Herman Cain doesn’t take the presidency seriously
Did I mention that Herman Cain is not a legitimate candidate for president?
Last week, you may recall, Cain refused to reveal what his policy would be toward Afghanistan. We’ve been fighting there for almost a decade; more than 100,000 American soldiers are putting their lives on the line as we sit here, and Cain, a man who criticizes President Obama for not having a clear foreign policy, says he doesn’t want to “shoot from the lip” by suggesting what course this country should take next.
He says that once elected, he would talk to the experts and generals and come up with a plan about what to do. As I noted at the time, it’s the kind of answer Miss South Carolina might give in the beauty pageant Q&A. In fact, such a lack of preparation is downright disrespectful. Cain is offering himself as a potential commander in chief and asking people to take him seriously, yet the issue of American troops fighting and dying in a far-off land for almost a decade simply hasn’t been important enough to him to justify study and thought.
And then there’s this:
In his announcement speech Saturday, Cain accused President Obama of “throwing Israel under the bus.” On Sunday, Fox News put Cain on the air, sitting him down for an interview with Chris Wallace:
Cain has clearly never encountered the term “right of return,” a phrase familiar to anyone who has done even 20 minutes of research into the Middle East conundrum. He does not know that the Palestinian claim of a “right of return,” if implemented, would mean hundreds of thousands if not millions of Palestinians now living elsewhere would be allowed to return to live in what is now the heart of Israel. He proudly claims that he would offer the Palestinians nothing, yet in saying that the right of return is something to be negotiated, he offers them everything, right down to the destruction of Israel. Yet in that ignorance, he feels qualified to assert what he calls “the Cain doctrine” regarding the Middle East.
I’m sorry. You forfeit any claim as a legitimate candidate if you do not even know what the term “right of return” means. As with the Afghanistan issue, it reflects not merely a lack of knowledge, but even worse, a basic lack of interest and respect for the high office that he seeks and for the voters who support him.
Cain talks a lot about his business career. Well, any job candidate who walked into an interview as proudly ill-prepared as Cain would be bounced out the door immediately.
– Jay Bookman
UPDATE: Cain has issued the following “clarification”:
“Stockbridge, GA)- In an interview this morning on FOX News Sunday with Christopher Wallace, Herman Cain addressed the issue of “right of return” for the country of Israel. In clarification of these remarks, Mr. Cain released the following statement:
I have long been a vocal and unwavering supporter of our friend and ally, Israel.
All Israeli governments have rejected the “right” of large numbers of Arabs or Palestinians to return to what is now the state of Israel. Such an en masse return would unbalance Israel’s demographic makeup as the world’s sole Jewish state.
In this light, should the “right of return” “be negotiated,” as I said, “if that is a decision that Israel wants to make”? Certainly, and to reiterate, it’s Israel’s call. Israel has a long record of being more gracious to its enemies than its enemies are to it, and this would be yet another example of that. But is the “right of return” a moral imperative? Is it something Israel must grant? Is it something the United States ought to encourage?
The answer is no on every count.
Our policy on Palestinian affairs must be wholly a function of our policy on Israeli affairs. Israel is a friend. Israel is an ally. Israel shares common values with us. Israel shares common interests with us, especially in the eradication of terrorism and the need for bringing peace to the region. As President, I will never lose sight of these basic facts. Any aspirant to the Presidency must have the unshakable US-Israeli alliance at the core of his or her strategic vision in the Middle East.
As your President, I would. “
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USMC
May 23rd, 2011
9:34 am
“Cynthia McKinney? Really? Wow, you guys are reaching deep.”
Reach? We didn’t “reach” at all.
Cynthia showed her @rse on the Front Page all over America and TV; not much of a reach.
But definitely typical of you Far Left-wing Radical Democrats and your Irresponsible, Un-American beliefs.
ty webb
May 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
Bosch,
seems you have “nuts” on the mind this AM.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
Sean: If he gave an actual plan, I bet he’d get more than the Republican base supporting him.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
ty,
Yeah, I’m forced to eat some kind of cardboard cereal with faux nuts in it and it’s pissing me off.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:35 am
Which do you liberals like more? The guy who says he’s going to increase troops and “win” Afghanistan and drag this out forever (the D candidate)? Or the guy who says he needs the facts at hand?
Hmmmmm
jt
May 23rd, 2011
9:36 am
Leader of the free world?
.
.yea right.
.
.
There is a latex covered finger with your name on it somewhere,, Freedom boy.
