Barack Obama is afraid of himself
Update: Obama now says he wasn’t race-baiting with his dollar bill comments. Horse-hockey!
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How moronic is Barack Obama’s latest, bogus whine about Republicans emphasizing his funny name and how “different” he looks from other American presidents to gin up fear?
Well, look who’s afraid of himself. This comes not from the GOP. Not from conservative talk radio. Not from John McCain, who has been too busy calling members of his own party racist for challenging the Obamessiah.
No, this comes from the Senate website of…Barack Obama:
I remember when I first ran for the state Senate – my very first race. A seat had opened up, and some friends asked me if I’d be interested in running. Well, I thought about it, and then I did what every wise man does when faced with a difficult decision: I prayed, and I asked my wife.
And after consulting with these higher powers, I threw my hat in the ring and I did what every person on a campaign does – I talked to anyone who’d listen.
I went to bake sales and barber shops and if there were two guys standing on the corner I’d pull up and hand them literature. And everywhere I went I’d get two questions:
First, they’d ask, “Where’d you get that funny name, Barack Obama?” Because people just couldn’t pronounce it. They’d call me “Alabama,” or they’d call me “Yo Mama.” And I’d have to explain that I got the name from my father, who was from Kenya.
As for how “different” Obama looks, here is another “attack” on his looks. Not from the GOP. Not from conservative talk radio. Not from John McCain.
It’s from Barack Obama in Berlin last week, via LGF:
“I know that I don’t look like the other Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city.”
Self-fear-mongerer Barack Obama: Afraid of himself.
Stop the hate! End the fear!
It’s the pot calling the kettle black.
Oh, wait. That’s racist.
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Reviews of Obama’s latest victim card stunt…
Jake Tapper: “Pretty inflammatory.”
Yeah, and defamatory.
Allahpundit: Defibrillating a desperate narrative.
Peter Kirsanow: “If the GOP really wanted to scare voters they would simply threaten to replay all of Sen. Obama’s insufferable statements, accumulating rapidly by the hour.”
Instapundit: Gaffe-o-matic!
Flashback: Ed Morrissey called out Obama’s race card strategy last month.
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All he needs to do is take an honest look in a mirror to see what all the rest of us see … Nothing …
i’ll admit its hypocritical to point out your differences and then blast someone else for doing the exact same thing…just not following the fear element on this one.
And that is certainly not good for his kids!
Certainly not a trait of confidence that the leader of the most powerful country in the free world needs. Scarey!
I for one am not scared what I see when I look at Obama…but very afraid of what I hear when I listen to him!
O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us–Robert Burns
vampires can’t see their reflection.
I understand the fear issue….it’s if you don’t vote for me because I have a funny name and I am half black then you are a racist. So fear and guilt is what he is going after and there are so many who will fall for this. I agree we need change and hope but not his empty version of it.
the only one talking about the color of Barack’s skin is Barack…and i’d love to see a commercial about that – challenging Barack to find a single instance McCain has mentioned anything about his race.
Empty suits cast no shadow.
whitey
whitey
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Or, this from Obama himself on the trail in Missouri that I mentioned on another thread..
As far as I know, Washington is the only president on the $1 bill, at least on the currency I use.
“Other presidents?” Has he already been annointed and I missed the memo?
Ahhh. I see Professor Reynolds already had it on hig blog.
Hey DL,
Not gunna happen. You threw in “honest”.
I see him and go gaacckkk !! because all I see is a South Side Chicago Politician. Corrupt and Rotten to the core. A traitor to his own race, (whatever that is) or both of his races. 1/2 black – 1/2 white, he is not good for either side.
Because I really don’t care what race he is, he is a Chicago Politician and that is bad bad bad for America.
LOL…and there was only a first lady that ever looked like him!
Ayers? Rezko?
With his “crazy uncle”, Jeremiah?
aj and soap
touché …
Maybe he reads some of the commenters here, like Gabe, who always refer to him as “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” or some other iteration.
Or maybe he heard that embarrassing Bill Cunningham tirade back in February.
Or maybe he was referring the column by Debbie Schussel described below:
To name a few.
Come on… You cannot deny that fringe elements on the right have exploited his middle name to try to drum up fear and anti-Muslim sentiment.
Obama says: “I look different and have a funny name and that’s OK.”
