This may come as a shock to some of you reading this but I still hold out hope that Republicans and Democrats can find common cause. Sure we may disagree on basically everything but I still try to cling to the belief that right wingers are intelligent and honestly concerned with the best interests of our children and our nation. I desperately want to believe that what separates us is not our view of reality but our view of how best to fix our problems.
In what must be a concerted effort to prove me wrong the morons over at NRO have written what has to be one of the most ignorant and dangerous things I have read in a long time. It would be hard to overstate how completely moronic some right wingers are. Whats sad is that there are millions of Americans who have their heads so far up their asses that shit like this makes sense to them.
The Soviet Union never killed 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania by crashing jets into skyscrapers. The definition of a “serious threat” is different today than it was a generation ago.
There are only two ways to read this statement. First is that ‘serious threat’ means much less than it did a generation ago. This would imply that Americans are cowards now and would go against Republicans strategy of scaring people into voting Republican. The other possible meaning is that we are under a greater threat now than before. This fits more in context and sounds scarier. I’m pretty sure that this is what he was meaning.
If anyone reading this honestly believes that terrorists could present the kind of threat that the Soviet Union presented during the cold war then you seriously need to educate yourself. In the terrorists wildest wettest dreams they could not come within miles of being the ‘serious threat’ that the Soviet Union presented. Dumbasses.
Here is a little history lesson. The Cuban Missile Crisis arguably took the world closer than any other event in history to a thermonuclear world war III. Whats more, the crisis was resolved through diplomacy that if applied to the same “standards” as the right wingers are using against Obama would be considered worse than appeasement.
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I don’t blame Mitt for the name mixup. Senator Ted Kennedy mixes up Senator Obama’s name all the time. See Senator Kennedy’s January 2005 speech. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4354-2005Jan12?language=printer It is easy to do. Plus it is funny. Interestly enough, Rush yesterday, released a private translation of Osama Bin Laden’s latest release. Osama condemned Senator Reid for making phony soldier letter blunder.
Sean, I could be wrong but the ONE time you mentioned is the only time I could find where Kennedy mixed up Obama’s name. I wouldn’t call that all the time. Do you have any more recent examples than 2005?
Also, it’s not funny. It’s intentional and it’s intended to slander Obama and equate him with terrorism. These same underhanded tactics are used every election cycle by bullies who can’t stand on their merits. I’m sure you have seen this but its relevant to this issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKJixL–ms
CNN has made the gaff, too. See this story ——–http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/CNN_comments_on_Obama_gaffe_in_0101.html Senator Kennedy only said it on one occasion; I was exagerrating for effect. Although I expect the senator to get confused in the near future. He might do it again. Maybe Senator Kennedy is practicing in front of a mirror – senator obama , senator obama -. And Osama Bin Laden, praise Allah, has to be upset with this mixup too. I expect a call from his office or cave anytime, to CNN or Senator Kennedy’s office, to get an apology.
Sorry this took so long to respond, our work load is crazy. CNN apologized for the mistake and as you said Kennedy made the mistake once and also apologized. I’m not holding my breath for an apology from Mitt.
That’s way more clever than I was exptceing. Thanks!