LAPD Chief Bratton’s Shameful Obama Endorsement
It's just his latest act of political calculation and expediency.
Like most police officers in America, I have thus far found myself immune to the many and varied charms of Barack Obama. Cops, regardless of their political affiliation, tend to be conservative, certainly few more so than I. Furthermore, we can spot a con job, and though Senator Obama has a smoother delivery than most who have risen from the fetid pond of Chicago politics, he nonetheless strikes me as a man who, should I find myself in his company, would have me checking for my wallet and watch after he had gone.
But a strange thing happens to a cop once he sets himself to the task or advancing through the ranks of his police department: He becomes less influenced by concerns of enforcing the law and more preoccupied with hewing to the regnant politics of the city in which he serves. As a friend very aptly describes the process, a cop forfeits one vertebra with each promotion he achieves, with the sad result often being that by the time he is appointed chief of police he is no longer fit to be classified among the phylum Chordata.
Witness the metamorphosis of Los Angeles Police Department chief William Bratton. Once decorated for valor while serving as a young police officer in Boston, he has, over the course of his ascent to law enforcement prominence, surrendered his vertebrae to various pols in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, adapting like a remora feeding on the scraps left behind by whichever larger fish he found himself following. While in the employ of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, for example, Bratton was the tough-talking commissioner of the NYPD, bringing about a truly remarkable drop in crime in a city that had been descending into state of lawless chaos.
Though his success in reducing crime in Los Angeles has been only slightly less dramatic, gone is the shoot-from-the-lip Bill Bratton who struck fear into the hearts of Times Square hookers, squeegee-wielding bums, and all other strata of New York’s criminal rabble. Today, Bratton is a more soft-spoken man, conveniently reflecting the politics of a city where virtually the entire municipal government is made up of people of the Left.
But with Bratton’s latest act of political calculation and expediency, he has handed over whatever meager fragments of a spine that might have remained, to the point that it is now a wonder the man can stand upright at all. Last Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Bratton had recorded a telephone message to be used in “robocalls” in support of Barack Obama’s campaign for president. And what a shame this is.
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1. schnargley:Even more disturbing than self-emasculation for the sake of power and position, is for a law officer embrace a candidate with an ideology that trashes the rule of law. For Obama and the extreme Left, all law, beginning with the Constitution, is just toilet paper on which to wipe their ideological, utopian political goals upon. They are not sacrosanct or literal in their interpretation. Obama’s recently released interview at NPR Chicago from 2001 clearly shows this idea.
Americans like Bratton are selling their birthright for a pile of smelly, gaseous lentiles.
Oct 28, 2008 - 11:43 am 2. Douglas Bogle:Never fear Obama is here.
The serve and protect montra has been changed. As with all dictator/socialists, the entities of communication and law enforcement line up to assure their place in power.
IE the FL tv station being punished for asking a tough question. And the O isn’t even president.
Never fear Obama is here.
Oct 28, 2008 - 12:06 pm 3. Michael:Bratton will talk the talk, but when he gets in the privacy of the voting booth, he will pull the lever for McCain, unless Obama has promised to make him Secretary of the newly created cabinet position – The Department of Secret Police.
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Kathleen Parker, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Bratton–there is a place in Dante’s hell for those. Exactly which circle and which bolgia I’d have to look it up. But there is a place.
Oct 28, 2008 - 1:10 pm 6. Sarge:An endorsement is ONE VOTE, that’s it one VOTE !!
Oct 28, 2008 - 1:13 pm 7. Good Looking Guy:Mr Dunphy looks very shortminded. How is he qualifying the state terrorism of Israel against the Arab countries? And what if Sen. Obama once worked together with Ayers and if Wright is his Pastor? I wopuld feel very scared if I found mself in the presence of this police officer on a dark evening with no witnesses around. How does mr Dunphy qualifies the war crimes of the current president who is no more or less than an ordinary warcriminal and deserves to be brought to trials at the ICC?
Oct 28, 2008 - 1:37 pm 8. cee:to compare obama to a thief is really disheartening, why, I wonder? Would you say that if he was another color, guys we have got to move foward, we are a melting pot of race, color, and beliefs, to say one person is better than the other because of that is wrong and you will have to resolve that between you and your god, but this has got to stop, only together can we rebuild our great country
Oct 28, 2008 - 1:55 pm 9. McRib:In my opinion, the CHIEF was a piece of crap before he ever got here. He takes no personal responsibility when things go wrong, just fires subordinates and blames them as in the latino riot at MacArthur Park. The rape kits pile up and go ignored and he blames the city council. He expects the taxpayers to pay for his trip (with servants) to a political convention? Why are we continually stuck with incompetents from out of town named Willie?
