Here’s one to add to your Thanksgiving list
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, add this to your list of reasons to be thankful:
The leadership ranks of the main al-Qaeda terrorist network, once expansive enough to supervise the plot for Sept. 11, 2001, have been reduced to just two figures whose demise would mean the group’s defeat, U.S. counterterrorism and intelligence officials said.
Ayman al-Zawahiri and his second in command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, are the last remaining “high-value” targets of the CIA’s drone campaign against al-Qaeda in Pakistan, U.S. officials said, although lower-level fighters and other insurgent groups remain a focus of Predator surveillance and strikes….
U.S. officials who described al-Qaeda as being on the verge of defeat after Osama bin Laden was killed said they have been surprised by the pace and extent of the group’s contraction in the six months since then.
“We have rendered the organization that brought us 9/11 operationally ineffective,” a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said. Asked what exists of al-Qaeda’s leadership group beyond the top two positions, the official said: “Not very much. Not any of the world-class terrorists they once had.”
The Post story cautions that the war on al Qaeda is not yet completely won, but concludes that any threat it once posed has been greatly reduced.
– Jay Bookman
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getalife
November 23rd, 2011
12:13 pm
Lets go back to being Americans.
Mighty Righty
November 23rd, 2011
12:13 pm
This is great news. Congratulations to the Obama administration for finally accomplishing something that will benefit our country.
Finn McCool
November 23rd, 2011
12:14 pm
Glad those Democrats are so tough on terrorists. Bagging them left and right.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:15 pm
One has to wonder if we had spent $4T in economic and humanitarian investment in places like the Middle East, where unemployment for young people helped spur Al-Qaeda recruiting, would we have accomplished the same thing?
Finn McCool
November 23rd, 2011
12:16 pm
Now, can I leave my shoes on in the airport?
Can i take a bottle of tap water on the plane or do i still need to pay $1.99 for an airport bottle?
carlosgvv
November 23rd, 2011
12:18 pm
This Post story ranks right up there with us declaring victory in Vietnam and pulling out and Bush having a “mission accomplished” banner on that aircraft carrier. In other words, whistling past the graveyard comes to mind.
Mighty Righty
November 23rd, 2011
12:18 pm
I see a bunch of Democrats in Quitman, Georgia have been indicted for voter fraud. Apparently stuffing the ballot box with fraudulent votes using absentee ballots. Democrats just have to cheat. Shame, shame.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:21 pm
Mighty Righty,
“Democrats just have to cheat.”
You might want to re-think that.
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/republican-secretary-of-state-indiana-indicted-on-voter-fraud
Mighty Righty
November 23rd, 2011
12:22 pm
jewcowboy
You are joking, right! This administration can’t create jobs in this country and you suggets we create employment in the midle east! I can see it now. HOV lanes for camels.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
12:27 pm
Gee, by the title I thought we were gonna talk about halal turkeys and
that crazy Geller woman.
TaxPayer
November 23rd, 2011
12:27 pm
Righty,
I’ll see your voter fraud in the big city of Quitman and raise you a batch of NE Georgia Republican terrorists.
Shame, shame.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
12:28 pm
Mighty Righty
Jewcowboy is right and you are short sighted.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:28 pm
Mighty Righty,
“You are joking, right! ”
It’s a wonder what $4T will do when you’re not using it for purposes of war. Or $50 for that matter: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/2004globalconf_khosla.shtml
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:30 pm
Mighty Right,
We have so far spent about $1.3B per 9/11 victim. Has it been worth it? Are we truly safer…or could that money have been put to better, more creative use?
Brosephus
November 23rd, 2011
12:31 pm
I’d urge a bit of caution in getting all giddy over the “demise” of AQ. The demise of the physical does not automatically equal the demise of the ideological.
WOODSTOCK MIKE
November 23rd, 2011
12:37 pm
It’s so strange when liberals are so opposed to deficit cuts??
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45416275
Aquagirl
November 23rd, 2011
12:38 pm
I can see it now. HOV lanes for camels.
