jrg907 wrote:A lot of mental giants on that video. If we are ever going to come together as a party or conservative movement we need to get rid of people like that and address the issues. If we try to debate issues we have a real chance but people like this just make us look stupid and alienates people that put some serious thought into issues.

jrg907 wrote:Yeah that name calling is really getting us somewhere. "Elitist pinhead"? Does that mean trying to get a good education is a bad thing? All I am saying is that all of this name calling is just noise that is blocking us from discussing how to really fix things. Most Americans look at something like this and just tune it out. Then when there is opportunity for serious discussion we trot out Joe the Plumber or Newt. We lose by default.

modmindman wrote:Wow! I'm an independent, a Libertarian actually, and while I didn't vote for Obama, I certainly don't think his election was fraudulent or that he's unAmerican or that he is out to destroy the United States of America.

Until lately I've always respected the GOP, but as of late, those who claim to belong to the party, (according to some polls, 22% or so) are really going off the deep end. Yes, I’m very uneasy about the bailout of GM and the banking industry but it is a policy that President Bush started, or do “conservatives” have that short of a memory? Have “conservatives” forgotten that it was Bush who grew the Federal Government?  That it was he who started us on a path of fiscal irresponsibility. And it was on his watch that we had the worst economic crisis in decades, not to mention his reckless foray into Iraq!

I'm not defending Obama but let's deal with the facts and get a fair perspective on how we got into this mess so it doesn’t happen again.

The reason I place quotation marks around the term conservative is because Conservatives like my parents were appalled over how irresponsible the GOP has become!  And now we have the Dem’s in control of the Government and that is not good for the Country.  One party rule is bad for democracy.

As for the “U.S. Citizens vs. Barack Hussein Obama” video and those who make such claims and statements with no forethought or critical thinking, nor informed discourse, normally I would be laughing. But with top "conservative" media talking heads like Hannity and Limbaugh inciting their audience with this insane rhetoric that Obama is going to take away our rights, nationalize and socialize all businesses, and that he is in league with Al-Qaeda!  This is completely over the top. And dangerous!

Sadly, I realized that these highly influential media personalities just aren't stirring up their “base” but rather have a more sinister and cynical outcome in mind.  It’s my opinion that they are trying to strike fear in the hearts and minds of some of the more unstable people out there to provoke someone to take matters in their own hands and engage in a “patriotic” act to "save" the Country by taking a shot at our current President.

That’s right, I’ll say it more clearly: this incendiary talk coming from the extreme right may very will provoke the assignation of our President. I believe Mr. Limbaugh and Hannity and others of their ilk would secretly celebrate such an event. God help us all if that happens!

Please folks, some you need to get a grip and engage in the political process intelligently and thoughtfully because some of you are making the Grand Old Party look like a bunch of paranoid nuts!