Oct 28, 2008 - 2:00 pm 10. NavyGal:It’s the 60’s all over again. The bigots, racists, and other ilk.. showing who they really are. It’s nice to know who you are for the following reasons
- when your grandchildren are still going to IRAQ don’t cry.
-When your income declines because you are not really middle class
(McCain says that’s people making 5 million or more) don’t cry
-When your retirement fund disappears because of no regulation don’t cry
-When Afganistan requires “a surge” and your kids signup to go for their
country (nothing wrong with that) but now you have one there and one in
IRAQ. don’t cry
-When you realize that spreading wealth around means that your banks have to
pay taxes on the fees they charge you (they don’t now that’s why you have
so many) so you taxes aren’t so hi. Realize that’s a good idea and don’t
cry.
-When you realize this country had NEVER attacked a country first until W
and we lost all innocence because the collective we were right..Can’t cry
now because we were misled.
-Just pray that a country that was once the most respected can be again
Oct 28, 2008 - 2:09 pm 11. ChicagoMan:Of course Most Police Officers are conservative. Most are ex-military and you know that the republicans love war (Corporate Industrial military complex my friends). Many are racists and you know that most republicans are racists regardless if they deny it. If your anyone but the top 5 percent of income earners nothing the republicans do actually improves your life. Cops on average make more money than teachers in this country and teacher usually has a degree. Do not get me wrong there are some really good people that are police officers and I am not speaking against them. But if for some reason the US would start to use money for education investing in its greatest resource, the citizens their would be much less crime and less need for a large police force. If people are getting along and not killing each other because they have been products of the our own USA domestic 3rd world (the inner city and rural trailer park Ghettos) there would be alot less people whom commit crimes just to survive and lees need to pump monies into law enforcement. We are almost a police state. Just look at what happened at the GOP convention this year gestapo tactics but our tax paid public servants. When we get to the point that we need less police and have more highly qualified well paid teachers we we will be a better nation with better citizens bottom line.
Oct 28, 2008 - 2:18 pm 12. jawbone:WOW! Exactly what experience does Obama have in putting and keeping people behind bars? This is an complete sell out!!! Guiliani is pissed I’m sure.
Oct 28, 2008 - 2:21 pm 13. Lucy:Obama writes a positive note for an Ayers book that condemns juvenile law enforcement and Bratton can stand there and support him…WE…ARE…LOST!
This is fear mongering, this no evidence that Obama will make things worse. He is an intelligent person. An American just like you, but brighter and balanced.
Oct 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm 14. Oberst:To Mary G. I think it’s the same ring the lawyers go in!!
Oct 28, 2008 - 3:26 pm 15. Oberst:Mr. Chicago man: If you truly want to improve Chicago Schools, Get rid of the teachers union.!!
Oct 28, 2008 - 3:39 pm 16. furious_a:Weather Underground Actions Directed at Police and other Law Enforcement:
December 6, 1969: Bombing of several Chicago Police cars parked in a precinct parking lot.
February 13, 1970: Pvehicles of the Berkeley, California, Police Department are bombed in the police parking lot.
February 16, 1970: A bomb is detonated at the Golden Gate Park branch of the San Francisco Police Department, killing one officer and injuring a number of other policemen.
March 6, 1970: 34 sticks of dynamite are discovered in the 13th Police District of Detroit, Michigan.
August 29, 1971: Bombing of the Office of California Prisons.
September 17, 1971: The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, New York is bombed.
May 18, 1973: The bombing of the 103rd Police Precinct in New York.
May 31, 1974: The Office of the California Attorney General is bombed.
October 20, 1981: Brinks robbery…killing two police officers and one Brinks guard as well as wounding several others.
The above list excludes attacks on courthouses and prison escape attempts. Shame on Benjamin Bratton…furious
Oct 28, 2008 - 3:56 pm 17. nick:are we talking about LAPD? that rolled over during Rodney king riots and didnt protect!
that started the RK riots by beating RK?
and were convicted?
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:54 pm 18. nick:furious lists events and no proof
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:55 pm 19. nick:police get to work 25 get a higher retirement that ANY civilian job
now some are earning their money
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:56 pm 20. Marc Malone:but those sitting in AC offices and not on the beat
get the same retirement
Never fear, the Obamabots are here! PJM, quit publishing articles with Obama’s name in the title. I’ve said this before. Please, listen! It just brings out the paid trolls.
Chicagoman – You’re full of it. Teachers in Chicago are paid an average of $83k/yr for 9-10 months of work. Some make over $100K! Their results are abysmal! Most cops are NOT ex-military. It used to be that way, but no more. I have no problem paying them more than teachers. Their lives are on the line, although in Chicago, so are teachers’ lives. No one from Chicago has any business whatsoever opining, period. Clean up your own rotten city, before you begin to lecture the rest of the country.
