# Guests that are nothing but GOP hacks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793 "2004-08-21T00:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/21 "2004-08-21T08:00:34Z")
Not that I read _Prey_ or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/22 "2004-08-21T08:00:54Z")
Dammit, **thornhill** …I was talking to \*\*rjung \*\*and you butted in and walked all over my punchline! (This because **rjung** himself has previously accused me of being a White House plant…although just what kind I couldn’t say. Snapdragon, perhaps?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/23 "2004-08-21T08:10:26Z")
I shouldn’t even be messing on the computer on a Saturday afternoon when I’m supposed to be doing something useful. And now, I’ve gone and ruined your punchline. What’s that they say about no hiding place for the wicked? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/24 "2004-08-21T08:15:28Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > What’s that they say about no hiding place for the wicked? I believe the term is “undisclosed location.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/25 "2004-08-21T08:17:43Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > I shouldn’t even be messing on the computer on a Saturday afternoon when I’m supposed to be doing something useful. And now, I’ve gone and ruined your punchline. > > What’s that they say about no hiding place for the wicked? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/26 "2004-08-21T12:38:12Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > We’re here to annoy you, of course. 🙂 > > And I dispute the notion that these newfound GOP sockpuppets are paid; I’m sure they’ll be glad to do their stuff for free, in exchange for an autographed 8 x 10 from Dubya himself, and a chance for a night in the Lincoln bedroom. At least it only takes a post to a messageboard and not massive campaign contributions from foreigners who steal nuclear secrets. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/27 "2004-08-21T13:02:49Z")
The Saudis don’t count? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/28 "2004-08-21T15:12:52Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/29 "2004-08-21T16:18:39Z")
I just wish people, on either side could say what THEY think, and then justify it IN THEIR OWN WORDS, instead of just using quotes and cites from other people. It’s all too easy to take part of a quote and take it out of context. You lose the original meaning and it becomes too easy to twist it around. Besides, if I want to know what Bush or Cheney or Kerry said, I can find it myself in the newspaper. But I guess it is easier to just take the “official line” than think for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/30 "2004-08-21T16:39:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Huh? I was answering what I assumed to be **Airman’s** reference to the attempts by the Chinese to buy influence with the Clinton Whitehouse. I am more distrubed by the billions of dollars the corrupt and despotic Saudi government has pumped in the Bush family and the US economy in order to buy favor. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/31 "2004-08-21T17:13:22Z")
How does one get such a job? I’d be willing to do a little whoring for some cold cash. :o As long as I get to stick to the honest stuff, I mean. I’ve seen enticements to do such stuff for free mind you. But, you know, if I’m doing it just for funsies, I’m just gonna discuss what I feel like talking about. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/32 "2004-08-21T18:31:15Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > We’re here to annoy you, of course. 🙂 > > And I dispute the notion that these newfound GOP sockpuppets are paid; I’m sure they’ll be glad to do their stuff for free, in exchange for an autographed 8 x 10 from Dubya himself, and a chance for a night in the Lincoln bedroom. I have said 8 X 10 on my refrigerator as we type! And I got a cool credit-card sized 2004 Member Bush Cheney '04 card, with my name embossed in gold, and everything! Still no word on the Lincoln bedroom, though… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/33 "2004-08-21T18:41:03Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Still no word on the Lincoln bedroom, though… 🙂 But milroyj… _Democrats_ have slept on those sheets! You wouldn’t want to get their cooties, do you? 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/34 "2004-08-21T18:50:18Z")
Ugh…I don’t think I want to be around here when the election comes…I don’t think I could take the heat! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/35 "2004-08-21T19:05:57Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > But milroyj… _Democrats_ have slept on those sheets! You wouldn’t want to get their cooties, do you? 😉 > > Robin I’m sure Laura had everything properly fumigated back in January '01. Although I heard they had the devil of a time with the carpet stains in that little room behind the Oval Office. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/36 "2004-08-21T19:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally poster by NurseCarmen > Can someone give me the condensed version of the thread’s demise? Same thing happened to me. I was reading the post at work, came home, it’s vanished. Was it deleted because of all the copyrighted material? Or could that thread have been stored on – a _Diebold Machine_?! ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/37 "2004-08-21T22:16:05Z")
Oh, come on. Experience has taught me that any given belief system, given a True Believer, will cause that True Believer to go out and spew the Word, whether payment is involved or not. And these days, if you ask me, much of what the GOP stands for qualifies as a belief system. Unless you’re rich, there’s not much else to it. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/38 "2004-08-21T22:22:17Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > But milroyj… _Democrats_ have slept on those sheets! You wouldn’t want to get their cooties, do you? 😉 > > Robin He sheds his skin often enough that I doubt the cooties would stay with him. ---
**Author:** ![Milford\_Cubicle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Milford\_Cubicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milford_Cubicle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/39 "2004-08-21T23:51:52Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > and a chance for a night in the Lincoln bedroom. With Dubya? _shudder_ ---
**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:** [August 22, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793/40 "2004-08-22T03:20:41Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > (This because **rjung** himself has previously accused me of being a White House plant…although just what kind I couldn’t say. Snapdragon, perhaps?) > > 😃 Potted, of course. What else? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-that-are-nothing-but-gop-hacks/260793.md?page=1)