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  • May 10, 2009, 04:27 PM
    Dare81
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by galveston View Post
    Sweet inconsistency! How fair thou art, beloved by multitudes.

    You can get your shorts in a wad if you think someone might get a position in this administration if there is any hint of racism in his background.

    You are quite comfortable with the appointment of anyone who favors abortion, gun confiscation, or giving huge sums of money to failed businesses.

    Go figure!

    Edit: Oh, WAIT! That was a Republican thing. You don't approve? What a surprise!


    SO being againts guns and abortion is the same as being a racist.:confused::confused:

    Edit: Oh wait you don't know what you are talking about
  • May 10, 2009, 04:43 PM
    IWHO
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dare81 View Post
    SO being againts guns and abortion is the same as being a racist.:confused::confused:

    Edit: Oh wait you dont know what you are talking about

    Hahahahaha!. :D
  • May 11, 2009, 07:58 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dare81 View Post
    SO being againts guns and abortion is the same as being a racist.:confused::confused:

    Edit: Oh wait you dont know what you are talking about

    No, being against guns and [pro] abortion (I assume that's what you meant) is not racist. But talking about people who "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," is quite biggoted, don't you think?

    Not racism, but definitely bigotry.
  • May 11, 2009, 08:11 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," is quite biggoted, don't you think? Not racism, but definitely bigotry.

    Hello El:

    Noticing the difference in people isn't bigotry. Unless Sarah Palin is a bigot when she visits a small town and applauds "real Americans".

    Nahh. Neither of those remarks are bigoted. Of course, I expect you believe what Sarah Palin said is NOT at all the same as what Obama said...

    Hmm. Based upon your definition, that means you're a bigot...

    excon
  • May 11, 2009, 08:43 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello El:

    Noticing the difference in people isn't bigotry.

    Then I guess you have no problem with racial profiling as a method of controlling crime and preventing terrorism. Good, we agree on something.

    Quote:

    Hmm. Based upon your definition, that means you're a bigot...

    Excon
    I prefer to think of myself as a discriminator. I discriminate between right and wrong, good and bad, correct and incorrect, moral and immoral, etc. I do NOT believe in moral equivalence, the equality of all "lifestyles" or that all choices are the same. So yes, I discriminate.

    But I thought that liberals were above that sort of thing. Or so they claim... their actions seem to be otherwise.

    Elliot
  • May 11, 2009, 08:49 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    But I thought that liberals were above that sort of thing. Or so they claim... their actions seem to be otherwise.

    Hello again, El:

    Even though we try, rednecks are very hard to ignore. It's the trying that makes us better than you.

    excon
  • May 11, 2009, 10:17 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, El:

    Even though we try, rednecks are very hard to ignore. It's the trying that makes us better than you.

    excon


    Trying to ignore the differences between right and wrong makes you better than us?

    Uh huh. Keeps saying things like that and the 2012 election is in the bag for us. Y'see, MOST people in the USA still know the difference between right and wrong.
  • May 11, 2009, 05:01 PM
    Skell
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    No, being against guns and [pro] abortion (I assume that's what you meant) is not racist. But talking about people who "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," is quite biggoted, don't you think?

    Bigotted?? Maybe... Very truthful though!!
  • May 12, 2009, 12:57 AM
    Dare81
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    Trying to ignore the differences between right and wrong makes you better than us?

    Uh huh. Keeps saying things like that and the 2012 election is in the bag for us. Y'see, MOST people in the USA still know the difference between right and wrong.

    With people like rush running your party you can forget about 2012 or 3012, bring some decent people in and maybe then the republican party has a chance at winning.I personally like bobby jindall
  • May 12, 2009, 05:01 PM
    IWHO
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dare81 View Post
    With people like rush running your party you can forget about 2012 or 3012, bring some decent people in and maybe then the republican party has a chance at winning.I personally like bobby jindall

    I don't want to get involved, you guys/gals are WAY above my head on this, but I CAN tell you this... RUSH DOES NOT RUN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! Just saying... :D
  • May 13, 2009, 09:06 AM
    galveston

    The lefties like to set up straw men that they can easily knock down. They pick someone they think is an easy target for their smear machine.

    Rush will do for now. Tomorrow it will likely be someone else, just so long as they can DEFINE their opposition to their liking.

    In the primaries, they went out of their way to "help" us choose a "suitable" candidate, one that they perceived as weak.

    I hope that next time, those of us West of the Eastern seaboard actually get a voice in choosing who will run!!
  • May 13, 2009, 09:26 AM
    tomder55

    Gal ,great point. The Republicans would be better served if they did away with primaries open to all voters.
  • May 13, 2009, 09:41 PM
    Dare81
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by galveston View Post
    The lefties like to set up straw men that they can easily knock down. They pick someone they think is an easy target for their smear machine.

