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By Frank Brandmaier Jul 23, 2008, 2:57 GMT
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..I mean, as long as the Europeans like him.....
'New York Times columnist Roger Cohen...'
Cohen is just another New York Jew who hates anything that isn't white and Jewish. To put it more bluntly, he is a racist republican. Mind you 'racist republican' is a redundancy.
and you 'Not SP4'
are just a plain and simple racist.
nothing more
nothing less
go wipe yourself up
you disgust me
If you choose to be disgusted, I suggest you do so in the privacy of your own bathroom. Your disgust is your business, not mine or anyone elses. I suggest you get your mommy to wipe the pablum from your chin, the drool from your mouth and the mess from your overfull diaper. To fully clean the crap out of you I suggest you get an enema. Put the hose in your left ear.
'Your disgust is your business, not mine or anyone elses.'
As are your cowardly, ignorant opinions that you spout off through the safety of an anonymous internet connection because you know you would get your teeth knocked out if you were to try it outside your mommy's basement.
Grow up you ignorant piece of sh*t.
The Audacity of Vanity
By Charles Krauthammer
Abridged:
Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final 'tear down this wall' liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush the elder -- who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap -- called 'a Europe whole and free'?
Does Obama not see the incongruity? It's as if a German pol took a campaign trip to America and demanded the Statue of Liberty as a venue for a campaign speech. (The Germans have now gently nudged Obama into looking at other venues.)
Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevated opinion of himself. There's nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?
Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted 'present' nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.
It is a subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history -- 'generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment' -- when, among other wonders, 'the rise of the oceans began to slow.' As Hudson Institute economist Irwin Stelzer noted in his London Daily Telegraph column, 'Moses made the waters recede, but he had help.' Obama apparently works alone.
After all, in the words of his own slogan, 'we are the ones we've been waiting for,' which, translating the royal 'we,' means: ' I am the one we've been waiting for.'
He lectures us that instead of worrying about immigrants learning English, 'you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish' -- a language Obama does not speak. He further admonishes us on how 'embarrassing' it is that Europeans are multilingual but 'we go over to Europe, and all we can say is 'merci beaucoup.' ' Obama speaks no French.
His fluent English does, however, feature many such admonitions, instructions and improvements. His wife assures us that President Obama will be a stern taskmaster: 'Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism . . . that you come out of your isolation. . . . Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.'
For the first few months of the campaign, the question about Obama was: Who is he? The question now is: Who does he think he is?
We are getting to know. Redeemer of our uninvolved, uninformed lives. Lord of the seas. And more. As he said on victory night, his rise marks the moment when 'our planet began to heal.' As I recall -- I'm no expert on this -- Jesus practiced his healing just on the sick. Obama operates on a larger canvas.
CNN Poll :-
McCain has lower ratings than Obama in every country surveyed except the U.S., where the two presumptive nominees run neck and neck.
Obama’s advantage over McCain is enormous particularly in France, Germany, and Australia, where the Illinois senator leads McCain by up to 51 percentage points.
'McCain has lower ratings than Obama in every country surveyed except the U.S.,'
Lol... So? Only American citizens have a say in who will be president of the USA..
'Obama’s advantage over McCain is enormous particularly in France, Germany, and Australia, where the Illinois senator leads McCain by up to 51 percentage points.'
The french have always resented the USA and they would like nothing more then to see it run in to the ground via the same, stupid socialist policies that the french drove their own country into the ground. Obama is just the person to do that.
Thankfully, the french don't get to vote in American Elections.
Really, who cares what the Europeans think about us or our president?
so who so we vote for ???????
this is not good
You must be a Republican. Your logic is so flawed to the point of being illogical. Regarding knocking my teeth out, that is the typical first response of the typical Neanderthal Neocon Republican't - Threats of violence, as if that will scare me, ot anyone else who has a brain. As for being a coward I don't think that 2 Purple Hearts and a chest load of other confetti classify me as anything but a coward. About your comment about living in mommy's basement, I leave that up to you acne popping teenagers. Grow up chid and do something for your country, besides being another anal orifice's product.
