Unlike republicans, I actually take the whole "personal responsibility" thing seriously and apply it to myself. When something goes haywire (particularly at work where I run a web development business), I don't waste time with excuses. I figure out what went wrong, how to make it right again, and how to avoid the problem in the future. Pointing fingers is for losers.

If I had to blame others for the failure, I would do it in an extremely limited way. Once I got to the 2nd thing I was blaming others for, I would start to feel like a whiner and stop.

But that's just me. I'm more than willing to learn more about this from those "personal responsibility" champions in the GOP.

As thousands of people, you confuse two terms: CITIZEN and NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.

You believe (at least for now until some distant future when this might apply to a republican candidate) that in addition to Natural Born and Naturalized, there is a 3rd category of citizen. There isn't. There are only the 2.

I'm here all week. Let me know if you have any other delusions I can help you out with.

If you forget for a moment your partisan orientation, how could you explain a massive amount of money Obama spent on blocking release of the documents?

That's easy. There have been no "massive amounts of money Obama spent on blocking release of the documents."

Like so, so many other things, that is one more figment of a delusional mind.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

And by gum, he's gonna use all his formidable power to get it!! Those republicans and blue dogs must be shaking in their boots! Wouldn't wanna be them.

She's dumb as a bag of rocks. There's nothing that will change that. This fact bursts forth out of any interview that is not conducted on Fox.

Palin will be fine, though. She's mostly in this for the money (book sales, speaking engagements, etc), and her base will continue to give her that. She'll never be able to appeal to anything other than a partisan fringe. In that way, she's more a pundit like Ann Coulter than a real politician. When have you ever seen Ann reach out to the independents and democrats, unless it was to call them faggots?

You missed the incoherence of Guiliani's criticism.

They are foreign enemy combatants who clearly should be tried by the military.

Can you explain why the 9/11 suspects should be tried by the military, whereas the 1993 WTC bombers were tried in civilian courts with Guiliani's explicit approval?

I have to let you know: when you respond to an argument by resorting only to name-calling, it communicates very clearly to everyone that you've got nuthin.

I have no problem doing this. However, when you've run out of ideas, you might not want to advertise it like this.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world saw leadership defined; a mayor who brought a city and its people together, had the right words to console, to define what had happened, and who inspired not just NYers but all Ameericans to stand tall and proud and show the world that even this will not make us cower.

So, according to OnTheBeat, leadership has nothing to do with the decisions you make, the plans you implement, none of that. If you make decisions that hamstring your city (putting the c&c center in a prime terrorist target against the advice of everyone around you), really all you need to do is go on the teevee and say some pretty sounding words, and all is forgiven!

And ironically, though you say Guiliani's words "show the world that this will not make us cower," cowering is precisely what you and the other republicans have done consistently ever since. This whole bed-wetting terror about bringing KSM to the US for trial is the cries of the terrified.

Thanks, OnTheBeat. I couldn't have illustrated that quite so clearly without you. I'm putting together a compendium of republican comments that clearly illustrate why they should never be allowed to run things again, and this will be part of it. Thanks again.

Nice one! I totally agree. What better statement to these terrorists but "Our ruler is the Law, and it is more powerful than you." And show them that our open, decadent society can actually administer justice consistent with our so-called values.

Seriously, this is one of the few battles we've actually won in this whole war on terror thing. Too bad it was accompanied by a legitimization of a tiered justice system.

And Barry Soetoro, seriously dude. Change your shorts and console yourselves that the last KSM is going right next door to the last guys who tried to blow up the WTC. Don't be such a pussy, sheesh!

So, let's sum up.

His claim to fame is that on 9/11 he got on the teevee and sounded all tough and brave and stuff.

Meanwhile, his city was crippled due to his incompetence.

To say this guy is style and not substance is almost trite at this point. An utterly empty suit (or ballgown, as the case may be).

Republican crazies behind bars!

Political Correctness killed 13 people. That's not in contention. Army officers said they knew of Hasan's behavior but failed to investigate him because he was Muslim, and they feared being accused of profiling and called racists.

Link, please.

I'm very interested in such a quote. These same army officers put recruits through training by teaching them to hate the "hajis," kill the "sand niggers," annihilate the "towel heads." That is an institutional part of their training. But you're saying they didn't want to point out that a Muslim doctor was not meeting performance standards, because they were afraid to appear racist? This I've got to see.

If you were just making that up, however, feel free to slink away now.