# President fiddles while soldiers burn

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 7, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978 "2005-08-07T10:05:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/181 "2005-08-10T18:45:14Z")

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> [@Merijeek](#):
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> Of course, somehow you’ve managed to bring up Clinton in only the 77th reply to the OP.
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> **Liberal** isn’t the only one that needs a new schtick.
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> -Joe

Dude, you even quoted my message and still managed to misquote me. Congratulations.

I named all the Dem Presidents over the last 40 years. Clinton just happened to be one of them.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/182 "2005-08-10T18:47:21Z")

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> [@rjung](#):
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> **Clothahump** bathes in Republican kool-aid for 45 minutes every morning, I hear.

Sigh.

Posts like this prove that I am right. But they do get boring.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/183 "2005-08-10T18:57:15Z")

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You’re right about what?

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/184 "2005-08-10T19:12:41Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> You’re right about what?

No, he [**Clothahump**] is just “right.” As in off-the-deep-end far right…

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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/185 "2005-08-10T19:22:20Z")

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I thought it was more like the three bears, you know, “not too hard, not too soft, but _juuuuuust_ right”

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-fiddles-while-soldiers-burn/315978/186 "2005-08-10T20:10:02Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> **Lib** , yes, you routinely hijack threads, this is just the latest example, and it takes neutron-star density on your part not to see that the problem just might be you.

Ah, the Karl Rove tactic of repeating lies until they’re true. There is no problem other than one you’ve made up. But you know that, which is why you’re a dick.

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