Pat Robertson denounces Rush Limbaugh’s comments: He’s ‘not exactly thinking rationally.’
Pat Robertson denounces Rush Limbaugh’s comments: He’s ‘not exactly thinking rationally.’
In an interview with U.S. News, conservative televangelist Pat Robertson decried the recently-passed economic recovery package as “a disaster,” but emphasized that he wants President Obama to succeed. “We don’t want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy,” Robertson said, adding that he thought Rush Limbaugh’s “I hope he fails” comment was “a terrible thing to say”:
Q: So you don’t subscribe to Rush Limbaugh’s “I hope he fails” school of thought?
ROBERTSON: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he’s the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn’t, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally.
Last December, Robertson praised Obama for picking a “middle-of-the road Cabinet.” But he has since changed his tune, complaining that Obama is “showing partisanship” through his cabinet appointments.
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Translation: he is high on the hillbilly heroin again.
When a nutcase like robertson thinks you are not “thinking rationally”, you have really lost it.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:35 pmThe implosion of the modern GOP has begun. Watch it and smile.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pmWhy is there never a follow up question of “And how many democrats were there in the bush whitehouse?”
February 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pmWow. There’s a crack in the foundation, folks…
It should be a big red flag when between you and Pat Robertson, Pat is the one who sounds rational.
Get some help, Rush.
And I don’t mean another refill on your Viagracontin scrip.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pmPat Robertson denounces Rush Limbaugh’s comments: He’s ‘not exactly thinking rationally.’»
Whoa…in the Thunderdome of irrationality, Pat Robertson has few peers. This is one of the strangest statements I have ever seen.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:37 pmPat Robertson? Telling us that someone–ANYONE–ever Rush Limbaugh–is not speaking rationally?
The same person that said God sent hurricanes to Florida to punish Supreme Court nominees by Bill Clinton? Just look at what this idiot has said, and one thing is certain:
If anyone knows the LACK of rationality, it’s Pat Robertson.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:37 pmHow bout we have ourselves a steel cage death match? We could raise lots of money to assist the struggling economy with a sideshow like that. All it takes to turn this economy around is a little creative thinking. Well that and two pasty old white dudes locked in a steelcage.
Two oddballs enter, One oddball leaves!!!
February 17th, 2009 at 12:38 pmThe ‘base’ is beginning to sniff the carcass. When someone like Pat comes out with this sort of stuff it is evidence that the plan is working. I wonder what kind of hit his ‘ministry’ has taken in donations?
February 17th, 2009 at 12:40 pmBeing denounced by Pat Robertson for not thinking rationally??
I think I have to sit down…..
February 17th, 2009 at 12:40 pmSo how long before a tearful Pat Robertson calls in to Limbaugh’s show to apologize? I give it two days.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pmAs Peggy Noonan noted four short years ago (and I paraphrase, except for the precious second sentence):
The 2004 election has given us all the 2008 nomination of Barack Obama.
Let us savor.
Indeed. The only true words she ever wrote, in my humble opinion.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pmMan bites dog.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pmROBERTSON: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he’s the president of all the country.
But….but….rethugs only mean this when a REPUKE is president…
…what gives Pat?
You are not exactly known for rational thought.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pmWhy of course Pat Robertson decries President Obama’s stimulus package, after all Pat is a republican. If this had been a republican presidents stimulus package you would see Pat and every other republican support it 100%.
Question: Is President Obama going to allow the Bush tax cuts to continue until they expire in 2010? Or are the democrats going to change it and eliminate the tax cuts for the wealthy??
I ask because I heard a month or so ago that in order for President Obama to get some republican support he would continue the Bush tax cuts until they expire sometime in 2010. Since he isn’t getting much support from the republicans shouldn’t he just end the tax cuts ASAP!
February 17th, 2009 at 12:43 pmIncredible. I mean, Pat actually said something that is true?
Wow. I feel dizzy.
Of course, he did NOT go as far as he would have if Rush were anything BUT republican: the actual truth: the comment is anti-America (for the reasons that Pat explained) and traitorous in its intention. He softened the “traitor” comment that DOES apply to Rush’s wishes to “not thinking rational”. Call ‘em as they ARE, Pat.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:43 pmPat must be beginning to realize his own judgement day is nearing and is trying to score some desperate last minute make up points for all the stupid and cruel things he’s said over the years.
Just saying . . .
