Growing tired of the omnitopical presidency
Our bitter, aggravated politics has many fathers, from gerrymandering to genuine, deep and abiding differences of opinion about how to move the country forward. But here’s another problem with our politics I’ve noticed lately: We can’t escape it.
I don’t mean the 24-7 frequency of our news media — in the age of Twitter, it’s really 60-60-24-7 — although that bears part of the blame. Rather, I’m talking about the increasing tendency of our politicians, especially our presidents and those who would be president, to pop up everywhere else, too: on Oprah and The View, on Leno and Letterman, during SportsCenter and the Super Bowl and the Final Four.
A friend’s mother calls this “inmaface.” As in, you can do things with which I disagree, just don’t do them “inmaface.” When it’s harder and harder to enjoy the apolitical without the intrusion of the politicos, they’re inmaface.
I think political handlers think this is a way to soften their man’s (or woman’s) image, to make him seem more human, to lessen the polarization toward him. And maybe there’s something to it: Barack Obama, who has taken the omnitopical, borderline-celebrity presidency to a new level, remains more well-liked than his approval ratings would suggest.
Maybe that’s because he complains about the vagaries of the Bowl Championship Series and fills out March Madness brackets — hey, just like me! I wonder, though, if there won’t be diminishing returns to flooding the airwaves this way.
When I watched Obama talk about his daughters and basketball during halftime of the men’s college title game Monday, I was struck again that, for all my and other conservatives’ complaints about his policies, Obama seems like a genuinely good father and family man.
But when he picked his Final Four? Heck, I barely want to watch Dick Vitale pick the Final Four, much less a president with more important things to do and think about. I’d rather hear Obama talk about what he’d do to stop Washington’s red ink. Or, better yet, what he plans to tell Vladimir Putin once his “last election” is over and he has more “flexibility.”
Before the week was up, he was at it again, opining through his press secretary that the Augusta National Golf Club ought to begin admitting female members. And, lest you think my complaints are only about Obama: His Republican opponent from 2008, John McCain, and his presumptive opponent this fall, Mitt Romney, made sure to air the same belief.
Personally, I couldn’t care less what Augusta National does — and have a hard time believing that it says anything meaningful about equality for a woman or two to join a private club for the 1 percent of the 1 percent of the 1 percent. So why do Obama and McCain and Romney have to chime in?
In their defense, often it’s because they’re asked about these topics by my colleagues in the media. And maybe Romney, for instance, would have declined to answer about a private club’s choices if he felt confident it wouldn’t become the latest skirmish in the GOP’s alleged “war on women.” (Promisingly, he declined to prognosticate about March Madness.)
But then, the possibility a non-answer about women joining a country club would become political fodder speaks to our bitter polarization.
We’re electing a president, not a pundit-of-all-trades. The job is demanding and — just as important — it has limits. Maybe, just maybe, we’d have higher opinions of those who would hold that job if they kept their opinions within those limits.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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285 comments Add your comment
Linda
April 7th, 2012
9:56 pm
Sheesh, What happened to your faith? Please answer tomorrow in the light of the day.
Oblama
April 7th, 2012
9:59 pm
OblamaNation – government of the government, by the government and for the government. Also known as socialism/communism. This election is about the economy, jobs and reduction of the federal debt.
SheeshLouise
April 7th, 2012
10:02 pm
Linda, Linda. Yeah yeah. So you just attach YOUR god to suit YOUR constitution and declaration. Hence the root of the problem. OF COURSE they were talking “Jesus” – the blond haired blue eyed blue we see in all the pictures with the East L.A. name, although he hailed from what is a region in North Africa. Yeah, that one. Good night Linda. May YOU be the one whose sight becomes clearer.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
April 7th, 2012
10:04 pm
SheeshLouise, the difference between liberals like you and open-minded people like me is that I can excuse the use of the term “We are a Christian nation” as being just easier to say, rather than believing that a majority of people believe that statement to be true. You, however, use it AS an excuse to attack those of the Christian faith for whatever ills some may have caused you.
