Dear 52...
Yes, I saw your messages. Dozens and dozens of them. How wonderful that you want to reach out now, after the last eight years.
You do remember the last eight years, right? You lost in Florida. Remember how you reacted? "Selected, not elected," and "Not my President" were the order of the day. But that was just the beginning. You kept nursing your grudge, cultivating it, stocking it, and formed insular, community-based realities to echo and increase your hysteria. That budding insanity you reveled in helped lead to ever-more vicious rants and vitriol, of course, including the "Chimperor" angle, where the lesser accomplished of you bashed the President's intellect, and later, of course, the frothing "Bushilter" and "Darth Cheney" rants. Perhaps even worse, you let your contempt for President Bush and Vice President Cheney spread to hate those who put their lives on the line to serve this nation in your defense. What, you don't remember these proud moments?
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 09:27 AM
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Free elections may not be allowed within two years!
Posted by: fearless at November 10, 2008 09:53 AM (BSttx)
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Amen, CY. I say we treat them with the exact same respect as they have treated us for the last 8 years.
Posted by: HKpistole at November 10, 2008 11:13 AM (/j9KS)
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I was in Madison WI, when the "I'm sorry web campaign hit." It was a 15 minutes of fame that lasted 14 minutes too long. I am not going to stand here and rant aimlessly, I am going to rant deliberatly. CY you stepped up and hit this post out of the park.
Posted by: Picric at November 10, 2008 11:24 AM (+hnIk)
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It is already started. Obama will have his own Willie Horton moment--and it is not worth the price (Willie Horton wasn't worth the price of avoiding Dukakis).
Posted by: iconoclast at November 10, 2008 11:31 AM (JP1UC)
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Two weeks after the 2004 election, I might have bought it. Now it sounds like: "I'm sorry baby, I won't do it again, you know I love you, don't you?"
No deal.
No deal.
Posted by: Patrick Chester at November 10, 2008 11:56 AM (MOvul)
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Well cool. When I feel the need to address "the one" as a chimpanze faced boofer I'm just going to go ahead. They can call me a racist or whatever. But, be advised, there's not a predjudiced bone in my body. I just don't like that bat-eared, chimp faced, skinny legged, wimpy armed, muslim and radical connected piece of mouse feces....so there! I can't wait to vent my spleen on all the bone headed, stupid, unconstitutional and socialist crap the libturds and ole bat ears are going to try to put us through for the next 4 years. I already have my "He ain't my Prez, and neither is Hitler" bumper sticker on the way. I'm going to crack all over the "peoples party and their dear leader" every chance I get. Seig Heil, Obambi!
Posted by: Tonto (USA) at November 10, 2008 12:08 PM (Qv1xF)
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Agree completely - I'm not sucking up to anyone in "reconcilliation" - 8 years of hatemongering, daily vitriol does not go away with a "ahhh, let's be the bigger party and show them". I'm entitled to free speech and dissention - I've heard that crap for 8 solid years and they will now get theirs in spades.
Posted by: Enlightened at November 10, 2008 01:09 PM (CHJ2J)
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I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
Remember that little ditty, kids?
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
Remember that little ditty, kids?
Posted by: Pablo at November 10, 2008 01:15 PM (yTndK)
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Right on TONTO...Couldn't have said it ay better
Posted by: Ken at November 10, 2008 02:36 PM (MJZoZ)
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Chimpyurkelmaobama is not my President, and his supporters are not my countrymen.
Posted by: Ken at November 10, 2008 04:53 PM (9+b3e)
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I'm sympathetic to the above but I doubt that the 52ers are substantially the same people burning Bush in effigy and the vast majority of 52ers have absolutely NO idea with whom they are sharing their political beds. I'm in a conciliatory mood for the simple reason that none of what Barack proposes has a prayer of doing anything but making everything immediately worse. Let's not maneuver folks into reactionary zealotry defending their messiah. The dire facts; the brownouts and jihadism will speak for themselves. I am seeing some buyers remorse already in those usually apolitical people who fell in with the Lamb of Chicago. This ain't gonna be pretty but it could well be funny. And the nation, yes, will survive.
