bush_cheney2004 Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 ...So does this really benefit people at all when we are always blue or red? Can't we meet in the middle somewhere? No.....Olbermann was a tool at ESPN and is even a bigger tool for MSNBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 No.....Olbermann was a tool at ESPN and is even a bigger tool for MSNBC. Well, tools are usefull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdobbin Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 You're a bigger fool than I thought if you believe that. The innocent"left" never does anything wrong. Americans are upset because they see their freedoms being taken away. Can't you guys come up with something original instead of blaming Rush Limbaugh for the public's discontent for the far-left? Ah, there is is the abuse and insults we have come to expect from the frothy, hyperpartisan, right wing. Can you think of something more original than the insults and general thuggery? Look at how well the cash-4-clunkers program is going. The government thinks they are heroes for getting these gas guzzlers off the streets, paying for the program with tax payers money. That is not what people are going into town hall meetings and threatening lives over. And also the polls don't lie. Most Americans like their health care the way it is, and the results of those polls are being represented at these town hall meetings. Those are facts jdobbin. I know it hurts you to know that because lefties like you don't like to deal with facts. I know you righties like to shout down people and generally insult people. Those are facts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 From what I've read and seen today, most of the violence was the result of aggressive union thugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdobbin Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 From what I've read and seen today, most of the violence was the result of aggressive union thugs. Union activists have sent death threats to Democratic Congressmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Union activists have sent death threats to Democratic Congressmen? No, to opponents of Obamacare. Obama's SEIU Thugs Attack Black Conservative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 From what I've read and seen today, most of the violence was the result of aggressive union thugs. Of course, the shoving was preceded by "free speech" by the 'astroturf disrupters', who always forget that my freedom of speech can shout you down. Not condoning the shoving, but what was the dork doing getting in their faces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Of course, the shoving was preceded by "free speech" by the 'astroturf disrupters', who always forget that my freedom of speech can shout you down.Not condoning the shoving, but what was the dork doing getting in their faces? The only 'astroturf disrupters' are the Obama union thugs shipped into these events now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 David Gergen: "This is very discouraging to those who want to see democracy work." It sure is, it sure is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 David Gergen: "This is very discouraging to those who want to see democracy work."It sure is, it sure is... Dissent is part of democracy. At least it was, until Obama was coronated in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Democracy is your holy grail, not mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 No doubt that the people from these unruly mobs, are all Palin fanatics. Palin brands Obama Health Plan as 'Evil' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Democracy is your holy grail, not mine. Well, you're the one who posted a quote deriding the healthcare dissent as an attack on democracy. Make up your mind. And this isn't about Sarah Palin. It's about Obama-backed astroturf union thugs, roughing up healthcare protestors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubberMiley Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Speaking of Sarah Palin, I couldn't believe that she actually would send a twitter (which is the extent of her power now) saying that Obama's health care plan would involve bureaucrats dispensing mandatory euthanasia. What a bare-faced lie. I honestly thought she had more class than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Speaking of Sarah Palin, I couldn't believe that she actually would send a twitter (which is the extent of her power now) saying that Obama's health care plan would involve bureaucrats dispensing mandatory euthanasia. What a bare-faced lie. I honestly thought she had more class than that. Again, it's not about that. It's about Obama-backed astroturf union thugs, roughing up healthcare protestors. I thought Obama had more class than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdobbin Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Speaking of Sarah Palin, I couldn't believe that she actually would send a twitter (which is the extent of her power now) saying that Obama's health care plan would involve bureaucrats dispensing mandatory euthanasia. What a bare-faced lie. I honestly thought she had more class than that. She has this to say: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...e2%80%99s-care/ "And who will suffer the most when they ration care?" she wrote. "The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Well, you're the one who posted a quote deriding the healthcare dissent as an attack on democracy. Make up your mind. Theres no conflict in my statements. I'm saying, the way that these attacks by unruly mobs take place, exposes a weakness in democracy. As does the inflammatory political debate we are watching now. In the end nothing can be achieved, either way. Democracy only works when everyone is willing to play along, but there are clearly ways to undermine it and sabotage the entire democratic process- by use of the uneducated masses, easily manipulated by lies and half-truths, fear, and religion. And this isn't about Sarah Palin. It's about Obama-backed astroturf union thugs, roughing up healthcare protestors. She has stepped into the debate and is rallying her people, the nationalist quasi-religious rural conservative middle class. With the invocation of words like "evil", her involvement in this situation is quite clear. She raises abortion to the issue, and she even offers up images of her own child afflicted with downs syndrome as threatened by the reform plans. With her inflammatory statements, she is fueling those very flames of sabotage. Does that help bring it all together for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 She has stepped into the debate and is rallying her people The healthcare protests at town halls existed long before Sarah Palin stepped into the debate. And so what if she's "rallying her people?" Obama's rallying his people, and I don't hear the same complaints. Supporters of a former community organizer shouldn't be upset when other people organize their own communities. And it's pretty clear that when some people in this forum are losing their arguments, they feel the need to shift debate by ushering in the names of Palin and Bush. Nice try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Again, it's not about that. It's about Obama-backed astroturf union thugs, roughing up healthcare protestors. I thought Obama had more class than that. Only you could turn around the initial attack by GOP right wing sponsored mod distruptions and turn it back on the Dems themselves. The Dem mobs are a counter to the Rep mobs ..... please pay attention Shady. Edited August 9, 2009 by GostHacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Only you could turn around the initial attack by GOP right wing sponsored mod distruptions and turn it back on the Dems themselves. The Dem mobs are a counter to the Rep mobs ..... please pay attention Shady. Nope...ACORN "mobs" already existed long before that. You pay attention...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Nope...ACORN "mobs" already existed long before that. You pay attention...... Sure we can talk about that as well. And as I keep saying BOTH sides are playing the rest of us for fools. And it is working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sure we can talk about that as well. And as I keep saying BOTH sides are playing the rest of us for fools.And it is working. What do you mean by "us" ? Why do you care either way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 The healthcare protests at town halls existed long before Sarah Palin stepped into the debate. And so what if she's "rallying her people?" Obama's rallying his people, and I don't hear the same complaints. Supporters of a former community organizer shouldn't be upset when other people organize their own communities. And it's pretty clear that when some people in this forum are losing their arguments, they feel the need to shift debate by ushering in the names of Palin and Bush. Nice try. It does not particularly matter to me that this statement came from Palin. If it were said by any other politician I would highlight it in just the same way. I do not suffer from Palin-mania. I have criticized Bush's ideas, I criticize hers, and Obamas, or any politician who says something I disagree with. She is entitiled to have her say, in a democracy. And she is entitled to be criticized, and to pay the price if she says something stupid. Which unfortunately for her is now part of her record. It's too bad because, sadly she poses more of a threat to Republicans than to Democrats. Obama does not use words like "evil" to describe his political opponents ideas, nor raise images of his children being euthenaized by shadowy state beaurocrats. Organizing community rallies is not the same as incensing the public with baloney about eithenasia of the handicapped. But hey, let them all eat out their own guts... my main criticism was and is that this is an example of the kind of counter-productive abuse of media and free speech. Democracy is too liberal in allowing such a level of debate. Too many nut jobs can get on the podium and have their five minute sound bite. It shows how it's easy to create distractions and destroy the process of rational discussion and decision making. By mere use of ignorance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Obama does not use words like "evil" to describe his political opponents ideas No, but other Democrats do. And if an idea is evil, why is it so bad to refer to it as such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bandelot Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 if an idea is evil, why is it so bad to refer to it as such? When you ask a serious question, I'll try to give you a serious answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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