It is the difference between my being intellectually honest and your being petty.
Linda
April 7th, 2012
10:18 pm
Sheesh@10:02, I did not write the Declaration of Independence.
Lil' Barry Blowhard
April 7th, 2012
11:26 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Unexpectedly Revised Downward)
April 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
Your Idiot Klown Obozo has driven American workers into the ditch after inheriting a recovery.
Only in LBB’s alternate reality universe would a -8.2% GDP and losing 700,000 jobs per month be considered a recovery. You really should seek help, you’re losing it.
Hashim
April 7th, 2012
11:38 pm
I myself am proud of both Pres. Obama and Gov. Romney for endorsing admitting women to Augusta National. The very idea that, i.e., the (female) CEO of IBM is unqualified because she’s a woman is just laughable.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
April 8th, 2012
12:23 am
The economists who decide such things say the recovery began in June 2009.
How did Obozo blow it?
Michael H. Smith
April 8th, 2012
2:08 am
Ever notice how when these Marxist want to deflect the focus away from the failings of their Socialist Democracy agenda, its’ failed leaders and its’ promise of delivering a man-made government authored “UTOPIA” that is meant as a substitute for the righteousness of a bona-fide “THEOCRACY” that is predicted to come, they pitifully attempt to attack a religious faith they are so ignorantly inept to spiritually discern that they must attack it and its’ followers with the best convoluted false information they can emotionally contrive by their fleshly means?
Although a decline is noticeable in the number of people who identify with Christianity, as recently as this Gallup Poll survey(12-12-11) indicates, Christianity remains the dominate religion in the United States.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/151760/christianity-remains-dominant-religion-united-states.aspx
Fact: The U.S. is a nation where the majority of its’ people identify with the Christian faith.
Fact: The founding fathers were of a religious mixture, although the majority did believe in a “Supreme Being”, some like Ben Franklin were Deist. Hence as this line segment found in the Declaration would show deference to the Deist theological view… “to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”
Fact: Not every born-again believer is a “Christian”, nor have they a life of “Christ-like perfection” although everyone of them have been forgiven. ~ John 3:16
Fact: Born again believers need no lectures from infidels(the spiritually dead), least needful of all is their non-Biblical “false teachings” and “vain assertions” made concerning the doctrine of charity and how it is to be made manifest in the lives of born-again believers, whether they are indeed, “Christian”, or the blood washed followers who worship Jesus Christ from afar (Biblical speak) ~ 2 Timothy 2:15
Fact: Altruism from whatever descriptive authoring source obama, Karl Marx or Ayn Rand it is readily rejected by born-again believers because it falsely imitates the charity authored by God to serve HIM and HIS glory – not because it adheres to “anti-statism” primarily the redress of Libertarians(even though Ayn Rand wasn’t a Libertarian or a Conservative) ~ Matthew 10:42
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? ~ 1 Corinthians 15:55
Rejoice, for HE risen!
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
April 8th, 2012
7:52 am
Oblama: This election is about the economy, jobs and reduction of the federal debt.
———
For those still engaged in the productive “maker” class it is. For those in the “taker” class (Obozo’s parasite base) it’s about which candidate will give them more handouts.
Are there more makers than takers these days? Obozo is working hard to make sure there aren’t.
SheeshLouise
April 8th, 2012
7:54 am
Yes of course. Evil forces have a tendency to REWRITE history, take a LIE and regurgitate it in the history books, media, etc., call it being “open minded” while the idea is reinforced in the minds of those blinded by bigotry and hatred of those of other religious faiths, races, ethnicities, etc. By the way, that’s called “propoganda”. The net result is a country where idiots like you Tiberius and Linda who in one breath try to refute the idea that one particular political ideology in this country places a corner on God/Christianity, then in the NEXT THOUGHT slaps a label of “liberal” on someone as an attempt to undermine their relationship with God, simply because they tell a bit of TRUTH. You each prove my points over and over again. Your eyes and minds are in fact closed. You willingly accept a lie to suit your agenda. Not surprising, because like I said, you and your type are of EVIL, period. Happy Easter. Go get your FAKE on!