    Rush will do for now. Tomorrow it will likely be someone else, just so long as they can DEFINE their opposition to their liking.

    In the primaries, they went out of their way to "help" us choose a "suitable" candidate, one that they perceived as weak.

    I hope that next time, those of us West of the Eastern seaboard actually get a voice in choosing who will run!!!

    So your argument here is...
    I thought mc cain was a strong candidate , and then he started aligning himself with the far right . If he would have picked a better down the middle republican as his VP I probably would have voted for him
  • May 14, 2009, 03:53 AM
    tomder55

    Dare ;
    McCain did not compete until he selected Palin. After that he was running a tight race with Obama until the September /October surprise (I still am not convinced that George Soros wasn't doing some currency manipulations like he has been known to do in the past) .
  • May 14, 2009, 02:39 PM
    Dare81
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Dare ;
    McCain did not compete until he selected Palin. After that he was running a tight race with Obama until the September /October suprise (I still am not convinced that George Soros wasn't doing some currency manipulations like he has been known to do in the past) .

    Yes because the republican base got behind him after he chose palin but he turned off a lot of independents.
  • May 14, 2009, 03:09 PM
    tomder55
    The fact is that the polling numbers through most of Sept. 2008 was a dead heat. It is undeniable that the reason McCain lost was the financial crisis. It is equally undeniable that Palin selection as VEEP was the factor until that point that made it a close race .
  • May 14, 2009, 04:09 PM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    It is undeniable that the reason McCain lost was the financial crisis.

    Hello tom:

    It CAN be denied, and I'm denying it. But, that's my job around here - cleaning up after you righty's.

    excon
  • May 14, 2009, 04:41 PM
    tomder55
    Poll Sept 12 .
    NEWSWEEK Poll: McCain, Obama Dead Even | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com

    Dead heat at 46% each.

    Sept 14... Lehman Bro collapes.

    September 18 McCain flip flops and reverses his previous position on the $85 billion AIG bailout .

    Sept 24 McCain "suspends" his campaign and calls for cancelling debate .

    The rest is history .
  • May 15, 2009, 04:10 AM
    Dare81
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    poll Sept 12 .
    NEWSWEEK Poll: McCain, Obama Dead Even | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com

    dead heat at 46% each.

    Sept 14 ....Lehman Bro collapes.

    September 18 McCain flip flops and reverses his previous position on the $85 billion AIG bailout .

    Sept 24 McCain "suspends" his campaign and calls for cancelling debate .

    The rest is history .

    Here we go again

    CBS News August 29-31, 2008 Barack Obama 48% John McCain 40%

    On August 29, 2008, in Dayton, Ohio, Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his running mate


    Gallup Daily Tracking (among registered voters) August 23-25, 2008 Barack Obama 44% John McCain 46%
  • May 15, 2009, 04:37 AM
    tomder55
    Thank you ;you just proved my point in # 54
  • May 15, 2009, 10:24 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dare81 View Post
    Here we go again

    CBS News August 29-31, 2008 Barack Obama 48% John McCain 40%

    On August 29, 2008, in Dayton, Ohio, Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his running mate


    Gallup Daily Tracking (among registered voters) August 23-25, 2008 Barack Obama 44% John McCain 46%

    That's right, Dare.

    Prior to choosing Palin, Obama was ahead in the polls by 8-10 points. AFTER choosing Palin, he pulls into a dead heat with Obama. PALIN was the factor that put him into an even race with Obama. The economy is the factor that killed his campaign.
  • May 15, 2009, 02:38 PM
    Dare81

    Can I make it any easier

    Gallup Daily Tracking (among registered voters) August 23-25, 2008 Barack Obama 44% John McCain 46%

    On August 29, 2008, in Dayton, Ohio, Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his running mate

    CBS News August 29-31, 2008 Barack Obama 48% John McCain 40%

    After mccain picks palin, obama pulls ahead
  • May 15, 2009, 04:40 PM
    IWHO

    The polls have too many variables in them... who cares what they say...
  • May 15, 2009, 06:50 PM
    Dare81

    HAHAHAHAHA.Lol. If the polls support your theory its great but if they don't the polls have too many variables.You people are great.LOL
  • May 17, 2009, 06:34 PM
    IWHO
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dare81 View Post
    HAHAHAHAHA.Lol. If the polls support your theory its great but if they don't the polls have too many variables.You people are great.LOL

    I think you misunderstood me Dare... I don't listen to the polls either way... and you really have no idea who I am or what I believe in or even who I voted for, so how can you classify me as one of the "You people" you refer to above?

    I was merely stating a fact that the polls have a LOT of variables in them and they are really too inaccurate to use as a tool to judge ANYTHING... :D

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