red states rule
09-04-2011, 06:45 AM
Just like some of the posters here, the Obama supporters seem less willing to talk about Obama's failed polcies but would rather attack anyone who poits out those failures and could be threat to the Dems power base
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Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/newspapers/the-washington-post-ORCRP016752.topic) read through Mr. Perry's book, "Fed Up!" and concludes that his "2010 Tea Party (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/tea-party-movement-ORCIG000068.topic)-steeped manifesto … makes George Bush (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/george-bush-PEPLT000857.topic) look like George McGovern."
She notes that the subtitle of his book is "Our Fight to Save America From Washington" and that reading it "summons the image of another, urgent fight: saving America from Rick Perry."
Polls show whites, independents, college-educated people and even Latinos are moving away from supporting Mr. Obama, and the mood in the nation is one of pessimism and disgust with Washington, all its works and all its ways.
Other liberal columnists have weighed in against Rick Perry, but the prize for wooden-headed commentary on the matter goes to Bill Keller of The New York Times (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/newspapers/the-new-york-times-ORCRP010822.topic), who in a Sunday column, "Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith," mocks the Mormonism of Mitt Romney and Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/government/jon-huntsman-jr.-PEPLT00008438.topic), and mistakenly identifies former senator Rick Santorum (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/rick-santorum-PEPLT005783.topic) as an "evangelical Christian," when he is actually a Roman Catholic.
Mr. Keller and other liberals huffed and puffed in 2008 about how Mr. Obama's 20-year membership in the congregation of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/religion-belief/christianity/jeremiah-wright-PERLL000309.topic), noted for his hateful anti-white sermons, mustn't be questioned.
These "Tougher Questions" are only for Republican candidates, never for Democrats (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/democratic-party-ORGOV0000005.topic). That Mr. Wright officiated at the Obamas' wedding, baptized their children and quite apparently exercised considerable influence in their religious life could not be legitimately questioned. To do so was "racist."
Maryland (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/us/maryland-PLGEO100100600000000.topic)'s own Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/entertainment/kathleen-kennedy-townsend-PECLB003856.topic) wrote a piece for The Atlantic asking, "Is Rick Perry as American as He Thinks He Is?" Guess what her answer is? OK, don't bother. Point is, one must never question the patriotism — or indeed the birthplace — of a Democrat, like the current president; but when it comes to Republicans, it's perfectly OK, indeed laudable, to do so. What hypocrisy.
I don't envy the defenders of the Washington status quo, because their god, what Professor Robert Weissberg has dubbed "Fedgov," isn't doing very well these days. And, yes, the liberals are as fervent about Fedgov as any true believer is in his or her god.
An ever-expanding, all-controlling federal government is blindly worshiped by its followers, and they are panicked about the increasing disgust with it shown by more and more Americans. How dare these apostates question Fedgov, which is, in Mr. Weissberg's words, "all-knowing, all-powerful, and combines the best features of the God of the Old Testament with a Santa Claus on steroids."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-smith-20110901,0,1250930.column
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Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/newspapers/the-washington-post-ORCRP016752.topic) read through Mr. Perry's book, "Fed Up!" and concludes that his "2010 Tea Party (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/tea-party-movement-ORCIG000068.topic)-steeped manifesto … makes George Bush (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/george-bush-PEPLT000857.topic) look like George McGovern."
She notes that the subtitle of his book is "Our Fight to Save America From Washington" and that reading it "summons the image of another, urgent fight: saving America from Rick Perry."
Polls show whites, independents, college-educated people and even Latinos are moving away from supporting Mr. Obama, and the mood in the nation is one of pessimism and disgust with Washington, all its works and all its ways.
Other liberal columnists have weighed in against Rick Perry, but the prize for wooden-headed commentary on the matter goes to Bill Keller of The New York Times (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/newspapers/the-new-york-times-ORCRP010822.topic), who in a Sunday column, "Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith," mocks the Mormonism of Mitt Romney and Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/government/jon-huntsman-jr.-PEPLT00008438.topic), and mistakenly identifies former senator Rick Santorum (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/rick-santorum-PEPLT005783.topic) as an "evangelical Christian," when he is actually a Roman Catholic.
Mr. Keller and other liberals huffed and puffed in 2008 about how Mr. Obama's 20-year membership in the congregation of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/religion-belief/christianity/jeremiah-wright-PERLL000309.topic), noted for his hateful anti-white sermons, mustn't be questioned.
These "Tougher Questions" are only for Republican candidates, never for Democrats (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/democratic-party-ORGOV0000005.topic). That Mr. Wright officiated at the Obamas' wedding, baptized their children and quite apparently exercised considerable influence in their religious life could not be legitimately questioned. To do so was "racist."
Maryland (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/us/maryland-PLGEO100100600000000.topic)'s own Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (http://www.debatepolicy.com/topic/entertainment/kathleen-kennedy-townsend-PECLB003856.topic) wrote a piece for The Atlantic asking, "Is Rick Perry as American as He Thinks He Is?" Guess what her answer is? OK, don't bother. Point is, one must never question the patriotism — or indeed the birthplace — of a Democrat, like the current president; but when it comes to Republicans, it's perfectly OK, indeed laudable, to do so. What hypocrisy.
I don't envy the defenders of the Washington status quo, because their god, what Professor Robert Weissberg has dubbed "Fedgov," isn't doing very well these days. And, yes, the liberals are as fervent about Fedgov as any true believer is in his or her god.
An ever-expanding, all-controlling federal government is blindly worshiped by its followers, and they are panicked about the increasing disgust with it shown by more and more Americans. How dare these apostates question Fedgov, which is, in Mr. Weissberg's words, "all-knowing, all-powerful, and combines the best features of the God of the Old Testament with a Santa Claus on steroids."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-smith-20110901,0,1250930.column