The Rush to Judge Ilhan Omar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omar needs to own her stuff and stop acting like she doesn't fully intend to throw bombs with her incendiary comments. She knows what she's doing and then quickly plays the victim. She needs to stop playing dumb when the result draws negative reactions. She is an elected official, which means every word will be scrutinized, and she is fair game for political criticism. Though she thinks she deserves to be, she is not exempt because she's a Muslim.

Exactly right!

[Anonymous]

i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

It’s not like English is our official language so....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

It’s not like English is our official language so....

We don't; you're correct.

But these are the top 10, with English being #1:

English only – 229.7 million
Spanish – 40.5 million
Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) – 3.4 million
Tagalog (including Filipino) – 1.7 million
Vietnamese – 1.5 million
Arabic – 1.2 million
French – 1.2 million
Korean – 1.1 million
Russian – 0.91 million
German – 0.91 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

Yes Trump is such a huge embarrassment. Most immigrants speak English better than he does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

I doubt her Somali and Arabic is much better.

Omar is not the brightest bulb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

Yes Trump is such a huge embarrassment. Most immigrants speak English better than he does.

Exactly. He’s so embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Democrats Are Falling Into the Ilhan Omar Trap - David Frum
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/trumps-attack-ilhan-omar-trap-democrats/587128/

"By rushing to stand with the controversial congresswoman, the 2020 contenders are allowing Trump to transform her into the face of their party.
Having promised not to “let him drive us apart” from Omar, Democrats are now stuck with responsibility for the reckless things the representative from Minnesota says, not only about Jews, but about other issues, too. Omar has already served notice that she does not intend to behave more circumspectly in the future. In a Friday-night interview, Stephen Colbert asked Omar whether she would heed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s advice to back-bench it for a while. Omar answered, “I think Nancy knows this very well. Women have been told to go slow and not be seen and not be heard for many years. She wouldn’t have made it to where she is if she did. And it’s certainly the case for minority women … We are not there to be quiet. We are not there to be invisible. We are there to follow the lead of people like Congressman John Lewis and make good trouble.”

The Democrats are on notice. More remarks will be coming.

Against Omar’s propensity to provoke, the Democratic Party seems institutionally almost defenseless. Pelosi was thwarted when she attempted to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitic expressions by House members. Instead, the House substituted more muddled language in which Jews appeared in a laundry list condemning all expressions of intolerance against “African-Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, immigrants and others.”

After Trump’s tweeted attack, Omar will become even more internally uncriticizable and unmanageable, without becoming any more careful or responsible. Indeed, the speech by Omar that provided Trump with the sound bite he exploited—“some people did something”—itself exemplifies her carelessness and irresponsibility."

Omar's co-headliner was Hassan Shibly, who tweeted in August 2014: “God as my wittiness, Israel & it’s supporters are enemies of God and humanity! How many more children must Israel kill 4 U 2 C?#Gaza.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i can't believe someone got elected to federal office and can barely speak english. cartoon world.

Yes Trump is such a huge embarrassment. Most immigrants speak English better than he does.

Bigly!

[Anonymous]

^^^

LOL at anything written by David Frum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrats Are Falling Into the Ilhan Omar Trap - David Frum
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/trumps-attack-ilhan-omar-trap-democrats/587128/

"By rushing to stand with the controversial congresswoman, the 2020 contenders are allowing Trump to transform her into the face of their party.
Having promised not to “let him drive us apart” from Omar, Democrats are now stuck with responsibility for the reckless things the representative from Minnesota says, not only about Jews, but about other issues, too. Omar has already served notice that she does not intend to behave more circumspectly in the future. In a Friday-night interview, Stephen Colbert asked Omar whether she would heed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s advice to back-bench it for a while. Omar answered, “I think Nancy knows this very well. Women have been told to go slow and not be seen and not be heard for many years. She wouldn’t have made it to where she is if she did. And it’s certainly the case for minority women … We are not there to be quiet. We are not there to be invisible. We are there to follow the lead of people like Congressman John Lewis and make good trouble.”

The Democrats are on notice. More remarks will be coming.

Against Omar’s propensity to provoke, the Democratic Party seems institutionally almost defenseless. Pelosi was thwarted when she attempted to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitic expressions by House members. Instead, the House substituted more muddled language in which Jews appeared in a laundry list condemning all expressions of intolerance against “African-Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, immigrants and others.”

After Trump’s tweeted attack, Omar will become even more internally uncriticizable and unmanageable, without becoming any more careful or responsible. Indeed, the speech by Omar that provided Trump with the sound bite he exploited—“some people did something”—itself exemplifies her carelessness and irresponsibility."

Omar's co-headliner was Hassan Shibly, who tweeted in August 2014: “God as my wittiness, Israel & it’s supporters are enemies of God and humanity! How many more children must Israel kill 4 U 2 C?#Gaza.”

Pelosi's damage control - lol

In a “60 Minutes” interview, correspondent Lesley Stahl pointed out the different groups within the House Democratic caucus. “You have these wings — AOC and her group on one side,” Stahl said.

“That’s like five people,” Pelosi interrupted.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/pelosi-rips-aoc-says-her-posse-in-congress-is-like-five-people/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^

LOL at anything written by David Frum

Drum is a old gasbag. Irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

How about this measure of respect for 9/11

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/377947866641485824

I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about this measure of respect for 9/11

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/377947866641485824

I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”

What is wrong with this? Sounds like someone is calling out those who hate America and the 3,000 who died at the hands of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^

LOL at anything written by David Frum

Drum is a old gasbag. Irrelevant.

You may view him that way, but he's quite smart--Harvard Law School and Yale. The Democrats should pay attention to his words here.