(2008-03-27) — Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential front runner, today reiterated his intention to stand by his controversial pastor despite his presidential rival’s remarks that she would have left the church where the Rev. Jeremiah Wright preached racially-charged, anti-American messages.
“I could no more disown my hateful, racist, self-aggrandizing, crazy uncle of a pastor,” said Sen. Obama, “than Hillary Clinton could quit her deceitful, adulterous, self-aggrandizing husband. But if a purging must happen to unite this divided party, I say to my esteemed opponent, ‘You first, Hillary. You first.’”
Sen. Clinton said this week that she would have quit Trinity United Church of Christ, noting that “you don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.”
“Apparently, Sen. Clinton was not only victim of an unfaithful husband,” said Sen. Obama, “but also the victim of an arranged marriage — stuck with a husband she did not choose.”
107 responses so far ↓
1 RedPepper // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:49 am
Obama singing “Stand By Your Man†?
Does he bake cookies, too ?
2 boberinyetagain // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:55 am
One of them didn’t get to choose, that’s certain. Now, which one that is can be debated…
suggestion team, something we have way too many of already
3 Hawkeye // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:35 am
Obama: “I could no more disown my hateful, racist, pastor, than I could disown my typical white grandmother… but as for throwing them both under the bus? Well, that’s OK by me. And as long as we’re at it, why not throw Hillary under the bus too?”
Peru infelicities — versus Bolivian felicities?
4 gafisher // Mar 27, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Neither can top John McCain disowning his own Party.
5 Fred Sinclair // Mar 27, 2008 at 1:10 pm
“Apparently, Sen. Clinton was not only victim of an unfaithful husband,†said Sen. Obama, “but also the victim of…..”
Both she and her husband are victims of a severe case of Liberalism. Currently the survival rate of this disease is zero.
The fact is that nobody gets out of this life alive. So it stands to reason that every liberal shooting their mouths off today is going to wind up dead.
Of course the same can be said of us Christians with the exception that when we die, we do so with God’s promise of Heaven. With Obama’s “Hope” sermons, that’s the one thing he doesn’t have.
One does not have to be a Christian to be a Conservative but Scripturally, it is impossible to be a Christian and not be a Conservative. Since a Christian would not favor, promote or condone abortion nor favor, promote or condone homosexuality (which God says is an abomination)
Luke 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Lev. 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Lev. 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Heirborn Ranger
6 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2008 at 1:28 pm
[Aside]:
The $30,000,000,000.00 quantity of funds has a recent (unrelated?) history.
7 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Repentance (as in BO renouncing his Allegiance to Bigotry) is not in the Uber-Liberal/Leftist/Socialist repertoire.
For the sake of comparison I would like to draw attention to the interesting remarks of John Sydney McCain III, regarding a variety of topics, yesterday.
8 Possumtrot // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I used to manage a pool guessing when Hillary might divorce Bill, based upon his infidelites.
It’ll never happen. I know a bit about marital discord, but despite her hurling of White House ashtrays and other flatware, Hilly ain’t leaving Bill. He is her stairway to the stars.
McCain is looking better all the time. I see two rabid wolverines tearing at each other on one side, and a tired old man on the other.
I am a tired old man. I may have to re-think my decision to vote against McCain, based entirely on the look upon Hillary and Obama’s face when America stands for something they don’t understand.
Live above the flood waters from Scorpion Hill…
9 boberinyetagain // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Possum, good to see you well enough to post. Keep up the good fight, we need you!
mandatory sanger, don’t even think of leaving home w/o your sanger
10 da Bunny // Mar 27, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Brilliant, as usual, Scott!
When referring to Rev. “J Wright” or Slick Willie, “self-aggrandizing” just scratches the surface. And, since I’m married to a man of 100% Italian heritage, I can assure the racist bigot “J Wright” that his “garlic-noses” comment didn’t sit well with my husband. I guess Obama thinks that such terms are OK…or maybe he “wasn’t there” for that sermon, either. [yeah...right!!]
11 RedPepper // Mar 27, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Possomtrot #8: “McCain is looking better all the time. â€
Possumtrot, whilst you’re making the rounds with the men in the white coats, y’all might want to visit an optometrist.
Every time I hear the awful con-jobs Hillary & Barry are trying to sell me, I become convinced that I’ll just naturally have to vote for John McCain.
And then, I hear John McCain making some “interesting remarksâ€, and I conclude that what I really need to do is find a rock to hide under for the next 4½ years or so …
Could you maybe ask Gen. Beauregard Lee if he has any spare room in his burrow ?
12 RedPepper // Mar 27, 2008 at 4:19 pm
da Bunny #10: Now, now, Bunny … the good Reverend is just so misunderstood !
He was just imitating his favorite singer, Harry Belafonte ! You know …
♫ “ Day-O ! Day-Ay-Ay-Oh ! †♫
You’re just hearing things !
13 Maggie // Mar 27, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Help!!!
Sir Edmond Hillary Clinton is in NC.
daBunny,
Anyone who has ever seen your tall dark and handsome hubby, would be glad to have his nose.
14 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I’m gassing up my Bi-Plane at this very moment, the spray nozzles are in place and the tanks are full of Garlic Cologne.
Yee-HAW!