Posted by: megapotamus at November 10, 2008 05:11 PM (LF+qW)
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You are so right. To He!! with the whole lot of them. I am going to stay pissed off for at least 2 years, maybe 4. I think he is going to screw it up really bad. We need to get some PIs on his case and find out what the Media and others refused to uncover. Lets Palin him.
Posted by: Marc Boyd at November 10, 2008 05:25 PM (Zoziv)
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This from the folks that brought us "Sarah Palin is a C%&t" t-shirts and referred to Republican political rallies as reincarnations of Nuremburg.
I'll show President Urkel the same courtesy you all showed his predecessor. I'll also point out his creepy cult of personality issues.
You can also stop with the BS of referring to anything you don't like aired being a "distraction" from the "real issues".
I'll show President Urkel the same courtesy you all showed his predecessor. I'll also point out his creepy cult of personality issues.
You can also stop with the BS of referring to anything you don't like aired being a "distraction" from the "real issues".
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 10, 2008 06:29 PM (+kP2/)
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Dear 52:
Bite me.
xoxoxo,
48
P.S. Looking forward to your hopey-changey signs when Palin/Jindal come to Washington and sweep up after you guys....
Bite me.
xoxoxo,
48
P.S. Looking forward to your hopey-changey signs when Palin/Jindal come to Washington and sweep up after you guys....
Posted by: jana at November 10, 2008 07:13 PM (vSRlG)
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Come on, folks... let's be the adults and let the lefties act like little kiddies.
I don't support Obama, and never did, but we on the right don't need to descend into ODS the way the lefties descended into BDS.
I don't support Obama, and never did, but we on the right don't need to descend into ODS the way the lefties descended into BDS.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 10, 2008 07:25 PM (PnuiE)
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CW:
These jerks called down the thunder by being jackasses. The being a "better person" stuff only works if your opponent is civilized. In Democratspeak "bipartisanship" means rolling over for their guff and asking for more. Count me out.
Bullies need punches in the nose.
Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, etc. They've earned the ire they get. Lickspittle apologists for statism.
These jerks called down the thunder by being jackasses. The being a "better person" stuff only works if your opponent is civilized. In Democratspeak "bipartisanship" means rolling over for their guff and asking for more. Count me out.
Bullies need punches in the nose.
Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, etc. They've earned the ire they get. Lickspittle apologists for statism.
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 10, 2008 07:46 PM (+kP2/)
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TM, we got into this mess because the Republicans are acting like Democrats... spending like crazy, increasing the size and reach of government, demonizing the corporations that provide products and services we need, and so on.
If you think that acting like the wacko lefties will help convince the non-political-junkies out there (who, by the way, make up the bulk of the electorate) to return conservatives to power in 2010 and 2012, you go right ahead and run with that.
Me, I will take another path.
If you think that acting like the wacko lefties will help convince the non-political-junkies out there (who, by the way, make up the bulk of the electorate) to return conservatives to power in 2010 and 2012, you go right ahead and run with that.
Me, I will take another path.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 10, 2008 08:15 PM (PnuiE)
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CW:
I don't want to get along with Leftie thugs. These people are despicable.
I also don't want to put off those of good will.
I don't have ODS. I just want to give a big FU to those who wish Conservatives ill and do so with gusto. I don't want to play nice with bad faith haters who now preen their insufferability.
The tone got set by the Olbermann fans. To hell with them.
I don't want to get along with Leftie thugs. These people are despicable.
I also don't want to put off those of good will.
I don't have ODS. I just want to give a big FU to those who wish Conservatives ill and do so with gusto. I don't want to play nice with bad faith haters who now preen their insufferability.
The tone got set by the Olbermann fans. To hell with them.
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 10, 2008 11:01 PM (kTFE5)
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Teleprompt:
Reading comprehension lesson:
"Come on, folks... let's be the adults and let the lefties act like little kiddies."
