Pepper sprayed for public safety.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

disgruntled Republicans elected Obama.

At what point do perennially disgruntled Republicans recognize the GOP ain't what it used to be and become independents or dems?

It does seem that we are seeing a lot more R to D party switchers these days. Huntsman next? With a run for something in NY?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

disgruntled Republicans elected Obama.

Thus you have no fear of calling him morally and/or mentally crippled? And who are we kidding, you meant mentally.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

Thus you have no fear of calling him morally and/or mentally crippled? And who are we kidding, you meant mentally.

actually I'd forgotten Obama when I made the first post. Weird, but I would had to have come up with a fourth word if I had thought of him.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

disgruntled Republicans elected Obama.

Nice save. Reminds me of Sebby's argument that Dems are bad for the economy, and Clinton was GOP.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

do you think Obama should have the founders of Solyndra do a commercial where they admit they'd be nowhere w/o gov money?

Seriously?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Seriously?

Everything I post here is multi-layered and should be taken very seriously.

[Hank Chinaski]

Steven Hawking comes out publicly to support moving Ty out of being in charge here. He has done wonders for these years, but time for CHANGE?

[LessinSF]

aka Another Reason I am Glad I got Another Passport

LessinPortland

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

aka Another Reason I am Glad I got Another Passport

LessinPortland

3 million people didn't watch the RNC? I assume all these libs watched it because they all commented on it. Fess up you guys, you didn't really watch Clint's talk.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

3 million people didn't watch the RNC? I assume all these libs watched it because they all commented on it. Fess up you guys, you didn't really watch Clint's talk.

I watched the Cliff's Notes' version.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

aka Another Reason I am Glad I got Another Passport

LessinPortland

I would point to the existence of the honey-boo-boo show as an indicator of decline. But the fact that people tuned out a four-day lie-fest infomercial where the highlight was a senile former actor proving that he is one? Not so much.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Nice save. Reminds me of Sebby's argument that Dems are bad for the economy, and Clinton was GOP.

Labels are for condiments, and to discern the light from the actual beer. Clinton governed like an old school Republican. Does that make him "GOP"? Certainly not if you define the GOP by its current platform. But using a definition of GOP over the last 50 years, he was closer to a Republican than a Democrat.*

And Hank does have a point. McCain was a weak candidate for the GOP base, so they stayed home. Palin was an abhorrent candidate to moderate Republicans (and anyone else with a brain), so they stayed home. Would these two groups showing up at the polls have put McCain over the top? I'm not so sure. But it is close enough that I can't discount Hank's argument.
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* Fiscally.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

I would point to the existence of the honey-boo-boo show as an indicator of decline. But the fact that people tuned out a four-day lie-fest infomercial where the highlight was a senile former actor proving that he is one? Not so much.

I was reading a review of a newly released collection of Orwell's papers in Sunday's NYT. It was incredibly dull. It would have been a hell of a lot better if the reviewer had offered the argument that, given shit like Honey Boo Boo, Kardashians, and our society's fathomless lack of curiosity and inclination to question, it is settled: Orwell was wrong. Brave New World, not 1984, is our future. I'd have finished that review (or one arguing the opposite position simply to be contrarian).

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Steven Hawking comes out publicly to support moving Ty out of being in charge here. He has done wonders for these years, but time for CHANGE?

It's a pincer effect. Both working in concert creating sledgehammer migraines for those of us in the middle.

(I've had that Gerry Rafferty tune in my head for weeks now, since HBO started running Reservoir Dogs ten times a day. It's like Goodfellas. You can't not watch.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

“If you have to assert you are human, there’s no way you are going to be elected.”

- Frank Luntz on Al Gore

"Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X." - Paul Mooney

Mitt Romney makes Al Gore look like the love child of Reagan and JFK.