Yes, everyone rides camels and lives in tents. Like all Africans eat fried chicken and watermelon.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:38 pm
Since Republicans seem to think CEO’s would make the best President because of their business knowledge…have we received an acceptable ROI on the $4T spent?
If a company spent $4T the way the US did to receive what we have, would people be buying or selling that stock?
TaxPayer
November 23rd, 2011
12:42 pm
Republicans are more scared of the OWS folks than they are of any Al Qaeda operative. The OWS folks get to vote and stuff like Gingrich’s remarks and other Republican’s remarks might not be enough to win them over. Perhaps a bigger stack of McDonalds job applications will do the trick. Maybe some boxes of free soap wrapped in “Vote for Gingrich” labels.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 23rd, 2011
12:45 pm
I posted this in the prior thread before I saw it was dead threaded…..but since there is still enough anxiety, i just have to ask again:
Can I join the shopping trip? I don’t have a boa but I can get a Pith Helmet….. is that too YMCAish?
I am hoping that I can find a Thundershirt to help the anxiety level of our right wingnuts. The gentle liberal pressure is reported to have a dramtatic calming effect.
Adam
November 23rd, 2011
12:46 pm
OK, we have decimated their ranks. We can stop now! Troops back home, now.
Really though we can’t do crap in Afghanistan anymore and Iraq needs to handle their own affairs. Afghanistan was in Taliban hands before, now there’s a chance it wont’ be if the citizens decide so. We can clean up our act, get the troops home, and send in drones later if we’re that worried.
TaxPayer
November 23rd, 2011
12:47 pm
Did someone say deficit cuts.
…$3.3 trillion from letting temporary income and estate tax cuts enacted in 2001, 2003, 2009, and 2010 expire on scheduled at the end of 2012 (presuming Congress also lets relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax expire, as noted below)…
We got you deficit cuts. And the great thing about them is that you don’t have to do a thing to get them, by default. And we know how good Republicans are at doing nothing.
Welcome to the Occupation
November 23rd, 2011
12:48 pm
When Obama pardoned his turkeys, was Boner and Canned-tor anywhere to be seen?
getalife
November 23rd, 2011
12:49 pm
“We have to recognize that 15 of the sites, nuclear sites are available or are potentially penetrable by jihadists,” Bachmann said. “Six attempts have already been made on nuclear sites. This is more than an existential threat. We have to take this very seriously.”
I think she just told us some classified information.
Ooops.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:51 pm
Keep,
Thanks so much for the link! I have a mini-Dachshund that REALLY needs this. I just ordered it.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 23rd, 2011
12:55 pm
JCB, if it really works let me know. I have seen a few dogs with travel anxiety and would love to have an alternative to meds.
Now as to our Republican friends……..if the shirt doesn’t work, there is crating I guess.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
12:57 pm
Keep,
“Now as to our Republican friends……..if the shirt doesn’t work, there is crating I guess.”
Romney is pro-crating. Just ask Seamus.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html
Talking Head
November 23rd, 2011
12:57 pm
I am thankful that by this time next year, we will have a new POTUS.
josef
November 23rd, 2011
1:00 pm
good fight
I answered you down there!
Mighty Righty
“This is great news. Congratulations to the Obama administration for finally accomplishing something that will benefit our country.”
Coming from you, that is a great complement…seriously…
Adam
November 23rd, 2011
1:00 pm
Talking Head: I am thankful that by this time next year, we will have a new POTUS.
I’m thankful that you are so delusional as to believe this
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
1:00 pm
Keep
So I’m not the only one who slips the Lab a benedryl for long trips?
HEY WHERE’S BOSCH??
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 23rd, 2011
1:06 pm
Granny, only some of the service dogs I work with have travel anxiety. Not sure what they do on the planes when they fly….maybe a few shots since they are in the cabin.
Would be nice to have a non-chemical potential.
Welcome to the Occupation
November 23rd, 2011
1:06 pm
Talking Head: “I am thankful that by this time next year, we will have a new POTUS.”
I’m not. No matter who is in there in ‘13, including the present occupant, it will be for the WORSE.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
1:07 pm
Keep
Old Joe recognizes the golden arches….We spoil that dog.