Michael H. Smith
April 8th, 2012
8:47 am
Yeah, enjoy your worship of the goddess “Ester” and the “Ester Bunny” too.
Meanwhile, those who choose to believe the Christian Bible and the Gospel of Jesus Christ will do just fine in their faith and political views as well, without the intolerant misguided ignorant false beliefs that others attempt to place on them by means of lies and distortions.
BTW, the other term for “Propaganda” is “Public Relations”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
AU Liberal in ATL
April 8th, 2012
8:54 am
Compared to the last president and the current crop of wannabes, President Obama is a bonafide Rock Star. If you’re not comfortable with that by now you’ll be pulling out the rest of your hair over the next four years.
For the record, this hard working, tax paying, do my own thinking, 57 year old, out and proud liberal has had a full time job for over 40 years. No “welfare hound” here. Guess you really are stupid, Lilly.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
April 8th, 2012
9:11 am
Thanks for enabling those trillion-dollar deficits every year, AU. At least you have a rock star to worship.
The receptacles and their Idiot Klown are destroying America.
Dirty Dawg
April 8th, 2012
10:18 am
You can be tired of this ‘omnitopical’ President if you wish, at the same time you’ll understand how so may of us are over you ‘one-trick-ponies’ – namely to do and say anything that will undermine Obama even if it means undermining the country. Just understand that come Nov 7, I, along with a few hundred million others, will be rejoicing that a bunch of right-wing billionaires will have pissed away a gazillion dollars, and all they’ll have to show for it is the hate they spread around.
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
11:11 am
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
April 8th, 2012
9:11 am
Thanks for enabling those trillion-dollar deficits every year, AU. At least you have a rock star to worship.
The receptacles and their Idiot Klown are destroying America.
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The Republican “trash receptacles” and their CONSISTENT HATRED of Obama
is DESTORYING AMERICA.
They keep STINKING UP America with their HATE.
HATE is what will RE-ELECT Obama in November.
Thanks to people like YOU and others on this blog.
Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:13 am
Dawg
namely to do and say anything that will undermine Obama even if it means undermining the country.
You got that bassackards dawg, Oblamer is the one undermining the country, in fact he told us he would, when he said he wanted to “fundamentally change” America. The majority of Americans, that would not include democrats I guess, thought America was a shining example to the rest of the world and a wonderful special place to begin with, and did not need fundamental change, just a little clean up.
Oblamer has been trying to engineer his change, but thanks to his steadfast loyal opponents and the stability provided by our great Constitution, he has struggled. Thankfully, there is still time for the people to correct their mistake and send this man and his fundamental change back to Chicago and the ash heap of history.
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
11:14 am
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
April 8th, 2012
7:52 am
Oblama: This election is about the economy, jobs and reduction of the federal debt.
———
For those still engaged in the productive “maker” class it is. For those in the “taker” class (Obozo’s parasite base) it’s about which candidate will give them more handouts.
Are there more makers than takers these days? Obozo is working hard to make sure there aren’t.
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I REPEAT
The Republican “trash receptacles” and their CONSISTENT HATRED
of Obama is DESTORYING AMERICA.
They keep STINKING UP America with their HATE.
HATE is what will RE-ELECT Obama in November.
Thanks to people like YOU and others on this blog.
Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:17 am
Hate is the most overused word currently in circulation today, except for racism. Those words are the last resort of the witless and illiterate, who don’t have the ability to logically argue issues.
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
11:18 am
@Lil’ Barry Blowhard
April 7th, 2012
11:26 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Unexpectedly Revised Downward)
April 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
Only in LBB’s alternate reality universe would a -8.2% GDP and losing 700,000 jobs per month be considered a recovery. You really should seek help, you’re losing it.
