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Jesus, politics today seem to be little more than a ball game, with two sides cheering the teams thinking that no matter what happens, there’s another game/title/season to be played.
I’m beginning to think at this rate the whole fucking stadium is crumbling before our eyes and we’re just hoping to be the last team to win the championship before the next season is called off.
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Fuckin’ a. The only way I can tell the difference between CNN and ESPN nowadays are the ads and even those are getting a little fuzzy.
Then why do you keep supporting your team while the stadium is crumbling? I have no doubts that Republicans support their team no matter what, and given where you sit, it must look like everyone treats this as a game. That’s why I’ve referred to them as Party before Country Republicans for a long time now. As bad as things are in this country, polling still suggests that ~ 70% of Republicans think that Bush is doing a good job. :eek: (And before you suggest that you don’t support Bush mindlessly, I’ll remind you that there is a search feature here at the SDMB - you are consistently one of the first to toady up to the defense of all things Republican.)
The fact is that this is not a fucking game - thousands of people are dying and will die because we have a dipshit in charge of things. Our economy is limping along and only a few people are seeing the benefits of our current economic strategy. Our energy policies are for shit. Our foreign policies and standing in the eyes of the world is for shit. Essentially nothing is going particularly well for our country right now.
One of the reasons that Democrats are lambasted for intraparty divisions and disorganization is because they generally don’t care for their party more than they do their country.
All I would ask you to do is vote your conscience. Okay, I’d ask you to get a conscience first, and then vote it.
[QUOTE=MsRobyn]
Wouldn’t it be GREAT if the Democratic Party told Joe that if he ran as an independent, he would no longer be welcome in the party?
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What are you getting at here? They can’t do that. Anyone can join any party and no party can kick anyone out or revoke their membership.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
I didn’t know the votes were owned. Democracy can be a bitch. Whatever Republican runs, he/she won’t have a chance. Not in CT.
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“Steal” was probably the wrong word. Maybe I should have said “siphon”? If he runs as an Independant, I predict that most of the Democrats in that state would vote for him, and enough Republicans as well, for him to pull out a victory.
[QUOTE=stpauler]
Yes, because taking votes away from the Democrat in the mid-term election will do good for the party. :rolleyes: Go away, Joe.
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If somebody saved a stash of those “SORE LOSERMAN” signs, he could make some money on eBay (“6” stickers sold separately).
Maybe so, but he/she has a better chance against Lamant than he/she would have had against Lieberman. And all the seniority Lieberman had in the Senate will be lost. And now there’s a potential party split, since L. is running as an independent. I’m amazed some people think this result is a poke in the eye to President Bush; I bet he’s pleased as punch.
[QUOTE=hajario]
What are you getting at here? They can’t do that. Anyone can join any party and no party can kick anyone out or revoke their membership.
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I know. This morning, I was thinking that, assuming he wins as an Independent, he might change back over to Democrat, thwarting the will of Connecticut Democrats, the majority of whom wanted Ned Lamont to represent them in the Senate. And it would be sweet if the national and/or state party told Lieberman to buzz off.
[QUOTE=Generic American]
Lieberman I understand. The Cynthia McKinney thing has me genuinely puzzled. Why did the moonbats turn against her?
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She’s a Grade-A cunt. Back in March, she was stopped by a Capital cop for being in a secured area, since she wasn’t wearing her badge, he had no idea who she was. She responded by physically attacking him and crying “racism!”
[QUOTE=Generic American]
Lieberman I understand. The Cynthia McKinney thing has me genuinely puzzled. Why did the moonbats turn against her?
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Because the “moonbats” don’t put party before country?
Hmmmm. . . that word-- moonbats. I’ve read it somewhere before. Some other messageboard where the Kool-Aid poisoning has rotted people’s minds and now everyone there is either retarded or crazy. They use that word a whole lot over there.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Have you actually watched the video of “the kiss”? That was a cynical ploy pulled by Bush. You can see Lieberman reflexively pulling back as Bush grabs hold of him.
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Hey, at least Bush didn’t try to give him a shoulder rub.