NavyGal – You don’t know your numbers or history.
Middle-class incomes have not declined. They have gone up, but just not as much as the upper classes. The numbers are skewed. Healthcare bene’s are not reported as income. Such bene’s have more effect on lower and middle classes than upper classes. Upper class incomes include the false profits from the financial sector.
Deregulation did not cause this crisis. Governemnt interference did. Specifically, Democrats. The CRA by Carter. FHA lending rules relaxed by Clinton. (yes, that’s deregulation, but of a fed agency, which is supposed to be regulated, as opposed to private industry.) Big Corporations give to Dems far more than to Pubs, by 4 or 5-to-1. Barney Frank and Dems running interference of trying to avert the crisis.
Spreading the wealth. What good is a tax cut, if it costs you your job working for a small business?
Attacking other countries. Native Americans. Mexican-American War. Spanish-American War. Korean War. Vietnam. Iraq was violating its surrender treaty. We had every right to attack them in continuation of the Gulf War.
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:58 pm 21. nick:Kathleen Parker, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, are amewrican heros that see thru Mccains facade and see the emperor has no clothes
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:58 pm 22. Jeff Baumann:From a fellow police officer,great article,especially the “losing his spine” comment. Is anyone troubled that this is the first presidential election since the civil war that major city police departments,such as my own Dallas police,be mobilized in case of rioting in the event the Great “o” is defeated? How 3rd world be have become. And I thought that would not happen until about 6 months into his presidency. And yes,all cops are conservative. Of course except those supporting this facade because of race. God help us.
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:16 pm 23. thegr8_1:The leader of The Savage Nation has spoken and the Gallop poll is three points closer. We WILL push McCain/Palin over the finish line first and Obama’s infomercial will be as ineffective as any other infomercial. Your fascist media and gutter tactics will not work. Millions of Joe the Plumbers will make their voice known. Only in America is Joe the Plumber vetted more than a presidential candidate. I’m sure Joe the Plumber has a birth certificate which makes him more qualified than Obama to be President.
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:24 pm 24. nick:Also note Obama’s Chicago has more murders than New York and L A, highest sales tax in the nation, overpaid teachers who can’t teach, etc Is this what you want your country to become ?
value is what people are paid for
a cops value to economy is not easliy measuerd as different rations give same results
i did not say his life I said his output
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:28 pm 25. vt:“Middle-class incomes have not declined. They have gone up…”
WHAAAAAAAT?????????
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:31 pm 26. uburoisc:Good Looking Guy, considering that you are obviously on drugs, yes, you probably would be afraid if Officer Dunphy were in a dark alley with you at night, just you, him, and your crack pipe.
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:38 pm 27. Nancy Kritz:Why is it that no one seems to care that these former radicals now teach at some of our most prominent universities? Why is there no mention of this anywhere? Could it be that these people have learned to live under the rule of law? I sure hope so, because if not, what are they teaching our college students?
Oct 28, 2008 - 5:47 pm 28. Paul from Florida:Navygal.
You are an idiot. We’ve never attacked a country first? A. You are grossly ignorant. B. What’s the problem? There have been, are and will be, parts of the world that are ‘countries’ only by slothful name. Iraq wasn’t a country. It was a hood for the Hussein ‘ The Insane’ crime family. I won’t mention Granada, Panama, Laos, Morocco, Mexico…and I could go on.
Try reading a good high school history book.
Oct 28, 2008 - 7:00 pm 29. thegr8_1:They are teaching your students all of the radical things they learned in the 60’s. While these institutions charge a year of your salary on tuition and fees, they have billions in their coffers. They could educate your kids for free. Why is a general studies major called LIBERAL arts and not Conservative Arts?
Oct 28, 2008 - 7:05 pm 30. Truth First:Make no mistake: It is Barack Obama’s destiny to be President of the United States. Justice demands it. The Truth demands it. The World demands it.
Oppressed peoples throughout the world are looking to Obama for hope. For Justice. For an end to war. For America to stop attacking the world and for it to start being a just and peaceful member of the community of nations.
If for some reason he is not elected then there will be a cry of outrage so great that America and all its racist institutions will shake and collapse. It will be the end of America and God will damn it for its final and most terrible sin.
http://truthfirstnow.blogspot.com
Oct 28, 2008 - 11:32 pm 31. Marc Malone:nick – furious needs not offer proof of those lists. It’s a matter of public record.
You’re right that cops get good retirement benes, even those who don’t “walk a beat”. Still, there’s always the explicit understanding that they may be called upon to do their risky duty. “They also serve, who only stand and wait.” If the Obamaites riot, the cops will all be called to the front lines. Believe that.