February 17th, 2009 at 12:44 pmThe presidential cabinet is intended to supply the president with feet on the ground to help carry out the policy the president sets. Most serve as heads of various federal agencies.
The members of the president’s cabinet HAVE to be in agreement with the policy the president sets in their area of authority, else they would pull their agency in a opposing direction and subvert those policies.
Now, please tell me, which cabinet officials of the recently deposed bush administration stood in opposition to the neo-Con policies followed by bush? And yet I can’t recall hearing robertson speaking out about the partisanship of bush’s administration.
To put it more bluntly, the republican party has become irrelevant. It has no ideas that address the problems we face. They appear to believe tax cuts are a solution to the financial crisis, when it was republican tax cuts that helped create the problem. Throwing gasoline on a burning house is no help.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmI never hoped that George W Bush would fail. Far from it. I hoped that he would succeed in disaster recover in New Orleans and rebuilding the Gulf Coast. I hoped that the Iraq war would go as swimmingly well as they predicted. I hoped that he would be able to balance our personal privacy with the needs of our national defense. I hoped that he would take hold of our national spirit on 9/11. I hoped that his rhetoric about the environment and energy independence were true.
Of course, the reality of eight years of failure crushed my hope completely. All I was left with was my cynical fear that George W Bush would turn out to be one of the worst President’s ever.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmPat Robertson denounces Rush Limbaugh’s comments
oh yea, THAT makes me feel better…
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmI wonder what Pat thinks of the results of the Venezuelan referendum; which will allow his buddy Hugo Chavez to run for re-election for the rest of his life…
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmI agree, saying you want your own President to fail is a terrible thing to say. On the other hand saying our government should assassinate other countries leaders or saying a hurricane was the wrath of God against people whose life style you don’t approve of are just as terrible if not worse.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmStratRat says; Watch the implosion.
Pass the popcorn, mine with lots of extra butter, please.
Message to Pat; Jerry Falwell is looking forward to you being his roommate in hell, he has your bed of nails all ready for you.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmJust a hunch here but I think Pat made this comment just to appear relevant and to keep Lush Rimbaugh in the headlines.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:48 pmRusho,
“Fat, drug addled and stupid is no way to go through life.”
- Dean Wormer.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pmIs Robertson saying that teh gay has gotten to Rush?
February 17th, 2009 at 12:50 pmAnd the impending implosion is the reason WHY the conservatives lead in ratings. Set the fuse on a rocket, and some people will want to sit around to watch the fireworks.
Some day I wish we could all listen to Rush with those CNN “support meters” running at the same time to show just how unpopular he really is.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pmMy God! I never thought I would say this, but Pat Robertson is right, Rush is irrational! He’s been irrational for a long time. How Rush has such a following is beyond me. He is such a slimey mean person. So good on Robertson!
February 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pmWhen Pat Robertson claims Rush is not thinking rationally, I think we are witnessing a phenomenon rarely seen.
This comes from the man who hears messages from God to a man whose ego makes him believe he is god.
Each of them is just taking up space on earth.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pmAnother Question: Why was the media so outraged and gave so much coverage over the Madoff scandal and yet you do not hear the same outrage over the billions of dollars lost, stolen or missing in Iraq? I guess when some wealthy Americans get screwed out of millions it is headline news but when the average tax payer gets screwed…not much of a headline.
Why aren’t the republican’ts outraged over the billions of dollars lost, stolen or missing in Iraq? Why aren’t the republican’ts (And Democrats) outraged over the $2.3 trillion that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted was unaccounted for back in 2001?
February 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Don’t worry, by the end of the week, Robertson will be on Drugbaugh’s show begging for forgiveness. Anyone want to bet?
February 17th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Don’t think so. Robertson doesn’t need Rush. Republican Politicians need Rush because he can destroy them and keep them from getting elected or raising money, etc.. Robertson doesn’t need anything from Rush Limbaugh.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pmUncle Fester Lurks Says:
Why aren’t the republican’ts outraged over the billions of dollars lost, stolen or missing in Iraq?
I know its rhetorical question, but have to answer anyhow.
The repugs/neocons don’t say BOO because it was the criminal cabal behind dur chimpfurher that stole the money via the military-industrial complex (which oil and much of the mainstream media is now a part of).
And the lying liars on TV – they won’t say nothing because they “catapult the propaganda” for the same criminal cabal.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:59 pmI’ll take LibertyLover’s assessment and 3 points.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pmPat Robertson being critical of Limpballs’ statement is about as solid as being given public speaker pointers by the former president ………..
