie to justify your actions.
The Pork Queen seemed to be unfamiliar with either of these definitions. "
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 12:14 PM:
The woman had never heard of the Bush Doctrine for Christ's sake. She didn't understand the military function of NATO! "
I think that you are wrong on that Leonard. She had heard of the Bush Doctrine. When she asked Charley to tell her what context, it showed how unprepared he was. Charley did not recite the Bush doctrine correctly. The Bush doctrine in its current form is different than what Charley told Palin. Charley was unprepared.
That is why I put the bait out for you to bite on. What is the Bush doctrine? Where did it come from? I will give you a hint. It has everything to do with the Iraq war. "
falcon wrote on Sep 15, 2008 12:07 PM:
Leonard wrote, "" I was impressed by her lack of familiarity with the basic concepts behind NATO and the fact that she had never, apparently, heard of the Bush Doctrine, the guiding principle behind our foreign policy for the past 7 years.
Leonard, what do you think the Bush doctrine is? "
Lodian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 10:12 PM:
" Wait until Brian finds out that Biden stuttered as a child. "
Leonard: You're right! Biden did indeed stutter. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 6:25 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 4:26 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 3:45 PM:
Brian: Do I really need to post the mass amount of links to video showing Bush having trouble articulating himself as well as stammering? Come on! Stop being a hypocrite on this topic. That's really low, even for you.
-In the eight years in office I imagine there is a lot of instances where he had trouble gathering his thoughts.
However, at the rate of instances Obama has trouble gathering his thoughts he should surpass Bush in a year. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 2:07 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 12:37 PM:
You'll be part of the coversation when we run out of intelligent things to think about
Immediately, in other words.
:) "
Lodian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 12:35 PM:
Brian: Do I really need to post the mass amount of links to video showing Bush having trouble articulating himself as well as stammering? Come on! Stop being a hypocrite on this topic. That's really low, even for you. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 12:01 PM:
We aren't living under a tyranny here.
I find it offensive that you think we do live under a tyranny here.
I know how you like to play word games.
My wife and I are going out with a conservative friend of ours that is just as offended as me by someone who likes to take imaginary potshots at Bush in this manner. You'll be part of the coversation when we run out of intelligent things to think about. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 11:13 AM:
Which part of the phrase, specifically, do you find offensive?
Are you against America or are you for Tyranny?
Or both? "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 11:00 AM:
" Brian, I don't have to love George Bush to love my country.
I am very proud of the place in which I live. I am proud of my countrymen who have the courage to stand up for Freedom, Liberty and the US Constitution. We have fought for seven long years to free this country from the corrupt criminals who have seized control of its destiny and finally, we are on the verge of victory.
Up with America, Down with Tyranny! "
-Just to refresh your memory Leonard.
I don't have to dream about living under a tyranny, according to you. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 10:57 AM:
Nice try Leonard, You may want to re-examine your contemptous nature for Bush. I suggest you distance yourself
from anyone who may want to expess such spite for our President that they may want to proudly name a sewage plant after him for no other reason but their hatred and contempt for him.
It seems to me, according to you, we already live in a tyranny. So, according to you, I really don't have to dream about it. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 10:16 AM:
" Your contempt for George Bush may put you in the category of someone the secret service needs to watch out for in fear of you may want to do bodily harm to him.
And this is the America that Brian dreams of. A land where a harmless attempt to name a sewage treatment plant after the President gets a blogger reported to the police.
They had a country like that once Brian. It was called Nazi Germany. You would have liked it. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:41 AM:
I have neither the time nor the patience for you right now. You're making me angry!
Have a nice day. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:36 AM:
Up with America, Down with Tyranny! "
Yep, that's what many people all over the world are saying. We have helped them escape the grip of tyranny or removed the tyranny from their country.
Yet you want to tell them the very person who is President of this country is a tyrant himself. NICE STUFF LEONARD.
Again and again, you libs want to project out that America should be hated. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:27 AM:
" Brian, I don't have to love George Bush to love my country.
-Well, anyone who would propose naming sewage treatment plants after our President whether it be figuratvely or literally (I think you're serious)is the biggest piece of S%&t. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:11 AM:
I am very proud of the place in which I live. I am proud of my countrymen who have the courage to stand up for Freedom, Liberty and the US Constitution. We have fought for seven long years to free this country from the corrupt criminals who have seized control of its destiny and finally, we are on the verge of victory.
Up with America, Down with Tyranny! "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:09 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:05 AM:
Apparently, communities across the country are moving to rename their sewage treatment plants after W.
I cannot think of a more fitting tribute. "
-And you would proudly be one of the first to sign the petition to move this forward. Given this would be of utmost international interest too, I wonder if you ever thought of the fact that there are people living in TRULY corrupt regimes who would be more than happy to take your place and send you back to the country they are from. Is that something you might consider, Leonard, in light of this so-called s#$thole
you live in now? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 7:43 AM:
" Leonard would probably advocate a 2000 foot Obama tower in Chicago
I was just reading an article about this new movement to commemorate the Bush Presidency.
Apparently, communities across the country are moving to rename their sewage treatment plants after W.
I cannot think of a more fitting tribute. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 7:38 AM:
Of the hundreds of millions of dollars of pork that Palin has requested for the upcoming year, what percentage is going to wildlife preservation? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 13, 2008 7:19 AM:
I myself think the author of this article is giving Obama way too much credit
Thank you for your valuable, well informed opinion. I will consider it in the light of your obvious... ummm... mastery of the facts.
:) "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 6:19 AM:
So how should Obama play it when the Republicans launch their attack ads linking him to Daleys Chicago? He should ditch the script that Conley so thoughtfully offered in Salon. He doesnt need that fantasy of civility, consensus, racial harmony, and community empowerment. He can tell it like it is. If anything, Daley taught him to be ruthless, devious, and shrewd. He can say its prepared him for cracking down on Iran.
-Let's hope so for the country's sake that he does have the cajones to go up against the Hitler of Iran.
I myself think the author of this article is giving Obama way too much credit. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 6:11 AM:
Here's a really good article on Obama and the Daley Machine.
Obama is trying hard to distance himself from Mayor Daley. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 6:01 AM:
Here's the link. The article is quite revealing. "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 5:54 AM:
The Palin selection -- and her performance at the convention and on the stump -- seems to be having that effect. Obama chief strategist David Axelrod admitted of the Palin pick: "I can honestly say we weren't prepared for that. I mean, her name wasn't on anybody's list." But it was known that McCain's VP adviser had traveled to Alaska, and anyone clicking on youtube.com could see Palin's impressive performance in political debates. The McCain campaign shrewdly kept the information that she was on the short list and that she was the choice to a half-dozen people, who didn't tell even their spouses. The Obama team failed to Observe "
Brian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 5:49 AM:
I was pointing out the difference between Palin and Obama when it comes to articulating words.
Now, If you want to have a discussion on who's more the hipocrite, me or you, I'd be glad to point out how your hipocracy has no boundries.
Now, do you condemn Obama's official campaign spokesman for implying Palin supported a Nazi sympathizer? "
Lodian wrote on Sep 13, 2008 12:30 AM:
Brian: This was an odd comment coming from a Republican Bush supporter. Bush often has trouble articulating himself along with that stuttering problem. So, I guess you excuse a stammer from the Republican candidate of your choice, but not for anyone else? Hmmm, here comes that word again... HYPOCRISY. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 10:12 PM:
Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be on all three network and cable television stations defending Gov. Palins family and her historic candidacy.
The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Gov. Palins executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a $10 billion budget to Barack Obamas experience as a one-term junior senator from Illinois.
Former Democratic vice presidential nominee and current U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and Congressman Eric Cantor will hold a press conference calling on Barack Obama to condemn and/or dismiss his official campaign spokesman who implied Gov. Sarah Palin supported Nazi sympathy because she wore a Pat Buchanan pin on one single occasion.
McCain-Palin surrogates Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman, McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace, McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker and McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer will do television and radio interviews to demand better treatment for Gov. Palins family. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 10:09 PM:
Gov. Sarah Palin is an exceptional governor with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Sen. Obama. Her selection came after a six-month long rigorous vetting process where her extraordinary credentials and exceptionalism became clear. This vetting controversy is a faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee for vice president of the United States who has never been a part of the old boys' network that has come to dominate the news establishment in this country. Sen. McCain picked his governing partner after a long and thorough search. Gov. Palin looks forward to addressing the nation and laying out the fundamental choice this election represents for the American people "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 9:55 PM:
Would he prefer that we all pretend that he is well informed when the opposite is obviously the case? "
This is more fitting in the eyes of conservatives.
I'm sorry Obama and the MSM has the wool pulled over your eyes.
FYI, don't to go to any inner cities
packing a piece if Obama gets elected.
You'll have to turn in your gun at the city limits. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 6:38 PM:
Would he prefer that we all pretend that he is well informed when the opposite is obviously the case? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 6:37 PM:
Whenever Leonard gets painted into a corner his only recourse is to accuse that person of not knowing what they are talking about.
But Brian, you don't know anything about the subjects that you are discussing. That is why your posts read probably ....probably .... probably "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 2:42 PM:
" Leonard said "The woman had never heard of the Bush Doctrine for Christ's sake. She didn't understand the military function of NATO!"
This Bush doctrine is very convoluted. Had she answered it without knowing the specifics it would have made her look bad. Gibson
didn't even know what specific part of the doctrine he should have asked her about anyway and Palin caught that. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 2:27 PM:
Brian, if there is one thing that is clear this morning it is that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. "
Messiah Leonard has spoke. This is gospel.
Whenever Leonard gets painted into a corner his only recourse is to accuse that person of not knowing what they are talking about.
The peanut gallery will take his side as always.