I can’t help wondering if it wouldn’t be prudent to wear a Bulbous Garland of Bulbous Garlic Bulbs when in the vicinity of those Obsequious Narcissists…..and, maybe, a large Cross hanging from a log chain around the neck. I think I have a mallet and stake in my Dodge Ram Pickup.
Ram a couple of cloves into the center of a nice Pork Roast. OMG…..droo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ool…..,
15 camojack // Mar 27, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Yeah…so much for their credibility.
Either of ‘em…
16 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2008 at 5:32 pm
*Off-Topic Alert*
The Unanimous Three Greatest Foods of All Time Consensus:
Steaming Hot Lobster (a 55-gallon drum, please)Juicy Pork Roast (smashed taters, green beans)Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake (the 4-foot [diameter] variety)
Thank you
17 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Off Topic, I am really perplexed about the banks that are having trouble with a lot of their loans, I hear talk of people “biting off more than they can chew” and we all know it to be a fact. But I myself am in the market for some extra funds at this time, so I first tried clicking some online ads and putting in the amount I desired to borrow. I was not allowed to ask for the amount that I needed for a home equity loan because “my first mortgage balance was too low” what? Too low? Yes, owning your home free and clear is a bad thing I guess. So I lied and said I owed $5000.00, not enough either. I tried clicking on a mortgage instead and asked for an amount about 15% of the homes’ value, not enough to interest them. So for fun I went up to about half of it’s value, finally that was “enough” to interest them. So I went to my local banker and ran things by her, yes I am getting about 33% more than I want or need, and so long as there is no penalties for early or extra payments, my first payment will be about a week after I get it so I can “return” the amount I don’t need. But I will get 1.5% lower interest rate on the loan….still makes me think their game is to try to saddle a person with more than they can handle. Doesn’t make a lick of sense to me.
18 Fred Sinclair // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:14 pm
JL3rd - In my personal opinion your list should be “The Unanimous Five Greatest Foods of All Time Consensus:”
I’ll have to include a large pot ( 55-gallon drum will do nicely) of boiled Alaskan Jumbo shrimp and an unending parade of large platters (or salvers - if you prefer) of Fried Green Tomatoes.
As an add-on I’d like to tack on as appetizers, bowls of boiled African Jumbo peanuts (believe me - they’re grrreat! - as Tony would say)
Heirborn Ranger
19 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:20 pm
“Dad, will you give me 10 bucks?” “What do you need it for son?”"I was gonna get a pizza.” No son, you can’t have 10 bucks, but how about 20?, get two pizzas.” “But dad, I can’t eat two pizzas, and noone here eats leftover pizza.” Son, you can only have 20 bucks to get two pizzas, take it or leave it.” OK dad, I’ll get two pizzas, do you want the second one?” “No son,you have to keep it.” “But dad -” “No buts son, that’s my deal.”
20 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Ummm, fellas, I ain’t eaten since breakfast here. Food is not related to the topic at hand, enough about food!
So what if I mentioned pizza, it was an illustration for Pete’s sake…
Too late, I gotta find some food. 50 minutes until the wife comes home…..not gonna make it now!
21 prettyold // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Oh,JL3 What about Crispy Fried Chicken (NOT deep fried)Mashed taters,Milk gravy made in the pan the chicken was fried in so there little crispy bits in the gravy,wilted garden lettuce with hot bacon vinegar dressing,and hot biscuits .And Chocolate bundt cake,with Chocolate drizzles.
saucy exactly!!!
22 MajorDomo // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Well, McCain may become president (if for no other reason than to show the Clintons they ain’t the High and Mighty, or to prove that racists don’t deserve the White House); but McCain will never be the head of the Party…unless and until it has shrunk to sub-minority status.
23 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:43 pm
I’m having leftovers, talk about food all you want to now…
On Topic - If cHillary was to dump the loser, I suspect her numbers might go up about 10 points. She might want to consider it. I bet if the polls showed that it would put her on top, she would have papers served by sundown. No matter what the outcome of the election, I will never allow him to be considered the “first man”, maybe “first jerk” would be acceptable.Or how about, “first CON man”?
wv: What Queen - exactly what I was thinking…
24 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Think SCOTUS, McShame really “needs” to be the next president. Can’t even imagine what kind of nominees the two nitwit demonrat so-called candidates would come up with, if either of them wins the big ticket it is not going to be good. It isn’t something that you can undo by getting it right next time. It will be lasting damage, I am asking everybody that is having a hard time voting for John to go out and vote against the harm a couple of leftwing liberal nutcases on the court will mean to America.
And I really hate having to write such a piece, but it is too important to leave it unsaid.
25 Fred Sinclair // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:13 pm
mkk #17 - Doesn’t make sense to me either or any other conservative. No more than the absence in banks today of the Simple Interest loans I remember as a kid. There are no monthly payments and you have the entire amount for the full year. Since for a farmer, there is no monthly income. There’s only the payoff when the crops are harvested and sold.
For the benefit of the younger Scrapplers, who have never even heard of such a loan. My father made several Simple Interest loans: Example: You borrow $1,000.00 on March 27th, 1944 at 3.2% annual interest. You leave the bank with the One thousand and go about your business. Exactly one year later, you go back into the bank and lay down $1,032.00 and walk away.
$32.00 = 3.2% x $1,000.00 x 1 year
Of course I imagine the interest rate is probably higher today. When the farmers began leaving the farms for factory jobs in the city, these type of loans became outmoded.
