The question was
So why do you feel President Obama is an arrogant prick? Is this the right wing media talking or do you see things in his speeches and public addresses that warrant this description? /QUOTE]
That question, is of course, for Catavenger to answer.
Myself.....it's just the typical mudslinging we all enjoy with little basis to the explicit term.
Diversion....time waster....emotionalism.
How many Democrats in this form would complain if I called Bush an arrogant prick?
Not many
I think Bush was an arrogant prick for ignoring regulatory mechanisms and involving us in a war in Iraq........as rationale for the welfare of our society.
I also think Obama is a prick for expanding entitlements close to the boundaries of economic collapse while rationalizing it's for our best interests.
Politicians, in general, are pricks. If they told us the truth, do you really think they'd generate the support they currently receive?
But I do have issue with Catavenger's post:
As for those who wish to "secede" it is SYMBOLIC.
Of course......but it's also divisive and goes against the principles of a united group of states having agreed to support a society based on democratic principles.
That mentality supports withdrawing the perceived best elements to start anew, rather than the argument to correct through a democratic process. We are a Republic, but we've been maintaining it in a democratic fashion.
If a person believes in a democratic process, win or lose.....the call for session ( even symbolic) is unpatriotic and a contradiction to their beliefs.
