I thank you for your post as well.
When you know things about the man, you can ascertain things about how he will handle the job or why he is doing some of the amazingly f'd up things he is doing.
This statement is very ambiguous. What do you mean by things?
My responses are not even invalid in the margins. You asked a question. I answered and my answer has nothing whatsoever to do with ad hominem.
I believe what you are attempting to argue is that I have committed a fallacy often known as "guilt by association." But, of course, that's wrong, too. I made no such fallacious argument.
What I said is that (here, let me quote me):
When you know things about the man, you can ascertain things about how he will handle the job or why he is doing some of the amazingly f'd up things he is doing.
That happens to be perfectly true.
If I associate with mobsters, there IS (whether you care to admit it or not) an
increased likelihood that I am mobbed up.
If I associate only with real patriots, there is a significantly
increased chance that some of their beliefs will have rubbed off on me even if I didn't come to the association with such well defined views.
When the people with whom the President has associated have a dark problem with racism and anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism, it is probably not a coincidence that he sought out such associations. He pursued people of similar inclinations. For political reasons, as he has proved, he tried to distance himself from his own past.
You may see nothing in that kind of behavior which proivides you with any insight into the man. But that's probably only because you came to the table with a pre-closed mind.
Clearer thinking people DO see evidence of who and what he is based on the types of individuals his own CHOICE led him to seek out.
To ascertain is to know for sure, without doubt. But the strangely enough, you seem to state all of this is proven beyond any doubt. Using terms such as "increased likelihood" and "increased chance" helps your reasoning, but does not confirm. INCREASING the odds does not GUARANTEE a particular result.
Your Logic:
President Obama was associated with Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and Van Jones. (premise) It's not a premise, it's a well known fact.
Therefore, he will fail as President. (conclusion)
No one said he would fail as a President, we just question the logic of having these kind of friends. People surround themselves with like people.
INVALID ad hominem circumstantial
By the way, how is Jeremiah Wright a racist?
Why don't you just take the time to watch his DVD, that's the tell all.
Also, you failed to address my previous questions.
The health care system is already corrupt. If what President Obama proposes is deemed to fail, what should be proposed to change the health care system?
HR 3400- the republican response to fixing health care. Read it.
What do you believe a Communist to be?
NO FREEDOM in communist countries, not even free to practice their own religions.
What is your source for claiming President Obama’s agenda is to deny “us” access to any domestic energy?
He is clearly opposed to nuclear energy, drilling for oil. Coal is not an option either. I guess we could all hang wind mills off the back of our automobiles and hope for a strong breese.
What qualifies someone to be a terrorists?