McCain and the Republican attack media say: “Obama has a funny name and you should be aftaid.”
Can you spot the difference in the messages?
And McCain lies through his “straight” teeth in his recent ads. (Don’t be aftaid of the liberal web site on the link. It can’t bite you.)
Boo Rock.
Thanks, aj! Let’s call him Baracula.
Im going to go ahead and assume any claim that people had difficulty pronouncing “Obama” is just another
liepolitically-strategic fabrication.THIS PUTS THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE………SHORT AND SWEET!!!!!!!!!
John McCain: 26 Years in Congress, 22 years in the Military
Barack Obama: 143 days in Congress, 0 time in the Military
From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate.
That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan.
Obama’s latest strategy appears to have been lifted from his pals in Hollywood. The “Blazing Saddles” gambit? Hey, it worked in the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upvZdVK913I&feature=related
What’s so hard about the name ‘Obama’? It’s not like there’s a silent ‘J’ in there or anything..
“…emphasizing his funny name and how “different” he looks…”
Why can he play the race card and not anyone else? He describes how the GOP would play to our fears but it’s HIM THAT KEEPS BRINGING IT UP!
What’s so hard about the name ‘Obama’? It’s not like there’s a silent ‘J’ in there or anything…
As we all knew and a few pointed out, every criticism of Obama would be denounced as racist. And this will continue for all time, since I presume being a god and all, he is immortal.
I have to admit that I am starting to hedge my bets on this one. Obama’s campaign is so awful, so gross, on so many levels, it is conceivable that if McCain were to achieve some measure of coherency, between praising Pelosi, Reid, and yes Obama, and damning conservatives, he might actually win. A slight concern to be sure (if you follow GetDrunkAndVote4McCain.com you will have cirrhosis of the liver come election day), but there you have it. Republicans could win. But like the dirty old man who is secretly petrified that the pretty girl will say yes, they would have no idea what to do.
Obama can’t run on what he’s accomplished because he hasn’t done anything. Apparently he has decided to follow the race baiting footsteps of Jackson and Sharpton. So much for Obama’s promise of change.
Warning Warning about the site lgm wants you to go to. Those people use some very foul language concerning issues.
This is the old, tired liberal, diversity, cliche that whites only feel comfortable with people who look like themselves.
If you go to any campus and observe, you would find that blacks self segregate. Of course, that’s not because they feel more comfortable with people who look like themselves. Oh no.
As for me, I would vote for a black conservative if I had one to vote for and have voted against every white and black liberal I could.
Just to be sure I said a prayer and then took the chance. It startled me so, I almost dropped my gun.
Condescend much?
The more I hear this guy speak, the clearer it becomes that he is simply a putz.
He is like a spoiled child who has never been told “NO”
In November, if he loses, we are likely to be witness to a temper tantrum of epic proportions.
The MSM refuses to report these gaffs so that they can portray Obama as a messiah like character. Can’t they win by telling the truth? Journalism in this country is going down the tubes. They should call it story-telling-ism.
Maybe, chap, he gives some pause with his own words, like on page 261 of his book, Audacity of Hope…
He doesn’t help alleviate any concerns with his other book, Dreams of My Father, either…
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And, then, there is the whole crazy uncle from whom Obama found his spiritual guidance for over 20 years but, supposedly, didn’t know he was preaching Black Liberation Theology.
Gosh. I don’t know why anyone would have any issues with Obama or his heritage or anything else.
I have decided to help Obama out a little. Here is a way to keep from scaring yourself when you look in the Mirror, Barry. Plus it will give you something to do with those big ears.
Then B. Hussein Obama should do the following:
1. Officially change his name, dropping the Hussein part completely;
2. Renounce, disavow and redact all previous statements that intimate or explicitly express support of or for any and all Muslim/Arab/Islamic countries, movements, groups that pose any potential threat to this nation or Israel;
3. Affirm his Chrisitan affiliation by offering up a more detailed explantion as to why he sat unattending to Rev Wright’s sermons, intentionally not comprehending and or decidedly oblivious to what was said and the manner in which it was delivered.
Until he does these things, I doubt he’ll change few minds that question his veracity; the onus is on BHO.
What is “aftaid?” Is that a new word in the lexicon of which I am not aware. You used it twice in that post.
