Strings,
That last post you addressed to me did annoy me at first, but it's OK.
Firstly, I did not call you a liberal. I was talking about something Obama said back in the campaign. I'll explain in a minute.
The whole scapegoat thing is supposed to be a joke. You're not actually supposed to blame me (or MB) for everything. KD5 was the one who brought up the subject for no good reason. Then I responded,
without arguing the issue itself. Then you chimed in, with a comment similar to KD5's. Then I responded, again
without arguing the issue itself. Then the KD5 asked me a stupid, insulting question about why I feel the way I do about the issue. I answered very succinctly, and without taking offense. Then everybody else jumped in.
So how is this my fault?
And are you going to stand by that totally screwy mischaracterization of my remarks? :( I didn't jerk the knee, or jack the thread, and I certainly didn't get all in a huff because "somebody mentioned gay marriage without saying it was bad."
Your high horse. Get off of it.
Appendix:
Remember the bitter clinger comment? In his "explanation" for that comment, Obama claimed that, because politicians were not helping people on the "important" economic issues, they "ended up voting" on unimportant things, like guns and religion. That's what I mean when I compare the two of you to Obama, who thought he could tell me what the important issues were.
KD5's comment was the usual nonsense, blaming social conservatives for the fall of the Republican party. That is not a side issue or a distraction. If people keep blaming social conservatives, the Republicans will keep running moderates like Bush and McCain. Or worse.
Yes, I am getting tired of people who ignore the overwhelming lack of popular support for homosexual marriage in state-wide referenda, and think somehow the Republican party is alienating supporters by taking a popular position. Hey, it's not like the conservatives started this whole gay marriage rumble in the first place. We're just trying to hold it off, and waiting for the crazies to drop the whole thing.