And Scott….Shawshank, “one of the finest films of all time,” you don’t get out much do you?

I’ve tried getting Dan to stay on point several times. It’s just not going to happen. I admire your effort though.

He is just incapable of actually answering a question or sticking to the issue at hand.

First, your choice of the word “obstuse” reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption, one of the finest movies of all time.

Second, I wrote the post over the weekend before Obama gave his, er “House Divided” speech. Obama can address the issue anyway he likes, or not at all. My interest is how the issue affects the national political landscape. I truly have nothing against the man because I know very little about him beyond a general understanding that his politics are roughly 180 degrees apart from mine.

Third, you wrote only 5 short sentences and could not muster the courage to stay on point. I beg you to try to discuss a topic without dragging in a bunch of irrelevant nonsense.

I’d be more concerned that John McCain doesn’t seem to know who the enemy is in Iraq.

If you would like to debate those issues, let us know. In the meantime, give some thought to the following before typing another lunatic rant about Reagan, McCain, Fawell, Robertson, Lucifer, the evil Republicans and all the rest.

1. How would you characterize Rev. Wright?
2. What impact do you think Wright will have on the Obama campaign?
3. Should voters be concerned?
4. How might Hillary respond?
5. Should the media and primary voters done a better job vetting Obama before lavishing so much praise?
6. What impact will Obama’s reaction speech have on the issue?
7. Does this help or hurt the issue of black/white relations?

You get my point. On second thought…

There’s a reason for the separation, we need to get all the wackos of religion out of our government before they insist on a theocracy.

In the case of Obamba, oh boy, he’s got a problem. No matter what the media does with this, the mantra should be, “…America, do you really want to relive the 1960s?”

I think that it’s best for this party to remove religion from it’s core since only the wackjobs seem to be supporting it.

President is the executive Branch of our government and not the dictator of our personal lives. Heck, the Pres isn’t in control of the economy as some believe, he’s just a facilitator of the federal government. That’s it. Nothing more.

Keep playing the race & religion card and Hillary will have her vetoproof majority.

Since we’re on a thread about bats&^t pastors and outraegeous quotes, please defend these pro-Republican pastor statements:
Here’s Jerry Falwell on 9/11:

10. “The idea that religion and politics don’t mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.”

9. “The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews.”

8. “I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won’t have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!”

7. “AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh’s charioteers … AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals; it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.”

6. “Nothing will motivate conservative evangelical Christians to vote Republican in the 2008 presidential election more than a Democratic nominee named Hillary Rodham Clinton – not even a run by the devil himself … I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate. She has $300 million so far. But I hope she’s the candidate. Because nothing will energize my [constituency] like Hillary Clinton. If Lucifer ran, he wouldn’t.” –at a “Values Voter Summit”

5. “Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them.”

4. “Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.”

3. “He is purple — the gay-pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay pride symbol.” –from a “Parents Alert” issued in Jerry Falwell’s National Liberty Journal, warning that “Tinky Winky,” a character on the popular PBS children’s show, “Teletubbies,” may be gay

2. “You’ve got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops. And I’m for the president to chase them all over the world. If it takes 10 years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord.”

And number 1:
“…throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked and when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad…I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who try to secularize America…I point the thing in their face and say you helped this happen.””

And Pat Robertson quotes….
The 10 Stupidest Things Pat Robertson Ever Said
10) “Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that’s held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings.” –Pat Robertson, on the dangers of judicial activism

9) “Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court.” –Pat Robertson

8) “Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It’s no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history.” –Pat Robertson

7) “I would warn Orlando that you’re right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don’t think I’d be waving those flags in God’s face if I were you, This is not a message of hate — this is a message of redemption. But a condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It’ll bring about terrorist bombs; it’ll bring earthquakes, tornadoes, and possibly a meteor.” –Pat Robertson, on “gay days” at Disneyworld

6) “(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” –Pat Robertson

5) “I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that’s the way it is, period.” –Pat Robertson

4) “I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected him from your city. And don’t wonder why he hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for his help because he might not be there.” –Pat Robertson, after the city of Dover, Pennsylvania voted to boot the current school board, which instituted an intelligent design policy that led to a federal trial

3) “God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible and he says ‘This is my land,’ and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, ‘No, this is mine.’ … He was dividing God’s land. And I would say, ‘Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the E.U., the United Nations, or the United States of America.’ God says, ‘This land belongs to me. You better leave it alone.’” –Pat Robertson, on why Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke

2) “Maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up” –Pat Robertson, on nuking the State Department

1) “You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war … We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.” –Pat Robertson, calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Bonus Quote:

“Wait a minute, I didn’t say ‘assassination.’ I said our special forces should ‘take him out,’ and ‘take him out’ can be a number of things, including kidnapping.” –Pat Robertson, clarifying his call to assassinate Hugo Chavez

Obama has little experience in politics (especially compared to those currently running for office), has a dark background which is shrouded in unanswered questions (and no one seems to be asking him), and surrounds himself by individuals that are anything but American. To get to the point, Barack Obama scares me. I know in my heart that if this man is elected President, the United States of America will be changed for the worse. This man has radical thoughts and a radical agenda that hides under his biblical ability to sway the crowd and Barack’s hidden agenda is being revealed through the sayings of his pastor.

One does not except the friendship of an individual like his pastor for 20 years, if one does not agree and follow the teachings of such an individual.

“Let me ask you an honest question: can you control what your pastor says?”

No but I can definitely control whether or not my family chooses to SIT THROUGH HIS SERMONS.

“Actually, his speech is being hailed as a Profile in Courage by the NY Times; its being compared to Lincoln’s “a House Divided” speech. It was brilliant.”

Wow, hailed by the NY Times. What a surprise. I’m actually one to think that his speech WAS good, but you know what? It’s not even CLOSE to enough to calm the uproar over his pastor’s divisive, racist, anti-American comments.

Scott is right. You Democrats are in real trouble over this. Democrat staffers that I am friends with are freaking out over the fact that this dirt didn’t come out earlier while Hillary still had a chance to take the nomination without pissing off half of the party.

Nothing short of brilliant entertainment in my opinion. Keep fighting among yourselves while our guy walks the streets of Baghdad and shakes hand with international leaders.

And Scott, at least Obama and his wife go to church; Reagan never did.