Friends and family of AoM: Beware

If you listen to Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Florida), then my Jewish sister- and brother-in-law (the Godparents of my baby girl) as well as my African-American buddies - you all better just get ready to head for the hills when Army of Dad and I come around.

Just check out the idiocy of Hastings:
"If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," said Hastings. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through."

Uh, yeah. My husband cleans his own critters when he shoots them. I have a gun, too. Yep, you Jews and blacks better just beware of people like us. What a joke. What is really frightening is that he got applause and laughter after that comment. WTF?

'Cuz according to Hastings, Sarah Palin is an "extremely conservative woman who is out of touch with mainstream America." Uh, ok. She's in touch with me and a large number of people I know and not just because she's attractive. How is she out of touch according to this man?

"Just like Jews, blacks care about affordable health care, energy independence, and the separation of church and state," said Hastings. "And just like blacks, Jews care about equal pay for equal work, investment in alternative energy, and a woman's right to choose."

Ok, let me address those:
Affordable health care - how does she oppose this? Because she doesn't want socialized medicine where people where people die waiting for treatment.
Energy independence? How can she NOT be for this when it is the Dems who won't allow us to drill in ANWAR or off shore? Please.
Separation of church and state: what? What did she do/say?
Equal pay/equal work: again, WTF?
Alternative energy investments: I believe McCain has said he is for exploring nuclear energy as well as wind, hydro and solar. Don't know why she'd say something different.
Woman's right to choose: ok, here he is actually on target. I believe Palin is pro-life. Doesn't mean that she's against Jews and blacks in that regard. Apparently, Hastings must think that blacks and Jews are big on abortions? Not sure what else that would imply. And, being pro-life doesn't mean that she wants to outlaw abortions. I'm pretty sure she and McCain support giving the right to determine the legality of abortions to the states as it is SHOULD NOT be a federal "right" to kill unborn babies. Allow it to be a state issue, where it belongs. If you live in New York and you want to kill babies in utero, then it is that state's right to make it legal. If you live in Texas, where most people believe babies' lives are as valuable as anyone else's, then your state can opt not to make it legal. *shrug* Seems pretty simple to me.

But again, I just want to make all my Jewish and African American friends and family (yes, I have family that are both!) aware ... to be cautious around us. We're scary people according to Rep. Hastings.