Heirborn Ranger
26 gafisher // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:14 pm
mkk, I sincerely doubt the premise of #23. Those who see through the Clinton smokescreen can’t stomach the Slick One, but he still draws a crowd. I think dumping Bill would cost Hillary more votes among the Bill groupies than it would win her among her political fellow travelers.
27 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:26 pm
gafisher - you could be right about Bill, but I am thinking people are tired of the Clinton’s, and that many think she should have dumped him over the Monica thing, and that it would show some “new” independent kind of a cHillary. After all, voters are hungry for “change”. I know the whole thing could go either way, and nobody can say for sure.
28 seriocomic22 // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:31 pm
The question that student asked of Chelsea concerning her mother and the Lewinsky thing was legit, even if he was basically shouted down for being “rude.”
The point has always been, Madame, you say you believed him for what, a year, and then you were shocked, shocked, when he told you the truth as the blue dress proof was forthcoming. And how could anybody with half a brain, knowing the big He’s history, having been the bimbo eruption manager, how could anybody not suspect he was guilty as sin?
If she knew early on, then she’s a liar; if she found out when she said she did, she’s a dangerously obtuse person to elevate to the Oval Office.
29 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Fred - My old bank in West Virginia would do 30 to 90 day notes, maybe longer ones. I used to go in for 1000 or 1500 dollars for 30 days, was all on a signature. If you ended up needing it longer (I never did) you could just do it over again (probably had to pay the interest amount) and there wasn’t a problem. When I moved back to South Dakota my credit rating plunged, for no reason other than the move, but I found out also that none of my borrowing was recorded on my credit score, I hag had and paid off four loans in five years, all under 10K, but there was no record of it.
30 seriocomic22 // Mar 27, 2008 at 9:04 pm
mkk-a few years ago, the bank which held our mortgage called and asked us to come in and sign some papers. I said, what sort of papers. The guy said, it’s a procedural thing. I said, please explain in detail.
Reluctantly, he told me that he wanted us to come in and resign our loan document from five years earlier. Why, I asked. I finally got him to admit that the bank had somehow lost or shredded our original loan document.
So, he said, can you and your wife come in to sign a new mortgage. I said, what mortgage are you talking about. Dead silence. I thought the guy was goiing to have a heart attack, so I said, sure, we’ll come in, but what are you going to do to compensate us for the hour or two all this takes-studying the documents, etc.?
So we signed, and now we have a free home equity credit line for life. I probably could have gotten a toaster, too, but I didn’t want to push it.
31 prettyold // Mar 27, 2008 at 9:42 pm
This is the weirdest Election in my lifetime.If either Obama or Hillary become President ,and do the things they are threatening or promising to do ,America, as we know it will be over.We will be a nation oof slaves working for the Government ,so they can dole us back enough of our money for necessities. The Gov’t will decide what is necessary.
90% taxes, anyone?
Can I make myself vote for mcCAIN? I suppose I have to,but I sure don’t like it. My only hope is Cain will pick a good VP,I’m not expecting it ,though. Probably Chaffee.
Remember the Democrats are going to cheat,no matter who their candidate is.
32 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I just saw the headline on yahoo, “Obama would have left if Wright had stayed”, right. Just how stupid are we supposed to be here? How pathetic! I guess he is trying to tell as big of whoppers as cHillary. Yet, there are American voters out there reading that headline and all you will hear are big ole slurping sounds all across the country. 60 or so years ago even backwoods people with little or no education wouldn’t buy anything so rediculous. But oh my, we are such an enlightened people now that blatant lies are swallowed and no one thinks twice about it.
Can’t we have the stupid people deported or something? Such a great country, don’t (self deleted) it up.
33 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:05 pm
prettyold -I know, but remember #24. I hate the choice, but I must do what must be done. I believe we all must make that choice or kiss America goodbye.
seriocomic- I would’ve gotten the toaster too!
34 mindknumbed kid // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I’m hopin’ and prayin’ that the dems koolaid supply runs out way before the real votin’ starts.
35 PanamaRed // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:36 pm
You should try two-year old cow elk filets in a creme mignon sauce, baby potatos and new peas or asparagus with a good cabernet. Outstanding!
Meanwhile, Obama will try to hide the racist he is, but can he shut his wife down for the duration? The media is killing Hillary’s chances with death by a thousand video/sound bites and after that it will be Obama and McCain getting all the media scrutiny. We can wish that the Democrat party is irreparably torn asunder by Hillary and Barak, but it looks like both the House and Senate will go left so McCain is the least of the three evils we face although it still isn’t all that palatable.
wv- fallible card = ballot in Florida
36 Possumtrot // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Aww, let’s leave Chelsea out of it. She looks a lot better than Amy Carter begging for a chainsaw back in the day. The First Lady’s daughter looks good since she fixed her hair.
Do we really want to play the kids? I have daughters who’ll smoke Chelsea; they’re gorgeous.
Can we have a fair political encounter? There are issues to be addressed; my grown kids are telling me where to jump off if I try to parade them.
Chelsea: RUN!
37 Fred Sinclair // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:42 pm
prettyold #31 - 90% taxes? I heard a talk by Bob McEwen, he was on the subject and noted that by law, in India, a person who makes $5,000.00 in one year, is legally “wealthy” and any earnings over $5000.00 is taxed at 95%.