Does not mean, "let's get along" with them.
HTH. HAND.
Reading comprehension lesson:
"Come on, folks... let's be the adults and let the lefties act like little kiddies."
Does not mean, "let's get along" with them.
HTH. HAND.
Posted by: Patrick Chester at November 11, 2008 03:03 AM (RezbN)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3MiD_U4CHQ
Kumbaya won't cut it. Nor would I suggest we resort to the childish name calling we have endured for the last eight years. We will not need to do so. There are real issues with which to reenforce our credibility.
Obama is very dangerous and we will soon see how dangerous.
The people who support him have invited another 9/11 style attack by trivializing the threat of islamic extremists just as the Clinton and pre-9/11 Bush administrations did. We need to remind everyone that those measures taken by the post-9/11 Bush administration have prevented another attack. As they dismantle this shield - unilateral disarmament, open borders, treating terrorists to full US civil rights - we need to say, "You are inviting an attack." When it hits a blue city such as New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco or Los Angeles, we can say, "I told you so."
Obama is inviting a nuclear Iran and a more aggressive Russia. He has announced that he will not use nuclear weapons, will stand down our nuclear alert forces and will not strike preemptively even with conventional weapons. After assuring the Poles that he would support a missile defense system there, he has changed his position 180°. When Russia invaded Georgia, Obama warned the Georgians! Russia will pressure Western Europe with oil and natural gas, provoke an incident with Ukraine and support Iranian air defenses. We will not intervene.
Before Tel Aviv vanishes under a mushroom cloud, we need to remind the 75% of American Jews who voted for Obama and all those swooning Europeans who cheered him that Obama does not just appear weak. He is weak. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladmir Putin are counting the days until January 20th.
Kumbaya won't cut it. Nor would I suggest we resort to the childish name calling we have endured for the last eight years. We will not need to do so. There are real issues with which to reenforce our credibility.
Obama is very dangerous and we will soon see how dangerous.
The people who support him have invited another 9/11 style attack by trivializing the threat of islamic extremists just as the Clinton and pre-9/11 Bush administrations did. We need to remind everyone that those measures taken by the post-9/11 Bush administration have prevented another attack. As they dismantle this shield - unilateral disarmament, open borders, treating terrorists to full US civil rights - we need to say, "You are inviting an attack." When it hits a blue city such as New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco or Los Angeles, we can say, "I told you so."
Obama is inviting a nuclear Iran and a more aggressive Russia. He has announced that he will not use nuclear weapons, will stand down our nuclear alert forces and will not strike preemptively even with conventional weapons. After assuring the Poles that he would support a missile defense system there, he has changed his position 180°. When Russia invaded Georgia, Obama warned the Georgians! Russia will pressure Western Europe with oil and natural gas, provoke an incident with Ukraine and support Iranian air defenses. We will not intervene.
Before Tel Aviv vanishes under a mushroom cloud, we need to remind the 75% of American Jews who voted for Obama and all those swooning Europeans who cheered him that Obama does not just appear weak. He is weak. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladmir Putin are counting the days until January 20th.
Posted by: arch at November 11, 2008 05:42 AM (5XVEI)
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TM:
The best possible way to get under the lefties' collective skin (pun intended) is to take back power from them in 2010 and 2012, leaving them howling in impotent frustration as the minority again. Just look what it did to them the last time the GOP controlled both the White House and Congress.
However, juvenile attacks on Obama now will seriously damage the chances of the electorate giving the GOP back the reins of government. Unlike the excesses of the left, examples of which CY has displayed above, the excesses of the right will be well-publicized by the MoveOnMedia.
In short, you can have your fun now, calling Obama names and such, or you can get your satisfaction later, watching them implode after losing again. Indulging in the former severely reduces the chances of being able to indulge in the latter.
The best possible way to get under the lefties' collective skin (pun intended) is to take back power from them in 2010 and 2012, leaving them howling in impotent frustration as the minority again. Just look what it did to them the last time the GOP controlled both the White House and Congress.
