So Richard, it looks like your beloved leader is leaving you in the dustbin of history…

“Obama: Iran protesters will be ‘on the right side of history’

Barack Obama condemned for the first time the violence in Iran today saying he was appalled and outraged by Tehran’s crackdown on protesters.”

http://u.tv/News/Obama-Iran-protesters-will-be-on-the-right-side-of-history/5fa0a9a5-7ea3-41ae-8bf2-9d0451e2910d

Obama is clearly a follower, not a leader…

I hope that leftwingers and PaleoConservatives stop giving the Iranian regime more credibility than it deserves and start to support the victims of the Iranian regime, instead of looking for reasons not to. After all, they are on the ‘right side of history’.

Iran is involved in creating instability in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. Their regime has oppressed its own people for 30 years. I wish these freedom fighters well and hope that their Islamist supremacist masters are defeated. Islam needs moderate Muslims not theocratic terrorists…

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@Richard

Regardless of what the MSM may have told you, John McCain is neither Far-Right or Conservative.

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First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

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@Richard:

What I’m confused with is the sudden weeping for Moslems in Iran from the far right. One cannot sing Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran and then suddenly cry for Iran, can they?

Do you think McCain really wants to bomb Iran for the purposes of killing Muslims? Or do you suppose he made a tasteless attempt at humor in response to a veteran’s question to him on the Iran nuclear bomb issue?

I don’t know exactly how you are defining “far right”. The fringe extreme who wish to nuke mecca are simply that: on the fringe. We have ‘em to the right and we have ‘em to the left of all of us.

But I’d say those on the right and left have been weeping for Iranians for a long time, now. But some of those Iranians are comprised of dangerous Khomeinites who have ushered in an era of militant fundamentalism that represses its people and threatens the non-Islamic world with theocratic oppression.

Israel issues statements of the right to self-defense. They never speak about “wiping Iran off the face of the map”. They don’t threaten to nuke Mecca and Medina. So who hates who? How is it that because we see enemies in the Middle East in the form of Islamic terrorism and a brutal Islamic theocratic regime, that translates as right-wingers hate Muslims? If that’s the case, why should any of us support helping Muslims rebuild their country in Iraq? Why is it left to us to post positive news stories about U.S. and Coalition forces helping and defending ordinary Iraqi citizens and training their security forces? Meanwhile, there are those on the left who only talk about abu Ghraib, Haditha, innocent Iraqis being bombed (basically blaming us and not the ISLAMIC homicide bomber martyring himself with the blood of innocents). So which side hates Muslims?

while we see/hear what’s going on there, they see/hear us too.

Richard, one of the things that bothers me about the “fight them over there, so we won’t have to fight them here” mantra, is that to an Iraqi, it comes across as rather cold and insensitive to the suffering of the Iraqi people at the hands of insurgents and foreign fighters who supposedly poured into Iraq to engage us there, instead of plotting to kill us here. No one wants their backyard chosen as the warzone. Not us. Not Iraqis. Certainly, I’d rather fight the enemy overseas and keep them on the defensive and away from my homeland. But making it a mantra comes across rather badly on the PR front of winning hearts and minds.

A good example of that was FOX’s botched interview with an Iranian-American in NYC last night. The Iranian-American immediately called out McCain as being a fraud.

Was the Iranian-American a staunch Republican? Sounds not a wit different than most of the conservatives on this site.

Seriously, though: How does capturing that Iranian-American’s statement a “botched” interview? Was it Hannity or a straight news interview? You do recall that a Pew Research study during the ’08 Election coverage found FOX was very harsh on McCain in their coverage, right?

coverage of McCain was still more negative than positive on Fox News by a factor of roughly 2 to 1.

When it came to McCain, 40% of stories studied on Fox about the Republican nominee were clearly negative (compared with 57% in the press generally). Meanwhile, 22% of stories were positive, compared with 14% in the press generally.

Richard:

Someone expressing their fear of a 20-year Moslem plan to conquer America and then suddenly caring about the “poor invaders to-be?” I find that bizarre thinking to say the least.

As pointed out so politely by others here, there’s a difference between opposing the theocratic shia belief in bringing about the coming of the 12th imam and wiping Israel off the map and the desire to see Iran restored to a non-theocratic form of government that embraces modernity, women’s rights, and democracy.

