Your obsession with Chavez
is confusing. Why doesn't the right like Chavez?
Because he's communist (like china)? Because he
criticizes America (like many of our allies)? Most
likely because Fox news told you to. "This makes
Obama look weak"...unlike Bush who made America
look retarded.
Funny how Sarah Palin refuses Stimulus money but
she just accepted a deal to get Free Heating Oil
from Mr. Chavez.
Obama is a typical Politician. There's so much to
pick apart but the Right goes with these worthless
attacks.
Mudkips
Poughkeepsie, NY
Journal
[Perhaps Chavez is a "typical politician" too and
he and Obama are both on the same page. They are
both communists, albeit to varying degrees, and
they do both criticize US policies. BTW, liberals
appear mentally deficient when they must resort to
the use of terms like the R-word which they,
themselves, have banned as being politically
incorrect. You all HATE Bush -- we get it already!
-ED]
Chavez
is a pig... Obama is an
empty suit.... and Bush made us look retarded?
#1. Obama took off the top bargaining chip with
the Russians IN A LETTER, good God, did he also
ask them if they like him? Check yes or no? #2.
Obama did nothing when N. Korea said hello with an
ICBM.
#3. Obama goes [to Europe with his tail between
his legs.]
Anonymous
At least Obama didn't bow
to Chavez like he did to the King of Saudia
Arabia!
Badchange
St. Cloud, MN
Times
[He was caught
off-guard this time. -ED]
Republican talking points are
so easy.....
"the democratic process has been placed on hold".
Nah, it's called an election. Your side lost. To
quote the drug addled leader of the Republican
Party - "Get Over It" 'Course, he said that in
2001....
"Obama is a coward." Based in part because he
shook hands and smiled at a dictator. I guess he
should have cowered in the closet? Hid from the
guy? Or glared at him sternly when they met?
That's just silly, Ed, I know it's the talking
point du jour, but I expect better from you.
Thanks to Obama's confidence in himself and
America, he could be himself around this clown -
what do we have to fear from Chavez? And if you
read any of the local commentaries from South
America, it worked. Venezuela and Chavez are less
popular now, America is better liked.
"writing checks". It's called a stimulus, and most
economists agree that it's necessary, plus it's
starting to work. And I thought conservatives
believe that tax cuts yield more money to the
Treasury? Or maybe only when they're for rich
people? Sorry, I misunderstood there...
"He refuses to accept Job 1" You're kidding,
right? He's devoting resources to the places that
are the breeding grounds for terrorism, Pakistan
and Afghanistan, instead of wasting lives and
treasure in Iraq.
"he's articulate, but less so without a
teleprompter" Oh the horror.... Have you had your
head in the sand for the past 8 years of
Presidential dismantling of the English language?
Finally, thank you for this statement: "But being
the commander in chief has absolutely no bearing
on the president's power over the civilian
citizenry" You're absolutely correct - I had this
argument with a local rightie blogger awhile back.
The Prez is commander in chief of the military,
not civilians. Tell you what, though, I won't call
you a traitor, like I got called in 2001 when I
had the audacity to criticize President Bush.
Craig51
Des Moines, IA
Register
[Well,
we got Craig all excited today! Fortunately, at
least up to this point, the prez has not figured a
way to be our (civvies) C-in-C. But I suspect
that, in the absence of more center/right reps in
Congress, there will ultimately be a way to make
it happen. Now, Craig, you are entitled to
your opinion and your arguments with or about
anything I write. However, I want you to get it
straight once and for all . . . I do not read the
talking points -- ever. I launch any e-mail from
the GOP, preferring to think for myself. Any
similarity between what I write and whatever you
read or hear elsewhere is purely coincidental. But
then again, the anti-Obama talking points write
themselves and are stressed by the daily shill-ing
by Briggs, Pelosi and the rest of the troikaphiles.
