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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

      It does seem that we still need a proper response in kind to the video link of the OP.  I guess I could take a crack at it...*


    I'm voting Democrat because I feel that criminials should be better armed than law abiding citizens, and that their rights are more important than mine.

    I'm voting Democrat because I feel people SHOULD be treated differently because of the color of their skin, with lowered standards for those who just aren't capable of learning, or being productive members of society.

    I'm voting Democrat because I feel America is what's wrong with the world.

    I'm voting Democrat because I feel that the only reason socialism has failed every time it's tried is because the wrong people have been in charge.

    I'm voting Democrat because I feel the government should play an ever-increasing role in the smallest details of my daily personal life, right down to how long it takes for the lights to come on in my hallway.

    I'm voting Democrat because I feel that smart people who work hard and succeed need to be punished for that.

   I'm voting Democrat because I feel that even people who don't try should be winners, too.

   I'm voting Democrat because I feel appointed judges make much better laws than voters, or the representatives they elect.

   I'm voting Democrat because I feel that looking good in press releases about problems is much more important than actually solving them.


         There are so many reasons really...

*   Please note the disclaimer at the top.  It's called satire. 


     Oh yeah...       I'm voting Democrat because I feel the best way to get out of a war is to turn your back on the enemy, leave lots of weapons laying around, and tell all the people we asked to trust us, "never mind."

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Seems there`s a bit of amnisia going around.lol

Seven and a half years, wasn`t that long ago.

Just to remind folks,we had it pretty good under Clinton.

Personal savings was going up ,along with the standard of living.

Wages were out pacing inflation and consumer debt was going down.

Clinton left office with the largest surplus in American history,three and a half trillion dollars.

Bush has spent us into the poor house and left us with the biggest debt in American history,three and a half trillion dollars.

I think there is a difference and the record is plain to see.

WTF happened to the 7 trillion,anyway?

Where the fuck is the money?

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But, it's ok for libs and democrats to call Bush..."The Chimp" though, right?

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Seems there`s a bit of amnisia going around.lol

Seven and a half years, wasn`t that long ago.

Just to remind folks,we had it pretty good under Clinton.

Personal savings was going up ,along with the standard of living.

Wages were out pacing inflation and consumer debt was going down.

Clinton left office with the largest surplus in American history,three and a half trillion dollars.

Bush has spent us into the poor house and left us with the biggest debt in American history,three and a half trillion dollars.

I think there is a difference and the record is plain to see.

WTF happened to the 7 trillion,anyway?

Where the fuck is the money?

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

Ken, I actually stopped at 2 but there were quite a few links.  The dems in many places are quite illmannered and rabid.    Your earlier assertion that dems don't spew hate as much as their counterparts was flawed.  They are just as guilty.  To say that all on either side are saintly or that all on either side are rabid assholes would be completely false.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Where`s the 7 trillion bucks,Popeye?

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 For Obama wanting to talk to our enemies and wanting to double foreign aid will go over like pushing a naked guy into a  room full of cactuses and turning out the lights!
It seems to me, there is a prevailing idea that all the other countries in the world are our enemies, simply for not agreeing with the foreign policy carried out by the present administration.  Whether it's McCain or Obama, as far as most of the world is concerned America's "got some 'splainin' to do..."  Cactii aside...
I mean what would Obama say to Osama?
At least we *know* what McCain would "say" to Osama!
Do you?  Or do you hypothesize?  For instance, i know i wondered why the hell Bush and his boys never addressed the Saudi role in Al Qaida...the fact that most of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudi nationals etc.  Did you *know* that would happen? 
Each presidential election it seems like the Dem candidate is trying to "out global socialise" the Dem candidate from 4 years previous.
It's like they think they're running for "president of the world" or something and Obama is going down the same road only faster.
Like they say, "it's like watching a train wreck....."
Fear of a global- minded leader is a sort of antiquated idea.  As much as we'd like to go back to the safe, simple days of isolationism, the fact is Pearl Harbor blew that idea out of the water---literally.  The U.S. is a part of the global scene.  i think it pisses people off more that we are no longer viewed as the example of democracy and fiscal health that we were before.  Sometimes people sound like recalcitrant bullies..."if  America's not #1, i'm taking my ball and going home!" 
I'm an Independant.
i'm an Independent.  i also try to be an open-minded, progressive, independent thinker.  The pack mentality just never sat comfortably with me.
If I were a Dem I'd be pissed! 
As an American...the past 8 years have pretty much pissed me off.  That being said, perhaps i'm too benevolent; i don't blame McCain for any of Bush's shit.  As far as i can recall, he was pretty much the G.O.P whipping boy during much of Bush's administration. 
  At the same time...belittling Obama for being a brilliant legal scholar(as was Thomas Jefferson and John Adams) or for thinking globally (as did F.D.R. and Truman...hell even Reagan)  seems a bit like bandwagon thinking at it's best. 

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

The right wings spokesmen and pundits include some people who routinely toss off incitements to violence against those they disagree with while the leftists may no longer be speaking nicely about the GOP, decades of people urging others to kill you will do that, but we're not out there calling for the murder or deportation of the conservatives.

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And the more I thought about it the more I realized the Republicans think death is funny. It’s funny when people die. There’s the joke.

Once I realized this simple truth it became much easier to understand Republican Humor. For example when Ann Coulter said of Arab Nations, “We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity”, I finally understood the joke. You see, killing people is funny. It’s funny when people die.

Coulter also said “We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' crème brulée." She followed the statement by saying, "That's just a joke, for you in the media." See, it’s just a joke. Funny. I get it now. It’s funny when people die.

And after I figured that out it was so much funnier to listen to new CNN host Glenn Beck when he said, “I’m thinking about killing Michael Moore.” You see that is comedy folks. It’s not that the guy telling the jokes isn’t funny, it’s that you just don’t “get it.” You see, in a Republican World, It’s funny when people die.

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Arrmed with my new found understanding of Right Wing Humor, I can now laugh it off when Ann Coulter says, “When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty,” Coulter said in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed too. Otherwise they will turn out to be outright traitors.” You see, it’s funny when people die.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

Ken, I actually stopped at 2 but there were quite a few links.  The dems in many places are quite illmannered and rabid.    Your earlier assertion that dems don't spew hate as much as their counterparts was flawed.  They are just as guilty.  To say that all on either side are saintly or that all on either side are rabid assholes would be completely false.

Here's the thing, you're not going to find major figures on the left inciting violence against conservatives. There simply isn't anyone comparable to Hannity, Coulter or Limbaugh on the left as far as hateful speech with violent overtones.

You can put up minor demonstrations that got a little rough but I can remind you that the GOP brought in Congressional staffers to 'protest' to disrupt the Florida recount.

You can say obscure liberal x said something nasty about conservatives and I'll simply invite you to read Coulter's books or read a transcript of some of Hannity's statements.

I pay attention to this sort of thing and there is no balance to this. The right wings spokesmen and pundits include some people who routinely toss off incitements to violence against those they disagree with while the leftists may no longer be speaking nicely about the GOP, decades of people urging others to kill you will do that, but we're not out there calling for the murder or deportation of the conservatives.

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

Kitten, while I read the opinion piece you posted, thats all it is... an opinion.