Capital Offense
POSTED BY: AnthonyT
UPDATED: Sunday, November 16, 2025 04:49
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Originally posted by citizen:Quote:Or not as the case may be. The 'righties' are so desperate to portray it as so, one wonders what they have to be afraid of. Just keep wishing.
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Hero...the tide has turned in a big way. Obama is sinking fast, so you gotta expect the lefties to go beserk. Sit back and enjoy; but every now and then remind them that Sarah Palin is the one they went after, and she'll be the one that defeats them.
It's not wishing my friend, it's today's reality. Check the numbers, check the momentum trend, check Sarah Palin's track record of victory over her enemies. McCain will have a big lead going in to the debates. We'll see how it plays out after that.
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I will point out that if McCain-Palin win the WH we're in for four years of shrinking civil liberties, religion in the WH, and hard times... very hard times... for most Americans.
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Any idea, no matter how much you may agree with it, can be radicalized and employed as an excuse for violence. There is no such thing as a righteous or untouchable philosophy, and when you start thinking that there is, you have become an extremist.- Finn Mac Cumhal
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Quote:I was referring to your comment about 'lefties' going nuts, actually. The only people 'going berserk' are the 'righties' who apparently are in such a good political position they should need to. Seem's you're trying to elicit the response you crave to make yourself feel better.
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
It's not wishing my friend, it's today's reality. Check the numbers, check the momentum trend, check Sarah Palin's track record of victory over her enemies. McCain will have a big lead going in to the debates. We'll see how it plays out after that.
Most of the 'righties' around here will vote for McCain, not because they've made a decision on who's best, but because they always vote Republican. We can hope that the wider electorate can grow a brain, or we can see America travel further down the imperial path. But prostituting the American Enlightenment Dream will certainly give the far-right wing-nuts something to masturbate furiously over, so good luck with that.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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Oh good, Signym has foreseen the future...and returns to warn us all to vote Left-wing.
Aren't we lucky.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,
I just read on another thread that the GOP convention was the most watched ever. Given the quantity and quality of the monetary donations, I wonder if a large percentage of the viewers weren't Democrats? No doubt watching in abject horror and outrage, but watching and boosting viewership.
If so, it would seem that Republicans did not return the favor, tuning out the opposition's show.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
I hardly ever watch any news because I don't like others telling me how I should think. Most of my news is read from various sites, Rethug, Demon, 3rd Party and from the tinfoil hat crowd. But every time I go to my Grandma's house when I visit back in my hometown I get plenty of news coverage since she watches FOX news pretty much 24/7 and everyone else in the house is an Obama lover.
I'll be the first to admit that my independent views probably would lean more towards the right if weighed on a scale. That being said, I have to admit that seeing the GOP conventions for more time than I'd care to admit for 2 days with all them neo-cons in the same building was pretty scary. I didn't see any of Obama's (or even my hero Dr. Paul's before people accuse me of anything). I chuckle when I think about the Dem's convention and how stupid it would be to have them all drink the Kool-Aid now when he needs the votes when he's behind in the polls.
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Oh good, Signym has foreseen the future...and returns to warn us all to vote Left-wing.
Aren't we lucky.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
They don't even have the honesty to admit that they created the Palin problem for themselves. They could have left her alone for a while, given her a chance to introduce her family to America, as they all get to do. But the Left just had to jump on her ass from day 1. Now they are paying the price for it. Obama sinking, and McCain-Palin rising quickly.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
I will point out that if McCain-Palin win the WH we're in for four years of shrinking civil liberties, religion in the WH, and hard times... very hard times... for most Americans.
If I thought for a second that it would be any better at all with Obama, I might be excited now.
You people had 2 chances for change and you threw it away. Dr. Paul and Mr. Kucinich...
They're still here. And a dream ticket if I ever heard of one. Two smart guys that aren't sleeping with the enemy. And two guys who disagree on just enough to keep each other honest.
But go ahead and drink the kool-aid, or vote for the female VP, or vote for a universal healthcare plan that could never work as well as it's written on paper, or for the old white guy because change is scary when embodied by a brotha.
I made it through the last 8 years okay after some tough times. I'm sure I can weather it another 4 or 8 years after you all make your collectively idiotic decision.
All due respect intended....
~6
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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Hero...the tide has turned in a big way. Obama is sinking fast, so you gotta expect the lefties to go beserk. Sit back and enjoy; but every now and then remind them that Sarah Palin is the one they went after, and she'll be the one that defeats them.
By your own twisted logic, doesn't that mean that Palin/McCain is sinking fast? I mean, look at how berserk you and Riverlove are going about them! That must be a sign of their impending doom...
Mike
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions
I can't help the sinking feeling that my country is now being run by people who read "1984" not as a cautionary tale, but rather as an instruction manual. - Michael Mock
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Originally posted by citizen:
The 'righties' are so desperate to portray it as so, one wonders what they have to be afraid of.
That one can be argued either way. I've been wondering where our great leaders have been. Fred has health problems, Rudy is the kind of guy the guy in charge puts in charge of things, Huck was ok, but not a realistic national leader (he'd be a fine national spokesman for one of our factions...or maybe working in the Senate in a 1 in a hundred fashion), Romney is only conservative in even numbered years, McCain is older then then dirt.
Seems we had a fine bunch of also-rans and second place finishers, but no real stand outs to take up Reagan's mantle as leader of the conservative movement. Closest we came was Newt...and that didn't end well for anyone.
So along comes Palin. She hits all the right buttons and is completely new to the scene which is good too. I was not excited by the McCain campaign...I'd vote for him, but not work or contribute to get him elected. Palin on the ticket get me off my ass. She was a good pick.
If there was desperation here...perhaps we became so desperate that the powers that be knew they needed to give us what we wanted...then again, that's kinda how the system is supposed to work.
I note for the record that similar 'desperation' gave us Teddy R. and Truman...two of our best Presidents (or at least crowd favorites). Come to think of it...it gave us George Bush in 1980 and LBJ in 1960.
H
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Quote:Well, I just wanted to get it out there, so that you won't say You couldn't have known! Because I can and I do. And you can too, if you just keep your eyes and ears open and think a little bit.
Oh good, Signym has foreseen the future...and returns to warn us all to vote Left-wing.
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Any idea, no matter how much you may agree with it, can be radicalized and employed as an excuse for violence. There is no such thing as a righteous or untouchable philosophy, and when you start thinking that there is, you have become an extremist.- Finn Mac Cumhal
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