VIDEO: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America
VIDEO: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America
Although the United States sent a high-powered delegation to make a last-ditch effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled out the Windy City today. Of the final four cities — which also included Madrid, Toyko, and Rio — Chicago received the fewest votes. In his speech to the IOC in Copenhagen today, President Obama tied the American dream to the Olympic spirit in his pitch for the United States:
[Chicago is] a bustling metropolis with the warmth of a small town; where the world already comes together every day to live and work and reach for a dream — a dream that no matter who we are, where we come from; no matter what we look like or what hand life has dealt us; with hard work, and discipline, and dedication, we can make it if we try.
That’s not just the American Dream. That is the Olympic spirit. It’s the essence of the Olympic spirit. That’s why we see so much of ourselves in these Games. That’s why we want them in Chicago. That’s why we want them in America.
Always looking for a way to bring down Obama, conservatives not only criticized the President’s 15-hour trip, but also spent this week denegrating Chicago, downplaying the Olympics, and rooting against America. The criticisms have included mocking “fat people” in Chicago, gushing that Rio is just plain “awesome,” and saying that Chicago is too violent and doesn’t deserve the event. Watch a compilation:
So how will all these conservatives who have been rooting against the United States react now that their rhetoric has become reality? On Twitter, former Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel cautioned Republicans against gloating: “Note to GOP officials/consultants – resist the temptation to pile on about Chicago losing the Olympic bid just because Obama made the pitch.” His message didn’t reach RedState’s Erick Erickson, who immediately wrote:
Hahahahaha. I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone. I thought if we whored ourselves out to our enemies, great things would happen. Apparently not.
Bringing the Olympics wasn’t about cronyism. Besides U.S. pride, it was about an event that could have generated $22.5 billion in economic activity and the equivalent of 315,000 new full-time jobs in America.
Transcript:
SEAN HANNITY, 9/29: Tonight — Gang violence in Chicago leaves a teenager dead, and the shocking events are caught on tape. Should the President be pushing to bring the Olympics to this city?
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MICHELLE MALKIN, 9/30: Well, this is all about the president’s Chicago cronies. That’s what this Olympic push is all about. And it starts with Richard M. Daley, the mayor of Chicago. He’s been there since 1989. He would like to see this $5 billion party cap off his long grand tenure. And it’s a great way to white wash all of the city’s ills in the windy city and in Illinois for that matter.
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PAT CADDELL, 9/29: “Now in Chicago what we’re going to have is gangster politics that will make Al Capone so happy. This is the biggest ever outrage ever done the President of the United States.”
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BRIT HUME, 9/29: Even if he does though, there are always going to be people who will always suspect he was on a political errand for Mayor Daley of Chicago, who has staked a lot of prestige on landing the Olympics, and a lot of people, I think, will not ever get over that idea.
BRETT BAIER: We’ll cover it.
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DENNIS MILLER, 9/30: But I would caution the IOC to get ready. If they don’t award this Olympics to Chicago, and thus to President Obama, get ready to be deemed racist. That is the move.
BILL O’REILLY: And Oprah’s there too. They’re going to take a hit.
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S.E. CUPP, 10/1: But on the other hand? Have you have you been to Rio? I have. It’s awesome. If I’m Rio, I’m not really worried. I mean, I don’t know — there’s conflicting stuff going on here. I’ll be surprised.
SEAN HANNITY: And they have a national holiday on the day of the announcement. So they’re fighting back.
CUPP: Well, Rio’s awesome. No offense to Chicago. I love the Cubs game.
GUILFOYLE: Everybody loves Rio.
CUPP: But Rio is awesome.
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LOU DOBBS, 10/1: They are there talking — Michelle Obama talking smack with the First Lady of Brazil about the Olympics. Is this an appropriate — well, initiative on the part of the Obamas?
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GLENN BECK, 9/30: ou know, I wouldn’t think that with everything that’s going on that Chicago and the Olympics would be a priority, but it is for this president, and his gal pal, because remember, they’re playing for all the gold.
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BILL BENNETT, 10/1: BENNETT: Well, I’m actually for Rio. Somebody made the argument this afternoon — I guess it was Jack Cafferty — who said — and I don’t always agree with Jack, you may know, but he said, Rio, it’s beautiful women at the beach. In Chicago, it’s fat people eating. So, which would you rather see on TV?
ROLAND MARTIN: Have you seen Rio’s crime rate?
BENNETT: But let me say, one good thing — one good thing about Barack Obama going to Copenhagen and arguing for the United States and Chicago is, he is going to have to say some really very positive things about the United States while abroad, which is not something he has been doing.
WOLF BLITZER: All right, guys, on that note –
BENNETT: It will be a good thing. I would love to hear that.
MARTIN: Bill, that’s the first time you didn’t say buy American. I’m can’t believe you’re not supporting America.
BLITZER: Let the record show there are many, many beautiful women in Chicago as well.
