With 60 Percent Disapproval, DeLay Says Constituents Are ‘Very, Very Supportive’
With 60 Percent Disapproval, DeLay Says Constituents Are ‘Very, Very Supportive’
In an interview to be aired tonight on “Hardball with Chris Matthews,†Tom DeLay tells Chris that his constituents are “very, very supportive†of his candidacy. “They know what Ronnie Earle is — a runaway district attorney who is abusing his power, indicting me on laws that don’t exist,†DeLay said. “The backlash is in my favor.â€
A recent Houston Chronicle poll tells a different story. DeLay is in political hot water:
A criminal indictment and continuing investigations have severely eroded support for U.S. Rep Tom DeLay in his district… Only half of those who cast ballots for DeLay in 2004 said they will do so again. And while a fourth of the 2004 DeLay voters still aren’t sure whom they will vote for this year, almost 20 percent have defected to other candidates […]
DeLay may be able to win back the undecided voters, but he starts with the disadvantage of a 60 percent unfavorable rating in the district he has represented for 20 years. Only 28 percent view him favorably, according to the poll.
You have to hand it to DeLay. He sure is an optimist.
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I think that whatever Delay’s using to slick his hair down must be causing brain damage.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:44 pmDoes this even deserve a comment, Ok. Analogy: Drinks think everyone drinks because a drunk surrounds himself with other drunks.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:44 pmBeing the Hardballer that he is, I’m sure Chris asked him how he justified that statement.
When someone in the media is sucking DeLay off in public, on the teevee, you know they lost their independence.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:46 pmWhen will the lying stop? When will this immoral Republican con game be broken? God help us all. The administration has brilliantly channeled our anger at our fellow citizens…red against blue. They have propped up one side, fed their egos and told them to attack us, the other side. It has worked. All of us should be looking at them, attacking them, not each other. We are in dark times and the way out is to unite as Americans and cut out the Cancer of the current administration and it’s slaves in Congress and the Senate
January 30th, 2006 at 4:47 pmGot Diebold?
January 30th, 2006 at 4:47 pmChris Matthews, that sleazebag, will definately be playing “Softball” with Delay.
Even the promos for the show spin in favor of Delay.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:50 pmI just hope that Rep. DeLay keeps getting the type of “support” over which he is so happy. I guess his “Phants” are really sick-o-Phants (sycophants), and he’s drinking his own kool-aid.
If he keeps his 60% disapproval “support” then we can look forward to a new Representative from Texas!
Hammer the “hammer” with the truth, and eventually he will have to recognize his lies!
January 30th, 2006 at 4:50 pmDon’t be too surprised if Delay gets voted back in. The money, power, and greed always win these days. Delay will promise something to add some more “sugar” to Sugarland voters’ pocketbooks.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:53 pm60% is too close for an electronic voting machine to tell the difference.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:54 pmI think that whatever Delay’s using to slick his hair down must be causing brain damage.
Maybe it’s DDT and the supply he stashed when it got banned is running out. Maybe that’s the real reason he ran for Congress to get the ban lifted – so he could use it on his hair.
And he must be an optimist. We watched that horrendous Rita Cosby interview with him and nothing she asked him (like, “Is this the saddest day of your life?” “Have you ever felt so sad?” “Do you feel really down right now?”) could wipe that stupid grin off his face. Not even posing for a mug shot.
He must not understand what is happening to be so eternally optimistic. Maybe what they say is true: Ignorance really is bliss.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:55 pm#8 – Actually, I’m afraid you’re right.
After having lived in Texas, I can now believe the joke:
January 30th, 2006 at 4:55 pmDid you hear that when Pres. Bush moved from Austin to Crawford that he raised the average IQ of both cities?
How else can Matthews brother get the backing of the Pennsylvania GOP machine in his bid for LT. GOV.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:55 pmDelay is the hypocrite who toasted corporations in Saipan for being a shining light of the American Way, or some such nonsense.
January 30th, 2006 at 4:55 pmThese people take Asian women and FORCE them into prostitution AND abortions if they become pregnant….
so that they can have slave labor AND the “Made in America” tag on their clothing.
SICK, SICK, SICK!
It’s back to that 20-something percent of people who will, I am convinced, elect a toaster for office if someone told them it was anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage…
January 30th, 2006 at 4:59 pm#13 Too true, True Blue!
And he made that toast several years ago and DeLay and the Republican party have still managed to keep Saipan free of US labor laws. “Sick” is about the best word to describe DeLay.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:01 pm#14,
January 30th, 2006 at 5:03 pmThat’s so scary, because I live in MA, and gay marriage has NOT been a big deal. We’re not going to Hell in a handbasket. (The COUNTRY is, but that’s another thread!)
It does not affect anyone’s day to day life, except for those gay couples who finally have the same rights as hetero’s.
I don’t get the tirade.
NO DOUBT MATTHEWS WILL BUY IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER:
“GEE, TOM. THAT’S GREAT! AND, BY THE WAY, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU COULD HAVE STOLE ANYTHING WHEN YOU LIVE SO MODESTLY.”
January 30th, 2006 at 5:08 pmListen to this what Bush Said;
However, in excerpts from an interview conducted with CBS News last week and broadcast today, Mr Bush stressed that the US authorities had investigated the abuse and brought those responsible to account.
“There’s no question, the Abu Ghraib pictures not only … we were disgraced,” Mr Bush said in response to a question about America’s image overseas.
“I know it caused a lot of people who want to like us to question whether they should,” Mr Bush said, adding that “equally importantly it gave the enemy an incredible propaganda tool”
“That’s why it was important for us to investigate, to expose, to hold people to account, so people see there was a consequence for the behaviour,” Mr Bush said.
Can you BELIEVE the sheer Hypocrisy of this Statement?
Bush and Cheney Hid the Renditions, and the torture, in Abu Ghraib that was likely part of that same ‘Rendition’.
Bush says WE as IF all Americans are Digraced, yes I am, But THE AMERICAN people have nothing to do with it.
Mr Bush goes unbelievably, even further, and says “to Investigate and hold account, to let people see the consequences of their behavior”
Yet Mr Bush and cheneys secret Rendition, and torture that Bush Speaks of, hes talking about HIMSELF and his Administration and his Rendition programs that are the cause of the problem yet he Doesnt see hes THE PROBLEM?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:11 pmDelay reminds me of that Iraqi PR guy who, up to the very last minute, was telling his people that US soldiers were dying on the gates of Baghdad.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:11 pmDelay will be smiling when he withdraws from the race for “personal reasons”.
Delay will be smiling as they perp-walk him out of the courtroom.
Delay smile is da lie smile. He’s hardwired for fabrication.
#14 unbelievable
But that toaster better support tax cuts for the wealthiest among us or else the voters will choose the garbage disposal, instead.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:12 pmI used to be angry with Delay. Now I feel sorry for him. But he sures gives me a chuckle with some of the outlandish things he is saying about these charges against him. Seriously read his stuff. It is like SNL is doing a skit about him and they are just saying crazy stuff but acting like they mean it…but it isnt SNL ..it is Delay and he really means it… funny..
January 30th, 2006 at 5:12 pmI don’t get the tirade.