Don’t squeel………..just yell FREEEEEEEEEEEDOM.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:36 am
Adam
Hey kid. Use facepalm all you want. It must make you a God in your middle school class.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:37 am
Bosch
” Can you imagine the howls if Obama had done the same in an interview?”
Like when Obama said that we had 52 states? that’s how politics works. And we are giving your nonsense the same amount of credibility as you gave ours.
See?
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
9:37 am
GLL – really? is the Taliban running Egypt these days? Al Quaeda?? no. it’s not.
as for Iranian gunboats – they’ve been conducting anti-piracy patrols since 2008 – welcome to the real world!
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:38 am
GLL: The “kid” thing is also a useless insult. Most of your attempts at insults are. They also show pretty clearly that you have NOTHING of substance to say.
RD
May 23rd, 2011
9:38 am
Cain answered every question about his philosophy regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by saying Israel is an ally and a friend and Israel has the right to make its own decisions. The rest is just noise.
On the other hand, Obama’s actions seem to indicate that his philosophy is somewhat different.
Jay
May 23rd, 2011
9:39 am
well gee, GLL, who else might be considered “completely anti-colonialist England?”
George Washington? Thomas Jefferson? Nathan Hale? Ben Franklin?
It’s another remarkable example in which up is twisted into down and good is twisted into bad in order to condemn Obama.
Really, it’s a bad thing to be anti-colonialist?
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:39 am
USMC,
And how long has McKinney been at all relevant? Was she even relevant when she was in office?
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:39 am
jt: Leader of the free world?
.
.yea right.
What, you don’t believe in American Exceptionalism now?
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
GLL,
Get your faux poutrage facts right….Obama said 57 states. And I’m sure you’ve NEVER, EVER misspoke. Oh, yeah, you have….
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
Bosch: Where’s your well placed “youth envy” comment? Or am I thinking of someone else?
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
Speaking of dumb things to say. Obama really stepped in it this week. Those 1961 border repetitive statements may cost him FL….. he attempted to sort of backtrack, but couldn’t. Another jacka-s politician flapping in the wind.
His ME speech, and subsequent AIPAC speech were comical. And he got a dressing down from Bibi to boot.
New POTUS please!
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
USinUK
So who is killing the Christians? Other Christians? Why did bin Laden praise the “Arab Spring” in his last message?
No Iranian military craft has been allowed into the Med. since Carter’s administration. The first to go through the Suez was the week that Mubaric stepped down.
What’s it going to take? I’ll answer that: 2012.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
LWM 9:42 – sorry, I meant to use socialist, but, hey, you know, not all liberals are socialist like you.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
Adam
Run along, kid. Your hysterics are making you look bad.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
RD: On the other hand, Obama’s actions seem to indicate that his philosophy is somewhat different.
See, now THAT is a legitimate debate. One policy versus another. Let’s talk about it and work it out. But that’s hard to do when you don’t HAVE a policy regarding a (different) subject.
Jack
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
Cain is as qualified to be president as Obama.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
At least Herman Cain knows there are only 50 states; not 57 or more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMo0WlSvrIY
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
Morning, Bosch!!
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
jm: “Which do you liberals like more? The guy who says he’s going to increase troops and “win” Afghanistan and drag this out forever (the D candidate)? Or the guy who says he needs the facts at hand?”
See what I mean about people who use the meme “liberal”?
It’s a “blank” idea which is to thought what a blank round is to firearms.
So frankly I don’t think you know enough about basic political lexicon to really be taken seriously with your question, jm. Am I wrong?
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
“New POTUS please!”
Despite your daily rants against Obama, which are all based in stupid silly talking memes, it looks as though you will have to wait until 2016.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
Jay
Those people are all dead, Jay. England has been one of our best allies for years. So has Israel. . . . until now.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:42 am
At least Herman Cain knows there are only 50 states; not 57 or more:
The more I see this, the more I realize you guys have NOTHING.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
Hi USinUK! Did you have a good birthday?
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:43 am
Adam,
“The more I see this, the more I realize you guys have NOTHING.”
Yeah, so this morning we have Cynthia McKinney and “57 states” — wow.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:45 am
Bosch
This silly economy, all talking points. And only one new oil well approved while Obama pumps millions into Brazilian oil, all talking points. And our allies in the Middle east, all falling to radical Islam, all talking points, and turning our back on Israel, all talking points.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
9:45 am
Bosch – I had a lovely birthday, thanks … althought Jesus was a no-show. Son of god or not, that’s just rude.
