GOP Rep: President Obama is “An Enemy of Humanity”

He’s criticizing Obama? He must be ………. A RACIST!!

This type of insane rhetoric (or perhaps cold, calculated rhetoric would be more accurate) coming not from wingnuts but *elected representatives* is the reason why the Republican Party can no longer be worked with or reasoned with in good faith. Saying the President of the United States “has no place in any station of government” and calling him an “enemy of humanity” is not only extremist but essentially incitement to assassination. It’s unbecoming any American, let alone one serving in the Congress, but is unfortunately par for the course in the modern Republican Party.
If I were the Secret Service, I would prevent Mr. Franks, and others like him, from getting anywhere near the President. That may be the only accountability for such dangerous, vicious statements. {ProfJonathan}

“calling him an “enemy of humanity” is not only extremist but essentially incitement to assassination.”
Calm down, Prof. Jonathan. Let’s walk through this: Rep. T. Franks believes that the unborn fall within the “human” umbrella. Obama has made funding available to other countries to apply towards abortions. Therefore, Obama could be considered an “enemy of humanity” given his support for abortion.
It’s that easy. No need for the “incitement to assassination” melodramatic overtones.

Any hardcore Republican calling Obama an ‘enemy of humanity’ is blind and misguided. Republicans voting down healthcare for children in the past is a direct and callous disregard for childrens’ lives. Republicans are responsible for the death of tens of thousands of children in the Middle East via US ordnance. Republicans have proven themselves time and again as putting the almighty dollar and politics above human life.

Joe Eckhardt wrote:
The logic is sound to me. With our country so much in debt, why are we sending any money oversees?
Yes. Why don’t we start with Israel. They can pay for their OWN gov’t run healthcare, and their own wars for a change.

“Republicans have proven themselves time and again as putting the almighty dollar and politics above human life.”
Need I remind you (1.) Obama supports abortion (“anti-life”?), Republicans are “pro-life”. (2.) Since you brought up “putting the almighty dollar above human life”:
Selected top contributors to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign:
2.) Goldman Sachs $994,795
4.) Microsoft Corp $833,617
5.) Google Inc $803,436
6.) Citigroup Inc $701,290
7.) JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
8.) Time Warner $590,084
11.) National Amusements Inc $551,683
12.) UBS AG $543,219
15.) IBM Corp $528,822
17.) Morgan Stanley $514,881
18.) General Electric $499,130
The majority of those entities not listed are universities (Univ. of Cal. #1) and law firms.
Reality bites, doesn’t it?
(BTW – McCain’s top contributor was Merrill Lynch at $373,595)

(BTW – McCain’s top contributor was Merrill Lynch at $373,595)
Posted by: tjp612 |
Merril sleeps with the fishes now.

Well now, they raise the bar.

The mudslinging has become laughable.

Obama is an enemy of freedom.
Obama thinks he knows what is best for everyone
and wants to impose his will on all of the world.
He’s arrogant and dangerously narcissistic.
Certainly not a stong leader or the least bit presidential.
His weakness is a threat to all of the world–just look at how Iran reacts to his slap on the wrist.
Posted by: tyler | Sep 29, 2009 1:08:01 PM………………….
Let me guess. You voted for Bush and still think he was fantastic. Just own it. You can’t stand being on the losing side.
Also, recall Kim Il acting up after Bush spoke?

He’s arrogant and dangerously narcissistic. Posted by: tyler
lol… awaiting your clinical medical analysis

If Dwight Eisenhower were alive today he’d roll over in his grave.