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LBB is a LOSER, he knows it and he just CAN’T HELP HIMSELF.
He is JEALOUS of the love for a BLACK MAN (Obama).
He is the GREEN EYED MONSTER.
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
11:19 am
@Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:17 am
Hate is the most overused word currently in circulation today, except for racism. Those words are the last resort of the witless and illiterate, who don’t have the ability to logically argue issues
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Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
11:25 am
@Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:17 am
Hate is the most overused word currently in circulation today, except for racism. Those words are the last resort of the witless and illiterate, who don’t have the ability to logically argue issues
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Those TALKING POINTS are MUTE to those of us
WHO KNOW THE TRUTH.
You CAN’T PUT the stuff (whew) back into the horse.
INTELLECTUAL IGNORANCE are the most UNDERUSED words
currently in circulation today.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
April 8th, 2012
11:27 am
Funny, but repeating the same wrong thing over and over again never makes it right.
Just repetitive.
As of this morning, the sane on here have proven that not every President engages in the same American Idol, please love me 24/7 political mode as the current Disaster-in-Chief does.
We’ve proven that TV talk shows aren’t a relatively recent phenomena and that only two President have reduced the dignity of their office by appearing on that medium and that both were Democrats.
We’ve proven that we aren’t a Christian nation and that it isn’t really meant as such by people of faith when they use the term.
We’ve proven that this nation was, indeed, founded on Judeo-Christian principles.
In short, we’ve refuted virtually every attempt to give the current Disaster-in-Chief a pass from Kyle’s column, and have received nothing in return but mindless attacks, faulty Bible passages, and enough deflection to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
All wrapped up in a singular message of hate for everything conservative and / or Christian.
As usual, liberals never fail to express their feelings, rather than their knowledge on issues.
TruthBe
April 8th, 2012
11:45 am
Obama is a LIAR, and all you “useful idiots” don’t have a clue. Obama and his liberal bunch of media “New World Order” progressives have all of you juice drinkers fooled. Obama will use ALL kinds of media to lie and misguild you.
Also “gm” The Obama’s, Barrack and Michelle don’t have a clue what we the “Little People” go thru. It’s proven by their lifestyle examples of million dollar taxpayer’s paid for vacations. Too many to name them all. Wake Up Brother. The Obama’s only share their skin color with you, nothing else. And if that’s only what counts with you, than you truly are a racist.
TruthBe
April 8th, 2012
11:49 am
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House – But How Dare He Live In The White House Get to work BOY. And pay for those vacations for the Obama’s. NOW!
Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:50 am
Oblama built the White House
The only think this man ever built was an alibi and his distorted self image.
Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:54 am
INTELLECTUAL IGNORANCE is an oxymoron, try again.
TruthBe
April 8th, 2012
11:55 am
AU Liberal in ATL , NO, you are if you are stilled fooled by this Liar-in chief Obama we have for our president. Come November this Liar will be put out to pature back in “Pay to Play”, Chicago southside Million Dollar Getto where he belongs.
TruthBe
April 8th, 2012
12:04 pm
Ol’ Timer, As you said of “yourself” judt plain STUPID. And you are.
DebbieDoRight
April 8th, 2012
12:18 pm
Kyle: In their defense, often it’s because they’re asked about these topics by my colleagues in the media.
Enough said. you should’vve ended it there BUT you couldn’t help letting your true colors show……………
We’re electing a president, not a pundit-of-all-trades. The job is demanding and — just as important — it has limits. Maybe, just maybe, we’d have higher opinions of those who would hold that job if they kept their opinions within those limits.
it’s so sad to see someone so unevolved that they can’t or won’t separate an asked for OPINION from an UNASKED one. It would be one thing if President Obama just gave his opinions willy nilly without being asked, but quite another when he gives one that was solicited.
don’t let the hate blind you from the simple truth – try to be more thsn what your handlers groomed you to be.
