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That was not silly, just plain sick.
How quickly people forget the Clinton years. There was some crazy ass shit that came out of that time. There were people setting up demonstrations in their backyards with watermelon’s to show how Vince Foster couldn’t have shot himself, and he was killed because he was sexing up Hillary (before she apparently turned into a Lesbian this election cycle).
I expect we will see similar stuff if Obama wins, and I’ll bet it’ll find a home on FoxNews, the Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh’s show, and the usual cast of characters.
We should have a contest to see who can predict the first scandal that will be brought to light if Obama wins.
We already have the California GOP filing a complaint against Obama for using the campaign jet to go visit his ailing grandmother.
What are the odds of impeachment hearings within his first term?
What are the odds of impeachment hearings within his first term?
Better than even money if the Republicans win Congress in ’10. As it is… accusations and scurrilous “proof” of vote fraud will surface early Nov. 5.
Ok, I’m of the belief that McCain and Obama have been reduced to unthinking automatons by all the pandering and self-censorship they’ve gone through in the name of stroking their egos for the past year, but this is a horrendous accusation. Just twisted. Senator Obama is a politician, but he’s human, not some movie villain. There has to be some minimum standard of decency, right?
Radley, you should cite a few of the the monstrosities from the Daily Kos and Democratic Underground moonbats. That sort of thing (cancer conspiracy) is mild and mainstream there.
I know, I know, I shouldn’t gripe too much. I read your post about that.
Any chance you could put in an election filter on this website, so people like me–individualists who stay the hell away from the ballot box on the principle that we respect our neighbors’ rights too much to give anyone implied permission to trample them–can get some meaty stories about government abuses of power, but without getting the silly little election gossip bones stuck in our teeth or throat?
Just a thought.
can get some meaty stories about government abuses of power, but without getting the silly little election gossip bones stuck in our teeth or throat?
That’s like asking General Mills to make a breakfast cereal made with oats that are shaped like “o”‘s.
In the last 48 hours, Radley posted:
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/11/04/live-action-news-swat-team/
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/11/03/bailout-support-drops/
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/11/03/third-party-woes/
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/105685/who%27s_getting_rich_off_prohibition_just_look_who_opposes_ca%27s_prop._5/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/world/americas/02bolivia.html?em
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/10/31/2008-10-31_nypd_cop_jorge_arbajediaz_arrested_on_ch.html
No doubt there will be a few of those peppered among the real news stories.
But, I guess that would be no big deal compared to the riots police anticipate should McCain win.
Compare. Contrast.
so people like me–individualists who stay the hell away from the ballot box on the principle that we respect our neighbors’ rights too much to give anyone implied permission to trample them…
If you do not vote, then you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
“If you do not vote, then you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.”
That comment demonstrates no more than an elementary understanding of politics. Voting=good is a great message for kids, as it encourages them to get involved in politics or at least come to some understanding of issues, but adult discussions of philosophy, law and politics require some nuance. If there is nothing on a ballot that represents your interests, and in this cycle that’s probably fairly common, then by voting you would be betraying your principles. There’s a massive difference between apathy and principle.
I have to admit to being sufficiently cynical that when I read that Senator Obama’s grandmother had passed away on the eve of the election I didn’t immediately rule out that the day could have been chosen for the purpose of galvanizing supporters.
Not that I think Obama would have done it because he’s a Democrat, or I like McCain (I don’t). I just have that low an opinion of professional politicians.
As to #8, I agree with someone over at Reason whose name I forget: Those who vote are part of the problem. The system is hopelelessly defective and by participating in significant numbers we give support to the illusion that the government represents “the will of the people.”
I know they’re coming to take my money (in taxes and whatnot), but I’ll be damned if I am going to put my imprimatur on it by picking the robber.
I note this is comment #132 on that FreeRepublic thread. Maybe the other comments are more rational, and maybe subsequent comments roundly condemn this one. Unfortunately, FreeRepublic.com is overloaded by election-day traffic so I can’t check but it wouldn’t surprise me too much.
chappelle show skit “Who knows black people”. The only answer to the question “How can black people get ahead” that was judged incorrect was “vote”. Homer Simpson (“Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos”) also acurately summarized the value of voting in this two-party system.
Voting is just shy of ridiculous in the current state of politics in the US. Today I spent the day with my kids rather than waste time voting for Bob Barr. C’mon…voting is a joke and to not admit it is either naive or an outright lie.
It’s like voting to get smacked in the head by the right hand or the left of Mike Tyson. With “neither” not on the ballot.
If I don’t give any of the rotten bastards permission to tax you, regulate you, or lock you up for smoking a plant, how in the hell am I, in any sane universe, the “problem”?
Among a room of voters, I am the only one with a right to complain. All the rest of you numbskulls actually agreed to this macabre cannibal feast called democracy. If you vote for McCain, but Obama gets more EC votes, you have implicitly agreed that Obama has the authority to run things as he wishes–and vice versa. You have thus, by your conscious choice to vote, given up any right to complain if the results are not what you want.
I never gave any such consent and I never will.
Pffft, what makes you think they’re going to wait until his first term?
http://www.obamaimpeachment.org/
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