However, juvenile attacks on Obama now will seriously damage the chances of the electorate giving the GOP back the reins of government. Unlike the excesses of the left, examples of which CY has displayed above, the excesses of the right will be well-publicized by the MoveOnMedia.
In short, you can have your fun now, calling Obama names and such, or you can get your satisfaction later, watching them implode after losing again. Indulging in the former severely reduces the chances of being able to indulge in the latter.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 11, 2008 08:02 AM (PnuiE)
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Patrick:
Thank you. You appear to understand where I am coming from. Anyone who goes back and re-reads my previous comments here (as C-C-G) or visits my new blog will have to conclude that I am not really interested in appeasing Obama; I still oppose him, I just choose to express my opposition in less juvenile ways.
Thank you. You appear to understand where I am coming from. Anyone who goes back and re-reads my previous comments here (as C-C-G) or visits my new blog will have to conclude that I am not really interested in appeasing Obama; I still oppose him, I just choose to express my opposition in less juvenile ways.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 11, 2008 08:07 AM (PnuiE)
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Amen!
Posted by: Gary at November 11, 2008 08:20 AM (tHeks)
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Patrick and CW:
I am not advocating trying to outsophomore the childishness of the Lefties. I am advocating a stern response to disgusting smears.
For eight years we have endured the demonization of the Left. The President was demeaned, insulted, referenced as a dictator, denounced as a Nazi, and generally pilloried for anything that went wrong. If you want to get a rise out of a Liberal tell them how much you admire Dick Cheney.
The apoplexy is fun to watch.
In that toxic atmosphere comes a paradigm of what is and is not fair game. The Palin smears moved us into terra incognito. Sadly, that means nothing is off the table as far as our opponents are concerned. To them, everything is fair game.
I understand your call for restraint and measured response. However, that assumes your opponent follows Marguess of Queensbury rules. Guess what. They don't. They follow Saul Alinsky rules.
Following Saul Alinsky rules let them win.
By all means let us purge and jettison the detritus of compassionate conservatism (which turned out to be Liberalsm lite)and go back to first principles. But do not think for one moment that expressing your opinions in a clear and forceful manner will win any friends on the Left. Conservatism interferes with the romantic self-regard of a Liberal. By advocating Conservative ideas you are preventing utopia from being realized.
I guarantee that you will be referenced as attempting to reproduce the Third Reich, you evil, blackhearted, greedy, book burning, liberty-denying toady of nefarious corporate interests.
Who. Whom.
I suggest you watch the British movie Col. Blimp to understand my meaning.
War begins at midnight.
I am not advocating trying to outsophomore the childishness of the Lefties. I am advocating a stern response to disgusting smears.
For eight years we have endured the demonization of the Left. The President was demeaned, insulted, referenced as a dictator, denounced as a Nazi, and generally pilloried for anything that went wrong. If you want to get a rise out of a Liberal tell them how much you admire Dick Cheney.
The apoplexy is fun to watch.
In that toxic atmosphere comes a paradigm of what is and is not fair game. The Palin smears moved us into terra incognito. Sadly, that means nothing is off the table as far as our opponents are concerned. To them, everything is fair game.
I understand your call for restraint and measured response. However, that assumes your opponent follows Marguess of Queensbury rules. Guess what. They don't. They follow Saul Alinsky rules.
Following Saul Alinsky rules let them win.
By all means let us purge and jettison the detritus of compassionate conservatism (which turned out to be Liberalsm lite)and go back to first principles. But do not think for one moment that expressing your opinions in a clear and forceful manner will win any friends on the Left. Conservatism interferes with the romantic self-regard of a Liberal. By advocating Conservative ideas you are preventing utopia from being realized.
I guarantee that you will be referenced as attempting to reproduce the Third Reich, you evil, blackhearted, greedy, book burning, liberty-denying toady of nefarious corporate interests.
Who. Whom.
I suggest you watch the British movie Col. Blimp to understand my meaning.