February 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pmPat Robertson denouncing Blush Limpdick.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pmThat’s like the pot calling the kettle black.
Translation: Time for little rushie limpballs to grab some blue pills and visit the little boys in the Dominican Republic.
He obviously needs a “break”.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pmDamn, HTH! That’s why you’re one of the leaders of the TP community. Your ability to see ahead.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:02 pmI doubt that Pat is waxing support for Obama as much as he’s pointing out that Rush is saying a politically boneheaded thing when he publicly hopes that Obama will fail.
Think about it. If the reality is that your own party screwed up, the other side got a charismatic standard bearer with actual intelligence and leadership qualities, and it looks like they’re going to do a better job than your party did — is it smart to say what you honestly think? That you hope for this guy’s failure because that’s the quickest way to regain power?
The Republicans think this is a football game. The other team has the ball and a set of downs. The Reps are going to do everything they can to keep the Dems from advancing the ball, and they are going to be pushing hard for fumbles and sacks.
But even though we all know this, it’s still good political practice to publicly wish the president to succeed. After all, if you want to make your point that the other party’s policies are doomed to failure, you don’t have to wish for it or hope for it — you can confidently predict it’s going to happen. And then you get to say “I told you so” when it does.
Wishing and hoping merely underscores a lack of confidence in their failure, and fear of their success. And saying so publicly confirms everybody’s suspicion that party means much more than country. Pat seems to “get” this much better than Rush.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pmWhat’s that they say about broken clocks ?
February 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pmSays a lot about the Reich-wing when their voice of reason is Pat Robertson.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pmROBERTSON: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he’s the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn’t, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally.
Ummm , Pat ; your statement encompasses the ENTIRE GOP.
It exposes the problem with elected officials in this country ; that they’re simply only interested in their own careers and asses , and not what they are actually elected to office for , which is to work together for the betterment of the US and its citizens………..
February 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pmSince Pat does not hold an elected position, I don’t agree that the pressure to apply libs to a spam moon will follow. Yeah, there will be flack but I don’t expect full groveling.
Besides, this has all the earmarks of being an influence war and Pat is a scrapper. Boneheaded but he isn’t going to hand even a little piece of the leadership mantle to someone like Rush.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pmPat Robertson is looking at paying income taxes for his political activities. He is trying to straighten up and fly right for a change. Of course Limpbone is not thinking rationally…he is on drugs.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:14 pm20 years ago, Robertson seemed to be much more rational and have a much more “live and let live” tone to his message.
Let us hope that this is part of his program back to rationality.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pmLimbaugh needs help. His hatred is an outburst of frustration and despair. His hope for Obama’s failure is foolish and childish. Bush has brought more failure than this country can handle. We are drenched in failure thanks to Bush.
Rush’s attitude is way too negative. Who needs such a negative person in times like these? No one!
February 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pmMy experience (and I emphasize my own) with fervent fundamentalist christianists, is that the closer they get to the end of their days, the more fearful they become. They seem to become more forgiving of those they may have harshly judged against in the past. The doubts they have been able to keep suppressed through loud preaching and proselytizing begin to struggle to the surface of consciousness.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:26 pmHoly crap, the sky really must be falling. For the first time in my life a talking chicken is actually making sense
February 17th, 2009 at 1:29 pmActually, the implosion began in September 2005.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:29 pmLimbaugh not exactly thinking rationally
understatement of the year..
February 17th, 2009 at 1:30 pmAnd, it is now the Republican Party platform.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Pat Robertson denounces Rush Limbaugh’s comments: He’s ‘not exactly thinking rationally.’»
Whoa…in the Thunderdome of irrationality, Pat Robertson has few peers. This is one of the strangest statements I have ever seen.
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what, you don’t read your own stuff?!
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on a more relevant note;
doc’s question (#24) is a good one,
will pat come back later on
and beg forgiveness?
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February 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pmDoes he have his apology written out?
February 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pmPat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh are Wingnut whack-jobs who should be more concerned about Joe the Moron/Plumber who is also gunning for their job as #1 Big Mouth Lunatic Extremist! (BMLE)
February 17th, 2009 at 1:33 pmBecause they are the ones who lost or stole it.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pmsorry hussein,
missed your comment (#10)
and saw doc’s first. you get
the cred but it’s a question that’s
on all of our minds given gingrey’s
recent history of cowardice; will robertson
stick to his guns or chicken out?
