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Cheney crawls out from under his rock...again...

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JONGSSTRAW

Friday, February 19, 2010 7:38 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I dunno, Jongsie - I'm told by conservatives that Obama ran as a committed Socialist, and he's only now trying to steer towards the middle (well, after he finishes destroying this country in the name of socialism. Or Islam. Or communism.). If the independents were what carried the election in '08, it seems they DO like radicals, at least on the left.

Obama may have been labeled and accused of being a committed Socialist by folks on the Right, but he ran a pretty mainstream campaign. Personally I did believe he was a far-Left guy even though he wasn't campaigning that way, and so did Conservative pundits. But Independents listened to him, and thought he would not be an ideologue, so they voted him into office. Now Independents think Obama has gone too far to the Left, and they're not supporting him as much. Obama can't catch a break. He's been good on some things and not so good on others. Ideologue? Hardly! Left...Right...Left...I'm gettin' seasick!

RUE

Friday, February 19, 2010 7:56 PM

"... don't like extreme ideology coming from any Party."

I wish that were the case. B/c it seems to me if you dress it up in FEAR ! and DANGER ! and HATE !--- and let's not forget FREEDOM ! and PROFIT ! (aka 'free' enterprise) and RIGHTEOUSNESS ! - then it goes over pretty well.

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Silence is consent.

KWICKO

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:09 PM

Seen on T-shirts at the CPAC conference:

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
"... don't like extreme ideology coming from any Party."

I wish that were the case. B/c it seems to me if you dress it up in FEAR ! and DANGER ! and HATE !--- and let's not forget FREEDOM ! and PROFIT ! (aka 'free' enterprise) and RIGHTEOUSNESS ! - then it goes over pretty well.

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Silence is consent.

You forgot MOM'S APPLE PIE!

I see :
20% hard Right (w/ 10% insane & 10% 1/2 insane)
20% moderate Right
20% hard Left (w/10% insane & 10% 1/2 insane)
20% moderate Left
20% pure Independents

You need to get 3 of those groups on your side to win. And politicians are skilled in that regard.

BYTEMITE

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:15 PM

I heard that Dick Cheney had a stroke at some point, and everyone who knew him said it changed him. I was told that that sneer he has might be an indication of damage to the moral judgment center on the left side of his brain.

Not kidding.

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:22 PM

I see Jesus with an ET heartlight, is that King Neptune on top? Katy Perry on the lower left next to a Terminator. Quite an ecclectic design. Musta been doin' shrooms at the time.

KWICKO

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
I heard that Dick Cheney had a stroke at some point, and everyone who knew him said it changed him. I was told that that sneer he has might be an indication of damage to the moral judgment center on the left side of his brain.

Not kidding.

Yeah, I heard it really changed him, too. Made him more compassionate than he used to be.

Totally kidding. Maybe.

ELVISCHRIST

Friday, February 19, 2010 9:21 PM

How's it happened he comes out from his rock an noone smashed his head with a bigger rock?

STORYMARK

Friday, February 19, 2010 9:24 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

...is that King Neptune on top?

No, that's the Terry Gilliam/Monty Python version of God from one of the Python movies.

And .... are those lamas in the corner....?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CUDA77

Friday, February 19, 2010 10:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Seen on T-shirts at the CPAC conference:

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

Thanks, now I'm going to have nightmares for a year because of that image.