Just what exactly do you think Obama was doing so nefariously in church? WTF? And do you really have so little respect for Wright's convictions as a man of the cloth that you are actually saying he'd come out with personal confidences from Obama because of this manufactured-by-the-media "scandal" and "controversy?"

I mean, no one thinks less of religion than I do. No one. But I would never impugn someone's professional integrity like that. Ever.

Posted at April 29, 2008 2:52 PM in response to Obama On Wright: "I Might Not Know Him As Well As I Thought"

Wow. It's a real bummer when the great unwashed turn out to have more money and power than the fat cats. So much of a bummer that apparently they've decided to take their whining public.

What the fat cats failed to realize is that we, the great unwashed, are taking great pleasure in the shock and dismay of these asshats realizing they don't get to dictate how it goes when they chose the losing side. This? is some of the funniest and most entertaining stuff of the whole political season.

Posted at April 18, 2008 2:59 PM in response to Top Hillary Fundraisers Rip Into Howard Dean For Saying Super-Dels Should Announce Support "Starting Now"

I was going to type a long post explaining all the reasons it's obvious to anyone with a brain why Obama supporters want nothing to do with Hillary as VP, but you, vicissitudes, have pretty much covered it and covered it very well.

Thanks and ditto.

Posted at April 1, 2008 3:44 PM in response to Gallup: Dems Like Hillary/Obama Ticket, But Say "No" To Obama/Hillary

The blue collar people of PA are a varied bunch.

Yes, there are some real hateful, racist people here who could be classified as blue collar. Believe it or not, there are places in PA that are KKK and white supremacist strongholds here. But none of those people were ever going to vote for a Dem, let alone a woman or an African American. Hell, they won't vote for a white male Dem.

That said, most blue collar people here aren't racists. I live in the area of PA west of Pittsburgh, an area situated along the Ohio River. It's old mill towns and just filled with the blue collar workers of which we speak. With some exceptions, they aren't racist. At least, they haven't been lately, especially since the disastrous Reagan years which put the white blue collar workers in the exact same boat as the African Americans here. Meaning they have been just scraping along economically ever since and no one seems to care. I deliberately had a political discussion with some of them last night in a neighborhood bar and their main concern with Obama is that they think some nut will kill him before he can implement what they think is a pretty good bunch of policies. These people sent their children to high schools and colleges with diverse populations and are glad their kids aren't growing up with the same prejudices and misconceptions that they did.

The people here who I see as the most viciously racist are the huge number of senior citizens. They are a huge population in this state (especially in this part of the state) and they are fossils who haven't come to terms with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, let alone a black president. They are Obama's challenge and they are why he probably cannot win the state over Hillary.

Posted at March 28, 2008 3:45 PM in response to Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Endorsing Obama

Ummmm...

We Pennsylvanians know that. His father the Governor was, too. In fact, the majority of PA voters are also.

Geez. We're not stupid or braindead here in PA, ya know.

Posted at March 28, 2008 11:44 AM in response to Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Endorsing Obama

Color me shocked.

If ever there was a politician who was risk averse and careful, it's Bob Casey, Jr. I had no doubt that he would eventually come out for Clinton as his MO has always been to be a bit of a follower, not one to break from the machine.

Virtually every single prominent Dem in PA has lassoed themselves to Rendell and Clinton. The fact that Casey has broken with them is highly significant. I think we can expect Rep. Jason Altmire to finally make an endorsement now that Casey has shown the courage.

Amazing.

Posted at March 28, 2008 9:07 AM in response to Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Endorsing Obama

Are these idiots aware that they are in the Democratic Party, not the Rethuglican Party?

Who the hell do they think they are? And who the hell does Senator Clinton think she is that she is bold enough to try to blackmail the Speaker of the House?

I didn't think the Clinton campaign could disgust me any more than it already had.

I was wrong.

Posted at March 26, 2008 5:49 PM in response to In Letter, Top Clinton Donors Chastise Pelosi For Statements About Super-Delegates

Great catch.

Once again, she is the hypocrite to end all hypocrites. Excluding the Shrub and Darth Cheney, of course.

Posted at March 25, 2008 4:00 PM in response to Hillary: Wright "Would Not Have Been My Pastor"

I'd really prefer you speak for yourself when you talk about the Ten Commandments being some sort of shared values of all Americans.

I, personally, do not consider the Ten Commandments any sort of statement about my values. Sure, a few of the commandments are the same--such as frowning on stealing, murder, and coveting our neighbors' wives and property.

I, however, don't really care how often or what ways your so-called lord's name is taken in vain. Or how and when you decide to worship your god. I don't care if you and everyone around me worship graven images. And I fail to see where any of that is mentioned in any way, shape, or form in the Constitution or Bill of Rights.

In fact, all the reading and research I've done into this matter proves to me that the vast majority of the men at the Constitutional Convention meant both freedom of religion and freedom from religion. And that they understood, all too well, that you can't have freedom of religion without freedom from it.

Posted at March 13, 2008 4:04 PM in response to What Did the Founders Believe About Church and State?

Sorry, meant to reply to Jim Anderson above.

Posted at March 13, 2008 3:37 PM in response to What Did the Founders Believe About Church and State?