If Dwight Eisenhower were alive today he’d roll over in his grave.
Posted by: bco
Eisenhower was a communist, just ask the John Birther’s, ooops, I mean John Birchers

Reality bites, doesn’t it?
Posted by: tjp612
especially if you’re republican and will be out of power for a long, long time…and can’t get over losing the 2008 election.. oh well
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Not so much…Take a look at VA and NJ gubernatorial races where Republicans are poised to take seats previously held by Democrats (both states won by Obama). In what would have been considered a “pipe dream” 9 short months ago, Republicans have an outside chance of taking back House in 2010.
So I repeat, “oh yeah”, reality bites, doesn’t it?

that has no ability to see the image of God in these little fellow human beings, if he can’t do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity.”
yawn……. meaningless paranoid right wing christian pandering…. he should just advocate the theocracy he really wants,, it’s a little more honest,
btw: the ‘image of God’ seems to be found all over… toast, rust stains, trees, under the over pass, dog fur, cat fur, etc

Dave, Barney Frank has never been a repub that I know of, Lordy no!

Oops, sorry, trying to multi task, wrong comment, wrong Frank!!

So I repeat, “oh yeah”, reality bites, doesn’t it?
Posted by: tjp612
your hypothetical win is hardly reality, but if fantasy is your ‘reality’, and that’s all you cling to by all means gloat about events that haven’t happened..
until then, enjoy the Obama’s presidency

Incitement to assassination? What about the vilification of Bush? Even a movie about his getting shot. The liberals would love to have another martyr, and my guess would not be above taking out the President before his administration self-distructs.

Is this the same Trent Franks who was a rabid supporter of the Iraq invasion, cheats on his wife, cheats on his taxes and relies on massive contributions from the NRA? Well no wonder he hates Obama…the President is diametrically opposed to everything this guy represents. And why are so many Arizonan politicians so empathically racist?

Posted by: Oh Yeah | Sep 29, 2009 1:34:18 PM
Your arguments are a bit counter-intuitive are they not?
- In your latest post you state “by all means gloat about events that haven’t happened.”
- In prior post you stated in part “especially if you’re republican and will be out of power for a long, long time”
Are you not “gloating about events that haven’t happened” by stating Republicans will be out of power for a long, long time” (?)
Arguing with and exposing Libs is pretty simple once you move beyond the talking points they have been spoon-fed…they are lost when confronted with facts and situations which require critical thinking.

Obama has no idea what he’s doing. My heart goes out to our troops, their top man says they need more troops, but the big O has more important things to worry about, like the Olympics, what a joker…….empty suit……

the movie “Assassination” is a British film that depicts President Bush, being shot
go talk to the Brits about that
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How about the book “Checkpoint” (written by American Nicholson Baker) whose plot revolves around of the contemplation of the assassination of President G.W. Bush?
Imagine if a similar book were written about The One…

Posted by: tjp612
the 2008 election should be a clear indication even to you about where political sentiment is in the US. The only ‘expose’ that is needed was the election, and the results were quite clear. The rants of the vocal fringe right and their supporters makes for good comedy and nightly ‘news’, but it’s not where the majority is, and that will IMHO be proven once again in upcoming elections.
one only needs to listen to the republican rhetoric on taking up arms against the government, secession, xenophobic paranoia, and comparison to ww2 dictators to see how out of the mainstream republicans are…
btw: Imagine if a similar book were written about The One…
Posted by: tjp612
book? just check out the loonies that bring guns to Obama events…

“How about the book “Checkpoint” (written by American Nicholson Baker) whose plot revolves around of the contemplation of the assassination of President G.W. Bush?”
You mean the book that widely denounced?
The opening of the NYT book review
“THIS scummy little book treats the question of whether the problems that now beset our cherished and anxious country may be solved by the shooting of its president”

“Lest we forget these states (a.) were both carried by Obama less than a year ago, and (b.) both incumbents are Democrats.”
Creigh Deeds is the incumbent governor of Virginia?
Are you proud that the VA GOP is running an openly misogynistic conservative?
Do you agree with him that women do not belong in the work place?

“You mean the races where the GOP was up double digits last month and now leads almost within the margin of error?”
A win is a win, Ryan. Counts the same in the standings.”
The election happened?
The only wins in the standings have been for the Democrats.

