Just sayin'
Believe it or not, New York magazine wants to know "Who is Barack Obama? And why do people say such loopy, ugly things about him?"
Hello! Why did people say such loopy, ugly things about George W. Bush? For pretty much the same reason. There are nasty, extremist nutballs on both sides. Sore losers, too. But after the last eight years, for liberals to complain about the way conservative extremists talk about President Obama is very nearly funny.
One thing the article does get right: the "enduring rot in American politics." If we ever had the knack of disagreeing civilly, we've lost it.
Of course, a person with some sense of history might point out that long before Dubyah was "the Chimp," Abe Lincoln was "the Original Gorilla." Still, the only thing sadder than the fact that such garbage goes on is that defenders of the current president can't seem to get their minds around the concept that for every nut job who insists that Barack Obama is a closet Muslim who was born in Kenya, there is another nut job who insists that Bush stole both the 2000 and the 2004 elections, conspired with Osama bin Laden to bring down the Twin Towers, and was AWOL from the National Guard.
HT: Real Clear Politics
Hello! Why did people say such loopy, ugly things about George W. Bush? For pretty much the same reason. There are nasty, extremist nutballs on both sides. Sore losers, too. But after the last eight years, for liberals to complain about the way conservative extremists talk about President Obama is very nearly funny.
One thing the article does get right: the "enduring rot in American politics." If we ever had the knack of disagreeing civilly, we've lost it.
Of course, a person with some sense of history might point out that long before Dubyah was "the Chimp," Abe Lincoln was "the Original Gorilla." Still, the only thing sadder than the fact that such garbage goes on is that defenders of the current president can't seem to get their minds around the concept that for every nut job who insists that Barack Obama is a closet Muslim who was born in Kenya, there is another nut job who insists that Bush stole both the 2000 and the 2004 elections, conspired with Osama bin Laden to bring down the Twin Towers, and was AWOL from the National Guard.
HT: Real Clear Politics
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