tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post1821795544824131142..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: ObamamentumRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-40570008701793609132008-01-08T10:58:00.000-06:002008-01-08T10:58:00.000-06:00Leave Hillary alone, now!<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FANxPxD4v3E" REL="nofollow">Leave Hillary alone, now!</A>Marcus Aureliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731740191789466205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-60278558579194581312008-01-07T22:57:00.000-06:002008-01-07T22:57:00.000-06:00Ouch. Now boys, lets get back to the point. Rick, ...Ouch. Now boys, lets get back to the point. Rick, you called Obama an "African American," and while in one sense he truly is, his lineage is rather detached from America. The father, as we all know, was from Kenya, and was a Muslim who slid into atheism. Obama's father was a harsh critic of Christianity - which he perceived as being a womanly religion with its attachment to virginity and forgiveness. Apparently when Obama was very young (perhaps 2) the father retreated to Kenya, leaving junior and his white mother, who both then migrated to Indonesia with or to be with the mother's second Muslim husband. Later, Obama returned to Hawaii and if I'm right lived with his mother's parents. I haven't read Obama's book, so I don't know the full extend of what he claims to be his "African American" experience, but he has no ancestors who were slaves (at least not in this country). I also imagine his father, being from Kenya, spoke perfect (yes, British) English. So other than skin color, Obama's "African American" credentials are, well, skimpy. Yet American blacks are fixated on what they call this "brother" being the first black president. Ironically, whites don't care about his color. But just give a listen to your colleagues on WMCS gush about being able to vote for the first African American for president. Indeed, Obama may in the final analysis stand for the proposition that the descendents of slaves still are not in line, as it were, to make it to the higest office in the land. A sad irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-6202601060321464062008-01-07T18:09:00.000-06:002008-01-07T18:09:00.000-06:00Rick, you're the one who admitted you were telling...Rick, you're the one who admitted you were telling a sexist joke about someone because they "deserved" it. I'm just trying to figure out why you think that's OK and a jab at the Federalist Society is the best I could do. I mean, any group that stands around and applauds Rudy Guilliani -- well, I think anything is possible.Mike Plaistedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184502941014520240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-34245549988018586492008-01-07T17:33:00.000-06:002008-01-07T17:33:00.000-06:00Gee, Mike, you need to get out more. If you think ...Gee, Mike, you need to get out more. If you think that people stand around at Fed-Soc meetings telling sexist jokes (the women too?), you would be wrong. Do you just prefer to live in a world where everyone you disagree with is some kind of beast or are you parochial enough to really believe that they are? If you're worried about how I treat my students, I can refer you to women, lefties and whomever else you want and they'll allay your concerns.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-74453496281391080902008-01-07T16:37:00.000-06:002008-01-07T16:37:00.000-06:00If she gets caught in the rain, she'd melt? What,...If she gets caught in the rain, she'd melt? What, like the Wicked Witch of the West? You admit it's sexist but "she deserves it"? Excellent. Well played, professor. I pity the poor women in your classes who dare to get uppity, in league with their boyfriends or otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Right-wingers like to talk a lot about the left's supposedly blinding Bush-Hatred. It's a lie, of course -- hating an empty suit is a waste of time and emotion. But the right has always been entirely emotional and irrationally hateful toward Hillary Clinton. With the tiresome "witch" and "rhymes with witch" references -- not only your stupid little joke, but also on any Hillary thread on FreeRepublic -- it would be easy to dismiss the syndrome as ignorant sexism. <BR/><BR/>But it's more than that. What the right really hates about both Clintons is their success. Never mind what Bill was able to accomplish in his presidency -- remember when Hillary was supposed to go into the Senate, act like a queen and fail? It turns out she was a successful concensus-builder -- try to find a Republican senator that has anything bad to say about her personally -- you can't. <BR/><BR/>"They will say and do anything" to get elected? Even if true (it's not), how is this different than any other politician? Trying to find a message that resonates with people is a good thing, not some kind of Clinton-only mutation.<BR/><BR/>But, you know, I guess if you hang around enough Federalist Society meetings you start thinking, since those around you are laughing at your sexist joke, maybe you are on to something. But you're not. Your just being a sexist because, so you say, she deserves it. I can't wait to see what will happen when Obama crosses some line that you think "deserves" a response outside the lines. There are plenty of those kind of jokes, too.Mike Plaistedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184502941014520240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-72576642853776731392008-01-07T15:03:00.000-06:002008-01-07T15:03:00.000-06:00What is your obsession with Rice?What is your obsession with Rice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-22529914601722592632008-01-07T14:28:00.000-06:002008-01-07T14:28:00.000-06:00The debate was very telling, Edwards clearly was t...The debate was very telling, Edwards clearly was the leader, Clinton scored points on how she would handle nations harboring terrorist but Obama just went with the flow by agreeing with Edwards. <BR/><BR/>My impression was that you can't know very much to be a supporter of Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com