You think Leonard would commend Palin for keeping a surplus of funds in Alaska. But no, he has to interpret
federal monies granted to her for keeping a balanced budget as pork barrel spending. "
JD wrote on Sep 12, 2008 11:55 AM:
Perhaps I may be of service:
http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2007/01/philip-j-berg-nutbar-supreme.html "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 10:01 AM:
John McCain's Straight Talk Express has driven right off the end of Palin's Bridge to Nowhere. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 9:58 AM:
sam: I was bothered by those "blink" comments as well. If she were to be the VP I sure hope she blinks and thinks first before ever doing or saying anything that will hurt this country. I wouldn't bet on it though. "
sam wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:45 AM:
sam wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:45 AM:
I only saw bits and pieces of the interview.
I have not seen the entire interview. I have every channel on directv. ANYONE know where I can see it?
Thanks for any info.
I also only saw the Obama interview last night. ANYONE know when the McCain one will be shown???? Thanks in advance. "
sam wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:41 AM:
Personally I loved when she clearly did not know Bush's Doctrine. She reacted great I thought. I would have done the same thing. She tried to fake it. I thought it showed she could think fast.
I am not a Palin fan, but I will give her a chance and listen. Her "don't blink" comment bothered me. But in all fairness this was her first one on one interview. I personally think in a few weeks she will be prepared and we will be able to see the real Palin. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:38 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:34 AM:
probably....probably....probably....probably....probably....probably....probably....probably....probably....
Brian, if there is one thing that is clear this morning it is that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:30 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:28 AM:
And what's wrong with earmarks going to wilderness protection?
Are you ok Leonard. I sense a bit of senility in your writing lately.
Again, A "D" by her name would constitute you favoring her decisions. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:24 AM:
revenue.
-This is probably a gross distortion of the truth. That being said, even if it is true, it takes a lot of money to manage the wilderness in Alaska.
Leonard, are you saying that the slush fund Palin gets is misappropriated more than the slush fund the Governor of ILL gets? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:20 AM:
Yet you have the audacity to complain that a good portion of the earmarks Palin solicited for Alaska probably went to protecting the wilderness.
LOL!!!
You know Brian, you are right. I had not considered the fact that you might think that some portion of the earmarks probably went to wilderness protection.
Seriously, do you ever think about this stuff before you type it into your computer??? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:17 AM:
-There's nothingi fictional about her not stuttering. She didn't say I,I,I or Um, Um, Um
BRILLIANT!!! The woman doesn't stutter. That alone should be more than enough qualifications for her to be Vice President.
Brian, do you ever think about these things before you say them? "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:15 AM:
If she had a "D" by her name you would be cheering her on. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:15 AM:
Really Leonard, do you really think that Alaska can be run on a shoestring budget without any earmarks? The amount of tax revenue Alaska generates pales in comparison to ILL.
Actually, as the Palin retinue has repeatedly noted, Alaska has been running a substantial budget surplus for some years now. In fact, the surplus is SO BIG that the state regularly issues bonus checks to all Alaskans. So yes, I think you can run a state like Alaska off of internal revenue.
In any case, it is McCain himself who has staked his reputation on his opposition to earmarks. For him to now say that he is against all earmarks EXCEPT for those in the trough of the Queen of Pork is the height of absurdity. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:09 AM:
" The point being that, if you have requested the most earmarks per capita of any state in the Union, you probably should not try to portray yourself as a crusader against earmarks.
-you have totally misssed the point in respect to the population in Alaska and the size of the state.
Really Leonard, do you really think that Alaska can be run on a shoestring budget without any earmarks? The amount of tax revenue Alaska generates pales in comparison to ILL.
Oh how those pesky little facts get in the way of your agenda. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 8:00 AM:
-There's nothingi fictional about her not stuttering. She didn't say I,I,I or Um, Um, Um.
Did you even watch the interview?
Her questions were quite clear and concise.
Given how much she has been able to accomplish in such a short period of time since being nominated, you libs should show some restraint.
Obama is the Senator of a state with one of the largests metropolitan areas in the country. He stutters and squirms around on a regular basis. The Hitler of Iran is licking his chops thinking of how he will be able to manipulate this man. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:57 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:48 AM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:06 AM:
-No one is saying we should completely eliminate pork barrel spending. Palin shows much more restraint than Obama.
The Queen of Pork has solicited more pork per capita than any other governor in the Union.
Is that what you call restraint? "
-Well, given that Alaska's population is barely a million. She probably has solicited more pork per capita than any other governor in the union. I really don't know what all the hub bub is.
The amount of money it takes to manage the state of Alaska is tremendous. Managing it vast swaths of wilderness
is no easy feat. Oh sure you could divide up the millions in earmarks for Alaska and say it's a lot higher per capita. The millions of people that live in ILL constitutes a much LARGER amount of earmarks even though it may not be as much per capita.
Leonard, let's try to put this into perspective instead of making kneejerk reactions. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:13 AM:
-Unlike Obama, she never stuttered one bit. She was focused like a laser beam.
Gibson tried to trip her up. But to no avail.
I like the way Brian tries to construct these fictional narratives of events that we all saw with our own eyes.
The woman had never heard of the Bush Doctrine for Christ's sake. She didn't understand the military function of NATO! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:11 AM:
-No one is saying we should completely eliminate pork barrel spending. Palin shows much more restraint than Obama.
The Queen of Pork has solicited more pork per capita than any other governor in the Union.
Is that what you call restraint? "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 7:06 AM:
" Brian, when the Pork Queen tries to make herself out to be a crusader against the very vice she thrives on, one has to take notice. "
-No one is saying we should completely eliminate pork barrel spending. Palin shows much more restraint than Obama. "
Brian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 6:57 AM:
" Did anyone here see the Charlie Gibson interview with Palin yet? IMO, Palin had a hard time answering a direct question. I found myself saying "JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!". Gibson seemed to get irritated with her. This woman is scary!
-Unlike Obama, she never stuttered one bit. She was focused like a laser beam.
Gibson tried to trip her up. But to no avail. Gibson's job was to show irritation. As a good liberal we shouldn't expect anything less from him. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 5:05 AM:
Captain Queeg
LOL! I hadn't heard that one. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 5:00 AM:
Make Palin look like an idiot, with the help of the media
Palin seems perfectly capable of making herself look like an idiot with no outside help.
She's a rock star all right. Watching her last night I was reminded of Britney Spears. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 12, 2008 4:57 AM:
As for the idea that the interview was "too tough", if the Pork Queen can't stand up to Charlie Gibson, how the hell is she going to stand up to Vlad "The Impaler" Putin? "
Lodian wrote on Sep 12, 2008 1:26 AM:
Yes, one track mind. She doesn't "blink". She had her set down pat and she wasn't going to deviate from it, even though it was an interview and not a podium. It seemed like she didn't intend to answer Gibson's questions and was ruffled when he persisted in her weak area, foreign policy experience. This will not fair well as the VP of the United States. I thought Gibson was quite professional. "
falcon wrote on Sep 12, 2008 12:17 AM:
Leonard, I agree with you on that one. Palin's rock star status has pushed Captain Queeg to the back. Nobody cares about him at the campaign rallies. The just chant SARAH SARAH. They want to hear her. "
falcon wrote on Sep 12, 2008 12:08 AM:
falcon wrote on Sep 12, 2008 12:03 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 11:51 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 11:38 PM:
"It seems to me that John "Tax Em" McCain has, more or less, taken a back seat in this election. No one expects the man to live our a full term so they are all now focused on Palin.
The man has become irrelevant to his own campaign."
I agree. I wonder what McCain thinks every time he hears the media talk about Palin being "literally" just a heartbeat away from the presidency. It's almost like he's already out the door! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:45 PM:
The man has become irrelevant to his own campaign. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:43 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:40 PM:
Given Obama's and Biden's record on this is below 20 percent it seems to me
you're dircting your attention to the wrong person.
One could conclude that you qualify Obama and Biden for their ability to vote for pork barrel spending more often.
Yet McCain is not qualified because he votes against pork barrel spending 88 percent of the time.
Or is it because you wish so much for McCain to vote for pork barrel spending
as a Democrat because you're jealous conservatives have him? "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:26 PM:
Here's their tax plans again.
I get a kick out of Leonard complaining that McCain is a tax and spend liberal. If this is the case.
Yet, if McCain was running on the Democratic ticket he'd be cheering him on. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:37 PM:
" Leonard, afgter careful reading of Obama's and McCain's tax plan I still hold my ground that you are misrepresenting Mccain's plan.
What part, specifically, am I misrepresenting?
Are you contending that John McCain is not proposing to tax the money spent by working families using employer supported health care?
OR....
Are you contending that this massive tax increase will not actually be the largest tax increase on working Americans in history? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:29 PM:
The liberals attacks on Palin's pork barrel spending is not near the levels
they accuse her of.
Forget the liberals, I like John "Tax Em" McCain's 2001 attack on the Pork Queens earmarks.
Given the current context, it was devastating! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:24 PM:
How about that WSJ Op Ed
My bad, it was actually a piece from The Conservative Voice.
You can read the whole article at the following link.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/30495.html
In my defense, the article in the Conservative Voice does heavily reference an op-ed piece in the WSJ by John Fund about the "shotgun wedding" between John McCain and the conservative movement.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120146652798920519.html
I guess back then it was still OK for Republicans to use the term shotgun wedding. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 5:22 PM:
I did send you their plans and not an Op Ed that you are using as gospel.
It just happens to be that the Op Ed I posted here is more in line with their actual plans.
Oh how those pesky facts get in the way of your agenda.
You should check out "The Citizens Against Government Waste" website.
The liberals attacks on Palin's pork barrel spending is not near the levels
they accuse her of. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 5:07 PM:
you're a gas. I have so much fun seeing you dig a hole to lay in day in and day out on these bloggs.
I thank Pres. George W. Bush for preventing another terrorist attack on our soil in the last seven years.
God bless him and our troops. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 4:56 PM:
I suspect his plan is not the way you and your liberal ilk perceive it at all.
