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Politics The Correct Answer to This Billboard Is "No."
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:55 PM
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For some people, a smiling white man, no matter how demonstrably stupid he is or how disastrous and cruel his character may be, is better than a smiling black man.
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Maybe it's meant as a joke or reminder as in "Miss me yet? of course you don't! Imagine how much worse everything would be if I were still in the White House." That's how I'd take it, anyway.
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That face is just crying out for a paintball...
Glad I don't have to look at that billboard each day. My nightmares would probably drive me to desecrate it somehow.
Also - "moronically folksy"? Perfect.
Glad I don't have to look at that billboard each day. My nightmares would probably drive me to desecrate it somehow.
Also - "moronically folksy"? Perfect.
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@1 even more sad, anyone demonstrably stupid is frequently preferred to an educated "elitist" in this country. People fear education and knowledge as it leads to independent thought.
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As horrible as this sounds, I'm almost at the point where I'm actively rooting for the idiots that thing Dubya was ZOMG TEH BEST PREZ EVAAAAARRR! to openly revolt in an armed rebellion, just so we can get rid of them.
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Lets see.
We still have troops in Iraq and have increased troops in Afghanistan and expanded into Pakistan. Guantanamo is still open. DADT still exist. We still have a massive deficitin fact its quadrupled. The economy is still in the shitter and we still have lobbyist in administrative positions.
Miss him? It's like he's not even gone.
We still have troops in Iraq and have increased troops in Afghanistan and expanded into Pakistan. Guantanamo is still open. DADT still exist. We still have a massive deficitin fact its quadrupled. The economy is still in the shitter and we still have lobbyist in administrative positions.
Miss him? It's like he's not even gone.
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@6,
Yet remarkably, the teabaggers still piss and moan every time Obama blames any of those problems on G.W. Bush.
Yet remarkably, the teabaggers still piss and moan every time Obama blames any of those problems on G.W. Bush.
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@6: Agreed - and don't forget the continuation of massive looting of the Treasury by the financial industry, the impending looting by the insurance industry and Big Pharma, the attempts to prop up the housing bubble, and continued 10%+ unemployment for the foreseeable future.
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Partisan? At National Pentagon Radio? I didn't listen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the tone of the piece was "Isn't this great? Whoever paid for this is a hero!"
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In the 13 months since Obama became President the national debt has increased $4.4 Billion.
Our children and yet-to-be-born grandchildren who will have to pay it back might be missing W...
Our children and yet-to-be-born grandchildren who will have to pay it back might be missing W...
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If you keep your legs together or get an abortion, you won't have to worry about "Our children and yet-to-be-born grandchildren"
Anyway, Fuck 'em. If they have any brains - which, if they're coming from a gene pool like someone who calls themself "chaching" they won't - they'll know to blame this shit on the good old GOP.
Anyway, Fuck 'em. If they have any brains - which, if they're coming from a gene pool like someone who calls themself "chaching" they won't - they'll know to blame this shit on the good old GOP.
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I don't get it, how can we spend a trillion dollars of government bail out money and still have deflation.
The dollars become more valuable when you don't have them.
I sincerely remain slightly more optimistic. The golden parachute will get shot down if they don't start investing soon, why? Because this "wealth" doesn't create real jobs, then NO ONE will get reelected.
Then again, considering that Congress is no longer fillibuster proof, and the Republican Senate openly declared they will obstruct anything and everything, just to wait this out and stick to their "principals" I don't really have much faith in anything.
Social reform will most likely happen when these tycoons get sick of our corpses littering their lawn.
The dollars become more valuable when you don't have them.
I sincerely remain slightly more optimistic. The golden parachute will get shot down if they don't start investing soon, why? Because this "wealth" doesn't create real jobs, then NO ONE will get reelected.
Then again, considering that Congress is no longer fillibuster proof, and the Republican Senate openly declared they will obstruct anything and everything, just to wait this out and stick to their "principals" I don't really have much faith in anything.
Social reform will most likely happen when these tycoons get sick of our corpses littering their lawn.
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You know, to be fair, Bush made an awesome daily calendar, and Rumsfeld wasn't bad at it either ...
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@15: Nobody believes for a second that you are actually as concerned as you pretend about deficits.
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all the sudden you tea baggers care about deficits? your guru, dick cheney, said they don't matter nigh on 8 years ago. did you not get that memo? you sure acted like it until the muslin socialist took office.
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Teabaggers and generally fiscal conservatives.
Calling Bush or Cheney fiscal conservatives is about as logical as calling Ronald Reagan a communist.
Calling Bush or Cheney fiscal conservatives is about as logical as calling Ronald Reagan a communist.
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They used to say the US reinvents itself every 13 years. Or reincarnates, or starts over. Might be a shorter cycle now since Cronkite died.
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Shoveling snow all afternoon, three months to decide a senate race and now this. I REALLY need to move back to the West Coast.
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There are some things I just would not be able to resist setting fire to if I ever encountered them.
That sign is one of those things.
That sign is one of those things.
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Yes, like I miss being confined to an iron lung or miss being defenestrated from an Argentine military plane or miss being impaled by a Roman javelin through the scrotum. The sign is reverse racism at its best and the sponsor of it should be put in the stocks and pelted with garbage.
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Dammit, when I first read that sign, I thought it was supposed to be ironic. I figured that since we haven't really been able to forget him yet because we're still cleaning up the mess he caused, it was to remind us to choose more wisely in our votes. But yeah, you're probably right, it's probably been paid for by some conservative douchebag reminding us to vote for whitey next time, because things were so much better when he was in charge.