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Make no mistake, Chicago getting the fewest votes is part of the ongoing legacy of George W. Bush
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:14 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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Why does Dennis Miller hate America?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pmfunny how they’re saying Chicago is violent… has anyone ever heard of the favelas in Brazil?
they make the ghettos of the US look like Beverly Hills…
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pmWhy do Repingofascists like Bill Bennett, Dennis Miller, Sean Manatee and the rest of those jackals hate America? Its bad enough these Cheney-wipes are committing treason they are piling it on further in their hatred of an American city solely so they can gloat about an alleged Obama failure. What the Repignofascist mouthpieces can’t accept is that their philosophy LOST last November and that a majority of American’s no longer buy their hate-filled speech and their disdain for the country they allegedly love.
Again, why do Repignofascists hate America?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pmi think it should also be pointed out that when Toronto (my home town) lost the bid a few years ago for the Olympic bid, that CHINA won instead.
china, known for it’s human rights violations and censorship, but obviously that doesn’t matter.
the olympic committee is obviously NOT out to make a fair decision.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:20 pmBawreck Omerica says:
Oh yeah you moron balme bush!!!
Psst… that’s Erik Erickson who’s blaming Bush, he’s on your side… the rest of us are blaming you.
Sad, pathetic and unamerican you.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pmThe pundits and politicians who came out so forceful against the Olympic bid are disgraceful. The Olympics are a matter of national pride, transcending partisan lines.
Just another thing for the “patriots” on the right to brag about: relishing in America’s failure.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Congratulations, wingnuts.
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lilmadguy says:
Why does Dennis Miller hate America?
Mike Hunt says:
Why do Repingofascists like Bill Bennett, Dennis Miller, Sean Manatee and the rest of those jackals hate America?
Because they hate our freedom. They will stop at nothing to bring down the United States.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 pmVIDEO: Mission Accomplished For Conservatives Who Rooted Against America
– - If Obama himself discovered a cure for cancer, wingnuts would decry him for depriving the health industry of a huge revenue source.
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Great Title. I think it was in the bag for RIO for a long time though…
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pmBawreck Omerica says:
Pathetic and humiliating!!!! This prez is a ducking fisaster!!!
But I bet he can spell better than you. Do us all a favor, pal. Pull your shirt down over your belly, go back into your trailer, and have another beer.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pmOh yeh, the neo-con jobs, always looking out for the best interests of America!!!! Not much.
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For an “irrelevant” party or group they sure do get a lot of credit!
No, we just find it odd that an American party would pin it’s success on the failure of America in any endeavor be it an Olympic bid or anything else.
Why do you guys do that? That’s why you’re irrelevant, ’cause you root against ANY success so you can have a moment of gloating… irrelevant and sad.
Sorry.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 pmgee – astounding incoherence on the part of the righties, who:
1) squealed like piggies that Obama was going to Copenhagen
then
2) try to pin blame on Obama as a failure for not bagging the games.
whatever – trying to make any sense out of what righties say has always been a sand pounding exercise – might just as well stick to mocking and laughing at them.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Well numbnuts, if you received your news from a source other than Faux or Rush you would already know that the general in Afghanistan met with Barack when he was in Copehagen for the five hour trip.
Read much?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm21 – Asperger’s much?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm25,
who ya votin’ for in 2012??
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 pmTo be honest with you, it is no problem Chicago did not win the bid. The spirit of the Olympics has been gone for a loooong time- no problem-move on .
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:32 pmall you have is poop in your pants.
no thoughts whatsoever that concern helping bring about change that is desperately needed.
your negativity is an obvious indication of your low intelligence and serves no good other than to identify yourself as one who does not have the capability of reason.
thanks for letting us know dumbass.
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Aren’t you people CONSTANTLY claiming that the Republicans and Conservatives are the “party of irrelevancy?” For an “irrelevant” party or group they sure do get a lot of credit!
Being an attention-whore doesn’t make one relevant, ya know. It just makes one look desperate for attention.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pmhi twajie.
nothing better to do on a friday, huh?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pmLet the right-wing brag about the olympics not coming to America. It will only help the Democrats in the next election. Voters will see it as un-american to not support the president in bringing the olympics to the U.S.
Taking a day off to go lobby IOC isn’t something the GOP should focus on. Democrats can always use George Bush and his vacation time against them. Yet, more proof of how out of touch the GOP really is.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pmMy god my party stands against this nation. Our hatred for this country right now is under oath but off the record. A black man is running it and we’re determined to use the presidency as a chief way to uphold our stereotypes of those people as non-achievers. He made a good-hearted bid and didn’t succeed.
We have power to regain, ok, and we’ll blow up anything out of proportion to our choosing (including our wives).
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pmWhoosh…
was that the sound of old Slaps-it-a-lot??
why, sure it was…somebody – toss his ball back, so he can try again…
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pmI think you’re putting this in the right light by saying “Mission Accomplished” for the conservatives.
