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DomKen -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:16:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. From a European/English PoV I'm something of a center leftist. Certainly not a fringe leftist that you claim has power in the Democratic party.

Moonhead -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:18:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. I didn't. However, there's no doubt that you said this: quote: The fact of the matter is that both parties have incorporated into their bases the most divisive thinkers we have in America today, that being those who cling to the extreme ends of left and right. Those are also the most vocal, the most active in attempting to modify the social and legislative landscapes, and those who often express either outright hatred or disgust with the other. Then refused to put up when I suggested that you named a few of these divisive partisan leftists who are present in either party.

StrangerThan -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:20:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. From a European/English PoV I'm something of a center leftist. Certainly not a fringe leftist that you claim has power in the Democratic party. I think what he said was "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond..." But there you go again, defining another person's PoV for them. Maybe you two can argue it out. That would be entertaining.

DomKen -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:23:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. From a European/English PoV I'm something of a center leftist. Certainly not a fringe leftist that you claim has power in the Democratic party. I think what he said was "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond..." But there you go again, defining another person's PoV for them. Maybe you two can argue it out. That would be entertaining. The Democratic party is right of center from an English PoV. MoonHead was correct and no amount of you stomping your feet and demanding it isn't so will change that.

StrangerThan -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:25:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. From a European/English PoV I'm something of a center leftist. Certainly not a fringe leftist that you claim has power in the Democratic party. I think what he said was "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond..." But there you go again, defining another person's PoV for them. Maybe you two can argue it out. That would be entertaining. The Democratic party is right of center from an English PoV. MoonHead was correct and no amount of you stomping your feet and demanding it isn't so will change that. What stomping is that? Your definition of yourself or his perception of you? You all have fun. It's Saturday. Re that to mean time to go have some fun.

subrob1967 -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:29:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD quote: ORIGINAL: subrob1967 Did you ever stop and think that maybe he IS doing exactly what his constituents want? And for them making President Obama a one term President is their top priority? Or was when he was quoted? As for the lack of respect, perhaps it's due to the President whining like a child about Republicans for the last three years. Or his forcing Obamacare down everyone's throat with closed door meetings, and locking Republicans out of the process when he had his super majority. Face it, our President is a whiny Bitch. Correction, your president. I'm not a citizen. And I don't recall seeing him whine. Do you have a reference to supply? And as for what his constituents want? I rather doubt their first priority in life is to have Obama out of office. I would think that having a decent wage, good health care, to name but two, would be more important to most. Just Google ANY of his speeches over the last three years, all he does is whine and complain about the mess he spent millions of dollars, and months of campaigning to "inherit". He blames everything on his predecessor, despite the fact he was a member of the Senate, and partiality responsible for the mess himself. No need for the correction either, you may not be a citizen, but I am, therefore he's our, as in me and every other American on this forum's President, and I am correct in using our in that manner.

lovmuffin -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 6:56:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/us/politics/02cong.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=obama&st=cse I would respond to the article's question by saying it's disrespect. Particularly when you have a senator (Mitch McConnell) stating that this year (quoted per the article) "his first goal was to see Mr. Obama defeated." It isn't even President Obama, it's "Mr. Obama". I think that's the one thing that has struck me over and over again is how Republicans refer to President Obama as Mr. Obama. Why the lack of respect with what is his title? But back to the senator's comment. Really? His number one goal is seeing Obama defeated? How about making your number one goal working for the people who made you senator? I don't think that's so much to ask and it should be the number one goal of every elected official. It's disgusting that any elected official feels that getting the current administration out of office takes priority over everything else. The number one goal seeing Obama defeated and making your number one goal working for the people who made you senator are the same thing.

Arpig -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:05:53 AM)
quote: Nor, will I ace, do research for you. Any time I read that on here it says "I have nothing" to me. quote: lol, tell you what, approach it from the reverse side and tell us how we're all conservatives That's not what he said. He said you all looked right leaning, not that both were just as far to the right. And he's correct, the American Democrats are to the right of a Canadian Liberal, and sure as Hell are far to the right of the NDP.

