Comments on: Bullet Fired At Lou Dobbs’ Home: Keep the Political Battles Where They Belong, Please

By: Travis Gearhart

Travis Gearhart — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:44:34 +0000

As far as the Ted Kennedy thing is concerned, I certainly wasn’t throwing a party when he died (but I wasn’t exactly crying, either). I thought National Review put it best: The only opinion poll he has to worry about now is the one upstairs (not a direct quote, but along those lines). I have to disagree on the Limbaugh part, though. I’m not a daily Limbaugh listener, but if I happen to be driving when he’s on I listen, and I haven’t heard anything remotely close to defamation. Do I agree with the guy on certain issues? No. But I think the bigger problem isn’t what Rush does, but that some of us on the right (myself included) recognize it as partisan entertainment while others take it as gospel.

By: Wickle

Wickle — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:50:24 +0000

I’ve been saying this for some time. Sadly, there’s a segment of the population that considers it being soft on principle to refuse to hate a person.

I was told that I was a liberal because I didn’t hope for Ted Kennedy to die painfully.

Having said that, Limbaugh is part of the problem. He’s no better, and usually worse, than anyone who might have maligned him. As long as he’s the single loudest voice on the Right, don’t expect things to get any better.

By: kevintracy

kevintracy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:42:33 +0000

We had an interesting debate about the George Tiller case, but here’s what’s bothering me. Generally speaking, Democrats and Republicans are politically moderate. We’ve just chosen to over focus our attention on the small things that divide us rather than the greater themes that unite us.

Yet, there are some individuals out there on BOTH sides of the political divide who are behaving like Nazis and Communists in Germany’s old Weimar Republic. Unless you are a radical about an extremist cause, there is no need to resort to violence in a politically moderate culture such as ours.

Keep up the good work, Travis.