Why God Created The Washington Post

Thanks, Michael. deconstructiva posted a link in the Morning Reads comments. I read it and said I reflexively felt the need to comment.

Really excellent article.

I subscribe to the WaPo and even read it occasionally. (I usually leave for work before it arrives or very soon after. My wife reads it regularly.) Today it arrived while I was still home, and I noticed and read KT’s article. Not that hard to spot — it was on the front page. She’s still got it, folks.
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You need to register online (or buy the paper) in order to read the article. I’ve registered (Hey, it’s my local paper), and it’s hardly annoying at all. Definitely worth it to see what Our Gal Karen is up to. Long may she wave.

Agreed, excellent article. Thanks for linking it, Michael.

MS: Thanks for the article and the link. One thing I think might be missing is that since Crist is moderate and his run as an independent could result in his winning the general election, what happens if he gets repeatedly trashed by the republicans in a dirty battle? The republicans are going to pick up seats in the house and senate. I don’t doubt that for a minute. There’s also no place for moderates in the republican party. Will Crist caucus with the democrats if he wins? It could mean the difference in who controls the senate.

Very interesting. I had not thought that far ahead.

Thanks for the link, Michael. And yes, this is the reason God created the WAPO. So I’m not coming back to them for awhile, I think, except to read Karen.

It’s interesting that KT said it was safe to endorse Rubio. Morning Joe folks (especially Joe, who does, after all, know Florida Republican politics) said this election may blow up on both Rubio and Crist, and may keep Fla from having a Republican governor, too. All this due to the emerging story about party finances.

kathy, this is shaping up to be an extremely entertaining election cycle. Florida, as elsewhere, may be more about the scandals than the actual races. It could come down to who is the least tainted. I may be wrong about the clout of the Teabaggers, but I’m still of the opinion that they could do as much damage to the republicans as they can help them. A lot depends on how far to the right the republicans have to go to appease them and keep them from running their own candidates. I think it’s complete horsesh!t that the Teabaggers are anything more than the most conservative branch of the republican party.

Be careful, Michael. Inferring that God created ANYTHING, is like throwing red meat into the Lion’s cage. Just mention his holy name to these left wing loonie’s and watch the feathers start to fly. Only Sarah can agitate them more and then it really does get hilarious.

Little confused on this end, Earl. Who dragged God into this? (is this about the quote from Ralph Reed? Sorry, he’s not quite God yet.)

Life above the K/T boundary…

KT once had a regular “Why God Invented C-SPAN” feature, but I don’t know what Earl’s talking about either.

It’s the same as yelling “Jesus Christ!” when you stub your toe. It’s not really a prayer. The same thing as when something surprises you and you say “Holy crap!”. It’s not about a divine turd. It’s just an expression. Let’s move on. .org.

Thanks so much for linking to this, Michael Scherer.

Precisely the point, sacredh, when you and many of your cohorts use the Lord’s name, it is usually invective…it is not used for any other purpose.

And that matters how? If people want to believe in a Supreme Being that’s entirely up to them. Many of us don’t. What offends some people doesn’t offend others. When MS titled this thread “Why God Created The Washington Post” it didn’t offend me in the least. I doubt if if offended anyone else either. It didn’t ruffle any feathers. It never even occurred to me that he was in any way serious about God having anything to do with the Washington Post. Or Fox News or CBN or Focus on Family.
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The right uses terms like socialism, libtards, liberal loons etc when talking about non conservatives. That might be a little offensive to those of us on the left, but we deal with it. It’s not important. I refer to Tea Party members as Teabaggers. Some teabaggers don’t like that. That also isn’t important. They’re just words. Believe me, we on the left have just as low an opinion of those on the right and the right does of us. The only difference is that we’re correct. ; ).

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Way to get God on your team, that’s a pretty good “get”. Have you asked him why he let your side down so hard in 2006 and 2008?
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An alternative hypothesis: God is not a Republican, the Republicans are not more Godly than ‘the left’, nobody here is offended by MS’s post title (as nobody was upset by KT’s many posts with the same motif), and earljr1 is wrong about yet another topic.

How picayunish of you, anon, God doesn’t pick a side in politics. He allows us mortals to duke it out among ourselves. If we happen to pick someone with no clue (see Obama) then we are left with the sorry consequences.

Sooner or later Crist will realize that, while independents can win in some races, he cannot win as an independent in Florida… Crist is just not that likeable. Not like Jeb Bush, who is supporting Rubio and can help Rubio with the voters who Crist would absolutely need if he is to stand a chance.

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