# Democrat thuggery, Boston style. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797 "2010-01-13T17:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/241 "2010-01-19T21:51:48Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > You can suggest all you like. And I will give it all the consideration anything coming from you deserves. I promise. REALLY! I’m guessing someone is butthurt over the spanking he got earlier in this very thread. Calm down, Nancy. No one can see you crying over the intarwebz. 😃 Also, Americans have died for centuries to preserve our ideals, and thoughtless, cowardly shits like you would throw their sacrifice in the garbage so you can have an ignorant illusion of safety. It’s a fucking disgrace. Why is it that the central theme of 21st century conservatism seems to be fear? It didn’t used to be like this. Why have the bottom-feeders like Magellan become the voice of the party? We need two strong parties (at least) and we get this. Bleah. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/242 "2010-01-19T21:55:10Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Military tribunals are fair trials. Cite? In any case, the idea of putting civilian offenders in front of military tribunals is ridiculous. Are you going to call out the army to settle divorces too? > [@Mr.Moto](#): > > You are aware, I trust, that President Obama has affirmed the presidential power to hold enemy captives, and has stated that there may be some that may have to be held indefinitely without trial? He’s been a little more specific than that - and there’s a difference between military captives and civilian ones. People captured in Afghanistan =/= people captured at Logan Airport. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/243 "2010-01-19T21:58:13Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > You are aware, I trust, that President Obama has affirmed the presidential power to hold enemy captives, and has stated that there may be some that may have to be held indefinitely without trial? > > You have heard about that, right? Surely. I’m guessing those guys were largely captured on battlefields or hold-overs from the Bush administration where no attempt at acquiring evidence was made. > [@](#): > > And if so, please explain to me why the suggestion was made for **magellan01** to move - I haven’t seen you suggest President Obama move anywhere, though if you did and I just missed it, that would be just fine. Because, you simpering, blindly ideological clot of shit, he appears to be using that power for what it’s supposed to be used for. Like guys caught in theater with arms or nabbed through intelligence operations. Good try though. Maybe you and Magellan can be travel buddies. How about Somalia? I hear they have the kind of bootstrap economy that you and Magellan would like. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/244 "2010-01-19T22:50:43Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > If the Republicans are able to block everything so well with the numbers they have, then why couldn’t the Democrats do the same during the Bush administration? And why didn’t they? Because Democrats are not dicks nor are they evilly for their own party while America is harmed. We could have blocked troop funding in Iraq, voted against the Patriot Act, refused to provide polical cover for Bush’s adventures in breaking the law, but many people, including Hillary who tried to deny it later, felt that it was more important for America to succeed than to harm Republicans. Republicans, with few exceptions, have overwhelmingly decided that it is better to harm a Dem than to help Americans, and have voted thus. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/245 "2010-01-20T01:57:37Z")
The Chicago mob is getting desperate (Scott Brown 52%, Coakly 46%). I expect a charge of “voter fraud”-look for demands for recount, Acorn workers ready to stuff ballots. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/246 "2010-01-20T02:06:08Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Who are you again, Mr. “I’ve been here a while”? > > I smell the return of someone who’s been here before under a different name. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/247 "2010-01-20T02:08:36Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > … Acorn workers ready to stuff ballots. Wow, I just made a joke about somebody trying to bring ACORN into this, and here you are! Schlemiel, schlimazel! ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/248 "2010-01-20T02:12:29Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > 😕 Sorry man, I thought you were someone else. There’s someone in one of the political pit threads who claims they’ve been around for a long time but has a join date of Jan 2010. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/249 "2010-01-20T04:45:13Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > The Chicago mob is getting desperate (Scott Brown 52%, Coakly 46%). > I expect a charge of “voter fraud”-look for demands for recount, Acorn workers ready to stuff ballots. As a Chicagoan, my only response is a hearty and wind-blown FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING FUCK. Plus, it’s Coakl **e** y. Asshat. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/250 "2010-01-20T05:11:19Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wow, I just made a joke about somebody trying to bring ACORN into this, and here you are! Schlemiel, schlimazel! That’s five minutes on the Judas chair. I know, look, I don’t \*make \*the rules… they’re there for a _reason_… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/251 "2010-01-20T10:30:34Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > There’s someone in one of the political pit threads who claims they’ve been around for a long time but hasa join date of Jan 2010. That’s **BinkyBoo** , I believe. And yes, that raised eyebrows. In **ralph** ’s GD thread I said > [@](#): > > If Coakley wins by a small margin, the Dems will breathe a sigh of relief and **the right will blame it on the unions/ACORN/Obama’s Illinois-style politics**. I guess **ralph** decided to beat the rush and start early, even without a Coakley victory. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/252 "2010-01-20T10:53:50Z")
**Ralph** is just bitter because he doesn’t have Teddy Kennedy to kick around any more. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/253 "2010-01-20T10:58:07Z")
Better check if he’s bought any shovels recently, just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/254 "2010-01-20T12:11:22Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > We’re a looong way from Brown winning. MA has deep Dem roots. Not deep enough it would seem. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/255 "2010-01-21T00:49:06Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Not deep enough it would seem. Just not as deep as the annoyance with the Dems. Halleluya! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797/256 "2010-01-21T02:07:32Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > We’re a looong way from Brown winning. MA has deep Dem roots. > [@aldiboronti](#): > > Not deep enough it would seem. > [@magellan01](#): > > Just not as deep as the annoyance with the Dems. Halleluya! Perhaps a premature analysis of what caused the victory by Brown. Just saying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-thuggery-boston-style/524797.md?page=12)