Got to keep the fundies riled up over something.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:12 pmWayne S. -
January 30th, 2006 at 5:12 pmI don’t think Matthews will be “lobbing” any of those questions at him, do you?
Mr Bush and Co Please by all means feel free to let the people see you consequence yourself for allowing secret torture, rendition programs continue after ABU GHRAIB Photos came out?
Bushco is officaly crazy.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:13 pmThe truth is one thing and the media ia another. As long as there is a media full of liars who keep repeating the same lies over and over and give liars a podium to keep repeating ttheir lies….well, that’s the method, repeat some simple line over and over again and in the publics mind it becomes the truth. Frankly, it is a general public that has lost the ability to frame or follow a simple logical argument to a conclusion. Too much lead in the atmosphere, too much arsenic in the drinking water, not enough money spent on the educational system. America is doomed!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:14 pm#16,
The tirade is about money. If same sex marriage was legal, think about how much more it would cost insurance companies, social security and other benefits.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:14 pmBushCo. is crazy, but howabout half of the American population who voted for this guy, or just don’t give a crap?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:15 pmI don’t think Matthews will be “lobbing†any of those questions at him, do you?
Comment by True Blue
Are you kidding??? Matthews will probably have a tee ball set up and will just put the ball on the tee and say, “Let me ask you another question, Congressmen. Are the Democrats totally insane for challenging you?”
January 30th, 2006 at 5:17 pm#26 – That’s a good argument to outlaw marriage altogether! “We have to save the healthcare system in America, so we must abolish marriage and reduce the number of people who get a free ride!â€
Could you imagine!?!?! ;-)
January 30th, 2006 at 5:18 pmDelay reminds me of that Iraqi PR guy who, up to the very last minute, was telling his people that US soldiers were dying on the gates of Baghdad.
God, at least we get one laugh today.
Travel with me back to those wacky days, when a government spokesman lied his ass off and everyone knew he was lying, and they printed it for the joke not as the truth:
“There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!”
“My feelings – as usual – we will slaughter them all”
“Our initial assessment is that they will all die”
“I blame Al-Jazeera – they are marketing for the Americans!”
“God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis.”
“They’re coming to surrender or be burned in their tanks.”
“No I am not scared, and neither should you be!”
“Be assured. Baghdad is safe, protected”
Scotty has some work to do.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:18 pm#19 …kinda like that scarry harry potter lookin kid on Sin City … he never stoped smiling ..even when I cut off his legs with a hacksaw…
January 30th, 2006 at 5:19 pmFunny, Wayne S.!!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:21 pmTo #26- The tirade is over costs. I never thought of it that way, but you make a lot of sense. Wow. My disgust with this Admin. goes beyond words right now…
If Delay actually loses then I believe the Dems will take back the House.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:21 pmTom DeLay has nothing to worry about…
Far too many Democrats in the Senate (after an impassioned plea from Senator Kennedy) just showed how FRACTURED they really are…
Both Nelsons, Cantwell, Lincoln, Lieberman, Inouye, Akaka, Salazar, and I don’t know how many other Dems voted to allow the Alito nomination to go to the full senate…
The Democrats are hapless and hopeless, and I hope Dean breaks away and forms a third People’s Progressive Party…
It’s clear with this nomination (as dangerous a fascist as Alito is Dems don’t present a unified front to filibuster this scum), too many ot the Democrats now in office are nothing but republiscum-lite…
They should ALL be fired!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:24 pmI don’t get the tirade.
Comment by True Blue — January 30, 2006 @ 5:03 pm
Me neither. I guess that need to control other people makes up for their inability to control themselves?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:25 pmBut that toaster better support tax cuts for the wealthiest among us or else the voters will choose the garbage disposal, instead.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — January 30, 2006 @ 5:12 pm
You know Wayne, you’re right… that was how the garbage disposal, I mean DeLay was initially elected!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:27 pmBig Papa,
Noooooo! Say it ain’t so!
What the Hell is wrong with Dem’s?
Anyone know anything about work visas in England, New Zealand, or Australia? (Canada is just too cold. Brrrr!)
I am so fed up. America is so screwed.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:29 pmTweety had his personal interview with Delay on today’s broadcast. Will be rebroadcast in two hours. That’s the one where he said Delay lives modestly, blah blah blah. He also interviewed Delay’s competition and of course, he faulted him, questioned his allegiance, etc., etc.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:30 pmNorah O’Donnell is already lowering expectations for the SOTU tomorrow.
#26 – That’s a good argument to outlaw marriage altogether! “We have to save the healthcare system in America, so we must abolish marriage and reduce the number of people who get a free ride!â€
Could you imagine!?!?! ;-)
Comment by Democrat Soldier — January 30, 2006 @ 5:18 pm
You know it almost makes me want to go in with a group of people and run a faux candidate for office in the satirical guise of Daily Show/Stephen Colbert humor. To just have one candidate telling the bold face truth.
You know, I could imagine… and our scarecrow would probably wind up getting elected!
January 30th, 2006 at 5:31 pmWhy is this FUMBLEFUCK {chris} supporting this clown?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:32 pmJim,
January 30th, 2006 at 5:34 pmHe already has been linked with Abramoff, so connect the dots…
Oops. “He” being Matthews.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:36 pmRead all about it on Media Matters.
Both Nelsons, Cantwell, Lincoln, Lieberman, Inouye, Akaka, Salazar, and I don’t know how many other Dems voted to allow the Alito nomination to go to the full senate ….… They should ALL be fired!
Have you seen “Alito’s” poll numbers …
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/23/alito/
Seems to me that the whole fillibuster thing was posturing to save face anyway … Kerry et al can now say “we did everything we could” … he doesn’t want a repeat of the “I voted for it before I voted against it” scenario should he wish to run in 08 … it’s pretty smart really.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:36 pm“My constituent (my wife) is very, very supportive” (because she can’t testify against me in court)!
Tom DeLay
January 30th, 2006 at 5:39 pmChris, wipe your chin…
January 30th, 2006 at 5:44 pmSeems to me that the whole fillibuster thing was posturing to save face anyway … Kerry et al can now say “we did everything we could†… he doesn’t want a repeat of the “I voted for it before I voted against it†scenario should he wish to run in 08 … it’s pretty smart really.
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 5:36
Way to track them GOP talking points, Giacomo – to the letter. I’m impressed how well you stay on-message. Ever have original thoughts – y’know from your own brain?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:44 pm#43 – Exactly. Kerry’s speech today pretty much said that. So what’s the point. The Dems seem unable to mount any type of offensive. It’s getting very frustrating. BushCo seems to be able to put lipstick on every pig that pops up. Reminds me of the game at Chucky Cheese with the gophers (or whatever) popping up. But instead of the Dems hitting them with the mallet the RePugs are putting lipstick on them and letting them go their merry way ;-(
January 30th, 2006 at 5:48 pm#43 Giacomo,
I don’t put very much credence in polls like that. Because how likely is it that the 1006 people polled for that CNN poll understood the issues thoroughly? Probably not many so it, like most other polls, is a useless query of ill-informed people.