Wow, more of these hypothetical republican strawmen bigots. The dems are so worried that they will emerge with their “Karl Rove Playbook” and “divide us” politically. Good thing BHO is out ahead of them, pre-emptively attacking. What a joke. The only person, this week who reminded me that BHO was black, is Ludacris.
A question someone posed in that link from lgm – “How come Obama is being described as Black and not White?” ..good question, because he is half black, half white. Perhaps he perpetuates that identity so he can use white guilt to gain additional votes?
Nahh, he wouldn’t…
This man will set race relations back if he gets elected. Obama has become polarizing on purpose.
“Don’t listen to what he says, watch his hands.” Truer advice when dealing with a flim-flam man has never been spoken.
As far as trepidation concerning the prospect of a Hopenchange presidency goes, all I have to do to have grounds for fear is to read and listen to the guy’s contradictions:
– Perhaps he doesn’t know himself? In that case, I’m afraid of another “OJT” President like Jimmy Carter.
– Or maybe he does know himself, and he’s trying to keep others from knowing who he is? Then in that case I’m afraid of a man with an agenda for America that he’s hiding.
– And I can’t rule out “both of the above,” which is flat-out terrifying.
I don’t care what his name is, when I’m confronted with a man who almost daily proves that he doesn’t say what he means, or mean what he says, that’s a red flag.
BHO didn’t have time (Landashl) but the Iraqi I.M. (Walter Reed) did:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/iraqi-interior-minister-takes-time-to.html#comments
Isn’t it funny how liberals’ lack of self-esteem is blamed on others? Especially others who are raising questions about a certain neophyte politician’s “proven” leadership record?
No, no…. it’s okay, Obummer is special and “off limits.” Ascending to a political career rubber stamped by the Chicago/Daley political machine and brought to you by a fill in the blank resume is A-okay. Liberals need a head start and Obummer is allowed to be mad because his “feelings” were hurt.
Now, Obummer… go ahead and release your PR hounds lgm and Chaps to put all us “mean people” in our place because we don’t feel your “specialness.”
lgm,
Nah, I’ll pass. I’ve seen what you consider bipartisan debate. Hate mongering, race bating lib sites don’t interest me.
Fo-rizzle.
WOW LGM, Thanks fot that liberal site. Know what I learned from that?
Very good stuff there. All backed up with proof too. Just read those comments on that site and see how liberals think. Strange little troglodytes.
Wise? No. Lack of courage? Yes. How many times will Saint Barry (PBUDB: people be under da bus) ask Mrs. O. her take on issues? I hope it’s not a lot, given from what we’ve heard from her so far.
Now, it seems the only interesting thing an Obama presidency will give us is the knowledge of who was the more influential first lady (with respect to their husbands) between Hillary and Michelle. Talk about stuff we don’t need to know… *out*
Regulus #42 -
I think you hit the nail on the head. This is a man who doesn’t know who he is. It’s very apparent to me that he is “acting”. I suppose we all fake it sometimes, but this is a man struggling to believe his own hype. Creepy.
Of course he is. What do you think he would say if his ‘typical white woman’ grandmother ever said NO to this guy.
Well HELL, I’m afraid of him too.
Barry,
I love how that first quote gets thrown around. Have you ever read the whole portion? Because all it is saying is that, in the aftermath of 9/11, he would stand up against violence and discrimination against Muslims. That is hardly very sinister.
As for the rest. Yeah he grew up a confused kid and young adult, who had some issues, some due to his mixed heritage. Seems to me like he dealt with it.
DBNinKY,
1. Why should he change it? It is other people’s issues with the name. not his.
2. What statements are you referring to?
3. He has spoken at length about his Christianity and his former church. But in any case I would point you to Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution:
lol chap, yeah he dealt with it alright with drugs…..
I’m pretty sure I look different than any other candidate that has ever run for President, too.
OH NO… I MUST HATE MYSELF!?!
Ditto that!!!
He is a very “scairy” person in word, and if he gets the chance, in deed.
Ummm…you’re not including Saturdays and Sundays are you????
Yes. I have read the statement in its full context. It still doesn’t put my mind at ease about where his allegiance actually rests at this point.
