Lee323's Comments (246)

“Excellent post, Jon!!

Please get your message out there in as many venues that you can. Palin should absolutely not get away with making unsubstantiated and frankly mendacious charges about Obama on this issue. I'm so tired of her just "makin' things up" without any counter questioning from the media. Thanks.”

“Great post, Mr. Mitchell. Thanks for speaking up for your side of the story.

As for skeletons in closets .... the scorpion's sting is always at the tail's (tale's) end.”

“Why did McCain choose Palin?

He bought into her local image instead of properly vetting her. That's the mistake her deluded base made ..... and continues to make in their cloistered echo chamber of adulation for a politician who is nothing more than a mirage.”

“Nothing wrong with common sense.

But Palin only has the "common" mastered ... with no hope on the horizon for "sense."”

“PO was privileged to meet Alaska's "Finest" on his stop at Elmendorf AFB .....

"Alaska's Finest?" No wonder Petty Parnell wasn't there.

If the head of state from Japan .... or Mexico .... or Canada had stopped in Alaska, Parnell would have put his underwear on backwards in his haste to grab a photo op with a foreign dignitary. His behavior toward this country's head of state was provincial, partisan, petty .... and unpatriotic.”

“The "teabaggers" proper are a small minority .... and will NEVER listen to progressive ideas, especially with their hatred and willful distortion of who Barack Obama really is.

However, there is a larger percentage of working class people who could be reached with some of the ideas you mention.

Many educated people that you lump into the "liberal elites" actually worked at McDonald's and other such places to help put themselves through undergraduate programs and advanced degrees. To imply that they have no ken of the working class is misguided at best. The anger I have seen in the red state where I reside is focused like a laser beam on PO ..... and not as some generalized working class rage.”

“^^^ typo "demagogue"”

“Excellent post, Shannyn!

Palin's primary "dog whistle" is to the "angry and bitter ignorant" in this country. Peace and progress are somehow the enemies to this shallow demigogue and her destructive followers.”

“"Usurping" is what Palin does best.

Good word usage, Geoffrey.”

“When Palin touted herself as an "ethics reformer" in her gubernatorial campaign, she wasn't interested in reforming her own shady ethics.

Great work, Linda and AKM. The true gutsy mavericks in Alaska are the bloggers. Palin is an unethical, self-serving fraud who has enjoyed throwing her weight around as a big fish in the tiny pond of Alaska for too long. Time for justice. Now.”

“addendum:

For those people who don't believe mere "words" matter:

If this is true, you can't blame the Palins, Limbaughs, Becks, Bachmanns et al of the country for stirring up hate or propagating damaging lies and misinformation to millions of people who will REACT accordingly to that rhetoric. After all .... it's only words. Right?

Words can be a force for hate, despair, and motivation for the masses to engage in negative actions. Words can start wars.

Words can be a force for hope, change, and motivation for the masses to engage in positive actions. Words can help end wars.

The world has listened to PO's words and felt hope that the US will be a force for positive change in the world, especially after the last 8 years. Words matter.

Congratulations to PO and the people who voted for his vision for this country. Whether or not the Noble Peace Prize was "too early" or not .... it wasn't our decision as Americans to award this prize. And quite frankly, it seems exceedingly bad taste and manners to complain about it to those who awarded it. Silly, "ugly Americans."”

“The world celebrated the election of an American President on Nov. 4, 2008. Very unusual. A great beginning and renewal at the same time for the US.

Words matter ....

Great post, Mr. Green.”

“Great post, Mr. Lear.

The hateful right-wingnuts cannot believe their poor fortune with PO's presidency.

The cynical left-wingnuts cannot believe their good fortune with PO's presidency”

“Listen to your wife more often, Michael.

By the way .... great post.”

“Mr. Stone: "Thus, it was reasonable for the Alabama Supreme Court to conclude that the United States Supreme Court has not yet expressly recognized a right of sexual freedom."

Any schlepp from Alabama or elsewhere who thinks it's reasonable to wait around breathlessly for SCOTUS to expressly recognize his/her right of sexual freedom, have at it.

The rest of us ... won't.”

