| A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99570] |
Fri, 07 May 2010 06:12  |
 CarolynnL 
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"I can tell you if there were any homosexuals in that group, they were taken care of in ways I can't describe to you."
-- TN Republican congressional candidate Ron Kirkland speaking about his Vietnam-era military unit, criticizing the proposed repeal of DADT at a Tea Party forum.
There are idiots, and there are assholes, then there are idiot assholes. His statement on the one hand could be considered hyperbole, while his content is threatening and designed to appeal to the bigots among the Idiot Republican fringe -- Oh but I repeat myself.
If his words about gays being "taken care of.." have any foundation in fact, then the military should be launching an investigation of him and the other survivors of his unit to determine if assult and battery and murder of fellow inmates of his unit took place. There is no statute of limitations on murder, not even in the military. Fragging your own unit mates is not usually condoned, but maybe it doesn't apply to "sub-human freaks" as some other of the Tea-Party supporters have described the gender/sex variants in their propaganda against repeal of DADT?
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99590 is a reply to message #99576 ] |
Fri, 07 May 2010 08:55  |
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What was she thinking...
"Weapons of mass destruction."
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99750 is a reply to message #99590 ] |
Sat, 08 May 2010 06:54 |
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You see, a president cannot involve America in an un warranted war without their parties support. Not only has George W. the Lessor cost our nation a Trillion dollars in real money, but the cost to humnity with all of the multi national deaths is obscene.
The multilated soldiers that have survived will tap the health care system for decades to come God bless their souls. The destroyed families that will never recover. Yet the idiot was put back in office for another four years.
How sad that all the energy that people are exhibiting against President Obama didn't see the light of day with Georgie!!!
Let me see, improve the human condition or cause death and destruction??? Help me out people, I just can't figure this one out. Remember though, his children have been safe and sound here at home.
Let us not forget about the missing pallets of billions of dollars in $100.00 dollars bills. Where do you think they diappeared to in your heart of hearts???
All of this makes me ill...
Use your brain not your party affiliation!!!
What is really tragic is that most people don't realize that Georgie was a puppet with his strings being pulled by others. Have you ever listened to him speak publicly, his is an idiot!!!
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99757 is a reply to message #99752 ] |
Sat, 08 May 2010 08:11 |
Karen_A
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| Kim wrote on Sat, 08 May 2010 10:08 | | Quote: | Use your brain not your party affiliation!!!
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I whole heartedly agree. I eagerly await your next post where you actually put that into practice.
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How anybody can't see the mess we are today is largely due to deregulation, getting involved in Iraq, and the 'starve the beast mentality' is beyond me. What also gets to me are those who think they are self made, so it should be every person for themselves, who don't realize how much what they accomplished had to do with their circumstances and relative advantages.
There are problems and corruption within ALL political parties because power and money do corrupt.
But when one looks at the core philosophies and values the parties represent (however imperfectly), those of the Democratic party aline with mine a WHOLE lot better than the republicans. One has to care about society as whole, not just people like themselves. So in my case party affiliation is a result of using ones brain and making pragmatic decisions.
I have to wonder where we would be today if Ralph Nader had not run for president in 2000... Gore would have won instead of Bush and I believe we would have been better off today than we are... Those that voted for Nader voted followed their heart without regard to party ... and got exactly the opposite type of government they wanted.
In any case people using their brains often come up with different views and opinions. Coming to different conclusions says little about relative intelligence, but in politics often a lot about differing values.
IMO the many of the Tea partiers are acting out of fear. When people are afraid they also tend to be less tollerate of those not like themselves. IMO it's that fear and not a deep analysis of the issues, that drives many of their positions on issues.
They tend to be against all the measures that saved us from another great depression and advocate policies that if implemented NOW, could put us right back on that track.
That is how I see things.
- Karen
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99828 is a reply to message #99757 ] |
Sat, 08 May 2010 13:32 |
| Anonymous |
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"I have to wonder where we would be today if Ralph Nader had not run for president in 2000... Gore would have won instead of Bush and I believe we would have been better off today than we are... Those that voted for Nader voted followed their heart without regard to party ... and got exactly the opposite type of government they wanted."
Karen...
I completely understand what you are saying here, but truth be told, all genuinely (((thinking))) people knew that a vote for Nader was a vote for Bush in effect because Nader would never have gotten in office, hence Nader served as the spoiler. And history has proven this so. Sadly Nader was told this in no uncertain terms that he was going to be the spoiler and that Bush the Lessor would end up in the White House, he didn't care and it all came to fruition.
I had for many years held Ralphie in high regard, but these days I have to wonder how he sleeps at night as he was the deciding factor that put the moron in office, and he knew that right up front! Perhaps if Ralphie did not have an ego he would have made a selfless decision.
It is all so sad.
The greatest nation in the world and we are nearly broken.
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #99966 is a reply to message #99945 ] |
Sun, 09 May 2010 14:49 |
lisagurl
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| Quote: | ... That is simply another aspect of the tyranny of the major that government is needed to counteract.
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Now let me get this straight. If the voting public is not supporting one program but supports another that is tyranny. But when the Government forces it will on the public against the public action that is not tyranny.
The world is not fair and democracies support what the public votes on not what is moral according to some arbitrary code.
Individuals can support with their own time that which pleases them and not support that which does not. It is called freedom and liberty.
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| Re: A real winner of a Republican, for sure [message #100173 is a reply to message #100167 ] |
Mon, 10 May 2010 16:15 |
Katie
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| DJ wrote on Mon, 10 May 2010 12:18 |
Must be the punch.
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Grelb! And spiked with over a nano-gram of parasitic glorm!
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I actually agree with that for the most part.