I also will not accept the idea that there is a “margin of error” of only about 3% on a poll of just over a thousand people to gage the feelings of more than a quarter billion people. Most people do not pay nearly as much attention to the issues as people like us (and I include you in that, Giacomo, because I know that you pay attention. I think you get distracted sometimes, and maybe that’s why you have the views you have, but I know you pay attention.)
Now, if they are willing to educate the perspective pollee a little before asking questions like this, then maybe the results will have meaning. But I just don’t believe that very many of the 1006 people polled by CNN were even aware of the issues raised by Judge Alito’s nomination (like privacy, the fourth amendment, presidential power and the theory of “unitary executive”.)
January 30th, 2006 at 5:48 pmWay to track them GOP talking points, Giacomo – to the letter. I’m impressed how well you stay on-message. Ever have original thoughts – y’know from your own brain?
Tell me then … logically, if Kerry knew that he didn’t have the votes to sustain a fillibuster, why did he try … it has nothing to do with a “talking point” … it just makes sense. It looks like a save face … a political move rather than a move of conscience. Like I said, it was extremely deft.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:49 pmWe’ll see what happens at the ballot box. Anyone who counts DeLay out at this point is whistling past the graveyard.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:51 pmWay to track them GOP talking points, Giacomo – to the letter. I’m impressed how well you stay on-message. Ever have original thoughts – y’know from your own brain?
Comment by dano347 — January 30, 2006 @ 5:44 pm
He does, he’s just been taught to suppress them because they’re the Devil’s thoughts…
January 30th, 2006 at 5:52 pmI don’t necessarily disagree with you, Giacomo. I’m just utterly disheartened that our elected Senators aren’t listening to the majority or the facts that discredit Alito as being a Supreme Court Justice. I really need to get my child’s passport updated.
Did anyone see Al-Zawahri’s message to Bush?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/30/alzawahiri.tape/
Great, huh? Things are going just great.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:56 pmTell me then … logically, if Kerry knew that he didn’t have the votes to sustain a fillibuster, why did he try … it has nothing to do with a “talking point†… it just makes sense. It looks like a save face … a political move rather than a move of conscience. Like I said, it was extremely deft.
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 5:49 pm
So you think it’s logical that a man who fought in a war, instead of dodging it like all the guys running theplace right now, wouldn’t stand up for a cause? Really? Because, logically, I would have thought that a guy who was a stand up guy, would stand up…
January 30th, 2006 at 5:56 pmI don’t put very much credence in polls like that. Because how likely is it that the 1006 people polled for that CNN poll understood the issues thoroughly? Probably not many so it, like most other polls, is a useless query of ill-informed people.
I’m with you Wayne … polls can be misleading if the “pollees” are stupid or if the “pollers” have an agenda … I do think that politicians look at the polls though.
January 30th, 2006 at 5:57 pmSo you think it’s logical that a man who fought in a war, instead of dodging it like all the guys running the place right now, wouldn’t stand up for a cause? Really? Because, logically, I would have thought that a guy who was a stand up guy, would stand up…
You could be right, unbelievable. Maybe he was taking a principled stance … but he was very much on record about his opinions on Alito … the fillibuster attempt looked a tad overkill … like he was making a point. Maybe that point was noble … maybe it was opportunistic …
January 30th, 2006 at 6:01 pmHe (Al-Zawahri) also called President Bush a “loser” and the “butcher of Washington.”
Yes, this is the kind of mindset – on both sides of the fence. Calling people an ‘Axis of Evil’ is just as immature as calling them a ‘loser’… Wish they’d sling words at each other instead of planes and Armies and bullets. And just leave us and the Iraqi people the Hell out of it.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:02 pm#54 Giacomo,
I must respectfully disagree with you on that.
First of all, if you are “with” me in that polls can be misleading, then why did you post the story about it as if it proved a point? Or was a misleading point the one you were trying to make?
Secondly, if politicians really look at the polls, then why does the president think the American people are behind him in everything he does?
January 30th, 2006 at 6:03 pmWish they’d sling words at each other instead of planes and Armies and bullets. And just leave us and the Iraqi people the Hell out of it.
I think they should duel … big time and money saver … perhaps even a revenue source (Vegas would be nuts).
January 30th, 2006 at 6:03 pmI wonder if the entire congress is sniffing what delay might be,
the congress is signing away all of its power. With Alitos ’signings’ and the re-interpretation by Preznit Bush, and then to be RE-Interpreted by the Supreme Court packed with Borkers.
WOw Congressmen are amazingly stupid, but then again after all of the DIRT bushie rove and cheney have on them, they are totally ‘owned’
January 30th, 2006 at 6:05 pmMaybe that point was noble … maybe it was opportunistic …
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 6:01 pm
Consider the source. He fought in a war he could have evaded and didn’t. Leans me more toward the ‘noble’ side (though as I’ve said, I’m not into absolutes and even the most philantrophic folks are still getting something out of their actions). But I’m impressed that your starting to think for yourself without the guilt holding you back.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:05 pmFirst of all, if you are “with†me in that polls can be misleading, then why did you post the story about it as if it proved a point? Or was a misleading point the one you were trying to make?
Trying to stick with the theme here … polls are cited often. Instead of just saying “America supports Alito” I posted the link … that way, I couldn’t be criticized for lacking “facts”. Truthfully, I don’t give a ton of credence to polls either way … they CAN be engineered. I thought a CNN one seemed like a fair source for the discussion, but I should probably refrain from using them if I, myself, don’t think they’re germaine.
Bush is on record as saying he doesn’t “look at the polls” (but then his press secretary cites them, so who knows). I think many politicians look at the polls … Bush seems to not, for the most part. Maybe he should ………. ?
January 30th, 2006 at 6:08 pmI think they should duel … big time and money saver … perhaps even a revenue source (Vegas would be nuts).
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 6:03 pm
You’ve been hanging out with us too much Giacomo – that was actually funny.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:08 pmPeople need to KNOW more about these signing statements and their potential of abuse. Notice Bushco has used the veto;
By Cooper’s count, George W. Bush issued 23 signing statements in 2001; 34 statements in 2002, raising 168 constitutional objections; 27 statements in 2003, raising 142 constitutional challenges, and 23 statements in 2004, raising 175 constitutional criticisms. In total, during his first term Bush raised a remarkable 505 constitutional challenges to various provisions of legislation that became law.
That number may be approaching 600 challenges by now. Yet Bush has not vetoed a single bill, notwithstanding all these claims, in his own signing statements, that they are unconstitutional insofar as they relate to him.
Rather than veto laws passed by Congress, Bush is using his signing statements to effectively nullify them as they relate to the executive branch. These statements, for him, function as directives to executive branch departments and agencies as to how they are to implement the relevant law.
and Alito, yet another Federlist WILL be decding upon these Signing statements if hes get son the Bench?
The Congress has lost their Mind…
January 30th, 2006 at 6:08 pmBut I’m impressed that your starting to think for yourself without the guilt holding you back.
