Comments on: The Obama Notre Dame Controversy http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/ A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:35:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Review: Ouroboros’ “The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)” « Chicago Theater Blog http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-88495 Review: Ouroboros’ “The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)” « Chicago Theater Blog Mon, 25 May 2009 14:31:54 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-88495 [...] evident by the enormous controversy triggered by Notre Dame selecting President Obama to speak at their commencement ceremony, the [...] [...] evident by the enormous controversy triggered by Notre Dame selecting President Obama to speak at their commencement ceremony, the [...]

]]> By: What Barack Obama Did and Didn’t Say at Notre Dame « Famous Celebrity News http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-88172 What Barack Obama Did and Didn’t Say at Notre Dame « Famous Celebrity News Tue, 19 May 2009 13:17:24 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-88172 [...] after much protest, controversy and hysterical outrage, Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Notre Dame. In his speech [...] [...] after much protest, controversy and hysterical outrage, Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Notre Dame. In his speech [...]

]]> By: What Barack Obama Did and Didn’t Say at Notre Dame | ExclusiveRumors.com http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-88161 What Barack Obama Did and Didn’t Say at Notre Dame | ExclusiveRumors.com Tue, 19 May 2009 08:28:49 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-88161 [...] after much protest, controversy and hysterical outrage, Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Notre Dame. In his speech [...] [...] after much protest, controversy and hysterical outrage, Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at Notre Dame. In his speech [...]

]]> By: squeaky http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85882 squeaky Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:12:40 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85882 CACTOLITH!!!<br><br>(I am officially claiming the last word on this issue). CACTOLITH!!!

(I am officially claiming the last word on this issue).

]]> By: jeffp http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85808 jeffp Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:01:17 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85808 Yep, and the truth is that you apply a double standard to this situation which is predictable. And then in a very tortured way you try to defend this double standard which I find to be very entertaining. Yep, and the truth is that you apply a double standard to this situation which is predictable. And then in a very tortured way you try to defend this double standard which I find to be very entertaining.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85807 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:55:19 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85807 Superiority has nothing to do with it -- it's all about truth. Superiority has nothing to do with it — it's all about truth.

]]> By: jeffp http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85799 jeffp Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:47:50 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85799 Keep believing that if it makes you fell superior. Keep believing that if it makes you fell superior.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85798 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:42:34 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85798 Neither charge is true -- their own words convict them. And the way you<br>respond to me convicts you. Neither charge is true — their own words convict them. And the way you
respond to me convicts you.

]]> By: jeffp http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85796 jeffp Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:36:00 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85796 Your hypocrisy is almost as stunning as your ability to read minds and know the hearts of men. Your hypocrisy is almost as stunning as your ability to read minds and know the hearts of men.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85793 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:16:25 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85793 Spoken like someone who knows neither the history of the conservative movement nor how it operates. Spoken like someone who knows neither the history of the conservative movement nor how it operates.

]]> By: jeffp http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85792 jeffp Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:14:11 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85792 More assigning of motives and mind reading. Like I wrote earlier, predictable and entertaining. More assigning of motives and mind reading. Like I wrote earlier, predictable and entertaining.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85763 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:11:31 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85763 There's a difference, however. When a "liberal" (broadly understood for our<br>purposes as anyone who is not a doctrinaire conservative, though the label may<br>not always fit exactly, which is why I put it in quotes) protests a<br>conservative, almost always it's due to some specific action that the<br>conservative has done. When a conservative protests a liberal, on the other<br>hand, almost always it's due to the fact that he/she is not a conservative. <br>That explains why you had conservatives out to get Obama from the time he won<br>the nomination and many still cannot accept that he's the president, while<br>anti-Bush sentiment was not galvanized until the war in Iraq -- at least<br>Bush's critics have him a chance. There's a difference, however. When a “liberal” (broadly understood for our
purposes as anyone who is not a doctrinaire conservative, though the label may
not always fit exactly, which is why I put it in quotes) protests a
conservative, almost always it's due to some specific action that the
conservative has done. When a conservative protests a liberal, on the other
hand, almost always it's due to the fact that he/she is not a conservative.
That explains why you had conservatives out to get Obama from the time he won
the nomination and many still cannot accept that he's the president, while
anti-Bush sentiment was not galvanized until the war in Iraq — at least
Bush's critics have him a chance.

]]> By: PDBurns http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85761 PDBurns Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:06:14 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85761 Dissenters can say whatever they want.... I don't care. I'm not sure singing a petition accomplishes anything in this case. My point was that Sojo can't have it both ways. They can't support those who protested at Calvin and call it dialogue and then turn around and say those protesting Obama at ND are divisive. Dissenters can say whatever they want…. I don't care. I'm not sure singing a petition accomplishes anything in this case. My point was that Sojo can't have it both ways. They can't support those who protested at Calvin and call it dialogue and then turn around and say those protesting Obama at ND are divisive.

]]> By: Lord_Voldemort http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85760 Lord_Voldemort Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85760 It is also my understanding that Notre Dame faculty and students don't toe the liberal line -- or at least not all of them. So what's your point? Are dissenters allowed to make their point or aren't they?<br><br>LV It is also my understanding that Notre Dame faculty and students don't toe the liberal line — or at least not all of them. So what's your point? Are dissenters allowed to make their point or aren't they?

LV

]]> By: PDBurns http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85757 PDBurns Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:11:27 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85757 Calvin did not invite Bush. Bush requested to speak at commencement. Calvin did not invite Bush. Bush requested to speak at commencement.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85756 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:11:20 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85756 One other thing I forgot: There were protests at a local Catholic college -- someone had joined Bush's cabinet whose name escapes me had been an administrator there -- a couple of years ago because he was slated to give a commencement address. One other thing I forgot: There were protests at a local Catholic college — someone had joined Bush's cabinet whose name escapes me had been an administrator there — a couple of years ago because he was slated to give a commencement address.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85755 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:32 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85755 There was more to that flap at Calvin than most people realize, however. It is my understanding that Calvin faculty and students don't toe the conservative line and also that a few conservatives on that campus wanted more power there -- which is how and why Bush was invited there. The entire episode was supposed to provoke a reaction. There was more to that flap at Calvin than most people realize, however. It is my understanding that Calvin faculty and students don't toe the conservative line and also that a few conservatives on that campus wanted more power there — which is how and why Bush was invited there. The entire episode was supposed to provoke a reaction.

]]> By: BlueDeacon http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85754 BlueDeacon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85754 This from a man who filed suit in California to have Obama disqualified from the presidency on the flimsy grounds that he isn't really a U.S. citizen. Please. This from a man who filed suit in California to have Obama disqualified from the presidency on the flimsy grounds that he isn't really a U.S. citizen. Please.

]]> By: jeffp http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85753 jeffp Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:04:04 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85753 Not only predictable, entertaining. Not only predictable, entertaining.

]]> By: Lord_Voldemort http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/26/the-obama-notre-dame-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-85752 Lord_Voldemort Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:54:03 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7336#comment-85752 For once Squeaky I'm going to agree with you. I think the Disqus system of self-policing has a lot going for it, but once a conversation thread gets more than 10-15 comments the thing does get clumsy. Let's see if we can get them to fix some of the glitches. Let's do this for the sake of bipartisanship!<br><br>LV For once Squeaky I'm going to agree with you. I think the Disqus system of self-policing has a lot going for it, but once a conversation thread gets more than 10-15 comments the thing does get clumsy. Let's see if we can get them to fix some of the glitches. Let's do this for the sake of bipartisanship!

LV

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