Oct 29, 2008 - 2:36 am 32. Bill Perron:nick:, bet you think O. J. is innocent too…… Truth First: if America is so evil why don’t you leave and let us evil Americans wallow in our evilness?
Oct 29, 2008 - 3:47 am 33. SiouxLady:Wow! The trolls are out in force on this post. But the good guys have responded well. Thanks and thanks to Officer Dunphy.
Oct 29, 2008 - 6:50 am 34. roselady:I have never heard so much racism in one discussion in my life. I am African American and have voted in the last 4 presidential elections and my vote went to the candidate I felt was qualified not because of his race cause only one race was in the running pool(Caucasion). The gig is up! Now we have a young fresh brilliant candidate whom happens to have a black father( but a caucasion mother) that is well capable of leading( not running) this country back to prosperity and leadership in the world and all you undercover “racist” cant handle THE TRUTH!!! Vote for Obama on Nov.4th and you’ll be alright.
Oct 29, 2008 - 7:39 am 35. Josh:Who the f**k does this cop think he is? All he’s doing is regurgitating what the McCain Failin mantra is, this cop cannot form an opinion on his own!
And let’s not speak of corruption, we in Los Angeles are quite familiar with Badge corruption, i.e. when last night I see a Sherrif turn on his lights, park incredibly illegally (and dangerously, turns on his warning lights, just to pull over and have a smoke, semi-blocking traffic. Does this dude want to address corruption and abuse of power in his own department, or bitch and moan about Obama and his weak-at-best connections (more like bump-into associations) with a few shady characters.
No wonder why LAPD is one of the least respected police forces in the Nation. I can tell you going from police commissioner to police commissioner here, I’ve seen a lot of corrupt commissioners, Bratton has been one of the best I’ve seen in 30 years. This a**hat is probably bitter because he can’t pull the same s**t he could when say, that corrupt douce Bernard Parks was in power.
Oct 29, 2008 - 8:19 am 36. Bill:Thank you for a good article, Officer Dunphy. Where did this cacophony of trolls come from?
Uh, roselady, my vote also goes
“to the candidate I felt was qualified not because of his race”
and in this particular case my vote goes to McCain. Not because of his race or that of his opponent, but because I think he would be a better President. You may disagree … that doesn’t make me racist.
Oct 29, 2008 - 8:45 am 37. The Historian:FOOLS GOLD: VOTING ON A FALSE PREMISE
The Obama campaign is fully vested in the emotional manipulation of voters as examined at this link:
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2008/10/fools-gold-voting-on-false-premise.html
Oct 29, 2008 - 9:44 am 38. USAF Vet:HE ISN’T A COP. He sold his soul with he became an “administrator”.
Obama is a socialist, by any measure. he has NEVER held a real job that was not at the public teat. He has NO “real world” or military experience. You can vote for anyone and in Obama’s case be in the good company of ACORN, Gay Marriage, pro-Abortion, anti-military, appeasing, pacifist, pro-affirmative action, and many other so-called Americans.
By the way, here is something else to consider…a “conservative” African American like Ward Connerly or Justice Thomas (and many more) are considered “sellouts” by many blacks. So, how do we label all those smilin’ white faces at the Obama rallies? OOps! I forgot, that would be rascist…
“You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking.” Reverend (and I use the term loosely)Farrakhan blesses B. Hussein Obama.
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:02 am 39. USAF Vet:Chicagoman…rationalization after rationalization for bad behavior..oh, the poor downtrodden..there are poorer folks in China that are not involved in the crime and general acting out seen in the ghetto to this day. Generations getting handouts, the self-destruction of the poor family and the lack of personal responsibility are at the cutting edge of most of these problems. Actually, Dr. Cosby is on track with my take on this, oh that’s right, he MUST then be a sellout. We are forced to have a police state in some areas because the residents haven’t a clue about proper behavior and prey on each other like rats in a confined area. What is needed is not more money, taken from those that earn it, but a BIG CAN OF DECON!!!!
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:11 am 40. nick:real job ? mccain never held a real job
oh Palin fished BFD
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:16 am 41. USAF Vet:YEAH NICK!! REAL JOB??…community activist (rabble-rouser) doesn’t count, handing 160,000,000 out while swapping spit with Bill Ayers doesn’t either. A part-time law instructor for a state university..yup all at the public teat.
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:20 am 42. USAF Vet:Hey Truth First (what a joke). Stop using the old CUT AND PASTE Marxist posting…But is you really feel that way, I am glad again I am an NRA member.
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:23 am 43. ginsocal:I see the astroturf has arrived. You’d think they could at least get some that spoke and wrote in english. You geniuses for O! need to get a clue, since your man doesn’t seem to have any. He’s a socialist. Furthermore, he’s an empty suit. Now, these “qualities” are no big deal for a Chicago politician, or even a U.S. senator. But a president? No. No way. No how.
