Think Progress

CPAC audience cheers: ‘The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh.’

Today at CPAC, Rush Limbaugh was supposed to deliver a 20-minute speech. It ended up lasting for 1 1/2 hours, before a right-wing audience that greeted him like a hero. Rush again defended his controversial comments that he hopes President Obama fails, saying they were “common sense.” He also claimed that Democrats had wanted the war in Iraq to fail. The overflow crowded exploded into applause at Rush’s remarks. After his speech, CPAC presented Rush with a “Defender of the Constitution” award, which included a document signed by Benjamin Franklin. The presenter then compared Rush to Franklin:

The king of England sat with his advisers, and they read the writings of Ben Franklin. They said, “The colonists will never be successful if they read what he writes.” Just as the king’s successor, who is in the White House, said the other day, that conservatives will never be successful if they listen to Rush Limbaugh. The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh!

The crowd again erupted into cheers. Watch it:



118 Responses to “CPAC audience cheers: ‘The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh.’”

  1. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    Jeez… good thing I had an empty stomach when I read THAT headline…


  2. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    The Architect Says:

    Uhhhh, they did.
    __________

    That’s not true, but if it makes it easier for you to cope w/ the stunning beat down your side took in November, you can keep pretending it is.

    It’s so… so… tres Nuremburg, watching all you good little party members march in lockstep to the drug-addled Fat Man’s commands.


  3. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    Well… Rush and Franklin have one thing in common.

    They’re both dead…


  4. Max-1 says:

    .

    Night Of The Living (R)ushpublic’s…

    .


  5. Max-1 says:

    .

    After their Bush cost us over TEN TRILLION DOLLRS IN DEBT…
    … Now these (R)ushbots are pissed?

    .


  6. Zooey says:

    If you’re bored with these CPAC freaks, there’s a game of MFK over at TheZoo.


  7. Badmoodman says:

    The Architect Says:

    - – Hey, it’s Art Van De Lay everyone!


  8. jb says:

    I thought there were supposed to Conservative people attending CPAC. So far it looks more like a wing of a mental institution, the right wing.


  9. Zooey says:

    The Architect Says:

    Oh, the irony………….
    February 28th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    You have no idea…


  10. Badmoodman says:

    The Architect Says:
    watching all you good little party members march in lockstep

    Oh, the irony…………. <<<

    – - Irony indeed, Dittohead.


  11. conniptionfit says:

    Ick. Wash your big hairy man-b*lls for you, Mr Limbaugh?
    Ain’t it hysterical to watch the Republicans drive their own crazy bus right off the cliff? Somebody last week called teh Newt the intellectual thinker of the Republican Party- and I thought, well there’s your problem right there…
    And look, here’s another problem, right there.


  12. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    Max-1 Says:
    .

    After their Bush cost us over TEN TRILLION DOLLRS IN DEBT…
    … Now these (R)ushbots are pissed?
    ____________

    Funny thing about wingnutters… the years from 2001 to 2008 have simply vanished from their memories. All they can recall is 1980 to 1988, and everything after that is a big Oxycon-induced blur.

    Selective amnesia… a GOOPer’s best friend…


  13. jb says:

    Rush, Malkin, Coulter, Huck, Joe the phony plumber, Palin….this bunch would do better as a freak show than as a political party.


  14. stateofthedivision says:

    Rush again defended his controversial comments that he hopes President Obama fails, saying they were “common sense.”

    It’s only common sense to hypercompetitive, win/lose partisans. Machiavelli would be proud of Limbaugh, Jesus not so much. Dr. Deming is appalled by widespread suboptimization.


  15. kasinca says:

    Look what Ronnie Raygun caused! What a bunch of losers! A freaking joke!


  16. conniptionfit says:

    Rush, Malkin, Coulter, Huck, Joe the phony plumber, Palin….this bunch would do better as a freak show than as a political party.

    Hey, ya left out Jindal! Don’t forget Jindal!!! He could be the Emcee!


  17. Tallygirl says:

    I think that makes it official. These people are batsh*t crazy.