If you really wanted to know, you could read the plan for yourself.
Of course, that is never going to happen. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 4:53 PM:
-Seems pretty clear to me. You advocate
the discrediting of people all the time here
When have I ever advocated "discrediting" people?
I do frequently correct you when you get your facts wrong but what would you have me do, agree with you when I know that what you are saying is absolutely incorrect?
What's more, I have repeatedly urged you to actually research the topics you are addressing and to actually read the articles that you are quoting.
It is hardly my fault if you steadfastly refuse to do so. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 3:03 PM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:15 PM:
I have NO respect for someone who can't handle the truth that they have to kick someones butt.
This sentence doesn't make any sense.
-Seems pretty clear to me. You advocate
the discrediting of people all the time here and your liberal ilk perceive it that you have kicked their butt with your words. And your ilk support you even when they know you are just plain wrong or you are lying.
How about that WSJ Op Ed you are perpetuating as the gospel truth on McCain's tax plan?
The perspective of the Op Ed I read is
not to your liking because it favors McCain's plan in many ways. Based on facts. Now you can cherry pick his plan that may very well be construed to
your theory that it's the biggest tax increase. I suspect his plan is not the way you and your liberal ilk perceive it at all. "
anthonyandrea wrote on Sep 11, 2008 2:54 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:59 PM:
I have NO respect for someone who can't handle the truth that they have to kick someones butt.
This sentence doesn't make any sense. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:33 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:32 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:15 PM:
Yeah I know how you liberals like to kick peoole's butt for telling the truth.
I have NO respect for someone who can't handle the truth that they have to kick someones butt. "
WY wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:35 AM:
How is your brother doing? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM:
From the AP:The two-year, $5.3 million investigation by Interior's inspector general found workers at the Minerals Management Service's royalty collection office in Denver partying, having sex, using drugs and accepting gifts and ski trips and golf outings from energy company representatives with whom they did government business.
"Employees frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and natural gas company representatives" who referred to some of the government workers as the "MMS Chicks." "
WY wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:33 AM:
Be safe in the storm **== "
Lodian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:13 AM:
My husband likes it when you get your butt kicked on these blogs! LOL! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:12 AM:
" Email me the WSJ Op Ed :) "
Will do. Its clipped to my refrigerator at home.
You'll enjoy it.
-LP "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:11 AM:
" Is it just me... is there something I've missed... Is there something I can read in the paper about today and what it means to this town of Lodi. I drove my kids to school and the only flag I saw was my own. :( I was crying right now sevn years ago when our country was attacked. Can we remeber today?
We should never forget! **== "
Personally, I would much rather not remember the specifics.
Do people who were mugged or raped commemorate the anniversary each year?
Perhaps it would be better to just focus on making sure that this never happens again. "
WY wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:03 AM:
We should never forget! **== "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:47 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:46 AM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:02 AM:
You're so much like Obama. He won the senate se4at in ILL. by getting his opponents disqualified by technicality.
As I recall, Obama's Republican opponent in Illinois withdrew after it was revealed that he had been forcing his wife to have sex with other men.
If that's what you call a "technicality".... "
Leonard, I know you're sworn to secrecy
by the Obama camp. Anyone could look up Obama's tactics in his rise to power and it's not very complimentary.
Whether or not you believe it. The Daley
Machine has much invested in Obama. He may on the surface be distancing himself from the machine. However, he's in deep with the machine. To say that he's not is ignorant on many levels. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:25 AM:
You're so much like Obama. He won the senate se4at in ILL. by getting his opponents disqualified by technicality.
As I recall, Obama's Republican opponent in Illinois withdrew after it was revealed that he had been forcing his wife to have sex with other men.
If that's what you call a "technicality".... "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:21 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:20 AM:
To put things in perspective, the same Wall Street Journal ran another Op Ed piece a few weeks ago that called John "Tax Em" McCain " a "tax and spend liberal".
Leonard, Would you please provide me with that link. I am curious what it says. I'm not finding the right key words to access it. :) "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:12 AM:
Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 8:02 AM:
But you have perpetuated this as the truth.
You really don't know what McCain's tax plan will do. You just want us to believe you know.
You're so much like Obama. He won the senate se4at in ILL. by getting his opponents disqualified by technicality.
Rather than man up to the truths about him he was able to get his opponents disqualified with childish technicaliites. This is dirty politics.
Now he's trying it on McCain and Palin and it's not working. He's a little leageer in the big leagues with delusions of grandeur. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:29 AM:
If you really didn't know the difference, it would be OK for you to admit it and then we could go from there.
I mean, I don't want to make a big deal about you purposefully misrepresenting your sources if you really were just ignorant about the difference.
Its OK to admit that you just didn't know.
-LP "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:26 AM:
Leonard, are you going to challenge the WSJ? Your two-bit book publishing credentials are no match to the WSJ's
investigative reporting
ROTFGLMAO!!!
Yeah Brian, the only problem with this is that the piece you are citing is from the Wall Street Journal OPINIONS page. Investigative reporting plays no part in the composition of OP ED pieces.
To put things in perspective, the same Wall Street Journal ran another Op Ed piece a few weeks ago that called John "Tax Em" McCain " a "tax and spend liberal".
Your arguments would be oh so much more convincing if you could somehow find a way to make them without lying about your sources. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:24 AM:
Leonard, this seems to be a fair assessment of your excuse to not challenge the WSJ. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:19 AM:
What part of "the largest tax increase on working Americans in history" don't you understand?
These are the plain and simple facts. If you don't believe me, look up McCain's plan to tax health benefits for yourself.
Leonard, is this what camp Obama has told you to say? Or is this from the Wonk Room? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:16 AM:
Lodian, what does your husband think
of you kissing other men's butts?
To borrow from Ronald Reagan, there you go again, fantasizing about other men's butts.
Please Brian, this is a family newspaper. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:08 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:05 AM:
Mr. McCain's tax policy stands in strong contrast to Mr. Obama's ever-changing tax proposals. Although it is difficult to know just what Mr. Obama would do if he were elected, it is clear that he wants to raise taxes on personal incomes, on dividends, on capital gains, on payroll income and on businesses -- all of which will hurt the U.S. economy. He regards the tax system as a way to redistribute income, and disregards the resulting adverse incentive effects that reduce employment and economic growth.
Mr. Obama's claim to being a big tax cutter defies credibility. His assertion that he would cut taxes on 95% of families reflects his one-time $1,000 rebate payouts, and a variety of new government spending handed out through the tax system.
Mr. McCain, on the other hand, has been clear that he wants to preserve the favorable incentive effects of the existing low tax rates -- and to reduce taxes in other ways that will strengthen the economy, create jobs and help current taxpayers, including those without health insurance. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 7:00 AM:
In stark contrast to Barack Obama, Mr. McCain believes that tax policy should be used to foster the creation of jobs and higher wages through economic growth, rather than to redistribute incomes. The economy is not a zero-sum game in which some people can enjoy higher incomes only if others are made worse off.
Leonard, are you going to challenge the WSJ? Your two-bit book publishing credentials are no match to the WSJ's
investigative reporting. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:53 AM:
I'm confident the Wall Street Journal's investigative reporting is much more credible than the Wonk Room. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:48 AM:
And Lodian and her cronies never question Leonard's sources. If it comes out of Leonard's mouth it must be true in their eyes.
This link above pretty much refutes what Leonard is saying about McCain's tax plan.
Here's a clip: Mr. McCain's plan will significantly ease the tax burden on American families with children by doubling the personal exemption to $7,000 from $3,500. This means a larger percentage tax reduction for families with smaller taxable incomes, and specifically helps families in the middle income levels. And a President McCain will enable people to keep more of their earnings by preventing Congress from raising tax rates.
-Of course all of you in love with messiah Leonard wiill just consider this article from the Wall Street Journal fodder because if Leonard doesn't believe it it must not be true. "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:32 AM:
" SportsGuru: Again, try to stick with facts. Your gossip is pathetic. "
-See how Lodian is intolerant of anyone other than Leonard and his ilk.
Lodian, what does your husband think
of you kissing other men's butts? "
Brian wrote on Sep 11, 2008 6:25 AM:
Have at it Leonard. Inflating your ego is much more important to you than the truth. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 10:06 PM:
I HOPE you're not trying to imply that McCain is a bigger tax and spend politician than Obama / Biden have been.
What part of "the largest tax increase on working Americans in history" don't you understand?
These are the plain and simple facts. If you don't believe me, look up McCain's plan to tax health benefits for yourself.
As for ways of spending his ill gotten tax booty, I believe McCain has put the Pork Queen in charge of that. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 10:00 PM:
SportsGuru wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:38 PM:
Leonard wrote:
"Even John "Tax Em" McCain was disgusted by the Queen of Pork!"
Well since we're going to read off the DEMS talking points memo, I'll respond by saying ...
AT LEAST MCCAIN's VP CHOICE ISN'T A MUSLIM!
Oh, the mud we sling . . . . . "
SportsGuru wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:36 PM:
LEONARD wrote:
"...John McCain has pledged to institute the largest tax increase on American working families in US history"
I HOPE you're not trying to imply that McCain is a bigger tax and spend politician than Obama / Biden have been. It's common knowledge that LIBERALS believe they should spend your money for you, since you're too stupid to spend it on the things that matter (e.g. carbon credits for Al Gore's jet / welfare for illegal immigrants / socialized medicine / money to give the Iranians so they will like us) "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:21 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:19 PM:
When Palin served as mayor of her hometown of Wasilla, outside Anchorage, she obtained about $27 million in federal "earmarks" during her last four years in office, according to the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.
In a 2001 statement opposing a transportation spending bill McCain singled out for criticism about $3 million worth of those projects. McCain's list of "objectionable" spending included a $2.5 million road project for the town that then had a population of 5,500, as well as a $450,000 appropriation for an agricultural processing plant
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/palin.earmarks/ "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:08 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:07 PM:
They seldom have any relation to what I actually do, say or think but they make him happy in some strange way.
