tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post2219253229039641018..comments2024-03-29T02:22:59.827-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Supplemental: Another day, another onslaught!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-498580811089894352014-08-23T23:11:27.578-04:002014-08-23T23:11:27.578-04:00Why has the Post abandoned their jihad?Why has the Post abandoned their jihad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42669283667390996272014-08-23T19:15:04.848-04:002014-08-23T19:15:04.848-04:00Coincidentally the following quote appeared in ano...Coincidentally the following quote appeared in another blog today:<br /><br /><i> I was recalling yesterday Russell Kirk’s great line dismissing the John Birch Society charge that Eisenhower was a Communist: “Ike isn’t a Communist, he’s a golfer.” </i> David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44733916677528794732014-08-23T17:49:30.471-04:002014-08-23T17:49:30.471-04:00In earlier years, we remember being puzzled by cla...<i>In earlier years, we remember being puzzled by claims that [Eisenhower] played too much golf.</i><br /><br />I well remember those years. Not only did the media present Ike as playing a lot of golf, they presented him as uninvolved in, or even ignorant of, the details of issues. Furthermore, Eisenhower encouraged this image.<br /><br />Biographers later discovered that Eisenhower had exerted a lot more control than the public knew. Time will tell if the same is true of Obama.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78555294712163599662014-08-23T14:30:47.901-04:002014-08-23T14:30:47.901-04:00See how easy it is for those doing the plutocrats ...See how easy it is for those doing the plutocrats bidding to move tribal thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53372543332013371582014-08-23T09:47:25.391-04:002014-08-23T09:47:25.391-04:00I'm a lifelong progressive, I worked for presi...I'm a lifelong progressive, I worked for president Obama in both campaigns, I think the right wing attacks on him for playing golf are idiotic and I love the game myself.<br /><br />All that said - to make a statement on this horrific beheading, which has shocked the conscience of the world, and then head straight to the first tee eight minutes later was a really really dumb move. I don't understand how he couldn't see that, and one does get the sense that he's about had it and just doesn't care that much any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58785531490787663522014-08-22T20:55:36.947-04:002014-08-22T20:55:36.947-04:00Who cares. Golfer guy is a lame duck. What happe...Who cares. Golfer guy is a lame duck. What happened this week on the Hillary jihad front while Bob was falling for the race baiters bucket of worms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90447912461617905442014-08-22T20:53:24.672-04:002014-08-22T20:53:24.672-04:00I almost voted against Romney because of the dog....I almost voted against Romney because of the dog. Fortunately your Howler got results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42776535547896524852014-08-22T19:48:38.314-04:002014-08-22T19:48:38.314-04:00Where exactly does Somerby say Collins changed the...Where exactly does Somerby say Collins changed the election results?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22036087219633146102014-08-22T19:18:37.623-04:002014-08-22T19:18:37.623-04:00Bob, hate to break this to you, but Collins' c...Bob, hate to break this to you, but Collins' columns about Seamus the Dog had about as much to do with Obama defeating Romney as they had to do with the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series last year.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com