Sara B.
April 8th, 2012
12:21 pm
INTELLECTUAL IGNORANCE is an oxymoron
Bingo! Now you’ve got it!!
carlosgvv
April 8th, 2012
12:31 pm
TruthBe
The men in white coats from the home are here to take you back and give you your meds. After you’ve taken your meds and had a nice nap you will feel better.
Michael H. Smith
April 8th, 2012
12:37 pm
Oh but of course, conservative and Christian are not of necessity synonymous. Howbeit, people of the Christian faith do tend to be conservative in clinging to the idea of a Constitutional Representative Republic in rejection of the alternative that surfaced around the 1900s with the idea of Social – ist Democracies thanks to the likes of Woodrow Wilson and Edward Barneys and their counter parts in Germany at the time. Which, the German use of the term Propaganda, was of course the reason for Barneys dropping the use of the term “Propaganda” in exchange for the other name by which it is known, “Public Relations”. Interestingly enough, Barneys, a relative of Sigmund Freud, incorporated the Freudian fear tactics into his “Propaganda” messages with very effective results. Something to this day that is used in commerce and politics to manipulate, control and motive the masses into action – eg. Like obama’s recent apocalyptic doom and gloom public diatribe against the Republicans on the budget and environment.
So I guess we’ve now proven that propaganda or public relations is fundamental to the progressives(liberal socialists) promoting their “Social Democracy” agenda.
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Social Democracy: political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political processes. Based on 19th-century socialism and the tenets of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, social democracy shares common ideological roots with communism but eschews its militancy and totalitarianism. Social democracy was originally known as revisionism because it represented a change in basic Marxist doctrine, primarily in the former’s repudiation of the use of revolution to establish a socialist society.
The social-democratic movement grew out of the efforts of August Bebel, who with Wilhelm Liebknecht cofounded the German Social Democratic Party.(NAZI)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551073/social-democracy
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
April 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
“It would be one thing if President Obama just gave his opinions willy nilly without being asked, but quite another when he gives one that was solicited.”
Yet if the current Disaster-in-Chief and / or his mouthpiece would simply treat the office of the Presidentcy with the dignity it deserved and said simply, “We have too many important issues facing us to get in that right now” and simply move on, instead of soiling it with his uniformed opinions on the Cambridge cop, Trayvon Martin, the Supreme Court and Augusta National, he might not be perceived as the American Idol idiot he has been for 4 years.
Hillbilly D
April 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
As our old friend Josef says, this is a Christian nation but not a Christian state. Few people understand that distinction.
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
@Sara B.
April 8th, 2012
12:21 pm
INTELLECTUAL IGNORANCE is an oxymoron
Bingo! Now you’ve got it!!
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ABSOLUTELY
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
1:28 pm
@Rafe Hollister
April 8th, 2012
11:54 am
INTELLECTUAL IGNORANCE is an oxymoron, try again
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Absolutely.
Contradictory terms combined.
YOU GOT MY POINT.
You are intellectually ignorant
Republicans Believe Its OK If Obama Built The White House - But How Dare He Live In The White House
April 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
@Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
April 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
“We have too many important issues facing us to get in that right now” and simply move on, instead of soiling it with his uniformed opinions on the Cambridge cop, Trayvon Martin, the Supreme Court and Augusta National, he might not be perceived as the American Idol idiot he has been for 4 years.
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I agree – we have too many important issues facing us like all of the
HIDDEN Racists who have NOW taken their HOODS AND ROBES
OUT OF THE CLOSET.
WE now have to WATCH our backs, NOT let our GAURD DOWN and not let them MULTIPLY
like RATS in a sewer.
We have come to far to TURN BACK NOW.
Dusty
April 8th, 2012
2:14 pm
Well, it looks like this blog subject has gone beyond resuscitation. What a shame!
On a beautiful Easter Sunday with flowers blooming like rainbow pop-ups and the sun shining pure gold upon us, this place sounds like a double dip dog fight.