The CNN poll shows that the rest of the world is able to take a sensible and objective view, but half the US is still stuck with the war-mongering republican mindset
Barack Obama's 300 Spartans (Advisors)?
It seems that you claim to be truthful and advocate CHANGE, and yet you enlist 300 soldiers, (advisors) to give advice on 'as the world turns', is quite alarming. If you sir, need 300 paid advisors to help you make a decision then you have not done your homework. You have managed to create your own independent congress of people that are burning thru your $5.00 internet donations like sand thru an hour glass. It alarms me that if THEY decide to place you in that office, your staff would double?
If your 300 were like the Spartans and lead by a leader like King Leonidas , of which you are not, then your 300 advisors are justified.
But in this case they are not.
You wish to be the President of the United States of America, and yet you still lie, you hire an outrageous staff of succubus's that have their own interests, you do not attend to the poor, you are too concerned with keywords and false policy that fool those that really want CHANGE, you cannot stroll thru an American neighborhood unless you have your SS officers with you, not allowing Americans to protect you, you are so concerned that you will say the wrong thing, because you are not allowed to speak your own words, you have taken from the American people their hard earned $5.00 and given them nothing in return, you have no idea how big and deep the rabbit hole is that you have started to go down. The 300 Spartans defended their freedom and their Homeland, and you sir, are defending those that wish to rape the land and enslave Americans like Xeres attempted to do.
You are making policy on the run, without regard to the outcome, and we Americans will suffer for your mistakes and blunders.
These next four years will be yours, but the next four years after that will be for the American People.
CHANGE FOR AMERICA FOR AMERICANS!
The American Republic
A Sovereign Republic
im not rebuplican cock breath..
It's a case of 'it's damned if you do and damned if you don't' at this point! McCain said you can't pull out of Iraq without 'winning the war' - oh, when was 'war' declared. I thought it was Bush's battle! McCain would just continue war mongering if elected - sounds like that's first and foremost on his mind.
in my 50 years of voteing this will be the first time im not voteing.
see no point this time around..
Del, vote. Don't let the garbage keep you from it.
'Regarding knocking my teeth out, that is the typical first response of the typical Neanderthal Neocon Republican't'
Guess you can't read, I said that you were too cowardly to indulge in your antisemitism in public because you know it would get your ass kicked.
'As for being a coward I don't think that 2 Purple Hearts and a chest load of other confetti classify me as anything but a coward.'
No it classifies you as a liar.
'The CNN poll shows that the rest of the world is able to take a sensible and objective view, but half the US is still stuck with the war-mongering republican mindset'
No Andy, it shows that some people are so emotionally needy that they are willing to vote for someone who had the grand total of 143 days in the senate for the most important and difficult jobs on earth because they want to be liked by the europeans. The europeans will never like you Andy, they tend to not like each other or even themselves. They tend to be a petty lot that wants to see the USA dragged down to their level. That's why they want Obama.
Have you ever noticed that if the person you are talking to (being abusive to) does not agree with exactly what you say they are a liar?
You need a lot of help, and probably sedated. Oh by the way you act like your favorite word, an idiot.
It's always so refreshing to hear names being called about someone who happens to have the audacity to disagree or voice their own opinion.......
...to see why this guy is such a phenomena in Europe. I mean, look at who they have to vote for, and some of the most boring politics on earth. They see Obama and they do the same jerk-a-thon that liberals do in America.
After all, how interesting is a man who has truely suffered for his nation, spent a lifetime working for it, and is as honest about his positions as a politician can get?
Must not be that interesting.