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:35 am 44. Marc Malone:nick – Only a lib thinks that being a fighter-pilot in war is not a real job. Enduring torture for one’s country doesn’t qualify as a real job. Libs are always so contemptuous of the military. So often, they let the mask slip.
Oct 29, 2008 - 1:18 pm 45. hp:a description of an islamists day parade over at atlas shrugs:
Also, it’s noteworthy the policemen in uniform dropped to their knees and prayed on Madison Avenue while on duty (see pics). They removed their hats and shoes to pray.
curious how they intended to serve and protect if they removed shoes otherwise necessary against ground hazards when running after bad guys.
Oct 29, 2008 - 4:13 pm 46. Chuck Pelto:TO: All
RE: Why….
….am I not surprised the the COP of LAPD would endorse Obama and wink at a hanging effigy of Palin?
On the other hand….
….HERE is an example of rank Democrat hypocrisy that I doubt we’ll see hit the so-called MSM.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 29, 2008 - 4:19 pm 47. hp:[The Truth will out.....]
truth first: “If for some reason he is not elected then there will be a cry of outrage so great that America and all its racist institutions will shake and collapse. It will be the end of America and God will damn it for its final and most terrible sin.”
if obama is not elected, it is because people saw the light and realized how unbelievably inexperienced this person is.
and that is just for starters.
if obama is elected, mark my words, freedom of speech will be eradicated from our country by his people who are already showing how adept they are at doing so online.
it’s comments like truth first’s that help one really wonder just how much paid vote manipulation is going on from other countries poking those noses in.
Oct 29, 2008 - 4:28 pm 48. Chuck Pelto:TO: hp
RE: Interesting Report
Looks like the NYPD is well infiltrated.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 29, 2008 - 4:28 pm 49. hp:[Glad I moved out of major metro areas.....]
to: chuck(le)
liked yours, too. had heard it, but got sidelined. good timing.
it’s like so much else out there. we’re being threatened with the race card: don’t do as we do or we’ll cry ‘foul’, maybe even sue you for it then laugh in your face if you even DARE reciprocate.
hey, if you’re still out here, came across this one that is INTERESTING, to say the least:
acorn owes millions in taxes (plus miscellaneous other observations)
apologies if it’s old news.
unsubstantiated theory: acorn’s not worried about repaying the taxes since they’ve got the election “worked”. probably already in the bag that the new pres will somehow “forgive” their sizable tax debt in a grand act of socializing the wealth.
Oct 29, 2008 - 6:34 pm 50. Someone75:I HATE people who endorse Obama. They’re ALL shameless. And communists. And Marxists (as if any of you actually *knew* anything about Marx). And anti-Americans.
Oct 29, 2008 - 7:42 pm 51. kev tyson:unbelievable, what planet are you lot on, have you got a single brain cell amongst you, you really need to get some balance in you lives, i have never read such a crock o shit in my life, anti american, do you really think anyone outside of the US cares, you are unbeleivably arrogant and stupid
Oct 29, 2008 - 9:07 pm 52. Ian:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
Oct 29, 2008 - 9:18 pm 53. Patterico’s Pontifications » “He is Coming”:[...] Pajamas Media column on LAPD chief William Bratton’s endorsement of Barack Obama drew some interesting comments, not [...]
Oct 30, 2008 - 12:08 am 54. Dooniebug:It has just been solidified there is a new definition for “nigger” and it seems you’ve all hit it on the head. My question is simply, what the —- are you all so afraid of, I mean really how much more harm could a Black President do to this messed up country that already hasn’t been done. Geez, give me a —— break. To be honest I’m wondering what’ other than the fact that he is a white guy’ qualifies McCain. I choose the lesser of the two evils.
Oct 30, 2008 - 2:42 am 55. Amy Alkon:I don’t understand how people can ignore Ayers past or, on a related note, that of Ted Kennedy. I see the guy and I immediately flash on a picture of Mary Jo Kopechne under water at Chappaquiddick as Kennedy walked away. There are things that just can’t be made up for.
Oct 30, 2008 - 6:38 am 56. johnjack:AMY DEAR ! MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY ! HOW FAST WE FORGET ! HOW WELL PROTECTED THE SOCIALIST OBAMA IS FROM THE LEFT WING PRESS. OH MY, OH MY !
Oct 30, 2008 - 9:18 am 57. Josh:[Quote]50. Someone75:
I HATE people who endorse Obama. They’re ALL shameless. And communists. And Marxists (as if any of you actually *knew* anything about Marx). And anti-Americans. [/Quote]
People like this Someone are anti-americans. I say we throw fascist scumbags like this guy out of the USA! Call me Anti-American? Who the **** do you think you are! I’m voting Obama, I’m American and Proud!