Aquagirl
May 23rd, 2011
9:45 am
“The right of return philosophy is centric to Palestinian efforts, whereas most conservatives tend to be Israel-centric. It is not surprising that he may not have heard the terminology before.”
Awesome, Whacks. Conservatives tend to think talking/listening = capitulation. More information is ALWAYS a good thing. We lost in Viet Nam because we didn’t understand our enemy, and they understood us. Embracing ignorance is a Republican thing I’ve never understood.
jm, I personally don’t care who you support, if you’re so hot for some other candidate, save your efforts for them. Considering your lame “90% of the US” logic, you should conserve what little thought you have for candidates that matter to you.
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
9:45 am
jm: Fact: Cain has more business experience than Obama will ever have, and infinity % compared to his current experience.
Yep — that business experience will sure do him a lot of good in world politics!
GLL: Obama’s Father was completely anti-colonialist England and he was extremely anti-Semetic. the apple doesn’t fall far.
Except that he had no input from his father on his upbringing and he met his father only ONCE his entire life. Obama was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
GLL: And only one new oil well approved while Obama pumps millions into Brazilian oil, all talking points
A perfect example of having NO facts at all. What about the other 8 permits that got issued in a one month period? What about the fact that not a single oil rig left to go to Brazil? These are facts you should look into, methinks.
And I’m not even going to TOUCH that “talking points” attempt at an attack…
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
What next?
Bill Ayers and “but he’s a MUSLIM!!!”
Isn’t there enough money in the GOP bank accounts to hire somebody to come up with some new spin doctors? Because y’alls old ones are simply getting laughable.
Mighy Righty
May 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
Jay
“He says that once elected, he would talk to the experts and generals and come up with a plan about what to do.”
This is exactly the Obama policy as implemented. Not the policy he ran on. Jay you are critical of Cain for doing the Obama two step.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
9:46 am
GLL – and what does your mini-rant have to do with Israel, again?
Hambone
May 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
Dang, wished Ida bought stock in the KOOLAID company….
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
Obama sealed his fate at AIPAC this weekend:
Obama Loses in 2012
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…
Jay
May 23rd, 2011
9:47 am
Dead, but not forgotten, GLL. At least by some of us.
And they weren’t anti-England so much as they were anti-colonial. You know, the part about the right of a people to govern themselves rather than be governed by a former power.
Only in the Age of Obama could “anti-colonial” be turned into an epithet in American politics. It’s astounding really.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
USMC 9:47 – yawp…. talk about being torn between Jewish voters and the left wing nutjobs. The Democratic party has no coherence and is completely divided.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:49 am
USMC @ 9:47: At this point, whatever makes you feel good. You guys don’t even have a serious candidate yet.
jm: The Democratic party has no coherence and is completely divided.
The Republican party is looking rather divided right now, a lot more than Democrats. And that’s really saying something.
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
Jay: “Really, it’s a bad thing to be anti-colonialist?”
It’s another example of something we have the hackery of Dinesh D’Souza to thank for. He and other pseudo-intellectuals supply the blank rounds to the kids to play with, those who aren’t much more willing or able to engage in genuine thought than D’Souza himself.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
Bosch @ 9:46: To quote Jon Stewart “This isn’t even fun anymore”
Joe Mama
May 23rd, 2011
9:50 am
Jack — “Cain is as qualified to be president as Obama.”
Obama’s held the job and has experience in it.
Cain has done neither.
Consequently, Obama is *far* more qualified to be President than Cain.
Bill Callahan
May 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
Herman did say the Right Of Return was ” negotiable ” He knew what it was , it just wasn’t your Liberal answer. You and Tucker are the reason most of us dropped our subscription to the AJC and read what we want on-line . Liberal views like yours and Tucker are what is driving the demise of papers like the NY Times and the AJC . Cain is so much more qualified than the community organizer with about 180 days of Senate experience , no private business experience , no executive experience , in a word,,, clueless . That’s your candidate and you’re stuck with him
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
USinUK
A mini-rant. Listing points that completely blank what you say is a mini-rant.
If you can’t associate Israel and “bin Laden praising the takeover of almost all of North Africa by radical elements, you are far too uneducated to debate the topic.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
Two of the basic tenets that Herman Cain stands for:
Tax Cuts to SPUR the economy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdXrfIMdiU
Ask not what your country can do for you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdA1ikkoEc
RB from Gwinnett
May 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
I see C McKinney is over in Lybia supporting MK and trashing the US again. Nice…
Tell us all Jay. How many times did you endorse her over whatever opponent?