Mick
November 23rd, 2011
1:09 pm
Yes, one more year then we can get down to business with a dem house/senate and obama for four more. Put the pedal to the metal….
DebbieDoRight
November 23rd, 2011
1:09 pm
Oh Noze!!! You mean those wussy liberals are actually doing what they’se been paids to do? Lordy lordy!! Next thing ya know, they’ll be claiming that theys gots Bin Laden! Oh wait……….
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:10 pm
Granny Godzilla,
“So I’m not the only one who slips the Lab a benedryl for long trips?”
1 an hour before we leave, 1 when we leave and 1 for every hour on the road. And that barely contains him. If I took that many, you would have to change my name to Rip Van Winkle.
josef
November 23rd, 2011
1:11 pm
Granny
Well, if you’re going to strap him to the roof of the car, you better benadryl him!
Al Kada
November 23rd, 2011
1:12 pm
I’m thankful that Bush authorized the use of torture on these guys. Though it violates the Geneva Accords, the U.S. Constitution, the Great Commandment, and all basic tenents human decency, it sure is cool that we can use torture to catch these guys. You go W! Sic ‘em!
DebbieDoRight
November 23rd, 2011
1:13 pm
SoCoBro: The demise of the physical does not automatically equal the demise of the ideological.
Word. We’ve got to make our actions match our words. No more volatile rhetoric and screaming everytime we see someone who “looks Arabic” in the grocery line.
Adam: Really though we can’t do crap in Afghanistan anymore and Iraq needs to handle their own affairs. Afghanistan was in Taliban hands before, now there’s a chance it wont’ be if the citizens decide so. We can clean up our act, get the troops home, and send in drones later if we’re that worried.
Word.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
1:15 pm
josef
strap to the roof? hell he wants to drive.
Jimmy62
November 23rd, 2011
1:19 pm
Good thing we didn’t listen to left, or we woulda left them alone to murder years ago.
josef
November 23rd, 2011
1:20 pm
Granny
just so long as you don’t let him text….
Mick
November 23rd, 2011
1:21 pm
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That’s the secret recipe for my key lime, coded of course…
getalife
November 23rd, 2011
1:22 pm
Common sense by focusing on aq was the right strategy.
They will get the other two leaders soon.
newt told you cons to stay scared for the rest of your miserable lives but real Americans were never scared of a small gang of radicals.
It is time to go back to being Americans and restore American rights.
Ron Paul is right on the patriot act.
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
1:24 pm
Ridding the world of theocrats is something to be thankful for, indeed.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:26 pm
“Ridding the world of theocrats is something to be thankful for”
Wait…I must have missed something. Did something happen to the Republican Party?
A dad
November 23rd, 2011
1:28 pm
In the spirit of the season, I want to give thanks to those who truly deserve it with reference to bin Laden … my boys at DEVGRU, and with reference to al Queda, all the men and women who honorably serve this country, the CIA and DOD intell analysts, and everyone who worked together to cripple a Queda. Unfortuantely, very few of them live and work in DC.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
1:31 pm
A Dad
and three cheers for those of us still having to pay for it too!
DebbieDoRight
November 23rd, 2011
1:35 pm
Wait…I must have missed something. Did something happen to the Republican Party?
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Finn McCool
November 23rd, 2011
1:35 pm
Occupy the Gravy
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2011/11/ows_vs_the_tea_party_supercommittee_failure_the_republican_presidential_race_slate_s_annual_guide_to_your_thanksgiving_dinner_table_arguments_.html
DebbieDoRight
November 23rd, 2011
1:36 pm
In the spirit of the season, I want to give thanks to those who truly deserve it with reference to bin Laden
IOW – ANYBODY BUT OBAMA!!!! The Socialist/Marxist/Liberal DICTATOR!!!!
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
1:39 pm
Did something happen to the Republican Party?