Oct 30, 2008 - 10:21 am 58. Chuck Pelto:TO: Amy Alkon
RE: Why?
Because they have not basis of understanding. Because they have no ‘rock’ on which to base their understanding of the world. Because they can make up their sense of morals and ethics as they go along. Because they are ‘godless’……
….just like you.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 30, 2008 - 11:19 am 59. den:[The Truth will out....but darn few will appreciate it.]
you wrote:
“should I find myself in his company, would have me checking for my wallet and watch after he had gone.”
As a policeman, who is surely competent strictly as a policemen, you are unfortunately racist, and like many of yours, persuaded all black people are robbers, that’s what demonstrate this statement.
Stay a cop. Catch the bad guy, but your opinion is your opinion, just that. a racist opinion…
Oct 30, 2008 - 1:10 pm 60. Ricardo Villa:Here is a cop that makes all cops look bad. Although he seems half educated,Jack Dunphy,is the worst kind of a man: a bigot, albeit, in uniform. The world is changing, with or without sick minds like you. Obama is what people of your ilk are scared off: educated, intelligent and confident. I will be more worried of “Jack Dunphy,” and those like him who stigmatize a whole race. If only folks can peruse your record wherever you work and expose you for the bastard that you truly are! The great thing is that its muscle-brained people like you that must ensure his safety, so shut up.
Oct 30, 2008 - 2:23 pm 61. Chuck Pelto:TO: Ricardo Villa
RE: You….
….remind me of a lot of people I see around here ‘projecting’. I’m particularly ‘touched’ by your allegations of ‘racism’. Have you any evidence of your allegation?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 30, 2008 - 2:37 pm 62. Chuck Pelto:[A lack of evidence is evidence of lying. -- CBPelto]
TO: All
RE: Ricado Villa
I wonder if Ricardo would be willing to share HIS ‘record’, whatever it may be, with US.
I have my doubts.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 30, 2008 - 2:40 pm 63. Chuck Pelto:[Projection is when they accuse YOU of doing things THEY'RE 'guilty' of doing. -- CBPelto]
TO: Ricardo Villa
RE: Yeah?
Point-by-Point:
Educated: How many masters degrees do YOU have?
Intelligent: Are YOU a member of Mensa? If so, show me your Mensa membership ID number.
Confident: Did YOU ever jump out of a perfectly good airplane in flight? Would 64 other men trust YOU to lead them out of such an aircraft? Or lead them in life-or-death battle on a modern battlefied? Or are you a commissioner in your City or County?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 30, 2008 - 2:47 pm 64. jillian:[Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. -- Tacitus]
Once again…White America at it’s worse. It really bothers you that here’s an educated, articulate Afican American man who can hold his own in any situation and has given you a different example from what your use to seeing on TV and “YOU” can’t handle it. It’s almost amusing really. I mean to see so many of you speaking this way…actually CRAZY!!! I mean you guys are the “chicken littles” of the world. Do you really believe that this man Obama doesn’t want the best for this nation? A lot of you probably voted for George Bush and look what happened? We’re a MESS right now as a country. I don’t hear any of you saying that maybe that wasn’t the best choice. We need some new and fresh ideas. This old way of thinking just isn’t working any more. My thinking is this..if Obama is elected and it doesn’t work in the first 4 yrs…. then hopefully we’ll be smarter next time and say “NO MORE!!! He should be given a chance. Obama is not to be FEARED…stop the DOMES DAY B.S. ALREADY
Oct 30, 2008 - 4:31 pm 65. ChangeGood4All:How small minded some of the comments are. Where is low self-esteem one always looks for ways to demean others. A vote for McCain is a vote that says anything goes, including the tried and failed method of power at any cost. We need leaders who will be accountable for ALL Americans, not just the choosen few. Read the facts. America is in need of Change – we do not need another trigger happy President. The world is small (for those of you who travel) but we are all connected. Ignorance is no excuse, if you are considered to be AMERICAN you have the right to assume you can attain any level of employment including becoming President of the United States
Oct 30, 2008 - 4:46 pm 66. ron:i dont understand where you people get off blaming bush for everything. bush didnt tell you to get into debt andbush did not tell you to buy,buy,buy. do your research on obama and see for your self that he is the wrong choice for president.
