tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post3083792442929284613..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: What's Really Wrong With Calling Obama and Clinton "The Founders of ISIS"?Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-21398694038428975372016-08-14T09:01:20.323-04:002016-08-14T09:01:20.323-04:00I agree about the ransom. I mean, I'm willing...I agree about the ransom. I mean, I'm willing to change my mind, but after the GOP crying wolf so many times, I'm rather disinclined to worry much about it.<br /><br />The question is: is this SOP for the USA or not? We know that the GOP will spin anything Obama does in a bad direction. So what we need to know is: is this a departure from what other Presidents have done?<br /><br />It&#Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-47752803160913579332016-08-14T08:42:28.451-04:002016-08-14T08:42:28.451-04:00Ronald Reagan and W(orst POTUS in Histroy) created...Ronald Reagan and W(orst POTUS in Histroy) <a href="http://disaffectedanditfeelssogood.blogspot.com/2015/03/isis-is-unholy-muslim-lovechild-of.html" rel="nofollow">created ISIS</a>.<br /><br />And Obama paid a ransom to Iran!!! What a joke, let's get Oliver North on this issue right now! Donald Trump saw the classified video, perfect quality, move quality, of Ben Affleck having to go Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45273202506479716252016-08-13T18:40:15.993-04:002016-08-13T18:40:15.993-04:00There is no meaningful sense whatsoever in which e...There is no meaningful sense whatsoever in which either Obama or Clinton is the *founder* of ISIS. The whole idea of it is just verbal diarrhea from Trump.<br /><br />There area few parties who jointly are responsible for, or at least contributed to, its founding: <br /><br />Abu Musab Al Zarqawi basically founded it: <br /><br />"The group was founded in 1999 by Jordanian radical Abu Lewis Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-10241316092936046442016-08-13T15:35:48.332-04:002016-08-13T15:35:48.332-04:00I kinda find myself agreeing with both of those co...I kinda find myself agreeing with both of those comments...<br /><br />But I don't know, JP... I mean...I gotta say...I've defended Trump a fair amount here...there's something off about this "founder of ISIS" business... I agree that the comment itself is within rhetorical specs...but something about the way he says it...repeating it over and over with that weird Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-61721484240703478472016-08-13T13:04:28.453-04:002016-08-13T13:04:28.453-04:00Trump's label was well within the norms of pol...Trump's label was well within the norms of political rhetoric, and the mock outrage over it in the media was embarrassing. Would Politifact give Kennedy four Pinocchios, too, for saying, "Ich bin ein Berliner" in'63? Give me a break.<br /><br />The problem is, Trump isn't capable of making an articulate defense of himself. He is the perfect storm of the World's Worst John Platonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-66635513973599451842016-08-13T11:02:04.435-04:002016-08-13T11:02:04.435-04:00I asked a couple of colleagues recently, one a soc...I asked a couple of colleagues recently, one a sociologist and one a psychologist, whether Trump was saying these things "Kidding on the square" or whether he was pathological. Both said instantly, pathological. Neither think he has a strong grip on reality/facts, that all he does is sling bullshit because, well, he's trump and in his world always right, etc. <br /><br />Oh yes, I Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.com