Comments on: Like A Crazy Old Man Muttering In The Corner

By: PattyP

PattyP — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:26:47 +0000

Wow. The concept of sarcasm is really lost on some of the commenters here. And if anyone actually believes some nutter somewhere won’t make use of the kidney patient’s phone number, I suggest you perform the following Google search:

“michelle malkin” and “graham frost”

By: Liberal election tactics | Jason Hayes - Musing

Liberal election tactics | Jason Hayes - Musing — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:06:38 +0000

[...] means of accomplishing this goal. 1) Framing Opponents, and 2) Deligitimizing Criticism. The first example actually suggests that Conservatives want to firebomb Obama’s church and the second suggests [...]

By: daniel rotter

daniel rotter — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:01:24 +0000

“Isn’t Obama supposed to be about transcending race.”

Obama didn’t make these stupid comments. Oliver did and he should apologize. It was over-the-top, and it was crude.

By: daniel rotter

daniel rotter — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:59:13 +0000

“The only people who I see bringing up shades of racism are his supporters.”

Yeah, right. Rush Limbaugh, a known Obama supporter, called a certain former president “Bull Clinton” after his innocuous (in my opinion) “Jesse Jackson won the South Carolina primary twice” comments.

By: Dave in SoCal

Dave in SoCal — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:19:41 +0000

And you are taken seriously as a blogger on the left? He's not, Squid. But he desperately wants to be. This is just another cry for attention from a low-level Media Matters flunky who dreams of dailyKos grandeur. Just look at his follow up post in which he proudly does his "yes, I'm a defiant Liberal douchenozzle making specious claims without any facts to back me up, so what are you stupid, racist and evil conservatives going to do about it?" shtick. I'm sure his mother is VERY proud of him. Anything for the Obamessiah cause, doncha know. frankly all it does is show what a simple-minded asshole you really are at the core. Bingo!

By: Jack Klompus

Jack Klompus — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:32:02 +0000

First time post. Conservatives could care less about black churches being firebombed? And you are taken seriously as a blogger on the left? You make a completely slanderous, unfounded statement like this and frankly all it does is show what a simple-minded asshole you really are at the core.

By: Squid Shark

Squid Shark — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:45:53 +0000

Oliver,
This seems like an honest mistake, I think that you are reaching pretty hard with you assumtion that people who have a problem with Senator Obama’s associates and policies want to firebomb a church.

Just because we think the pastor is a nutbag does not mean we want to burn the church dowm, comeon.

Isnt Obama supposed to be about trancending race?

The only people who I see bringing up shades of racism are his supporters. I am not saying you are racist, but it is gross opportunism, taking advantage of the guilt many of us who were not even alive at the time still feel.

Respectfully,
The Squid

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:40:38 +0000

So, if you’re a conservative, you believe churches should be firebombed. Hmm… I must not have gotten the memo from the Evil Right-Wingers of America that said we’re now all members of the KKK. Thanks for the update, Willis. I’ll have to get my white robe and pointy hood dry-cleaned in time for the general election.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Gonna be a long election …

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Gonna be a long election … — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:25:08 +0000

[...] point comes from an exchange between Oliver Willis and Jon Henke, noted at QandO: Oliver Willis resorts to stereotype in an attempt to frame the right: Now, I know in the eyes of many on the right this [Trinity [...]

By: dee

dee — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:58:01 +0000

with all the drinking i’ve been doing for the last eight years; where do i sign up?

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:34:29 +0000

So volunteer to give rides to the polls in November. Carpool.

By: revenantive

revenantive — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:54:40 +0000

it just occurred to me that perhaps the greatest enemy to change in 2008 might just be the economy.

we’re expecting $6/gallon gasoline by labor day…just imagine what that’s going to do the lower classes and the job marketplace.

my nightmare scenario is this: the people who partially control the levers of the economy will make sure that things are in disastrous shape by election day. under this scenario, it will be VERY difficult for people with little means (read: democratic voters) to get the polls due to extreme cost. obviously, the top 20% of wage earners (read: mostly trend conservative) will have little trouble affording a trip to the local polls. economic pressure the ongoing, harmful attempts by many republicans across the country to alter voter ID laws and registration could make for a toxic mix this fall that might just hand the election to mccain.

all it will take is a few percentage points either way.

By: jojo

jojo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:51:19 +0000

Wow, shades of “A Beautiful Mind.”

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:51:05 +0000

Hugh Hewitt is a cretin.

By: Rheinhard

Rheinhard — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:10:10 +0000

As someone observed in Hugh’s comments, he failed to black out the phone number of a parishoner of the church… who was fortunate enough to receive a kidney transplant. I can only imagine the calls this poor soul will now be receiving from frothing lunatic racist wingnuts.

By: jerry

jerry — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:12:21 +0000

Ignore the words themselves. Concentrate on the periods. Draw a line connecting each period to the one closest to it, connect the dots style.

I think you can see what Hewitt is getting at!