Oct 30, 2008 - 5:18 pm 67. Ed O'Shea:A vote for Nobama is a vote for Osama, so if you don’t mind what occurred on 9-11-01 then vote for the appeasement candidate and cast your vote for Obama. It’s funny to me that most left leaning wack-jobs out there, which is MOST of the left, loved McCain until he was the Republican nominee. Now he’s the antichrist. I’m happy that you lefties are able to attach your wagons to an empty suit who has the same obtuse positions, morals and ideals that you so cherish. I am truly happy that you found a Marxist to get behind. Congratulations. The only redeemable thing that would occur if Nobama got elected (which isn’t going to happen) is that Bratton would get his absentee hide out of Los Angeles for good. As for you that would vote for Obama, because he’’s black? You’re a T-shirt and quite pathetic. If your that obtuse, he can have your callow vote! Rinse, wash and repeat “Truthfirst” comment # 30!
Oct 30, 2008 - 8:07 pm 68. Ed O'Shea:As ussual Jack Dunpy hits it right in the 10-ring!
Oct 30, 2008 - 10:14 pm 69. Steve P.:How do we even know this guy is a real cop? How do we know he’s not just some internet-trolling dittohead with a hard on for Dirty Harry movies?
Oct 31, 2008 - 8:38 am 70. Chuck Pelto:TO: jillian
RE: Once Again, Indeed
I suspect that the REAL ‘racist’ here is YOU.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 31, 2008 - 8:51 am 71. Chuck Pelto:[The one who throws the race card first is more likely the real racist. -- CBPelto]
TO: All
RE: ChangeGood4All, a Fisking
RE: Oh Ye of Small Minds
I can well understand this as just so much projection. After all, as we see in the rest of their post, there is no logic. Just mere bombast.
RE: Low Self-Esteem, Anyone?
Again, real projection here. If anyone has low self-esteem, it’s someone who comes in here with out a fact to their argument and doesn’t even bother putting up a real name.
RE: Wowzers!
The projection just keeps coming.
After all, I don’t recall McCain backing someone who admitted to bombing government property or being part of a subversive organization. Or how McCain sat through 20 years of sermons of racial hatred from his ‘spiritual mentor’.
RE: Accountability for All!
Look at what’s being reported TODAY. How the Obamaniacs threw reporters from three papers that backed McCain off his campaign trail. We’re talking REAL ‘accountability’ THERE.
RE: The Need for Change
Pulling ‘triggers’ generates ‘change’. More on that later…..
RE: It’s a ‘Small World’ After Aaaaaaaalllll!!!!
It’s only ‘small’ to people who have ‘small minds’.
RE: The Truly ‘Ignorant’….
….are the ‘small minded’, low self-esteem hindered, factless, True Believers following The One.
RE: Of Triggers and Change
ChangeGood4All has an interesting moniker here. Truly an opportunity to discuss the benefits of change, vis-a-vis their whining about someone who is allegedly ‘trigger happy’.
As I commented earlier, pulling a trigger generates change. That is if we’re using a weapon that involves ‘missiles’ as opposed to edged or blunt instruments.
Once the trigger is pulled, a hammer comes down and/or a firing pin strikes a cartridge. The priming agent detonates causing the powder charge to explode. This action sends a metal object down the barrel and into a target…if the shooter practices good ‘gun control’.
There’s a lot of change right there.
But what about the ‘target’?
If it is a paper target, it gets changed by a hole in it. If it is a living being, it gets ‘changed’ too. A rather unpleasant change at that.
So what if the living being were to be, say, ChangeGood4All?
Some of us might consider that a ‘good’ change. Others, especially, ChangeGood4All, might consider it a very BAD change. It’s all a matter of perspective. And, amongst the christians, I mean the REAL ones, morals.
Personally, I don’t think shooting people is a good thing. And I’m not advocating that someone teach ChangeGood4All a harsh lesson regarding change.
I’m just pointing out that change is not necessarily a good thing.
Hope that helps….
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Oct 31, 2008 - 9:27 am 72. deguello:[Change your thoughts and you change your world.]
hEY CHANG GOOD FOR ALL! cHANGE YOUR BRAIN! IT’S POLLUTED WITH OBAMAMNIA KOOLAID!
Oct 31, 2008 - 10:45 am 73. Ed O'Shea:Hey Steve P…… Welcome to the party JohnyCoomeLately… If you had been paying attention since…..I don’t know 1998 then you’d know Jack Dunphy has been well vetted! You on the otherhand seem like a typical left-wing bed-wetter. Judging by your pejorative tone.
Oct 31, 2008 - 11:59 am 74. Shakes:Mr. O’Shea:
Oct 31, 2008 - 10:55 pm 75. Chuck Pelto:You’ve known Jack Dunphy since ‘98?
The article states that “Jack Dunphy” is a pseudonym. How is it that he’s been “well vetted” if he’s not revealing his identity?
TO: Shakes
RE: How So?
And what is YOUR true identity, buckie?
If you’re not willing to reveal yours, why should you demand that Dunphy reveal theirs? Hypocrite!