Patience, JCB. Rome wasn’t sacked in a day.
philosopher
November 23rd, 2011
1:40 pm
Yes, indeed-thankful for the sacrifices and courage of every last one of them-even the ones who footed the bill to help it happen and the ones who had the courage to to make the important decisions. However, I am NOT thankful for the lies that put those great women and men in Iraq. When the folks who began it all sit down to stuff themselves tomorrow, I hope visions of Thanksgiving tables around the country missing loved ones crowd their heads the whole day long!
getalife
November 23rd, 2011
1:41 pm
Interesting story on the gop civil war:
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/23/the_gop_needs_a_brokered_convention/singleton/
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:41 pm
I’ve found my new political affiliation: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/politics/cocktail-party-in-atlanta-is-a-blend-of-political-views.html
josef
November 23rd, 2011
1:46 pm
jewcowboy
@1: 41
I think I could join that one myself…
pat
November 23rd, 2011
1:47 pm
Thanks…Something whiny liberals are short on… “Ask what your country can do you you and why it hasn’t done it yet”
Finn McCool
November 23rd, 2011
1:48 pm
OMG, the Amish terrorists are taking over!
Authorities raided the compound of a breakaway Amish group in eastern Ohio on Wednesday morning and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in hair-cutting attacks against Amish men and women.
Get the …umm. buggy out of the shed. We got to catch em.
getalife
November 23rd, 2011
1:50 pm
“Ask what your country can do you you and why it hasn’t done it yet”
Try again pat.
You can do better than that .
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:53 pm
A lot of people say, “What’s that?” It’s Pat!
A lot of people ask, “Who’s he? Or she?”
A ma’am or a sir, accept him or her
or whatever it might be.
It’s time for androgyny.
Here comes Pat!
Mick
November 23rd, 2011
1:55 pm
jewcowboy
Been doing that for months at the blue martini, interesting place – I’m usually the only gringo amongst the hispanics and brazillians…
pat
November 23rd, 2011
1:57 pm
Since the Christmas season is starting up I’d like to point out that atheists are illogical stupid people who think that nothing can do something. And they call religious people dumb! What was the last time you saw nothing, do something? Hint. Never. Nothing has no properties it can’t do anything
Finn McCool
November 23rd, 2011
1:57 pm
Let’s hope Obama opens another can of whoop arse – this time on the leader of those Amish terroristas.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:58 pm
“And they call religious people dumb! ‘
No…but if the shoe fits for you…
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
1:59 pm
I see pat has been hitting the eggnog a might bit early today.
Adam
November 23rd, 2011
2:00 pm
pat: Your argument is ridiculous, because it presumes that there is a “something” in the first place that can do “something” about…. well, about what exactly? We make the decisions in our lives, not some all powerful being.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:01 pm
Adam,
“not some all powerful being.”
You mean Obama doesn’t control my actions?
Jimmy62
November 23rd, 2011
2:01 pm
Isn’t it sad that after three years controlling the White House and the Senate, the Democrats have yet to propose a single budget, despite that specifically being laid out as their duty? They can’t even propose a budget after three years, but somehow have you fools convinced it’s the GOP being recalcitrant. Bring up a freaking budget!!! Until they do, they are worse than “the party of no” because they won’t even make a proposal. They are “the party of we can do whatever we want because the press will cover us.”
Also, waiting for mention that the man who shepherded Obama into public office and raised money for him and helped him get elected to the state senate, Rezko, was just sentenced to 10 years for fraud. They didn’t get him for the bigger fraud he pulled, which was convincing anyone that Obama is competent and not a far left nutcase who pals around with racists and domestic bombers. Of course the press is conspicuously not mentioning Obama’s name in the articles posted about the sentencing. Wouldn’t want to reveal the truth, that Obama only got where he is because of a lot of very illegal activity.
Gator Joe
November 23rd, 2011
2:03 pm
Jay:
Interesting how the Right criticizes the President when he has done the best he can, done well in my opinion, in spite of their obstruction and mindless opposition. Their behavior is the political equivalent of hog tying him, punching him in the mouth and then saying, “Obama, you’re a lousy boxer!”
The Obama administration has done more damage to Alqaeda, than Bush and Cheney did in their eight years of wasting lives and money in an immoral unnecessary war, and torturing prisoners. By the way, added to the Right Wing’s obstruction is their debts for the unpaid-for war and tax cuts.