Naturally the government is at a loss to understand why persons working with modern stuff will work on the internet, etc. make $5,000.00 in the first month or two and then spend the rest of the year playing Mah Jong under the local Banyan tree. (do you think we ought to tell them? Nah, we can’t even tell our own homegrown libbers.)
Heirborn Ranger
38 Possumtrot // Mar 27, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I think there are porn sites tht have better apppeal than the Democrats. I’m going to try and find one. Good luck, kids.
39 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:09 am
I had to reassure a less-than-computer-literate friend that a letter-box with strange words will not upload a virus, but is actually user-friendly.
Great Scott uses one of these gizmos now; you have no idea how difficult it is to read the thing.
If this posts, I suppose it’s evidence of the Larry The Cable Guy maxim, “Get ‘er done!”
40 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:16 am
WOW! Everything posts!
That box is still hard to read. This is all dumb luck, which is the story of my life.
41 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:24 am
Only took three tries to post a drive-by comment about the difficulty of posting comments.
Go fer it! My name is “freezing” and “The”. I squinted my eyes out of their sockets to make that out.
You need a better gizmo. I won’t stop reading because you are playing different ideas.
42 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:09 am
While I’m ruling the blog, I have to add that there is commentary at United Possums International. National politics and a sad story about faith in God.
43 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:25 am
While I’m ruling the blog, I should mention there is new posting at United Possums International.
Rabid critters play at national politics, and a sad story of faith. Tune in as the spirit moves you.
One of these days Great Scott will post a link, and save me all this shameless self-promotion. Gee. I already have over 10,000 site visits, as opposed to the 11,000,000 here. Maybe one of these days Rush Limbaugh will acknowledge I exist.
Not to be bitter or sarcastic: writing for Townhall.com puts you among the giants, Great Scott. It’s nice to see you arrive, and gives hope to the little people.
Keep it up. We cling to your coat tails.
44 Possumtrot // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:31 am
Everything posts eventually! WOW!
45 Libby Gone // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:10 am
Morning all from snowy Mitch Chee Gon!
46 Libby Gone // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:12 am
Global Warming is dead, and should be buried with all the other hoaxes perpetrated by the libroweenies. Libdiots!
47 Hawkeye // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:18 am
Morning Libby. Morning Possum.
justice cameraman — The guy who took the videos of Hillary arriving in Bosnia.
48 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:33 am
BO amazes me—He is still tap-dancing around his Allegiance to Bigotry.
To be honest, I find it disgusting that no one dares call him on it. I daresay the reason for avoidance of this issue is a lack of understanding by the media of Spiritual Matters. BO tap-dances, the MSM tip-toes.
Forget BO’s former pastor, that church’s mission statement is nothing but Blatant, Hysterical, Hate-Driven Racism.
There is nothing “Christian” about that place.
How dare I make that statement!?! (I can almost hear the [consistently misused] word “judgmental” floating on the breeze).
I’ve prayerfully read God’s Word wherein lies The Concise Definition of Christianity. Context is everything—the Big Picture, beyond subjectivity, beyond our various senses, beyond this Universe through which we mundanely float around and around.
Thank you
49 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:43 am
To paraphrase the Associated Press (emphasis added):
Fri Mar 28, 1:09 AM ET
WASHINGTON - White House hopeful Barack Obama suggests he would have left his Chicago church had his blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-bla-blah-bl-blah-b…..
…..clickety-clack-clack-clack-clickety-click…..
50 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:53 am
Now with the weekend coming up, remember to see if your cable or satelitte provider carries TV One, a black channel.
On Sunday morning the wrong Rev Wright’s church is broadcast at 7:30 a.m. I watched it last week and I could not believe the hatred this man regurgitates.
51 MargeinMI // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:57 am
Chins up folks. You might not have to pull the lever for McShame as he’ll just win by default ’cause the simultaneous implosion of both dim candidates will leave them with no one to run! I’m LOOOOOOVIN’ it!
Snowy Michigan, indeed. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sigh
wv: school seized-by unbridled political correctness, socialist brain washing and mega waste of taxpayers dollars. More ARRRRGH!
52 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 28, 2008 at 7:58 am
Where are we-it’s dark in here?
53 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 28, 2008 at 8:00 am
Morning Marge. Top of the morning to you
And the rest of ya too!
54 Maggie // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:21 am
Good morning all.
OT- Marge,
Please send me your new email address.
Thank you! :>)
55 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:46 am
Hi Ladies!! (and Gents!) Take a peek here for a retirement package you may have trouble believing! I guess there’s big money in hate speech as long as it’s directed at us white crackers… Maybe this palace is in lieu of hush money?!
56 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:53 am
Marge, we have more snow forcast this weekend too! I guess March is going out like a lion this year!
57 Maggie // Mar 28, 2008 at 10:19 am
UpNorth,
The weather in NC is in the 70s and 80s…..but back to cooler weather this weekend in the 60s……:>) brrrrr
“When it’s 40 below,it just don’t matter”
58 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 10:25 am
I see now “Lucianne” and Sweetness & Light” are already all over the poor Rev. Wright’s new digs….late to the party as usual…sorry.
59 How’s This for a Deal? » The American Mind // Mar 28, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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60 boberinyetagain // Mar 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm
And, for the 300th time since the war began…
“I would say that this is a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq. There have been other defining moments up to now but this is a defining moment,” he said. “This is a test … for the Iraqi government.”
