Bachmann is old news, I know. But have you ever experienced this? You’re driving down the highway, and another driver passes you at very high speed, and later you see that he has been pulled over and ticketed. Feel vindicated? I know it’s petty, but I got that feeling when I watched this broadcast …
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… but then learned this:
The last few hours have been nothing short of astounding. Since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball earlier tonight, there’s been a deluge of support unlike anything we have seen. We are so grateful to the Daily Kos community and others who’ve sounded the alarm on Bachmann’s extremist, shameful rhetoric and pitched in with whatever they can to help end her tenure in Congress.
Our phones haven’t stopped ringing. Many have called in to say they’re sorry they can only send money and wish they could be here to help. We want you to know what a difference your funds are making and that, thanks in part to your help, we are confident that we will be able to win this race. We are preparing to get out the vote on an unprecedented scale, and with supporters like you we will have the resources we need to get the job done.
I am both hopeful and humbled at the reminder you gave me tonight – that in our country’s darkest times, it is the strength and belief and action of ordinary Americans that ultimately brings about the change we need. From the hardworking folks in Minnesota’s Sixth District to all of you: we are proud to have you on our side.
Future Congressman Tinklenburg, due to Bachmann’s appearance, has raised almost $500,000 in one night. I see that red light flashing as I drive by, carefully doing the speed limit.
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Interesting how liberals are so defensive about who has pro-American beliefs. We have to be told because I guess it is not obvious.
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You obviously don’t know about the 1950’s. That red-baiting instinct is always in us. Only these days we say “terrorist” instead of “communist”.
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Are you saying Ayers wasn’t a terrorist, Mark? That he is now accepted into polite society does not negate his past activities.
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I refuse to be put on the defensive – you’re doing guilt by association. It’s a despicable tactic.
Perfectly honorable and innocent people are sullied by wild accusations based on innuendo and smear. Are you old enough to remember Joe? Is McCain a red-baiter?
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>>>>you’re doing guilt by association.
Isn’t, uhmm, Ayers, like, REALLY guilty? And unrepentant?
>>>>Perfectly honorable and innocent people are sullied by wild accusations based on innuendo and smear.
You mean like Sarah Palin? What is the latest smear on Joe the Plumber? Oh yes, those things are all true, and if they aren’t, the Left’s intentions are good, so they get a pass.
Most people have some good and bad mixed into their character. Some people, like OJ Simpson and Bill Ayers, stepped over some lines, and should be shunned by society. OJ has skated by on fame, fortune, and the race card. (He might be going down, finally.) Ayers has a privileged background that let him escape consequences for his past actions.
You raise the specter of McCarthyism to excuse your lack of judgment about Ayers. Some of us don’t have those hang ups.
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Guilt by association in this case is pinning the crimes of William Ayers on Barack Obama simply because they worked on a board together and lived in the same neighborhood. Seeing as how you don’t understand that, fred, the rest of your comment is moot.
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Thanks for putting your hands over your ears and going nyah nyah nyah.
If you want this Hegelian dialectic to work, we need some engagement.
We’re not “pinning the crimes”, we’re saying Barack has some associations that are beyond the pale for a national candidate. That you think it is okay gives me no comfort.
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All right then – assuming that associating with someone imbues one with guilt for all the crimes of that person – a lame assumption but one used effectively by propagandists since the beginning of time – let’s just give you that point even though it is not yours and is insane anyway – but giving you that point, your next task is to explain to me how much association there was. How much is enough to satisfy you?
Nah – I’m giving you way too much. You haven’t satisfied the bare essentials of baseline evidence to support your contentions. You’re just a parrot.
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>>>>let’s just give you that point even though it is not yours and is insane anyway
Made me laugh.
“Passive and aggressive people of the world, unite! Maybe.”
>>>>You haven’t satisfied the bare essentials of baseline evidence to support your contentions.
Well, if Obama’s connections with Ayers don’t bother you, fine, you can vote for him. Some of us want to be a little more careful with whom we entrust the Presidency, and who you associate with and to what degree is important.
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