Comments on: 70s Nostalgia? Hmmm….Maybe Not

By: douglas

douglas — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:22:33 +0000

KayinMaine, So many of us are tired of the namecalling. “Racist” is a big flaming rocket, and you really should be careful at whom you launch it. Even Obama has denied that he believes Ferrarro’s comments were racist. And to call Hillary a racist is to discount her entire life of public service, as well as that of her husband. Disagree with them; point out where you think they are wrong. But for Gods sake leave the juvenile and inciting insults behind. Is it not clear to you that in terms of public policy there is a but a razor’s edge between Obama and Hillary. The central issue for all of us right-thinking people needs to be who will more likely defeat McCain. I have long feared Obama’s ability to withstand the kind of Republican slimefest he will be facing if he is the nominee. Just imagine if these video clips of Reverend Wright at his mau-mauing best were first released this coming October. Do you really think Obama would have been able to recover? As it is I guarantee you that these images will be all over our television screens throughout a fall election if Obama is our nominee. We know Hillary can take it; she withstood the full crushing power of a special counsel investigation and emerged without a scratch. I am not so sanguine about Obama’s ability to withstand that same onslaught. We are one Supreme Court vote away from abolishing abortion, at least in many states, destroying anti-gun laws, giving even freer rein to the US intelligence community and its lust to spy on us. If we lose in November, the overwhelming odds are that the Republicans will get that vote. The stakes in this election could not be higher. They call for intelligent debate and a sober analysis by us and, yes, by all of the delegates, of who can best defeat the aging perpetual-war espouser who will be the Republican nominee.

By: Plantsmantx

Plantsmantx — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:13:17 +0000

So we’re down to chips on shoulder, now, huh? You’re obviously a fundamentally person than The Obamas, so you probably won’t understand this, but what you see as those chips on their shoulders is really evidence that their personal success has not blinded them to the plights of others. Michelle Obama’s personal success didn’t prompt her to think, “I’m proud of my country because they gave ME something”. In other owrds, neither of them are the kind to say “I’ve got mine, to heel with you”.

Understand? Nah, probably not.

“Isn’t it time for Rev. Wright & Co. to let go of the distant past just a bit”?

In favor of the present, in which racism no longer exists, you mean?

By: RBG

RBG — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:04:47 +0000

Every word. Typing my replies however can be a challenge while multi-tasking.

You may call it censorship if you like. I call it maintaining some semblance of a civil conversation.

Either way, it’s time to find some other blog where your contribution to the conversation are appreciated.

[Mod note; RBG, did you mean a singular or plural contribution?]

By: juste

juste — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:53:10 +0000

Oh dear. This suggests you don’t even READ what you censor.

As I have stated before, the concern I have is that a site which has accumulated as SIGNIFICANT an impact as this one has, has MISUSED such impact as egregiously as this one has.

To quote the Goddess: Capice?

By: RBG

RBG — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:38:57 +0000

I thought so. It’s always interesting to see how some folks are willing to invest so much energy on a site they believe has such little impact.

By: juste

juste — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:31:37 +0000

oh, I’ll leave that to you to figure out. After all, you ARE the All Knowing…..Most Merciful…..Most Omnipotent……right?

By: juste

juste — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:27:46 +0000

I told you the charade was crumbling, dude.

Wonder what I said? Wonder if most people would consider it a “personal insult”?

By: RBG

RBG — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:27:45 +0000

Have we had the pleasure of meeting before?

By: juste

juste — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:24:33 +0000

Don’t think there were any “personal insults,” Censor RBG. At least not as most people would understand that term.

Of course, given the liberties that are taken with words like “misogyny” around here, can’t say as I’m surprised.

Oh wait — “misogyny” works the OTHER way, doesn’t it? Dang, this is confusing.

By: juste

juste — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:07:53 +0000

oh, I’ll answer that right around the the time the Censor — oops, I mean Moderator — lets my other response to you appear.

Wouldn’t wait up, though, if I wuz you. It’s a handy little trick in this “progressive” blog to put comments in “time out” until everyone has forgotten what they were about.

[RBG Note; yeah, not waiting up is probably a good idea cuz that comment is not going to appear in the threads. Feel free to try again if you’d like. Perhaps without the personal insults next time?]