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• joe bernstein said:

  Never any toxic talk from left wing jerks like Paul Krugman and Keith Olbermann,not to mention Mike Malloy and Randi Rhodes.

  January 17, 2009 8:55 PM

• Ian Donnis said:

  Joe, we can agree that partisan rhetoric comes a dime a dozen. But wasn't there something quite different with all the insistence that Obama was a Muslin, a closet Marxist, etc.?

  January 17, 2009 9:52 PM

• joe bernstein said:

  Or Randi Rhodes suggesting that someone should assassinate Bush?That is actually a crime.

  Accusing Obama of Marxist leanings isn't toxic talk;it's a legitimate opinion,seeing how he considered Frank Marshall,an avowed Marxist, as a very important influence in his life.

  I agree the Muslim stuff was crap.

  I don't know how supporting enforcement of EXISTING immigration passed by a bipartisan Cpngress and signed by Bill Clinton can be construed as toxic or racist.

  Mark Potok and the SPLC long ago lost their mantle of legitimacy when they began slandering any group opposing mass amnesty.They may have done a good job on the United Klans of America in the Donald case,but they have become an agenda ridden partisan group since then.If we are going to debate things like this,I try to rely on actual facts rather than emotion.Adam Reilly oughta give it a shot,although he sounds like a smart enough guy.

  If we are attacked again,Obama will in fact have to accept responsibility,depending of course how far down the road of his administration it occurs.Hopefully it wouldn't,but that's an unrealistic projection.

  The economy can't be laid at the feet of any one or several leaders.I don't understand economics very well(okay-at all),but the meltdown around the world has to be the result of a confluence of multiple causes ,creating a sort of "perfect storm"scenario.The Bush administration certainly ahs some responsibility,as does Congress(BOTH parties)and international finance and banking concerns.Individual irresponsibility also played a role,whether you like to hear that or not.I personally knew otherwise decent people who were living so far above their means,it was almost surreal.

  OK,Obama wanted the hat,and now he's got it.We'll see,won't we?

  January 19, 2009 11:40 AM

• Ian Donnis said:

  Joe, I wasn't familiar with the Rhodes' remark, but that would certainly be appropriately called toxic. It seems there was a double-standard in how Obama got dubbed a closet Marxist, in part because of his support for the bailout, when McCain voted for it, too. Also, until last year, the GOP has proven more effective at attack politics in recent election cycles.

  January 20, 2009 9:23 AM

• joe bernstein said:

  The bailout didn't play any part in the general discussion of Obama's possible socialist proclivities because most of that came up prior to the whole meltdown situation itself.

  Obama may,now that he has the most powerful public position in the world,modify a lot of what he previously theorized about.Taking on enormous responsibility has a way of bringing most people back to earth.

  The fact is that Obama has the bleakest outlook facing him than that of any other President since FDR.

  January 20, 2009 10:10 AM

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