But Mom, he started it:



I'm a white who admires Jesse, Al and Barak. (Even if they were Catholics I'd still be fans.)

Par for the course.

Always happy to make par!

As you aptly stated D Allan, I like Jesse, Al and Barack. Perhaps I would like them even if they were Catholic. I don't follow them with a religious zeal. I've never seen any of them speak in person. I've never contributed any money to any of them. All three are sound bites to me. Wheter I am an ardent follower or not, all three men have the social and political dexterity to deal with strong opposition and keep at doing what ever it is they do. So I am not worried.

Conservative, suburban types find something endearing in the messages sent out by media personalities like Don Imus, and Rush Limbaugh. People of color tend to be accepting of Jesse and Al. That's basic human nature. Thank goodness we live in a country where divergent voices are allowed to speak and can be heard.

DB

To me, Imus and Limbaugh lack even the tiniest shred of dignity.

All five are sound bites to me. But over time there have been enough bites to make a snack if not a meal - :) and I've found Imus and Rush to be tasteless.

The other three have 'class.'

/dAb

Never spent more than 2 minutes listening or watching Imus, but I do enjoy listening to Limbaugh. He's one of the best at what he does. Naturally, people don't have to agree with everything he says in order to find his program or his web-site worth while or interesting. In Hawaii, he's on one of the two AM radio stations for 3 hours every week-day. He's got lots of listeners so he must be doing something right.

It's great to live in a country where there are many divergent voices and beliefs expressed, both those on the left as well as on the right and in-between. One thing we don't want to do is denigrate individuals, or make personal attacks, because they hold beliefs different from ours.

Whatever. I don't like the tone of that guy's posts. I don't care for being thrown into one big bag and tossed aside. I'm all for civilitiy, but it is a two way street.

DB