We need less “defining moments”. Let’s start on the “last moments” and see how that goes.
bachelors of…the world…unite!
61 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Maggie, just returned back home….I’ll trade you your sixties for our thirties….ha!
To the resident surrender monkey….as soon as we’re done in Germany, Japan, and Korea, we’ll focus on finishing the job in Iraq….
62 boberinyetagain // Mar 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Surrender? That’s not possible, the “mission” was “accomplished” years ago. Would have been better to leave then but better late than never.
How many soldiers dies in Germany/Japan/Korea after those “missions” were “accomplished”?
Hmmm??
made singles…the ruination of cheese as we knew it
63 gafisher // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Re#60: “Let’s start on the “last moments†and see how that goes.”
Coalition troops have provided quite a few of those already.
64 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Soldiers die in training missions…it’s a dangerous job! They knew what they were in for when they volunteered! Thank God for their courage!!
65 gafisher // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:07 pm
re#62: “How many soldiers dies in Germany/Japan/Korea after those “missions†were “accomplishedâ€?”
Korea’s ongoing, but all three of those were wars, not missions. Wars are typically comprised of many missions.
66 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Here’s how BO can show True Repentance:
1.) Switch Parties Immediately
2.) Faithfully Toe the Conservative Line Without Wavering in perpetuity
3.) and leave the dancing shoes at home.
Hesitation is not advised as Denver CO [metaphorically or something] is about to become a bottomless, ever-widening, imploding chasm erupting with the roaring, super-heated, turbine-powered flames of hell; accompanied by reverberating, agonized, blood-curdling screams of utter despair bubbling from beneath the magma released by the Democrat Killing Floor/Meltdown and Hootenanny of August 2008.
Thank you
67 upnorthlurkin // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Not exactly the thread to be pointing this out, but Michael Yon (another hero) has this today. Thanks for your link too, Gafisher!
68 Maggie // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:27 pm
UpNorth re#61
Don’t forget Bosnia.
69 Fred Sinclair // Mar 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm
JL3rd #48 - It’s quite obvious B. Hussein Obama somehow got a copy of David Duke’s personal playbook, took a black and white (film) photo of it and he and his mentor are working off of the negative (everything’s reversed).
Heirborn Ranger
70 Obama to Disown Pastor If Hillary Dumps Bill « It’s ONLY Politics // Mar 28, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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71 prettyold // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Possumtrot,about that re Captcha gizmo ,click the question mark.Once I found out I’m actually doing someone some good with this thing ,I enjoy it.Sometimes I get way to the side of my monitor ,or stand up and look down at it to read the words ,or sit further back,then again sometimes I go with my first impression.The trick is to wait and see if you were right . If you get the little red letters and don’t try again ,the post evaporates.Clear as mud,huh?
widener extras What those cow elk steaks and fried chicken do to pounds.
72 Hawkeye // Mar 28, 2008 at 8:25 pm
You’ll like THIS ONE.
73 mindknumbed kid // Mar 28, 2008 at 8:25 pm
We have a military because there are some people that are not interested in civility, decency, peace, and a list of other things that make life good for living. If you think for one minute that the folks behind 9/11, people like S. Hussein, Yukkidinnerslob, and such are going to simply go away and let freedom, peace, civility, justice and the other good things we have enjoyed here in America, you are also a danger to our way of life. For to long we sat back acting as though we could talk some sense into wicked evil Godles tyrants that do not respect life. OUr nation could get more things accomplished if there was a lot more fear of us in the hearts and minds of hateful, Godless, power-crazed, thug “leaders” all around the globe. Diplomacy may have helped resolve a few maters in the past, but for the most part it just ended up showing our willingness to tolerate things that ought not be tolerated. You don’t have to be a bully, but when you are weilding a big stick and show a genuine willingness to use it, people respect the stick and conform to your standards of civility. You can’t go back and fix past errors, but it was high time that we put our foot down on the radical jihad loving murderers and their brutal sub-human tactics. The libs say we are alienating the rest of the world, they don’t like us….well, if they were shown some goodreasons to respect us it would help their attitudes immensely. This war may look better to you quit and go home folks after you are bowing to Allah - with a knife to your throat.
74 mindknumbed kid // Mar 28, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I think Tom Petty’s song, I Won’t Back Down ought to be President Bush’s theme song. I think it ought be America’s at war or “conflict” song. I think too many Americans are too cowardly or maybe “guilt-ridden” to stand up and draw a line in the sand. I think most Americans don’t even understand what the result of doing that would be. I think America is in grave danger, not from the liberal politicians, but from our unwilingnes to stand for our historical principles and strength of character.
wv: commitment is - unheard of today
75 mindknumbed kid // Mar 28, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Maybe I ought to become a liberal I can quit thinking and start feeling….
76 kwl // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Ok, I just watched the interview of Obama on the view and I must say Ms. Hassleback (SP?) is a brave young conservative woman alone in a very liberal stage (although I must admit I have been very surprised at some of the conservative things that Whoopi has said) She is the only one that actually asked hard questions to Obama, and I think Obama actually answered her fairly well. It is the first time I heard Obama say that had Rev. Wright still been the pastor of his church he would remove himself from that church.
