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Old 11-19-2008, 12:55 AM   #1
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Why don't you want to discuss the issue?
Because there is no issue, there is only you predicting what will happen.
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Old 11-18-2008, 02:05 PM   #2
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Merc--YOU be careful of what YOU wish for, ya hear?

You sure are whiney for a guy who didn't vote for McCain. And if you didn't vote for McCain, how could you possibly be this upset? No one else had a chance between the two. Now, who'd you vote for? Nader? No, most likey Skeletor.
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Old 11-18-2008, 02:43 PM   #3
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Merc--YOU be careful of what YOU wish for, ya hear?

You sure are whiney for a guy who didn't vote for McCain. And if you didn't vote for McCain, how could you possibly be this upset? No one else had a chance between the two. Now, who'd you vote for? Nader? No, most likey Skeletor.
Why do you think I am so terribly upset? I am not. I am merely pointing out the double standards I see. We heard 8 years of whiny leftwing liberals bitching and moaning about every aspect of the Bush Dynasty. Now the Liberal Dems are acting the same way and behaving the same way. I am just trying to understand how this can be so easily accepted. Not ok for one group but ok for the other.
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Old 11-26-2008, 06:16 AM   #4
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Why do you think I am so terribly upset? I am not. I am merely pointing out the double standards I see. We heard 8 years of whiny leftwing liberals bitching and moaning about every aspect of the Bush Dynasty. Now the Liberal Dems are acting the same way and behaving the same way. I am just trying to understand how this can be so easily accepted. Not ok for one group but ok for the other.
How are they acting the same way? Obama is reaching out to EVERYONE, including people who seriously disagree with him. Bush surrounded himself with yes men (and women) and got rid of anyone who challenged him.
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Old 11-27-2008, 07:40 AM   #5
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How are they acting the same way? Obama is reaching out to EVERYONE, including people who seriously disagree with him. Bush surrounded himself with yes men (and women) and got rid of anyone who challenged him.
Acting the same way by consulting with radical elements of the radical left-wing nut mouth pieces. Soro's is one of those, so is Huffington. I am highly suspect of any person in government who would go to them for advice. McCain was barely a Republickin, he was a moderate who disagreed with much of what Bush said and did. Consulting with him is a smoke and mirror move to make it look like he is holding everyone's hand and singing Kumbya when in fact he is doing what Bush did, when he appointed guys like Cheney and Rumsfield, and appointing his cabinet from the Clinton years. I don't want to see him fail and he has made some good choices. But let's call a duck a duck.
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Old 11-27-2008, 08:08 AM   #6
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. McCain was barely a Republickin, he was a moderate who disagreed with much of what Bush said and did. Consulting with him is a smoke and mirror move to make it look like he is holding everyone's hand and singing Kumbya when in fact he is doing what Bush did, when he appointed guys like Cheney and Rumsfield, and appointing his cabinet from the Clinton years.
I'm willing to call Soros a duck, but McCain is a centrist and Obama needs the center to govern.
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Old 11-18-2008, 05:10 PM   #7
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Ok. You're not upset.
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Old 11-18-2008, 07:55 PM   #8
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Ok. You don't want to have an intelligent discussion about the issues or facts surrounding the obvious double standard.
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:12 AM   #9
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Ok. Well I don't see it like that. Give me a break, I am predicting not a fucking thing. I am commenting on observation related to the posted article.

I see it as a statement of the very first post, with comments about the involvement of radical Left-wing nut organizations in what should be and otherwise peaceful transition of power. And according to the reports in the posted article, that is not at all what is happening. If the Swift-Boat dudes were in bed with Bush, which they were not, the libs would be fucking draining spittle across their screens in an epieiptic fit. But instead we have a passive double standard of acceptance, like all is well as these radical elements interject themselves into the political process. So own up. Is is it ok for the Left-wingnut radical elements of the left to do it but not ok for the right when they were in power?
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Old 11-19-2008, 08:18 AM   #10
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What exactly is so radical about CAP that you liken them to the swiftboaters? Would you characterize Fox as radical too then?
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:24 PM   #11
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What exactly is so radical about CAP that you liken them to the swiftboaters? Would you characterize Fox as radical too then?
Not that this was directed at me, but there are some elements of CAP that are extreme and yes, to me, same opinion of Fox as well. The difference there is one is a supposed "news outlet" and the other is apparently advising the President.
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Old 11-19-2008, 10:54 AM   #12
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Oooh oooh ooh I know the answers [/Horschak]

1) Soro is not VP

annnnddddd (my better point)


2) Saying lefties bitched for 8 years is highly untrue. I myself didn't start bitching until Bush really started fucking things up, so probably it was 7 years. Can you wait until Obama starts fucking up to start your bitching? kthxbai
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:09 PM   #13
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:42 PM   #14
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and Cheney---he's not considered extreme? Hmmmmm. Interesting.
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Old 11-19-2008, 07:40 PM   #15
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What elements of of the Center for American Progress are extreme, Classic? And they are being used by the president for ideas...thats a little different than being 'advised'. But even so, I still dont get how they are far left and radical. What is far left and radical to you?
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