I’ve always thought for myself … you’re just getting a better picture of me the longer I’m around. I’m sure there are plenty of “points of agreement” between us, but they never surface because I, mostly, post on occassions where I take “umbrage” …….. kinda stupid of me, really.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:10 pmGiacomo,
Before I leave for the night, just a quick note. You might not get such harsh treatment here (I’ve seen it) if you let us know more often when you do agree with us. I’ve seen that your posts are free of the ignorant, childishness we often see from some others, but if you only post on occasions where you take umbrage, people may lump you in with the “real” trolls. I like to believe that the country is not as divided as the extremes make it seem to be. Intelligent discussion is what the majority of us want (from anyone).
Sorry, but Jane is waiting patiently for me so I have to go.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:21 pm“Patiently?” Well, I’m whiling away the time reading all your posts.
Giacomo, keep on posting here, you’re much more reasonable and thoughtful than many others who have disagreeing opinions.
While Wayne’s getting his shit together, I’ll just take a quick look at the other threads, but I’ll say goodnight now.
‘Night, all!
January 30th, 2006 at 6:30 pm“I’ve always thought for myself … you’re just getting a better picture of me the longer I’m around. I’m sure there are plenty of “points of agreement†between us, but they never surface because I, mostly, post on occassions where I take “umbrage†…….. kinda stupid of me, really.
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 6:10 pm”
Giacomo, I think what you should have said is that you’ve always wanted to think for yourself. I’ve discussed topics a few times with you now, and in my experience you sometimes think for yourself – but typically you don’t. Instead you seem to engage your partisan brain to disrupt these glimpses of thought, and in the end your responses are often not thoughtful, rational or thought out.
That being said I do believe you like most partisans are well intentioned and otherwise capable people. I do believe you have very noble intentions and a strong desire to be good and thoughtful. And I forgive you for not living up to those ideals, most people don’t. But I’d say be more truthful about your partisan perspective and use less emotion in your ‘thinking’ process, and you’ll probably find you come to different conclusions.
One exercise you might try is to pretend you are defending the other liberal side, and find a way to prove their point. It might help you to think with the critical portions of your brain, instead of the emotional partisan ones. Keep trying pumpkin, because I think you’re one of the few partisans that might have a chance of kicking the spell!
January 30th, 2006 at 6:38 pm[...] Think Progress » With 60 Percent Disapproval, DeLay Says Constituents Are ‘Very, Very Supportive’ [...]
January 30th, 2006 at 6:39 pmYeah and everyone was suprised by the hamaas successes. Democracy it does a neighborhood good.
January 30th, 2006 at 7:09 pmDeLay told the truth! He said his constituents, not the voters. His constituents are the big corporate interests and lobbying groups and, except for the ones who will be testifying against him, have been very supportive.
January 30th, 2006 at 7:12 pm#69 The Palestinians voted in a group of religious zealots promising to wage war and stamp out corruption and bring religion into government. Sounds like American style democracy to me.
January 30th, 2006 at 7:13 pmThis response from Delay is easy to explain. Delay has a partisan brain. He disregards all information that disproves his partisan beliefs. He can’t help himself – poor thing.
It’s now a scientific fact that partisan brains work this way, and Delay’s response is a great example of how far this fairy tale goes.
January 30th, 2006 at 7:16 pmThe Enron trial will wrap up before summer, and the Libby trial will go through summer, the Abramoff scandal overlaps them, Fitzgerald is still out there in the wings somewhere, and the election is in November — Even if the public is not paying attention, the subliminal message will have to get through – don’t you think? I sure hope so! Every Republican up for reelection should be defeated.
January 30th, 2006 at 7:25 pmI’ve always thought for myself … you’re just getting a better picture of me the longer I’m around. I’m sure there are plenty of “points of agreement†between us, but they never surface because I, mostly, post on occassions where I take “umbrage†…….. kinda stupid of me, really.
Comment by Giacomo — January 30, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
You don’t fully think for yourself. You’ll understand when you finally do. I know. I used to think I thought for myself once upon a conservative time too. But I didn’t.
I doubt we agree on much at present. But if you’d read my posts in the prior conversation, you’d understand why I think that.
Then why do something if you think it’s ’stupid’?
January 30th, 2006 at 8:04 pm#73, won’t happen – starting tomorrow night, Chimpy will be trying to put an Iranian mullah armed with a dirty bomb under your bed. Americans are conditioned to be afraid of something everyday of their lives, just like they are conditioned to eat fast food, buy crappy beer, pop pills, whatever. There is violence everywhere if you watch your TV at night. This year, it’s the mullah who is going to be under your bed.
January 30th, 2006 at 8:15 pmI only wish more Democrats stood up against Alito. It’s just sad. But I have seen how, with time, turns and shifts in life and folly, hey, stuff happens! Maybe it’s Alito’s time to grow up and act like a adult, view us ALL as Americans instead of just his race/gender/class. Could happen. People change. And there are still other conservative justices who, to me, look pretty fuckin old. By the time we get to vote on another president, IF we get to vote on another president, there could be changes in the wind already. Anything they do can be reversed, just as they envision reversing the past 50 years. Time, if we have it, will tell.
January 30th, 2006 at 8:31 pm#75 yes, rigging the game behind the scene is the BushCo way. Violence, terror, all have a vital role in the BushCo playbook. I predict that the next step is the coming Palestinian civil war. It’s totally believable, comes right from the US playbook, and would be OH SO convenient! Hamas never gets to form a proper government and secularism is victorious!
January 30th, 2006 at 8:39 pmI feel so sorry for the Palestinians. They’re toast.
Solitaire,
I’m disgusted with the Democrats. Only 25 of them stood up for us!! That’s appalling, and we should now consider them equal to the Republicans to be voted out of office in November. This could be the year for the Independent if some true liberals would run on their own against the traitors instead of standing down so the neocon Democrats in their party can maintain power. All the corrupt ones need to go, and today we might have finally seen the dividing line…
January 30th, 2006 at 8:45 pmUnbelievable,
January 30th, 2006 at 8:55 pmI only wish we really had even a two party system left. At this point, it seems more like one party, and that party did it on purpose, pretty much locking up the system at a status quo. So the idea of having a third party come in and change things is nice… but Unbelievable.
Solitaire,
Yeah, I think moving to another country or ceding from the union is more likely at this point than fixing the corruption. It’s roots have simply run too deep to be easily uprooted… Very sad. It had such an incredible start…
Yes, it’s very unbelievable. It’s why I have it permanently typed at the end of every message I post – so I don’t have to keep typing it each time :).
January 30th, 2006 at 9:10 pmRep. Tom Delay is 100% trash!
He must be removed from office > PERIOD.
He can return to Texas as pest control exterminator > lol.
January 30th, 2006 at 9:12 pm#75 TtT
January 30th, 2006 at 9:21 pmI am afraid you may be right. Certainly fear is his trump card in this game he plays. Today’s polls say that terrorism, along with scandals and wiretapping are low on the public priority list. I understand more and more how Hitler rose to power right under the noses of the citizenry.
His incompetence on everything is astounding, yet when he swaggers on stage, and spouts his “dead or alive” rhetoric, people go home to hide under the covers; they’ll give him everything he wants and then some – until one day they’ll realize it’s all gone, and they can’t get it back.
For now, they foolishly think that once the “war on terror” is over, everything will be restored.
