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chuks · 29th July 2008, 15:43

jerks who assert that it is a commonly held opinion that Barack Obama shall not last long before being shot. That sort of idea belongs here a discussion that is even half informed about how we elect a President? I see...

Perhaps I have spent too long away but I always thought losing a President to a bullet was a sad anomaly, not a normal or even acceptable part of an "American Presidential Election."

Okay, just in the last 60 years we had Truman ducking for cover from Puerto Rican nationalists, JFK shot dead by a troubled loner, Ford shot at and missed by a member of the Manson Family, Reagan shot at and hit by a lunatic, Presidential candidate RFK shot by a Palestinian fanatic and candidate George Wallace shot by some guy who just felt like shooting someone, I guess... We might have a gun problem back in the U.S.A., I have to concede that point, but how much that has to do with politics per se is another question and one I really do not find appropriate here. That is all.

If you really think complaining about this sort of comment is being precious, well, okay then! I have been called worse. It is just that I really think people could bring more interesting and pertinent things to the discussion that just offering the thought that Obama is sure to be shot, mainly because lots of people think so. What, we should ask for a show of hands?

Frankly, whether most of you love, hate or just have some opinion in the middle of that range about my country, the United States of America, is all the same to me. Feel free to feel about it as you please. It is just this offering up some crashingly stupid opinion, like Fido dropping a dead rat at your feet while wagging his tail and expecting a pat on the bonce for that, that drives me to object.

We get folks with an I.Q. of room temperature here who just know that all Yanks are stupid or gun-happy or whatever just because they know that and all their friends know that and... It's stupid of me to comment on this I suppose but there you go.

Meanwhile, Obama having been unmasked as a politician, it should be interesting to see how many can live with that fact in place of hoping for a Messiah.

Have they agreed on some debates yet? Mr Angry meets the Messiah! I would almost pay money to watch that. Well, that or else the spouses getting stuck into each other. Who shall be first to whip out a tray of chocolate-chip cookies, her own recipe?

29th July 2008, 15:43	#1751 (permalink)
chuks Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Africa/Germany Age: 62 Posts: 1,289	It isn't the goats I mind but jerks who assert that it is a commonly held opinion that Barack Obama shall not last long before being shot. That sort of idea belongs here a discussion that is even half informed about how we elect a President? I see... Perhaps I have spent too long away but I always thought losing a President to a bullet was a sad anomaly, not a normal or even acceptable part of an "American Presidential Election." Okay, just in the last 60 years we had Truman ducking for cover from Puerto Rican nationalists, JFK shot dead by a troubled loner, Ford shot at and missed by a member of the Manson Family, Reagan shot at and hit by a lunatic, Presidential candidate RFK shot by a Palestinian fanatic and candidate George Wallace shot by some guy who just felt like shooting someone, I guess... We might have a gun problem back in the U.S.A., I have to concede that point, but how much that has to do with politics per se is another question and one I really do not find appropriate here. That is all. If you really think complaining about this sort of comment is being precious, well, okay then! I have been called worse. It is just that I really think people could bring more interesting and pertinent things to the discussion that just offering the thought that Obama is sure to be shot, mainly because lots of people think so. What, we should ask for a show of hands? Frankly, whether most of you love, hate or just have some opinion in the middle of that range about my country, the United States of America, is all the same to me. Feel free to feel about it as you please. It is just this offering up some crashingly stupid opinion, like Fido dropping a dead rat at your feet while wagging his tail and expecting a pat on the bonce for that, that drives me to object. We get folks with an I.Q. of room temperature here who just know that all Yanks are stupid or gun-happy or whatever just because they know that and all their friends know that and... It's stupid of me to comment on this I suppose but there you go. Meanwhile, Obama having been unmasked as a politician, it should be interesting to see how many can live with that fact in place of hoping for a Messiah. Have they agreed on some debates yet? Mr Angry meets the Messiah! I would almost pay money to watch that. Well, that or else the spouses getting stuck into each other. Who shall be first to whip out a tray of chocolate-chip cookies, her own recipe?