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I just got back from a Party for President Bush. Have you heard about these yet? It’s very cool. There’s an official campaign web site to support them here. You can go to that link and enter your zip code, and it’ll show you a list of people who are having these parties near you. If you want to host one yourself, the site helps you send out invitations to people.
This one was hosted by Sally (thanks Sal!). And it must be like what politicians see every day: good people from all kinds of different walks of life, brought together by things they have in common. I had a lot of great conversations. Chic was there with his wife Sunshine. Chic’s from Oklahoma. He told me that what the media reports in Oklahoma is 100% different from what the media reports in L.A. They report a much more balanced picture of what’s really going on. I was really surprised to hear that. I turned Chic on to Instapundit, LGF, and Patterico. Sally’s husband Armin was there and he mentioned Roger L. Simon’s site too.
I also had a great conversation with a Minister, James Peyton. We got a little off the subject and talked about the movie THE PASSION OF CHRIST. James told me that in the Christian tradition, Christians believe that they personally killed Christ, and he willingly died for them. And I said, “Oh, that’s why Mel dramatized the complicity of the public in the death of Christ—to make a point of that. Not to make a comment about the Jews.” James said, that’s right—in those days everybody was Jewish. It wasn’t about the Jews, it was about the people, it was about all of us.
I said we’re really blessed in this country to have the Judeo-Christian tradition of wanting to love each other and help each other have better lives and to enjoy life and be good to each other. As opposed to the tradition of some Islamo-fascist localities where they do the reverse—sending their own children off to be blown up.
Everybody got to introduce themselves and say a few words, so I made a short speech about what’s going on in the blogosphere. It’s amazing, but it seems like most people don’t even know about all this yet. I told everyone about Instapundit as a great place to start.
Chic said that his boss at work is a Democrat, but even he (the boss) is saying that Kerry is a nut and can’t be supported. That’s another sign that things may be going in the right direction for this Presidential election.
#2Hi Patterico,
It's an honor to get a visit from you, buddy! Chic was psyched when I told him about your site. I said, Patterico busts the LA TIMES every day. He was like, that was just what I'm looking for!
#3On first debate: From a psychological point of view it was President Bush (a harmless, loveable little fuzzball) being attacked by a mean-spirited and monsterish Angry White Male. GW's reasons for not engaging Frankenstein on his vicious level aside, Kerry lost a lot of women's votes that night. Rhetorical Question: Oughtn't GW be referred to as Mr. President by this little Senator during the debates?
#4GWB had spent the day of the debate visiting Red Cross volunteers in Florida. I'm surprised that after all these years in politics, he didn't remember the importance of being well-rested for a debate. Hopefully, for the next ones, he'll remember to work hard on debate prep and get his rest.
#5for your information on islam...it is a religion of peace not war...these terrorist ideas do not have any connection with islam...in fact alot of americans are seeing this an it is no surprise that North America has the most coverted muslims (most from the catholic faith) then any other reigion in the world.
#6in fact alot of americans are seeing this an it is no surprise that North America has the most coverted muslims (most from the catholic faith) then any other reigion in the world.
Can you provide a link to support that?
for your information on islam...it is a religion of peace not war...these terrorist ideas do not have any connection with islam...
That's great in theory, and I do think Islam can modernize so that that becomes true of Islam in general in the future.
But I don't think you can argue that the terrorist's ideas, or the terrorists themselves, have no connection with Islam. The terrorists do their killings in the name of Islam. Many Islamic imams regularly broadcast hate speech on TV in various Islamic nations. In Pakistan, an imam has recently promised a $1 million reward for the killing of a cartoonist.
Good for you! The blogosphere will spread; have no fear.