tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post4420075672721709862..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Divided We StandDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-81247404448243002922008-07-23T18:02:00.000-04:002008-07-23T18:02:00.000-04:00Excellent post, and something that's been bugging ...Excellent post, and something that's been bugging me for ages. All I hear everywhere are these people who think somehow Obama will unite the country--they fall for his "There is no Conservative America, there is no Liberal America, there is just America" baloney.<BR/><BR/>Actually, there are probably far more than two Americas. And not all of them agree with the Leftist policies that Obama preaches. I personally rather like Obama as a person, I just don't think he'd be a very good President.E.D. Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883664120993134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-85636357105523281362008-07-20T10:37:00.000-04:002008-07-20T10:37:00.000-04:00<<<<<< Crankycons said>>&g...<<<<<< Crankycons said>>>>>>><BR/> I don't want to go to Borders in 2010 and see an entire table of books dedicated to calling Obama the most evil man who has ever lived. We don't need another outbreak of BDS, this time with the B standing for Barack instead of Bush.<BR/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><BR/><BR/>I am glad to hear you say this and applaud you for it. <BR/><BR/>But sadly, (If Obama is elected) I am sure that we will see exactly this. <BR/><BR/>I can clearly remember how "certain" conservatives reacted during Bill Clinton's presidency. <BR/><BR/>"Bill Clinton - Dictator". <BR/><BR/>"Bill Clinton - Most evil man in America".<BR/><BR/>"Impeach Clinton and that wimp she's married to".<BR/><BR/>I remember the worst of them being one that someone posted on his front lawn as a giant home made billboard (I remember driving past it while I was on the road and it was huge). <BR/><BR/>It read: <BR/><BR/>"Send the Clintons back home....In body bags". <BR/><BR/>Yes. It actually advocated and advertised his assassination. <BR/><BR/>If Obama get's elected, It wouldn't surprise me if Ann Coulter published a book entitled "Why an Obama assassination would be a good thing" <BR/><BR/>Of course she'd say the title was just a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-67332379435532105242008-07-16T22:53:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:53:00.000-04:00Well said!Well said!bgeorge77https://www.blogger.com/profile/14524051055544962510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-34536858763973992332008-07-16T22:08:00.000-04:002008-07-16T22:08:00.000-04:00Bringing people together is highly overrated. The...Bringing people together is highly overrated. The most divisive periods in our history, the American Revolution and the Civil War come to mind, have often been those periods in retrospect when great issues were confronted and dealt with. The American people are usually united only after some disaster like Pearl Harbor and 9-11and usually only briefly. Even during WW2 in 1944, 45.9% of the American voters wanted to give FDR a boot. This type of division, when given vent to in peaceful elections, does not strike me as a weakness in our country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-12061406295282125682008-07-16T17:23:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:23:00.000-04:00Very well said. I can't believe more people don't ...Very well said. I can't believe more people don't realize this.Jennifer @ Conversion Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894992378619176830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-35273031860130905322008-07-16T11:59:00.000-04:002008-07-16T11:59:00.000-04:00Great post, Darwin!And of the 2 major party candid...Great post, Darwin!<BR/><BR/>And of the 2 major party candidates running for President - the one with an actual track record of appealing to those on the other side of the aisle and the one who is the dream candidate of the left, I'd say that the latter (i.e. Obama) is likely to be the MORE divisive.Pro Ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814831624547392519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-86605610273524488522008-07-16T11:56:00.000-04:002008-07-16T11:56:00.000-04:00Right on the money. These political divisions hav...Right on the money. These political divisions have existed (though obviously not over the same isues) since, oh, 1789. There's a myth that there once existed some golden age where we all just got along - exacerbated by the fable of the "era of good feelings." Americans have always been divided over key issues, as we should be if we're principled. Perhaps the vitriol is more excessive than it was at the beginning, though some of those pamphlets published during the election of 1800 would make a thread on Daily Kos seem tame.<BR/><BR/>I do hope that conservatives can keep their heads about them if Obama is elected. I'm sure he will do much to outrage us, but I hope we can be more rational in our disputes than the "Bush=Hitler" or "Bush is a war criminal" crowd. I don't want to go to Borders in 2010 and see an entire table of books dedicated to calling Obama the most evil man who has ever lived. We don't need another outbreak of BDS, this time with the B standing for Barack instead of Bush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-3108841302339000082008-07-16T11:55:00.000-04:002008-07-16T11:55:00.000-04:00Very well said, as always.Very well said, as always.Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com