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jstan
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/05/mitt-romney-tries-to-scare-11-year-old-boy-says-iran-will-have-nuclear-weapons-if-obama-gets-second-term/
Whenever I see Republicans make an effort to scare adults, I think they’re despicable for using fear for political gain. But when I see Republicans using that same fear tactic on children, I think they’re monsters. Well, Mitt Romney became the latest GOP monster on Sunday when, while speaking in front of an audience, he told an 11 year old boy in Georgia that if President Obama wins a second term, Iran will have nuclear weapons to use against America.
“If Barack Obama gets re-elected, Iran will have a nuclear weapon and the world will change if that’s the case. This president failed to speak out when the dissidents took the streets in Tehran, he had nothing to say. This is a president who has failed to put in place crippling sanctions against Iran. He’s also failed to communicate that military options are on the table and in fact in our hand. And that it’s unacceptable to America for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I will have those military options, I will take those crippling sanctions and put them in place, and I will speak out to the Iranian people about the peril of them becoming nuclear.”
Then from Rush Limbaugh:
He used his self-described "first national address," which ran more than an hour longer than his allotted 20 minutes, to accuse President Barack Obama of inspiring fear in Americans in order to push a liberal agenda of "big government."
So what we have is the republican party using fear AND
accusing others of doing exactly what they are doing.
What are we to conclude when Rush Limbaugh accuses someone of being a "slut and a prostitute"?
Oh and by the way the republicans are also accusing Obama of causing high gas prices as a result of his efforts to persuade Iran not to develop nucular weapons short of a third unfunded war such as Romney seems to be proposing.
We have gone from "The World's Only Superpower" to "The World's Only Superidiot" in just the few years since the beginning of "The New American Century."
I have become hopeful the talent needed to cause us to start wearing brown shirts is not possessed by these people. And I just don't think red capes will catch on. Not really.
It is just too hard on the altar boys.
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Gary
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"My god - it's full of stars!"
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The thing is, Iran was turning away from the mullahs and the moderates were coming to the fore, when George W. Bush's brilliant foreign policy drove them back the the ayatollahs.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Classic!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2012 - 11:48am PT
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2. This socialist approach to centralized control robs people of their strengths, independence, and pride in overcoming life's obstacles in favor of narcissistic politicians and intellectuals who give them a false security in trade for their liberty.
3. Obama's political philosophy and world view is the opposite of the traditions that made this country great. He has been indoctrinated in a set of leftist political doctrines that are essentially anti-Capitalist and rooted in government control and Marxian class warfare. It is historically demonstrated that such systems are egregious failures and eventually can only lead to totalitarian outcomes.
Ever notice how the republican party "in general" hates intellectuals, artists, gays, etc? (They actually value ignorance?)
Ever notice how some of the worst totalitarian regimes in history (Germany, Italy, Spain, Cambodia, China) first went after intellectuals, artists and gays?
Ever notice how some of the most stable countries in the world have more "socialism" than the USA? (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Canada)
Ever notice how they haven't been robbed of their strength, independence and pride?
Ever notice how republicans have never significantly "shrunk" government when they were in power?
Hmmmmm.....
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Republican Senator Now REGRETS Her Vote:
SuperTopo Republicans STILL Living in the 13th Century
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) regrets voting for a controversial birth control amendment by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and wouldn't vote for it again if given the chance, she told the Anchorage Daily News this week.
"I have never had a vote I've taken where I have felt that I let down more people that believed in me," she said in a Sunday interview with the newspaper. Asked if she would vote for the amendment again if she could do it over, Murkowski said, "No."
Murkowski voted in lockstep with most of her party to try to pass Blunt's amendment to a Senate transportation bill; the measure would have allowed any employer to refuse to cover contraception or any other health service by citing moral reasons. The amendment went down in a 51-48 vote, but only after weeks of both parties ratcheting up the debate over protecting women's access to contraception versus preserving religious liberty. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) was the only Republican who voted against it.
The Anchorage Daily News column says Murkowski returned to Alaska after the amendment failed and kept running into female voters unhappy with her over her vote. Murkowski told them she had voted for the amendment because she wanted to send a message that the health care law needed stronger protections for religious conscience. But public debate on the measure had changed, she said, and what was supposed to be a "messaging amendment" on religious freedom, an issue Republicans were hoping to champion, ended up becoming a vote on contraception rights.
In the end, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) saw Republicans' plan backfiring and pushed for a vote on the amendment to score Democrats a political win.
Murkowski conceded that Republicans lost that battle. "The wind had shifted, and Republicans didn't have enough sense to get off of it," she told the newspaper.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Limbaugh refers to himself as having "talent borrowed from God." A more accurate statement would be that he has "hubris borrowed from Icarus."
