# Bushies can be political in GQ, but I can't. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888 "2004-07-19T22:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/21 "2004-07-20T01:16:29Z")
Holy crap. Listen, I’m a liberal and think that commercial was just laughably stupid and misleading (I saw it on TV), but you went off the deep end. You started the political talk, and deserved the thread lockdown and warning. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/22 "2004-07-20T01:23:42Z")
[Homer Simpson] “Demand satisfaction…_slap_.” \ “D’oh!” [/H.S.] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/23 "2004-07-20T01:26:47Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Someone help me out here because I’m confused. Is this a Liberal message board the discriminates against Conservatives or the other way around. I just can’t keep it straight for some reason. It’s an Independent board that discriminates against _everyone_! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/24 "2004-07-20T01:30:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think **Larry Mudd** is probably the farthest right of the bunch, and I’m pretty sure he still self-identifies as liberal and anti-Bush. I don’t actually self-identify as “liberal” because that word has other connotations in Canada. (The BC “Liberal” government, for example, has gutted health care and other social programs, fucked over unions, hiked education costs, and generally screwed everyone except their corpulant corporate buddies.) I self-identify as NDP, which Babelfish translates into American as “Smelly Bolshevik.” 😃 And if I held the reigns of power here, I’d have CSIS obsessing over Bush the way the CIA used to plot against Castro. “Ooh! I’ve got an idea! How about an _exploding pretzel?_” (That’s a joke, kids. Assassination is wrong, even when your plot resembles a vaudeville routine and your target is capital “E” _evil_.) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/25 "2004-07-20T01:43:19Z")
**AskNott**. I never dreamed I’d have so many _seconds_ in our duel. Hope they don’t expect me to buy the beer after I mortally wound you. 🙂 Seriously, my minions have given you the asswhipping that you deserve here. I couldn’t have said it any better, so I won’t. And, I still can’t figure out WHY you couldn’t find my email address. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/26 "2004-07-20T01:48:07Z")
Have I gone mad, or did someone with almost 6 thousand posts that’s been here for 5 years just accuse **Reeder** of being a “Bushie”?? I don’t even _read_ political threads and even _I_ know how totally absurd that is… ::shakes head:: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/27 "2004-07-20T01:49:40Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I can’t email a mod when somebody links to a smear ad in GQ. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/28 "2004-07-20T02:28:23Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Have I gone mad, or did someone with almost 6 thousand posts that’s been here for 5 years just accuse **Reeder** of being a “Bushie”?? I don’t even read political threads and even I know how totally absurd that is… > > ::shakes head:: Your sarcasm meter needs adjusting. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/29 "2004-07-20T05:15:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **samclem** _ > > And, I still can’t figure out WHY you couldn’t find my email address. I was curious about that, myself. Moderators and Administrators can’t hide their e-mail addresses, even if they wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/30 "2004-07-20T07:23:59Z")
Maybe his vision was blurred by all the righteous indignation, and couldn’t find the right button. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/31 "2004-07-20T11:20:36Z")
The argument you made there was lame in any case, AskNott. > [@](#): > > It granted legal personhood to fetuses, contrary to 200 years of US case law. Going against 200 years of US case law is not in and of itself a legitimate argument against legislation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also was contrary to nearly 200 years of US case law. (Mind you, I’m not defending the CRA, but merely pointing out the flaw in logic.) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/32 "2004-07-20T12:15:16Z")
I apologize to everyone. I was wrong. I was mistaken. I overreacted. I’m sorry. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/33 "2004-07-20T13:16:22Z")
That’s OK **AskNott** , apology accepted. But don’t call me a Bush supporter again, if you don’t want to to piss me off… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/34 "2004-07-20T15:20:46Z")
Good shootin’ **AskNott**. That took a pair. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/35 "2004-07-20T15:26:03Z")
Yep, no biggie, AskNott. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888/36 "2004-07-20T16:03:06Z")
Hey, his vision cleared! Good show, sport. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushies-can-be-political-in-gq-but-i-cant/255888.md?page=1)