Comments on: The colossal ignoramus that is U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA)

By: B Balz

B Balz — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:19:18 +0000

WE have been ‘on the roll’ for quite some time, really since FDR.

In the recent issue of New Yorker, their ‘take’ on health industry finance reform outlines why ‘socialism’ is not such a bad thing. But then what would one expect from the New Yorker?

Interesting read, puts the idea of health industry reform into its’ proper perspective. By its’ very nature, any government involvement in decisions regarding the health of its’ citizenry is a basic form of social engineering. That said, the private sector is not trustworthy.

By: rugby

rugby — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:03:46 +0000

I’d like to point out Rep. Johnson never called himself a winner.

Hard to be “the self identified winner” if, you know, you never identify yourself as the winner.

By: David

David — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:55:42 +0000

All of this over two words, “You lie!” There is absolutely nothing in those two words that even remotely invites a charge of racism. But that doesn’t stop the race whores from all over from taking advantage of the situation and getting all of the enabling they need from a fawning media, determined at all costs, to make sure we roll headlong down the road to socialism.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:06:17 +0000

The other team’s quarterback is in the locker room chatting about aliens with the radiator.

By: tinsandwich

tinsandwich — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:48:07 +0000

There are two sides to that sword. The more the Pres. stays out of the fray the more statesman he appears. He just keeps chugging along talking about his agenda and the pundits and operatives fight it out. The strategy works even better when the other teams quarterback is not even on the field.

By: ByteMe

ByteMe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:11:27 +0000

I’m still sitting here scratching my head and thinking “It’s good to play the President.”

Perhaps a wiki would help.

By: Daniel N. Adams

Daniel N. Adams — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:50:40 +0000

I wish everyone followed the Morgan Freeman philosophy on race. It’s what I try to do.

AGREED 100%!

ps. There needs to be a “Morgan Freeman Race Philosophy” wiki… anyone with some free time?

By: griftdrift

griftdrift — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:25:02 +0000

I think you and I are pretty consistent on criticizing across the board.

I wish everyone followed the Morgan Freeman philosophy on race. It’s what I try to do.

By: ChuckEaton

ChuckEaton — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:31:39 +0000

If you watch the Obama political operatives; they’re a little uneasy with the “help” that Dowd, Johnson and Carter have been providing them. In the end, whether it’s Dowd making things up, Carter crying racism or Johnson playing the KKK card, the Left probably believes Wilson is a racist and the Right gets really riled up. His political team isn’t worried about those groups. It’s the all-important swing voter; the miners in OH and the factory workers in PA that win Presidential elections.

I expect the average swing voter will have a low tolerance for endless cries of racism. Just look at how well the Gates episode went for a point of reference

By: Jason Pye

Jason Pye — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:39:20 +0000

http://www.peachpundit.com/2009/08/08/stay-classy-cynthia-tucker/

Like you, I know several reporters at the AJC.

I’m not putting a blanket statement about the paper. I’m saying Cynthia Tucker is a hypocrite.

By: macho

macho — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:24:03 +0000

Now Carter has made a fool of himself, again, by joining the Wilson “you’re a racist” pile-on. Jimmy feels that it somehow morally lifts him above other by calling folks racist. The problem is that while the national media views Jimmy as infallible, I know my Georgia history too well to let him get away with calling anybody a racist.

Read this piece http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748313/posts , by Dick Yarbough, about the campaign Jimmy ran against former Governor Carl Sanders, known as the South’s first progressive Governor, and you’ll see what an astounding hypocrite Jimmy has become. People involved in that campaign tell me that Senator Carter, in the rural parts of the state, was basically billing himself as a disciple of George Wallace.

Of course being a being a bigoted, Wallace-following, southern Governor was not such a good idea for a Presidential campaign, so that white washing began shortly after beating Carl Sanders.

By: The Return Of Cynthia McKinney « Chamblee54

The Return Of Cynthia McKinney « Chamblee54 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:25:12 +0000

[...] better have bulletproof sheets. The Video is courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo. The quote is from PeachPundit. Another version of the interview is found at TheHill. Pictures are by PG, taken at the Dragon Con [...]

By: griftdrift

griftdrift — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:09:20 +0000

I’m sure you think she did. I’m just saying can we stop pretending the “liberals” at the AJC always toe the Democratic/Leftist/Socialist/Communist/Obamaist line? Unlike a certain other AJC columnist I’m rather fond of.

By: Lone Star Georgian

Lone Star Georgian — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:59:17 +0000

Well, Hank Johnson can’t be defended here. It’s a bit of an extrapolation to assume Wilson is a racist and that his comments must have been rooted in racism.

However, the Pete Stark comparison is not exactly congruous either, since Pete Stark did not interrupt the president during a speech to offer his unsolicited commentary.

But never mind it all…this is all distracting attention from real issues. People like Wilson and Johnson should be ignored alike. I want reliable healthcare, and I don’t really care about the politics of it.

By: Jason Pye

Jason Pye — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:50:39 +0000

Tucker played the race card not too long ago.

By: Progressive Dem

Progressive Dem — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:39:35 +0000

I was referring to the front page poster, not bryce.

By: John Konop

John Konop — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:34:22 +0000

I agree!

By: Lessons From Our Betters - Obis_Sister’s blog - RedState

Lessons From Our Betters - Obis_Sister’s blog - RedState — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:45:42 +0000

[...] Hank Johnson (D-GA), the man who replaced Cynthia McKinney has suddenly filled her shoes and then some. [Rep. Pete] Stark calls Bush a liar: no problem. Wilson calls Obama a liar: it simply MUST be [...]

By: Lessons From Our Betters « Obi’s Sister

Lessons From Our Betters « Obi’s Sister — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:44:01 +0000

By: bryce

bryce — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:31:34 +0000

Excuse me. Who pulled the race card…not me. Rep Johnson pulled it. I did not find Wilson’s comments racist in any way and still don’t. Johnson is a fool for pulling the race card and is telling us a great deal more about his own heart than he has about Rep. Wilson’s.
Nothing I said was rallying behind or in front of Joe Wilson. My comments were directed at Rep Johnson. That said, I don’t blame you for trying to change the subject. All of this false outrage is hypocritical and foolish.
Johnson has learned that he can milk these situations for a long time. I think this one will backfire. The “racist” epithet has come out of the pocket one time too many.