I'm waiting for the proof. Now, text you mention is someone's opinion and I took that with a grain of salt.

I have no compassion for certain aspects of the Catholic Church because they have been TRIED and CONVICTED.

Let me be absolutely clear on this. I was no fan of Clinton and had hopes, but not many expectations, for Obama. Yes, I voted for him because he was the least bad choice, IMO.

When the GOP went chasing after Clinton, they seized on every little scrap they could to try and bring him down. They never had anything as caustic or explosive as, say, the Iran-Contra scandal but they kept hammering at him (Clinton) over and over until people just stopped listening. The same is happening with Obama. People are trying everything they can to bring the man down - and it's wasted energy as near as I can see. They're as effective as yipping chihuahuas.

As long as this "baby food stuff" is what people are screaming about, the job of formulating a REAL message with a REAL alternative that does NOT sound like "The Party of 'No'" goes undone.

My mom is in Indiana screaming about not getting a Social Security raise for the 2nd straight year. Do you think I *like* being put in the position of telling her "Hey, you kept the previous raise even after prices went down in 2009 - your COLA didn't work in reverse"?

I've gotten to the point where I don't believe a single headline I read.

It's not exactly heartening to see the GOP try to recreate their 1994 buzz by coming out with what's almost a parody of the old Contract With America. Lots of rhetoric, no details. As I was hearing on a talk show last week, "Everyone says cut spending, but they never say what to cut". Gallantly, at least one Tea Party organizer (from St. Louis) started to talk about it, but she had her numbers all wrong (claiming that TARP cost more than the Iraq War) - so there went her credibility.

Worrying about Islam taking over the United States via comic books or building a cultural center next to a topless bar is NOISE. It's POINTLESS and is detracts from the REAL threat of extremists.

Put it this way.. LET THEM BUILD THE DAMN CENTER at the hallowed grounds of the old Burlington Coat Factory. What are the possibilities?

1) It's a harmless cultural center. Big deal.

2) It's a secret terror cell. So we know where 'they' are and the authorities will be able to monitor the place.

Either way, 'we' come out winners either by demonstrating tolerance (and not reducing ourselves to the level of our enemies) of by sucker-punching terrorists and nailing them before they get to hatch something else.