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  • Sep 14, 2010, 07:22 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, tom:

    Here's another viewpoint... This country is going to elect an uneducated fool to the presidency, who thinks she can see Russia from her house. Then we'll have some fun - if we survive the wars she's gonna start.

    excon

    We have an uneducated fool in the Whitehouse right now that doesn't understand basic economics... Can't do any worse than we have now.

    Having attended a school means absolutely nothing... nobody has seen his grades yet. THey are a national secret... oooooooooooo.

    Obama said his father was a WW2 veteran... and its proved his step fathers were WAY too young and his real father couldn't have been.

    Want to talk about a slip of a tongue and a metaphore... Sarah might not have LITERALLY seen Russia, but off Alaskan waters Russian waters DO border effectively them, what countrie swaters are between the USA and Russia off Alaska anyway? Unlike there being no possible way to explain that Ombame open mouth insert foot moment... and it wasn't his first flub.



    Here is an Obama Classic.. He has visited all 57 states...

    "I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Watch video clip) http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/b...-57-states.htm

    Big long list of other really stupid comments by Obama himself, the "Smartest President we ever had"... many with video links
    http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/b...obama-isms.htm
  • Sep 17, 2010, 03:03 PM
    bleusong52

    Excon,
    Have you read Claudia Dreifus' book, "Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids - and What We Can do About It"?

    There is an article about her book, an interview done with Claudia in More.com magazine - here is the web link:

    Is College Worth the Cash? - MORE Magazine
  • Sep 25, 2010, 12:34 PM
    tomder55

    And yet another member of the 'elites' calls the rubes 'stupid' .

    Quote:

    A testy U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing against Republicans across the nation.

    "We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what's happening," Kerry told reporters after touring the Boston Medical Center yesterday.
    John Kerry: Democrats’ woes stem from uninformed voters - BostonHerald.com
  • Sep 25, 2010, 12:38 PM
    NeedKarma
    Kerry is absolutely correct.
  • Sep 25, 2010, 01:09 PM
    tomder55

    You and he both have it backward. The reason for the Dems problems is that voters have informed themselves about the flim flam hopenchange canard. What he meant was that voters in the past have had lives and did not necessarily pay attention to the Dem schemes...

    Or maybe he was making commentary on the 2008 voters .
  • Sep 25, 2010, 01:13 PM
    NeedKarma
    No, you have it wrong. We are constantly being assaulted by RNC/righty/Fox News slogans and catchphrases that get repeated as nauseum hoping that people believe them without doing any research.
  • Sep 25, 2010, 05:55 PM
    excon

    Hello again,

    I got to tell you... I haven't heard any interviews with tea partiers, or their candidates that reflects a basic understanding of the issues of the day.

    I DO see them reflect what they've HEARD on right wing radio and TV, however.

    Glenn Beck just did a show about Nazis and compared it to the Obama administration. Is it any wonder people show up with signs of Obama as a Nazi?? That doesn't come from knowing the issues... Nope. It comes from ignorance, with a little bigotry thrown in...

    excon
  • Sep 25, 2010, 06:13 PM
    Wondergirl

    If that Beck guy called President Obama a deer in the headlights, guess what would be pictured on signs the next time.
  • Sep 27, 2010, 04:17 AM
    tomder55

    Quote:

    I got to tell you... I haven't heard any interviews with tea partiers, or their candidates that reflects a basic understanding of the issues of the day.
    That will be the whine of all the former Representatives in November .
  • Sep 27, 2010, 07:01 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    No, you have it wrong. We are constantly being assaulted by RNC/righty/Fox News slogans and catchphrases that get repeated as nauseum hoping that people believe them without doing any research.

    As opposed to the Pro-Democrat propaganda and covereage the left chooses to not report on? And the scripted comments the entire left wing news that gerts regurgitated on a daily basis, that are blieves and excused by the entire left without THEM doing one iota of research.

    As one examply of what the left is burying was the refusal of the Obama administration to prosecute the black Panthers caught on video outside a voting site in Philladelphia, with weapons intimidating white voter with threats that were clearly caught on video and audio...

    Yeah we see that all over the liberal news... if it was the KKK doing it on the other hand that's ALLyou would see on the news. ANd if it was being covered up by a Republican the Democrats would be calling for an impeachment and legal charges being filed.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...vesty-justice/

    And the whistle blower for this is an ex ACLU lawyer NOT a republican... and Obama and his minions are up to their scrawny necks in this...
  • Sep 28, 2010, 06:40 AM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again,

    I got to tell you... I haven't heard any interviews with tea partiers, or their candidates that reflects a basic understanding of the issues of the day.

    I DO see them reflect what they've HEARD on right wing radio and TV, however.

    Glenn Beck just did a show about Nazis and compared it to the Obama administration. Is it any wonder people show up with signs of Obama as a Nazi?? That doesn't come from knowing the issues... Nope. It comes from ignorance, with a little bigotry thrown in...

    Excon

    Quote:

    "We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what's happening,"
    "change we can believe in"... "hope and change "... "yes we can"
  • Sep 28, 2010, 06:47 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    "change we can believe in" ...."hope and change "..."yes we can"

    Hello again, tom:

    It's certainly nicer than "HELL NO we can't", "death panels", and "I want my country back", from presumably "others" who have it now. Nope. Your message sucks.

    excon
  • Sep 28, 2010, 06:49 AM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    "change we can believe in" ...."hope and change "..."yes we can"

    Yes, those are campaign slogans that end once the campaign is done.

    As opposed to:
    Tea Party Slogans Repository - We're As Mad As Hell and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore!
    The 50 Most Ridiculous Tea Party Slogans - Eyes On Obama
  • Sep 28, 2010, 07:01 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    It's certainly nicer than "HELL NO we can't", "death panels", and "I want my country back", from presumably "others" who have it now. Nope. Your message sucks.

    I don't know anyone spouting "HELL NO we can't" or "death panels" as a slogan. But since we're comparing, "F**k Tea," "Republicans want you to die quickly" (Alan Grayson) and "Dude, Where's My Country?" (Michael Moore) sucks, too.
  • Sep 28, 2010, 07:02 AM
    NeedKarma
    Yes, we know, everyone sucks.
  • Sep 28, 2010, 07:10 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Yes, we know, everyone sucks.

    Oh the drama. :rolleyes:
  • Sep 28, 2010, 07:38 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    I don't know anyone spouting "HELL NO we can't"

    Hello again, Steve:

    John Boehner, Hell NO we can't.

    excon
  • Sep 28, 2010, 08:27 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, Steve:

    John Boehner, [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPxZZBAwNY"]Hell NO we can't. [/URL

    Ex, at least someone was looking out for us:

    Quote:

    “And look at how this bill was written. Can you say it was done openly, with transparency and accountability? Without backroom deals, and struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people? Hell no, you can’t! Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconciliation bill? Have you read the manager’s amendment? Hell no, you haven’t!
    Afraid of the simple truth?

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