Anaxagoras -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:08:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan No dk, you're a conservative. The mooney man said so. From a European/English PoV I'm something of a center leftist. Certainly not a fringe leftist that you claim has power in the Democratic party. I think what he said was "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond..." But there you go again, defining another person's PoV for them. Maybe you two can argue it out. That would be entertaining. The Democratic party is right of center from an English PoV. MoonHead was correct and no amount of you stomping your feet and demanding it isn't so will change that. I think that's incorrect, Dems would be centre or slightly left of centre, depending on the political lay of the land with the major parties in the UK. I feel it is slightly misleading to compare the US with Europe when defining political positioning because there are some very notable differences, e.g. there isn't really a strong Christian right in Europe anymore, and so there isn't quite the level of hostility between left and right. It seemed that Obama sometimes accessorised himself with fashionable distinctly leftist garb so must have some strong leftist values but the recession and political reality he confronted didn't allow him to advance them far, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on one's perspective.

Sanity -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:36:13 AM)
After eight years of the way leftists "respected" Bush... [:D] What utter stupidity! Leftists such as these have NO common sense. None! quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/us/politics/02cong.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=obama&st=cse I would respond to the article's question by saying it's disrespect. Particularly when you have a senator (Mitch McConnell) stating that this year (quoted per the article) "his first goal was to see Mr. Obama defeated." It isn't even President Obama, it's "Mr. Obama". I think that's the one thing that has struck me over and over again is how Republicans refer to President Obama as Mr. Obama. Why the lack of respect with what is his title? But back to the senator's comment. Really? His number one goal is seeing Obama defeated? How about making your number one goal working for the people who made you senator? I don't think that's so much to ask and it should be the number one goal of every elected official. It's disgusting that any elected official feels that getting the current administration out of office takes priority over everything else.

thishereboi -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:39:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VioletGray Obama hasn't faced an unusual amount of disrespect? Really? Protestors showing up with signs with pictures of Obama with a bone through his nose? People showing up armed to speeches? Bill O'Reilly talking all over him in interviews? How often did that happen to Bush? It took us three and a half years of his presidency to settle the debate about whether or not he was even an AMERICAN! Strangerthan, it's one thing to disagree with someone else's politics, but Obama has done NOTHING to earn disrespect. If anything his problem is that he's been TOO nice. So you missed the cracks that were thrown at Bush when he was in office and you must have missed the ones thrown at Clinton before him. Personally I can't think of a president who wasn't disrespected by the opposite party before this. But if Obama thinks people are being mean to him, maybe he should join Sarah in Alaska. They can sit around eating moose and compairing notes on all the terrible things people say about them.

StrangerThan -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:39:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan quote: ORIGINAL: VioletGray Obama hasn't faced an unusual amount of disrespect? Really? Protestors showing up with signs with pictures of Obama with a bone through his nose? People showing up armed to speeches? Bill O'Reilly talking all over him in interviews? How often did that happen to Bush? It took us three and a half years of his presidency to settle the debate about whether or not he was even an AMERICAN! Strangerthan, it's one thing to disagree with someone else's politics, but Obama has done NOTHING to earn disrespect. If anything his problem is that he's been TOO nice. I guess I could show up to a Bush speech armed with pictures of him as a monkey. That's better, right? I don't know about interviews, because I never watched any with Bush, but the derision and over-talking certainly occurred afterwards. What I'm saying Violet, is that beginning with Clinton, the outright disrespect for a president gained traction, grew during the Bush years, and is growing under Obama. Following that trend, the next president, whoever he or she might be, will face an even higher level of it. Imagine... Bachmann as your next president. Are you willing to get on the boat that we should all respectfully refer to her as President Bachmann, when one look around here gives good indication of what she's in for if she managed to win. The nation doesn't respect them, and often along party lines. What we're seeing is the migration of that to levels where decorum once ruled - at least in the last 50 years or so. There was a time when people like Jackson just killed his opponents. Actually, I'll reverse myself here violet. Obama probably is more of a target of disrespect than previous presidents. Do I think it specific to him? No. I think it a function of what I already described, meaning the next will probably endure an even higher level, a result of the fact that people in general have lost respect for both parties, and those who represent the parties. A friend of mine once described fights on the playground as not liking each other, migrating to name calling, pushing and shoving and finally fists flying. We're in the pushing and shoving stage.

TheHeretic -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:41:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VioletGray It took us three and a half years of his presidency He's only been President for a little over 2 1/2 years, Violet, but I'll admit it does seem quite a bit longer. Obviously, there is a lot of short term memory loss in play, both in the thread, and at the NYT.

