Comments on: A Double Dip Smear http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:54:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55685 fd10801 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:12:28 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55685 Barack has <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/22/obama/" rel="nofollow">other problems</a>. Barack has other problems.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55684 fd10801 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:09:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55684 Does that mean we can expect Barack to be walking around in a diaper soon? Does that mean we can expect Barack to be walking around in a diaper soon?

]]> By: doug r http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55683 doug r Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:33:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55683 Wow. Two years listening to people drone on about one god and old testament prophets and Jesus. Then he spent two years at Catholic school. What's the problem? Mahatma Ghandi grew up going to a temple that read from the Bhagavad Gita and the Koran. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Ghandi" rel="nofollow"><blockquote>when he was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied: Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew. </blockquote></a> Wow. Two years listening to people drone on about one god and old testament prophets and Jesus. Then he spent two years at Catholic school.
What’s the problem?
Mahatma Ghandi grew up going to a temple that read from the Bhagavad Gita and the Koran.

when he was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied:

Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55682 fd10801 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:11:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55682 Eric the Political Hack: You never can tell around here. Eric the Political Hack: You never can tell around here.

]]> By: Eric the Political Hack http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55681 Eric the Political Hack Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:39:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55681 It was a joke, my friend. It was a joke, my friend.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55680 fd10801 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:30:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55680 And maybe the Mafia had Lincoln shot... And maybe the Mafia had Lincoln shot…

]]> By: Eric the Political Hack http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55679 Eric the Political Hack Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:11:24 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55679 Maybe Fox is a covert Democratic machine, attempting to thrust John Edwards--the most electable and perhaps most charismatic of the potential nominees forward in order to hit the weakend Republican party even harder. Just sayin. Maybe Fox is a covert Democratic machine, attempting to thrust John Edwards–the most electable and perhaps most charismatic of the potential nominees forward in order to hit the weakend Republican party even harder.

Just sayin.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55678 fd10801 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:16:19 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55678 Ah, yes! disapproval = threat = hatred = bigotry Who says liberals don't have common sense? Heh. Ah, yes!

disapproval = threat = hatred = bigotry

Who says liberals don’t have common sense?

Heh.

]]> By: Bengt Larsson http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55677 Bengt Larsson Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:05:24 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55677 I suppose if conservatives like fd10801 show so much hatred of Hillary and Obama, they must feel really threatened by them. I wonder why that might be. One is a woman and the other is a black man. I suppose if conservatives like fd10801 show so much hatred of Hillary and Obama, they must feel really threatened by them. I wonder why that might be. One is a woman and the other is a black man.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55676 fd10801 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:37:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55676 <i>How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight?</i> According to "recovering Catholics" they were traumatized for life by their youthful Catholic school experience. The issue here is not whether or not he chose to go there; it's what he learned, and more importantly, how much he remembered. If the implication is that he was tainted by the experience, when perhaps he wasn't, that has now become his problem to solve. It is not required of us to overlook the possibility. I, for one, will not be voting for him: 1) Too young 2) too inexperienced 3) Too liberal Is he a Wahabbi trained Islamic extremist? <b>Objection!</b> I withdraw the question. How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight?

According to “recovering Catholics” they were traumatized for life by their youthful Catholic school experience.

The issue here is not whether or not he chose to go there; it’s what he learned, and more importantly, how much he remembered.

If the implication is that he was tainted by the experience, when perhaps he wasn’t, that has now become his problem to solve. It is not required of us to overlook the possibility.

I, for one, will not be voting for him:

1) Too young
2) too inexperienced
3) Too liberal

Is he a Wahabbi trained Islamic extremist?
Objection!
I withdraw the question.

]]> By: JWG http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55675 JWG Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:11:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55675 <blockquote>How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight?</blockquote> I only remember that I had to walk 3 miles uphill in the snow to get there...both ways.

How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight?

I only remember that I had to walk 3 miles uphill in the snow to get there…both ways.

]]> By: pedromd07 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55674 pedromd07 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:34:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55674 yea we believe... "It is a right wing conspiracy after my husband"..he never really had an affair with a 22 year old intern....it is all a smear I tell ya.... Uh huh...blame a right wing conspiracy without evidence, oliver sucks that right down..... yea we believe…

“It is a right wing conspiracy after my husband”..he never really had an affair with a 22 year old intern….it is all a smear I tell ya….