You also know better than most that, more often
than not, I get my rants up on Friday and Sunday
and beat all the others to their Monday morning
quarterbacking. My last two themes (Somali Piracy
and the Hugo Incident) were way ahead of the
curve. Nothing you have written today refutes what
I said about Obama in my correspondence with Mr.
Redman but, as usual, your lefty take is a bit
fairer and more entertaining than most. Try not to
go nukular -- it's bad for your heart.-ED]
Excellent Job, Ed!!!
Nothing like a self righteous Canadian whose sole
claim to fame is "We're not the US" and
..uh...we're into
ice hockey.
Sarah Palin is terrific and it's obvious
the left fears her. They are going after her
children for goodness sake!
Keep up the good work and keep the faith.
Anonymous
[In fairness to Mr. Redman, he
is a Brit (dual citizenship?) and an auto
racer/enthusiast, so I doubt that ice hockey does
much for him. But I could be wrong. -ED]
Bravo Brian Redman! It
takes a Canadian to really tell it like it is!
Jerbel
Lansing, MI
State Journal
[Perhaps Mr. Redman
will let us know how well socialized medicine is
doing in the Great White North. -ED]
But Eddo, we have socialized
medicine here. Why ask what it's like anywhere
else? Anyone can go into any emergency room and
get health care. If they can't afford it they
get it for free. How much more "socialism" do
you want? Your health insurance dollars paid for
socialized medicine throughout the Bush years.
They just didn't get the "reform" part of it
yet. I don't know why they are trying to change
it. The 45 million Americans without health
insurance just go to the hospital when they get
sick and you pay for it. It's been that way for
decades. Is this just a plot that right wing
extremists are trying to pin on Obama? Liberals
are just trying to make a broken system better.
What's the problem, Eddo?
Draco
Lansing, MI
State Journal
[They get to go
because guys like me not only pay taxes but
co-pay our own way when we need medical care.
Last time I went to the ER (for stitches) I
spent more time with the receptionist proving
that I was insured than I did with the doctor.
Meanwhile, welfare recipients were being waved
in because everyone there already knew them
well. -ED]
Oversteering to the right
- OK with you.
Steering toward the center - you call "oversteering
to the left"
What a joke this blog is.
jocool
Jackson, TN
Jackson Sun
[In racing any oversteer
condition is problematic and potentially
dangerous. At this point Conservatives would be
happy with a shift to the center but the
administration is driving further to the left
every day. That's no joke -- it's an irrefutable
fact. -ED]
I have no respect for B.
O. or Hugo Chavez and their fist tapping
gestures and mile wide smiles. One is a
dictator, the other a would be, well on the way
to be, dictator. One wants our destruction, the
other is working to secure that end. One
degrades this country while the other calls this
country everything but a good name. The
character references of either one would take
them out of the running to be a security guard.
One snubs his nose at our
government and the other has no reverence for
our Constitution, Declaration of Independence or
other founding documents. They both bow down to
Muslim dictators. One puts down the Bush
Administration while the other is flirting with
prosecuting those in the Bush Administration.
One shows no care for our sacrifices while the
other dishonored those at the gravesite in
Normandy by refusing to go there out of fear of
offending Germany, but offending those that paid
the ultimate price at Normandy and their
surviving family members is alright. Both are
dangerous men, full of hate and disrespect for
this country.
mrduncan2k
Salem, OR
Statesman-Journal
Eddiebloggo...I know this is
off your blog topic but I'm
just going to say this...the
ones that harass you are
ruining the site. Hopefully
you don't know them in your
real life. Their need for
power and control is a trip
of excessive abuse. Keep
on blogging. You only get
better with practice.
ScottTim
St. Cloud, MN
Times
[You can't expect freedom of
speech unless you give it and you shouldn't dish
it out if you can't take it. -ED]
Hugo Chavez won't be happy
till he makes Obama one of his socialist
disciples. Hugo looks very happy lately.
OreMtn
Great Falls, MT
Tribune