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Let's get rid of some arguments before they show up on this board:
"When are you guys going to stop blaming Bush for everything that's gone wrong??"
Um, when he ceases to be at fault. So far, the past hasn't changed much since it... well, became the past.
He was still a miserable failure - but you know, we're avidly following the events of the past for any very late breaking news.
"Let's see... what has Obama done better? All talk, no change."
Perhaps a fair argument, but hardly a justification for going back to the Bush's nightmarish policies. Need we be reminded of the 9 billion dollars we straight "lost" in Iraq? I mean, say what you will about the stimulus, but at least it paid for something. In fucking America.
"The election in Massachusetts proves it: Democrats' liberal agenda is just too liberal for America."
God, it's almost so dumb you can't even dignify it with a response.
I bet that sure sounds nice to Republicans: a Massachusetts too conservative for the Democrats. Good lord, that must be it. No. other. way. Nevermind all the polls that say the complete opposite.
Christ, will this bullshit ever stop?? No wonder "everyone" wants the Federal government "out of our lives." It's too fucking conservative for this country all the fucking time.
"When are you guys going to stop blaming Bush for everything that's gone wrong??"
Um, when he ceases to be at fault. So far, the past hasn't changed much since it... well, became the past.
He was still a miserable failure - but you know, we're avidly following the events of the past for any very late breaking news.
"Let's see... what has Obama done better? All talk, no change."
Perhaps a fair argument, but hardly a justification for going back to the Bush's nightmarish policies. Need we be reminded of the 9 billion dollars we straight "lost" in Iraq? I mean, say what you will about the stimulus, but at least it paid for something. In fucking America.
"The election in Massachusetts proves it: Democrats' liberal agenda is just too liberal for America."
God, it's almost so dumb you can't even dignify it with a response.
I bet that sure sounds nice to Republicans: a Massachusetts too conservative for the Democrats. Good lord, that must be it. No. other. way. Nevermind all the polls that say the complete opposite.
Christ, will this bullshit ever stop?? No wonder "everyone" wants the Federal government "out of our lives." It's too fucking conservative for this country all the fucking time.
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Oh, by the way, the other interesting/cool thing about this Pew Poll is that it clearly demonstrates the shift in Republicans to suddenly caring about deficits.
For instance, in January 2002, when the budget was a little better balanced, only 27% of Republicans gave a shit about the deficit. At that time, about 41% of Democrats thought it was important.
Fast forward to the later Bush years, and their partisanship on this issue becomes even more evident in the spread through time - in 2007, only 42% of Republicans thought the deficit was a priority. As is still the case today, about 60% of Democrats thought the debt was a problem.
However, somewhere between Jan 2007 and Jan 2009, the Republicans had a brilliant epiphany, and the number of them thinking we should go and deal with the deficit suddenly shot up again to the Democrats' number - about 60%. It's funny, because that's the same percentage of Democrats who've thought it was an issue since, like, way back in 2004?? Thanks for waking up, I guess. Now hopefully we can actually fix the problem?
Anyway, consistently, every January since about 2003-2004 (and still today as well), about 60% of Democrats have pressed on any deficit as a serious problem. Independents have also been relatively consistent - while not usually as concerned as the Democrats, about 55% or so of Independents have cared about the issue since 2004.
Republicans, of course, are all over the map. They swing wildly from a mere 27% thinking its an issue to 48% to 42%, and finally, to 61% - depending largely on how much control their party has over the government. This hopefully is another step in the long line of arguments necessary to put to rest the myth of "Republican fiscal responsibility." They don't really seem to have that big a problem with government spending so long as it's their guys who're doing it.
Democrats and Independents, by contrast, seem to be fairly consistently annoyed (around 60%, give or take maybe 5%) with a deficit especially if the budget is way out of balance - be it under Clinton, Obama, or Bush.
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For instance, in January 2002, when the budget was a little better balanced, only 27% of Republicans gave a shit about the deficit. At that time, about 41% of Democrats thought it was important.
Fast forward to the later Bush years, and their partisanship on this issue becomes even more evident in the spread through time - in 2007, only 42% of Republicans thought the deficit was a priority. As is still the case today, about 60% of Democrats thought the debt was a problem.
However, somewhere between Jan 2007 and Jan 2009, the Republicans had a brilliant epiphany, and the number of them thinking we should go and deal with the deficit suddenly shot up again to the Democrats' number - about 60%. It's funny, because that's the same percentage of Democrats who've thought it was an issue since, like, way back in 2004?? Thanks for waking up, I guess. Now hopefully we can actually fix the problem?
Anyway, consistently, every January since about 2003-2004 (and still today as well), about 60% of Democrats have pressed on any deficit as a serious problem. Independents have also been relatively consistent - while not usually as concerned as the Democrats, about 55% or so of Independents have cared about the issue since 2004.
Republicans, of course, are all over the map. They swing wildly from a mere 27% thinking its an issue to 48% to 42%, and finally, to 61% - depending largely on how much control their party has over the government. This hopefully is another step in the long line of arguments necessary to put to rest the myth of "Republican fiscal responsibility." They don't really seem to have that big a problem with government spending so long as it's their guys who're doing it.
Democrats and Independents, by contrast, seem to be fairly consistently annoyed (around 60%, give or take maybe 5%) with a deficit especially if the budget is way out of balance - be it under Clinton, Obama, or Bush.
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