How impressive! a new low from the conservative congress.
Talking about ‘biting off your own foot’. Representing the marginalized off-base conservative mind destroys the chance of serious, majority vote.
Those corporate giants must have quite a hold on these congressmen.

Regardless of what you think of Obama this guy is WAY over the edge. His ‘spokesman’ doesn’t sell me on the idea that he ‘only misspoke’ either.
This is the kind of talk that ends up with people being killed. We need BOTH SIDES to stop this kind of hate speech so that we don’t end up there.

“Obama, Pelosi, and Left-wing fringe have over-reached…and will pay in 2010 and 2012. Take a look at any reputable poll and you’ll see the writing on the wall.”
Well its too early for 2012 polls.
But based on RCP’s poll complilations
Obama’s approval rating is at 52.3%
And Democrats hold a 2.6 pt lead on Generic Ballots.

“Creigh Deeds is the incumbent governor of Virginia?”
No, Ryan. Timothy Kaine, a Democrat is the Governor of Virginia. The incumbent party is Democrat.

“Would you like more posts of GOP lawmakers saying similar things?”
Very weak, Ryan. Surely you can do better than this. Note Bachmann stated “an orderly revolution” – Does this imply to you a call to take up arms? C’mon. A significant reach.
I don’t know what your point is regarding Census…

Again, imagine if similar book were written regarding Obama …….Posted by: tjp612
just review the 2008 campaign tapes of republican ralliy attendees yelling out ‘kill him’…
you don’t need fiction….

Be very careful. this kind of talk incites hate & violence. Shame on you ABC, for making this entertainment.
All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.
White nationalist groups espouse white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhites. Groups listed in a variety of other categories – Ku Klux Klan, neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, racist skinhead, and Christian Identity – could also be fairly described as white nationalist. The groups range from those that use racial slurs and issue calls for violence to others that present themselves as serious, non-violent organizations and employ the language of academia. For many years, the largest white nationalist group in America has been the Council of Conservative Citizens, a reincarnation of the old White Citizens Councils that were formed to resist desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing.

“Denounced or not, the point is (a.) it was written, (b.) it was published, (c.) it was provided venues for sale.”
That is the cost of freedom of speech.
The difference is that it was countered with more speech denouncing it.
So do you think freedom of speech should have more limits?
“Lots of coordination and complicity here…regardless of NYT reviews.”
Like bulk buys and relentless promotion via partisan media?
Oh wait that’s how right wing books work.
“Again, imagine if similar book were written regarding Obama – Libs would be out of their gourds and bouncing off walls…”
Unfortunately not just liberals but all Americans have had to deal with REAL right wing violence as opposed to fictional.

“….one of the steepest drops in first year recorded…”
The other two being Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
How did their re-election pan out?

When I grew up, we had the more or less liberal Democrats, the more or less conservative Republicans, and then the crazy side show people talking about the blacks taking over and the end of the world and such.
Now we still have the (only-) more or less liberal Democrats, but the Republicans have been taken over or replaced by the crazy side show people.
The super-rich core of the GOP fanned these flames, in order to get middle class Americans to vote against their own interests, but the fire that they started got out of control. I hope that we can limit the damage to their house.

“….one of the steepest drops in first year recorded…” ——well, an interesting deeper look into polls reveals, while folks may have differing opinions on different subject matter, Obama’s PERSONAL ratings are very very high, still, untouched, by his political views. BEcause of his respectful nature and his ability ot handle himself professionally, folks have an easy time seeing the man and a policy. Unlike republicans, who behave so badly, have so little impulse control or respect, polls show that whatever question folks have on obama’s views does NOT benefit republicans infact, folks have very negative veiws of republicans not JUSt in politics, but MORE in behavior and personality. when asked, how much they trust republicans, those numbers have gone down. By trying to beat up on someone, you only make yourself look bad. Isn’t this something you were supposed to learn in first grade? bad behavior says far more about YOU than the person you’re being disrespectful too. This south carolina senator. Does any think one thing different from Obama because he was so disrespectful?????no. not one tiny tiny little bit. In fact, it makes folks feel bad and supportive to whoever is getting beat up on, BUT it sure did throw an enormous amount of disgust toward the senator. the person who’s life changed the most, is the senator who behaved badly. To Obama, it was an insignificant blip.