I usually try to ignore it. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:02 PM:
"Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 4:45 PM:
"I am anticipating voter or Lodian questioning my posts all the while they are kissing Leonard's butt.
I can hear the smooching all the way here in AZ. It's a virtual smooch of course. Aren't webcams amazing?
Brian, please stop fantasizing about my butt.
It makes me feel uncomfortable. :( "
Leonard: OMG! I laughed so hard my husband came over to see what was so funny! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:49 PM:
We are well prepared for whatever comes our way, I have been a bit of a fanatic about keeping the essentials on hand ever since the 89 quake when I pushed the button on the drinking fountain outside my dorm and nothing came out.
Odds are the thing will pass us by completely which, in a sense, is a shame since we could really use some rain. That climate change that the Queen of Pork says isn't happening has given us the hottest and driest summer in 80 years. "
voter wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:49 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:46 PM:
-You're grandstanding again Leonard.
I know how you get your jollies repeating what your liberal ilk say.
But please spare us.
No Brian, I am simply giving you the facts.
The funny thing is that you know I am right. That is the reason that you refuse to address the issue of John "Tax Em" McCain's plan to rape the middle class with the largest tax increase on working Americans in history. "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:18 PM:
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:17 PM:
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:14 PM:
Just a thought... give her her very own small flashlight. Very powerful. She will take care of you when the lights go out.
You're in my thoughts and prayers. Hope it is just a rain storm for you. "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:07 PM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 4:11 PM:
" Obama's tax plan is the reverse of trickle down economics.
Taxing the rich will only cause the rich to scale back in their investments in the economy. This is Obama's plan.
There's no trickle at all in John "Tax Em" McCain's tax plan. McCain will rape the middle class by imposing the largest tax increase on working Americans in history and he split the money between give aways to the rich and the Queen of Pork's super highways to no where.
John McCain will tax poor and middle class Americans until they bleed! "
-You're grandstanding again Leonard.
I know how you get your jollies repeating what your liberal ilk say.
But please spare us. "
voter wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:38 PM:
voter wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:37 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:32 PM:
Exciting stuff, I've never been in one of these before. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:27 PM:
As for "assassins" and "terrorists" I would say that General Petraeus got the guys who had been our enemies to start fighting our enemies. Turning those forces saved American lives and so I am all for it, regardless of how we label the combatants involved. "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 6:58 PM:
I heard that it was not the surge that worked. I heard that we had hired "assassins" to help and we put a lot of the terrorists on a payroll to have them help stop the violence.
Our soldiers are and were amazing. But the increase in their numbers was not the reason violence slowed down.
Have you heard this? "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 5:24 PM:
AMEN. Leonard, and they are hidden taxes.. like his health care. One has to dig deep and read his policies thoroughly.
Obviously this explains his "lipstick" tactics. Hide the real policies and keep the middle class "following the bouncing ball". ... and I am sure that last comment sounded elitist. I confess I love and even grow my arugula. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 5:10 PM:
" I am anticipating voter or Lodian questioning my posts all the while they are kissing Leonard's butt.
I can hear the smooching all the way here in AZ.
It's a virtual smooch of course. Aren't webcams amazing?
Brian, please stop fantasizing about my butt.
It makes me feel uncomfortable.
:( "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 5:08 PM:
" Obama's tax plan is the reverse of trickle down economics.
Taxing the rich will only cause the rich to scale back in their investments in the economy. This is Obama's plan.
There's no trickle at all in John "Tax Em" McCain's tax plan. McCain will rape the middle class by imposing the largest tax increase on working Americans in history and he split the money between give aways to the rich and the Queen of Pork's super highways to no where.
John McCain will tax poor and middle class Americans until they bleed! "
leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 5:05 PM:
-Compared to the One Billion in earmarks Obama will be requesting for his homestate alone we can safely say Obama is head swine.
While the Queen of Pork has requested the most earmarks per capita of any Governor this year, Obama has requested zero for Illinois.
Those facts are a ditch, aren't they Brian.
Can you say oink? "
voter wrote on Sep 10, 2008 5:00 PM:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31view.html?em
Money magazine says the same thing.
http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/21/markets/election_demsvreps/ "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 4:45 PM:
I can hear the smooching all the way here in AZ.
It's a virtual smooch of course. Aren't webcams amazing? "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 4:11 PM:
Taxing the rich will only cause the rich to scale back in their investments in the economy. This is Obama's plan.
The Democrats just can't get it through their heads that this won't and has never worked in stimulating
economic growth. "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 3:43 PM:
" The Queen of Pork Strikes Again
FROM THE AP:Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called ''earmarks'' this year
Can Ms Palin say "Oink"? "
-Compared to the One Billion in earmarks Obama will be requesting for his homestate alone we can safely say Obama is head swine.
Obama's career rating is 10 percent when it comes to voting against earmarks.
McCain's is 88 percent.
Binden's is 18 percent. "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 3:11 PM:
Health insurance provided by your boss will now be considered income. Your taxes will look like you got a huge raise, but your check will not show it. Actually your check will go down with more income tax being with held.
No wonder he wants to create drama and stay odd topic. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 12:08 PM:
Not until she gets her lipstick on! :-) "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 12:01 PM:
FROM THE AP:Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called ''earmarks'' this year
Can Ms Palin say "Oink"? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 10:06 AM:
They want the Dems to stop drawing attention to Palin's pork addiction and this is their sideways way of doing it. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:24 AM:
Gee, who is sounding like the "Whining b-tch" now. Poor Palin."
sam: Great post! Great point! It's time for Palin to get in the game like a big girl or take her sled and go home. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:20 AM:
"LMAO at the hypocrisy of the McCain campaign.
Personally, I think Obama was dead on, especially since he was referring to Palin the Queen of Pork.
Give em hell Barack!"
Right on the nose, Leonard!
! ! ! (clapping!) ! ! !
... "
Lodian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:12 AM:
" Well here is McCain using the lipstick comment towards Hillary's plan in October 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w
sam: Thanks for the link. I knew I had heard that expression coming from a politician towards Hillary not long ago and you nailed it. Again, the McCain/Palin camp with the whining is showing their hypocrisy big time! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:07 AM:
They're not tax increases they're revenue enhancements
John "Tax Em" McCain and Sara "The Queen of Pork" Palin are going to tax the working people of this country until they bleed.
That's a plain old simple fact. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:05 AM:
" Leonard wrote:
Brian, do you support McCain's plan to impose the largest tax increase in American history on working families?
-If you re-worded it into the proper and honest context I may answer it.
How, then would you put it?
Brian, are you going to try to smack some lipstick on that pig? "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:21 AM:
Brian, do you support McCain's plan to impose the largest tax increase in American history on working families?
-If you re-worded it into the proper and honest context I may answer it.
Voter accuses me of misquoting yet he allows you to take things out of context.
I should ask voter if your butt has any freckles on it. "
Brian wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:10 AM:
" BRIAN
Where on the net and youtube was that quote? I want to be sure as you have been known to misqote people before.
You are going to be be weeping bitter tears come Nov. "
-I wouldn't expect anything less from you than to say I misquote people.
In any event, it will be you that will be weeping in Nov.
Obama has 30 of his cronie lawyers in Alaska turning over stones to find anything on Palin. What a waste of money.
You know you liberals tend to be a lot more hostile. It's well known that liberals are much more likely to vandalize a car with a conservative bumper sticker on it than conservatives doing this to liberals. If liberals had an ounce of integrity this wouldn't be happening. "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:01 AM:
Gee, who is sounding like the "Whining b-tch" now. Poor Palin. "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:57 AM:
For those who say Obama says nothing obviously have never listened to him. He is outlining his education plan completely right now. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:18 AM:
McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's.
LMAO at the hypocrisy of the McCain campaign.
Personally, I think Obama was dead on, especially since he was referring to Palin the Queen of Pork.
Give em hell Barack! "
sam wrote on Sep 10, 2008 7:18 AM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8IhMMhe8w "
OTH wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:21 PM:
Where on the net and youtube was that quote? I want to be sure as you have been known to misqote people before.
You are going to be be weeping bitter tears come Nov. "
sam wrote on Sep 9, 2008 6:53 PM:
sam wrote on Sep 9, 2008 6:15 PM:
A Pig is a pig. He calls it as he sees it. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 6:15 PM:
First they have John "Tax Em" McCain promising to impose the biggest tax increase on working families in US history and then they have Palin the Queen of Pork figuring out how to waste all that fresh new tax money on bridges no one needs and roads that lead nowhere but to higher deficits.
If Ronald Reagan was alive today, he would be voting for Obama. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 6:07 PM:
-I think it's a safe to say that Leonard would have no problem stifling the free speech of conservatives if this initiative passes. This is typical of a liberal.
Perhaps I was not clear enough. I do not support the initiative.
There Brian, is that simple enough for you to understand.
While we're at it, I notice that you STILL have not answered my question.
Brian, do you support McCain's plan to impose the largest tax increase in American history on working families?
Yes or no?
I wonder why you are so afraid to answer this simple question. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 6:05 PM:
" I see Obama's true colors sre showing through. A direct quote from him:
"If you put lipstick on a pig it's still a pig"
????
Are you contending that a pig in lipstick is something other than a Pig?
I am reminded of the novel 1984 in which the agents of the totalitarian Big Brother try to convince the protagonist that 2+2=5 "
voter wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:59 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:52 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:51 PM:
-I think it's a safe to say that Leonard would have no problem stifling the free speech of conservatives if this initiative passes. This is typical of a liberal. "
voter wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:50 PM:
Wouldn't it be more interesting if you actually stopped the personal attacks and engaged in a policy discussion? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 5:46 PM:
"If you put lipstick on a pig it's still a pig". That's dandy stuff coming from a man who wants to be President.
