Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: jbourne77
any attempt to scrutinize Obama ? even the slightest ? is met with rabid hatred and contempt
And this is why you started and ended on a fail. Your premise is just incorrect.
Demanding to know the college grades of the editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review who graduated magna cum laude is met with derision, because if the goal is to determine academic acumen, the question is closed.
Asking why Obama wants to teach kindergartners sex ed is met with derision, because it's facially ridiculous.
Asking why Obama didn't wear a flag pin on his lapel is met with derision, because a person's patriotism isn't measured by his accessories and the "issue" is merely a disguised character attack.
If a thoughful and logical criticism of Obama or his policies is made, it will be answered in kind. Try making one and proving your thesis.
First of all, you're the one choosing the topics here in order to more easily justify the derision and defend a particular stance... I'm speaking, for example, about the questions regarding Obama's relationships with questionable characters. Attempts to discuss this are met with the contempt I spoke of. At best, the AT left simply diverts to McCain and Keating. I'm the last person you'll hear defend McCain on that front, but then again, I'm not a stubborn ass blindly defending a party line. If people want to discuss Keating, take it to a proper discussion; but using it to deflect justifiable questions about Obama is nothing more than smoke screening.
When I read the OP's post - which occurred the same day that said smoke screening was in force - I assumed he was making a reference to that subject (and possibly others). I agree with him in that regard. Anyone failing to recognize such bias is failing the most basic test of objectivity.
If you folks applied the same filters to the topics on McCain and Palin as you do Obama and Biden, I would spot you a shred of credibility. On the contrary...
Or perhaps you are in the rather small minority that does, but recognize that the vast majority of your fellow party members do not.