Nothing compared to what Bush had to put up with for eight years.
Worse is said about Palin everyday much coming from the Obama Media and liberal talk shows.
With Obama’s thin-skin no doubt he’s up most nights sucking his thumb.

“For many years, the largest white nationalist group in America has been the Council of Conservative Citizens, a reincarnation of the old White Citizens Councils that were formed to resist desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s.”
And to put into perspective how crazy those right wingers are, The Council of Conservative Citizens is banned from CPAC.

gun sales and amo sales went through the roof when Obama was elected. What does that tell you? The rpeublican party has become the party of the crazy people. I think if it wants to survive, if the smart republicans ,if there are any, like Romney, want a shot in hell at every having a political office again, they need to start a new party.I loved Romney, thought he was great, voted for him every time, but I have to say, given the state of the republican party, I might vote against romney, a man i very much respect and admire and trust, because he is in line with these wackos andI’m not sure where he stand with all this. He’s not denouncing it like Hillary did. How can you be a party to a party of crazy people??? It goes to character. I think if there are any true conservatives with a brain who want a shot at office, the party needs to split. I can’t vote for any republican. How sad is that? I dont trust them. How can you????

“Fear and hate are powerful motivators. That is why George W Bush could launch an illegal war against Iraq and still manage to be considered a hero to his followers.”
a.) How was war “illegal”? It was approved by Congress!
b.) It is a stretch (and uninformed) to believe all conservatives consider Bush a “hero”

“Really? How do you know?”
He has a double digit positive approval rating. He has name recognition. He had a formidable organization that originally got him elected.
So saying it would be likely that he would be winning over the AG who barely beat Deeds for that job is not a big stretch.
“You get the point about the seat being held by a Democrat in VA. Big deal.”
You made a mistake. And instead of simply acknowledging it, you claim it was correct.
Tim Kaine is not running for re-election and McConnell is not running against Kaine’s record so there is no incumbent.

Rep. Franks is a member of Congress, not a talk show host, and he should act like one.
How disgraceful.

“Are you familiar with the use of metaphors?”
I certainly am.
Someone like Bachmann who thinks the Census is a precursor to citizen round ups probably is not.

“So I went to the Bachmann well which is quite deep.”
Still waiting….very “shallow” actually
“Now embarrassed by her comments you seek to change the subject.”
Embarrassed? Not at all. She is not my Representative. And while you try (repeatedly) to contort her comments, you have yet to make your point.

If you truly believed that life begins at conception due to biology or religion or a mix of both, and your president was a supporter of millions of abortions – even late term abortions where the baby survived only to be left to die, wouldn’t you consider him “An Enemy of Humanity”? —-the problem with you people is not just that the crazy ones say inciteful, hateful, disrespectful things, but that the rest of you defend it. I would NEVER use such language as saying ANYONE is an enemy of humanity unless they carried out ethnic cleansing or dropped a nuclear weapon. I’m talking huge huge world events. That someone has such horrendously bad judgement, that would view having a prochoice view as being anywhere near similar to ethnic cleansing or nuclear holocaust, tells me mentally incapacitated he is, and those who defend him are. That is some VERY VERY bad judgement. It’s immature and since such immaturity is in a person who actually makes laws and has power, that’s scary. Just makes me think we need these types of poeple ,these extremists, out of office – no not Obama, these people like the one who made the speech. I am prochoice. I find it highly offensive any man is going to call my view akin to ethnic cleansing. That is so over the top, so out there, it’s beyond comprehension to me. That you would ask this question tells me how much you are I are no where near eachother in our thoughts, how I would not trust a hair on your head in office, and be worried, my friend, becuase I used to a republican supporter, ok??? you have former moderate republicans feeling this way, do you have nay idea how your extremist views are decimating the republican party as a whole PLENTY of republicans are prochoice. HAve a little respect for differing viewso of others!!! You have no right to say my view is immoral. I think forcing a women to develope and birht a child against her will is involuntary servitude and Draconian.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday easily rejected the inclusion of a government-run “public” insurance option, backed by President Barack Obama, in its sweeping healthcare reform bill.
The panel voted 16-8 against a government-run insurance plan in the first of several battles expected in Congress over the issue, one of the most contentious in the raging U.S. debate over healthcare

