Indecision 08 Wingnut thread

[AFK]

 

Oh dear. 

[Payne]

Davedim beat you to it. In the Political Cartoons thread.

[Richter]

Is worth dual posting.

[Payne]

I suppose it is.

Disturbing as it is, EVERYONE should see it.

[LMNO]

Listening to NPR podcast.  Interviews Phyllis Schlafly:

"The difference between Palin and a democrat, is that a democrat would have had an abortion."



Sweet merciful fuck.

[Cain]

Ah, you stay classy, Phyllis.

[AFK]

Jesus fuck what is going on with the Republicans? 

[That One Guy]

Desperation.

Their worst nightmare is potentially coming true, in that the Dems' 2 main candidates were a Black guy (oh noes! minority!) and Hillary freaking Clinton (teh Debil!). Add in the fact that the GOP is on the ropes trying to distance itself from the last 8 years of Bush problems, and the desperation move of adding an almost completely unvetted white-trash fantasy girl as the GOP VP candidate (one that directly goes against everything McCain based his primary platform on - experience, eliminating earmarks, etc.), and it's almost comical.

The GOP wins elections when they can hammer on "values", only the problem is that the economy (both global and domestic) is the FAR bigger issue for people this cycle. Historically, Dems tend to win on the economy platform (since they actually offer "fixes" that aren't just comical even if they might not be effective). The GOP, seeing this trend, has pulled out all the stops, from 9/11, to abortion and "family values" shock tactics, to try to scare voters into ignoring the economy in favor of the historical GOP strengths of "morality and values".

I'm curious to see where things stand in the polls in a couple weeks, after the Palin madness has died down a little, the VP debates have happened, and the surprise factor of the GOP hate machine gets some distance from the RNC poll bump. We've still got 2 more months of this insanity to go, and where things stand in a few weeks will be far more telling than the current situation.

[LMNO]

From the same NPR bit, with a different bullshit artist:

"I have no doubt that a John McCain presidency will restore the civil liberties the caller is concerned about, once we win the war on terror." (emphasis mine.)

[AFK]

And that would be President McCain's "definition of "is" is" moment.

How would he define "winning the war on terror".  My guess is that it would be a rather open-ended definition. 

[Elder Iptuous]

I have been amazed at how well the neocon appologists that i have talked to either ignore or deflect the question of what constitutes 'winning'.  That question is invisible to them.  They often actually get angry at that question if you demand that they define it before continuing conversation, i have found.

[Iason Ouabache]

Best Daily Show Clip EVER!!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086

[Chairman Risus]

Best Daily Show Clip EVER!!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086

 

[Iason Ouabache]

Best Daily Show Clip EVER!!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086

 

Ya know what, I think that deserves its own thread.

[Jenne]

Jon Stewart has been on a quest to motherfucking OWN those GOPfucks at the RNC.  It's been a delight to watch.  The last 3 epis running have been classics, and all the bullshit has been revealed.  Naked emperor is, indeed, very naked.

The suck part is, the talking bobbleheads of the main media only act INDIGNANT (cf: Today Show, CNN) when the RNC talking pointfucks spin it as "descrimation" (same bastards who called down Hillary Clinton on her sexism charge 6 mos ago) against a fine, upstanding working woman who's now a get this--FOLK HERO(????wtf???).

I'm really enjoying watching Jon Stewart rip them new ones every evening.  Tonight promises to be extra-special as well.  Can't wait.