The GLF made that comparison. It´s in the PBS documentary, After Stonewall.

Jeez! Is there anything that the “gay struggle” isn’t like? Why not compare it to Grant’s struggle to circumvent the river batteries of Vicksburg or the Norman struggle against the Anglo-Saxons?

Obama admits, like his fellow Democrats he hasn’t read the bill either.
Geez….like the pork bill and the bail out bill…
http://www.heritage.org/2009/07/21/morning-bell-obama-admits-hes-not-familiar-with-house-bill/

Oh oh, the Obama administration isn’t so transparent afterall. Liar.
They are delaying a legally mandated report on the economy….news too disturbing, too horrible?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/20/AR2009072002277_pf.html

Now it looks like Obamateleprompter may miss his Club Gitmo deadline as well. Man are these people morons. Can’t wait for a media frenzy about Obama’s first SIX MONTHS!! A+
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/21/gitmo-review-delayed-6-months/

What we need are people who are able to tolerate ambiguity.

That’s a loaded phrase, Ash. It all depends on what you mean by “tolerate” and “ambiguity”. Being able to tolerate cognitive ambiguity is part of the process of discovering the truth, so ‘yes’ to that. OTOH, “you must tolerate moral ambiguity” is one of the canards that hardcore leftists use to browbeat good people into compromising with their poison. F*ck that.

Attacking the strengths of opponents, and an uncanny sense for the issues that would inflame voters raised Rove’s stature to an unprecedented level amongst those who hold political influence. Bush created no less than three offices for Karl to occupy during his time in the White House. The blending of policy with politics was nothing new, but had never been done with such precision and effect. *

Rove spent two decades as the main strategist for Republican candidates at all levels in all regions of the country. He built up an impressive record, winning 34 of 41 elections. Karl even lent his savvy advice to clients in Sweden. He holds the strange distinction of being fired from two different George H.W. Bush campaigns. The first time was in 1988, and again in 1992, both times for leaking unsavory information to the press. *

>GWB is not a natural orator and it seemed that he was not far off Rove’s tight leash.

Karl Rove did not transform a dolt into the most powerful man in the world. The direct mail specialist used a combination of instincts and data, then threw in the right wrecking balls at exactly the right times. His political maneuverings were akin to the athletic endeavors of Dennis Rodman. Both were highly valued as teammates and despised as opponents. The problem was that Rove had political friends everywhere, including Al Gore’s campaign manager. Democrats publicly lamented the lack of a Dick Cheney on their team, but were too prideful to do the same for someone who had stung them as much as Rove.

The man who George W. Bush deemed “The Architect” of his campaigns was not afraid of delving into the netherworld of the soul. When Bush was on the ropes during the 2000 primaries, Rove summoned his darkest powers in order to crush the momentum of the high-flying McCain “Straight Talk Express.” Push polls appeared that asked voters in South Carolina if they would vote for McCain if they knew that he had fathered an illegitimate black child. The child was a girl that John and CIndy McCain had adopted from a Mother Teresa orphange in Bangladesh. Stories appeared that Cindy McCain was addicted to prescription drugs, and that John was mentally unstable from his experiences in Vietnam. Bush upended McCain in South Carolina and went on to secure the nomination. *

Bush was never supposed to be the attack dog or the scorpion.

The Dark Vader Cheney and Rove were the ones behind the attacks. Republicans and Democrats were both targets behind Rove’s planned hits. And very few were willing to challenge Cheney.

>The bumper sticker ‘A village in Texas has lost it’s idiot’ comes to mind. ALthough I believe GWB is a good man for he has someone as charming as Laura (and his Daughters) standing by him, he was not the orator Obama.

Rove’s lowest schemes have never borne his fingerprints, but all those who were closely involved either winked or turned blue in the face with the knowledge that Rove was the man behind the curtain. His arsenal of outrageous tricks now seem cliche, but it was Rove who brought political chicanery into the Space Age. *

>Maybe someone should pay look more closely at the ‘man behind the curtain’.

* http://www.examiner.com/x-11800-Bush-Legacy-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Karl-Rove-only-cares-about-winning

Let’s pretend for a moment that that statement is even remotely true. Is it therefore your contention that people shouldn’t expect better from the liberals?

TGC, I haven’t given you props in awhile. Great question. You rock!

Republicans clearly had sore winners syndrome, starting when they became the majority in congress and expanded it when Bush became president. Their attitude was clearly “screw you” in everything they did.

Let’s pretend for a moment that that statement is even remotely true. Is it therefore your contention that people shouldn’t expect better from the liberals?????

Give it up, Kevin. You can’t re-write history here. In order to get bi-partisan support for the bills Congress is passing, it could start by not completely shutting Republicans out of the meetings where the final versions of the bills are negotiated.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/gop-shut-out-of.html

Once you’ve done that, please provide examples of specific compromises Obama made to win Republican support on certain legislative initiatives. It was nice that he made the journey to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans, but did he act in response to suggestions they offered?

And actually, if you’d paid any attention to Republican policies of the last eight years, you’d see that they did change their policies, shifting to the left in order to win the middle. As a result, they lost their base and antagonized those in the middle who favored smaller government.

You’re right, the GOP does need come up with ides the people want to hear. And the American people do seem to like the sound of opposition to Obama’s big-spending initiatives.

Now, once you’ve provided the examples I’ve requested above, please address the point of the post–on why your guys must repeatedly attack my guys. Ok, so what if you’re right that my side is acting like sore losers? They don’t have any power and can’t block the majority’s legislative initiatives.

So, why do you feel the need to attack them as you do? Your attacks on Republicans don’t address the point of the post, they just help make it.

Let’s hope. They weren’t in 2008. But let’s hope Americans can still see through a brick wall in time.

ILC, I think one of the big reasons for the vote in 2008 being the way it was, was 8 years of intense rabid hatred of Bush by our elites and the media.

Everything they blamed on the Republicans back in the day is coming true now. Our economy sucks, Europe doesn’t like us very much and we are losing the upper hand with the islamofascists.

So when people saw a well spoken black guy who only knew how to spout Hope and Change. They jumped on the opportunity to have anything but Bush. We are paying the price for that revulsion, I’m just hoping that our country isn’t destroyed in the process.