SP4: Who are you talking about? Who has suffered for their nation? Obama? You're kidding, right? How has he suffered? OK. So going to Harvard could be unbearable but come on...If anyone has suffered It would be John McCain. And honesty? Not Barry. Why, he can't even admit that the surge has worked. Just can't bring himself to say it. No honesty there. No, it's only white guilt that makes liberals swoon over Obama. He releases them from their guilt and they're all giddy over it. That is called racism; when the reason to vote for someone is based on his race. No matter if it's in his favor. It's still based on race. I'll never vote for a liberal..'I have a dream that one day my four little children will live in a nation when they will not be judged by the color of their skin BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER'- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am judging Obama by the content of his character, and he fails.
Reread SP's comment and THINK about it - duh!
'Have you ever noticed that if the person you are talking to (being abusive to) does not agree with exactly what you say they are a liar?'
Nope, because that is not true. So, now you have that cleared up.
'I am judging Obama by the content of his character, and he fails.'
Here here!
Have not dished anything out, very rarely comment except when the likes of you think your way is the only way. This is America where all people have the right to own point of view without an arrogant pri*k like you (a poser for sure, you are so fake it's funny) calling them idiots. Your opinions thank God are only shared by a minority of the people in this country. Fake, fake, fake is all I can say.
'Have not dished anything out, very rarely comment except when the likes of you think your way is the only way.'
Plenty of those @ all over the board.
'This is America where all people have the right to own point of view without an arrogant pri*k like you (a poser for sure, you are so fake it's funny) calling them idiots.'
Where in the constitution is it written that arrogant pricks can't call idiots idiots for being idiots? Which amendment is that? Go look that up for us.
'Fake, fake, fake is all I can say.'
What have I written that is not genuine?
Republicans seem to have a problem that they haen't discovered yet .How can you pretend to be the defender of the world,a leader amongst nations when nobody in the rest of the world cares to agree with your politics .That is the problem Bush and no doubt McCain face in the rest of the world .Now you can say you don't care for the opinion of the rest of the world but then you have another problem :leadership .If nobody accepts your plans or cares to join you,leadership is plain absent .You are the leader of nothing .Diplomatic cooperation requires mutual acceptance,respect and above all intelligence .Obama has all that,partly .There is a lot of mutual disagreement between Europe and the USA,to solve that problem it takes good will and an open mind .
Nobody here would even dare to think that the experience gained as a fighter pilot is any good in leading an army,that is so absurd that there is no need to further elaborate on that .Only a neocon or a republican desperate to score a few points would even dream of using such argument.
Hey Neocon nutball:
Another person on the board you have impressed with your trash talk. It is real nice to see that your credibility is even more suspect. Your two fans are here to support you SP4 and Kathy. Kind of funny you are support by the known mental defects on the board. The three of you can get together and share meds. Ha!
'Kind of funny you are support by the known mental defects on the board. '
They can post a reasoned counterargument. You can't. What does it say about you when supposed 'mental defects' are more articulate then you are?
'That does not make me wrong' is hardly a counter argument. Oh but then again it may be to you, as that idiot believes along the same neo-con right wing nutball lines as you do.
...it's a terrific argument, when faced with the weak assed insults you cannot seem to get away from.
Now go upstairs, mommy has dinner waiting.
Same old, same old - who can best who in name calling and insults. When there is something that appears to be an intelligent comment, it gets lost in all the crap attached - much like the bills presented in Congress.
'That does not make me wrong' is hardly a counter argument.'
For the most part it is more then your incessant, infantile, spoiled brat whining deserves.
'Oh but then again it may be to you, as that idiot believes along the same neo-con right wing nutball lines as you do.'
For someone who is supposedly as limited as I am by adherence to philosophy that you claim (erroneously) that I adhere to, why is it that I have been able to force freed you your own words like you were a foie gras goose?
Whoa, wait a minute, how did I get sucked into this. All I did was tell Del to vote. Didn't tell him who to vote for.
Don't worry, Kathy, some of these posters are so caught up in themselves and so busy knocking the other guy, they sometimes even forget what they are trying to say!
'Whoa, wait a minute, how did I get sucked into this.'
An idiot baboon saw your name. Just ignore her.
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