War begins at midnight.
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 11, 2008 09:50 AM (2/2Kk)
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52, I'm encouraged by the learning opportunity Obama will provide you. You and your emotional peers choose this unqualified and dangerous candidate against all the advice of economic, foreign affairs, defense and constitutional experts. You've been made aware that his election will result in serious attempts to harm the constitutional framework, will result in an all-out attack on the productive citizens in order to empower those who avoid work and calculated risk taking, and seeks to eliminate the capacity for further opposition to the political machine of Obama's minders.
But you're absolutely right about one thing: I will smile with you. When your family goes hungry because of the incapacity of its socialist President to provide for you, I'll smile. When you lose your job because Obama's mandates make you more expensive than someone in Brazil or India, I'll smile. When your children can't get the medical treatment they need because Obama's state-run program must ration increasingly scarce resources, I'll smile.
You see, many of us understand emotional, irrational voters won't ever change unless they experience true hardship. They're used to leeching off of others in our community, and empower people like Obama to do the stealing for them. But when there is too little to be stolen to re-appropriate to the parasites, you'll go hungry. Look at the greatness the Great Depression made in those that survived it. Yes, one could argue that the "grasshopper" people like 52 didn't make it, leaving a population primarily of hard working "ants." But I'm an optimist.
Already, every hard working professional I know is sheltering assets and income. Aggressive grabs by Obama will only shield more, and many are already cutting growth, avoiding future gains and preparing to burn the fields if Obama comes any further. The black swans announcing the emergence of the Laffer curve are nearly here.
But you're absolutely right about one thing: I will smile with you. When your family goes hungry because of the incapacity of its socialist President to provide for you, I'll smile. When you lose your job because Obama's mandates make you more expensive than someone in Brazil or India, I'll smile. When your children can't get the medical treatment they need because Obama's state-run program must ration increasingly scarce resources, I'll smile.
You see, many of us understand emotional, irrational voters won't ever change unless they experience true hardship. They're used to leeching off of others in our community, and empower people like Obama to do the stealing for them. But when there is too little to be stolen to re-appropriate to the parasites, you'll go hungry. Look at the greatness the Great Depression made in those that survived it. Yes, one could argue that the "grasshopper" people like 52 didn't make it, leaving a population primarily of hard working "ants." But I'm an optimist.
Already, every hard working professional I know is sheltering assets and income. Aggressive grabs by Obama will only shield more, and many are already cutting growth, avoiding future gains and preparing to burn the fields if Obama comes any further. The black swans announcing the emergence of the Laffer curve are nearly here.
Posted by: redherkey at November 11, 2008 10:13 AM (kjqFg)
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herk, we call that "Reality Therapy". I think it was Matthew Arnold who said "Experience is the schoolmaster of man and he will learn from no other." Personally, my tastes are simple and that certainly seems to obtain more for the supposedly avaricious Republicans than the generous and tranquil Democrats. Are the teenagers (in mind if not in fact) going to like compulsory volunteerism, confiscatory redistribution, stagflation, double-digit mortgage rates, double-digit unemployment, single-digit margins AND $12 gas? Hey, if I have a clear spot to lay down I'm feeling pretty good. These counter-culture types can't do without a latte for an afternoon. That can't go on for long.
Posted by: megapotamus at November 11, 2008 11:01 AM (LF+qW)
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Sorry, I'm not extending the hand of friendship and conciliation just because a bunch of moouthbreathers made some crayola signs asking me to.
Am I supposed to just forget the last eight years of you calling me a Nazi? Or that I'm a criminal for supporting my country's war effort?
Or the blatant campainging for Obama by the press in this country, and the rampant vote fraud?
Kiss my backside. Then maybe I'll think about forgiving you. Don't hold your breath though.
Am I supposed to just forget the last eight years of you calling me a Nazi? Or that I'm a criminal for supporting my country's war effort?
Or the blatant campainging for Obama by the press in this country, and the rampant vote fraud?