The hard questions I want someone to confront him with is:
1. Do you agree with, sympathize and support the Liberation Theology that Rev. Wright preaches, written book about and speaks of? (Please google Liberation Theology, that’s where the hate comes form towards our country)
2. How come you have meetings, business dealings, financial dealings and have as part of your campaign know and avowed terrorists that are part of the Weather Underground. Same that said after 9/11 that they didn’t go far enough themselves in bombing buildings. Same that should be in federal prison for life if it weren’t for a technicality with a proper wiretapping subpeona by the FBI.
Some one in our media that is widely watched needs to ask these hard questions and the answers need to be answered directly without fancy speeches. One thing we all know about Obama is he is very smooth, very articulate, speeks well and of course is very intelligent. Nobody can really tell us, what has he accomplished in the past?
What we do know, he is rated as the most liberal senator. As much as I always say anybody but Hillary, we can’t afford Obama either.
One of the first things he said he would do if elected President is (paraphrasing) gather the Joint Chiefs of Staff and pull out. In otherwords cut and run.
We need to get out of Iraq, but we must do so in victory, if no other reason than to give honor to thoses that served, bled and died for this war. This would be a wound that would be far worse than the Viet Nam debacle of which wounds from that still have not healed.
Peace,
Kirk
(KWL)
77 Fred Sinclair // Mar 29, 2008 at 6:20 am
With due consideration of the fact that the DNC will nominate a socialist and the RNC will nominate another with barely a nickel’s worth of difference.
Perhaps our best course would be to hire Orkin as our vigilante team to rid the country of termites. Or maybe we could get the Wolverines to saddle up and ride! (they did O.K. in “Red Dawn”)
Heirborn Ranger
WV - United Remington = good guns
78 Fred Sinclair // Mar 29, 2008 at 6:36 am
^^^^push****
79 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 29, 2008 at 8:29 am
Here’s (from RedState) some follow-up on that $30,000,000,000 quantity of funds I mentioned previously somewhere or other.
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If I don’t like the reCAPTCHA(tm) images (words), or can’t decipher them, I continue to click the circling arrows until I do or can.
80 boberinyetagain // Mar 29, 2008 at 8:52 am
MKK, what you are saying is that we (5% of the world population) should get out our largest stick and beat the other 95% of the world until they realize that we are…A) right and B) doing so for their own good.
I weep for us, I weep for the world.
You folks claim democracy is the pinnacle of human acheivment but you disparage the UN to no end.
Would that we could see what true democracy would do for the planet. Our 5% voting block would be quite useless, we’d be pulling out that stick quite a bit.
Wouldn’t that make us special? Why do you feel (be specific please) that we have “rights” that supercede those of the rest of the planet?
I’ll throw that open to anyone as most of you seem to feel the same way. God bless America?
Are you kidding?????????
wind preparation…perpare to pass gas!
81 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 29, 2008 at 10:50 am
Only the vile voice of satan himself would disparage praying for one’s country.
82 boberinyetagain // Mar 29, 2008 at 11:02 am
Once in a while try praying for humanity. It does ths soul good but I am honored by you kind characterisation, it’s very Christian of you.
83 boberinyetagain // Mar 29, 2008 at 11:21 am
If you play your cards correctly you could easily displace Hank as the “crankiest” Scrappler.
Vote early and often folks, this will be a tighter race than the Dems are in!
an mink, no grammatically correct but they are so soft!
84 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 29, 2008 at 2:03 pm
This is something new I decided to try. I won’t take up space on Scott’s page so go to my Cafe on Cyber Street
NATIONAL MS WALK-CAN YOU HELP?
http://shellyscafe.blogspot.com/
wv: Ohio cusses-can you blame us, we are tired of winter
85 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 29, 2008 at 2:04 pm
dagnabit
86 Fred Sinclair // Mar 29, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I’ve got a GREAT IDEA!!! Don’t know why I didn’t think of it before.
All we need to do , is have a BIG meet, maybe in OK or PA. all 300 + million of us. Conservatives and Liberals together (and yes our resident and Drive by Trolls too.)
We line up, side by side, strip down buck naked, bend over, stick our heads between our legs, kiss our hindparts goodbye and with a firm grip on our ankles await the Islamofacist headsmen with their axes to arrive.
That way they can take our 5% and divide it with the 95%, in short time they will die of starvation, 9th century inter-tribal feuds, disease, wars with China, etc., etc. The cockroaches and rats bwo evolution, will duplicate everything we have today in only a few hundred billion more years.
Great idea - fits perfectly with what the Liberals are promoting for America, why not go all the way?
Heirborn Ranger
WV - tated SYSTEM - omitted the “in” to describe Liberals
87 prettyold // Mar 29, 2008 at 7:05 pm
bobity#80 said”You folks claim democracy is the pinnacle of human acheivment “.
So what form of Government do you consider the pinnacle of human Achievement? Communism? Theocracy? Socialism?
Anarchy? Nazism? Oh ,I know It’s Change.
Where is this Utopia that has done so much more the the United States Of America?
With it’s Democracy?We are a Republic ,btw.
Where is this wonderful place full of such wonderful people? What Continent is it on?
Are you trying to say you believe the United Nations is a democracy?
Yes I agree You should weep,you should get down on your knees and weep,and you should fold your hands and Thank the Lord for being born in America.