The injection of race into the campaign comes from Obama’s side in this race. I don’t think he has “dealt with it”, quite yet. I believe he still has “some issues.”
Hey, Obummer’s parsing words or speaking in forked tongues. Didn’t you get the memo, Regulus?
For a man who keeps saying he isn’t the “typical politician,” he sure is testing the waters of different positions on the issues.
i would point out that its not his name, or his looks that bother me.
It’s his naive policy stances and ignorance that disturbs me.
If you focus on that, you remove ammunition your adversaries can use on you when you debate this.
and now we know he would stand up against violence and discrimination against al qaeda, hezbalah, or hamas.
Don’t forget to back out the recesses, holidays, days absent for campaigning, etc. Does he get to count the days “Not Voting”?
I like OSAMA Obama…after all ..that’s what Kennedy calls him!
Another major gaffe. Barack Hussein Obama doesn’t realize that Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin were not presidents. He has NO understanding of American history. All he learned was “multiculturalism” and that he was a special god because of his race and ethnic background and that America is a cruel, imperialistic country.
Higher “powers” What kind of Christian religion is this? What kind of Christian “consults” with powers? Sounds more like demon worship.
Newsflash to anti-American Barack Hussein Obama, crybaby:
EVERY American who has run for president has looked different from the others. Hello?! Does President Bush look anything like Jimmy Carter? Does Ronald Reagan look like Gerald Ford?
What incredible hubris!
I like what a German citizen wrote about this stupid comment:
Barack Hussein Obama is so far out of his league, it is truly embarrassing. Many people could see this coming. Let’s brace ourselves for constant playing of the race and victim card as his polls numbers begin to crash.
This is a bit off topic,but what about his let them eat cake moment telling people to just air up their tires instead of whining over the high gas prices.This man is so full of himself it’s frightening.I’m sure he’ll be like wonderful Greg Nichols in Seattle closing the roads down and making us all use mass transit.
The Obama campaign is denying that his comment involved race. They are saying that what he “meant” was that he was not a candidate who had spent decades in Washington. What? Huh?
Just what does spending time in DC do to alter one’s looks to the point that they are immediately distinguishable from the rest of the population?
Anyone?
OK, enough! Isn’t it enough that Barack is feeling bad? But now it’s caused even more sadness!
LEAVE BARACK ALONE! (video)
(WARNING: SOME OFFENSIVE “F-WORD”-variety LANGUAGE)
swmbo said (#30):
Ok, try this one. No bad words in the post at all. However, you will find
By the way, if you are scared of bad words, you would be advised not to read MM comments either.
Farmgal, I thought the same thing. For a second I could not even comprehend what Barack Hussein Obama was saying. It sounded like the ravings of a madman. I hope that John McCain will use that quote in an upcoming ad.
Jim M, it is another bizarre statement that makes no sense from the Obama camp:
1) Many presidents did not spend decades in Washington: Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, etc.
2) In any case, what is inherently WRONG with spending decades in Washington? It is called experience. That can be a good thing, something Barack Hussein Obama completely lacks.
3) He still hasn’t explained how all the presidents “look alike” and how he “looks different.” Shouldn’t that be obvious? Does Bill Clinton look anything like Dwight Eisenhower or Theodore Roosevelt or Calvin Coolidge? NO president has looked liked another. They are all individual human beings.
Thanks to HotAir for tracking this.
Obama said:
Obama’s spokesman, Robert Gibbs said:
Are they so arrogant as to believe that the American people are dumb enough to swallow that?
The lame explanation by his campaign only reinforces the conclusion that Obama was indeed playing the race card. Apparently, he is no different at all from the long line of race baiters to preceed him. He knows he does not have the horsepower to compete head to head with McCain, so he has to pull out the crutch of racism to invoke a few affirmative action preference points to make him competitive.
Do we want to extend the notion of racial preferences to the White House? Given the state of the world today and the fact that our enemies do not handicap their plans on the basis of race, it seems that this would be a disasterous path for the US to follow.
He was making a sideways reference to his wife, calling her the “higher power”.
Dear Typical White People,
I know you are afraid of me because I am black…
Yo Mama Obama
Dear Yo,
Uh, no, actually we’re not
TWP
Dear TWP,
Well you should be afraid of me, and it has nothing to do with my color.
