Funny. You know I fully realize people will have fundamental differences. What concerns me is dies someone develop ones opinion themselves or do they allow others to form it for them. It's not that much different from folks that idolize musicians, athletes, or movie stars. I've never been the type to go ga ga over someone else, or even wear a jersey with someone elses name on the back, so this is hard for me to relate to. I believe it occurs on the left just as much it does the right, but I'm amazed at how little it takes for someone to carry a sign they can't provide a detailed answer to explain what they are advertising. How shallow is ones belief system to do that.

And I thought it was because of his lies that makes even the media look like unbiased honest reporters.

I can't say I hate him but I certainly dislike him, not only because of his lies but also because he makes right-wingers look like complete morons. I figured that left-wingers would hate him certainly for the first reason (and love him for the second).

I guess this is a similar case to Sarah Palin's. Right-wingers just don't understand how left-wingers think. Left-wingers do not fear Sarah Palin and they do not hate Andrew Breitbart. In fact left-wingers love both because the two cost the right votes from the undecided.

And that would be relevant if Sarah Palin was running against Obama, but the last time she was, Americans voted for Obama instead.

I would bet that my views are closer to Palin's than to Obama's, but I don't think I would vote for her. She just doesn't strike me as reliable whereas Obama has turned out much more reliable and centrist than I had expected.

If McCain is a RINO, I doubt anyone can help the GOP any more.

It was people like McCain that made me support the Republican party. The entire RINO definition doesn't make sense anyway. A RINO is defined as someone who doesn't really support Republican values. And "Republican values" is defined as something that changes over time (since they are clearly not the values of Lincoln any more). But if the values change, how can we ever find that anyone doesn't really support them?

Read my lips: s/a centrist/more reliable and centrist than I had expected/

Those are probably two word I wouldn't use to describe Obama in any context. It would almost the same as one saying Saddam was kinder and gentler than I thought he was.

Ok, I will be Breitbart - name one lie.

Oh, but they do (on both counts).  You project your "European left" onto the "American left", and are wrong in that respect.  They fear Palin because of what she represents (the same thing that Clarence Thomas does and they hate him for the same reason).  They hate Breitbart because he can stand there and calmly confront them and show them to be fools.

You are wrong again. She has never run against him.  I hope she does.

In some respects you are right.  Like a broken clock, he has been consistently wrong.

It may fracture into 2 parties.  But that would be good for the republicans eventually as the US would get a 3rd party, and the current RINO republicans would become the center party.  I would hope we could bring it back to its core, but if it takes a fracture, then so be it.  I am tired of politicians that go to washington saying they will control spending and then do the opposite.  It ensures that I have wasted a vote.

Palin was created by liberals and the left by deluging her with frivolous lawsuits. They thought it was smart. Well all that did was force her to give up being governor (her governor salary would never have covered the half million dollar legal fees) and turned her in to a political activist. She wrote her book, when on tour and the rest is what you see now. Good job lefties.

Remember the Sherrod case?

I saw the video Breitbart provided and the full video. I also read what he wrote about what happened and then what really happened.

He lied.

No, you are assuming that I have no contact with American left-wingers. In fact because of where I work most Americans I know are left-wingers and Obama supporters. You, my friend, are one of the few right-wing Americans I know.

Left-wingers, American such, do NOT fear Sarah Palin.

The sooner you will all accept that, the better.

Her ticket ran against his ticket. Palin supporters obviously voted for McCain/Palin rather than Obama.

I agree.

His constituency probably know him better than others.

I am not saying that liberals aren't to blame for her prominence. They are.

But they still don't fear her.

They just saw a woman married to an eskimo and figured they could have her way with that minority candidate not blessed by the left. They were wrong.

But that doesn't mean that she isn't a loonie and it doesn't mean that the left are now (or were ever) afraid of her.

Just ask swing voters why they voted for Obama rather than McCain. You will find that it often was because of the VP candidate he chose.

I saw what Brietbart was given. One must ask if he was provided the tape in it's entire. Or did the NAACP just give it to him, and forget about it all prior to throwing Sherod under the bus? After all it was their tape. So why would Brietbart show a portion of a tape that the NAACP could quickly dispel? Questions, questions. Of course it is far easier to label him a liar and move on. Just gotta wonder why the left isn't trying to make more hay (against AB at the very least) out of it than they did/are.

No, they don't.

She is an easy target.

If the GOP had other prominent leaders, the left would find it more difficult to attack them and it would cost them votes.

yes, if you are misogynist.  Which the liberals are.  But if you go on her statements and positions, show me how she is so much different than say John Boehner.  Or Mitch McConnell?

Unless you are going to go misogynist on us, you will not be able to.  you can disagree with her positions, but the only way you can "attack" her as the left has is if:

#1: you hate women

#2: You fear her

Your choice.

Ah, Tony I think it's more of an outsider looking into a different world. Europe is a far different place than Americans think (Not your grandfathers Europe). I just saw a piece where Obama polls in the 80's over their. They love him. IMO it's because he knocks America down a peg or two in their eyes. They don't want the US to go away (just in case they need us), but there is a bit of envy. Now that's just my opinion.

I like when our foreign friends comment. It's a good gage of their perception of us, but I do realize they are at the mercy of what the international press feeds them, since they are not immersed into our world as we are (the same for us in theirs). How many real, US style, conservatives from outside do you see here on JU? If this this site were an indicator I would say none exist, lol. My experience tells me if we had some Eastern Europeans we would see views more in line with US conservatives.

It can be frustrating, kind of like describing "red" to a person blind from birth. But that goes both ways. While there is foreign policy discussions here, there is little discussion on foreign politics. Why because for the most part Americans are generally uninterested (for good or bad), especially conservatives as we have a "to each his own attitude". US Liberals are more inclined to tell you how to fix your country especially if they don't live there (or even visited). So I'm glad people like Leauki comment, I learn some thing and hope they do too.

 I don't see that it was a personal attack, continue to write what you write I don't care.