Comments on: This Seed Hat Wearer Is Not Offended http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Anonymous http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11554 Anonymous Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:00:49 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11554 <strong>Really?</strong> Why do you think I'm naive? Because I live in rural Iowa? Really? Why do you think I'm naive? Because I live in rural Iowa?

]]> By: Yut http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11555 Yut Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:12:05 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11555 <strong>Uh...</strong> You are pretty naive. Uh… You are pretty naive.

]]> By: Anonymous http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11556 Anonymous Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:32:22 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11556 <strong>What is so offensive?</strong> If John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd or Hillary Clinton said exactly the same thing, I still wouldn't find it offensive. If Mitt Romney or Giuliani or Huckabee said it, it doesn't make any difference to me.<p><br>It doesn't matter who said it. It's not an offensive statement.</p> What is so offensive? If John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd or Hillary Clinton said exactly the same thing, I still wouldn't find it offensive. If Mitt Romney or Giuliani or Huckabee said it, it doesn't make any difference to me.

It doesn't matter who said it. It's not an offensive statement.

]]> By: Honest and Realistic http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11557 Honest and Realistic Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:53:03 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11557 <strong>Let's Take a Closer Look</strong> I am not so sure.  I think that Obama is getting a lot of wiggle-room on this one that he does not deserve.  <p><br>If any other candidate on the Democratic side said that he/she would have been absolutely roasted.  Obama is getting a serious pass to the detriment of the Democratic party.  You guys are nuts if you think that John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd or Hillary Clinton would get away with a comment like that unscathed.  Especially a mistake so off the cuff.  Imagine if this happened in the General?  Would it get this treatment? No f*&%g way</p><p><br>Let's be realistic:  Is Obama ready for prime time; I mean the general election for the Presidency of the United States of America.  The big dance, the whole enchilada of leading the godd&%*$n free world?  </p><p><br>He is making mistakes in Democratic debates that he should be coasting through...The drivers license question a second time around after what happened to Hillary? Come on!!!  Amateur.</p><p><br>The Republicans will eat him alive.  We need someone who knows how to fight!  Someone who had been tested!</p><p><br>Will an Obama supporter please name an experience that Obama has faced in politics that prepares him for the onslaught of presidential election-scale Republican attacks?  </p><p><br>Seems a little unsteady when this is an election that determines the fate of America.  Let's think about this...Realistically...Responsibly.</p> Let's Take a Closer Look I am not so sure.  I think that Obama is getting a lot of wiggle-room on this one that he does not deserve. 

If any other candidate on the Democratic side said that he/she would have been absolutely roasted.  Obama is getting a serious pass to the detriment of the Democratic party.  You guys are nuts if you think that John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd or Hillary Clinton would get away with a comment like that unscathed.  Especially a mistake so off the cuff.  Imagine if this happened in the General?  Would it get this treatment? No f*&%g way

Let's be realistic:  Is Obama ready for prime time; I mean the general election for the Presidency of the United States of America.  The big dance, the whole enchilada of leading the godd&%*$n free world? 

He is making mistakes in Democratic debates that he should be coasting through…The drivers license question a second time around after what happened to Hillary? Come on!!!  Amateur.

The Republicans will eat him alive.  We need someone who knows how to fight!  Someone who had been tested!

Will an Obama supporter please name an experience that Obama has faced in politics that prepares him for the onslaught of presidential election-scale Republican attacks? 

Seems a little unsteady when this is an election that determines the fate of America.  Let's think about this…Realistically…Responsibly.

]]> By: Laurie http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11558 Laurie Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:14:55 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11558 <strong>Thank you, Dien Judge</strong> I enjoyed this commentary so much. At 60, I appreciate a healthy dose of common sense.<p><br>I'm tired of the 'mountains out of mole hills ' and the 'tempests in a teapot' that seem to be the regular fare of pundits and some candidates who want to be President.</p><p><br>I'm supporting Senator Barack Obama who is using his time to tell us about his vision and policies.</p><p><br>You see, I can listen and decide for myself.</p><p><br>I don't need pundits and rival candidates explaining to me 'what Barack means'.</p><p><br>He has a voice and I have ears and a brain. </p><p><br>Again, thank you for this great commentary!</p> Thank you, Dien Judge I enjoyed this commentary so much. At 60, I appreciate a healthy dose of common sense.

I'm tired of the 'mountains out of mole hills ' and the 'tempests in a teapot' that seem to be the regular fare of pundits and some candidates who want to be President.

I'm supporting Senator Barack Obama who is using his time to tell us about his vision and policies.

You see, I can listen and decide for myself.

I don't need pundits and rival candidates explaining to me 'what Barack means'.

He has a voice and I have ears and a brain.

Again, thank you for this great commentary!

]]> By: Steve Palmberg http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11559 Steve Palmberg Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:46:22 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11559 <strong>I Was Offended</strong> I hadn't heard about the "seed hat"/Obama issue before I read your comments, but I am offended. I am offended at the ignorance of the self styled pundits who figure that farmers operating an agricultural business normally worth $500,000-$1,000,000 are a bunch of narrow-minded uninformed hicks. I Was Offended I hadn't heard about the “seed hat”/Obama issue before I read your comments, but I am offended. I am offended at the ignorance of the self styled pundits who figure that farmers operating an agricultural business normally worth $500,000-$1,000,000 are a bunch of narrow-minded uninformed hicks.