“Where are the screaming liberals? ...... Screaming at Obama.

Where are the screaming Conservatives? ..... Screaming at Obama.

They have more in common than they realized.

Hang in there, PO!!”

“More precisely .... an anonymous McCain staffer leaked the phrase "going rogue" with respect to Palin's behavior near the end of the campaign. Tina Fey then took that phrase and incorporated it into the next SNL performance when she appeared with McCain right before the election.

In any event, most everything Palin does eventually becomes embarrassing fodder for comedians.”

“Mr. Eskow, you nailed the embarrassing "rebel in her own mind" script.

Palin's use of "Going rogue" is a convenient contrivance to explain away her mistakes and failures (like QUITTING as governor). Sounds a lot more rebellious and edgy than her psychotic, breathless babbling about "dead fish go with the flow" and "quitting is actually fighting" resignation speech.

Plus .... being a "maverick" has too many humiliating connotations ( such as "lost election," "Couric," and "Tina Fey.")”

““Going rogue” is apparently “Maverick 2.0″ (since Maverick 1.0 was such a failure.)

Too bad her advisors didn't actually check the rhetoric she used against her enemies in Alaska before plastering this title on her book. Ugly irony, indeed. The mud she was slinging at them just did a 180 degrees into her own face. LOL. You can't have it both ways, Sarah .... an insult for your enemies and a laurel wreath for you.”

“Great post, AKM.

I immediately thought of the phrase "rogue nations" uttered fearfully by politicians with respect to nuclear weapons.

Another good reason to keep this whackjob as far away as possible from the 3:00 AM call on the Red phone.

Yeppers. Freud would be proud of his "slip theory" on this one.”

“Mr. Sinclair: "I'm not really great writing about politics ..."

I must admit that Robert Fisk's review of Palin's speech was more believable but I would have much rather heard your keynote speech focusing on your area of expertise than Palin's pre-chewed pabulum any day.

I have great admiration for your work.”

“Excellent post, AKM.

Judging by the frequency of "You lie" being hurled at the Senator, it's accurate to assume that Joe "You lie" Wilson's disrespectful behavior is now the new townhall standard. It makes me angry at Wilson all over again for the inevitable ripple effect amongst those who find it difficult to think for themselves.

Think about it. Joe Wilson took about 2 seconds to spew his spiteful negativity. It took Senator Begich about 2 hours to partially ameliorate Wilson's damage to civil debate in his (Begich's) own townhall.

Sen. Begich didn't deserve the disrespect shown by the attendees even if there are policy differences.”

“Excellent post. Thanks for your perspective.

Two observations:

1) Your reply to Vandergraafk contained a very significant truth: "The violence we see today has its roots in political economic issues ...." Historically, most violence (or imperialism) in the name of any religion was ostensibly for politico-economic reasons. This aspect is what's so cynical and hypocritical about the world's "great religions."

2) While I honor your and anyone else's rights to religious beliefs, the problems beyond the aspect mentioned above are with those religions which divide the world into "believers" and "non-believers" (who are henceforth destined for whatever ignominious hell as deemed fit by that particular religion.)

As long as there are human constructs which divide people into "acceptable" and "unacceptable" categories, I suspect that strife, misunderstanding, condescension, arrogant proprietary attitudes toward "Truth," and rationalizations of destructive actions toward "unacceptable" people in the name of those constructs will continue to plague our world.

Best wishes. I'm glad that you are a Muslim-American. America needs you and your voice.”

“Calls of racism came AFTER the rhetoric and action of racists. Sorry. Rewriting history is a shallow ploy.

Ms. Myss is correct that the GOP has hidden silently behind the extreme right-wing racists and their fear-mongering, allowing them to sow discord, suspicion, and LIES regarding health care reform. Indeed, there was a low point when reform was threatened because of this sabotage by the GOP.

But reform proponents have fought back .... by pointing out the lies and misinformation. The reasonable members of the public have caught on to the lies and are NOT pleased. Look at any polls regarding public opinion of the right-wing's tactics.

And, yes. Racism was called out and will continue to be called out wherever it occurs. Count on it”

“Excellent post, Mr. Hutchinson.”