Barack Obama

[TracyCoxx]

Today's uproar in Washington is about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments about Obama that came out in a book called Game Change coming out this week.

He [Reid] was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,'

Reid is now undergoing all kinds of damage control today and the talk shows are all buzzing about it. He says "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments." Michael Steel is of course calling for Reid's resignation. He does correctly bring up the hypocrisy, but I think comes up with the wrong conclusion.

Why? I don't get the problem, and I'm not just trying to be funny. Isn't he just stating a fact? The American public obviously was ready to embrace a black candidate, and I think he's correct in saying that Americans were more ready to accept a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect. And I don't think it's a secret that Obama brought out some of his ebonics when speaking to a black audience.

We're all adults here. Voters are technically adults. The people in the government are adults. Can't someone say what's on their mind, especially if it's fact without all the feigned outrage? American's attitude of freedom of speech was summed up with the quote "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." I'm sad to say this kind of freedom of speech is long dead, thanks to political correct bullshit.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Today's uproar in Washington is about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments about Obama that came out in a book called Game Change coming out this week.



Reid is now undergoing all kinds of damage control today and the talk shows are all buzzing about it. He says "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments." Michael Steel is of course calling for Reid's resignation. He does correctly bring up the hypocrisy, but I think comes up with the wrong conclusion.

Why? I don't get the problem, and I'm not just trying to be funny. Isn't he just stating a fact? The American public obviously was ready to embrace a black candidate, and I think he's correct in saying that Americans were more ready to accept a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect. And I don't think it's a secret that Obama brought out some of his ebonics when speaking to a black audience.

We're all adults here. Voters are technically adults. The people in the government are adults. Can't someone say what's on their mind, especially if it's fact without all the feigned outrage? American's attitude of freedom of speech was summed up with the quote "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." I'm sad to say this kind of freedom of speech is long dead, thanks to political correct bullshit.

Right on! This media "oh my" show is totaly ridiculous.

[TracyCoxx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSwPQ

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSwPQ

Yes, I viewed the video and yes the concerns are real. However, it is full of distorted rhetoric lies and nonsense. The Democrats are heading for a catastrophe next election. A return of Republicans? They are no more competent than the Democrats. California has failed and the Federal government is very close. So, what do we have to look forward to? Failed governments often lead to Fascism, is it just around the corner? Immersed in perpetual war the country would eventually go the way of all fascist countries. Our beautiful prosperous country is on the verge.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

Yes, I viewed the video and yes the concerns are real. However, it is full of distorted rhetoric lies and nonsense. The Democrats are heading for a catastrophe next election. A return of Republicans? They are no more competent than the Democrats. California has failed and the Federal government is very close. So, what do we have to look forward to? Failed governments often lead to Fascism, is it just around the corner? Immersed in perpetual war the country would eventually go the way of all fascist countries. Our beautiful prosperous country is on the verge.

Failed governments can lead to anything, depending on why it failed and what's left over. Republicans have not given this country perpetual war. If you're whining that we were engaged in war after the 9/11 attacks I would tell you to get real. That is the obvious result after an attack like 9/11. If Bill Clinton was in office, we'd have the same war. I'd hate to see how BO would have handled it though. Hopefully we don't have to find out. Republicans are more likely to stand their ground rather than going around groveling, kissing hands and apologizing for anything and everything. This is a good thing. If a country shows weakness, other countries will be happy to trample over you. Now I am not advocating going to extremes and becoming a militaristic fascist state. There are ways to stand your ground via the moral highground, economically, diplomatically, and yes, a big stick (wasn't that a democrat who said that?).

I hope the republicans return to power after BO's BS. Competent or not they will be much better. I'm hoping for competence though because it can be a lot better, and this country can be put on the right track. What we need are real conservatives, not RINOS. We need replublicans who aren't afraid to stand their ground when their opposition is a black person. We need republicans who will deal with the illegal immigration problem - and not by making them US citizens. And among these awesome republicans, we need a leader who can connect with the American people. The problem is, I don't see those qualities in the republicans we have now. Maybe the teabaggers will find some, I don't know. But even a RINO is better than the dems we have now - a fact that would have saved this country if voters realized that last election.

BTW, the so called liberals in power now, are not really liberals. Liberal is closer to libertarian. The "liberals" we have now are the progressives (from the early 1900s) that have hijacked the party.

[randolph]

Hey Tracy, the Teabaggers are having a conference!

From Washington Monthly;

THE POWER OF STRANGE PEOPLE IN A LARGE GROUP.... After a series of bizarre, and often offensive, rallies in D.C., the Teabaggers are apparently going to get together in about a month for a convention.

The Tea Party Nation is gearing up for its first ever convention, to be held at the famed Opryland Hotel in Nashville next month. It's a confab designed to help the tea parties from across the country organize, with an agenda that sounds a lot like an attempt to form an official third party.

Organizers ask for local groups to "select their best to meet with their peers from across the nation" and who "have the most desire to move this process of organizing to the next level."

They'll have a workshop about "the importance of becoming Precinct Committee Chairs."

"Please join us, make and form strong bonds, network, and make plans for action. We are doing what we could not do alone, to preserve that which we value," organizers write.

The three-day event scheduled for the first weekend in February is already rubbing some conservative activists the wrong way -- the Tea Party Nation gathering is charging $549 per person. That's significantly more expensive than tickets to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) -- traditionally the biggest right-wing event of the year -- which will be held two weeks later just outside D.C.

Of course, one explanation for the steep costs is Sarah Palin -- the former half-term governor will reportedly receive as much as $100,000 to speak to Tea Party Nation, while CPAC does not pay any of its speakers. (Palin was invited to appear at CPAC, but declined, perhaps because there was no money in it.)

And speaking of Palin, the guest list for Tea Party Nation is what drives home just how radical a group we're talking about here.

In addition to Palin, attendees will hear from, among others:

* World Net Daily's Joseph Farah

* Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

* Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore

* Religious right leader Rick Scarborough

This is not a group of mainstream Americans. Farah's conspiracy-driven website has taken the lead in peddling Birther nonsense; Bachmann is mad as a hatter; Moore is a theocrat who doesn't believe the Bill of Rights applies to the states and was removed from office for ignoring federal court orders he didn't like; and Scarborough is a radical preacher best known for being a Jerry Falwell acolyte, writing a book called Liberalism Kills Kids, and trying to establish his own mini-theocracy in Texas several years ago.

Sounds like a bunch of real winners.
So would you like these characters running the country?

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

Sounds like a bunch of real winners.
So would you like these characters running the country?

Sarah Palin, and Rick Scarborough... Hell no. Don't really know about the others. But sounds like the republicans that are driving the teabaggers to want to create their own party.

btw, the teabaggers take offense to the term teabaggers. I think they should embrace it. Like the yankees did. That was a derogatory term from the brits, but the yankees embraced it and it became a source of pride.

[The Conquistador]

Originally Posted by randolph

California has failed and the Federal government is very close. So, what do we have to look forward to? Failed governments often lead to Fascism, is it just around the corner? Immersed in perpetual war the country would eventually go the way of all fascist countries. Our beautiful prosperous country is on the verge.

America will disappear without a sound. Far too long the mentality of "Let someone else do it" and the notion of avoiding conflict have created a weak society that has become dependent on others rather than self sufficient. Our laziness and ungrateful attitudes as a whole is why Americans have thrown away their legacy and liberties so that they can take the easy way out in damn near every aspect of their lives.

[The Conquistador]

5 Myths About The Great Depression.


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