“I meet mothers and family members all over the country who are still mourning their children but are also thinking about the young men and women who are still over there and wondering when it will end.”

The point you are trying to make is a sophism.

Did I not compliment you B O?

As well as not understanding grammer (sic) you can’t read either, I said “conjunctive” not “conjunction”.

Puzzle,

Language ain’t your strong suit, Old Girl. Most third grade teachers I know can spell the word “grammar.”

What we have here is one more bit of evidence, as if any was really needed, that no matter which Democrat is nominated, the party that gave us Harry Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson, Richard Russell and Sam Nunn, is essentially dead. The legacy of honor among Democrats is gone. National Defense now reverts to the Clintonian “Meals-on-Wheels” with Barack Obama handingout snacks and Kool-Aide before nap time.

What happened, Puzzle? Democrats used to be a pretty classy bunch. As appropriate as the Jackass is as a symbol of Democrats, a capon would be very bit as appropriate. When did destroying your partisan opponents become more important to you guys than destroying your country’s?

Got your back Puzzle, not that you need it.

Rob,

Because you cleverly bold the words you select, doesnt change any meaning of the sentence at all. Allow me to do the same.

“I meet mothers and family members all over the country who are still mourning their children but are also thinking about the young men and women who are still over there and wondering when it will end.“

What Obama is saying is that the MOTHERS and FAMILY MEMBERS are wondering when will it end, not the soldiers.

He calls them children because to parents, they will always be their child. Some of them at age 18, are children.

You may play coy with that fact to suit your pathetic, partisan position on this particular argument. But we know how you and many would feel if your children were having abortions or getting married at that age. So why don’t you admit there is some grey area when it comes to calling some folks “children”?

Ah, but the subject of the sentence is mothers and fathers, and the “but” is conjunctive thus again is about mothers and fathers.

And you continue to equate children with “childish and that is wrong. There is nothing wrong with the term children in this context. That you find it insulting is neither here nor there.

As well as not understanding grammer you can’t read either, I said “conjunctive” not “conjunction”. Ask your third grade teacher who is right, Rob, she or he will set you straight.

Oh, come on now. Surely you’re not defending someone who critiques the language skills of another, disparagingly, while misspelling the word “grammar.”

Hell, that’s like listening to Nancy Pelosi talk about Intelligence, or some twit like “Hannitized” lecturing about naval strategy.

That sort of self-deluded fantasy deserves to be smacked around.

Good catch B O.
It’s good to know that Aunt Spelling Bee sees all.

I don’t know why Neiman was so upset earlier because I was going to let you or poof correct his spelling mistake. You boys seem to take such pleasure in it that I didn’t want to spoil your fun. Oh well, Neiman is what Neiman is.

Say, why is it that I don’t see you correcting nutters?

BTW, go back to school, finish fourth grade and maybe we won’t have to point out so many grammar problems!

See where this conversation went Puzzle? They can’t stand it when we constantly point out their stupid, illogical and false conclusions.

They talk a lot about the left’s intelligence and their superiority over us, but they rarely, RARELY ever get even the small and simple things right. Instead, they are reduced to pointing out spelling and grammar errors. Morons!

I love this site, because it’s ripe with delicious nuggets like this one.

Bring it punks.

Instead, they are reduced to pointing out spelling and grammar errors. Morons!

Like the twit who likes to point out when I use italic and bold! Someone is projecting again!

Proof,

I do believe you have me confused with someone else. I can’t imagine why I would ever point out descrepancies about using italics and/or bold.

Care to back up your claim with some evidence??

Riiight. The party that won the last two Presidential elections is “at war with the citizens of America.”

Sell crazy somewhere else.

As for this:

So a mother can no longer refer to her offspring as her children?

You know what I’m talking about. You defended Michael Moore when he was trying to get Republicans to sign their kids up for war. You also defended other liberals when they’ve talked of sending “our children” off to war.

Again, they aren’t children, though I understand why that term – which paints them as helpless victims instead of warriors who volunteered for the mission – is useful for your political agenda.

I’m glad that you’ve shown us that you know the word “conjunction,” Puzzled, but your third grade grasp of grammar doesn’t change what he said.

But I’ll not beat a dead horse. How about we point out how wrong Obama is about the war? He says the war is on the ballot. Given how things have turned there, that’s not good news for him or his defeatism.

The way I read it, Obama is talking of family members who are thinking of their loved ones in Iraq who are, in turn, wondering when it all will end.

I really don’t see how there’s any other way to read it, but really it’s not like this statement is the only thing the “soldiers as children” narrative hat can be hung on.

Liberals have been using this endlessly. Asking Republicans to sign their children up (as though that were even legal). Talking about the “children” fighting in Iraq. It has happened time and again, and you’ve defended it in the past though this time you’re trying to claim that Obama isn’t doing it.

He is. It’s subtle, but it’s there. And it’s still insulting and tiresome.