Comments on: What does Obama believe http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jsr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-197178 jsr Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:20:02 +0000 #comment-197178 i expect to hear any day now about bachmann going into "treatment" at an undisclosed facility.. for... something, i don't know maybe tourette's.... used as an excuse for her current nuTTTy behavior/comments<br /> <br /> i expect to hear any day now about bachmann going into “treatment” at an undisclosed facility.. for… something, i don’t know maybe tourette’s…. used as an excuse for her current nuTTTy behavior/comments

]]> By: lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196847 lunch! Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:26:46 +0000 #comment-196847 It's not about being prone to violence, it is partly about being effective at it and it is partly the tacit approval that mainstream rightists give their outlaw cohort. It was radical rightists that blew up the Murrah federal building, and radical establishment rightists who broke the law in Iran Contra, watergate illegal domestic wiretapping. Violent radical leftists are not even countenanced by the majority of the left because of the massive streak of pacifism and humanitarianism of that belief group. It’s not about being prone to violence, it is partly about being effective at it and it is partly the tacit approval that mainstream rightists give their outlaw cohort. It was radical rightists that blew up the Murrah federal building, and radical establishment rightists who broke the law in Iran Contra, watergate illegal domestic wiretapping. Violent radical leftists are not even countenanced by the majority of the left because of the massive streak of pacifism and humanitarianism of that belief group.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196845 Rat Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:15:34 +0000 #comment-196845 I'd start by not seeing one extreme as less or more prone to violence than the other. I’d start by not seeing one extreme as less or more prone to violence than the other.

]]> By: lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196844 lunch! Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:11:02 +0000 #comment-196844 My only concern with radical rightists talking is that the less well behaved among their thrall will see their fierce rhetoric as an incitement to violence/call to arms. I would like more civil voices to be given amplification and shriller voices to more ridicule. Any ideas on how to accomplish that? My only concern with radical rightists talking is that the less well behaved among their thrall will see their fierce rhetoric as an incitement to violence/call to arms. I would like more civil voices to be given amplification and shriller voices to more ridicule. Any ideas on how to accomplish that?

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196841 mnblrmkr Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:37:03 +0000 #comment-196841 Except Obama is much, much closer to the center than Bachmann could ever hope to be. Except Obama is much, much closer to the center than Bachmann could ever hope to be.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196838 Rat Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:24:04 +0000 #comment-196838 They bother me more. Because they make it harder for Democrats to win. <br /> <br /> Radical rightists should just keep talking. They bother me more. Because they make it harder for Democrats to win.

Radical rightists should just keep talking.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196836 mnblrmkr Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:21:02 +0000 #comment-196836 <em><br /> I don't know what's to get bothered about. She has constituents to answer to, and they'll decide whether she's too far out for them.</em><br /> <br /> So, only "radical leftists" bother you Rat?
I don’t know what’s to get bothered about. She has constituents to answer to, and they’ll decide whether she’s too far out for them.

So, only “radical leftists” bother you Rat?

]]> By: g rote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196832 g rote Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:53:46 +0000 #comment-196832 considering some of the xenophobic goofball behaviour we've seen in St. Cloud, Anoka, etc. over the years, it wouldn't be surprising if calling for investigating her fellow Congressfolk on McCarthyist grounds would play well among her base. just sayin'.<br /> <br /> considering some of the xenophobic goofball behaviour we’ve seen in St. Cloud, Anoka, etc. over the years, it wouldn’t be surprising if calling for investigating her fellow Congressfolk on McCarthyist grounds would play well among her base. just sayin’.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196830 Rat Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:31:49 +0000 #comment-196830 I don't know what's to get bothered about. She has constituents to answer to, and they'll decide whether she's too far out for them. <br /> <br /> <br /> I don’t know what’s to get bothered about. She has constituents to answer to, and they’ll decide whether she’s too far out for them.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/13372#comment-196826 msparber Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:24:21 +0000 #comment-196826 It bothers me that Bachmann keeps harping on people being "outside the mainstream." I mean, I know she sees her worldview as mainstream, but she's about as far to the right as you get without actually belonging to the John Birch Society. She's at least as far outside the mainstream as Jeremiah Wright.<br /> <br /> Also, I guess she's not really a believer in taking personal responsibility, despite doing so being something of a conservative mantra. Honestly? "I only said anti-American because Matthews did"? Well, you took it and ran with it, Michele. He certainly wasn't the one calling for an investigation of anti-Americanism in Congress. It bothers me that Bachmann keeps harping on people being “outside the mainstream.” I mean, I know she sees her worldview as mainstream, but she’s about as far to the right as you get without actually belonging to the John Birch Society. She’s at least as far outside the mainstream as Jeremiah Wright.

Also, I guess she’s not really a believer in taking personal responsibility, despite doing so being something of a conservative mantra. Honestly? “I only said anti-American because Matthews did”? Well, you took it and ran with it, Michele. He certainly wasn’t the one calling for an investigation of anti-Americanism in Congress.

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