Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism'
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090916/D9AO5MA00.html

Some choice excerpts....

"There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president."

How "many"?? A dozen?? 10?? 20??

Such purely bigoted comments should be beneath a person of Carter's (alleged) stature...

The Georgia Democrat said the outburst was a part of a disturbing trend directed at the president that has included demonstrators equating Obama to Nazi leaders.

And where was "The Georgia Democrat" when there was a far more disturbing trend of demonstrators equating Bush to Nazi leaders??

Hypocrite, thy name is Carter.

"The president is not only the head of government, he is the head of state," Carter said. "And no matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect."

Unless, of course, the President is a Republican, right Carter?

Jeeze, the blatant political bigotry showed by Carter makes me want to puke.

Michale.....

:-)

Tru dat! :D

Ya gotta wonder, though...

The conventional wisdom in the 2010 elections is not IF the GOP will gain seats over the Democrats, but rather HOW MANY seats over the Democrats will be gained.

Assuming that this is accurate, this begs the question...

Will Democrats follow the very rules that THEY THEMSELVES put forth??

One only has to look at MA State Democrats to know the answer to THAT question... :D

The phrase, "Hoisted by their own Petard" comes to mind... :D

Michale....

Now that I got all that silly stuff outta my system (probably. :D) let's discuss....

I agree with your premise that TPTB always pit Left against right and versie vicie..

My beef in these pages is that it appears the majority of commenters fail to differentiate between Conservative LEADERS and the rank and file Joe Q Public... How many times have "Tea Party" protestors or "Town Hall" protestors been ridiculed by the Democratic Leadership and the Party rank and file...

When I rail against Democrats (and I do... Often) I try to make the distinction between the Leadership and the rank and file. Often times (as with the issue of Labeling mentioned above) the actions are one and the same..

I mean, seriously. Doesn't ANYONE have a problem with Pelosi labeling legitimate protestors, "NAZIS"???

Seriously...

Or the problem I mentioned before about any complaint against President Obama automagically being a "racist" issue..

This is a pattern exhibited by both the Leadership AND the Rank n File of the Democratic Party.

Fortunately, in these pages, such attitudes are rare. But they are NOT non-existent.

You and I are in complete agreement. If the likes of us could sit down and hash out a compromise that we ALL could get behind, then this country (dare I say, this WORLD) would be better off..

But alas, we are but prawns in this galactic game.. :D

Michale.....

OK, I just have to ask. Who said: "our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs"? That's actually pretty funny, no matter which side it came from...

:-)

-CW

No one wants to talk about ACORN.. Despite the voracious defense of the agency during the 2008 Elections, no one wants to discuss ACORN now..

Geeee.. I wonder why that is.. :D

Sorry, the I-TOLD-YOU-SO urge is just too damn strong... :D

Michale.....

Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:

• refer to the government as “something hated, something oppressive.”
• refer to the President as “using legislative or judicial pork.”
• refer to a Presidential message as a “disgrace to the country.”
• refer to unnamed officials as “our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.”

Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
• call the President a “liar.”
• call the President a “hypocrite.”
• describe the President’s veto of a bill as “cowardly.”
• charge that the President has been “intellectually dishonest.”
• refer to the President as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
• refer to alleged “sexual misconduct on the President’s part.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/House_guidelines_for_Presidential_putdowns.html

The answer is probably the same answer that Iran gave to the Obama administration with regards to discussing Iran's Nuclear Program.

NO....

Michale.....

Ya better dust off you extra-special, super-duper, mega-shiny Talking Points for this Friday!!

Obama is doing Five (Yes, count them!! 1-2-3-4-5) Sunday Talk Shows this weekend.

Not to mention also doing Letterman!

The Administration is obviously pulling out all the stops.

To me, it smacks of desperation. Obama was on the verge of excessive public overload before this. I think this blitz will end up doing more harm than good..

Michale.....

Glenn Greenwald has an interesting post where he touches on a subject dear to my heart and related to your frustrations w/ Democrats and Republicans.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/09/14/resentment/index.html

The leaders and elected representatives from both parties benefit from an ongoing feud which really isn't much of a feud.

He says that there "ought to be citizen rage towards the government that transcends -- indeed, that has little to do with -- divisions between the so-called 'Right' and 'Left.'"

For example, what happened during the financial crisis- people from both sides were upset w/ the way the financial industry was manipulating the government.

It's not Right or Left, but anger that these large corporations are ripping off average people.

What happens, though, is that both sides try to play this off to divide people so we're feuding with each other and meanwhile, they can continue w/ the same corrupt system.

So I have to keep distinguishing between day-to-day people and the leaders of the parties. My beef is not so much w/ conservatives like yourself as it is w/ the leaders of the party who keep trying to pit us against each other.

I honestly think if 2 people such as ourselves sat down we could come to a lot of agreement and come up w/ a better plan than most things that come out of Washington. Look at the good discussion we had around health care! There's a lot we can agree on.

Right vs. Left seems false to me. It's really mostly true at the leadership level and talked about by the media. In the end, we have more in common I think than we do differences.

Just wish Washington could work more like the wonderful CW forum :)! (now who's kissing @ss?)

Cheers
David

It's a reminder to us all, at least those of us in our advance years.....

"I have come to the realization that there are considerably more years behind me than there are in front of me."
-Captain Jean Luc Picard, STAR TREK VII, Generations

Iddn't it amazing how the party that is so against labeling always seems to find a label for those they disagree with??

Ahhh, I yearn for the bygone days of yester-year, where there were REAL liberals who actually PRACTICED what they preached.

These so-called "liberals" these days, who are nothing but stale flip-side Republicans, really become tiresome after a while... :D

One has to wonder why the Left has embraced Nixon's concept of the "Silent Majority" so readily. Oh wait.. These faux-liberals call it "The Quiet Plurality"....

By Any Other Name....

Halfway decent Trek episode... :D

I guess all the Town Halls this summer, PLUS a million person march on Washington DC is all contrived opposition, eh?? :D

I, for one, simply cannot wait til November 2010!!!! :D

Michale.....

But I'm not entirely convinced the Supremes are conservative enough to fall for Tenther arguments (that's right, they've already earned a name, like "birthers" and "deathers" and "healthers"). Moreover, I doubt even Georgia would long resist a public option -- a combination of public demand and just plain old reality would eventually overcome resistance from Teh Crazyâ„¢.

I would also point out one obvious fact that doesn't get mentioned.

If the majority of states are fed up with the Feds (as is indicated by the number of states introducing these resolutions), what message should said Feds take away from this?

Michale.....

Dems say "reconciliation"...

Of course, the actual process and reasoning is different....

But the desired result is the same.

An end run around the democratic process to serve a partisan political agenda.

Once again, we are shown that Democrats and Republicans are simply two sides of the same politically bigoted coin...

Gods help this country..

Michale......