Come on! I suspect that every blogger here has more than many people around the world even dream of having. Appreciate, my friends. You are the fortunate.
Dusty
April 8th, 2012
2:14 pm
Well, it looks like this blog subject has gone beyond resuscitation. What a shame!
On a beautiful Easter Sunday with flowers blooming like rainbow pop-ups and the sun shining pure gold upon us, this place sounds like a double dip dog fight.
Come on! I suspect that every blogger here has more than many people around the world even dream of having. Appreciate, my friends. You are the fortunate.
Dusty
April 8th, 2012
2:15 pm
Whoops, if you see my comments twice, it’s all in your imagination!! (How did I do that??)
Michael H. Smith
April 8th, 2012
2:18 pm
Must have been that double dip.
Dusty
April 8th, 2012
2:25 pm
You got me “licked” there, Michael.
Michael H. Smith
April 8th, 2012
2:51 pm
Ouch!
Oblama
April 8th, 2012
4:05 pm
Repub Believe – After reading your mindless blather I have concluded that you don’t understand that this election is about the economy, jobs and reduction of the national debt.. Oblama is about dividing not uniting. Dividing class against class, dividing women against men, dividing gay against straight and dividing the races – all to get him and his party reelected. Unfortunately for Oblama the economy is failing, job growth is failing (temp gov-t jobs don’t count), and the fed debt is a run away freight train headed for disaster. Oblama runs the Presdency like a (un) reality show but unfortunately for him this economy is real, this joblessness is real and the fed debt is real. Oblama fools some of the people some of the time (last election but he won’t fool us this time. Wake up America the economy effects all races, both sexes and all of the classes. Don’t go for Oblama’s smoke and mirrors. This election is about the economy, jobs and the national debt (PERIOD!!!!!!!!)
MarkV
April 8th, 2012
4:10 pm
Dusty,
You have not given me a chance to show brilliantly where you were wrong in your comment and offer my penetrating analysis of it. Therefore, instead,
Have a Happy Easter!
Linda
April 8th, 2012
4:28 pm
Not only did Obama complain about the US Constitution’s specific limiting powers prior to his election, he has frequently violated the Constitution during his presidency. In addition to numerous lawsuits over his adm.’s violation of the first amendment of religious freedom, the Catholic Church is sending a powerful message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd=
Happy Easter!
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
April 8th, 2012
4:53 pm
“I agree – we have too many important issues facing us like all of the HIDDEN Racists who have NOW taken their HOODS AND ROBES OUT OF THE CLOSET.”
Ahhhh. The race card. Always played by lesser intellects when they have no factual basis to object to the real issue posted.
Typical for many on this blog from the left side of the tracks.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
April 8th, 2012
5:01 pm
One of the panelists on Fox News Sunday remarked that on the same day that the current Disaster-in-Chief was scolding the SCOTUS if they tried to overturn the will of a democratically-elected Congress (the one who passed it with a “significant” majority of 5 stinkin’ votes, btw) with his health care disaster, his own Justice Dept. was in a Federal court in Massachusetts trying to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (passed by a significantly LARGER majority than just 5 stinkin’ votes).
While I disagree with the DOMA in principle as something the Federal government has no right to regulate, encourage or support, if you cannot see the irony of scolding one court while encouraging another to do the very thing for which you scolded the first one – well, maybe you shouldn’t be on a political blog.
Just sayin’!
Dusty
April 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
MarkV @4:10
I demand a penetrating analysis shining with brilliance . How are the baby bluebirds progressing? Feathers? Flying?
I had a brown thrasher take a leisurely sun heated bath today. He really enjoyed it. I haven’t had many visitors yet so I was pleased as could be, not quite as fluffed up as he was but close.
I hope you had a happy Easter. I have enjoyed most beautiful flowers, magnificent music, a marvelous message and good company.. It doesn’t get better than that.