  18. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    Actually, there is one historical figure Rushbo does bear a strong resemblance to:

    Hermann Goering. Herr Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering…

    And the Hinderburg, come to think of it…

    Three flaming Nazi gas bags…


  19. Max-1 says:

    TROS,
    I just can’t bring myself to appreciate the GOP’s manufactured outrage at the Dem’s. This faux outrage is solely based in the vacuum of 2001-2008.


  20. joe cantwell says:

    arch,

    uhhhh, what happened

    to your article for j$’s place?

    :)


  21. Zooey says:

    That’s cute — Archie cheers on the freaks who want Obama to fail, but calls us “defeatists.”

    Adorable!


  22. alpuz3 says:

    The Architect Says:

    He also claimed that Democrats had wanted the war in Iraq to fail.

    Uhhhh, they did.

    Hey… that’s the same argument you’ve been making, The Architect.


  23. SharksBreath says:

    The Architect Says:

    He also claimed that Democrats had wanted the war in Iraq to fail.

    Uhhhh, they did.

    We didn’t want it to fail. We knew it would fail.


  24. PissedOffVeteran says:

    If you watch the beginning of his spewing of crap (thats the only part I saw) he confuses the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution.

    What was that award he was getting today? Something about the defiler of the Constitution or something?


  25. Max-1 says:

    .

    Dear The Architect(sounds funny, but so are you),

    R E M E M B E R:

    Obama didn’t authorize TORTURE…
    … BUSH DID!

    Obama didn’t allow 9/11 to happen…
    … BUSH DID!

    Obama didn’t authorize spying on all Americans…
    … BUSH DID!

    Obama didn’t tank the Nation’s finances…
    … BUSH DID!

    Obama didn’t lie about WMD’s…
    … BUSH DID!

    Need I go on?

    Obama isn’t going to be a wanted international WAR CRIMINAL…
    … BUSH WILL BE!

    Americans didn’t want Bush to fail…
    … We wanted him to STOP failing the USA.

    Has ever a POTUS ever undermined the USA like G.W. Bush has?

    .


  26. SharksBreath says:

    The Architect: Do you know why they call them Red States.

    They are the blood sucking states. They have the lowest income, and education while having the most welfare recipients.

    They are first to scream about there tax dollars being used on the poor when they are the freaking poor.

    The Red States suck up the most federal dollars.

    To be a ReDINGALING you have to be a HYPOCRITE.

    No wonder that hate us. They hate themselves.

    Since your on this site it’s quite clear you are not in the top 5% of income earners.

    Why do you hate yourself architect.


  27. Zooey says:

    “Defender of the Constitution”

    Now that’s funny.


  28. joe cantwell says:

    in between comments

    we know the kind of “fun

    arch and the kids at cpac enjoy most.

    *

    and now we know why rush

    loves his viagra too.

    *

    so true.

    ;)


  29. SharksBreath says:

    Bush. Former leader of the American Taliban.

    He leaves his post to Rush LimpBalls.

    Say bye bye to the ReDingaling party.


  30. SharksBreath says:

    Architect. The report doesn’t lie.

    http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/income_expenditures_poverty_wealth.html

    Except Utah the Red States are all at the bottom.

    Yet Utah the most religious state watches the most porn.


  31. joe cantwell says:

    The Architect Says:
    “Defender of the Constitution”

    *

    defender of marriage

    ;)


  32. ralph the wonder llama says:

    A wingnut accusing liberals of “marching in lockstep” is like Felix accusing Oscar of being a neat freak.


  33. joe cantwell says:

    The Architect Says:
    SharksBreath

    Stay away from discredited far left blogs!

    *

    yeah, arch.

    stay away.

    ;)


  34. ralph the wonder llama says:

    The Architect Says:
    SharksBreath

    Stay away from discredited far left blogs!

    Is TP one of those “discredited far left blogs”, by any chance?

    Did someone mention something about “irony”?


  35. ralph the wonder llama says:

    The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh!

    Seriously, though, this is the best news I’ve heard all week. Perhaps we should go along with this.

    “No, please don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh! It would be ever so bad for the Democratic Party! Do anything, but — please, please don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh!”


  36. Max-1 says:

    .

    Dear The Architect(sounds funny, but so are you),

    When you suggest “Libs” wanted the Iraq invasion and subsequent ongoing occupation to fail, was this because the whole invasion thing was legal and Just?