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February 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pmYou shouldn’t talk bad about Pat Robertson like that.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pmHi John Kerry:
February 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pmFunny thing. I was just thinking of how much I could go for some Bee Bim Bab. Do you like Korean John? Please don’t run away this time. We welcome your bold insights…
John Kerry Says:
Still using the very old and misleading lib bullshit regarding Rush’s comments, huh!!
Anyone ever think of checking the facts out FIRST???????????????????????????????
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bp is 150/100.
hang on jk, we’ll
call 912 for you.
:)
February 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pmHypocrisy, thy name is Pat Robertson.
When democrats opposed the war, he labeled them unpatriotic and traitorous. Now that the Reich-wing messiah Rush prays for our president’s failure, he’s labeled “not rational”. But no mention of his patriotism ( or lake thereof).
February 17th, 2009 at 1:43 pmIt might make you feel better if you email Pat Robertson with your complaint.
700 Club
February 17th, 2009 at 1:46 pmBring It On
If that conman Robertson ever goes broke with his evangelist to the stupid scam he can always go to the Big City and become a comedian…
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February 17th, 2009 at 1:59 pmIs this an outline for a SNL skit or not! It’s terrific when loonies turn on each other. Rush better not retaliate or Robertson will call down a case of the clap on him!.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:01 pmOh Lordy — when Pat Robertson is lucid enough to question someone’s reasoning ability, well, Limbaugh should be immediately institutionalized. Just sayin.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pmBoldfaceLiar, one fact is that you are not the real John Kerry. Another fact is that the country voted for Obama and against you and Rush. Another fact is that it was Pat Robertson making the comments about Rush. Look ‘em up.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:17 pmROBERTSON: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he’s the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn’t, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally.
Yes, nobody would want president of united states fail on economic crisis, except, exon mobil and folks such as bush, cheney , rush and etc..
February 17th, 2009 at 2:18 pmA movement where Pat Robertson is the rational one is a movement in trouble.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:19 pmWhy is it that every picture of a repug looks like an ad for Metamucil?
February 17th, 2009 at 2:28 pmKinda like constipation.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:29 pmjk’s worried about some facts.
(snort, snicker, chuckle….)
it’s a battle between 2 fact averse morons, jk, so why should anyone care????
the bold font helps though – really.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:33 pmEven though he’s right, this is coming from he of the 3,000 pound leg press.
All a bunch of lucking funatics.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm68 – they’re all constipated from their abuse of synthetic opiates.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pmOnce again, JK boldly goes where no one really wants to be;
pissing into the forty knot wind, whilst proclaiming their neoconfascista esprit!
February 17th, 2009 at 2:37 pmSince he has some sway with his flock, I’m glad he’s saying this.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pmYea good for Pat Robertson but they’re both still crazy. Like another commenter said, who really cares?
Hey guys, check out my new blog at http://plunditry.com . Thanks!
February 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pmA crazy person thinking a crazy person is crazy even though they share identical ideology.
Is this like matter and anti-matter colliding? Will we now have dogs and cats sleeping together?
February 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pmJohn Kerry Says
February 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Still using the very old and misleading lib bullshit regarding Rush’s comments, huh!!
Anyone ever think of checking the facts out FIRST???????????????????????????????
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Not that hard to check out. Rush Limbaugh said “I hope Obama fails”. He repeated it. He was proud of saying it. He said he hoped the media made that into a headline.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/20/limbaugh-obama-fail/
Where, exactly, are we being misleading? Are you claiming that Rush never said this?
February 17th, 2009 at 4:20 pmSo is Pat now going to gain some dollars from the stimulus?
Because when one person goes into the backyard and supposedly channels financial advice from the lord god jesus holy spirit, you have to wonder why he’d say such things about Rush.
Unless Gordon just hasn’t been giving his dad his happy even pills.
February 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pmGotta agree with Keltoi here. Rush is certainly a lying propagandistic weasel but Robertson has lived in Crazytown for a long LONG time.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:07 pmPlease wake up….Chavez is democraticly elected. Why do we judge what others do. It’s there country and if they want a socialistic adgenda…it’s there choice.
Don’t buy the BUSH lies anymore. The real reason they hate Chaves is because a socialistic system is slowly taking over. The masses speak but the rich don’t like it. The masses speak….Don’t F*** with us.