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 1, 2008 - 8:50 am 76. Ed O'Shea:[An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour -- Proverbs]
I didn’t say I know him,but his WORK has been out there sinse 1998 and as an LAPD Police Officer his information is to spot on to be an outsider. Nobody knows his identity, because bed-wetters like you “Shakes” will run to big brother and dime him off. Seriously Shakes, did your parents have ANY children that lived?
Nov 1, 2008 - 9:33 am 77. Chuck Pelto:TO: Ed O’Shea
RE: [OT] Cute
I prefer…
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 1, 2008 - 11:24 am 78. Marc Malone:[Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids.]
Josh @57 – Someone75 was using very harsh sarcasm. In fact, he is an Obama supporter. I understand your confusion, as I had to look twice. I only know this because I’ve been dueling with him for a couple months.
Unless… Someone75, did you change your mind and decide to vote for McCain? Wow. The very thought of that is… words fail me. Could we be seeing a real-life conversion, guys? Wouldn’t that be something?
Nov 1, 2008 - 1:53 pm 79. Arizona Senora:Political punditry abounds here, as well as fallacious comparisons. You mention Rev Wright, however, not Rev Hagee McCain supporter who calls Catholics “…whores…” This was at a rally McCain attended. Khalidi’s group got 440K from the Republican Institute McCain chairs. Ayers was on a board with Obama;this board was founded by McCain supporter and fellow GOPer Walter Annenberg. Paltry pontification sans factual information here doesn’tserve your cause
Nov 2, 2008 - 8:27 am 80. Ed O'Shea:Arizona Senora…. All of the associations, and then some, you sighted about Obama are indeed substantive and relevant to be vetted and answered by a man who wishes to be President of the United States. I find it extremely revealing in your lack of intellectual honesty that you sight the Ayers and the Annenburg debacle as an example of one of McCains “questionable” involvements. When in fact, as soon as McCain heard of Rev Hagees’ comments he immediately addressed them and refused Haggees endorsement. Far more than Mr.Obama did when the hateful and Anti-American tapes of his “Mentor” surfaced.
Nov 2, 2008 - 12:12 pm 81. Edward A.:The 440k that was given to Khalidis group was for to study the possibility of democracy in Palestine. A knobble cause, unless you’re saying that the people that you prefer to align yourself with lie in order to destroy this Great country? Interesting… But I am happy for you, happy that you’ve found that empty slate in Obama to sit behind. Now you can put your callow ideals and morals behind El Che-Obama. As for McCain, he wasn’t having dinner with Khalidi, Ayers, Wright, Flagher, Raines, Jackson, Farakahn and the list goes on… And anyone with more than 2 functioning brain cells can see that Rev. Hagee and his “possible” endorsement of McCain is hardy any match for that embarrassment to the human race Rev. Wright. Ease up on drinking the kool-aid over at the dailyKOS, its regurgitation embarrassing by you is pathetic. Your plausible ignorance in these matters is hardly becoming of an educated Senora… Pasa Buen Dia. (hope I spelled those correctly)
Does anyone ask…why we see, few if any, big name Democrats publicly announcing their support for McCain? Yet, daily we hear from another leading Republican declaring their vote for Obama. What do these leading Republicans know about McCain/Palin that causes them to make this monumental decision? For those who have spent a lifetime backing the GOP, to express their preference for Obama, tells all Americans the Grand Old Party needs new blood.
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Nov 3, 2008 - 4:38 pm 83. Shakes:..Just stopped by and noticed that I’ve become a bed-wetter…
My apologies for an honest question.
I wasn’t aware at the time that Jack Dunphy was a prolific contributor to this site.
Another honest question, though; and I certainly don’t mean to imply that anyone here is dishonerable, brain-dead at birth, or someone who pisses their bed-
You consider Mr. Dunphy to be well-vetted by the content of his writings, his factual accuracies, insights, and your general agreement on the subjects at hand. More or less, at least- right?
Yet if someone were to say that they trusted Barack Obama on the basis of his writings, his speeches, his words at debates, and the general reporting that has been done on him over the last few years, you would call that person a fool, correct? You would say that they should look much deeper into his personal background. That he should be far more well-vetted before being granted any kind of trust.
I wouldn’t necessarily disagree.
But why the double-standard on who you trust?
My belief is that many people hate and fear Obama FIRST, and THEN they seek out reasons. And they will search for reasons as long as they fear him.
That’s all for me.
Nov 4, 2008 - 11:26 am 84. tom thompson:I’m off to piss on my bed.
well another deadbeat retires at an some outragious amount of taxpayer money. this will never stop as long as we have people in charge of our country,whom are in politics. congrats bratton. how many scumbags are given so much money for doing so little. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU TOM THOMPSON
Aug 11, 2009 - 6:01 am