    I mean…
    … Why would I want a murderer to succeed?
    … Why would I cheer on WAR CRIMES?
    … Why would I applaud TORTURE?
    … Why would “SHOCK AND AWE” be an event to dance in the streets?
    … Why would displacing 4.5 million people be something of pride?
    … Why would I support the deaths of 4200+ us Service wo/men for a lie?
    … Why would I applaud Powell’s “DEMOCRACY DUST” viles of lies?
    … Why would I support a war of aggression?

    O.K. we all know what I don’t support…
    … The larger question remains; WHY DO YOU?

    .


  37. McWars says:

    Defender of the Constitution

    Irony 2009 Award, anybody?


  38. joe cantwell says:

    see ralph?

    arch (mr. p) can both piss and

    sh*t hypocrisy at the same time.

    amazing!

    *

    unlike his hero rush,

    who has to use a colostomy bag.

    *

    unlike his hero rush,

    who has to use a colostomy bag.

    ***


  39. SharksBreath says:

    I guess you read a right wing blog that debunked it for you.

    You might want to take a look at that report by yourself.

    Here is the report on income levels by state.

    http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s0684.pdf

    Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi pad the bottom.

    Here is the report on poverty levels.

    http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s0684.pdf

    Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi pad the bottom.

    Maybe you can debunk this for me.


  40. joe cantwell says:

    so nice,

    i said it twice.

    :)


  41. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    The Architect Says:

    Stay away from discredited far left blogs!
    ___________

    And here you are… fluffing the audience before the main act…

    Oh… the irony.


  42. EugeneDebs says:

    The Architect Says:

    watching all you good little party members march in lockstep

    Oh, the irony………….
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Another MORON who doesnt know what irony is. Seems conservatives are congenitally incapable of understanding the concept of irony. It is not projecion. YOU seeing your brainwashed idiocy reflected in those who do not share it is not irony it is YOUR stupidity.


  43. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Eugene, it’s well known that conservatives suffer from an irony deficiency.


  44. LibertyLover says:

    Two words…

    Jeff Christie.


  45. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    The Architect Says:

    We didn’t use a single MOAB.
    ____________

    Funny… then what did Botch use to BLOW OUR ECONOMY TO SMITHEREENS?


  46. Zooey says:

    Who is Jeff Christie?


  47. EugeneDebs says:

    The Architect Says:

    The reason morons like YOU are brainwashed by the Limborg is that you are stupid. You KNOW you are stupid and incapable of thinking for yourself so you tune into Rush and his ilk or go to rightwing websites to find out what you think. Its ok. We KNOW you are stupid. You are always going to BE stupid. So do what you have to do and thanks for the free clown show. We do enjoy the laughs, that you take yourself seriously makes it that much funnier


  48. Max-1 says:

    #37 The Architect Says:

    Stay away from discredited far left blogs!

    Q U E S T I O N:
    It isn’t that you’re filled with hot air and bad ideas…
    … It’s just that you should heed your own ideas, NO?

    WHY ARE YOU HERE THEN, TROLL MUCH?

    .


  49. SharksBreath says:

    8 years of Bush and your still a Republican.

    The hate for your country must run deep.

    You must be proud to know that the other person who really approves of the job Bush has done is Bin Laden.

    Bush did everything Bin Laden wanted him to do.

    Including bankrupting our country.

    Why do you hate us.


  50. joe cantwell says:

    Zooey Says:
    Who is Jeff Christie?

    limbaugh’s porno name.

    *


  51. angels81 says:

    Archie is just here to throw out a bunch of buzz words to try and get peoples goat. He can’t discuss any of the points he brings up, because he doesn’t know what any of it means. He can’t debate any of the issues because Rush didn’t tell him how to do that.


  52. Zooey says:

    joe cantwell Says:

    Zooey Says:
    Who is Jeff Christie?

    limbaugh’s porno name.

    *
    February 28th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Oh gross…


  53. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Is Art Vandelay, the famous architect, again cutting-and-pasting random quotes without either attributing them (which is plagiarism) or offering a link to their source?

    Does he expect this tactic to have any impact whatsoever?


  54. Max-1 says:

    .