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healyje
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Portland, Oregon
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Bottom line is most of these far-right talking heads are racist, homophobic, and sexist and it's just a matter of time before they out themselves from the cover of all the code words.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Latinos and now women - repubs are officially toast for this election cycle...
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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What amazes me is that crass entertainers like Rush ever get the time of day from people. What are folks actually expecting from the old tub of goo? Restoration of past Republican glory?
I've heard it explained that what most people loath about Obama is not so much that he's black (they never admit to feeling embarrassed to serve under a minority, but that the whole aging, white, straight right wing dude and all of his values has lost the reins of power. As if unregulated capitalism will restore our good fortunes overnight.
My issue with Obama is that he didn't stop all this crazy spending on these preposterous wars.
JL
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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My issue with Obama is that he didn't stop all this crazy spending on these preposterous wars.
actually, he has, to a pretty significant degree
He has kept his campaign promise and pulled all troops out of Iraq
He is already starting to draw down some troops out of Afghanistan
And has stated he intends to pull all (almost all) troops out within 18 months
The estimate is now some 100 billion dollars Obama has saved the taxpayers by withdrawing from Iraq, and much more than that if he had continued at Bush's pace
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rectorsquid
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Lake Tahoe
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My problem with Obama is that he took a mixed up executive office that was spending like liberals, warring like conservatives, and throwing out the bill of rights like (can't think of who does that sort of thing) and just swung it to the left and started working towards some socialist goals that don't fit with what the other half of the country wants.
I voted for the guy because republicans want to spy on me, in my bedroom and in my pant (at airport screenings) and those wars were getting tiresome. I hoped for some sanity but it's hard to tell if we got that or got more of the same crap on the other side of the isle. Being very bad at understanding politics and economics, it's hard for me to tell if Obama made things better or just gave us new crap to deal with to replace the old crap.
Rush, on the other hand, is such an ultra conservative that he reminds me of the crazies on the Hoarders TV show that destroy everything around them and can't see it happening because they are fixated on one tiny thing and can't look away.
Dave
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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started working towards some socialist goals that don't fit with what the other half of the country wants.
Please enumerate these "socialist goals". The guy is to the right of Regan for pete's sake.
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Lennox
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just southwest of the center of the universe
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Bookie, caught with your pants down again; where exactly is the lie in Ms. Fluke's statement?
"A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome and has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries. Her prescription is technically covered by Georgetown insurance because it’s not intended to prevent pregnancy. Under many religious institutions’ insurance plans, it wouldn’t be, and under Senator Blunt’s amendment, Senator Rubio’s bill, or Representative Fortenberry’s bill, there’s no requirement that an exception be made for such medical needs."
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apogee
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bookworm's 'gotcha' moment relates to the question that Georgetown's health insurance policy might actually have coverage for contraception, after all.
Oooooo.....you got us, bookworm!
Never mind the fact that if that was the case, you RR whackos would be decrying the fact that the coverage exists at all.
And regardless...RL's response was his own.
That's right...the 'pitcher' spokesman for the 'catcher' GOP...
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Philo,
Bill Maher last week gave one million dollars of his money to Obama's new superpac,
which is named PrioritiesUSAaction, goofy name
Maher said to never forget that half of this country is bat sh!t ignorant
In fact, he specifically mentioned Fattrad, Donald Thompson, and Cornhole Chomper
And to never, ever, take any election for granted.
I think Bill Maher is right
We need for our side to show up at the polls, they sure as hell will.
Last week my wife and I sent a nice check to Obama's PAC
Please join me.
And stop this country from slipping back to the 13th century if the Repups get in
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Spot on Norton!
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Please enumerate these "socialist goals". The guy is to the right of Regan for pete's sake.
The conservatives don't like Obamacare. Are not some of those new laws a bit socialist? Maybe I don't understand how guaranteeing that every person in the country has something and is forced to pay for it is not socialist. I guess that if the gov doesn't actually own the health care system, it's not actually socialism, is it?
But I did admit to being ignorant about this stuff. It's hard to hold down a job (or two at the moment) and still do research into the details of why the president does what he does.
I had hoped that Obama would help quiet down things in Washington, not just stir a different pot. Making a huge set of laws that is then repealed or argued in court for years to come doesn't really help the country. I was hoping to get some stability in the government after all the Bush years of selling fear.
At least he's not Rush and knows better than to call a girl a slut because he doesn't like her. Something less gender-specific might have worked a little better for him and still let him be an ass.
Dave
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Gary
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"My god - it's full of stars!"
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bookworm, you really should start reading your links before you try to use them to bolster whatever argument you are trying to make.
Do you maybe have comprehension problems? Time after time your links don't back up the points you're trying to make.
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