dagblog - Comments for "Obama Supporters vs. Cheerleaders"

"professional left" (whom you

Donal — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:19:06 +0000

In reply to No. It isn't "up to all of

"professional left" (whom you now inexplicably appear to be blaming for Obama not keeping his promises)

I never mentioned the professional left or blamed them for anything.

You argue that our leader can't be expected to lead unless there is zero political opposition to the direction he's trying to go.

I never argued that, either. You have a bad habit of putting words in other people's mouths, then arguing against the straw man, or in this case, straw men. That might appeal to your ego, but it is dishonest and a colossal waste of time.

Genghis, What you say has the

Wattree — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:01:42 +0000

In reply to Wattree, your point is valid

Genghis,

What you say has the ring of truth. But this post has nothing to do with the debate that's obviously raging on Dag, I simply posted it here. I write for over 10 publications across the country, so the article wasn't intended to take a position on a debate. It was written to give - as all of my articles are - to bring a different perspective adifferent perspective debate. While admittedly, I am more critical of those I define as cheerleaders, that only because they seem to be the ones who are most hostile to independent thought. But I also recognize that there are others who are just "hating" becaue obama doesn't do everything their way. I now see that I was remiss in not pointing that out in the article, but I've done a series of articles addressing the "hater" issue in response to Tavis Smiley. You can see them by Googling "Wattree, Tavis Smiley."

? Shorthand for "I haven't

kyle flynn — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:43:53 +0000

In reply to ?

? Shorthand for "I haven't any idea what you mean."

?

kyle flynn — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:40:42 +0000

In reply to Oh. Humoring me.

Oh. Humoring me.

Ramona — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:34:00 +0000

In reply to Shorthand expressions from

Oh. Humoring me. Boring.

Unless. . .

Shorthand expressions from

kyle flynn — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:26:11 +0000

In reply to Okay, so here I am, a

Shorthand expressions from the playground.

FTW. For the win.

WPOS. Worthless piece of shit.

YM. Your mom.

Okay, so here I am, a

Ramona — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:00:37 +0000

In reply to YM

Okay, so here I am, a stranger in a strange land trying to imagine what FTW and WPOS and YM mean.

I would guess Fat Turd Wad, but that wouldn't be nice, so I came up with Fatuous Tipsy Wonk.

WPOS. White Person of Substance?

And YM I know. Yo Mama.

Right?

Feel free to come back and

SleepinJeezus — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:56:25 +0000

In reply to Those of us who are

Feel free to come back and discuss particulars regarding legitimate criticisms of Obama and the overall futility of DLC Dem policies and strategies when you're done cavorting with your straw man.

That's ok. We'll wait.

Verified Atheist, What

Wattree — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:19:09 +0000

In reply to Wattree, if there aren't any

Verified Atheist,

What evidence do you have that their aren't people that go along with everything he does? I know plenty of such people. They write me every week. They tell me that Obama is just engaged in a strategy of "rope-a-dope." Many of these people are not politically engaged so they really don't know what he's doing. They simply support his image. So your basic premise is flawed. Actually, I'm shocked that you would base an argument on having to prove a negative.

And with regard to your statement , "As for whether the universe itself could qualify as "God", that's a much deeper, possibly semantic, question." I beg to differ. It simply moves the argument of whether or not God exist, to what is the nature of God.

In addition, just to say that one is an atheist is taking the position that God does not exist. And as I said earlier, you have absolutely no evidence to substantiate that. In fact, you have less evidence than those who claim that he does exist. The only reason that I even addressed the issue is because many atheists, although maybe not you personally, tend to take a condescending view of believers as quaint, or less than sophisticated thinkers, and it's a part of my nature to side with the "little people." Although I agree with you that whether or not one believes in God has anything to do with good and evil.

Ramona, "supporters" are

Wattree — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:48:12 +0000

In reply to I'm sure nobody noticed, but

Ramona, "supporters" are people who generally supporters. Regarding the SOTU address, he didn't say anything. He simly gave a general overview of his philosopy, but he was very short on details, so he left himself a lot o wiggle room. Based on his proclivities, just the fact that he found it necessary to be so vague is reason to cause me for great concern.