Kiss my backside. Then maybe I'll think about forgiving you. Don't hold your breath though.
Posted by: DIAF at November 11, 2008 03:57 PM (M+Vfm)
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You gotta love the tolerant and patriotic 'Stalinist' 'Liberals'.
http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2008/11/love-and-freedom.html
In my very Blue state I was knocked off the rolls as a Republican and as an Independent. Next, I will register as a Democrat, I bet I won't get knocked off then.
.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
give up the search for truth
stop trying to show people
how the world really works
.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
Bush was worse than Hitler
and Stalin and Mao
and Castro combined
.
http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2008/11/love-and-freedom.html
In my very Blue state I was knocked off the rolls as a Republican and as an Independent. Next, I will register as a Democrat, I bet I won't get knocked off then.
.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
give up the search for truth
stop trying to show people
how the world really works
.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
Bush was worse than Hitler
and Stalin and Mao
and Castro combined
.
Posted by: USpace at November 11, 2008 05:39 PM (zH7OF)
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TM, if you think I am looking for friends on the left, you have totally and completely misunderstood me, and probably never read any of my older comments (as C-C-G) or my new blog.
I suggest a bit of research is in order before accusing me of something.
For the record, what I want is to convince the vast swath of the electorate that only pays attention to politics from Labor Day to Election Day every other year that conservatives are worthy of being in charge, and that lefties are not. It has nothing at all to do with making friends on the left.
I suggest a bit of research is in order before accusing me of something.
For the record, what I want is to convince the vast swath of the electorate that only pays attention to politics from Labor Day to Election Day every other year that conservatives are worthy of being in charge, and that lefties are not. It has nothing at all to do with making friends on the left.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 11, 2008 05:54 PM (PnuiE)
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Hussein's staff selections look more like the cast for a new movie titled 'Organized Crime, Inc'.
Posted by: Scrapiron at November 12, 2008 12:15 AM (I4yBD)
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Hussein's staff selections look more like the cast for a new movie titled 'Organized Crime, Inc'.
Or "Democrats Inc."
Come on, Obama, where's the fresh faces with new ideas? Why are you staffing your administration with old Clinton retreads?
Is this really the "change" that 52% of America voted for?
Or "Democrats Inc."
Come on, Obama, where's the fresh faces with new ideas? Why are you staffing your administration with old Clinton retreads?
Is this really the "change" that 52% of America voted for?
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 12, 2008 08:29 AM (PnuiE)
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CW:
Bud, I didn't mean to be taken as you advocating seeking out to pal around with Lefties. I just think you don't understand the terrain in Obamaland.
I think the way to show that you are an adult and Lefties are emotional children is to correct the dear kiddies. However, these emotional children have learned that they can dominate by creating an atmosphere where your opinions are not "respectable" and threfore, not expressable. This finds support in MSM precincts because journalism students think the same way: you and your opinions are beyond the pale. It reinforces the Leftist heroic self image to be a "truth to power" person.
For eight years the President has pursued a reasoned and pragmatic approach in intelligence gathering and the detention of enemy combatants. Yet for all his good motives and reasonable moves he was visciously smeared by these folks. His supporters were likened to Nazis. Amerikkka.
Well, now the responsibility for national security is on their shoulders. I anticipate that good King Barack will not vary much from President Bush in these policies. Who's the Nazi then, kiddies? You selected and voted for him. It was change you could believe in. Now, you own it.
I am not saying start attacking without foundation. I am saying mock the hell out of them for their naivete and gullability.
"But you promised..." is my war cry for the next two years. Besides the psychic satisfaction it will give me, it will also happen to be true.
Bud, I didn't mean to be taken as you advocating seeking out to pal around with Lefties. I just think you don't understand the terrain in Obamaland.
I think the way to show that you are an adult and Lefties are emotional children is to correct the dear kiddies. However, these emotional children have learned that they can dominate by creating an atmosphere where your opinions are not "respectable" and threfore, not expressable. This finds support in MSM precincts because journalism students think the same way: you and your opinions are beyond the pale. It reinforces the Leftist heroic self image to be a "truth to power" person.
