From what I have seen during my adult life, Democrats seem to believe that the average person in the USA has the common sense of a rat. That is, no real common sense but they will respond to stimuli such as food, sex or bright colors. The problem is, they seem to be right, at least for those people who regularly vote a Democrat ticket. Bill Clinton helped to prove this with his many smoke and mirror comments such as, “I didn’t inhale” and “your definition of is”. Hilary tells us she is a pro religion hunter who drinks whisky.. Just like the little people. Obama has to create the illusion (and it requires a lot of supporting actors) he has (to steal a word from the 2000 election) GRAVITAS. Wow, these guys are stretching reality like Tim O’Leary on his best day. The problem is, the audience which they target will fall for it hook, line and sinker.

Que Chiste..

What I do care about, and what Rusty or I or Yash were saying is that it is patently absurd to even begin to compare Obama to a murderous terrorist, especially using the “they both want the US to be a different country” justification you used, the jumping point of which is an entirely coincidental name similarity. That was my point with the terrig/terrirst bit, which you ironically took great offense to. I didn’t think I was being too subtle.

One may cloak such scurrilous comments after the fact as “I was just joking” but after seeing them time and time and time and time again, one wonders how much joking is really going on. At least granite owns up to the fact that he’s not kidding.

And lastly thank you for your service and your husband’s. The sacrifice that military families choose to endure is truly humbling. My brother in law goes back for his second tour this summer. I really hope it is after the 12 month tours kick in.

I was just using humor to make a point.

You know, kind of like how the BHO/OBL comparisons are totally ROFL cause their names are similar?

Why so sensitive?

In that sense they are two brothers of different mothers-they both want the US to be a different country than what it has been and what it is now.

Wow…so take the broadest possible statement about two people’s agenda, i.e., they want change, and use that as your basis for comparison. That is really useful progression of the discussion. Glad you cleared that up.

Seems like a lot of people on this site don’t like what they perceive as America today…increasingly liberal, secular, anti-Christian, etc… and would like to see it change. I guess they, including you, terririst- oops I mean terrig- (sorry, but the names are just so dang similar) are a bunch of Bin Ladens too.

And FWIW, I have no dog in the fight over what sites out there are more or less inclusive. I don’t really visit HuffPo and Kos much and am not registered there. All I can say is that the admins here seem pretty hands off (in a good way) with respect to the more liberal among us, and for that I am thankful.

Nah, that’s not it. It has nothing to do with having a sense of humor. It’s about the same sorts of comments showing up here, that show up on DailyKos and HuffPo. . .except from the other side of the aisle. We bash those sites for their anti-semitism and BDS, only to see similar comments arise here. We don’t question the seriousness of the members of THOSE sites, assuming that none of them were posted out of ’sarcasm’. Their readers are likely to do the same when they see similar comments here.

That’s the whole point.

NY Daily News
Michael McAuliff

Barack Obama was just asked at the AP luncheon if he’d consider shifting troops to Afghanistan, “where the Taliban has been gaining strength and Obama Bin Laden is still alive.”
He paused a few beats.
“I think t…

Have you been to his website and looked at his positions on the issues? Have you been to Congress’s website and looked at how he has voted, what bills he has sponsored/co-sponseredsponsored?

why on earth would i go to his website to read what he “believes”? i just need to wait until he’s speaking to middle-class white men to hear what i want – or wait till he’s speaking to middle-class blacks to hear what i don’t want.

From Wikipedia:

During his 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate…he was criticized by rival pro-choice candidates in the Democratic primary and by his Republican pro-life opponent in the general election for a series of “present” or “no” votes on late-term abortion and parental notification issues.

i didn’t realize voting “present” counted for anything other than to prove oneself an indecisive coward.

legislation??? what legislation? has he passed anything of true merit? is this what i’m to be impressed with?

S.CON.RES.5: A concurrent resolution honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.

or this?

S.CON.RES.44 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.

no, clearly, it must be the soon-to-be landmark summer learning day that’s to WOW me:

S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as “National Summer Learning Day”.

wait…no i’ve found it. the almighty “uniter” has me hooked:

S.1790 : A bill to make grants to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes.

what would happen, by the by, if a white senator proposed legislation for the clingy, religious, white, redneck teens in pennsylvania? methinks Pennsylvania’s CHICKENS…will have come home to roost.

but what do i know??? i’m just another typical white, western-PA born and bred, gun-totin’, bitter religious redneck, standing on the shoulders of my legal immigrant ancestors that laid the foundation for me to become what i am today.