Anybody who would even think of voting for that scumbag is not only partisan but so incredibly stupid that they are a danger to actual democracy (not the kind that Bush is “spreading” in the middle east)
January 30th, 2006 at 9:33 pmMarie, Unbelievable and all progressives, very good and I agree. This has been a blue Monday for me, My favorite senator broke ranks and lock steped with the Repugs. Sent her a scathing letter, no swear words, just I voted you in now I’m working to vote you out. Sad, terribly sad. Enough of Repugs and repug light. I mentioned in another post I will vote for the jolly green giant before I vote for a Repug or soft Dem. C-span all day had the results, may still have it on. I’m so mad going to put a movie on and go to bed……Blessings
January 30th, 2006 at 9:52 pmThis is sooo stupid.
January 30th, 2006 at 10:56 pmFitting words to describe Tom Delay’s position now: ” Take big momma! Take it all!!!
January 31st, 2006 at 12:32 amdanged typo! meant to write: “take it big momma! Take it all!!!
January 31st, 2006 at 12:33 amNow is the time for the small parties to shine. Really they are the only ones who haven’t actually come off badly in this last few years, and now it is confirmed that the Dems are really that spineless, and the Reps really are that corrupt.
Go out and vote Libertarian, Green, whoever you most agree with. Then do it again in the next election. Eventually things will be set right, and who knows, maybe those serious reforms everybody wants will make their way into the system, particularly if the lobbyists ended up bribing the wrong people.
January 31st, 2006 at 3:35 amBeing ‘different’ got Ross Perot 20% of the Presidential vote. I have to imagine that a real candidate running on a serious platform at local levels would do much better in November than old Ross. It’s certainly the year for the non-traditionalist IF people will vote their conscious instead of their party. Big IF. I don’t know if people are that feed up yet, or if it’s just us because we make an extra effort to pay attention.
Sharon – excellent letter to your Senator. Mine are Repugs, so not much hope there… I’ll probably move instead :)
January 31st, 2006 at 7:37 am#88 Bruce,
I agree 100%. The two major political parties want people to believe that our only choice is between the two major political parties. They do not want any other parties represented in Congress. Their corrupt little system is not designed to have too many people who think outside of their boxes working in it.
They want you think in terms of black and white. They want you to think it’s us or them. They want you to believe that if you support a view other than the one they officially pronounce, then you’re wasting your time and theirs. They want you to think that only Democratics and Republicans can govern. That’s why they make it so hard for other parties to get into the race. They don’t want them to win.
If a third party candidate gets something like 5% of the popular vote, that candidate’s party not only gets an automatic place on the next presidential election ballot, but they get federal matching funds, too. The Reform Party won this when Ross Perot got his 20%. Too bad for them that the party disintegrated and now nobody enjoys the benefits that Perot won them. We need to do this again for more parties.
People from all political persuasions: You have other choices! You do not HAVE to vote for the two major political parties. You owe it to yourself and your nation to help break the hold the two major political parties have on the country. Vote for ANYONE who isn’t a Republican or Democratic candidate. Vote for the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, the Right to Life Party, the Marijuana Reform Party, or any of the hundreds of other choices. You do not have to vote for the same two pieces of crap we get offered every year.
(I had more on this, but I lost it due to a posting error.)
January 31st, 2006 at 8:02 amWe’ll see what happens at the ballot box. Anyone who counts DeLay out at this point is whistling past the graveyard.
Comment by Blue State Red #50
Fool’s State inb’Red,
Are you pimping your battered inbred mother, sisters, wife and daughters at the mall again to raise funds for Duuumb DeLay?
I gotta hand it to ya, you right wing Bushite scum are REALLY dedicated
January 31st, 2006 at 8:32 amI’m just utterly disheartened that our elected Senators aren’t listening to the majority or the facts that discredit Alito as being a Supreme Court Justice. I really need to get my child’s passport updated.
Comment by Lisa #52
Lisa,
Both you and your child deserve the America we Progressives all know should be the standard bearer for the rest of the world…
But we need to fight back!
I e-mailed every one of those treasonous Dems and Howard Dean to let them know how pissed I am that they even call themselves Dems, and that not one dime will I contribute to the DNC until I see a concerted effort on their part to publicly denounce the red state Democrats who continually break ranks and side with the republiscum right wing…
We need to purge this Party of our traitors, take back this country, then purge the corrupt leadership and inbred, treasonous “loyalists”…
Right now America is under the influence of “pure evil”, just like in the days of slavery and Jim Crow…
One huge problem we’re going to have to solve is the fact that the red state inbreds have (through their political WASP males of privilege’s machinations- DIVIDE & CONQUER) managed to grab an inordinate amount of power through gerrymandering (see Texas and DeLay et al) thereby INCREASING their representation (despite having less population) while diluting the minority/white female/Progressive vote…
The red state inbreds produce less, receive more in welfare (farm subsidies, the prison/ military industrial complex), pay less in taxes, but are receiving increasingly more tax dollars and representation back than more productive BLUE STATES…
Look at the presidency! Political “experts” (media propagandists) have convinced Blue State American patriots that the presidency cannot be won without the “southern red state strategy”/vote! Then they (right wing scumbag traitors using Diebold or the Supreme Court, and other political dirty tricks) proceed to steal the election…
This situation has to be remedied, either through political redistricting, secession, or a completion of the Civil War…
Inbreds are armed and dangerous…get yours…
As soon as more poor/middle working class Blue state minorities, women, and decent white males get fed up with being “copulated” by these right wing, inbred, so-called conservative facists and republiscum-litists, (Dem traitors), the tide will turn…
But, something has got to give…
January 31st, 2006 at 8:58 amYou do not have to vote for the same two pieces of crap we get offered every year.
(I had more on this, but I lost it due to a posting error.)
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — January 31, 2006 @ 8:02 am
Wayne, I fully agree, and generally vote Green when it’s an option. But if we don’t break away from the traditional parties in unity – we’ll wind up like California with another really bad Republican leader. I lived there at the time of that election and voted Green (there were many liberal options and only 2 conservative ones – Ah-nold and David Duke’s Doppleganger. They all pooled together for the Govenator while the liberals were divided among many, and, as you know, lost.)
We can do this – we just have to find a unified front – and develop our strength in numbers.
January 31st, 2006 at 11:16 amI e-mailed every one of those treasonous Dems and Howard Dean to let them know how pissed I am that they even call themselves Dems, and that not one dime will I contribute to the DNC until I see a concerted effort on their part to publicly denounce the red state Democrats who continually break ranks and side with the republiscum right wing…
Big Papa,
Is there an easier way to reach these people – like direct email addresses rather than some goddamn e-form that requires a lot of unnecessary personal information? It just takes a lot longer to email multiple people via http://www.congress.org and it is a (I think intentional) deterent.
Thanks!
January 31st, 2006 at 11:20 amThis situation has to be remedied, either through political redistricting, secession, or a completion of the Civil War…
I think you’re nailed it. Was reading an article online that talked about how new countries after a certain amount of time will find themselves divided on issues and wind up in civil war or country division (or both). Not sure how we could divide the U.S. since the blue states are along the coasts and borders… so civil war might just be forthcoming if things don’t change. Excellent post!