New York – A key measure of consumer confidence fell in September, after a gain in the previous month, raising concerns about retail sales in the upcoming holiday season, a research group said Tuesday. The Conference Board, a New York-based business research group, said its Consumer Confidence Index fell to 53.1 in September from an upwardly revised 54.5 in August. Economists were expecting a reading of 57.

“C’mon Ryan, admit it. Your hero Obama, only 9 months in office, is turning into nothing short of an epic failure.”
The economy has begun what will likely be a long recovery.
While I certainly do not agree with all of Obama’s policies, I am happy with his progress so far.
But I realize that right wingers are furious that Bush turned out to be such a terrible President that they must try to cast Obama in the same light.

“The economy has begun what will likely be a long recovery.”
By what measures?
“While I certainly do not agree with all of Obama’s policies, I am happy with his progress so far.”
Shocker…credit given for at least stating you don’t agree with all of his policies.
“But I realize that right wingers are furious that Bush turned out to be such a terrible President that they must try to cast Obama in the same light.”
Nice try, but incorrect.

Mom of three, I am in complete agreement. Although I am and always have been an independent (I vote for the person, 8 out of 10 times I vote Republican. I am ashamed that they are acting CRAZY! The Democrats are a little wacko at times too, but the Republicans have let the crazies out of the asylum. I never have liked Rush because he doesn’t talk facts, he embellishes and tells half truths to make a point. Romney was what I liked in a strong politician but he has not called them on the carpet so he is on my list. Palin is an embarassment, and the regulars at Fox News incite and twist stories into false headlines just to grab attention. Not to mention that any Republican who has spoken up has been ostracized; especially McCain. Independents need to step up and start talking to the PEOPLE and I guarantee more of the American people will listen. Then maybe the 2 main parties will get their act together and start realizing that the majority of us could care less about party and more about the issues and whomever is willing to talk straight will get our ear.

Annie O , Main idea for gun sale rise was nutjobs plan to some how destabilize America by inciting the civil war. So If you purchased guns because you
- wanted to defend your self from your goverment
- Wanted to save your 1st amendment and 2nd amendment rights with the help of guns.
than you are no different than those nutjobs.

@ Ryan,
“But you are aware of its (New Republic” existence and its size and influence on the right wing blogosphere. Or are you going to pretend it doesn’t exist.”
Honestly, I’ve heard of it, never read it. So, I am NOT aware of its “size and influence on the right wing blogosphere.”
Not all of us right-leaners pull info from the same sources.

Nice to know the Senate Finance Committee has five right-wingers among it’s Democratic members:
“The outcome was expected but still a defeat for liberals who view government-sponsored insurance for the middle class as a key component of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
“Five committee Democrats, including Chairman Max Baucus, joined with all 10 committee Republicans to defeat the measure by Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.”
But hey–we’re a majority right-wing nation.

afbrat59 – You give me hope sanity will come back.

First of all, he lied about Obama sending money overseas to fund abortions. NO FEDERAL FUNDS are paying for abortions, here or overseas. He eliminated the “gag rule” which meant that any facility that even mentions the word “abortion” cannot receive any funds whatsoever. The funds these agencies are now receiving are strictly limited to non-abortion services such as prenatal care, pediatric care, family planning services (not including abortion), and all such agencies are required by law to maintain separate funds for abortions. So the entire premise of this man’s outrageous statement is utterly false. And he knows it. YOU LIE, Congressman, YOU LIE!