RD
May 23rd, 2011
9:52 am
“RD
Remember “I’ll get OBL”?”
@Granny – Cudos to Obama for giving the order.
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
9:52 am
“and subsequent AIPAC speech were comical.”
and yet He was applauded warmly by AIPAC…..
Scott
May 23rd, 2011
9:53 am
I love the headline “Herman Cain doesn’t take the presidency seriously”. Yeah Jay, we need Mr. Cain to take the office of President as seriously as our current Commander In Chief. Instead of promsing to focus his presidency on ways to reduce our out of control national debt or help our ailing economy, Mr. Cain should follow Obama’s example and promise to concentrate on more serious issues like playing a round of golf instead of attending the Peace Officers’ Memorial Service or enjoying Common’s words of inspiration during White House Poetry Night. Mr. Cain may also want to schedule appearances on the Daily Show, Oprah and of course, the View. These acts would show Americans that he’s serious about the presidency.
I’m willing to bet that most of the folks who are bashing Mr. Cain for not being knowledgeable of foreign affairs are the same ones who kept taunting George H.W. Bush in 1992 with “It’s the economy, stupid!”
AmVet
May 23rd, 2011
9:55 am
Based on your character vote and support for the worse president to ever be elected president of this country…
JB voted for GWB? (grin)
All this blubbering about BHO usurping that title is merely the rantings and projections of the ROYALLY duped…
Own it cons.
W is still miles and miles ahead as worst ever…
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
Jay
Only under Obama could Christians being slaughtered, churches being burned, Iranian warships traversing the Suez and our President taking the side of radical Palestine against one of our greatest allies be considered good because it’s all about “governing themselves”. Is there any amount of manure that you guys wan’t take a big bite of for the sake of Obama’s failed policies?
This may come as a big shock to you but Stalin, Pol Pot, Milošević and Hitler were all about “governing themselves”.
You make your living with words, Jay. Perhaps you should take a few hours and study the term “semantics”.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
GG 9:52 – when he backtracked from earlier comments….
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
9:56 am
GLL – you mean the Bin Laden that’s DEAD? that Bin Laden?
and do you mean Egypt which is going to hold elections in October? that Egypt?
is there lawless now? of course there is – it’s called a power vacuum.
and you listed points that had nothing whatsoever to do with Israel – which is the topic. which is why I call it a mini-rant.
Jay
May 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
GG 9:52 – when he backtracked from earlier comments….
No, he did not, jm.
Jerome
May 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
AmVet- I think they have tough guy blogger. Time for the libs to man up a bit, you think?
TnGelding
May 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
Well, he claims he doesn’t have all the pertinient information available to the president, and I concur. He’s certainly more serious than Newtie. The most intriguing thing about him to me is his short stay the the Fed. I guess he left to pursue his fortune?
jm
May 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
I wonder if Hillary can take 4 more years of Obama. I can’t decide if she’s going to quit and be done. Or if Obama is going to try to switch out his Veep.
DebbieDoRight
May 23rd, 2011
9:58 am
jm: The guy who says he’s going to increase troops and “win” Afghanistan and drag this out forever (the D candidate)? Or the guy who says he needs the facts at hand?
A. When did Obama (the guy) say that?
B. Bush signed an agreement before he lft Afghanistan to draw down troops in gradual degrees until the majority of the troops are out. So, how did Obama, renege on that agreement?
stands for decibels
May 23rd, 2011
9:59 am
Hmm. How’s Herman look in a red skirt-suit and heels?
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
9:59 am
“I see C McKinney is over in Lybia supporting MK and trashing the US again. Nice…
Tell us all Jay. How many times did you endorse her over whatever opponent?”
Yeah, How many of you idiots voted for this Buffoon??? Don’t want to admit it, huh?
(sort of like your vote for JOHN EDWARDS)
And Jay, how many times did you endorse Cynthia McKinney???
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
AmVet: Oh, they WANT to own it. Only they want to own success and not failure. Like saying that Bush is somehow responsible for OBL’s demise, and Obama deserves no credit, only blame.
Gas prices are going down right now; be sure to blame the prospectors. But when it goes up again make sure Obama gets the blame. OBL dies, make sure that you send the entire former Bush team to Sunday morning shows to tell everyone how Bush did it, and how Obama does not deserve any credit at all. But if Obama gave an order for a failed military operation, make sure he gets all the blame. Like now how Afghanistan is all his fault, but success in getting OBL has nothing to do with Obama. etc, etc, etc.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:00 am
DDR 9:58 –
A. When he was running for office. I think Cain, intelligently, has learned from the stupid things Obama said on the campaign trail and is not making the same mistake.
