Comments on: I Had a Disturbing Thought…

By: SB Smith

SB Smith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:08:57 +0000

Snubbing the Medal of Honor recipients’ ball.
That’s what I call Obama Showing His Ass.
Like we didn’t already know he has disdain for the military.
I guess that was a token visit he made to the ball that was for all the military branches.

Why bother when you’re going to skip the Medal of Honor recipients ?

What a fool.

By: Jim P

Jim P — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:42:35 +0000

I hear ya Jen, but I think that your military friends would disagree with you. To leave now would put at risk all of those things that they fought so hard for.. surely you must recognize that? Obama has made enough steps in the right direction in terms of keeping Gates and toning down his rhetoric on Iraq, that I would be willing to gamble that he will most likely defer to the Generals and then turn Iraq into some story of success that only he could bring. That is far more likely says my cynical side, which is almost never proven wrong when it comes to Libs. So in that vein of thought, your friends are probably even better off during this most important time of getting stability in Iraq. Obama my be unpredictable, but you can always predict a democrat’s lust for recognition and accolades (however, unworthy they are of them).

By: Momotrips

Momotrips — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:33:01 +0000

Thank you and your family, Faith. How cool is that?

How can any of these service personnel take orders from a commander that has no true respect or appreciation for them? He doesn’t understand their jobs or their dedication and willingness to risk their lives for their ideals. It must pain them to have to salute him. The military thought Clinton was bad…

Hotspur, I had the same opinion of Lowery’s benediction and thought that besides classless is was bizarre. My favorite quote after all the rainbow nonsense “when white will embrace what is right…” so white people are inherently “wrong”? Isn’t that kind of thinking the basis for racism? Sheesh.

By: Alice H

Alice H — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:09:35 +0000

Yeah, I was surprised at how short a time I was able to refrain from poking fun at the Public Fister too.

By: Polichinello

Polichinello — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:59:55 +0000

I wouldn’t overly worry on this count. Obama is vulnerable on the security issue, so if anything he’s going to take the more cautious route and listen to his generals.

Still, as a conservative who opposed the war from the beginning, getting isn’t a bad idea. Things are probably as good as they’re going to get, so it’s best to leave on a high note before the scenery comes crashing down again.

By: Prayerborne

Prayerborne — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:43:41 +0000

Minor number mixup in the post, milady…it’s 14 inaugurations in 56 years, not t’other way ‘round.

As Ace would say, “loose shit”, but a very minor example of same.

By: Faith+1

Faith+1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:45:09 +0000

In 1960 my father raised his right hand and enlisted. In 1988, the day after swearing me in at my commissioning he retired. I wore his original nametag on my dress uniform. I had the honor and privilege of passing on that tradition to my kid brother when he enlisted in 1994. I left the service in 1995. My brother swore in my own son in 2004. My brother has resigned his commission. My son’s tour is up next week and he is not re-upping.

For the last 49 years a male member of my immediate family has faithfully served this country.

That ends next week. In the case of my brother and my son it is because neither have any faith in our new leader.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:35:12 +0000

Would you trust Obama with your car….I think not. W, you bet, he would bring it back tuned up, full of gas and washed (supreme not economy).

By: Hotspur

Hotspur — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:46:40 +0000

Momotrips, I regularly get labeled a racist by a particular lefty just because I would dare say something negative about Obama or any of his friends. The most recent occurred the other day when I mentioned the classless benediction given by that race hustler Lowery.

Get used to it. It’s “all” many of them have.

Good article, Jen.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:34:32 +0000

Who the fuck is Adam Levine?

By: Momotrips

Momotrips — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:33:20 +0000

Oh God I made the most annoying grammer/spelling typo! “Your” instead of “You’re”. I just made my own head explode.

Oh yeah, what are you thinking, Jen?

By: Momotrips

Momotrips — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:30:24 +0000

Tool. Doesn’t surprise me.

I don’t understand all the people crying like they’ve seen Elvis, The Beatles or Jesus. He’s a fucking politician. I also hate those that say your racist for not thinking he’s the best thing since God created light. Everyone is so jazzed that he’s black. So what. If he was qualified and had a clue, I wouldn’t care if he was black. Seriously people are crying at this “momentous, historic occasion” simply because of the shade of his skin and that’s it. That’s sad. He has much less of an idea what it’s like to truly be black in America. He’s half white. He’s not descended from slaves, didn’t grow up being held back because of his skin color or what part of town he came from, he didn’t go to an all black college, he’s probably never been “profiled” in his life. He grew up surfing in liberal, multi-cultural Hawaii, raised by white folks and attended liberal ivy league university. He worked in liberal Chicago as a “community organizer” which is what white kids with racial guilt usually do after college and immediately got himself caught up in the Chicago political machine. Where did he get to know what it was like for other average African Americans? Why is it so great that he’s black? Why does that make him qualified or not qualified? Why does that make him “the change we have been waiting for”?

I just don’t undertand the hype. Yet when I, as a white middle class woman voice this outloud, that makes me racist. Any remarks made about a difference in political opinion means you’re racist, unless you happen to also be black? This is going to be a long four years.