Lodian, Just to help you along. Sara Palin is known for her lipstick lines. "
citizen wrote on Sep 9, 2008 4:56 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 1:05 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 1:02 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 1:01 PM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:57 PM:
real facts wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:51 PM:
Actually, I'm pretty sure Brian is the only one I have seen behave this way (cussing people out) on the boards besides his friend real facts. These two have resorted to such behavior many times").
your sick in the head.
it's what your last resort always comes down to, because you can't defend your position, you resort to lying about people.
i never once cussed in these blogs ever
you still lie without conscience. i cannot wait for the day when "it" catches up with you. that will be a good day "
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:33 PM:
actually from my skim read of their bylaws, sounded like a pretty patriotic party. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:18 PM:
ONLY IN AMERICA are tax increases permanent, but tax DECREASES expire. We can't have the people paying less indefinately, now can we?
A point to ponder given the fact that John McCain has pledged to institute the largest tax increase on American working families in US history. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:17 PM:
SportsGuru wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:14 PM:
A couple of observations:
ONLY IN AMERICA are tax increases permanent, but tax DECREASES expire. We can't have the people paying less indefinately, now can we?
Of COURSE Barak is going to criticize the appointment of the moderate / conservative justices. His liberal base requires it.
Mr. Dupriest:
I was with you until you quoted COAST TO COAST (an Art Bell production) and then cited ObamaCrimes.com. Anything Art Bell is involved with has been "lunified" after he claimed to have been abducted by aliens.
I'm not Obama fan, but let's try to keep the discussion OUT of the fringe element. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:06 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 12:05 PM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 11:55 AM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 11:43 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 10:26 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 10:24 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 10:23 AM:
They don't want to be a part of the United States! "
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 10:21 AM:
Palin supports the AIP (The Alaskan Independence Party). Her husband was on the official member list of the AIP. They both attended the convention.
Sarah Palin, when a candidate for Governor, appeared at the AIP Convention in 2006. Sarah Palin also sent a welcoming DVD message to the membership at the 2008 AIP statewide convention. (source: AIP)
These folks want to "Become a separate and Independent Nation"
Here's the video of Sarah Palin addressing the AIP and wishing them well.
http://www.akip.org/conv08.html
What about "Country First" McCain/Palin?
... "
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 10:03 AM:
wtf posted a link to the article. I found a copy of the audio from that radio show. Listen to how Palin giggles at such inappropriate dialogue. How old is she??
Sarah Palin Laughs At Rival Being Called A "Cancer," "B!tch"
(The rival, Senate President Lyda Green, is a cancer survivor and Palin knows this fact)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_23HhsKOQQ
... "
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:47 AM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:43 AM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:42 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:28 AM:
Is this the kind of comment you feel is so superior?
Brian wrote "Get a life Lodian. Actually it's just about time for me to cuss you out again."
LOL!!!
Case closed. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:23 AM:
Leonard: This is very true. It's interesting that no one for McCain/Palin will address this issue on the boards. They simply do not discuss it. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:19 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:41 AM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:36 AM:
mike wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:16 AM:
Brian: The responses were a lot better than your usual "cuss out" response. "
and his previous statement of
"including all your twisting of words"
I read these and thought here's the kettle calling the pot black. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:16 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:15 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:14 AM:
" Leonard, Do you support the democrats who want to re-enact the "Fairness Doctrine" because they want a government mandated monopoly on talk radio?
Yes or no
No, I am not a big backer of that initiative although it matters little to me since I don't listen to talk radio.
There you go Brian, I answered your question, now man up and answer mine.
Brian, do you support McCain's plan to impose the largest tax increase in American history on working families?
Yes or no? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:13 AM:
A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian.
By Juan Cole
-It's only fair that we insert Michelle
Obama's name into this question. Actually, her attributes are much more apt to qualify her as a Muslim fundamentalist. "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 8:02 AM:
Yes or no?
He's really a "yes" man on many levels. He thinks he can intimidate people with his charm. "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:55 AM:
Yes or no? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:51 AM:
Yes or no?
Leonard, do you support Obama's plan to limit gun rights to people in inner cities whether they are a criminal or not?
Yes or no? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:47 AM:
" Brian, do you support McCain's plan to impose the largest tax increase in American history on working families?
Yes or no? "
My interpretation of his tax plan is different than yours. The liberal slant you put on it is meant to incriminate me.
Read into his tax plan and then be more open mined about his tax plan instead of your typical partisan approach. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:41 AM:
Yes or no? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:41 AM:
" Brian wrote "IF you consider these good replies I hate to see the bad ones. sheesh."
Brian: The responses were a lot better than your usual "cuss out" response. "
-Get a life Lodian. Actually it's just about time for me to cuss you out again.
Are you gonna sick the Messiah Obama on me? "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:36 AM:
He is so new and exotic and appealing that everyone has a personal interpretation of who and what he really isa blank slate we inscribe with our own dreams.
-And so shall the enemies of this country inscribe their dreams on his
BLANK SLATE.
He's so full of himself.
He thinks all he has to do is wave his magic wand and Amadinejad and Putin will fall to their knees in compliance.
Oh how love is blind. "
Brian wrote on Sep 9, 2008 7:27 AM:
" Chuckle....
Brian sent me the following excellent link this evening. Evidently he did not read it before he sent it because it is, on fact, a succinct and thoughtful refutation of Brian's longstanding contention that Obama is a slave of the Chicago Machine.
I encourage everyone to read Brian's article and to thank him for the light he has finally, at long last, shed on this issue.
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/obama-the-man-and-the-machine,1506/
-Not quite Leonard, it takes a lot more than a rock star image to get me to vote for someone. Obama's GOING TO RUIN THIS COUNTRY. It's too bad someone as intelligent as you doesn't see that. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 10:16 PM:
Thanks for the link, Leonard. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 10:10 PM:
Brian: The responses were a lot better than your usual "cuss out" response. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 8, 2008 9:08 PM:
Brian sent me the following excellent link this evening. Evidently he did not read it before he sent it because it is, on fact, a succinct and thoughtful refutation of Brian's longstanding contention that Obama is a slave of the Chicago Machine.
I encourage everyone to read Brian's article and to thank him for the light he has finally, at long last, shed on this issue.
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/obama-the-man-and-the-machine,1506/
:) "
voter wrote on Sep 8, 2008 8:33 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 8:27 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 8:26 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 5:53 PM:
" Brian wrote "Liberals will do everything they can to add cheap gossip to the conversation. And out of the other side of their mouths they will say it wasn't their intention only after the damage has been done."
Brian: That sounds exactly like YOU! "
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Leonard wrote on Sep 8, 2008 11:30 AM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 7:42 AM:
" Liberals will do everything they can to add cheap gossip to the conversation
This from a guy who's main pastime is alleging that Barack Obama is a Muslim. "
-IF you consider these good replies I hate to see the bad ones. sheesh. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 11:35 AM:
Brian: That sounds exactly like YOU! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 8, 2008 11:30 AM:
" Liberals will do everything they can to add cheap gossip to the conversation
This from a guy who's main pastime is alleging that Barack Obama is a Muslim. "
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 7:42 AM:
Aimee said it so well in another blogg. And I quote:
"Ah, the classic tactic of assigning someone a percieved negative personal characteristic when you have nothing solid to add to the debate." "
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 7:24 AM:
-It's all in how you see things. :) "
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 7:21 AM:
" Oh, Brian. I wonder if lodisafeway is happy you are coming to his defense, and including all your twisting of words as well. With friends like you...
I know if I were ever to say anything that Lodian agrees with I must then check myself into the same funny farm he resides in. "
Brian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 7:18 AM:
" Oops, that's "throw stones!"
Welcome back, Brian! Is your posting prohibition up so soon? Must have saved up all that nonsense for the past few months! Andale, pues... I for one have 'mis'sed all of your 'mis'information.
-Tell the tax policy center that what I posted from their cite is misinformation. I doubt they will be very happy that your assessment of what the two candidates tax plans are is poppycock to you. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 8, 2008 12:59 AM:
Election Year wrote on Sep 8, 2008 12:17 AM:
Welcome back, Brian! Is your posting prohibition up so soon? Must have saved up all that nonsense for the past few months! Andale, pues... I for one have 'mis'sed all of your 'mis'information. "
Election Year wrote on Sep 8, 2008 12:09 AM:
This, however, is not the point and only adds cheap gossip to the conversation. Sarah Palin will have a rough row to hoe since she will have to be schooled on every issue important to national elected office of which she is currently entirely ignorant. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:37 PM:
lodisafeway: Are WE ALL to believe that you actually want to engage in conversation or debate on the issues at hand? It sure seems like you now believe, for some reason, that you are well above the rest of us here on the blogs in intellect and knowledge of any and all topics and issues at hand. I can smell your insecurity through the computer. Your words tell us that you are feeling small and you have the need to respond with an overly superior tone as to elevate your own ego. This is a blog for God's sake. Why do you allow this to make you feel so small?
Lodian, I doubt if lodisafeway intended the majority of the people to view this comment this way. It seems to me you're a bit sensitive to his evaluation of issues. I'm not intimidated at all by him. And he wouldn't want me to be. I enjoy reading his insight on issues. It's too bad your insecurities won't allow you to share my sentiments about him. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:30 PM:
" Well, I've obviously done my job here. Leaving all of you as flummoxed and desperate as you are now, I simply cannot exact any further damage upon you; it certainly wouldn't be fair. Oh, I'm sure we'll cross paths again; perhaps after tomorrow's paper provides us with more fuel for the political fires. I'll continue to watch, read, laugh and feel sympathy for those of you lost in the confusion and emptiness that was heretofore believed to be the Obama Juggernaut. "
Well said lodisafeway. :) "
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:29 PM:
Yes, just reread some of your posts for proof. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:27 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:27 PM:
lodisafeway: Are WE ALL to believe that you actually want to engage in conversation or debate on the issues at hand? It sure seems like you now believe, for some reason, that you are well above the rest of us here on the blogs in intellect and knowledge of any and all topics and issues at hand. I can smell your insecurity through the computer. Your words tell us that you are feeling small and you have the need to respond with an overly superior tone as to elevate your own ego. This is a blog for God's sake. Why do you allow this to make you feel so small? "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:04 PM:
A preliminary analysis of the 2008 pres candidates tax plans. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:00 PM:
So it's really a bunch of bull that the Bush Admin has caused all the problems with the economy.
