I always thought the esteemed Senator’s low moment of his life would be when he kneeled on the bathroom floor with Clarence Thomas asking for divine assistance, and it probably always will be. This should be a respectable second.

Wow, Bill, how about knelt? That Harvard English degree didn’t do much good for you.

Kneeled is an acceptable past tense of kneel, as a quick look at the dictionary will tell you. Next time you try being pedantic, rightwinger, at least get it right.

As for the post, Danforth is apparently using all the credibility he built up as a sometime critic of his own party in one fell swoop. Obama’s economic platform is a modest tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, combined with an overdue phased withdrawal from Iraq, will pay for much needed investments in America, like renewable energy and universal health care. McCain is proposing further tax cuts of the kind he once railed against as fiscally irresponsible and health care “reforms” that will undo the poor infrastructure we currently have in place, only to leave each of us with more expensive, less efficient care.

I have nothing but respect for Danforth.

However, I do not think he is seeing clearly due to his old money wealth and mental conditioning concerning the wealthy and those in the $250, 000+ income range. Even the best of us are in need of casting down our bias self interests at times.

There’s nothing wrong with any believer seeking divine assistance Haas.

Vote for McCain if you want to lose your Employer Health Insurance!

McCain plan to reform health care: It’s scary

“The proposal should scare the heck out of the millions of Americans who rely on employer-based coverage. Iowans who have tried to buy affordable coverage on their own know they need more than a tax credit and good health. Sometimes they need a winning lottery ticket.

Buying individual policies means having your health history reviewed. It means not having the bargaining power and protections that come with being part of a plan offered by an employer. And it’s expensive.”

Yaaawwwnnnn. Is Lisa complaining about healthcare again? The sun must have come up in the East this morning.

I do respect Danforth for his overall decency and sense of civitas, but he is–as preceeding posts have noted–the man who sees nothing wrong with Justice Thomas’s judicial radicalism. In fact, since Saint Jack is the man who played Clarence Thomas’s political godfather, he shares the responsibility for the damage Thomas’s extreme rightwing philosophy has done. His endorsement of McCain, while interesting, is a political non-issue. Danforth sacrificed his credibility long ago. As for Kinder–who, outside of the pathetic–and shrinking–GOP “base” cares what Lt. Gov. Wingnut thinks?

PLEASE Mr. Danforth, Wake up! The country cannot possibly afford to stay in Iraq for the next 50 to 100 years! If we spent the money we have sqandered over the last five on humanitarian projects we wouldn’t need to fear the terrorists. As for the “ultimatums to our neighbors”, I fear that thoes come more from the other candidates who are more than ready to ‘fight’ to prove their points. Windmills however is an excellent suggestion. They have been used successfully in Europe for years! Ending the current Capital Gains Tax laws won’t hurt the overall economy, although it may affect thoes in ‘your’ tax bracket. Thoes of us who are not as well heeled won’t see it.

After eight years of suffering the effects of John Danforth’s last recommendation for President of the United States I suspect most Americans and most Missourians won’t pay much attention to what he has to say about Obama and McCain. It is particularly galling to hear the same from minor leaguers like Emerson and Kinder. These republicans have run America into a ditch with their sheer incompetence, stumbling into an unnecessary war and botching the economy yet all the while braying about their patriotism. If they were real patriots they would step down for awhile for the good of the country and let Obama and the Democrats clean up this mess.

I like John Danforth because he has been the type of statesman who has been willing to cross party lines in order to achieve real progress. These quotes represent a lack of knowledge of the issues and I can only hope they were written by a Republican staffer and not Mr. Danforth. That being said, it is sad he let them be attributed to him.