(01-13-2020 01:05 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 12:42 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 11:58 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Well, first, I am 74 years old. Thought you knew.

I knew you were around that age. My mom turns 74 today, so she's right there with you! Age-wise at least, she's a Democrat who likes Amy Klobuchar the best so maybe that is where the similarities end...

(01-13-2020 11:58 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  But this is what I wanted to know: "You did not attack me personally." At some point "personal attacks" has been mentioned. Not sure if it was you. But my thoughts are not directed toward any one or two persons. They are toward the left as a whole.

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Thing is, I don't think those people, then or now, were making personal attacks on me.

This whole thing started when you wrote, and I quote - "And people here should not be on the side of the Death to Americans just to oppose Trump." (emphasis added by OO). "And people here" means you were singling out a small group of Democrats/liberals on The Parliament. There is simply no other way to interpret that. There are like 4 of us.

You then went on to clarify a bunch of things that you view as supporting the people chanting "Death to Americans" and you list clearly included things Lad and I support (and that you surely knew we supported based on various discussions before your initial comment).

So I disagree. Some of your comments were very clearly directed just toward the people on the left who post here at The Parliament.

I changed the emphasis from yours to mine. I guess I mis-worded my statement, as I meant all the Democrats/leftists in toto. NOT "just" the small group here, although y'all would be included in the overall grouping. I think a lot of Democratic policies and actions over the eight years of Obama favored the terrorists, and that is why I opposed them. I think a lot of the Democratic choices now are merely to oppose Trump, not to make the best choice.


Happy Birthday to your Mom. Klobuchar is one of the better ones in the field, though not my top choice (if I HAD to pick one of the democrats to lead us for 4 years, she is certainly a much better choice than some of the frontrunners).

Looks like Biden or Sanders though. Biden recently confused Iraq and Iran.
Sanders is...Sanders. A Sanders or Warren nomination is the only thing that can get me to write a check to the RNC.