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@Richard:

Hey Richard,

Nice try at taking a single lines out of context with no sourcing or links and you have the nerve to accuse Mike of being a charlatan.

Well, I did a little research, found the comments you’re citing, and now I take great pleasure in laying you bare for everyone to see.

Everyone can see, from reading all of the words, that there is nothing bigoted or racist there.

Here’s what you quoted:

“And somehow, WE are supposed to be “sensitive” to THEIR (Muslims) culture and religion?”

Here’s the entire comment that Mike made:

View at EasyCaptures.com

What a dramatic difference in meaning….hmmmm….

I wonder why you only quoted part of it.

Here’s the other one you quoted:

“What we are seeing this year with the Muslim demands for this and that is the tip of the iceberg. Take a look at the 20 year plan to dominate America. When I first saw that piece I thought it was crazy talk. But with the passage of time it all seems to be coming true.”

Here’s the entire comment that Mike made:

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Exit question:

Have you been carrying these pebbles around in your pocket since 2006 when they were posted or is someone behind the curtain pulling your strings?

Mike’s Internet stalker, the teacher from California…in the form of his latest multiple sock puppet iteration…got booted out of here on his ear again last week.

I wonder, Richard…are you another incarnation of the teacher from Eich? If not, perhaps he is loading your TelePromTer for you?

You’ve lodged a baseless insult against Mike which you are yet to prove or retract. The clock is running on your credibility.

Tick tock Richard.

Tick. Tock.

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@Richard: I stand by my comment that you are both a moron and a douchebag. Anyone who reads what I have written knows that the passages you cite REFER TO THE TERRORISTS AND NOT TO MUSLIMS AS A WHOLE.

Only a moron and a douchebag like yourself could get the two confused.

It’s clear you are totally indifferent to the suffering of the people of Iran, Muslim or otherwise. Your only goal is to play cheap, petty word games while people are dying in the streets fighting for freedom.

Like Obama you seem more interested in your narrow personal agenda rather than any consideration for people of Iran.

If you cannot separate out our obvious disgust for the Iranian regime from the natural sympathy we have for the Iranian people who are themselves being held hostage than you are an idiot of the first order.

Following your absurd logic, I would be blasted for damning the people of Eastern Europe because in the past I damned their governments.

Grow a brain Richard. You’re starting to bore me.

Why don’t you and Obama go out and get some more ice cream and let the adults take care of the tough stuff.

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@Richard:

Bizarre thinking belongs to you. Do you think there was no difference between Saddam’s Baathist regime and the Iraqis citizens that lived through the torture, rape and murder of their fellow citizens? A Muslim is just a Muslim? Don’t project your short sighted views onto anyone on the right. Conservatives wanted the people freed, and supported the president and the troops while that battle was fought. Where were you?

How about the Ayatollah’s Basij with their bats, knives, guns and chains? Same as the Iranian citizens that are begging for freedom and their lives right now? All the same in your eyes? The majority on the right can tell the difference.

And how about members in our muslim population attempting to twist our laws and fund terror through charities, why do you think they are doing that? Again, a muslim is a muslim they are all the same and it isn’t pc to differentiate?

What a loon!

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Wordsmith–You are one of the reasonable folks here. What I’m confused with is the sudden weeping for Moslems in Iran from the far right. One cannot sing Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran and then suddenly cry for Iran, can they? Well, of course they can (and are), but is that reasonable/rational?
I’d say it’s disingenous and a disgrace. And again, while we see/hear what’s going on there, they see/hear us too. A good example of that was FOX’s botched interview with an Iranian-American in NYC last night. The Iranian-American immediately called out McCain as being a fraud.
Someone expressing their fear of a 20-year Moslem plan to conquer America and then suddenly caring about the “poor invaders to-be?” I find that bizarre thinking to say the least.

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This should not be reduced to a personal or partisan feud.

Haha….I found a photo yesterday of a protester sporting a Che t-shirt that made me squirm.

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I’ve adjusted the time zones on my Twitter, YouTube, and Blogspot accounts. Liberals and Conservatives are doing this in solidarity, supporting the fight for freedom.

This should not be reduced to a personal or partisan feud.

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