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Franklin Graham is a disgrace with his comments on Obama

Posted on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 09:21 PM
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The Rev. Franklin Graham has disgraced himself as surely as his father Billy did when the old man's anti-Semitism became clear.

Now Graham is proclaiming that Barack Obama is a Muslim because his father was born one.

As the Duke of Wellington used to say 'if a a man is born in a stable does that make him a horse?'

Given that Jesus was born in one according to the Gospels, I'd hardly say so.

Of course not, and Graham is just cozying up to the right wing nuts who have launched a major effort to portray Obama as somehow outside the mainstream in America.

Having failed to convince Americans that Obama was born outside the country the effort is now underway to portray him as some kind of alien, connected in some way to the Islamist extremist world.

It is a sad reflection on American life that apparently about one in five now perceive him as such and believe this claptrap.

Obama has tried to avoid the issu,e saying religion is a private matter between him and his Christian pastor, but the right wingers will not leave this alone.

Now comes Graham, joining the latest crusade with more bullying rhetoric.

For a man of God he should be ashamed of himself.



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Monsoonman | Aug 31, 2010, 10:44 AM EDT
Too complicated lad, the checks and balances should come after they're in office, not before the elections and you are now getting the results. But I suppose it is good with this form of gridlock, at least they can't do anything...Don't just do something, sit there.

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seanomelbourne | Aug 31, 2010, 06:06 AM EDT
Like the U.S. anyone can stand for office,but we do not have a "first past the post" system. We have proportional representation whereby preferences are distributed. It is possible to obtain majority first preference and loose on 2,3or fourth preferences,even if you garnish 40% of first preference votes.

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Monsoonman | Aug 30, 2010, 01:06 AM EDT
I think you have too many parties me boy, it's real easy to get hijacked by a fringe group like the greens when you spread yourself thin like that and have to build a coalition around their demands. Regarding my liberal friends, it's a program of attraction rather than promotion lad.

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seanomelbourne | Aug 29, 2010, 08:53 PM EDT
You have me worried Moonsoonman how do you sway your liberal friend. Leave us be their are not many of us left,we cannot afford to shrink our base. Have a hung parliament in Aus 72 Labour 72 liberal(conservative) 1Green I? 4 ind notionally conservative will know by end of week. The Green Party hold the balance of power in the senate they are perceived left of the Labour party.

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Monsoonman | Aug 29, 2010, 08:09 PM EDT
Lad, if I travel down under I will be sure to look you up, you are my favorite liberal minded fellow around here, at least you open your mind... A lot of my associates think like you do, I wouldn't be in business if i shrank my market base down to political beliefs....Besides many of my liberal acquaintances turn conservative after being around me for a short time.

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Monsoonman | Aug 29, 2010, 02:09 PM EDT
Do you see a bead of worry sweat on my brow? What do I say or do to be so misinterpreted?...Do I need to snoke crack in order to be understood by my liberal brethren?

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maireadinmelb | Aug 29, 2010, 06:33 AM EDT
IF it truly is a nuisance suit it wont get very far what are you worried about??

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seanomelbourne | Aug 28, 2010, 08:08 PM EDT
Moonsoonman !let us not get ahead of ourselves let the legal system take its course. As a retired hotel owner i can assure you "collared shirts and dress shoes" are not a requirement to enter a bar over here. You are correct you will not see aborigines in native garb working in a five star hotel,nor will you see African-American wearing grass skirts or 25 rings around their collective necks in a bar in the U.S.A. Aboriginal Australians with a bones through their noses!!! I'd like to see that. You have an incorrect stereotype (New Guinea I believe).Maybe you would have a Peruvian bartender wailing around a bar with a severed head from Machu Pichu tied to his waist. Your argument lacks common sense and practicality my man. Come visit I will take you on the tour of your life.

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Monsoonman | Aug 28, 2010, 07:32 PM EDT
I see that you are not a US citizen by asking such a naive question: "If Disneys actions were legal why is she able to sue??"....One of the dirty parts of our society are the rampant number of lawyers who are more numerous than locusts. We were even finding oiled lawyers washing up on the beaches of louisiana and mississippi during the gulf oil spill. If you lived here under our tort system you would know that anyone can sue anyone or anything for any silly reason, it doesn't mean that there is any validity to the suit as countless nuisance suits are filed every hour of every day.

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maireadinmelb | Aug 28, 2010, 06:47 PM EDT
I have never seen an aborigine with a bone in their nose!! Grasping at straws going with the stereotype there!! THere is a difference between freedom of religious practice in line with the Federal Law of the land! Indigenous Australians are frequently seen in Parliament house in their traditional dress. If Disneys actions were legal why is she able to sue??

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Monsoonman | Aug 28, 2010, 12:03 PM EDT
Lad, lad, lad!!!! It is a theme park where the employees are actors dressed up in the outfits of cartoon characters, where the public can go and escape into another reality. Employees know this ahead of time and can choose to work here or not. Do you let your native aboriginal people dress in traditional garb(naked, body painted, bone through nose and unwashed) when they work in your 5 star hotels? Or fly your Quantas aircraft? I understand many bars and clubs have strict dress regulations, such as requiring collars and dress shoes for men....seems a bit extreme and unreasonable to me to not let people express themselves freely, lad. Can you tell me how you can live in such a "racist" and "repressive" society and yet throw stones at Disney because it has an employee dress code? ...can you offer me logical frickin' reasons why? Thanks in advance.

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maireadinmelb | Aug 28, 2010, 04:36 AM EDT
sorry for the spelling mistake but the hypocrisy gets me a bit upset!!

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maireadinmelb | Aug 28, 2010, 04:35 AM EDT
Jamielm and monsoonman I hope you remove your cross or crusifix before leaving the house I do not want to be bombarded by your religious belief!!!!!

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seanomelbourne | Aug 27, 2010, 10:48 PM EDT
Now Monsoonman! give the dog a bone. She is not enforcing Sharia law, but using the "American legal system" to justify HER religious beliefs. Mman no need to loose it. I have been to Disneyland I never noticed what the staff were wearing. In the fifties it was a red under every bend and that proved fruitless and counter productive. Now the fear masters see a Burkha round every bend, how history stupidly repeats itself and the same types foolishly follow it's crazy mantra. Freaking! Moonsonman I'm hurt.

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Monsoonman | Aug 27, 2010, 10:50 AM EDT
Has anyone been in Disneyland on Ash Wednesday? Did you notice any of the cartoon characters sporting a smidge of ash on their foreheads? Jes askin'.

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