This is what the liberals are counting
on tha they can convince those stupid enough to believe that McCain is Bush III. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:33 PM:
McCain's plan may very well impose higher taxes on the middle class and the poor. McCain will give tax breaks to the rich because he knows it ultimately stimulates the economy.
Obama's plan to punish the rich in the form of higher taxes is somewhat analagous to the windfall profits tax he wants to impose on the oil companies.
He obviously doesn't understand that the rich always find a way to make the middle class and the poor pay in the long run. Or does he know and just doesn't care? "
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:29 PM:
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:25 PM:
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:20 PM:
Ivan Dixon wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:15 PM:
I'm laughing at the superior intellect.
So that explains why Mr Safeway always looks so happy. "
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:12 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:45 PM:
O judging by the polls that came out today it doesnt look to good for you on that front either.
I'd say the fact that McCain only managed to get a 4 point bounce out of his Convention is good news indeed. Combine that with the clear Obama lead in electoral votes and you've got Democrats smiling from coast to coast. "
citizen wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:34 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 6:59 PM:
All I've attempted to do is state my opinions about the candidates (and other matters) that I'm for and those I'm against - with ideas.
So, I am curious. John McCain is proposing the largest tax increase on working Americans in history.
As a Republican, do you support that and, if so, why? "
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 5:36 PM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 4:58 PM:
All I've attempted to do is state my opinions about the candidates (and other matters) that I'm for and those I'm against - with ideas. When you run out of your own you resort to unfounded accusations of lies or questionable integrity; and when called on that you have the audacity to ask what's wrong with me. If it were just limited to the LNS blogs that would make it humorous; because this is prevalent in the mainstream media it becomes dangerous.
When Palin was presented as McCain's running mate I knew the attacks would be swift, severe and well beyond the pale. You haven't surprised me in this regard. And up until now you've been somewhat successful in scaring other people away; but I'm not afraid. Maybe that's my problem, Lodian. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 3:12 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 3:11 PM:
" Getting caught in a lie and then refusing to admit it speaks volumes, not only about personal integrity, but also about self esteem. Sometimes people have dual identities online or invent a clone for the entertainment value--after all, this is a hobby or past time people engage in for pleasure. But attempting to reinvent yourself because you have previously revealed too much is not possible in a "world" this small. Honesty is the only way to maintain or regain credibility."
...
VERY WELL SAID, VOTER!
... "
Lodian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 3:03 PM:
ttian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:58 PM:
We are, after all, a democracy.
Example: 200 mpg carburetor for cars, Cancer medications $10.
http://www.fuelconcepts.com/secrets.htm
http://fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/FEV-energy-suppression-CBird.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko
Its time for integrity and change. "
ttian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:58 PM:
ttian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:58 PM:
ttian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:57 PM:
I just know republicans ARE the special interest in big oil. They are for themselves and their own families, not for the rest of us. They dont care about OUR families when they have us dependant on oil, paying their profits that take away from our family budgets and quality of life. They can keep their empty family values claims to themselves because they dont support our families; they only secure their own families. Their ethics are soiled by their self-interest actions and policies. They hold a carrot in front of us about American opportunities that THEY enjoy but their policies, full of hypocrisy, have us paying for their war, in the name of humanity, democracy and peace, to keep their oil billion dollar a month record profits and have us paying health and medical cost, double per capita than other socialist countries, and education at low international rankings. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:30 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:26 PM:
Well, I've obviously done my job here. Leaving all of you as flummoxed and desperate as you are now, I simply cannot exact any further damage upon you; it certainly wouldn't be fair. Oh, I'm sure we'll cross paths again
Indeed. You'll be the one wearing a dress and a wig claiming that your name is Geraldine67.
I'll keep an eye out for you. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:17 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 1:04 PM:
" Brian, is your last name Hitler? Yours is the same delusion, psychotic logic he tried to propagate on the world as he justified sending Jews to camps. You are one sick puppy. "
The Japanese were sent to these camps as an issue of national security. Again, there were those willing to deny them their constitutional rights. The government had to step in and protect them.
Yep, I would be a sick puppy had our governemt actually treated the Japanese
like Hitler treated the Jews. This wasn't the case. And it never would have led to that.
How unappreciative there are those that live in this country. Tee and Sea, you are one of them. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 12:37 PM:
-And how little you understand how there were those willing to deny the Japanese their constitutional rights that the government had to step in and protect them.
You should thank the government for being compassionate and leave it at that. But no, that's not good enough for you. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 12:31 PM:
during WWII and he was made well aware of what the Japanese would do to him, if caught
He was also made well aware of what the Japanese were doing to it's own people on the islands.
You seem to be on a rant that somehow it was our fault for the brutal regime in Japan. This is a typical liberal position. We payed reparations to the families of those interned. We barely here a peep from the Japanese government, as far an an apology goes for what they did.
Yet you are disgusted that I would want to protect the Japanese from persecution here all the while their family members in Japan and the Islands
were being brutalized by their own government.
I can see why you would want to vote for Obama. You and him think the same way. It's all America's fault.
I agree, let's change the subject. If I could, I would reach through the computer and shake some sense into you. :) "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:42 AM:
" Leonard, The sinster regime of the Japanese during WWII is well documented.
Those Japanese living here at this time
were under extreme threat of persecution. That said, the government thought it was in their best interest to protect them from this persecution.
We were doing the Japanese a favor. Obviously you don't see it that way
As someone who grew up in Lodi with the children of the interned, I can only say that your position on this absolutely, utterly disgusts me. How little you understand our Constitution.
Look Brian, I took a pledge a couple weeks ago not to go on any personal offensives against you but you are really making me sick with this line of BS.
Lets talk about something else. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:41 AM:
Give her some credit where it's due. She is quite an accomplished writer and I'm sure she took everything into account when writing the book. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:40 AM:
Malkin, by contrast, is a complete moron. Her books are so poorly written that she can't even carry a narrative line. In public, she contradicts herself so routinely that she has had to adopt a policy of only appearing on friendly outlets.
In the end, I really do have to wonder why FOX even keeps her on. Perhaps she has incriminating pictures of O'Reilly and the pizza delivery boy? "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:36 AM:
Those Japanese living here at this time
were under extreme threat of persecution. That said, the government thought it was in their best interest to protect them from this persecution.
We were doing the Japanese a favor. Obviously you don't see it that way.
It seems to me you would rather be free
and under constant persecution until the war was over. It's easy for you to have this position since you weren't there. That doesn't take any courage at all. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:34 AM:
Perhaps reading this book by Michelle with an open mind and not a liberal mind may change your position on her. I'm dubious, though.
Actually, I have read the books and the funny thing about the whole thing is this:
Malkin is of Filipino descent and her family is actually from the Moslem southern Islands . If we were to apply her ridiculous arguments to our current conflict, Malkin wouldn't be writing any books at all because she and her family would be rotting away behind the barb wire and the machine gun towers at Manzanar.
Of course, being a complete idiot, this all escapes Malkin completely. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:30 AM:
" Brian, it is obvious that there is really only one reason for your hatred of the Obama.
You hate him for the way he was born.
He was born smarter than you. "
66, Being born smarter than me (if that is the case) does not make me want to hate him. I grow tired of the hate mongering the left thinks the right is perpetuating. Grow up! "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:28 AM:
Leonard, Some dandy stuff from you, as to be expected. How little you know about how those in concentration camps were actually better off then staying in society and being under the threat of those wanting to do harm to them.
Brian, as an American, I always believe that it is better to be free than to have ones freedom stripped from you.
My personal motto is this:
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees
I know that is objectionable to many on the right but there it stands. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:26 AM:
There was a another famous politician in the 30s that liked to purge libraries and their staff. Like Pallin he also started small. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:24 AM:
" Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:35 AM:
" Barack The Silencer Obamas Gangland Assault on Free Speech
by Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin, author of the right wing best seller In Defense of Sticking Innocent American Citizens in Concentration Camps.
I am sure that the Pallin crowd is eagerly anticipating her forthcoming book In Defense of Slavery. "
Leonard, Some dandy stuff from you, as to be expected. How little you know about how those in concentration camps were actually better off then staying in society and being under the threat of those wanting to do harm to them.
You and I know that the Japanese government was not even close to being fair to it's own people let alone Americans. Perhaps reading this book by Michelle with an open mind and not a liberal mind may change your position on her. I'm dubious, though. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:23 AM:
" By contrast, Sarah Palin will continue to be the mother that she has always been.
Coming from a guy who renames himself everytime someone, somewhere, drops a hat, this means a lot. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:18 AM:
" Getting caught in a lie and then refusing to admit it speaks volumes, not only about personal integrity, but also about self esteem. Sometimes people have dual identities online or invent a clone for the entertainment value--after all, this is a hobby or past time people engage in for pleasure. But attempting to reinvent yourself because you have previously revealed too much is not possible in a "world" this small. Honesty is the only way to maintain or regain credibility.
Well said and to the point. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:17 AM:
The only thing I can come up with (again) is that as it pertains to the actual debate with me, "You ain't got nothing!
Nothing except for the moral and intellectual high ground, the will of the American people and, come November, the votes to tell you and your masters that we aren't going to take your garbage anymore.
I'll take that against your stack of obese talk radio hosts any day.
:) "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:12 AM:
" You know Leonard, this concern over "who" or "what" I am is silly. It matters not to me who or what you are, although from your positions set forth you have staked a claim of superiority over others here. Taking a phrase from the Wrath of Khan here is how I respond to the majority of what you offer - "I'm laughing at the 'superior intellect.'