January 31st, 2006 at 11:26 amso civil war might just be forthcoming if things don’t change. Excellent post!
Comment by unbelievable —
Things are changing they just aren’t changing the way the Left wants them to. There will be no civil war. There may be wholesale arrests of the Filthy Left’s leadership though. Nobody will want to fight to save a few radicals and traitors.
January 31st, 2006 at 12:04 pmCivil war? Nothing more than a petulant child lashing out because they didn’t get what they wanted.
January 31st, 2006 at 12:31 pmIt just takes a lot longer to email multiple people via http://www.congress.org and it is a (I think intentional) deterent.
Thanks!
Comment by unbelievable #94
unbelievable,
I use ussenate.com, it’s cumbersome but feels great after you put in the work…
My guess is that the most important e-mail to send would be to Dean at the DNC website (I google democratic national committee)…
good luck!
January 31st, 2006 at 12:43 pmCivil war? Nothing more than a petulant child lashing out because they didn’t get what they wanted.
Comment by Scat #97
Shat,
Treason isn’t politics as usual…
January 31st, 2006 at 12:45 pmThere may be wholesale arrests of the Filthy Left’s leadership though. Nobody will want to fight to save a few radicals and traitors.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I #96
…don’t tell me IRI…
..lemme guess (who you’re imitating)…
…that famed “Loyalist”…Benedict Arnold…
Right?
January 31st, 2006 at 12:48 pmThings are changing they just aren’t changing the way the Left wants them to. There will be no civil war. There may be wholesale arrests of the Filthy Left’s leadership though. Nobody will want to fight to save a few radicals and traitors.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
What, you’re psychic now? Okay Miss Cleo. Read my mind then, what am I thinking now?
And, by the way, you still haven’t told me your I.Q. Let’s try again. Mine’s 136. And yours???? Hmmm?
January 31st, 2006 at 1:53 pmCivil war? Nothing more than a petulant child lashing out because they didn’t get what they wanted.
Comment by Scat — January 31, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
Are you speaking of our Founding Fathers so warmly yet again? Cause you do know that when the tyranny became great, those petulant children lashed out and got the Constitution that your neocon President uses for toilet paper. Would that be the same condition you’re mocking?
January 31st, 2006 at 1:56 pmMy guess is that the most important e-mail to send would be to Dean at the DNC website (I google democratic national committee)…
good luck!
Comment by big papa
Thanks. I’ll add old Howie to my list!
January 31st, 2006 at 1:57 pmWhether DeLay wins or not will all come down to WHO’S COUNTING the votes! Ever wonder why he and the rest of the Repubs in hot water aren’t worried? hmmmm.
Election integrity groups all over the country. Find the activists in your area and get involved!
January 31st, 2006 at 2:06 pmI will write Dean also. I read, though, that he is under fire for low campaign funds compared to the rich rethugs.
January 31st, 2006 at 2:09 pmI think I can safely say we would all send money to the DNC IF they would only respond to what we want from them.
Civil war? Nothing more than a petulant child lashing out because they didn’t get what they wanted.
Comment by Scat — January 31, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
Are you speaking of our Founding Fathers so warmly yet again? Cause you do know that when the tyranny became great, those petulant children lashed out and got the Constitution that your neocon President uses for toilet paper. Would that be the same condition you’re mocking?
Comment by unbelievable — January 31, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
Are you suggesting that the current state of affairs is as bad as it was in 1776? That the “left” is as oppressed as the colonists? Please… talk about needing a reality check.
January 31st, 2006 at 2:38 pmWhat, you’re psychic now? Okay Miss Cleo. Read my mind then, what am I thinking now?
No not psychic, just a keen observer of the failed political will of the Filthy Left. Now that we’ve taken away your only means of enacting new liberal laws via the Supremes you have nothing left to live for thus nothing to fight for. You will dry up and blow away.
If I had to guess though I’d say you’re thinking you shouldn’t have had that last piece of cheese cake last night.
And, by the way, you still haven’t told me your I.Q. Let’s try again. Mine’s 136. And yours???? Hmmm?
Comment by unbelievable
I have you beat by more than ten points and my numbers came from the tests a PhD candidate in psychology ran on me as part of his dissertation, not off the internet. But let’s say yours is a legitimate 136 which is very good by anybody’s reckoning; so what? You’re still as dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to politics, men, social issues and recreational sex.
January 31st, 2006 at 3:01 pmLast time I got tested it was something like 153, up on the 146 the time before but down on the 160 before that which just goes to show…
IQ doesn’t exactly mean much.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:20 pmLast time I got tested it was something like 153, up on the 146 the time before but down on the 160 before that which just goes to show…
IQ doesn’t exactly mean much.
Comment by Bruce Gorton
It means nothing more than your potential for evil if you are a Progressive.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:29 pm“It means nothing more than your potential for evil if you are a Progressive.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 4:29 pm “
It means even less if you’re a partisan like yourself sweetie. Partisan brains don’t use their reasoning centers, and reasoning centers are what IQ tests :)
But I forgive you for not being able to ‘think’ through this pumpkin. Partisan brains only feel, they don’t really think.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:41 pm“I have you beat by more than ten points and my numbers came from the tests a PhD candidate in psychology ran on me as part of his dissertation, not off the internet. But let’s say yours is a legitimate 136 which is very good by anybody’s reckoning; so what? You’re still as dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to politics, men, social issues and recreational sex.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 3:01 pm”
I wonder what you would test at if the asked you political questions – now that would be a funny result to see ;)
See sweetie, a partisan like yourself isn’t really qualified to rate the capabilities of another. That would require impartiality and non-partisan reasoning capabilities – neither of which you seem to be in possession of. I’m sure you’re a reasonably smart guy when you aren’t scared witless or filled with silly hate.
But I forgive you – clearly you aren’t thinking clearly, and your silly rantings certainly do more harm for your cause than they help. But then again, a partisan wouldn’t be able to understand this, so I forgive you in advance for whatever hateful and silly attack you’ll aim at me for trying to help you out pumpkin.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:44 pmHere you go I-RIGHT-I, go spend some of those big brain cycles on this research.
Poor druggie, you think you’re smart, when instead you’re just silly.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:46 pmAre you suggesting that the current state of affairs is as bad as it was in 1776? That the “left†is as oppressed as the colonists? Please… talk about needing a reality check.
Comment by Scat — January 31, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
Not the ‘left’ moron, the middle (working) class. And yes. And if you don’t understand that rich boy, we’ll see how much a guillotine changes your perspective.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:50 pmNo not psychic, just a keen observer of the failed political will of the Filthy Left. Now that we’ve taken away your only means of enacting new liberal laws via the Supremes you have nothing left to live for thus nothing to fight for. You will dry up and blow away.
DOn’t be a moron. Where do you think the religious fundamentalism came from? Yep, the 1960’s period of Enlightenment when people were abandoning religion and the religious freaks got hard-core to try to survive. It’s just another swing of the pendulum in a different direction, that’s all.
If I had to guess though I’d say you’re thinking you shouldn’t have had that last piece of cheese cake last night.
