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"Americans are very lucky people." (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2013 OP
Well and truly said, Frankie. Thank you! classof56 Oct 2013 #1
Classof56... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #5
Sheshe, what an awesome way to end my day. classof56 Oct 2013 #25
You, classof56, just made my day as well. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #32
I've read a couple of his books Isoldeblue Oct 2013 #2
I just read some of his Bio at Wiki, sheshe2 Oct 2013 #4
Well said. Aristus Oct 2013 #3
I love that quote from Frank Schaeffer, she! Cha Oct 2013 #6
You're back.... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #7
For just another minute.. Cha Oct 2013 #8
Enjoy, the light of day, Cha... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #9
Always did admire and appreciate Frank Schaeffer IrishAyes Oct 2013 #10
Hi Irish~ sheshe2 Oct 2013 #11
sheshe2 Diclotican Oct 2013 #12
I say post away, Diclotican. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #16
I don't think we are lucky, we DEMOCRATS made this happen yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #13
In some of his photos he looks so much like his momma... Tikki Oct 2013 #14
He does look like his mom, Tikki. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #19
K & R Scurrilous Oct 2013 #15
So say we all sarge43 Oct 2013 #17
We will just have to keep blue14u Oct 2013 #18
"Eyes on the prize" sheshe2 Oct 2013 #24
Thank you for the welcome sheshe2 blue14u Oct 2013 #26
You've certainly come to the right place for that! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #27
I had kept up with that blue14u Oct 2013 #29
K & R Iliyah Oct 2013 #20
You won't be hearing that quote on talk radio and Fox News ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #21
OUCH! "The Conservative Fraudcasting Network"! That's simply BRILLIANT!!!! calimary Oct 2013 #31
What a beautiful soul shines through those eyes in that picture. freshwest Oct 2013 #22
"those eyes, the window to the soul" sheshe2 Oct 2013 #23
AMEN! mwrguy Oct 2013 #28
Something that just occurred to me ... Kablooie Oct 2013 #30
'...dim witted and/or hate filled...' Whisp Oct 2013 #33

classof56

(5,376 posts)
25. Sheshe, what an awesome way to end my day.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 09:00 PM
Oct 2013

You are one of the brightest lights on the DU board, y'know! Cheers and hi back!

Isoldeblue

(1,135 posts)
2. I've read a couple of his books
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:17 PM
Oct 2013

and he truly says it like it is. I enjoyed reading someone who was saying just what I was thinking about the evangelicals of today.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
6. I love that quote from Frank Schaeffer, she!
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:57 PM
Oct 2013

NICE it was made into a Gorgeous Graphic!!



Mahalo, she~

Cha

(305,137 posts)
8. For just another minute..
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:09 PM
Oct 2013

I had to check in before I went on my next errand.. which is running.

Great OP!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
10. Always did admire and appreciate Frank Schaeffer
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:38 PM
Oct 2013

Not only for his moral development, but simply for escaping the situation into which he was born.

Good man. A good, good man.

(Both of 'em, President Obama and Schaeffer)

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
11. Hi Irish~
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:50 PM
Oct 2013

I didn't know all that much about Schaeffer, but read his bio at wiki. Wow an amazing history.

You are so right, they are both good men.

Thanks Irish~

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
12. sheshe2
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:12 PM
Oct 2013

sheshe2

I suspect if I put this picture on my face book account a few of my acquaints would be nuts before the next day But then again, they do know I like this President far better than the last one...

Diclotican

yuiyoshida

(42,691 posts)
13. I don't think we are lucky, we DEMOCRATS made this happen
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:14 PM
Oct 2013

with our votes. I don't think luck comes into it at all.

Tikki

(14,795 posts)
14. In some of his photos he looks so much like his momma...
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:17 PM
Oct 2013

I bet his wife and daughters mean the World to him.


Tikki

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
19. He does look like his mom, Tikki.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:28 PM
Oct 2013

They really are a close loving family despite the stress of the job.

blue14u

(575 posts)
18. We will just have to keep
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:26 PM
Oct 2013

the eye on the prize of 2014!!! I have been so excited

about our POTUS and all he can still accomplish in the next years...
Think what a great life we can all have with him at the helm and

lots and lots of Dems replacing the miserable repuks!!!!

Dream big and vote!!! ! It will be here before we know it!!

For now I will relish in the moment and send love to Mr. Obama!!

blue14u

(575 posts)
26. Thank you for the welcome sheshe2
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 09:32 PM
Oct 2013

I like to campaign, so its never to early to start!!!


2014 and 2016 here we go!!!

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
27. You've certainly come to the right place for that!
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:28 PM
Oct 2013

We are having a special election here in Mass. December 10th, we fill the congressional seat, of Edward Markey. We elected him this summer to fill Kerry's Senate seat.

Katherine Clark (D) just won the primary. You can help us start here!

blue14u

blue14u

(575 posts)
29. I had kept up with that
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 12:59 AM
Oct 2013

race at the time Markey was running.. I pulled for

him, and posted on my FB about him and his win, celebrating

all the way. Sorry to hear he is already leaving.. We do

need more women in Washington, and I will certainly

do what I can to help Clark.. Count me in.

Just to let you know, I have been here reading on DU sense the Presidential

election, but just recently came on board. I love being here!!

Thanks for the update on the race Dec 10..

JEFF9K

(1,935 posts)
21. You won't be hearing that quote on talk radio and Fox News ...
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:39 PM
Oct 2013

... aka the Conservative Fraudcasting Network!

calimary

(84,190 posts)
31. OUCH! "The Conservative Fraudcasting Network"! That's simply BRILLIANT!!!!
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 03:50 PM
Oct 2013

Bravo, JEFF9K!!! Fraudcasting - no kidding!!!!



freshwest

(53,661 posts)
22. What a beautiful soul shines through those eyes in that picture.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:42 PM
Oct 2013


And Schaeffer has been a big supporter all along. He 'gets it.'

Journaling for those eyes, the window to the soul. Yes, we are blessed.

As one of our BOG folks said, that is the meaning of his first name, too.

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
23. "those eyes, the window to the soul"
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:52 PM
Oct 2013

They are freshwest, they truly are.

On October 10, 2008, a public letter to Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin from Schaeffer was published in the Baltimore Sun newspaper. The letter contained an impassioned plea for McCain to arrest what Schaeffer perceived as a hateful, and prejudiced tone of the Republican Party's election campaign. Schaeffer was convinced that there was a pronounced danger that fringe groups in America could be goaded into pursuing violence. "If you do not stand up for all that is good in America and declare that Senator Obama is a patriot, fit for office, and denounce your hate-filled supporters ... history will hold you responsible for all that follows."


Soon after Obama's inauguration, Schaeffer criticized Republican leaders:
How can anyone who loves our country support the Republicans now?
Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan defined the modern conservatism that used to be what the Republican Party I belonged to was about. Today no actual conservative can be a Republican. Reagan would despise today's wholly negative Republican Party.


In February 2010, Schaeffer accused President Obama's critics of being racist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Schaeffer

Schaeffer is a good man freshwest.

Kablooie

(18,748 posts)
30. Something that just occurred to me ...
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 01:31 AM
Oct 2013

If Obama had been a selfish, cruel person the demonizing of him would be effective because he would absorb it.

But because he's a good, honorable person, the demonizing bounces off and reflects back to demonize the demonizers.
Ergo, the Tea Party has demonized itself in it's futile attempts to demonize Obama.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
33. '...dim witted and/or hate filled...'
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:47 PM
Oct 2013

o my stars, the two qualities do seem to go hand in hand...


I won't say more.

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