B. Are you that clueless? Obama increased the troop strength by 25,000 troops after taking office?
buck@gon
May 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
Jay,
“He says that once elected, he would talk to the experts and generals and come up with a plan about what to do. As I noted at the time, it’s the kind of answer Miss South Carolina might give in the beauty pageant Q&A. In fact, such a lack of preparation is downright disrespectful.”
Well, if he said we’re going to get the hell out of Afghanistan, then he’d be just like Obama was on Iraq. Are we out of Iraq yet? His “talking to the generals pap” also sounds just like Obama, who I remind you, was quite two-faced, one as a campaigner, one as a president.
I can’t help but note the incessant carp about “respectful” nonsense you liberals blather on about. Do we remember Sarah Palin’s interview with Couric? Do we remember candidate Bush’s failure to name the King of Siam? How about the ol’ “amiable dunce” line from the Reagan years?
What is clear however, is that neither YOU, JAY BOOKMAN nor Katie Couric, nor the damn NY Times, nor anyone on network news would say that Barry Obama is a stinking idiot for high-fiving the Queen of England with an I-Pod from Wal-Mart, for alienating friends and allies around the world, for invading sovereign Pakistan without their knowledge (hey, I’d bet T-bills to donuts your boss’d say, “cowboy antics” for THAT one), and for trying to humiliate BB Netanyahu last week–and failing miserably to be himself lectured and humiliated.
Let’s also not forget that even a disrespectful beauty pageant queen could probably knock Obama out of office right now, even much more, beat him in a debate. So, go ahead. Keep telling us, how Republicans are stupid, disrespectful or moronic. You may even enjoy doing so.
I consider it a duty to truth when I show what a dumbass you are, Jay Bookman.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
USinUK
So you haven’t heard bin Laden’s last address? Figures.
I do associate mobs of people chanting Kill the Jews with Israel. That association might be a little deep for you.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
Jay 9:58 – well, fine, call it “modified”, “clarified”, just like “Cain has issued the following “clarification””
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
Bill Callahan: “Liberal views like yours and Tucker are what is driving the demise of papers like the NY Times and the AJC”
Again, another example of the tendency to define “liberal” as anyone who dares to challenge the GOP line or ask its supporters to defend their views.
joe
May 23rd, 2011
10:02 am
And the majority of the readers of the AJC don’t take you seriously either, Mr. Bookman.
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
10:03 am
“our President taking the side of radical Palestine against one of our greatest allies”
this is a big stinking lie
so much for anything else you might spew….
ragnar danneskjold
May 23rd, 2011
10:03 am
A brainless argument – because a candidate requires a pundit to define the pundit’s buzzwordds, and thus allow the pundit to misrepresent his position, the candidate is therefore “illegitimate.” Sounds more like a pundit defining his own importance to me. I am a Cain supporter – he is miles ahead of the current pretender in the office, and Cain is no mere “community organizer.”
TnGelding
May 23rd, 2011
10:04 am
I’d be concerned about the cabinet Cain could assemble.
Good little liberal
May 23rd, 2011
10:04 am
Granny Godzilla
Demanding that Israel give back all the land taken in the 1967 war is not taking the side against Israel.
Explain, please.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:04 am
When is Obama going to jail for breaking US law on the Libya war?
TnGelding
May 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
That depends on what your definition of war is.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
“our President taking the side of radical Palestine against one of our greatest allies”
Mrs. G.,
You can smell the desperation in the air. If I were head of the Secret Service, I’d be hiring more folks — especially as it becomes apparent that no one will be Obama — it’s going to make alot of people really crazy.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
“So you haven’t heard bin Laden’s last address? Figures.”
again – the Bin Laden that’s DEAD.
or maybe YOU haven’t heard the news. (it was in all the papers)
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
At least Bush went to Congress to get the votes to wage war in Iraq. Obama just wages wars without the consent of Congress.
stands for decibels
May 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
a phrase familiar to anyone who has done even 20 minutes of research into the Middle East conundrum
Guess we ought to ask what constitutes “research” for GOP presidential aspirants these days. I preseume Cain is well versed in what End Timers think about the importance of the Holy Lands being controlled by the right people so that biblical prophecies can be permitted to take place.
(And yes, I do think that’s what drives a lot of right wing support for Israel in the past several decades, and I take no pleasure whatsoever in pointing this out—in fact, it pains me to do so.)
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
make that “beat” Obama.