For eight years the President has pursued a reasoned and pragmatic approach in intelligence gathering and the detention of enemy combatants. Yet for all his good motives and reasonable moves he was visciously smeared by these folks. His supporters were likened to Nazis. Amerikkka.
Well, now the responsibility for national security is on their shoulders. I anticipate that good King Barack will not vary much from President Bush in these policies. Who's the Nazi then, kiddies? You selected and voted for him. It was change you could believe in. Now, you own it.
I am not saying start attacking without foundation. I am saying mock the hell out of them for their naivete and gullability.
"But you promised..." is my war cry for the next two years. Besides the psychic satisfaction it will give me, it will also happen to be true.
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 12, 2008 10:12 AM (+kP2/)
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I say the only time we should "reach across the aisle" is to punch a hippy, or a Democrat.
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at November 12, 2008 04:01 PM (cqZXM)
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TM, why should we follow their script?
I intend to disagree without being disagreeable. That way they can't realistically claim I am being mean or hateful without looking like total and complete whiners themselves.
I intend to disagree without being disagreeable. That way they can't realistically claim I am being mean or hateful without looking like total and complete whiners themselves.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 12, 2008 05:46 PM (PnuiE)
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TM: Take a lesson from Professor John J. Pitney, Jr.:
To conservatives in general: lighten up. The Obama administration will give many occasions for outrage. Sometimes it will be important to voice that outrage, but yelling should not be standard operating procedure. As the 2008 campaign showed, President-Elect Obama and his followers know how to parry angry attacks. Whenever appropriate, use humor. Mockery drives them bonkers.
That last sentence has been true for a long, long time... remember the lefty response to Reagan's "well, there you go again" and "The ten most dangerous words in the English language are 'Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'"
Lefties take themselves so very seriously that they cannot stand even the slightest ridicule. Therefore, that is much more effective than yelling or screaming back at them.
To conservatives in general: lighten up. The Obama administration will give many occasions for outrage. Sometimes it will be important to voice that outrage, but yelling should not be standard operating procedure. As the 2008 campaign showed, President-Elect Obama and his followers know how to parry angry attacks. Whenever appropriate, use humor. Mockery drives them bonkers.
That last sentence has been true for a long, long time... remember the lefty response to Reagan's "well, there you go again" and "The ten most dangerous words in the English language are 'Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'"
Lefties take themselves so very seriously that they cannot stand even the slightest ridicule. Therefore, that is much more effective than yelling or screaming back at them.
Posted by: ConservativeWanderer (formerly C-C-G) at November 12, 2008 07:01 PM (PnuiE)
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CW:
We are reading the same hymn book. I did remark:
I am not saying start attacking without foundation. I am saying mock the hell out of them for their naivete and gullability.
We are reading the same hymn book. I did remark:
I am not saying start attacking without foundation. I am saying mock the hell out of them for their naivete and gullability.
Posted by: Teleprompter Messiah at November 13, 2008 07:39 PM (+L1YR)
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Dear 52,
You guys voted to give the DemoKKKrats control of the whitehouse and congress in what is near a super majority, all but assuring they will also be able to stack the courts in their favor. By doing so you have brought us all a huge excrement sandwhich. So I just have one question, and I'm confident I speak for the rest of the 48 when I ask, would you kindly take back our share? I think that would go a long way to healing our divisions.
You guys voted to give the DemoKKKrats control of the whitehouse and congress in what is near a super majority, all but assuring they will also be able to stack the courts in their favor. By doing so you have brought us all a huge excrement sandwhich. So I just have one question, and I'm confident I speak for the rest of the 48 when I ask, would you kindly take back our share? I think that would go a long way to healing our divisions.
Posted by: Todd at November 13, 2008 08:59 PM (f1N26)
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I've quoted you and linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2008/11/re-dear-52.html
Posted by: Consul-At-Arms at November 15, 2008 01:03 AM (IfX3L)
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