tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post7233302098110424979..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Dead HeatAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-19033474569231415762009-08-20T09:16:27.705-04:002009-08-20T09:16:27.705-04:00But its okay for liberals to rush the stage, throw...But its okay for liberals to rush the stage, throw pies at, and shout down conservatives when they try to speak, right?<br /><br />Lets face it, there are loonies on both sides of the aisle, all of whom have a right to be heard but not the right to supress others from speaking. Civility is MIA.<br /><br />The lunatics are running the asylum in America right now, unfortunately and unless/until a true centrist wing of either party emerges the Dems AND Reps will be held hostage by the extremists acting out under their respective banners.<br /><br />The first party to publicly renounce the loons will regain the American voters trust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-56960069777415114312009-08-19T15:33:11.098-04:002009-08-19T15:33:11.098-04:00I understand Anon 7:25's point about the legal...I understand Anon 7:25's point about the legality of the two actions, though I don't quite agree with the notion of equating bringing guns outside an event to wearing T-shirts. Whereas, in both cases, citizens may be exercising their right under the 2nd and 1st amendments respectively, to me, guns are an obvious security issue (especially in such a volatile atmosphere), while banning someone on the basis of a t-shirt is a flat-out suppression of free speech.<br /><br />However, the larger point here in my mind is that this commenter and I can exchange ideas and disagree in a civil manner. The president thought that he could have similar exchanges on healthcare, but idiots like Anon 1:22 are making that impossible.<br /><br />And the loonies at the town meetings aside, it's clear that Republican lawmakers are far more interested in scoring political points against the administration that discussing healthcare in good faith.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-42216752084091776822009-08-19T13:34:07.893-04:002009-08-19T13:34:07.893-04:00Anon 1:22:
You're right. He is a Nazi (all ...Anon 1:22: <br /><br />You're right. He is a Nazi (all us liberal Jews are Nazi's too) and he hates America. That's the same Obama Rush Limbaugh is always talking about right? The muslim terrorist one? The one born in Kenya? The imaginary one!<br /><br />The real Obama is so damned busy being a tolerant President for all Americans, and Christian to boot that he's turning the other cheek even as the angry fringe totally out of touch with reality gather against him with assault weapons. (Maybe this makes him Canadian?)<br /><br />Orwell lives!steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-47177083033531222292009-08-19T13:22:22.962-04:002009-08-19T13:22:22.962-04:00Who is the guy with the gun supporting? Nazi Obam...Who is the guy with the gun supporting? Nazi Obama. Its all one sided with you Nazi's. Obama hates this country. Wise up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-24760182536906964232009-08-18T19:25:27.623-04:002009-08-18T19:25:27.623-04:00While I agree bringing guns anywhere near a presid...While I agree bringing guns anywhere near a presidential event needs to viewed skeptically and probably prohibited somehow, there is no difference from a legal standpoint between the anti Bush tee shirts and the guns.<br /><br />The anti Bush folk were INSIDE the event, the gun people are in the protest zone set up for that purpose, nowhere near the Prez, but both were entirely within their rights under existing law.<br /><br />The anti Bush people clearly were legal as was proven in court, but so are the gun folk as long as they do not try to enter the event or God forbid fire the damn things or threaten someone.<br /><br />It is a protest until proven otherwise, albeit in very bad taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-78996506791097497102009-08-18T12:14:26.576-04:002009-08-18T12:14:26.576-04:00And if you don't want to run the risk of trans...And if you don't want to run the risk of transporting your piece up the Northway, which is crawling with state troopers during the Saratoga meet, there's an oh-so-convenient gun shop right in Saratoga Springs.Steve Zornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290710261555708639noreply@blogger.com