Comments on: Great Moments in ‘Debating’

By: Tim R.

Tim R. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:32:00 +0000

No, Richard, God does not want us to kill anyone. ALL war is evil. Muslims are created in the image of God just like all of God’s other creatures. However, sometimes war is a necessary evil. And there is a substantial percentage of Muslims, though certainly not all, that are radical Islamic Fascists and fully support Islamic terrorism. And a nation has a right to defend itself! Heck, if someone were accross the street shouting at you and said that they were going to kill you, would you not be prepared to defend yourself if they started walking towards you? The Muslim radicals have already killed many of us and they openly hope to kill more. To stand by and allow that to happen is to shed innocent blood.

By: LM

LM — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:50:41 +0000

Was it really necessary for Matt Barganier to use the name of Jesus in vain in this blog posting?

By: John Lowell

John Lowell — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:19:07 +0000

Hello Marycatherine!

I envy you your locale and your proximity to the life sized statue of St. Therese, Marycatherine. I’m forced to make due here with a small version suitable for a tabletop shrine in which she enjoys the company of both St. Francis and the Blessed Mother. Not a bad team, this, when it comes to love and peace, eh? :-)

As to the fascists, as truly menacing as they are, they can never suppress the freedom one enjoys in Christ which, in any case, surpasses all oppression and that in every age. Their’s is simply a temporal moment, one devoid of authenticity. There’s something more substantial en route.

John Lowell

By: Marycatherine Barton

Marycatherine Barton — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:36:55 +0000

I live directly across the street from Little Flower Church and St. Therese’s statue, and her ways inspire me every day in my quest to publicly represent the anti-war movement. The fascists of the world, maybe 20% of the populace, want nothing better than to put their boots on the necks of freedom lovers, whether they are quiet and peaceful or not.

By: SamDi

SamDi — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:34:45 +0000

Dr. Ron Paul is like a new solid stock. Once it reaches a certain level of confidence by the public and no flaws in their product/services, then the stock will rocket faster each succeeding time period. Dr. Paul is on a roll. Work for Dr. Ron Paul. Work for Dr. Ron Paul.

By: Marycatherine Barton

Marycatherine Barton — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:31:42 +0000

The Wall Street Journals’s John Harwood wants to stop the ascendancy of the Hon. Ron Paul and should not have been included on this Republican debate panel. Shame on the sponsors. Very revealing about why readers and listeners should not trust Harwood, who is so pro-Republican that for years he has positioned himself to attempt to stop independents from being able to be represented even.

By: Chris S

Chris S — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:40:57 +0000

I disagree. Matthews seems to be warming up to Paul more and more. Most talking heads aren’t even civil when Paul comes on, or they constantly giggle. Matthews actually seems to like Paul.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:17:21 +0000

The poll is still open Ron Paul at 84%. Go vote.

By: lester

lester — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:49:03 +0000

Mcain had a very george bush moment. when asked if interest rates were quite low enough he said he didn’t know but he’d hire the best guys like Ben Bernanke who did know. then he said some more that indicated he had no clue at all what he was talking about

By: richard vajs

richard vajs — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:40:15 +0000

I can appreciate Stanley Laham’s point – America is not aware of how depraved we have become. At the Michigan Debate, I watched in horror as the GOP midgets calmly debated attacking Iran; most didn’t even see the need to include Congress in the bloody decision. Our would-be leaders considered wholesale murder as calmly as Mafia Dons discussing getting rid of unwanted competition in northern New Jersey. Americans have become addicts to a weird cultish idea that Jesus loves this wretched country and the even more wretched country of Israel so much that he wants us to kill Muslims. Like drunks who need to wake up in their own puke or sex addicts that need to catch STDs, America needs to have its evil desires succeed to the level necessary to inflict accute moral pain upon itself. I can think of no more absolute way of self-inflicting that pain than to have Giuliani become President.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:16:17 +0000

You just proved why politics corrupt.

Choose RP. Give peace a chance.

By: R. Nelson

R. Nelson — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:26:04 +0000

In your dreams, Stanley. A Giuliani presidency would re-invigorate the witless warmonger crowd while dragging a boot-licking GOP behind it. The Dems would be even more useless than they are now as Giuliani goes from war to war, whipping up that good ol’ American we’re-in-it-so-we-gotta-support-the-president fervor.

Truth is, anti-war sentiment in most people is like a grain of sand in their shoes: it’s a little aggravating but still not worth the trouble of removing the shoes to shake it out. If we not only cannot stand up to Bill Clinton and Bush but actually re-elect them, it’s hard to see just where Americans would ever draw the line.