Uh huh…blame a right wing conspiracy without evidence, oliver sucks that right down…..

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55673 Quaker in a Basement Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:27:47 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55673 <em>That's not quite the same as saying the Clinton camp is not responsible, or that they have issued a denial, now is it?</em> It's exactly the same as MSU--<em>Making S(tuff) Up!</em> As far as Obama attending a "madrassa"? He was <em>eight years old!</em> How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight? That’s not quite the same as saying the Clinton camp is not responsible, or that they have issued a denial, now is it?

It’s exactly the same as MSU–Making S(tuff) Up!

As far as Obama attending a “madrassa”? He was eight years old! How much part did you play in choosing your school when you were eight?

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55672 fd10801 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:18:42 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55672 No, Oliver, not wrong, The Billary campaign was, as usual, slow with the denial. They had to set up the smear of the Unification Church and VRWC accusation. It would have been a lot quicker to say, "It wasn't us," but then you don't get that classic threefer: "It wasn't me, it was them, and they're no good" Clinton trick shot. I'm already tired of the '08 campaign. No, Oliver, not wrong, The Billary campaign was, as usual, slow with the denial.

They had to set up the smear of the Unification Church and VRWC accusation.

It would have been a lot quicker to say, “It wasn’t us,” but then you don’t get that classic threefer: “It wasn’t me, it was them, and they’re no good” Clinton trick shot.

I’m already tired of the ‘08 campaign.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55671 Oliver Willis Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:58:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55671 Yes, JWG, Sen. Obama clearly <a href="http://www.issues2000.org/Social/Barack_Obama_Principles_+_Values.htm" rel="nofollow">declares </a> he's a sleeper agent here: <blockquote>In Indonesia, I’d spent 2 years at a Muslim school, 2 years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies. In the Catholic school, when it came time to pray, I’d pretend to close my eyes, then peek around the room. Nothing happened. No angels descended.</blockquote> Yes, JWG, Sen. Obama clearly declares he’s a sleeper agent here:

In Indonesia, I’d spent 2 years at a Muslim school, 2 years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies. In the Catholic school, when it came time to pray, I’d pretend to close my eyes, then peek around the room. Nothing happened. No angels descended.

]]> By: JWG http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55670 JWG Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:34:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55670 Just so we're clear on what is being said: Is Media Matters and/or Oliver Willis claiming that Obama did not attend a madrassa in Indonesia? Just so we’re clear on what is being said:

Is Media Matters and/or Oliver Willis claiming that Obama did not attend a madrassa in Indonesia?

]]> By: Rounds77 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55669 Rounds77 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:48:49 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55669 Frank, "if you can't prove it go away" has more logic than the Bush/Republican speak we've all gotten used to, i.e. "you can prove it all you want, but we don't have to believe it." Frank, “if you can’t prove it go away” has more logic than the Bush/Republican speak we’ve all gotten used to, i.e. “you can prove it all you want, but we don’t have to believe it.”

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55668 Oliver Willis Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:24:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55668 Actually the Clinton camp <i>has</i> <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202007/news/nationalnews/osama_mud_flies_at_obama_nationalnews_maggie_haberman.htm" rel="nofollow">issued a denial</a>. Wrong, yet again. <blockquote> Clinton's aides blasted the story as an attempt to tar both her and Obama. "We have no connection to this story," said spokesman Howard Wolfson, noting the magazine is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon-founded Unification Church. "It is an obvious right-wing hit job by a Moonie publication and an attack on both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama."</blockquote> Actually the Clinton camp has issued a denial. Wrong, yet again.

Clinton’s aides blasted the story as an attempt to tar both her and Obama. “We have no connection to this story,” said spokesman Howard Wolfson, noting the magazine is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon-founded Unification Church.

“It is an obvious right-wing hit job by a Moonie publication and an attack on both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama.”

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/20/a-double-dip-smear/#comment-55667 fd10801 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:22:52 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3485#comment-55667 <i>blaming Hillary Clinton for it with absolutely no evidence</i> That's not quite the same as saying the Clinton camp is not responsible, or that they have issued a denial, now is it? I learned how speak Clintonesque a while back: "You have no evidence" == If you can't prove it, go away. blaming Hillary Clinton for it with absolutely no evidence

That’s not quite the same as saying the Clinton camp is not responsible, or that they have issued a denial, now is it?

I learned how speak Clintonesque a while back: “You have no evidence” == If you can’t prove it, go away.

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