Wrong. As usual. Vegans don’t eat ‘cheese’ anything.
I have you beat by more than ten points and my numbers came from the tests a PhD candidate in psychology ran on me as part of his dissertation, not off the internet.
Either you are lying about your score or the tester was just being kind. I was first tested in grade school and put into gifted programs. I was repeatedly tested each year, because the school has to do that to make sure the kids qualify so they get funding. Again in college during Psychology 101, the teacher gave us another test. He too had his Phd, but from a real university and not some Texas pig farming college… So I have interations validating mine. At best, you’re lucky if you score 125. But no way higher than that, or you’d have posted an actual number and answered me the first time I asked.
But let’s say yours is a legitimate 136 which is very good by anybody’s reckoning; so what? You’re still as dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to politics, men, social issues and recreational sex.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 3:01 pm
Just because I’m over your head and you don’t get what I’m saying doesn’t make me the dumb one.
Besides you’re just all pissy that I don’t find you even remotely appealing as a human being. Not that you’re one to judge much otherwise. I mean, you do believe in invisible idols, talking donkeys, virgin pregnancies, males mammories are so Adam could give Eve breasts (while the uterus is missing) and a President who would be an attraction at the circus freak show weren’t it for his filthy rich parents. Yeah, right, I feel all dumb compared to your genius…
January 31st, 2006 at 5:03 pmLast time I got tested it was something like 153, up on the 146 the time before but down on the 160 before that which just goes to show…
IQ doesn’t exactly mean much.
Comment by Bruce Gorton — January 31, 2006 @ 4:20 pm
To some degree it does, because the conversation IRI and I were having in a previous forum was that I told him people of high intellectual capacity (which is all an I.Q. test measures – your capacity) tend not to believe in fairytales. Your range for it (146 to 160) is all in the top 1% of the country’s intellect. There’s some skewing for white men born in this country, but not enough in your case to consider you anything but extremely intelligent. And the fact that you’re on the Progressive side strengthens my argument with IRI. Thanks
January 31st, 2006 at 5:08 pmunbelievable,
I’ve been tested on multiple occasion myself, and I’m in that 1% range myself. Although it isn’t how big your tool is, but how well you’ve been trained to use it that matters :)
I’ve known people of much lower IQ range, who are tremendously effective at using their gifts, and I’ve known utter geniuses that were unable to tie their own shoes and couldn’t make a complete sentence or crack a joke in social circumstances. But generally speaking my observation is that brighter people are less swayed by the winds of partisan hysteria. We tend to be too critical, too intellectually curious, and too intent on facts over fiction. It’s also why many of us are athiests – believing fairy tales are for those who can’t think for themselves or contemplate their own existence.
January 31st, 2006 at 5:36 pmBut generally speaking my observation is that brighter people are less swayed by the winds of partisan hysteria. We tend to be too critical, too intellectually curious, and too intent on facts over fiction
Comment by RightPunch
Then every one of you “smart” left wing fucktards must be lying about your test. The very nature of a leftist is one of restlessness and partisan hysteria. Progressives seek change for the sake of change and frankly that’s not too smart.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:10 pmI mean, you do believe in invisible idols, talking donkeys, virgin pregnancies, males mammories are so Adam could give Eve breasts (while the uterus is missing) and a President who would be an attraction at the circus freak show weren’t it for his filthy rich parents. Yeah, right, I feel all dumb compared to your genius…
Comment by unbelievable
I believe in the same basic things the greatest men who ever walked the earth believed. You on the other hand take the opposite approach and align yourself with the worlds greatest scum. You figure it out smarty pants.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:14 pmI feel all dumb compared to your genius…
Comment by unbelievable
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
January 31st, 2006 at 6:19 pmNot the ‘left’ moron, the middle (working) class. And yes. And if you don’t understand that rich boy, we’ll see how much a guillotine changes your perspective.
Comment by unbelievable
Rich boy? Hardly. I am the very definition of the middle, working class. I make enough to scrape by. I own a 13 year old car and haven’t had a new car in over 16 years. I don’t have a portfolio. I have credit card debt. But guess what? It’s not the governments fault. I opted to have kids instead of extending my schooling. I like to play and enjoy my hobbies instead of saving. I pay a lot in taxes but thankfully it is less under this administration than under the dems. And because I disagree with you I am a moron? Typical libral thought process. If I don’t agree with you I must be dumb.
I take responsibility for my station in life. If it bothered me enough I’d take steps to improve it. The same could be said of anyone tired of where they are at and wanting to improve themselves.
Bring on the guillotine… I believe in the right to bear arms.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:42 pmwe’ll see how much a guillotine changes your perspective.
Comment by unbelievable
I can’t believe you actually said that. You know the Filthy Left invented the guillotine? Just another reason to nuke France and take over their cheese.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:52 pmI take responsibility for my station in life.
Comment by Scat
Ohhhhhh, now you done it. You just admitted that a man just might have a place to be and enjoy it. Not good buddy. They’ll get you for that one. Waaaaaaay tooooo conservative.
January 31st, 2006 at 6:55 pmBut generally speaking my observation is that brighter people are less swayed by the winds of partisan hysteria. We tend to be too critical, too intellectually curious, and too intent on facts over fiction. It’s also why many of us are athiests – believing fairy tales are for those who can’t think for themselves or contemplate their own existence.
Comment by RightPunch — January 31, 2006 @ 5:36 pm
I have no doubt that most of the regular progressives here are in the top 2-3%. And that the resident trolls are ‘above average’, but not enough to out think the smartest echelons – especially those like Karl Rove who use their briliance for selfish gain.
Absolutely there are exceptions. I remember when they announced the list of kids in 6th grade going to the gifted program everyone was shocked that the girl who always knew the answers and made straight A’s was not on the list. But I noticed the number of PhDs who’ve written satirical recommendations for the Flying Spaghetti Monster on http://www.venganza.org and realized that, in contrast, the hate mail was all written poorly by people who obviously had struggled to type it. It sort of occured to me that the brighter folks, as you said, don’t fall for talking donkeys…
It’s why Hitler banned the intelligents from Berlin I believe, because he knew he could not razzle dazzle them, and they’d see through his act. I’m convinced the internet has become our modern equivalent and why the current regime is presently campaigning to shut us up. We’ve practically converted Giacomo just by being ourselves :) and I’ve seen a few others who came in on the fence that are now just as fierce as we are. We scare them. As we should :)
January 31st, 2006 at 7:47 pmI believe in the same basic things the greatest men who ever walked the earth believed. You on the other hand take the opposite approach and align yourself with the worlds greatest scum. You figure it out smarty pants.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:14 pm
The greatest men? Who says? You? “Greatness” as you put it is subjective. And if you are merely thinking the thoughts others previously conceived, then you aren’t either original or capable of your own thoughts. Not impressive IRI. Try again. My bet is you won’t.
January 31st, 2006 at 7:51 pmRom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:19 pm
Numbers 22:28-30 (King James Version)
28And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
January 31st, 2006 at 7:55 pmI take responsibility for my station in life. If it bothered me enough I’d take steps to improve it. The same could be said of anyone tired of where they are at and wanting to improve themselves.