Yo
Purplepeep:
That viral video is hillarious. Funniest thing I’ve seen all day, besides lgm’s lame protestations and how he thinks Michelle uses “bad language” in her blog (queing lgm morally equivilating in 3..2..1..). Hillarious.
Hey, Blindmule, anybody, can ya spare a viral video parodying lgm as the she-male Britney defender but instead use his head on that “dude’s” body? Now I know you may have to gouge your eyes out during the process, but man, the results will do mankind some good or give them nightmares. One of the two.
Obama’s campaign is on the defensive seems like a good strategy to me.
Jodie Miller on Newsbusted said it best
“Some say that America’s evovling attitudes about race has allowed [Barack Obama] to be the first black Presidential nominee of a major party. That and the fact Colin Powell decided not to run eight years ago.”
Newbusted, about 40 seconds in.
Obama is becoming accomplished with the boomerang. He should stick to tires and tuneups, a subject apparently he knows much more about, than the average American.
As did our current president. And the president before that, and I am sure others. Obama was just more forthcoming.
LGM states:
Barack Hussein Obama is such a dope that I can definitely see him calling Michelle the Ho his “higher power.”
Got Dope? Got hype?
This is actually Dopebama’s energy policy. John McCain campaign: Please use that quote in an upcoming energy ad.
I got it. I call my wife “The Boss”, not becuase she bosses me around (well, not excessively) but becuase I’m horrible at remembering stuff and she can remind me if I have a schedule conflict.
The other name I have for her is “She Around Whom My Universe Revolves.”
No one is afraid. I just think it’s a bit short sighted that you post link after link from talkingpointsmemo.com and expect that anything there would change our mind (as much as you ever show your mind being swayed here). You should (but never do) consider your audience here. If you want to change our mind or perspective, you’re going to have to come up with something better than your usual game.
To fit it into your love for equivalency, how credible would you expect they would take me over at TPM if I continuously cited michellemalkin.com?
Conservatives don’t have to go very far to hear what liberals think. We’re bombarded with it day-in and day-out through television and print media. There’s a difference between being afraid and being a masochist.
Well, emjem, I understand lgm’s drive – if he gets himself into trouble he hopes that he will be rewarded for his support:
“Said I handled his biz and I’m one of his favorite MM commenters
Well give lgm a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer”
Yo.
He was?
“Friends” is plural. “Wife” is singular.
“Powers” is plural too, I believe. Does Michelle Obama have multiple personalities? Oh. Never mind. I forgot about the different personalities she exhibits on/in Access Hollywood, The View, People Magazine, etc. versus what she exhibits in her other proud and not-so-proud moments. Question answered. Silly me.
I’d be really curious if Obummer even knows the following:
1. What a tire pressure gauge looks like.
2. How to change a flat tire?
3. How to change a vehicle’s oil.
Is Obummer the new spokesperson for AAA? I’d love to see him vs. McCain changing a flat tire or even changing the oil. I’m sure neither one could do it but if Obummer is going to pose as the “every man” then back it up by actually showing that vehicle maintenance also ensures vehicle longevity. Obummer naively states the obvious that many alert, responsible vehicle owners already know:
Oil changes and proper tire inflation won’t help us get off of foreign oil either, there Obummer.
That is stupid and not what he was saying at all.
He didn’t say that. He said some of the commenters do, undrseige/Goldwater Knight being the worst offender. A week or two ago, someone made a comment that at least there was no swearing on this site, unlike Kos. I commented that she obviously hadn’t read any of Goldwater’s posts, hyperlinking to a few choice examples. For some reason MY comment was deleted while ones that actually used the profanity remain to this day. Interesting.
Huh? What? If you Obama supporters do not think this is a dangerous approach to take, in today’s climate, against what a group as accomplished in terror as they are… shame on all of you.
Where in that quote is there an “approach to take”?
He’s talking about the symptoms of terrorism, not what what to do with terrorists.
Everything that lgm mentions as “reprehensible” seems to be what the norm is to him. If a few do it, then it must mean all contributors do as well. As far as I know using swear words is still free speech. Yes, it downgrades one’s point but it’s still free expression. I’ve seen cleverly disguised profanity yet not outright profanity. If you could link GK’s posts, perhaps that would offer more context (since you and Dakine have a personal bone to pick with him).