You can see the craziness and desperation in full display here today.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
LWM 10:01 – see earlier post. And: “liberal” in the US does not mean what it did historically. Duh. Stop playing stupid liberal games. Or, I’m glad we can just call you guys “socialist” now since you admit it.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
10:06 am
“I wonder if Hillary can take 4 more years of Obama. I can’t decide if she’s going to quit and be done. Or if Obama is going to try to switch out his Veep.”–jm
Based on General Secretary Obama’s DRASTIC DROP in the polls, he will swap Hillary in for “Bozo” Biden…. And Comrade Obama will still LOSE the election in 2012
Granny Godzilla
May 23rd, 2011
10:07 am
“Demanding that Israel give back all the land taken in the 1967 war is not taking the side against Israel.”
another big stinking lie
news nerd
May 23rd, 2011
10:07 am
Regarding the reference to ” right of return”, allow me to point out that most people do not recognize the Palestinian desire to create an influx of Muslims into Israel as ” right of return.” It is right up there with the Obama Doctrine (huh?which one/ what’s that?), a fancy term to cover idealogical concepts with a broad brush.
I’ve seen more than one “re-settlement” plan described as the right to return.
“Do you think the people who call themselves Palestinians have a right to settle in Israel?” Better question.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:07 am
Bosch – “And where are these( imaginary) wars at jm?”
evidently, John Wayne was sighted in Tripoli, complete with Green Beret.
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:08 am
jm,
“Obama just wages wars without the consent of Congress.”
And where are these( imaginary) wars at jm?
AmVet
May 23rd, 2011
10:08 am
Adam, the rabid right’s insistence on completely minimizing this wonderful accomplishment of killing OBL is very telling.
They’ll bend over backwards to give credit to anybody but the CiC.
Had W gotten him, I would have likely thrown a few jabs about “Finally!”, but would have GLADLY given him the respect and accolades he deserved for orchestrating such a brilliant military move. Hell, the planning and background work, from the CiC down, took many months.
Yet these clods act like BHO just strolled into that room, completely unaware and uninvolved and aid, “OK, let’s go.”
Disgraceful, but not surprising.
But not for your garden-variety, ODS enraged neo-con…
Jay
May 23rd, 2011
10:08 am
Leftwing, my favorite example of that phenomenon came when Jim Wooten wrote a column critical of Bill O’Reilly years ago, and he was deluged with emails attacking him as a liberal.
Vincent
May 23rd, 2011
10:08 am
Barry Obumbles has not a clue as to what he is doing. What about his “57 states” comment while he was running for POTUS. Jay never said a word about that flub.
Obama is the worst President in history. Unemployment continues on, gas prices continue to rise, countries abroad continue to hate us, and Obumbles continues his socialist agenda on the U.S.
WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
jm
May 23rd, 2011
10:08 am
Bosch 10:08- a country called Libya which ignorant head in the sand liberals have never heard of
Bosch
May 23rd, 2011
10:09 am
jm,
The fact that you think we are at war with Libya demonstrates your desperation and crazy.
Mick
May 23rd, 2011
10:09 am
gll
More hyperbole, the sky did not fall on saturday nor will it fall today, tomorrow or all the way to 1026 and beyond. Get over you ODS, the president is OK…
Mr. Snarky
May 23rd, 2011
10:09 am
The Right of Return?…The Right of Return?…chirp, chirp, chirp
Themistocles (a.k.a. Left Wing Mgmt)
May 23rd, 2011
10:10 am
buck@gon: “I can’t help but note the incessant carp about “respectful” nonsense you liberals blather on about”
So Jay is a “liberal” because he uses his column to expose the indisputable fact that the GOP party is a party of extreme ideas right now? That’s weird. So if Jay’s a “liberal”, then what are you, an anti-liberal?
Mr. Snarky
May 23rd, 2011
10:10 am
Sounds like he’s had interview prep sessions with Palin.
Adam
May 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
buck@gon: Let’s also not forget that even a disrespectful beauty pageant queen could probably knock Obama out of office right now, even much more, beat him in a debate
Oboy. Is anyone else enjoying these delusions as much as I am? I’m going to have to start taking bets soon. I’ll wait until there’s an actual GOP candidate though.
USinUK
May 23rd, 2011
10:11 am
jm – thanks for confirming my 10:07.
USMC
May 23rd, 2011
10:12 am
“I’d be concerned about the cabinet Cain could assemble.”–TnGelding
Sounds pretty R@ci$t… Typical Liberal DIXIECRAT.