“In January, the CBO told us that, without a “stimulus,” the recovery would begin in the quarter that ends tomorrow”
ROFLMAO!
Its amazing to see how right wing spin and lies in this case from the Moonie Times becomes accepted truth.

“Obama is running this country into the ground, why is he lobbing for the Olympics when there is all this trouble in America, who cares about the Olympics right now, economy is in the tank, crime is at an all time high,”
Two things,
1) The Olympics brings a huge amount of economic activity.
2) An all time high in crime rate?
The right wing really does just make it up as they go along huh?

To: afbrat59-Thank you. Hopefully, your sanity is contagious.

We expect that kind of talk from internet denizens, but when a sitting U.S. Congressman stoops to rhetoric like this, it truly is pathetic. The must really not think that civility or honesty (or apparently democracy) matters at all anymore.

Posted by Jock – “We expect that kind of talk from internet denizens, but when a sitting U.S. Congressman stoops to rhetoric like this, it truly is pathetic. The must really not think that civility or honesty (or apparently democracy) matters at all anymore.”
Oh, that’s really funny. The dems were really civil and honest when Bush was President, weren’t they? The biggest difference is the media covered the Bush bashing as funny.
The worst thing about this President is he is only interested in his own agenda, cares nothing for the U.S. He will throw anyone under the bus that gets in his way. Just ask Wright, Ayers, and ACORN! The media ignores these because they think they are on the bus with him. They better be careful. One wrong move, and he will cut them off at the knees. Chicago politics at its best.

“Posted by: Ryan C
Fact: Obama signed an executive order to provide funding which pays for abortions in other countries! Can someone explain why the ”
Putting “Fact:” in front of a lie does not make it true, You need to provide some evidence.

This is the right wing’s excuse for their own behavior?
“They did it first”?
Yes, they (the Left) did it first and did it much, much better…their excoriation of Bush was hateful, constant, and unrelenting. Much better than the Right could ever do (if nothing else, liberal media bias holds the Right in check).
A notable difference between Bush and Obama is the thickness of skin: Bush rolled with the criticism, Obama chafes and becomes defensive when confronted and criticized.

Post by tjp612 “A notable difference between Bush and Obama is the thickness of skin: Bush rolled with the criticism, Obama chafes and becomes defensive when confronted and criticized.”
Don’t forget Pelosi’s tears!
Ryan C – You want to see childish? Scroll down to your own remarks. Yours are the ones that attack people personally.

Democracy scored a triumph today. The war is not over, but in this skirmish the forces of Socialized Medicine were routed:
“In the end, Baucus and four other Democrats — Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Bill Nelson (Fla.) and Thomas R. Carper (Del.) — joined all 10 Republicans on the committee in voting against the Rockefeller amendment. On the Schumer amendment, Baucus, Conrad and Lincoln voted with the Republicans to defeat it.”
Those who love liberty have reason to be pleased.

“Bush rolled with the criticism, Obama chafes and becomes defensive when confronted and criticized”
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Bush didn’t ‘roll with the criticism’ he implied people who disagreed with him were unpatriotic . . . and he referred to them in private as “a-holes”.
Obama usually pushes back with an understanding there are different opinions or an attempt to intelligently debunk the opposing position.

No wonder the right-wingers act so silly; their “leaders” are idiots. And enemies of the republic as well – talk about the blind leading the blind.

Those who love liberty have reason to be pleased.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena
taking joy in millions of suffering americans and ascribing ‘patriotism’ to it is for lack of a better word… sad, but somehow it seems appropriate for you screen name

Windrider: where did you get your info? NPR or some such? Even if you click on the link in the story about the January 23 executive order , it in no way says the funding won’t be used for abortions . It talks about pro life protests against the “gag” rule. Why would they care if the funding doesn’t help abort babies in other countries?

