I believe that the Graham sign is an insidious liberal plot to take advantage of Senator Graham’s good nature, to trick him into having his photo taken with a sign that makes him and his supporters look retarded. To allow people to make wisecracks such as “Here’s Graham the cracker holding his sign,” and similar remarks.

We, we conservatives are NOT retarded. It is you liberals who need to GET A BRAIN!

Morans.

After the next election you’ll be holding a sign that says “WILL WORK FOR FOOD!”

Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am

Oh and “O. Bigfoot” – perhaps you’ll now let us all know your full name since you seem to have a problem with “phony names”?

Hypocrite.

Comment by margaret — August 8, 2007 @ 12:19 pm

It could be that IS his real name. In which case, he deserves our sympathy because he was probably teased a lot in school for it.

But seriously, I think O. Bigfoot was making the point that it’s easier to sling insults, call people names, and spread falsehoods from a position of anonymity. And I agree — there does seem to be an awful lot of that going on around here at times.

I prefer to be anonymous (I’m sure everybody has figured out that “missmolly” isn’t my real name) because in today’s world it pays to be prudent. I have no desire to be spammed or flamed, and I certainly don’t want some crazed person who disagrees with my views to figure out where I live.

Nevertheless, I feel a responsibility to post here as if I am talking to everybody in person, and use the same manners. And I use the same name each time I post, so people will know when I post something in Thread A that I’m the same person who posted another in Thread B. I wish everybody here felt the same way.

And my handle, “missmolly”? That’s because I miss the late, great Molly Ivins, and it’s my little tribute to her. I always looked forward to her columns, and I can’t help wondering what she would have to say nowadays.

No more immoral than the Democrat Presidential Candidates paying homage at YearlyKOS.

Okay, other that being an ideological dickhead who thinks Democrats are by definition evil and/or immoral?

How is the appearance of candidates at YK “immoral”?

And how is it more “immoral” than equating two US Senators with the most wanted criminal in the world?

So let’s parse this. The sign is saying that Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Hillary Clinton are saying “cut ‘n run”. We also acknowledge the obvious juxtaposition of the names “Obama” and “Osama” but we are already aware of the right-wing’s pathetic attempts to imply they are the same person.

None of the three has actually said this. Obama has gone on record as having opposed the war from the outset, and he has a plan for troop withdrawal. Repubs may refer to this as “cut ‘n run” but it isn’t so much slander as a tired soundbite. Ditto for Hillary — she voted to give Bush the power to use force, but now wants to withdraw on a timetable. Hardly “cut ‘n run” — but hardly slander, either.

And Osama bin Laden? The accusation of his position is incorrect no matter how you slice or spin it. He has communicated pretty clearly that he WANTS us to stay in Iraq. And why not? It’s taxing our military and our presence is the best marketing tool for Al Qaeda recruiting they’ve ever had. However, I’m not concerned about slandering Osama. Maybe if we tell enough lies about him, he will reveal his whereabouts to set the record straight.

My finding is that the sign is stupid, incorrect, contains punctuation and spelling errors and (from a graphics standpoint) doesn’t even have good design layout. But it isn’t slanderous. It just makes the person holding it look like a moron. Which is probably why Graham apologized for it.

It is just a photo. Its not like it can be recorded and e-mailed everywhere.

The only response this dimbulb will understand is

“I know you are, but what am I?”

Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am

Oh and “O. Bigfoot” – perhaps you’ll now let us all know your full name since you seem to have a problem with “phony names”?

Hypocrite.

Comment by Jackie — August 8, 2007 @ 12:05 pm

Yes Jackie, Republicans think it’s amusing that Obama’s name rhymes with Osama and that a woman actually thinks she has a chance to take the WH, but, in the meantime, real live people are dying in Iraq thanks to them.