Comments on: A new home from an old friend

By: Roland Melnick

Roland Melnick — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:56:12 +0000

Iâ€™m willing to bet if McCain had won the election and one of us liberals had said something akin to what Peter said about Barack Obama about McCain, you folks would be up in arms.

Nah…we’re pretty immune after 8 years of “Bill Kush”, “Buck Fush” and all the assassination fascination rantings. We wouldn’t be running around the blogosphere in packs campaigning to blacklist the offender…we’d probably just say, “see, I told you he was a jackass” and move on with our lives.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:10:02 +0000

I have been humbled many a time, and have learned never to click “submit” or “publish” on any report, opinion, or comment – rational, reasoned, or otherwise – that you’re not prepared to defend forever.

‘Cuz I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, folks… in the Google age, much like Twinkies, what you hurl into cyberspace has an almost freakish and inexplicable shelf-life.

By: Roland Melnick

Roland Melnick — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:32:37 +0000

People should not blog/type while frustrated.

Saying something out of frustration can sometimes be excused because the spoken word is fleeting…lost in the moment, hopefully taking the frustration with it.

Compared to blogging something out of frustration…those comments linger beyond the context of the moment.

I thought the comments were over the top. I’ve only seen the bits you all are blustering about, so I probably don’t know the full story. I don’t know if he meant them or not, I’ve never met Peter.

Guys like “Nick” go on as if we’re talking about a real threat to harm Obama…oh please, I highly doubt that…then demand we cut all ties and ostracize Peter. I think that reaction is a bit overly dramatic.

By: John Foust

John Foust — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:56:01 +0000

Yes, Peter’s explained his previous death-wish on us all (“In fact, I seriously hope this country gets attacked by terrorists over and over again and every possible bad thing that can happen does happen â€¦ to people like you”) with the words “Do I hope we get hit over and over again by the jihadists? No. Do I believe we will? Sadly, yes. And the only silver lining in a black cloud that could kill millions of Americans is that it might take such events to give Americans the buyersâ€™ remorse to once and for all send this bunch back to the kook fringe where it belongs.” Can anyone explain the difference between those two statements?

Roland, I’m not asking you to be indignant. I’m asking you to tell us what you think of Peter’s statements.

By: Roland_Melnick

Roland_Melnick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:24:14 +0000

I do believe the “cockroaches” are choosing to be indignant over this because of their dislike for Peter. I guess the “guilt by association game” suits them just fine in this instance.

By: gus

gus — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:59 +0000

All of a sudden we are supposed to repudiate one guy who says some angry things.
Was wasn’t Zach W.C.. calling for such repudiation before?? We all know the answer.
Liberalism is a disease.

By: Gleek

Gleek — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:25:41 +0000

President Obama will also get more respect from me than many lefties have shown President Bush. I doubt I’ll accuse him of orchestrating a 9/11 inside job. Or of having New Orleans’ levy blown up after a hurricane to increase damage to black neighborhoods. I’ll probably never assert that “he does not care about white people”.

If I did, however, it would be fair. Right lefties?

By: HeatherRadish

HeatherRadish — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:37:45 +0000

Jaeson, denigrating women and advocating violence against them on behalf of Obama is quite socially acceptable (see the entertainment-industrial complex, the National Organization for Women[sic], Obama’s own treatment of the women on his staff). The only people who are going display moral outrage over the treatment of Sarah Palin are the people who don’t care that they’re not invited to the hip cocktail parties anyway.

By: Jaeson

Jaeson — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:47:44 +0000

Where were all of you to repudiate the hanging effigy of Sarah Palin?

Where were you to cry foul when protestors decided to show up at Palin rallys wearing a “C” T-Shirt, in front of children?

How many of your have admonished Daily Kos for its outright made-up attacks on Sarah Palin?

Where was your fine moral outrage then?

By: Patrick Dorwin

Patrick Dorwin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:04:26 +0000

And the trolls crawl out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Like I said, I will not defend what he said, he can do that himself. As for me, Obama will get more respect from me that President Bush has ever gotten from some of you.