StrangerThan -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 7:45:47 AM)
quote: "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond.. quote: ORIGINAL: Arpig quote: Nor, will I ace, do research for you. Any time I read that on here it says "I have nothing" to me. quote: lol, tell you what, approach it from the reverse side and tell us how we're all conservatives That's not what he said. He said you all looked right leaning, not that both were just as far to the right. And he's correct, the American Democrats are to the right of a Canadian Liberal, and sure as Hell are far to the right of the NDP. For clarity Arpig, "They look just as right leaning as the other bunch from this side of the pond.." I friggin hate it when people leave shit off that pretty much slaps their point in the face from the get-go. Having said that, the topic he wants to pursue deserves another thread, not this one as it does not address the topic. As far as not doing his research for him, you'd have to be deaf, dumb, and blind, or at least stupid to not have a clue as to what divides parties at the extreme ends in this country. Rehashing that for an ugly cat with lipstick isn't something I'm going to do this morning. If he wants to start his own thread, then maybe we'll talk tonight.

Arpig -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 8:03:52 AM)
For clarity, Stranger, I didn't leave anything out. quote: He said you all looked right leaning, not that both were just as far to the right Thanks for playing quote: you'd have to be deaf, dumb, and blind, or at least stupid to not have a clue as to what divides parties at the extreme ends in this country. And you'd have to be deaf, dumb, blind AND stupid to not have a clue as to how what you see as a yawning gulf between your two parties, most of the rest of the world would see as relatively minor differences in approach. And rehashing that for a boorish Southron in a dorky hat is something it seems we have to do this morning. le sigh.

willbeurdaddy -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 8:30:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD And I don't recall seeing him whine. Do you have a reference to supply? Reference: Every speech his given for the last 2 years. The OP is also bullshit regarding it being Republicans that address him as Mr. Obama...that bastion of conservatism NPR does, and it is not improper nor disrespectful. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/12/why_do_you_call_him_mr_obama.html

RacerJim -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 11:10:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/us/politics/02cong.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=obama&st=cse I would respond to the article's question by saying it's disrespect. Particularly when you have a senator (Mitch McConnell) stating that this year (quoted per the article) "his first goal was to see Mr. Obama defeated." It isn't even President Obama, it's "Mr. Obama". I think that's the one thing that has struck me over and over again is how Republicans refer to President Obama as Mr. Obama. Why the lack of respect with what is his title? But back to the senator's comment. Really? His number one goal is seeing Obama defeated? How about making your number one goal working for the people who made you senator? I don't think that's so much to ask and it should be the number one goal of every elected official. It's disgusting that any elected official feels that getting the current administration out of office takes priority over everything else. I will respond to your post by saying that someone who shows disrespect has earned disrespect in return, no matter their title. Especially when you have a usurper (Soetoro/Soebarkah/Obama) stating "They [the GOP] can come along for the ride but they have to sit in the back [of the bus]."

erieangel -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 1:49:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ArizonaBossMan The NYT is a house organ, with emphasis on the word "organ," for the democrat national committee. It is the DemocraTIC National Committee, not the 'democrat'....you must be listening to Limbaugh too often.

DomKen -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 2:55:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RacerJim I will respond to your post by saying that someone who shows disrespect has earned disrespect in return, no matter their title. Especially when you have a usurper (Soetoro/Soebarkah/Obama) stating "They [the GOP] can come along for the ride but they have to sit in the back [of the bus]." Don't you feel strange being such a racist asshole in 2011?

DeviantlyD -> RE: NYT article on lack of respect by GOP (9/3/2011 3:34:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subrob1967 quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD quote: ORIGINAL: subrob1967 Did you ever stop and think that maybe he IS doing exactly what his constituents want? And for them making President Obama a one term President is their top priority? Or was when he was quoted? As for the lack of respect, perhaps it's due to the President whining like a child about Republicans for the last three years. Or his forcing Obamacare down everyone's throat with closed door meetings, and locking Republicans out of the process when he had his super majority. Face it, our President is a whiny Bitch. Correction, your president. I'm not a citizen. And I don't recall seeing him whine. Do you have a reference to supply? And as for what his constituents want? I rather doubt their first priority in life is to have Obama out of office. I would think that having a decent wage, good health care, to name but two, would be more important to most. Just Google ANY of his speeches over the last three years, all he does is whine and complain about the mess he spent millions of dollars, and months of campaigning to "inherit". He blames everything on his predecessor, despite the fact he was a member of the Senate, and partiality responsible for the mess himself. No need for the correction either, you may not be a citizen, but I am, therefore he's our, as in me and every other American on this forum's President, and I am correct in using our in that manner. It's subjective. You say whine, I don't. And I certainly wouldn't categorize him as a "whiney bitch", as you did. Do you always make such extreme judgments on people? As for the use of "our", you were replying to my post and it's perfectly logical to see it as including me in the "our". If you were responding to others, then I would have seen it as you described above.

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