too offensive to report (kinda like the war on terror in general)

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The term ‘abeed al beit’ (although I thought I heard ‘abeed al bayit’) seems to be related to the Hebrew abed al beis, which means slave of the house. So, is the translator changing the actual words used, to mean ‘house negro’, to soften the phrase from the real meaning of Zawahiri, that Obama is a house slave?
Now why would the press want to euphemize Zawahiri’s slur against Obama? Do they have a soft spot for Al Queda’s leadership?

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Ah yes… when Bush followed Clinton into office, it was replacing one “Great Satan” with another. Now we have the “Great Satan” replaced with the “Apostate house negro”??? Somehow I think Obama would have preferred to just assume the “Satan” moniker.

Aye Chi and others here have tried to point out that the global jihad movement leaders would view Obama with more disdain for his “apostate” status. This was usually in response to someone arguing the “is Obama a Muslim” question.

The question was never if Obama was a Muslim. It’s was if Obama would be viewed as a wayward Muslim by the enemy. I would say that if you didn’t believe Obama’s Muslim roots would “come home to roost” before, they most certainly have now – as viewed by jihad terrorists. They have a special disdain for Obama as a polical hack, considering him one who used religion (Judaism and Christianity) to advance his career.

Every POTUS is hated by the jihad movement. The only one they will approve of is the one who pulls all US troops and western presence from Arab lands… right along with labeling him or her a coward that they backed into a corner.

Larry, INRE your comment:

The left isn’t going to desert him; what choice do they have? And I agree that he’ll destroy the Republican Party, which has apparently made the decision to move hard right, purging their leadership of anyone with pragmatic centrist leanings.

The progressive socialists will do the same thing the conservatives had to do with McCain… support him because the alternative is unthinkable. This will hardly achieve his quest of “greatness”.

However I will tell you right now that I resent your interpretation of “hard right”. The big GOP spenders in Congress – matching the liberals in their lack of fiscal responsibility – are not my idea of conservative representatives. They have abandoned every tenet that I believe conservatism to be – i.e. the base beliefs for financial, ethical and size of government. If you consider this “centrist”, then you bet I’m “hard right”.

So maybe you’d better explain what your vision of “hard right” is…. because the unspoken insinuations are not sitting well with me right now.

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Thanks for the clarification Dave. I so hate to be lumped into a stereotype without reference.

Larry, outstanding point as usual imo.

Craig, you hit the nail on the head too-though in a less than nice way. Obama’s campaign rhetoric and promises were sizzle-not steak. The left bought it, and is already looking around asking, “what about when you said, “_____”

I do disagree with Larry though. I believe they will desert him, and I believe that because I believe that as much as the Democrats’ Congress is a do-nothing Congress at heart, so too is Pres Obama. When nothing gets done, and only McCain campaign promises and Bush foreign policies are pursued…the left will go for apathy and splinter while the center will get apathetic and desert. Only MTV appearances, Rolling Stone articles, and GMA baking segments will save them.

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Larry W.,

You just prove that what we were saying was true. Obama is a liar, a manipulator, an opportunist and his ego is as big as the Universe. This guy only cares about himself, not his country, not his citizens. But this guy has no experience at all… none… ZERO! So why didn’t you vote for McCain who was ready to govern in the Center? At least he had the experience. Boy, you are a really mix-up in your judgment. If Obama is to do everything that McCain would have done (in your mind) what was the point to vote for an unexperience man, a liar, a manipulator, an opportunist with a big ego who cares about nothing except for himself?

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Here’s the word about how Obama is already starting to piss off the left as he sprints to gain control of the center.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-foreign-policy20-2008nov20,0,4430107.story

I’ve been telling you guys that Obama is not a principled idealist. He’s not committed to any ideology, at all. He’s committed to his own success. He will show himself to be a shrewdly pragmatic President.

The left isn’t going to desert him; what choice do they have? And I agree that he’ll destroy the Republican Party, which has apparently made the decision to move hard right, purging their leadership of anyone with pragmatic centrist leanings.

- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, CA

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Oh please Snerd. Get a grip. Celebrating life vs. celebrating death? How much of that kool-aid did you drink?

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Aye, I don’t think snerd has a job, is an American, or not tripping on acid everytime he posts.

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i kinda think this is funny. obama sees himself as the great healer of nations and people, and i am sure it really irkes him that not everyone sees him as great as he sees himself. he will soon realize he is a little boy playing grown up games.

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@Snerd Gronk:

Your lack of a cogent response including the repetitious annoying use of parenthetical letters suggests that you are a ninnyhammer incapable of worthwhile participation in adult conversation.

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