Grow up Girard. "
nextel wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:54 AM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 10:53 AM:
" Barack The Silencer Obamas Gangland Assault on Free Speech
by Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin, author of the right wing best seller In Defense of Sticking Innocent American Citizens in Concentration Camps.
I am sure that the Pallin crowd is eagerly anticipating her forthcoming book In Defense of Slavery. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:46 AM:
I have never lied to anyone here at any time. To suggest such a thing only furthers my contention that it is my opinions that cause you such fear and concern that you would make such an accusation with no offer of proof.
Once again, I cannot fathom why you and the rest of your little group are so concerned about who I may or may not be. Are you now suggesting that I should reveal to you information about me that no one else is required to disclose? Just what is it about you that believes you have this entitlement? You're a joke - nothing more. And I find the majority of your posts to be equally as ridiculous. Don't you people have other things to do than to worry about me? Wow! I am one powerful person, aren't I?
This place just keeps getting better and better. Keep it up! Please!!! "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:37 AM:
Palin is an intelligent, forceful, eloquent, impassioned and incredible Conservative. She is precisely what this nation needs now and for the future. And right now the entire Democrat party (not just the radical left) is quaking in fear - and justifiably so. This is going to be one sweet ride! "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:36 AM:
Let's not forget the infamous trip to Bosnia when the bullets were flying and to hear her account of it, they (she and Chelsea) were lucky to escape with their lives. Assuming that she was correct, what type of mother would have subjected her own child to that level of danger? Before landing, she was cautioned that it could very well be dangerous for her. Yet she chose to proceed with her daughter in tow. Why? For a photo-op, of course!
However, where was any criticism of Mrs. Clinton as it pertained to her responsibilities as a mother? The hypocrisy is stifling. "Families" were deemed to be a "hands-off" subject. Until now, of course. "
voter wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:35 AM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 7, 2008 9:10 AM:
The time and effort you (and others) waste on attempting to prove whether or not I have written under a different screen name makes absolutely no sense. Of course you are free (to a certain extent within the rules of the forum) to continue on in this regard. The logical question is what difference does it make? Bloggers come; and bloggers go. I can see many similarities from one persona to another and I suppose I could find some causal connection between the styles, grammar or sentence structures. And yet, even if I were to somehow "prove" anything, what would be the value in that?
The only thing I can come up with (again) is that as it pertains to the actual debate with me, "You ain't got nothing!" "
voter wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:30 AM:
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:14 AM:
This is so laughable. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:12 AM:
Unless you have something of substance to contribute, just go away.
You have no proof that the Obama camp didn't do this.
What will the next thing Camp Messiah
say they didn't do? "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 8:05 AM:
In any event. Do you have any proof that this didn't happen? It's all over the internet. The Obama camp is trying to minimize it.
Oh how stupid you are to vote for a man who wants to destroy this country. "
voter wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:55 AM:
If you missed this revelation, the thread is now archived, but you can access it here:
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2008/08/29/opinion/letters/ltr_kinderman_080828.txt
LOL "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:49 AM:
abilities.
And your smear on O'Reilly is unwarranted. He's airing his interview with Obama this week. He already showed the first small segment on Fri. I found it to be fair and balanced. It's on youtube. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:43 AM:
Welcome to the future: the politics of Hope and Change enforced by the missionaries of Search and Destroy. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:42 AM:
Tell WGN that by providing Kurtz with airtime, they are legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear-merchant and lowering the standards of political discourse. It is absolutely unacceptable that WGN would give a slimy character assassin like Kurtz time for his divisive, destructive ranting on our public airwaves. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:40 AM:
On Monday, Obama demanded that the Justice Department stop TV stations from airing a documented, accurate independent ad spotlighting Obamas longtime working relationship with unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. Obama summoned his followers to bombard stations, many of them owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Communications, with 93,000 e-mails to squelch the commercial.
On Tuesday, the Obama campaign sent another letter to the Justice Department demanding investigation and prosecution of American Issues Project, the group that produced the Ayers ad, as well as Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who funded it "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:38 AM:
ACLU press officer Pamela Bradshaw e-mailed back:
Michelle, My apologies that I cannot be of more assistance, but we dont have anyone available. Thanks, Pam.
My reply: Pam Does this mean you dont have anyone available today, this week, or for the foreseeable future?
On August 20, after a week of silence, I forwarded the message again to the ACLU press office. No response. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:37 AM:
The ACLU press office failed to respond to my initial call. On August 13, I followed up through e-mail: "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:35 AM:
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008
Where are all the free speech absolutists when you need them? Over the past month, left-wing partisans and Democratic lawyers have waged a brass-knuckled intimidation campaign against GOP donors, TV and radio stations, and even an investigative journalist because they have all dared to question the radical cult of Barack Obama. A chill wind blows, but where the valiant protectors of political dissent are, nobody knows.
On August 11, I called the American Civil Liberties Union national headquarters in New York for comment about the Chicago gangland tactics of one of these groups a nonprofit called Accountable America that is spearheaded by a former operative of the Obama-endorsing MoveOn outfit. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:32 AM:
Leonard, Enjoy your moment of volunteering with thte Obama camp while you can. If he gets elected, he'll show his true colors and then you'll ask yourself: How could I have been so wrong? "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:27 AM:
In the interview, conducted three years after the September 11 attacks, Ayers argued the U.S. government had carried out many other acts of terror even recently, that are comparable, and claimed he and his bomb-planting comrades were restrained in their actions.
Ayers, now a professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, served with Barack Obama on the board of the charitable Woods Fund of Chicago for three years and helped launch Obamas political career in Illinois by hosting in his Hyde Park home an informal campaign event for the future state senator in 1995.
Ayers claimed the Weathermen were driven by hope and love, not despair, and said he did not think the groups violent acts, targeting federal officials and local law enforcement officers, were a big deal. "
DevilDog66 wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:24 AM:
You hate him for the way he was born.
He was born smarter than you. "
Brian wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:12 AM:
" Brian
Obama's ties to terrorists?
Got a source - other than the hysterical rantings of someone like Bill O'Reilly?
Don't forget: the Bush family and the bin Laden family are thick as thieves -- for good reason.
-Chuckle, Obama and William Ayers are close friends. They worked together in the 90's.
Ayers has been and is still being investigated by the U.S. government.
I don't need Bill O'reilly to tell me about Ayers. The justice dep, the FBI, the Pentagon, etc, has mountains of evidence on Ayers. Now why Obama would not want to distance himself from Ayers is beyond me.
The Bin Laden family has not had anything to do with Osama for many many years. They have pretty much disowned him.
When you get right down to the nitty gritty, many Americans are unknowingly
investing money in companies that are known to be spoonsors of terror networks.
Follow the money. In so many words, we are all guilty. Not by choice, though. "
Election Year wrote on Sep 7, 2008 7:04 AM:
Election Year wrote on Sep 7, 2008 6:44 AM:
The US was founded (arguably) on somewhat Christian principles. But the bottom line is that the US Constitution specifically states that there be a separation of church and state. The frequent use of the word "God" by our founding fathers was a cultural phenomenon of the time period, not an indication spiritual belief. "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 6:30 AM:
" Lodian, I'm sure he'll read it and then deny ever doing it. That's how girardway rolls.
And then maybe he will change his name.
Am I the only one here who is sick of this absurd pretense? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 7, 2008 6:28 AM:
" lodisafeway wrote "It's the Democrats now who are running scared
They hope that if they repeat it enough times it will become true.
The fact is that November has the potential to be an unprecedented victory for the Democrats. For the first time in 30 years polls are showing that the Dems have a chance of taking a number of states in the Deep South.
One of my cousins in North Carolina is leading a group of Obamicans and he put it to me this way. "Working folks have to put food on their table. When these people think about McCain raising taxes on working folk while giving money away to the guys with yachts, jets and more houses than they can count, theres no way they're voting for that".
We've got Girard 74 and his fellow GOP tools on the run across this country and all they can do is whine. "
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Sep 7, 2008 12:30 AM:
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Sep 7, 2008 12:26 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 11:04 PM:
Lodisafeway: Check out the letter regarding Palin. It's only one click and you are there. Give it a whirl. You need to hear everything there is to know about your gal. Don't put the blinders on.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp "
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 10:19 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 10:19 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 10:16 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 10:13 PM:
How do you figure? "
citizen wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:53 PM:
citizen wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:50 PM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:19 PM:
What's funny though is that you really believe that my vote (or anyone's for that matter) is somehow wasted. There is nothing more un-American than that sentiment-and I find it not only offensive but just plain stupid. There are other issues besides the presidency. The White House will not be determined by what happens in California. The election hinges on key "battleground" states that are by no means "locked up" by Obama.
It's the Democrats now who are running scared; and as I've pointed out on numerous occasions here and elsewhere, it is an absolutely hilarious thing to watch-regardless of where I am sitting.
Hillary believed a year ago that she and Bill would be anointed for another four years; Obama just a few months ago believed the very same thing. But a funny thing has been happening along the route to the White House-people are waking up to the emptiness of the Democrat/Liberal mantra. And what a wonderful thing it is. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:10 PM:
photon's feather wrote on Sep 6, 2008 7:57 PM:
Obama's ties to terrorists?
Got a source - other than the hysterical rantings of someone like Bill O'Reilly?
Don't forget: the Bush family and the bin Laden family are thick as thieves -- for good reason. "
photon's feather wrote on Sep 6, 2008 7:53 PM:
Obama has his birth certificate on his website: http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert
In addition to which, he was born to a citizen of the United States, which makes him a natural born citizen. think of all the children born to Americans living abroad. Surely you don't think they are not citizens. The entire notion is puerile.
Palin couldn't run a town with a population of 6,700. Despite her being the consummate insider and collecting earmarks (pork) to the tune of $26 million, she left the tiny town with a long-term debt of $20 million. Great work! (Remind you of anyone?)