I’m thankful for the election of the first President of color, and I’m ashamed of the behavior of the Right and their treatment of him.
Armed Liberal
November 23rd, 2011
2:03 pm
Brokered GOP Convention?
Won’t that be fun!
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:03 pm
OK. Riddle me this. What goes:
Clop clop clop.
Bang bang bang.
Clop clop clop
?
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:06 pm
Jimmy62, two threads down, I asked:
You claim there are “rapes, murders, assaults, muggings, etc.” — which of these have been associated with OWS organizers?
Well?
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:07 pm
An amish drive-by shooting.
getalife
November 23rd, 2011
2:08 pm
jimmy,
Your ods needs serious treatment.
Any thoughts on the topic?
Schrodinger's cat
November 23rd, 2011
2:08 pm
Adam @ 2:00- “We make the decisions in our lives, not some all powerful being.”
——————————————————————————————————
Most faiths would agree…so where’s the conflict?
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:12 pm
“Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.” ~ Carl Sagan
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:13 pm
JCB @ 2.07, correct.
(Figured as long as we were indulging in Amish-bashing, I’d contribute the one ethnically-insensitive joke I happen to know…)
T
November 23rd, 2011
2:16 pm
You are a fool if you believe this. True, we have made great strides in the war against them, but if you really believe that they are becoming obsolete, you are being foolish. This is the only thing that Obama can run on, and the liberals like Jay know it. They are going to throw the death of Bin Laden in the face of voters, and say “Hey, look what I did.” It won’t work, so please stop trying that route. And if this is the mentality the White House is going to take, then we will be right back where we were before 9/11. A Clinton mentality towards terrorism is a weak approach. They should remain on the offensive and eradicate them all. Bin-Laden was a nobody at one point, so there has to be someone else who is waiting to take the reigns and lead. So liberals, rejoice in thinking there has been a demise, it isn’t true.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:16 pm
stands for decibels,
Why don’t witches get pregnant?
T
November 23rd, 2011
2:20 pm
“I’m thankful for the election of the first President of color, and I’m ashamed of the behavior of the Right and their treatment of him” – Gator Joe
Really? His treatment is well deserved. Have you seen the economy lately? His color doesn’t give him the right to NOT be criticized. No one is attacking based on his color, and if they are, then they low-life’s who truly have no business speaking at all. I am tired of people using his color as a scapegoat for his horrible domestic and foreign policies. And tired of how he is being treated…anybody remember how vile and hateful the speech was towards Bush? Of course not, you guys only look at one side of the coin and speak out of both sides of your mouths.
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
2:22 pm
Broker convention?
Just flip a coin and get it over with.
It’s not like the GOP nominee actually has a shot at winning.
Or eeny meany miney moe perhaps?
Draw straws?
Granny Godzilla
November 23rd, 2011
2:23 pm
T
bag it.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:28 pm
T,
“And tired of how he is being treated…”
When was Laura Bush booed? Yes, I know I’m taking an angular approach to this, but it goes to overall issue of respect (or more to the point lack of respect)…and yes, race does play a part in that. Does that mean that Obama shouldn’t be accountable for what he has or hasn’t done? Of course not, and though I could be wrong, I don’t think that was what Gator Joe was saying.
Talking Head
November 23rd, 2011
2:29 pm
“Let’s hope Obama opens another can of whoop arse – this time on the leader of those Amish terroristas.”
I’m suprised he hasn’t already condemned them for ‘acting stupidly’
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:30 pm
Granny Godzilla,
Tag?
Duck, duck goose?
Red Rover?
Rock, paper, scissors?
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:30 pm
JCB, because their husbands have hollow weenies.
(thank you, Intertubes.)
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:31 pm
I’m suprised he hasn’t already condemned them for ‘acting stupidly’
Talking Head, are you feeling particularly oppressed today?
there, there. It’s ok. There’s hope for your race!
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:32 pm
When was Laura Bush booed?
Never, far as I know.
And I’d *NEVER* defend any DFHs who’d be so low-class as to do so, if they had.