Bring on the guillotine… I believe in the right to bear arms.
Comment by Scat — January 31, 2006 @ 6:42 pm
What color is your skin? What is your gender? Where were you born?
If you don’t realize that those things increase your ability significantly over others who do not share them, you are, in addition to being ‘dumb’, an ignorant bigot.
Good, so do I.
January 31st, 2006 at 7:59 pmI can’t believe you actually said that. You know the Filthy Left invented the guillotine? Just another reason to nuke France and take over their cheese.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:52 pm
Oh, come on. You know I have a sense of humor. That was funny. Besides, I told you, I believe educated and responsible gun ownership is actually a liberal premise (to defend oneself against tyranny) established by our liberal, and intelligent, by the way, forefathers. I personally don’t own one yet. But if Scalito overturns Roe v. Wade and they start building the Wall, I will. My father taught us how to use weaponry and educated us not to shoot anything we didn’t intend to eat or as a last resort for self-defense.
Have you ever been to France? I have 3 times. I speak French, or atleast attept to because they immediate stop me and start talking in English. I really don’t understand how obnoxious you’d have tobe to piss off people that accommodating… but I’m sure you’ve invented the top two… anyway, wouldn’t nuke it. It’s wonderful. Another country scenically superior to your state.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:06 pmOhhhhhh, now you done it. You just admitted that a man just might have a place to be and enjoy it. Not good buddy. They’ll get you for that one. Waaaaaaay tooooo conservative.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:55 pm
You know, my dad played semi-pro football, so I grew up watching it. One of the first things I learned is that you don’t tackle the guys on your own team. (scatter brain is on your team… :)
January 31st, 2006 at 8:08 pm“Then every one of you “smart†left wing fucktards must be lying about your test. The very nature of a leftist is one of restlessness and partisan hysteria. Progressives seek change for the sake of change and frankly that’s not too smart.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:10 pm “
I’ll let Dr Westen describe your response – as he does it best.
I already know you can’t and won’t learn – so all I can do is forgive you for your handicap pumpkin.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:20 pm“Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — January 31, 2006 @ 6:19 pm”
Pumpkin, your autobiography isn’t relevant to this thread. The fact is that Delay and the rest of the republican partisan machine can count on fewer brainwashed voters than they realized. I forgive you for straying off topic, I know you’re doing the best with your limited facilities today.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:23 pmHey unbelievable, you know this isn’t the first time that an ass quoted christian scripture. This is one of my favorite parts of the Christian fairy tale, it’s like watching Shrek.
NU 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Who sad asses can’t talk – we now have multiple sightings ;) Although the one in the fairy tale seems more rational – maybe he wasn’t a partisan?
January 31st, 2006 at 8:29 pmunbelievable, I was going to make a trashy comment about how much this ass gets ridden but I refrained – until now :)
Poor thing, I kinda hate making fun of him – poor thing. I’m sorry pumpkin if I embarrassed you, you know I love you like the ass I’ve never had :)
January 31st, 2006 at 8:31 pmThe 28% who have a favorable opinion of Tom Delay must be out of there stupid minds. Until these kind of voters start changing how they vote Washington will continue to be business as usually.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:46 pmWho sad asses can’t talk – we now have multiple sightings ;) Although the one in the fairy tale seems more rational – maybe he wasn’t a partisan?
Comment by RightPunch — January 31, 2006 @ 8:29 pm
Shrek! Yeeeeessss… good one!
I prefer the company of most animals to all Neocons :)
Poor IRI, he just can’t help himself.
That ’speech’ tonight was a load of crap. Either lies, empty promises or perfect explanation of why the boy who would be king is a radical that’s a threat to our nation. And the worse part is that he truly believes he is on the right path…
Well, I’m exhausted watching that…. off to la la land… Good night RP! Was fun doing battle with you against the trolls. As usual, we cleared the room :)
January 31st, 2006 at 10:22 pmAs usual, we cleared the room :)
Comment by unbelievable
Try “Beano”.
February 1st, 2006 at 8:03 amIt’s wonderful. Another country scenically superior to your state.
Comment by unbelievable
I would say the cheese eating surrender monkeys can have the scenery as long as they can hold on to it. It’s not looking too good for them right now though. But I must insist that Big Bend in its way is as beautiful a place as I’ve ever been and I’ve been around and I’ve been to France. It smells funny over there. It smells like a room full of NOW hags.
February 1st, 2006 at 9:14 amWho sad asses can’t talk – we now have multiple sightings ;) Although the one in the fairy tale seems more rational – maybe he wasn’t a partisan?
Comment by RightPunch
The ass was very partisan as he was doing what he was told to do. He was trying to save his master from making a huge mistake. It’s too bad you don’t have an ass like that. All you have is Donks and believe me when I tell you that God isn’t talking to them.
He has a real problem with losers who prefer treason, atheism, abortion and sodomy over Himself. Please believe me when I tell you that you are sooooo fucked if you don’t get with the program. Gentle Jesus had more to say about hell than he did heaven.
February 1st, 2006 at 9:20 amActually, France began smelling funny when you got there. Enjoy your “afterlife”…..
February 1st, 2006 at 12:04 pmTry “Beanoâ€.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 1, 2006 @ 8:03 am
It’s spelled b-r-a-i-n.
February 1st, 2006 at 3:45 pmBut I must insist that Big Bend in its way is as beautiful a place as I’ve ever been and I’ve been around and I’ve been to France. It smells funny over there. It smells like a room full of NOW hags.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 1, 2006 @ 9:14 am
We’ve already had the Big Bend discussion and I agreed that it’s one of the few scenic places in all of Tex-ass. I was there last spring when the cacti were in bloom – ironic juxtaposition of these crepe-papery pink and yellow blossoms on prickly barbs carpeted the floor of the park. But it wasn’t as scenic as Denali, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Redwood, Olympic, the entire state of Utah, or France.
Must’ve been your own cheese breath you smelled in France. I didn’t think it smelled any differently than any other big city. Try Shanghai if you really want a pungent smelling city…
February 1st, 2006 at 3:51 pmHe has a real problem with losers who prefer treason, atheism, abortion and sodomy over Himself. Please believe me when I tell you that you are sooooo fucked if you don’t get with the program. Gentle Jesus had more to say about hell than he did heaven.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — February 1, 2006 @ 9:20 am
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times… prove tome that there is a god and I’ll apologize.
Otherwise accept the fact that only place any of us is going after this life is eternal sleep. No reward, no reunions, no nothing. And one difference is that I won’t have wasted all those Sundays at church…
February 1st, 2006 at 3:54 pmIf I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times… prove tome that there is a god and I’ll apologize.
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Jesus said that even if the Walking Dead Losers saw a man come back from the dead they would not believe. He was right. The person who has allowed sin to so harden their heart is beyond being convinced of anything. If you are one of those then God has abandoned you and there is nothing further to discuss.
The proof of God’s existence is all around you and in you. It’s a shame the Catholic church doesn’t do a better job with you people. The only thing worse than a lapsed Catholic is a Left Wing atheist or Reform Jew. You are both dead and don’t even know it. God said that I didn’t.
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