She is currently being investigated in Alaska - and trying to stonewall - for abuse of power concerns.
She is not a reformer, she is an insider: her junkets to D.C., at tax-payer expense, are the stuff of legend in Alaska.
http://www.consortiumnews.com
Home page: lots of articles on Palin, McCain, many others, including some Democrats. (So many articles on Bush et al., they had to be archived under multiple headings.) "
Brian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 7:45 PM:
Brian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 7:42 PM:
" Watching the left fall all over themselves in their noxious attempt to discredit Sarah Palin would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic. After years of Hillary Clinton, we're now being treated to the notion that a woman's place is in the home, not in politics. And Obama and his minions actually expect the undecided voters to buy into that. Keep it up!! The press, in its desire to destroy this woman is only exposing itself for what it is - in the "tank" for Obama.
Oh, the next two months are going to be sooooo much fun!! "
lodisafeway, The left is in such denial.
Obama's ties to terrorists and such are just outright scary. How anyone can even consider his as a viable President is living in denial. "
nextel wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:32 PM:
dogbark wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:27 PM:
If that ain't separation of church and state, then what is?
The Bill of Rights, added by demand of the people, also warns the government they cannot establish a national religion. Some of Palin's comments show she doesn't believe in that one; just the one about gun ownnership.
This is called hipocracy. "
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:26 PM:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp
Enjoy! "
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:23 PM:
dogbark wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:22 PM:
sam wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:20 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:13 PM:
For the last two weeks, I have been volunteering for the Obama Campaign here in Texas, mainly doing computer stuff but also a bit of door to door.
The word from Texas is "GREAT! The DNC isn't even bothering to work the traditional strongholds here because local organizers already have them locked up. Instead, we are taking the fight to the GOPs home turf.
I just spend the last couple of days doing some door to door up around Waco. Most of the neighborhoods I was in are registered 90%+ Republican and yet we were finding that between 25 and 35 percent of the people we spoke to were planning to vote for Obama.
These are normal working folks and they have been hit HARD by the Bush economic catastrophe. They are planning to take their country back from Bush, McCain, and the rest of the GOP crooks that brought this upon us.
Its good to be an American! "
voter wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:09 PM:
"Isn't it funny we haven't heard word one from Hillary or Bill over the past couple of weeks?"
It does seem strange that you haven't heard one word from Hillary and Bill over the past few weeks. Wow. I guess Fox News has stopped covering their speeches. That's funny, because they both gave prime time speeches at the DNC and Hillary is out on the stump speaking every day. I watched her on the evening news a few minutes ago. Try changing channels. "
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 2:47 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 2:45 PM:
real facts wrote on Sep 6, 2008 2:21 PM:
This is the game now in play. Oh yeah, and "Jesus likes us best.")
good. now your getting it. must have been that "history lesson" i gave you in the other blog, that you weren't man enough to respond to. oh well, i can see i am inspiring you to think thru the eyes of HISTORY now, instead of the agenda-driven-i-don't-want-to "eyeglasses" you wore before.
FYI, HE does like "us" best because unlike you, all you ever do is shake your fist at HIM. why wouldn't he? you have this twisted notion that you can blaspheme God, and God will be cool with it in the end. you also seem to suffer from short term memory loss...."forgetting" that when you take a swipe at Christians/Christianity, i will be all over you for it.
that "fly" and "flyswatter" thing "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 1:34 PM:
Isn't it funny we haven't heard word one from Hillary or Bill over the past couple of weeks? She must be seething by watching another woman take her place on a presidential ticket. And she should be, because Palin could very well be the first woman President. "
voter wrote on Sep 6, 2008 1:26 PM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 1:21 PM:
Remember Hillary Clinton!! That should be their war cry!! Less than a year ago, she was the heir apparent to the White House. The curtains were being ordered and the White House was going to be painted pink. Her arrogance was what did her in, plain and simple. And their own primary season where they literally destroyed one another in their feeble attempt to become nominated only set the stage for a Republican win in November.
There is no credibility left (not that there was anything there before). Obama wanted desperately to have Clinton as his running mate; but he couldn't because of all the things he said and did in his desperation to win the nomination. HE destroyed his own chances by destroying her.
And now they whine because of Sarah Palin. Amazing! "
voter wrote on Sep 6, 2008 1:11 PM:
Palin's selection was designed to ignite a culture war, the only hope the GOP has for victory. No longer will the election be about the economy or foreign policy. Now, it will be cast as REAL Americans vs. the elites. You see, the GOP thinks the average American is just so stupid that they will fall for this lie. The GOP's tax policies and corporate welfare have created a class of super elites far, far separate from the average American (who struggles more every year.) Sarah Palin looks smart, but not "too smart". We don't want anyone who is too smart, they might join the reality based world where science, history, and reality are respected, and where the notion of torturing any human being is unthinkable. Sexism, Classism, and Racism. This is the game now in play. Oh yeah, and "Jesus likes us best." "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:57 PM:
Oh, the next two months are going to be sooooo much fun!! "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:51 PM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:49 PM:
It is his lack of leadership, judgment, integrity and innate indecisiveness that will be his undoing. For any president to state that he cannot answer any question because it is "beyond his pay grade" has no business attempting to assume what is generally accepted as the highest office on the planet. I'm but a lowly citizen of Lodi, but I can state without hesitation or reservation that human life begins at conception. If he would have stepped up and made a statement either way I would have more confidence in him than the pathetic response he uttered.
In a word, Barack Obama is weak. The one thing we don't need is another feeble president; unless of course he wishes to follow in the footsteps of Clinton and Carter - two of the weakest. "
nextel wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:40 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:39 PM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:36 PM:
Leonard wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:24 PM:
Obama simply isn't ready or qualified to assume a job of such magnitude
Let me get this right. So you are saying that an individual with Obama's resume of work in the Illinois legislature and the US Senate could never be ready to be US President?
Do I understand you correctly? "
Leonard wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:21 PM:
Aren't we the first to step up whenever there is a problem or a need virtually anywhere on the planet?
Spoken like someone who only reads their own press.
While it is true that the enormously wealthy US does give more in terms of dollars than most nations the flip side of that coin, so to speak, is that the United States gives a much lower percentage of its GDP than a long list of first and even second world nations. "
nextel wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:15 PM:
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Sep 6, 2008 11:52 AM:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/sfinteractive/politics/map_v2
I wouldn't swipe that guacamole from your store just yet... "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:43 AM:
Aren't we the first to step up whenever there is a problem or a need virtually anywhere on the planet? Those nations who vilify us because of how we conduct ourselves are the first to have their collective hands out for our support. Talk about hypocrisy! But frankly, I don't care what they think. If you do then of course that is your right although I would hope that a more rational view of your own country as it contrasts against all others might be something for you (and others) to consider. "
parishioner wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:40 AM:
parishioner wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:34 AM:
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:15 AM:
Lodian wrote on Sep 6, 2008 9:13 AM:
Mazie wrote on Sep 6, 2008 5:52 AM:
Our country was founded on the word of God. = WRONG
The Bible clearly states that homosexuality is a sin. = WRONG
Remember Sodom and Gomorrah. A man should not lie down with another man PERIOD. = WRONG
Yes, God loves everyone but he wants people to repent of their sins of homosexuality. = WRONG
Care to try again? "
t jefferson wrote on Sep 6, 2008 8:34 AM:
Before you quote a document it helps to read it. NOWHERE in the Constitution is a reference to the separation between church and state. This comes from a letter between my namesake and the church of danbury in 1802 where the first amendment is referenced. As with everything else the Lib/Dems do, the constitution is misinterpreted and misconstrued. Obama is no different. So go ahead and vote for your boy and when they come to tattoo the number on your neck because you have become govt property, just keep think "Change is good, O-baaaaaammmmmmaaaaaa is good" like the little sheep going to the slaughter house. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:16 AM:
We really don't need these types of trivialities to distract us from what truly qualifies one to be the President, although birth-right in and of itself is not trivial; the lack of proof in these two instances is.
Obama simply isn't ready or qualified to assume a job of such magnitude; and I don't believe that he ever will be. He lacks certain characteristics that cannot be created or learned. He has shown zero leadership capabilities although he sure can "talk" can't he? By just looking at his record we know for certain that talking simply isn't enough. We need a person who isn't afraid to make decisions; it may end up being that simple for voters in November. These are exciting times. "
lodisafeway wrote on Sep 6, 2008 6:07 AM:
After all the glitz and "Hollywood" has worn off of this so-called rising star, Obama has shown himself to be nothing more than a weak politician; desperate for the attention wrapped in a cloak of entitlement.
Interestingly to me that during the Saddleback event Senator Obama felt that the determination of when human life actually begins is "beyond his pay grade." Yet he, along with too many other citizens, and the 1973 Supreme Court put that decision squarely upon others' shoulders. Out of fear and his desperation to become President he failed to correctly answer the most basic of liberal questions because he knows that he's on the wrong side of the issue.
Not only is Obama grossly inexperienced, but he has proven over and over again that he is incapable of making a decision without first forming a committee or perhaps asking his wife what she might do. This defect alone should disqualify him; and on November 4th, it will. "
Mazie wrote on Sep 6, 2008 5:52 AM:
KenH wrote on Sep 6, 2008 5:47 AM:
KenH wrote on Sep 6, 2008 5:45 AM:
Again I'll reiterate: what ever happened to the separation of church and state? You know, that section of the US constitution?
Just because the man is not against abortion doesn't mean he fully supports it, he's just feels that women should have the right over their bodies.
Also if someone is gay what's the big deal? If a man is happy with another man or if a woman is happy with another woman, shouldn't that be a good thing? Correct me if I'm wrong from hearing this from the bible thumpers: I could have sworn that God is a loving god and wants all his children to be happy...heh, Christianity is hypocritical "
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