    “Shock and Awe” …
    … A violent act meant to coerce a national change in political ideologies and social awareness.

    You know…
    … TERRORISM!

    .


  55. EugeneDebs says:

    The Architect Says:

    “Defender of the Constitution”
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

    I dont think so but you ARE a moron of monumental proportions


  56. McWars says:

    ‘The Architect’ is part of the reich cabal fearful they may have another Claus Von Stauffenberg on their hands, and rational people are hopeful the plot succeeds this time. The reich-wing is the cabal of horror to every good thing this country stands for.


  57. Zooey says:

    I’m time traveling again. Cool.


  58. gummitch says:

    Zooey Says:

    Who is Jeff Christie?

    Scroll down this page a bit. There’s a photo of “Jeff Christie” in the left column.

    And a fairly appropriate assessment here.


  59. ralph the wonder llama says:

    angels81 Says:
    Archie is just here to throw out a bunch of buzz words to try and get peoples goat.

    I notice three of his favorites seem to be “rinse and repeat”, as if that was an effective retort to whatever someone else had said.

    Maybe he’s looking to secure a sitcom deal and is trying out different catchphrases.


  60. barfly says:

    The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh!

    Speak up! We can barely hear you, from your post in political Siberia! How’s the borsht?


  61. McWars says:

    It’s the weekend, admin is gone. This particular troll goes many months back and TP has banned it numerous times. It will be booted once again Monday morning.


  62. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    Maybe he’s looking to secure a sitcom deal and is trying out different catchphrases.
    ___________

    Oooooooo… I’m voting for “Hubba hubba!!”… or mebbe “Oh you doll, you!”


  63. joe cantwell says:

    jeff christie’s specialty

    was coprophagia. he was

    in high demand as he

    was the only porno star

    doing it.

    ***

    his most famous title?

    “a millions flies can’t be wrong!”

    rated XXX.

    ***


  64. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    barfly Says:

    Speak up! We can barely hear you, from your post in political Siberia!
    _________

    Is that what Rush calls his keister? Siberia?


  65. joe cantwell says:

    arch?

    c’mon,

    defend the “defender”.

    get busy. lots to do.

    *


  66. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    joe cantwell Says:

    *

    unlike his hero rush,

    who has to use a colostomy bag.
    _________

    One small correction, if I may?

    unlike his hero rush, who has BEEN a colostomy bag, for years and years…


  67. barfly says:

    The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh!

    That crossover voting in the primaries strategy really showed the brilliance of the godhead, Rushnu.

    Heh, heh, heh…


  68. mk3872 says:

    Let there be no doubt that Rush Limbaugh is now THE leader of the GOP.

    We have been trying to tell level-headed right-wingers for years that Limbaugh, Malkin and Hannity are insane.

    They should have listened to us.


  69. EugeneDebs says:

    The Architect Says:

    “SHOCK AND AWE” be an event to dance in the streets?

    Turned out to be a total flop. We didn’t use a single MOAB.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    You are an ignorant weasel without a shred of decency. So your argument is we just didnt kill enough innocent people in Iraq. You are disgusting. You are an embarassment to all decent Americans specifically and our entire species generally


  70. barfly says:

    Is that what Rush calls his keister? Siberia?

    The cyst is “Vladivostock.”


  71. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    barfly Says:

    Is that what Rush calls his keister? Siberia?

    The cyst is “Vladivostock.”
    ___________

    Well, if that’s the case, then I really DO NOT want to know what he’s referring to when he talks about his Kamchatkas…


  72. barfly says:

    when he talks about his Kamchatkas…

    The smart ones turn and run, for all their little feet can carry them.


  73. Max-1 says:

    .

    I love getting (R)ushpublics to admit their immoralities…

    .


  74. joe cantwell says:

    btw,

    “flies” = “dittoheads”

    mega dittos rush.

    ***


  75. barfly says:

    The followers of Brahma-baugh don’t see to mind, or just don’t seem to notice, that they’re following a politically gelded steer. Though he’ll bellow like he’s got a pair, really, he lost ‘em in the last election.

    All this conservative anxiety and anguish is just the dead chicken effect.