Treason

Traitor? Why didn’t you use the latest anti-Obama smear characterization ‘racist’? That seems to be the latest accusation for anyone who disagrees or is critical of this man. I think ‘traitor’ is rather partisan.

You people shame me that you are call yourselves Christians. You have the nerve to talk about someone being an enemy of humanity, when you turn your noses up a people in need. Your constituents constantly bash the poor and down-trodden, calling them lazy and welfare recipients. You fight against those who need health care placing a price on them and whether they can even afford it. You fight against “illegals” only when you need to appease your hateful constituents; else the “illegals” are okay if they’re carrying a leaf-blower or buckets of paint. You have the audacity to point “enemy of humanity” finger at someone else. Do you even know that the unborn are now those people who you fight against every single day??? You gonna sit on your high horse and think you’re closer to God because you care so much about embryo’s and that’s supposed to make you like God. Woe unto you, you Pharisee’s! Woe unto you! You have blood on your own hands by turning your backs on people that are ALREADY HERE! You suck the financial life out them, and then say “look, these people can’t even take care of themselves”. THEY WERE ONCE THE UNBORN, YOU HYPOCRITE! Stop with your shenanigans. We were warned of you who call a lie the truth and the truth a lie. You accuse Barack of being an enemy, well show where he’s aborted his own children. HYPOCRITE! While your daughter’s and son’s pretend that they don’t have intercourse before marriage, are sneaking into abortion clinics to rid themselves of their own babies! If you cared so much about humanity, then why when the Republican’s had the entire King’s Horsemen on the Supreme Court, did they not overturn Roe vs Wade? Cause it wasn’t all that important to them either!! Let it go, we’ve got your number dude! You are not wise, loving or caring, but WICKED!

“..their excoriation of Bush was hateful, constant, and unrelenting. Much better than the Right could ever do”
You are truly unbelievable.
In my entire life, I have never seen a NEWLY ELECTED President attacked and defied with such hostility and contempt; the GOP is sour grapes all over and it’s abusive, unproductive, and childish.
The left started it? What is this, third grade?
But for the record…two words: Bill Clinton.
The GOP should publicly condemn a lot of the unnerving attacks on Obama we’ve all seen, or, if goodness forbid, Obama is violently attacked, the GOP and its loudmouth puppets (O’Reilly, Beck, Limbaugh, etc) will have blood on their hands.

“this country is becoming a joke thanks to everyone who voted this dumb ### in office!!!”
After 8 years of Bush, this statement is pathetic.
The world has grown to hate us and has lost respect for us, and it’s NOT because of Obama. It is because of the past eight years under Bush.
THAT’s why Obama made the effort re: the Olympics. DAMAGE CONTROL.
Get a clue. Your statement is pitiful.

He is entitle to his views. Freedom of Speech as the libs call it, but, to be sincere, POTUS is becoming a joke more than anything else. He speaks about doing something but does not specify sort of mumbling you know. He is more a disppointment for the liberals than a threat to the conservatives.Everyone called Bush names and no one made such a hysterical media frenzy. Grow up people no one is hurting Obama more than himself..Amen.

“Traitor? Why didn’t you use the latest anti-Obama smear characterization ‘racist’? That seems to be the latest accusation for anyone who disagrees or is critical of this man. I think ‘traitor’ is rather partisan.”
Yes, to you and your ilk it SEEMS to be the latest accusation, but that’s because your MO is twisting and about absolute superficial analysis.
There IS a racist component in the hostility towards Obama and to deny it is simply intellectually dishonest.
Unless you’ve conveniently forgotten the violence of just over forty years ago, as African Americans fought for their civil rights.
Or unless you’ve conveniently forgotten the racial tension during the Simpson trial.
Need I go on?
NO ONE has said anyone who disagrees with Obama is a racist, so enough already.
However, there is clearly an element of disrespect and hostility towards Obama and given how brief his stay in office has been, it is reasonable to surmise that there are issues of racial tension at play.
Franks a traitor?
Well, actually, I think that any elected official who runs his daily political life as if he wants this nation to be a theocracy, not a democratic Republic, is betraying the true ideals of the nation, yes.
And I do think Franks betrays his nation when he uses careless and ugly vitriol about the President that will undoubtedly rile the unstable and angry among us.
When the election was underway, I truly did not believe our nation was mature enough and ready to have a black man in the White House.
On election day, I was convinced.
Now, I’m not.
I believe THAT is what is really happening. We are WITNESSING firsthand our own immaturity as a nation and as a culture.
And it aint pretty.