Filter
November 23rd, 2011
2:32 pm
T,
You’re right. No one is attacking him because of his color. he is being attacked, not for what he has done, not for what he hasn’t done, not for his fiscal policy, not for any of those reasons.
He is being attacked for having the wrong letter after his name.
If it were deeper than that then the Tea Party would not have emerged only AFTER his inauguration, it would have been a “potent” force questioning the run away spending and the unprecedented expansion of government of his predecessor. No before you fall into histrionics I am not blaming Bush here, just pointing out that the right had no problem with GWB but within days of a D being elected it was “Storm the Bastille”.
So face it. If Jesus himself has been inaugurated as a D in January 2009 the same attacks would have come all the same.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:32 pm
stands for decibels,
Filter
November 23rd, 2011
2:35 pm
In other words, it’s about pure ideology, not actions or inaction. Your side would be much better served if they just fessed up to it.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:35 pm
“If Jesus himself has been inaugurated as a D in January 2009 the same attacks would have come all the same.”
Of course, at least then they would have had reason to ask for his birth certificate.
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:36 pm
If Jesus himself has been inaugurated as a D in January 2009 the same attacks would have come all the same.
This is helpful to remember the next time some guy tells you “ya know, if they’d a’ nominated Hillary, that woulda been ok! Yeah, she’s got balls…”
(And remember that casual, overt sexism is a f–kload more acceptable in this country than casual, overt racism…)
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 23rd, 2011
2:37 pm
Well, if Obama gets reelected I can take that. What I can’t take is No. 1 Foxy Lady showing up on here and telling us all to . . . well, you know.
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:39 pm
What I can’t take is No. 1 Foxy Lady showing up on here and telling us all to . . . well, you know.
I could live a thousand years and still not understand how Josef doesn’t find this funny.
jewcowboy
November 23rd, 2011
2:39 pm
stands for decibels,
“ya know, if they’d a’ nominated Hillary, that woulda been ok! Yeah, she’s got balls…”
That is what baffles me. Today many of the Republicans act like she is the greatest thing since apple pie…yet when she was 1st Lady and Senator, she was worse than satan to them. Totally confuses me.
stands for decibels
November 23rd, 2011
2:44 pm
Totally confuses me
JCB, are you unaware of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show#Operation_Chaos
T
November 23rd, 2011
2:45 pm
Granny Godzilla – Bag it? Are you friends with the Fonz or something? Sit on it Potsy. Way to act maturely.
jewcowboy- I will completely agree with you that there is a growing lack of respect in this country. BUT, and I have to say but here, I believe that she has also put herself in the front with a lot of controversial statements that deserve to be boo’d. She shouldn’t be excluded from criticism either just because she is African-American & a woman. Now how many times was Laura Bush boo’d? No idea, but I do know she never said that she wasn’t proud of this country until her husband was elected. But I think race gets injected by the lunatics on both sides. Like I said, people who let that effect the way they vote are not mentally stable. But to your point about the lack of respect, it deeply saddens me that people don’t hold their elders, high ranking officials, soldiers, and others who deserve the respect of us all.
Filter- Disagree. Anybody who had “D” by their name was going to get elected that year. The true Presidential election was between Obama and Hillary. Had Jesus ran as a “R” even he wouldn’t have been elected that year. And also, Obama had it easy for 2 years. He had free control of both Houses and when he started implementing his policies is when the backlash began. Go back and look at his poll numbers the first 2 years, they were off the charts.
DebbieDoRight
November 23rd, 2011
2:46 pm
josef: That is what baffles me. Today many of the Republicans act like she is the greatest thing since apple pie…yet when she was 1st Lady and Senator, she was worse than satan to them. Totally confuses me.
that’s because you’re a “thinker” and not a “reactionary”. Thinkers try to understand – “Is fear of strident retribution one of the causes that moderate muslims don’t speak out enough about jihadists?”
Whereas a reactionary “reacts” – “They’re ALL dangerous!!”
A thinker would see the need to have friend within the Muslim world that understood the mores of the people.
A reactionary can only see his pointed nose on his big head, staring down the sites on a rifle.