  76. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    barfly Says:

    The smart ones turn and run, for all their little feet can carry them.
    ____________

    Proving once again, that Darwin was right… survival of the smartest ‘n all…


  77. barfly says:

    So, they will follow Rush, as he offers up the same failed stew with the top-crust of mold removed.

    And voters will give republicans their much needed coup-de-gras.


  78. barfly says:

    For let us not forget who enabled the transition of America into a quasi-socialist nation: republicans and conservatives endorsed every big ticket item on Bush’s agenda, without a squeak of resistance. It is this fact above all others, that they must come to terms with as a party, to ever be viable again — it’s also the same one they are psychologically incapable of addressing.


  79. Shayne says:

    All hail Rushbo leader of the GroupOfPigs


  80. Canny55 says:

    Chant it with me, fellows:

    Limbaugh…Limbaugh…Limbaugh…Limbaugh…


  81. jshallowell says:

    I am a conservative who thought “Think Progress” must be something positive. That was before I read these remarkably childish “comments.”


  82. jazzycat_01 says:

    Rush so called speech sounded just like a good old boy KLAN RALLEY if he thinks he knows so much he should have ran for president….Rush is just a HATER!!


  83. ralph the wonder llama says:

    jshallowell Says:
    I am a conservative who thought “Think Progress” must be something positive. That was before I read these remarkably childish “comments.”

    Sorry we’ve disappointed you. But thanks for your “comment”. We’ll take it under advisement.


  84. MapleStreet says:

    The king of England sat with his advisers, and they read the writings of Ben Franklin. They said, “The colonists will never be successful if they read what he writes.”

    HUH ?


  85. laworder says:

    jshallowell Says:
    I am a conservative who thought “Think Progress” must be something positive. That was before I read these remarkably childish “comments.”

    Seriously Mr. Conservative, you want the people who read and think and vote to not make childish “comments.” Listen Mr. Republican/Conservative, we make these statements in order to keep our sanity after what your president bush jr. and complicit republicans did to our country. If you were a critical thinker, and didn’t have a sense of humor, you would have blown your head off a long time ago. Fortunately for you, you don’t think.


  86. kasinca says:

    So the new platform is: More hate, lies, and jealousy. Praise Raygun and Newt and hate liburls.

    That ought to get us into recovery. I think they really have something to run on this time.


  87. joe cantwell says:

    jshallowell Says:
    I am a conservative who thought “Think Progress” must be something positive. That was before I read these remarkably childish “comments.”

    *
    that’s it?

    *

    have you met “backup the concern troll

    and his magic dictionary of logic“?

    it’s like harry potter on ritalin.

    ***

    check out comment #465 for the punchline.

    *


  88. EugeneDebs says:

    jshallowell Says:

    I am blown away by the intellectual power of your argument. The specificity. The incisive commentary. No really you are an ignorant blowhard without anything to say which is what you did say NOTHING. You dont like it here feel free to avail yourself of the several million OTHER websites out there. Coming in here and saying WWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH is just too boring to be believed.


  89. Xisithrus says:

    They listened to Limbaugh in 2006 and 2008 who carried water for George for eight years.

    Do they really think Limbaugh has the answers? And if so, why?

    We are not at war with the British and Limbaugh is in no way like Benjamin Franklin….women liked him!!


  90. Xisithrus says:

    Ben Franklin, a good man, came up with ‘paying it forward’ [it was a way pf spreading the wealth for good cause:

    I do not pretend to give such a Sum; I only lend it to you. When you [...] meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity. I hope it may thus go thro’ many hands, before it meets with a Knave that will stop its Progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. -Ben Franklin

    Limbaugh, I think, would never be for such a thing as he thinks spreading wealth is socialism.


  91. Liberal Kelly says:

    jshallowell Says:
    I am a conservative who thought “Think Progress” must be something positive. That was before I read these remarkably childish “comments.”

    Yet, you took the time to register, choose a user name and password, enter your email, wait for a confirmation email, come back on here, log in, and then make an asinine non-comment about how “remarkably childish” our comments are?

    Get a freakin’ life.


  92. Liberal Kelly says:

    Change my name? I haven’t changed my name.

    Are you high?


  93. EugeneDebs says:

    Liberal Kelly Says:

    Change my name? I haven’t changed my name.