Peter –”NO ONE has said anyone who disagrees with Obama is a racist, so enough already.” —
Do I need to remind you of what former President Carter said just a week or so ago? That the majority of Americans who disagree with Obama do so because he is black.
The race card gets played everytime anyone disagrees with his policy and the use of the race card is widespread throughout the democratic party.
Did you actually cite the Simpson trial as an example of Racism?? Are you kidding?? The guy was guilty as sin and still got off.. how is that racist??
The only thing that “ain’t pretty” is your thought process..

“Your post is totally inaccurate.. stop drinking the cool-aid.”
First off, come up with a new line. An original thinker, you are not. You’re a trained puppet.
Second, what would be the point of me attempting to refute your factually inadequate rant? Seriously.

“Doomsday, I wouldn’t put Bush down so fast, I mean we know nothing about your self professed Messiah”
Listen to you. More puppetspeak.
SELF-PROFESSED Messiah?
Talk about intellectual dishonesty…
Your party resents Obama because he managed to do something your leadership failed to do: PROVIDE HOPE.
So, now you’re all sour grapes and YOU have called him a Messiah, and as a perjorative, as a mockery.
“Don’t get on Beck, OReilly, and Hannity……all they do is deliver the truth!”
Exhibit A for your commitment hearing. Cheers, thanks a lot.

Peter – “”Don’t get on Beck, OReilly, and Hannity……all they do is deliver the truth!”
Exhibit A for your commitment hearing. Cheers, thanks a lot.”
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Peter, here is your chance to redeem yourself.. Simply prove yourself by citing one example from these guys that has been PROVEN to be inaccurate and thus supports your stance as reposted above.
Name something they said , then quote the source that disproves it.. but be forwarned… quoting the daily Kos or the Huffington Post will not stand as proof. I mean a legitimate source.

Phoenix Lady – “Conservatives are great “friends of humanity”, until they are born, After that, not so much. What they really (b)elieve in is every man for himself and Devil take the hindmost.”—
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Believe it or not, as a conservative, I agree with you on that to an extent.
The principle is “to every man based on his ability” as opposed to the socialist principle of “to every man based on his need”. It IS what this country was founded on.. that every man would have the unfettered opportunity to excel based on his own personal ability. With that unfettered ability also comes the ability to fail. It is a side affect of liberty. Binding the individual in a “safety net” may prevent initial individual failure, but it dooms the entire society to eventual failure.

arkie vet wrote: “Name something they said , then quote the source that disproves it.. but be forwarned… quoting the daily Kos or the Huffington Post will not stand as proof. I mean a legitimate source.”
Bill O’Reilly came out with a delicious half-truth just last Thursday. During his “Pinheads and Patriots” segment, he said: “A new study by Sacred Heart University in Connecticut says that Fox News is THE most trusted television news network in the USA. 30% of Americans say FNC is their most credible source of information. Second was CNN at 19%. Waaay down the list – NBC news 7 ½ %. For doing the study, the folks at Sacred Heart are patriots.”
But, Spinmeister O’Reilly conveniently left out the next sentence in the study: Fox News was also the television news organization trusted LEAST.
Fox News was waaay at the top of the least trusted list with 26%. Distant runners-up were NBC News and MSNBC, both with less than 10%.
File that under The Spin of Omission.
(And why do I get the feeling that arkie vet will pooh-pooh Pulitzer Prize winning PolitiFact as a source for disproving Foxy lies?)