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Official NeoGAF US Mid-term Elections 2006 Thread
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ferrarimanf355
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Ever have one of those moments where you laugh so hard you lose all bowel control and shit your pants? I almost had that happen...ConfusingJazz said:SegAAAHHHHH!
happyfunball
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teiresias said:
WTF!!!
Is he admitting that he is a sack of shit? He's admitting that he cares more about keeping those bastards in office even if he didn't believe in him. How does anybody in this country take him seriously or have any trust in him?
What a worthless human being.
ferrarimanf355
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The neocon organizations will be shaking their head at this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15613198/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15613198/
ConfusingJazz
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ferrarimanf355 said:
Abortion isn't a neocon issue, its a religious right issue, there is a difference.
EDIT: sorry for sounding like a dick, just would like to point out the difference occasionally, but both of them are batshit crazy.
ferrarimanf355
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Nowadays, I can't tell the difference between the neocons and the religious right...ConfusingJazz said:
No need to apologize there.ConfusingJazz said:
I'm getting extremely tired of seeing John McCain on my television every minute of every day. He's part of the problem and I think people are beginning to recognize that little fact. He doesn't stand a chance in 2008 and I wish he would just STFU and get back to working five days a week. He's not an agent of change, he's simply willing to change when his political fortunes will be best served.
Pat Buchanan(!) said it best. McCain is a extreme war hawk who calls for MORE troops. No one can win an election nationwide with that position.Incognito said:
A young energizes Obama would run circles around the 72 year old McCain.
If the GOP wants to win they need to nominate Guilliani...a non-christian pro-gay rights, pro-choice republican. Meaning they'll nominate McCain or a conservative and lose.
ConfusingJazz
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ferrarimanf355 said:
Basically, the only things neocons believe in is using American military might to spread democracy, and don't really care about domestic issues unless it keeps them in power.
The religious right mainly cares about social conservatism, like abortion, gay marriage, school prayer, etc. They have been played like a fiddle by the administration in the last 6 years, which is dominated by neocons who don't really give two shits about what the evangelicals want unless it gets them votes.
Beer Monkey
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distantmantra said:
He is looking forward to the New Republican party.
Their platform includes:
Free hillbilly heroin for addicts
Viagra in the water supply
Dominican prostitutes, available by prescription
happyfunball
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Incognito said:
He was able to fool a lot of people, including myself, in 2000. I don't think that will happen again.
"Neocons" are socially liberal or moderate, extremely hawkish (especially with regards to islamic extremism), and fiscally conservative. At least in theory. However:ferrarimanf355 said:
- They sold out on #1 for the support of the "values voters"
- They ****ed up all of the actions they took because of #2
- They sold out on #3 to support the war and for bribes; the latter primarily for the unswerving support of the corrupt and morally/philosophically/intellectually bankrupt House of Representatives, but also to weaken any sort of Senate resistance.
Neocons were and are far (far) from the scariest interest group in the GOP to liberal goals and ideals. The evangelical bloc, the southern racist bloc, and the midwestern/western paleoconservatives are all scarier and more dangerous. However, the ascent of the neocons was predicated on the support of these other, worse interest groups (see: John Ashcroft, far from a "neocon"). What's worse, once they ascended into power, they made utter hash of their one big idea (in Afghanistan/Iraq/Iran/North Korea, and the list goes on and on).
I have to admit, I'm ideologically not worlds apart from the neocons. But I was never willing to accept the alliances they made, and I've been horrified and ashamed by the utter incompetence they've shown at every level.
ferrarimanf355
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Currently searching the far right-wing webpages for signs of depression...
happyfunball
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Diablos said:
Yea, it's gotta be really tough to be seen as a failure by the entire world at this stage of his life.
ferrarimanf355
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Let's see...
Complaining about the shift in power
Complaining about some actual government oversight of the executive branch
Complaining about a woman's right to choose
Complaining about teh liberal media (I think I posted this one before)
Complaining about a minimum wage hike (I can't make this stuff up)
More to come...
EDIT: At least Michael Medved knows where to place the blame...