I’m also tired of the undrseige insinuations and it’s beneath you. If you’re going to complain about word usage that’s one thing but if you’re using this example to air your grievances against GK that’s quite another.
Do you have proof that your comment was “deleted?” Did you use profanity in kind? Did you hit the “submit comment” button? Michelle does review all of or comments… do you have a copy of the comment that you’re alleging was deleted?
Michelle, you sly thing, have you been mistreating Chaps again? Can I use the word “freaking” or is that banned now too?
That’s not what I was saying he said…at that time. But he has said it since. Look at 30’s comment! Stupid? maybe. True? yeap!
I guess I got a different one, the one that read, “Hey, he’s a donkey, he can do whatever he wants!”
I already had this conversation with Chaps, 30, and he’s sticking to this defense:
If only we hired an army of social workers, there would be less terrorism, poverty, and angry liberals in the world.
30, I really really tried to avoid profanity in my statement. Chaps would not approve and lgm, his copy and paste mate, would just glorify it on his overly used TPM memo anyway. Or is that TOS with his Crooks and Liars blog? Darn it…. I’m having trouble distinguishing these two fine gentlemen.
Some are calling Barack the messiah but his campaign strategy resembles another familiar ideology. That leads me to ask, who’s really running his campaign, cair? When Jesus spoke it was not to a screaming mob of robotic followers, no you don’t see that on Sundays, Friday afternoons, of course. Don’t ya’ll get it, he really has no ideas or independent thought on his own. He’s a product of, OPI-other peoples ideas, so whatever he does just look around its been done before. Hope, Change, yeah right.
“Huh? What? If you Obama supporters do not think this is a dangerous approach to take, in today’s climate, against what a group as accomplished in terror as they are… shame on all of you.
Where in that quote is there an “approach to take”?”
Good point – The One The World Has Been Waiting For is still putting that part of his plan together. His biggest obstacle has been getting accurate Arabic translations of the book “I’m OK, You’re OK” for group therapy and of the full lyrics to “Kumbaya” for The One’s “Sing-Along Terrorist-WorldCitizen’s Songbook”. (”Winnie The Pooh”, of course, will not be translated so as to keep The One’s foreign policy playbook top secret.)
emjem,
I personally have no real issue with profanity. I use it all the time in real life, and really catch myself sometimes almost using it here. But I make a point not to as it is against the TOS. And certainly there is nowhere near the amount here as there is on Kos or other sites. That is obvious.
What insinuations? That undr and Goldwater are the same person? I think that is pretty clear. But in any case, I have no bone to pick with anyone except those that really go over the top. I don’t really care that much about the random run of the mill insults that are thrown my way.
No. No. Yes, the comment was up there for some time and the exact quote was “You obviously have missed every other post by Goldwater” with every other word linked to a post where he used blatant profanity (whole words, no symbols). No.
Sorry this is OT. Last I will say.
“The 9-11 attacks were carried out because of a lack of “empathy” for others’ suffering on the part of al-Qaida”
He is saying his approach is to have empathy for their suffering.
emjem24 (#87) said:
I’m not so upset by those four letter words. I don’t use them here out of respect for those who are offended by them. What bothers me is pretending lefties use them and righties don’t, or using an occasional foul word as an excuse to dismiss one side of the political spectrum.
(EYSIO)
No….He is saying the terrorists had no empathy, and therefore placed no value on human life.
Not that we should empathize with terrorists.
Do you have proof? How is this clear? Why is it such a big deal to you and Dakine? The amount of times that you’ve brought up this insinuation pretty much makes it clear that you do have some axe to grind. This seems more a personal feud. If it’s not so important then why has it gotten under your skin?
If you think that GK has violated TOS then pass along your complaint to Michelle and she’ll look into it. In most instances that I’ve conversed with GK (and I don’t know him), I haven’t really noticed a potty mouth.
This is the last I’ll say. For someone who says that they have no bone to pick, your words indicate something entirely different. In the same breath, you don’t care about random insults. Which one is it?
I never said I have no bone to pick; I do with about two or three here that are simply over the top nasty and mean, including GK. And if you want proof of his “potty mouth” go to “A Cast of Hundreds Thread” on July 18. I won’t link directly to it. That is only the most recent/egregious example.