America will learn(the hard way)the masses rule. Change is going to happen by the public not who we put into office.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:10 pmStratRat Says:
You know, this isn’t really anything to smile about. The Republicans are beginning to act like Hitler during his last days in the bunker.
Hitler concluded that Germany had failed him, rather than the other way around, and that accordingly they were deserving of destruction. The Republicans are acting in ways that make me think they believe the same thing: that America, by rejecting them at the polls, has shown itself undeserving of them and of peace and prosperity only they can give us.
They will now proceed to punish us until we come to our senses.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:15 pmSo Limbaugh not rational? This coming from a man of God who called for the assassination of the President of Venezuela.
Evangelical ministers or Republicans there is no difference they are the same. And they are both irrational and hateful in their actions and rhetoric. Certainly with such idiots there must be a secret handshake for the club.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:23 pmHoodathunk Says:
Why is it that every picture of a repug looks like an ad for Metamucil?
They aren’t called “tight-ass” repugs for nothing.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:40 pmROBERTSON: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he’s the president of all the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And if he doesn’t, it hurts us all. Anybody who would pull against our president is not exactly thinking rationally.
Hell has now officially frozen over.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:19 pmdbadass Says:
How bout we have ourselves a steel cage death match?
OOOOOoooh–where do I get tickets????? And why limit it to just ONE death match????
February 17th, 2009 at 7:20 pmHoodathunk Says:
Why is it that every picture of a repug looks like an ad for Metamucil?
To be fair, not every male repug looks constipated. . . many of them look, instead, like the stars of the Megan’s Law site, CA’s public access list of sexual predators:
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/
February 17th, 2009 at 7:58 pmI love reading most blogs, only to notice, 1) you try bashing conservatism but you come off looking like little children, and 2) you blog during the hours when most people work…I’m tired of supporting you little sniveling creeps! Go get a job! Your parents will love you when you finally get the hell out!!
February 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pmgres0817:
” you come off looking like little children”
“you little sniveling creeps! Go get a job!”
does this make anyone else laugh?
February 17th, 2009 at 10:59 pmHi gres0817
February 17th, 2009 at 11:03 pmdbadass, are you now the official TP Troll Greeter? :D
February 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pmgres0817 Says:
February 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
“What an eccentric performance!”
February 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pmWelll Hello there Ms Schneider.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:02 amJust want them all to feel welcome. It was an odd little moment wasn’t it. Enjoy your evening. I have an early wake up
best-
Thanks, dbadass, and goodnight to you!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:03 amPat Robertson calling for temperance. When THAT happens, you know you’re on the wrong side of an issue! I found this clip of someone is calling Rush Limbaugh. This one you have to see. It’s funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb82jM9zTmQ
February 18th, 2009 at 3:55 amThe only positive thing about this is that EVEN the Republicans are tired of Rush Limbaugh and his daily nonsense. But most of them would never risk his wrath by going public with their opinion. His venomous tongue would destroy them, so they all tow the line. Pat Robertson has a reputation similar to Limbaugh’s and he really doesn’t filter his opinions before he speaks. I just wonder how Limbaugh feels to be on the other side, he dishes this out every day, now he will be forced to take it. Knowing him and his oversized ego he will just think it makes him more powerful, but in reality it just makes him look pathetic.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:50 amDoes ANYONE really listen to either of them anymore or even care WHAT they have to say. Who ever did?!
February 18th, 2009 at 3:30 pmgres0817 Says:
Thanks you incredibly ignorant punk. We love to hear you brainwashed morons regurgitating the stupid zombie memes you were programmed with by the screechmonkeys that do your thinking for you. I for one just love it when people as stupid as you come in here and show just how ignorant a humna being you can be.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:37 amOne of the main GOP right wing nuts,Robertson, criticizing Limbaugh says it all: They’re all desperate,out of control /out of touch, irrational, reactionary, desperate to stay in the limelight unbalanced power hungry greedy UnAmerican traitors. They all want to spew their tired,unoriginal,illogical beliefs / ideas / warped values / hypocritical morals /ethics onto the majority of Americans.Yet exempt themselves from their own rules.They think they’re speaking for the majority of Americans,but they’re NOT. They are corrupt,extremist, unhinged,delusional,unstable,xenophobic,racist,bigoted,prejudiced,narrow/close minded saboteurs.
March 1st, 2009 at 10:08 am