    Are you high?
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Perhaps. What is CERTAIN is that he is a moron


  94. Joe the Philosopher says:

    Rush Limbaugh is the best evidence we have that the Republican Party has turned into a sewer pit. He’s the one who’s deranged. He definitely belongs in a mental hospital. The people who support him can join him.

    The question is, where should we locate the right-wing nut-job hospital? I’m sure no one will want it in their neighborhood.


  95. DNFP says:

    LIMPBALLS/NUGENT 2012


  96. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Mr. Art Vandelay, “Architect” may in fact be high.

    He may just be delirious.

    But, God help us, he’s been keeping all of us entertained for hours with his wacky off-the-wall antics.


  97. Liberal Kelly says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:
    Mr. Art Vandelay, “Architect” may in fact be high.
    He may just be delirious.
    But, God help us, he’s been keeping all of us entertained for hours with his wacky off-the-wall antics.

    Hee hee! I can see that!

    He is definitely delusional, too. How long does it take one to become a full-fledged cult follower? Or do they have a natural born tendency towards cultism? Could be that their parents teach them how to be good little sheep!

    I’m just trying to understand…


  98. muzz says:

    Archie – why don’t you and all your wing-nut buddies go take a nice long ocean cruise in a leaky boat – or just DROP DEAD!


  99. labman57 says:

    The GOP has become the party of “no we can’t, and neither can you”.

    So long as they continue to embrace the counter-productive, mean-spirited, spiteful, malicious doctrines and pronouncements of the likes of Limbaugh, Coulter, Palin, Steele, and the clowns on FOX News, the majority of the American public will say “thanks, but no thanks” to the Republican Party.


  100. labman57 says:

    Rush Limbaugh exemplifies the self-serving, Machiavellian mindset of the far right. Now we see the extent of their self-importance and self-righteousness.

    Limbaugh and his ilk are ignoring the fundamental reality that, with respect to the U.S. economy and our standing in the world, when the President succeeds, we all share in his success. When the President fails, his failure reflects on all Americans.

    Limbaugh, Maykin, and other right-wing extremists would wish to see countless additional Americans lose their jobs, their retirement savings, and their homes, or witness more innocent lives lost at the hands of political extremists, merely so that they could sit back and gloat and the GOP would have a better chance of winning seats in Congress in the next 2 election cycles.


  101. EugeneDebs says:

    The Architect Says:

    I dont know or care what you are talking about but you clearly are still packing the stupid around.


  102. marlow says:

    G-damn traitorous rightwing freaks. The party should be led by a three-hundred pound draft-dodging anal cyst. “I hope the nation burns!”, they all weep into their pillows at night.


  103. Blackhawk Mike says:

    All this website seems to do is paint all republicans/conservatives as extremist fools. This is the EXACT type of divisive nonsense that our President does NOT want.

    As much as I don’t like Rush, he does make some very valid points. There certainly are and have been PLENTY of liberals who wanted the war in Iraq to be a failure (without taking into account what that really means for the Iraqi people) simply so they could claim that they were right (even though most of all of us supported the war at first).

    Don’t get me wrong, much of the current republican response has been sophmoric, divisive, contradictory, and so on, but let’s not stoop to their level (or the level of the extreme left who claims to be open-minded, but is just as bad, if not worse).

    I know full well (that’s right, I KNOW) that BOTH sides have very valid points. We need to be moving foward and looking foward TOGETHER instead of focusing on the past and what divides us. We need to start making an effort to understand and respect those with differring opinions. We must start actually COMPROMISING! This one-sided, black and white nonsense must stop. The people here wishing those who differ in opinion would drop dead and so on are NO BETTER than the Coulters and Limbaughs in this world. STOP STOOPING to their level. Stop giving them air time, and they will go away!!


  104. ralph the wonder llama says:

    THanks for your thought,s Blackhawk Mike.

    Have you met backup? I think you’ll get along famously.


  105. continuum says:

    I can only hope that the GOP follows Rush’s advice. Incites the neocon fringes but scares the hell out of the majority of Americans. Limbaugh will lead his conservative lemming dittoheads right over the cliff’s edge.