88 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 30, 2008 at 2:30 am
Charles Stanley once defined wisdom as seeing things Through God's Eyes. This requires toggling the Biblical Filter [disabled by default] button to On.
Thank you
89 mindknumbed kid // Mar 30, 2008 at 3:28 am
JL3 -We have too many that don't know where that button is located or what it is for.
90 onlineanalyst // Mar 30, 2008 at 6:08 am
The Clintons themselves have problems with Leftist liberation theology.
91 mindknumbed kid // Mar 30, 2008 at 7:25 am
onlineanalyst - Thank you for that link. I am now thoroughly disgusted with every liberal that breathes in the good old US of A. Freedom of deligion in the old USSR? Christians in China and the USSR being treated better than Marxists here in America? What a load of garbage! There isn’t a lick of salt in such religion, therefore it is worthless. It is blatant lies and distortions, it has drank the koolaid in excess and is now drunken and incapable of discerning God from Satan. I suppose that if you take God out of religion, then it is no doubt true that you would have mo trouble practicing you “religion” anywhere in the world. Their religion is an abomination to Christ, to defend the Monica Lewinski ordeal is illustrative of how perverse they are, and it is this perverseness is precisely what will lead to a nation losing God’s blessings. Even the United States of America.
bubba - re #80 we wouldn’t need to use the big stick much if at all, provided that we kept it in our hands, ready for use. Being a powerful Christian nation does carry with it an awesome responsibility, which we have failed to live up to, it may sound a bit arrogant, but there are things that we as good citizens should not tolerate, we were wrong to support Sadam in the early years and turn a blind eye to his brutality, murdering, and evil governance. That is just one example of how and where we have been wrong. Tolerating such evil governing only leads to larger problems down the road, it may be hard to comprehend, but we wrestle not against flesh and blood,but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. I don’t have time right now to post Philippians 6: 13-18, you might want to find a bible (God’s written word) and read through it. It is applicable to both individuals and nations.
92 mindknumbed kid // Mar 30, 2008 at 7:29 am
just do it! now.
93 MargeinMI // Mar 30, 2008 at 8:58 am
bob, bob, bob [shaking head in disbelief],
The UN is the example of democracy you think we should turn to?????
Here’s a suggestion: Since you’re already in ‘the position’, just reach up, grasp around your neck, and pluck your noggin’ from your nether region. You’ll probably have to pull reeeeeeeeeely hard, but it can be done!
94 Darthmeister // Mar 30, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I wonder when some politician will say that he spent 20 years being mentored by some Grand Kleagal of the Ku Klux Klan … but it really didn’t affect is worldview. Wait … hasn’t Robert Byrd (D-Moon) already tried that tactic?
I guess comparing ones spiritual mentor “a crazy, old uncle” innoculates a person in la la liberal land. Go figure
95 Darthmeister // Mar 30, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Hmmmm, now if Obama were to disown the left-wing Marxism which runs like leaven through the DemDonk Party … now that would be something to shout from the house tops. Until then Messiah Obama is little more than an obfuscating Manchurian Candidate.
How any informed person can vote for a Presidential candidate that 99% of Americans haven’t even heard of just five short years ago is beyond me. Ooops, I did vote for Jimmah Carter in 1976 … but obviously I learned my lesson then. Shaaazam!
96 Darthmeister // Mar 30, 2008 at 1:50 pm
bober, you continue your enforced ignorance of the “mission accomplished” statement. Officially, it was a banner merely making a very true statement that the mission of the aircraft carrier in question was indeed accomplished.
Second, Saddam’s regime was defeated in less than six weeks from the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom (please note, it was Operation Iraqi Freedom and not simply Operation Iraqi WMD) … mission accomplished.
Now it may have been unanticipated by some in the Pentagon or the Defense Department, but victory in Iraq against Saddam’s regime (and honest historians in the future will document it was indeed a spectacular victory) did not mean final victory regarding the overall War on Islamic Terrorism (or War Against Islamofascism or War Against Terror or War Against Terrorism, or as John “Breck Girl” Edwards opined … The Bumpersticker War) was accomplished. Keep in mind, President Bush himself warned that as long as we encountered Islamic radicalism, there indeed could be a generation of war.
Now here’s the headsup about what has really been happening in Iraq. Here is a general listing of the different phases and outcomes of the very complex battlefield in Iraq:
1) Quick and spectacular victory in ousting Saddam’s regime.
2) Al Qaeda decides to take a stand in Iraqi resulting in our troops expanding the larger war against al Qaeda and Muslim terrorism. Presently al Qaeda in Iraq is little more than an historical footnote though that conflict eventually led to …
3) … the war against Islamic sectarianism. Both the war against al Qaeda and Islamic sectarianism ran somewhat concurrently for about two years. The Petraeus surge pretty much destroyed both forms of Islamic radicalism in Iraq. As it turned out, after the fall of Fallujah, many foreign fighters carried faked Iraqi ID and were being reported by the liberal global media as being “insurgents” when they were indeed foreign members of al Qaeda, Chechnyan militias, Saudi jihadists, et al.
4) Now our troops are supporting Iraq’s nation army against Shia militias, more specifically, Mookie al-Sadr’s nutbag militia groups. But apparently Mookie and his boys have now had their fill of getting their arses handed to them and al-Sadr is now asking that his supporters confine themselves (and their AKs, RPGs, etc) to their mud huts. Another conflict in a very complex military and political war that U.S. forces have or are winning.