]]> By: Maria http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11560 Maria Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:14:52 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11560 <strong>Obama has lots in common with Iowa farmers</strong> I think the detractors yesterday forgot that Obama's father was a goat herder in Kenya before he came to the US and that his grandmother and other relatives still live in huts in Kenya..he knows too well of what he speaks..and appreciates better than any of the candidates the lives of Iowa farmers,imo..<p><br>Thanks for sharing your story..gave me a smile..my last trip to Iowa was in 1987 and I'm almost afraid to come out because it may have gotten too developed!</p> Obama has lots in common with Iowa farmers I think the detractors yesterday forgot that Obama's father was a goat herder in Kenya before he came to the US and that his grandmother and other relatives still live in huts in Kenya..he knows too well of what he speaks..and appreciates better than any of the candidates the lives of Iowa farmers,imo..

Thanks for sharing your story..gave me a smile..my last trip to Iowa was in 1987 and I'm almost afraid to come out because it may have gotten too developed!

]]> By: vwcat http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11561 vwcat Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:21:01 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11561 <strong>Obama knows rural</strong> I am glad you spoke out.<br><br>This dust up was over the comment made at the NH foreign policy forum from the other day.  it combined the two comments about a guy in rural Iowa who wore a seed hat and overalls.  thinking it was a question on corn, the guy asks about Burma.</br><br><br>and he went on to highlight how the people in rural Iowa are tuned in to the world and not insulated. they have concerns about the world at large and our standing.</br><br><br>So, some wise guys in the press cherry picked the comment to make it sound like Obama was making fun.  Just like they did when he gave that incredibly thoughtful foreign policy speech and they cherry picked it to make it seem he wanted to bomb pakistan.</br><br><br>I live in Illinois.  We are also a rural state and have alot of blue collar in the towns.  Obama knows rural people and blue collar workers.  He really does respect them and wants to stop this stereotype of rural people being dumb and not knowing what is going on in the world or that they don't read, ect.</br><br><br>the press is so thoughtless and cruel.  they want to stir up trouble.</br> Obama knows rural I am glad you spoke out.

This dust up was over the comment made at the NH foreign policy forum from the other day.  it combined the two comments about a guy in rural Iowa who wore a seed hat and overalls.  thinking it was a question on corn, the guy asks about Burma.

and he went on to highlight how the people in rural Iowa are tuned in to the world and not insulated. they have concerns about the world at large and our standing.

So, some wise guys in the press cherry picked the comment to make it sound like Obama was making fun.  Just like they did when he gave that incredibly thoughtful foreign policy speech and they cherry picked it to make it seem he wanted to bomb pakistan.

I live in Illinois.  We are also a rural state and have alot of blue collar in the towns.  Obama knows rural people and blue collar workers.  He really does respect them and wants to stop this stereotype of rural people being dumb and not knowing what is going on in the world or that they don't read, ect.

the press is so thoughtless and cruel.  they want to stir up trouble.

]]> By: MarkieBee http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-1#comment-11562 MarkieBee Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:57:28 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-11562 <strong>Thank you</strong> Thank you for your common sense blog post. As an Obama supporter I tried to look at that as objectively as possible for any hint of something offensive or that could be deemed offensive even taken out of context and I didn't see it. But then again I live on the West Coast...it's hard to zero in on one stereotype out here - there are so many. I think it's funny when my Midwestern family members ask me if I surf. I've lived an hour from the cost my whole life and have yet to grab a board and a tasty wave. People back east also think we have an earthquake a day. I'm 41 and have felt a grand total of two earthquakes. My aunt and uncle in Nashville have one or two tornados a year, yet they're fascinated by me living through all those quakes. Wildfires? Now that's scary and much more likely than a friggin' quake. But I digress. Thank you again for your post. Now that it's been linked to from Ben Smith at Politico I hope more people see it and see how silly the original karfuffle really was. Go OBAMA '08! Thank you Thank you for your common sense blog post. As an Obama supporter I tried to look at that as objectively as possible for any hint of something offensive or that could be deemed offensive even taken out of context and I didn't see it. But then again I live on the West Coast…it's hard to zero in on one stereotype out here – there are so many. I think it's funny when my Midwestern family members ask me if I surf. I've lived an hour from the cost my whole life and have yet to grab a board and a tasty wave. People back east also think we have an earthquake a day. I'm 41 and have felt a grand total of two earthquakes. My aunt and uncle in Nashville have one or two tornados a year, yet they're fascinated by me living through all those quakes. Wildfires? Now that's scary and much more likely than a friggin' quake. But I digress. Thank you again for your post. Now that it's been linked to from Ben Smith at Politico I hope more people see it and see how silly the original karfuffle really was. Go OBAMA '08!

]]> By: Anonymous http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended/comment-page-#comment-4453 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1541/this-seed-hat-wearer-is-not-offended#comment-4453 <strong>Really?</strong> Why do you think I'm naive? Because I live in rural Iowa? Really? Why do you think I’m naive? Because I live in rural Iowa?

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