  106. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Patriot Actor Says:
    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    THanks for your thought,s Blackhawk Mike.
    ————-
    Nice rebuttal….Not!

    You’re absolutely right — it was not a rebuttal.

    What made you think it was meant as one?


  107. joe cantwell says:

    The Architect Says:
    BTW, “Bob can’t ban nobody!”

    *
    The Architect Says:
    SharksBreath

    Stay away from discredited far left blogs!

    :)


  108. dbadass says:

    blow jobs from palin.

    has minor potential as a name for a garageband


  109. EugeneDebs says:

    Blackhawk Mike Says:

    This is really very simple to get to the solutions you deal with the valid criticisms. You dont LIKE partisanship. I. DONT. CARE. Here is your lesson for today. Look up dialectic. See how having two adversarial positions can help come up with good solutions. Do things your way and you can bet the farm I will do things MINE. That you dont like it means NOTHING to me


  110. EugeneDebs says:

    Patriot Actor Says: 121

    You do know you are a moron dont you?


  111. Alecto says:

    Patriot Actor Says:

    alanearth Says:

    Ziegler was getting blow jobs from palin.

    Which one? Mom, Snowshoebunny Dad or Bristol? Maybe Track?


  112. Blackhawk Mike says:

    Lol Interesting that you would bring up dialectical theory in such a statement. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the this theory, which can be applied to a number of instances and conflicts of human nature. But dialectical theory is based on two people in DIALOGUE making RATIONAL ARGUMENTS, not throwing insults around! What you are doing is quite literally the exact OPPOSITE of a dialectical argument!! The goal of such an argument is to convince the opposing side that you are correct, but insults such as you make only further divide and polarize opposing veiwpoints!

    And it’s quite clear that you, ie. Eugene Debs, reacted to my comment without actually reading it. At no point did I suggest that we must all agree on anything, only that we can disagree and still show respect for each other.

    At any rate, you simply cannot use dialectical theory to justify being an ass to others. That’s not how it works. I’m all for discussing political social theory if you would like. It would be much better than calling each other morons.


  113. ForTruth says:

    I prefer to j@ck-off in private.


  114. youtube says:

    You and your president bush has failed in iraq even you guys spent a billion dollar every month, it will not be OBAMA.


  115. pebrooks says:

    Okay, now does everyone believe me when saying these… “conservatives” are dangerous? Rush Limbaugh, the “Minister of Propaganda”, needs only to sit down upon a toilet and one of those slugs, so in need of a backbone, will slide over to wipe his ass. I mean, WTF! If Rush Limbaugh is NOT the voice of the Republican Party at this time, who is? Steele? For one brief, glorious moment-and no one can take that away from him, Steele [tried] to act like a man. And out came that big ol’ boar, grunting and rooting about, his tusks razor sharp and simply stated that he is not head of the RNC. Period. But Steele put knee pads on, called Rush-sat on hold, until Rush would speak to him, and invalidated everything he had said earlier. Steele’s testicles had shriveled and crept back up into his abdomen and there, warm and safe, is where they’ll stay. Maybe Steele can find one of Coulter’s charming skirts to wear, or heck, one of Palin’s new outfits! I simply dislike seeing a man(albeit loosely applied in this context) anyone-Republican or not, emasculate himself in such a humiliating fashion. And you know EVERYONE!!!is going to snicker behind his back, offer a tampon or come right out and say he’s a whimp! Rush must have pictures of these guys with a goat or something. Maybe they “hooked” Rush up with some narcotics. By the way, is he still doing that stuff. It may explain why he’s so terribly fat and red-faced. Narcotics make you constipated. That’s it! Rush is constipated! For goodness sakes, he can’t poop. At least now we can help him: a warm, soapy enema, about 10 gallons.


  116. Author says:

    Blackhawk Mike,
    You sir are a breath of fresh air from all the illiterate postings I read on this thread. It’s a shame a person like yourself, apparently a democrat, can’t proffer an intelligent and reasonable post without being subjected to ridicule.
    In your defense let me say that Deb has only two words in her vocabulary; moron and stupid, and from there most of the others go downhill.
    You sir are in the wrong party, but as a conservative I salute you.


  117. pebrooks says:

    Blackhawk Mike…and I salute you sir, as well.




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