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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: The GOP is tearing itself apart! |
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The madness!
Page 1 of the madness!
McCain is calling Mitt a flip-flopper, and Romney is calling Mac a pseudo-Republican!
Edit: in all the madness, I posted page 2 first.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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The joy!
However, the link is missing the first page of the article. When I hit 'back' I get the registration page, not page 1.
Isn't McCain bashing Romney on flip-flopping a bit of pot/kettle?
I especially enjoyed the smearing of McCain by way of mentioning he and Senator Clinton are close. That was devious.  |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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can you kill yourself if you have already been killed by your C-in-C? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Multicultural time: The French have a word for it--coup de grace.
Etymology: French coup de gr�ce, literally, stroke of mercy
Date: 1699
1 : a deathblow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded
2 : a decisive finishing blow, act, or event
Synonym: 'euthanasia':
Etymology: Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- + thanatos death � more at thanatos
Date: 1869
: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
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pkang0202

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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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The GOP has got nothing on the mudslinging of Obama and Hillary/Bill Combo. |
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Tiger Beer

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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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For fiscal conservatives, the news that Romney would consider troop withdrawal was a good one.
Too bad the Republican Bullying Machine of running on the 'in Iraq forever' slogan kicked in and made Mitt take back the idea of not having troops there forever. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

Joined: 25 May 2003
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Having military bases in the mideast which is strategically important makes more sense than having military bases in North East Asia which isn't particularly strategic anymore |
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thepeel
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: The GOP is tearing itself apart! |
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Kuros wrote: |
The madness!
Page 1 of the madness!
McCain is calling Mitt a flip-flopper, and Romney is calling Mac a pseudo-Republican!
Edit: in all the madness, I posted page 2 first. |
Isn't Bill tearing the Dems apart? They are explicitly using the race-card against Obama. Calling him like Jessie Jackson cause JJ also won SC. I always liked Bill but he is coming across as a condescending racist. The Dems seem far more polarized right now. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Me: Little Johnny, did I just see you throw a paper wad at Little Suzie?
LJ: Ummm...er...ah...yeah but...yeah but...yeah but Frankie threw one yesterday and you didn't catch him.
Me: Let's stay on topic here, Little Johnny. We can deal with Frankie another time. The fact is, you admitted you threw a paper wad at Little Suzie. Do you remember the rules? What are the consequences?
LJ: Yeah but....yeah but...yeah but. |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Location: Jeolla province
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn...
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: Re: The GOP is tearing itself apart! |
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thepeel wrote: |
Kuros wrote: |
The madness!
Page 1 of the madness!
McCain is calling Mitt a flip-flopper, and Romney is calling Mac a pseudo-Republican!
Edit: in all the madness, I posted page 2 first. |
Isn't Bill tearing the Dems apart? They are explicitly using the race-card against Obama. Calling him like Jessie Jackson cause JJ also won SC. I always liked Bill but he is coming across as a condescending racist. The Dems seem far more polarized right now. |
This thread is pretty tongue-in-cheek.
Bill needs to tone it down (for his wife's sake), but primaries are like this.
If you think the race card has been played, imagine a general election with Obama in it. The (false) Muslim card will be played, and emphasis will be put on his middle name. 527s mean that the opposing candidate might not even have anything to do with it. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting that McCain says he'll appoint 'managers'. Shades of Ronald Reagan Another elderly Republican, too old to stay awake and govern. Maybe we need to investigate his wife, if she is going to be the power behind the throne. We don't really need another Nancy deciding policy by getting advice from her astrologer.
Where are the Republican wits with the jokes about Romney's first name? Is there a humor deficit in McCain's camp? Even I can come up with a campaign line for McCain: The country needs a pitcher, not a catcher.
Anyway, I think it's deplorable the way these candidates are acting on the stump. Would you want the country's fate left in the hands of people who would act like this? The naked lust for power is despicable. Just despicable. |
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Kuros
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Interesting that McCain says he'll appoint 'managers'. Shades of Ronald Reagan |
Shades of Bill Clinton.
Clinton felt he ran on tackling the economy, so he should do something about it. But Clinton realized that he wasn't an expert on economics. So he gathered the experts and had bull sessions.
What resulted was a pragmatic approach to the economy not seen by Reagan or either Bush. The fact was, Clinton knew he was not an economic specialist. So he hired some on. The result was pretty solid. You can read all about this in My Life.
Since its obvious that McCain knows nothing about economics, its a strength that he admits that he does not. There's something a little scary about Ron Paul's pretensions to economic omniscience. Yes, he's the most economically fluent politician out there, but his avowed certitude on such matters should frighten more economists. [/u] |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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What resulted was a pragmatic approach to the economy not seen by Reagan or either Bush. |
This pragmatism is what I found most attractive about Clinton. He was a pragmatist in everything, not only economics. I don't trust Kool-Aid drinkers, whether they be Commies, Fascists or Free Market Capitalists. Utopias are poison and the philosophies they come wrapped in are just the Kool-Aid flavoring. (I would have liked it better had Clinton taken his marriage vows a little more idealistically, though.) |
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Czarjorge

Joined: 01 May 2007 Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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It would be great to see the two parties tear themselves into four, or even just seperate enough to congeal into a third, but it is terribly unlikely. Who knows what will happen if Obama's momentum continues, though. Politically things are in so much flux, and it seems a good part of the electorate, at least on the Dem side, is reacting very negatively to aggressive attack politics. |
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