Now contrast that with the mayhem that’s presently going on the Democratic Party itself. Hmmmmm. The Democratic Party can’t even declare peace among themselves much less come up with a plan to effectively deal with all the various radical Islamic components in Afghanistan and Iraq.
What this demonstrates is not the incompetence or so-called miscalculation of President Bush or the ineffectiveness of American troops fighting radical nutbags, but rather just how radical Muslim societies truly are. It’s better we find this out now than later when Islamic radicalism would have been much stronger and pervasive if it had gone unopposed for the next decade or two.
People on your side of the aisle have impotently whined that “Bush has made it safe for Islamic radicalism by bringing democracy to Iraq”. Well, what would you people have in Iraq instead of democracy, a benign dictatorship, Islamic totalitarianism, a parliamentary theocracy, or possibly you actually believe things in Iraq were and would have been much better under Sodamn Insane, eh?
If the Iraq people prove to be unworthy of real democracy, then its far better we find that out now than later. At least they were given a chance. It may be entirely possible that like the Palestinian people who elected Islamic thugs to be their guiding light the Iraqi people may end up doing the same thing. If so, then we’ll know that Muslim societies are so inherently violent and depraved that the next time one acts up we simply drop a nuke on them and be done with the Islamic riff-raff. Otherwise it was incumbent upon the free world (though the Euroweenies -exclusive of the more principled Brits - essentially abdicated their responsibility) to give the people of Iraq as well as Afghanistan the opportunity to see if they can handle the responsibilities of democratic and free society. If not, then it will be the free world’s duty to see that their Islamic fascism, their desire for a global Islamic caliphate, and their 12th Imam are thrown on the ashheap of history.
97 onlineanalyst // Mar 30, 2008 at 2:23 pm
N’Obama doesn’t want his daughters to be “punished with a baby” should they “make a mistake” in their teens. Odd word choice, eh?
98 mindknumbed kid // Mar 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Even though my parents waited until after marriage to start a family, my mother was punished with five babies. I was the youngest and no doubt the most punishment of all.My father was a true man’s man and did not even carry or birth any of the children for his wife. She cooked and cleaned, shopped for groceries, cared for sick ones while all he ever did was bring home the bacon. Obamanable will see to it that my mother isn’t punished with another child ever again, through his efforts and educational information, mom, at 81 years of age will finally be free of the punishment.
99 mindknumbed kid // Mar 30, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I meant to say mom will be free from the fear of further punishment.
100 prettyold // Mar 30, 2008 at 5:18 pm
MKK #98 Don’t you think it’s about time you eased your Mom’s punishment. Don’t just keep going over to her house expecting her to carry you around and wash your clothes,fryin’ your bacon and making your snacks.50 or 60 years of that is more punishment than the Libs give murderers .
I’ll bet your Mom could take better care of a brand new baby than many of the young gals nowadays.
101 prettyold // Mar 30, 2008 at 5:22 pm
OLA, I thought the Libs wanted children to have sex,are only to eager to show or tell them how it is done,so why would he call having sex a mistake?
102 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 30, 2008 at 7:14 pm
My wife thinks I’m a little over the top with my loathing for inferior Tap-Dancing, but…..
While BO suggested that getting pregnant was a mistake—and that Children were Punishment for such a mistake, even likening them to an STD—he did not say sex was a mistake.
He also, apparently, fully expects (and thus encourages) his own daughters to have been sexually active with at least one Promiscuous and Diseased Partner by age 16.
[bleep].
103 prettyold // Mar 30, 2008 at 8:46 pm
JL3rd,
When I was a girl,and my parents spoke of a Girl “making a mistake ” they meant having sex ,not getting pregnant. If they found out you had had sex ,they locked you in your room until you were 21.If you got pregnant ,your Father killed you.
Heidi was locked in her room until she was 21.
104 everthink // Mar 31, 2008 at 12:49 am
“If you play your cards correctly you could easily displace Hank as the “crankiest†Scrappler.”
bob,
Careful now, don’t confuse the stubbornly stupid with the perversely insane.
Say, has young Dick left yet?
295 days!!!
ET
105 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 31, 2008 at 7:14 am
Here’s some Context for BO, his Anti-American Ilk and the rest of the Obsequious Narcissists:
Thank you
106 Hawkeye // Mar 31, 2008 at 7:20 am
OLA #97,
People make mistakes all the time, for which they are “punished”. If you stick your fingers into an open light bulb socket you are liable to get “punished” with 115 volts. If you put your hand on a hot griddle, you are liable to be “punished” with a blister or two. Hopefully, we learn from our mistakes and teach our children to avoid them because they can be painful.
The problem with Obama’s statement IMO, is that he wants to eliminate the consequences of making a mistake. He advocates making mistakes “painless”. He’s abdicating his role as a parental teacher. Instead of teaching his children discipline and mistake avoidance, he’s advocating the “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
But then, most libs do that, don’t they?
107 Hawkeye // Apr 1, 2008 at 11:52 am
I should probably clarify my last statement. I do not believe that “children” are a punishment for the mistake of teenage sex. If a teenager has a child, the “punishment” lies in the loss of freedom, the burden of responsibility, and the need to grow up a lot faster than might otherwise be required.
antidrug hymn — singing hymns can do that sometimes.
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