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  • #61
    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    Star, what you don't seem to realize is that BOTH parties seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to put the nuttiest and wackiest people in power, and the Democrats are also voting for more crazy.

    The only difference is that the extreme nutty liberals happen to be your flavor.
    ...whereas the "extreme nutty" conservatives favor the unhinged, immoral "stable genius"
    “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      Star, what you don't seem to realize is that BOTH parties seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel to put the nuttiest and wackiest people in power, and the Democrats are also voting for more crazy.

      The only difference is that the extreme nutty liberals happen to be your flavor.
      Until recently it was sort of a game to figure out which of those campaigning to be president was essentially a kook. Now it has been flipped with you having to figure out which one is the least kooky

      I'm always still in trouble again

      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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      • #63
        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
        No foolin - one of them actually believes in the killing of the unborn, and many of that party even believe there should be no restrictions. And some of the wackier members believe it's even ok to kill newly born babies.
        So now you're just changing the subject to avoid facing the reality of what the Republican party has become. You don't like your imagined interpretation of one policy of the dems, so you'll excuse any and all pervasive criminality by successive Republican administrations.

        Again you demonstrate the attitude that because you don't like the dems, that therefore pervasive criminal conduct by Republican politicians is somehow not an issue. It's precisely that attitude that's the problem in the US. Somehow, Republican voters keep letting their own party's politicians off, just cos they hate the dems.

        It's not a rational attitude, because you can do both: Having primaries makes it perfectly possible to hold your own side to account, and then you can vote against the other side in the general election. Impeachment makes it perfectly possible to remove Trump for misconduct and you then replace him with Pence. It's totally possible to hold your own party's politicians to a standard of decent conduct while still opposing the other side. That, incidentally, is one reason I like Ocasio-Cortez and the other Justice Dems, as they have standards and are not afraid to speak out against incompetence and selling-out when they see members of their own party doing it, yet they also stand firm to their political principles and policies against Republicans.
        Last edited by Starlight; 10-06-2019, 04:45 AM.
        "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
        "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
        "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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        • #64
          As I've noted before, the Republican rank and file has been begging their leadership to start fighting back and stop simply smiling and "taking it" from the MSM and other leftists (as seen by both Bushes, Romney and a slew of others). As a result of their being ignored you saw the rise of Trump and Trump, perhaps because he's a rude, crude lout has no trouble fighting back (in fact he relishes it and is good at it[1]), and this is what fighting back looks like.

          The Democrats OTOH needs impeachment for two reasons. They have no other way to keep their base energized and they need to distract folks from realizing just what they have become.





          1 arguably too much so for his own good

          I'm always still in trouble again

          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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          • #65
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            As I've noted before, the Republican rank and file has been begging their leadership to start fighting back and stop simply smiling and "taking it" from the MSM and other leftists (as seen by both Bushes, Romney and a slew of others). As a result of their being ignored you saw the rise of Trump and Trump, perhaps because he's a rude, crude lout has no trouble fighting back (in fact he relishes it and is good at it[1]), and this is what fighting back looks like.

            The Democrats OTOH needs impeachment for two reasons. They have no other way to keep their base energized and they need to distract folks from realizing just what they have become.





            1 arguably too much so for his own good
            Do you have any clue the number of times in history a dictator or despot has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to gain power?

            It is an old story that no one ever seems to learn from. ... except the would be despots and dictators that take control using the frustrations of those who feel powerless to change their government.

            This man is lawless, running roughshod over our constitution, refusing legal subpoenas, recruiting corrupt or even hostile powers to retain power, and you and the rest of the fools he has recruited are rejoicing he is 'fighting back' against the people in leadership you are frustrated with.

            At what point do you wake up and recognize this is no longer a fight over issues like abortion and immigration but a fight over the rule of law and the fundamental principles that define our democratic republic?

            Jim
            My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

            If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

            This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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            • #66
              Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
              Do you have any clue the number of times in history a dictator or despot has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to gain power?
              About the same number of times that despots have used working people up to hate a group or a person

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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              • #67
                Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                So now you're just changing the subject to avoid facing the reality of what the Republican party has become.
                Actually, no, because I'm not a member of the Republican party. You are free to attack them at will.

                And my "imagined interpretation" of the Democrat party is anything but imagined. Watch them openly campaign for socialism and abortion and for illegal immigration. I'm more ant-Democrat than I am Pro-Republican.
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                  Actually, no, because I'm not a member of the Republican party. You are free to attack them at will.

                  And my "imagined interpretation" of the Democrat party is anything but imagined. Watch them openly campaign for socialism and abortion and for illegal immigration. I'm more ant-Democrat than I am Pro-Republican.
                  Yeah, like he said, you're a republican, you're just ashamed to admit to it. Don't blame you for the shame though!

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by JimL View Post
                    Yeah, like he said, you're a republican,
                    You're a liar.

                    you're just ashamed to admit to it. Don't blame you for the shame though!
                    Jimmy, you're so screwed up in the head you can't even figure out what a "boy" is.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                      Do you have any clue the number of times in history a dictator or despot has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to gain power?
                      Do you have any clue the number of times in history a benevolent politician with no evil motives has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to win an election?
                      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                      Than a fool in the eyes of God


                      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                        Until recently it was sort of a game to figure out which of those campaigning to be president was essentially a kook. Now it has been flipped with you having to figure out which one is the least kooky
                        "Well, I'm not a kook..."

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                          "Well, I'm not a kook..."

                          Richard Nixon 1972: "I'm not a crook"

                          The Democrat candidates for president 2019: "I'm not a kook"













                          Yeah, yeah. I know they don't rhyme.

                          I'm always still in trouble again

                          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                            Do you have any clue the number of times in history a benevolent politician with no evil motives has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to win an election?
                            He said dictator, MM. Trump is anything but a benevolent politician concerned with the marginalized. He's a republican, remember!

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by JimLamebrain View Post
                              He said dictator, MM. Trump is anything but a benevolent politician concerned with the marginalized. He's a republican, remember!
                              You love to beg the question, don't you?
                              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                              Than a fool in the eyes of God


                              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                                You love to beg the question, don't you?
                                Like a labrador retriever
                                That's what
                                - She

                                Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                                - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                                I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                                - Stephen R. Donaldson

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