[Syncro]

Thanks!

I read the column quite quickly, and missed the name.

I did a search but for some reason it didn’t pick up the name

Sorry, Marysecratary, but now you see your answer.

I was sure she meant Eugene Thompson, brother of the owner of this website, Jim Thompson.

[normanpubbie]

MarySecretary, you may not get Syncro's Thompson reference. About two weeks ago, commenters on Free Republic hammered Obama because his daughter was photographed wearing a T-shirt with a very prominent peace symbol on it. Some far left blog (I forget which) misidentified Jim Robinson, proprietor of this fine blog, as "Jim Thompson."

To compound the felony, the always risible Keith Olberman referred to the lefty blog entry and selected "Jim Thompson, owner of Free Republic" as runner-up to the "Worst Person in the World," a nightly feature on his show.

Of course the FReepers had a field day with the misidentification.

And vis-a-vis Ann Coulter and her remark trashing the birthers, just remember Ronald Reagan's famous observation that someone who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a valued friend and ally, not 20% traitor.

I myself don't take a position on the birther issue, but isn't it amazing how it has caught on in the media in the past few weeks?

[Marysecretary]

That’s okay. This was a Robinson but I don’t know who. Thanks for the apology. Mxxx