Complaining about the shift in power
Complaining about some actual government oversight of the executive branch
Complaining about a woman's right to choose
Complaining about teh liberal media (I think I posted this one before)
Complaining about a minimum wage hike (I can't make this stuff up)
More to come...
EDIT: At least Michael Medved knows where to place the blame...
Illuminati
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Oh man here come the animated .gifs if they aren't already posted (I have images disable at work).Donono said:
Christoff Yurievich
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ferrarimanf355 said:
OpinionatedCyborg
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The Bush press conference:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=5...24&t=c2319&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_m_elex>1=8707
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=5...24&t=c2319&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_m_elex>1=8707
distantmantra
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This is awesome.
Medved is taking right wingers who are whining to task on his radio show. It's really interesting.
You all should listen to right wing talk radio.
Medved is taking right wingers who are whining to task on his radio show. It's really interesting.
You all should listen to right wing talk radio.
Beer Monkey
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So if you are in the religious right, apparently (according to so many that speak for them), if you aren't happy with how your candidate or party is supporting your extreme positions, you just stay home and let a Democrat get elected instead. Makes sense. Either the pundits are full of it or the fundies are even dumber than I thought. :lol
ferrarimanf355
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Looks like a child molester. There. I said it.bune duggy said:he looks like that creepy guy with the buggy eyes (you don't need to post the pic, please.)
ferrarimanf355
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I like Medved. He has his head on straight.distantmantra said:
distantmantra
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Diablos said:Stop it distantmantra, they'll brainwash you
Tomorrow, you're gonna be calling us all pinheads and seeking out some NeoGAF T-WARRIORS.
Hey now, it's more entertaining than Air America! However, I'll be back to sports radio and NPR tomorrow.
Joe said:
I'm sure Limbaugh streams over the web. He's over for the day, though.
Beer Monkey
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ferrarimanf355 said:I like Medved. He has his head on straight.
He's not that far from Jack Thompson when it comes to blaming entertainment media for society's ills.
The thing is, in practice, there's very little difference between the Democrats and Republicans on the moral issues the religious right really cares about. On top of that, the religious right -- middle- to lower-class at its core -- continues to hurt by the state of the economy. They can only vote against their own economic self-interest for so long without getting any rewards (abortion bans, anti-gay constitutional amendments).beermonkey@tehbias said:
Ignatz Mouse
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Medved may be avoiding blame, and advocating taking responsibility, but he's still an idiot. I could never stand him.
Reading his "lessons"-- he manages to miss most of the real messages this election provides.
Notable: people want a more aggressive war in Iraq (sure!), Schwarzenegger is successful and the GOP should emulate him, only *not* emulate him. Medved misses the point that Arnie is popular in part becuase he's more a pragmatic conservative than the social-values-oriented types that Medved epitomizes.
He does get it right that gay marrieage is less a partisan issue than it is usually made out to be. Sadly, plently of otherwise progressive voters hate this idea.
Reading his "lessons"-- he manages to miss most of the real messages this election provides.
Notable: people want a more aggressive war in Iraq (sure!), Schwarzenegger is successful and the GOP should emulate him, only *not* emulate him. Medved misses the point that Arnie is popular in part becuase he's more a pragmatic conservative than the social-values-oriented types that Medved epitomizes.
He does get it right that gay marrieage is less a partisan issue than it is usually made out to be. Sadly, plently of otherwise progressive voters hate this idea.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Only 2 more years, baby...
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teruterubozu
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**** Medved. I was on his show once defending GTA (or rather the producers MADE me play devil's advocate). He's a fake.
LM4sure said:
Even if he hadn't, I don't think we would have been likely to see a ton of investigations by the congress. This seems to be a smarter, strategic Democratic party that has its eye on '08. For that reason, they're not going to make the same mistakes that the Republican controlled Congress made during the Clinton era. Will they criticize the President? Of course. Will there be investigations of this administrations dealings? I'm almost certain there will be (especially on energy policy), but they're not going to dig for dirt under every rock, they'll hit areas they know the American people will be in favor of and look to present themselves as the sensible, get things done party instead of a bunch of angry liberals. Thus setting them up well for the next election cycle..
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