Yawn. So what?
It is rumored that whoever wins this colossal goat fuck will be well positioned to take enormous power into their hands. It would be better for all concerned if said person is not certifiably batshit.
I don’t really understand your hatred of a large group of people for the actions of a few. And if you dislike Muslims, it’s probably not a huge leap to antisemitism (whenever a Jewish person “grinds your gears”).
A whole bunch of Americans secretly (or not so secretly) don’t want a black guy to be president, either.
Someone should mention this to Dr. Carson.
First let’s see Hillary Clinton say something. Looks like she did focus group first, because today she comes out with a general statement urging Republican candidates to “not light fires of paranoia”, which is a pretty safe and sideways way to approach what Carson said.
I guess her focus groups found a lot of agreement with Carson.
And what are Carson’s fellow Republicans saying?
You don’t know what a Sister Souljah Moment even is, do you?
:rolleyes:
Here, did some of your homework for ya:
But among the still-hopefuls? Who among them has even swung at this softball?
Oh, what the hell, here’s your boy Bobby the Exorcist (same link):
Um, yes, the Bible … :rolleyes:
McCain got booed at his own rally for suggesting that Obama wasn’t an “Arab”. He got booed again for suggesting that Obama was a decent human being.
The loonies have been running the show for a long time.
Notwithstanding his more recent saner behaviour, McCain is as responsible as anyone for the loonies having the power they do. By putting Sarah Palin in the spotlight - by endorsing her and her views as being appropriate for a VP and thus by extension to POTUS - he lit a fire that no-one seems capable of extinguishing.
That’s a pretty stupid and assholish thing to say from Carson.
Assholish, most certainly. Whether it was stupid or not will be shown by the next polls that come out. Unless there is a groundswell of non-assholes that rise up and vote this election cycle, the “angry/ignorant asshole” niche might pay off for him and the other Republicans that seem to aiming for the lowest common denominator.
Agreed, and at the time there was a bit of recognition that he was just reaping what he had sown.
Seem to be aiming?
Wow, a real-life governor of Louisiana imitates the governor in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”:
“It behooves the Jews and the Ay-rabs to solve their problems in a Christian manner”
:rolleyes:
And if or when she says something, your next post will be claiming that she is simply piling on in partisan fashion.
This is an internal Republican issue and the Democrats need do no more than shake their heads or point and laugh, because regardless of what any Democrat says, Republican partisans are going to claim it is nothing but politics.
Oh shit. Now the GOP is going to get a bunch of Rocket Scientists announcing they’re candidates!!
My presentation was awesome and you should be honored to have read it. (:D)
I gave Reagan a sentence: “Sure, Reagan had rhetorically boosted supply side crackpottery and formed close ties with anti-science evangelicals.”
I think boosting supply side crackpottery is a greater sin than saying “Government IS the problem.” Also that sort of thing would have been just political rhetoric if it wasn’t amplified 10 million times by talk radio, which came later.
I used to place Reagan as the central fulcrum in all of this. But he didn’t really attack our constitutional system. He drove very hard bargains but in the end was willing to compromise if he was getting most of what he wanted. His lasting damage was elevating crackpottery into public consciousness (worst in economic policy) as well as political power (ketchup is a vegetable, Edwin Meese, James Watt) - but that shortchanges Nixon’s southern strategy.
I say Gingrich is the fulcrum. The older system generally kept the adults in charge. But when compromise becomes something undesirable then you are guaranteeing incompetence in government. Which I say without hyperbole is part of the point.
Actually, of all the responses, I haven’t seen a single one that actually says that it would be fine for a Muslim to be President. Courage is not the watchword of the day, apparently.
Ted Cruz actually came the closest in either party. Wasserman’s statement was addressing something Carson never even said. She supported the right of a Muslim to run(who doesn’t?), without endorsing the idea of a Muslim President.
Carson is no longer the story. Everyone else in the political class is. This is just sad. How hard is it to just say, “I believe a Muslim can be President”?
Adventists are vegetarian?