Reply #244: Sorry, Nance, your OP was an opinion piece, not composed of ... [View All]

[puebloknot]

... anything that would rise to the level of material that could be introduced in court as fact.

"The law is the law..." Oh, really? The law, as we saw in Bush v. Gore, is completely malleable and the plaything of corporate and monied interests. The idea of law as a guiding principle based on the highest truth (if that could really be ascertained) is inspiring, but history has shown us that "the law" is all too often what human beings, from juries to Supreme Court justices, decide it is. And there is no reliable consistency from one scenario to another.

There are total purists on both the right and the left. Certainly in every online forum there are people who "get off" on just causing disruptions. But you seem not to realize that the tenor of a lot of your messages begins with a "school marm's" tone which suggests that people with reasonable and thoughtful criticisms of Obama are somehow not quite as evolved politically as you are.

Too bad, because your lecturing tone obscures the message you are attempting to deliver with humor and originality. I'm sure you can find "literary" criticism elsewhere which diverges from my opinion, but since this is a public board, and because our country is in great jeopardy, this is not a time for meekness and shoulder shrugging. We need strength in our political leaders, and it's in very short supply.

And as to "sometimes," I don't think it's possible to know, when dialoguing with one person, or a group such as DU, whether anyone is balancing their opinions about Obama in a given post or in general. I strongly want to feel better about our President than I do. I fear he is a candle that is burning less and less brightly. I can't know the pressures on the man which may be keeping him from doing things he may want to do and cannot. But he took the job, just as my father hoisted a rifle and fought in WWII in Europe. Playing it safe in an attempt to achieve bipartisan harmony never had a chance, and many of us saw that. But we gave him a chance, and now we see the fruits of that fantasy.

Your pony is stabled in Santa Fe. You have to come home for a visit to cash in your claim check. (I perfectly honor your right to speak about your country from outside it. Staying away for a time doesn't turn you into a furriner.)