As I’ve said before: Undoubtedly, the IOC was following news releases in the potential host cities / countries. Undoubtedly, seeing the hatred demonstrated toward the idea of Chicago from the likes of Hannity et al. was a factor for them to consider.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pmYou know, I’ll bet you anything the IOC tuned in to FAUX News to see how America really felt about the 2016 Olympics and immediately realized that they wanted no part of getting into a big political left/right fight in the local country about whether they’d be welcome there or not.
The wingnuts are responsible for losing us the Olympics.
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Daniels says:
Voters will see it as un-american to not support the president in bringing the olympics to the U.S.
You know what, if it were Bush doing the same thing, I’d hope he succeeded.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pmThis is the same group that would cheer if America suffered another terrorist attack just so they could use it against Obama.
Party uber alles
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pmharpo – you’re not making any sense.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pmCrazy Legs says:
What’s a diversion?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pmWe lost an Olympic bid… why are you celebrating, I wonder?
Seems I have an appointment with a homebound socially alienated negative attention seeking pretender…
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pmCrazy Legs says:
Talk out your ass much?
Talk out Mark Foley’s hairy ass much? Get back to work, you stupid f uck. See this pineapple? Put on your act all day and I’ll know where to shove it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm[apparently, the pups see this olympic thing as the very most biggest-est squirrel they've ever managed to catch. probably impressive to huck - not so much to other observers]
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pmIt is simply bizarre that there are SO many, that spend SO much time in print, radio and broadcast, that have SO much power, money and “status“…hate America for doing anything that does NOT involve putting people in prison, stripping Americans of their Rights, spying, lying, cheating, suppressing, the military and, of course, killing people.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pmWe republicans have now found our voice (as we’ve been saying since Jan. 21).
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmBawreck Omerica says:
How about dealing with Iran, Afganistan, high and rising unemployment and other domestic issues…
You forgot to finish your sentence so let me help:
…that the previous administration ignored for 6 years and dumped on you when they left office.
BTY, I’m looking at you on my computer spycam and have to ask, is that a huge mole on the side of your nose or a spider?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pmHrm, we lose the bid for the Olympics, wingnuts crow over losing it, and you call what I said a diversion? Goodness, you are easily distracted, aren’t you? Onward.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pmdbadass says:
“Seems I have an appointment with a homebound socially alienated negative attention seeking pretender…”
Expect him to be late, if he shows at all.
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dbad – looks like a banner day for data collection and sundry pwning.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Remember my little vote down buddy. I can’t help you until you let me help you. Shall we start by you explaining why your many personas feel compelled to expend so many hours begging for attention here. Could these not be better invested in healthier lifestyle choices?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pmWhat a huge gamble for Obama.
Yeah, he sure spent a lot of political capitol telling the IOC that the United States would be a good host… (insert eyeroll)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmTORM!! – from high atop Mt. Molehill, proclaims it the biggest-est squirrel he done ever seed.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmHow about dealing with Iran, Afganistan, high and rising unemployment and other domestic issues. The welfare of this economy and not your cronie friends should be your top priority. And healthcare refrom will not solve your economic woes. When will you learn?
We caused those problems, you stupid f uck, and didn’t care one iota until the demlib got in office. Who are we to set a timetable on how fast a solution gets unearthed when we laid the bedrock of terrible policies that bubbled to the surface?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmsaying that Chicago is too violent
The gangs in Rio make gangs in Chicago look like cub scouts.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmSTORM says:
What a huge gamble for Obama. Who in the hell is advising this guy?
Someone that realized Obama would come out looking great, and this would once again prove what America hating zealots conservatives are. It worked!
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmMy money’s STILL on Rio.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmDarlyy??
Crazy Legs says:
Duane Doberman says:
Hook, line and sinker! He’s mocking loons just like you! LOL!
When a conservative foolish loon like you mocks others, you’re the only person that ends up looking foolish! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pmI’d like a President who tries, and comes up short, more than a Presdient who tells an aide. OK, you’ve covered your ass!
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pmCrazy Legs says:
Nice diversion. The judges give it a “2? in the spirit of the olympics!
Project much? You aren’t trying out for the “special” olympics patsy, you don’t need to! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pmSTORM says:
What a huge gamble for Obama. Who in the hell is advising this guy?
I don’t know, but just thank God it isn’t Cheney.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pmDo you think that one will last any longer than last?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
Yeah, he sure spent a lot of political capitol telling the IOC that the United States would be a good host… (insert eyeroll)
I thought we GOOPERS were against artificial pricing?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pmeveryone have their foil-hat-glare eye-protection in place?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pmYou dont think that the “family values” guy who has a lady friend down there, is hoping for Rio?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmfat people eating
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmWhen was the last time Bill Bennett looked in the mirror? He prefers Rio to his own country. Well, whatever. They wrapped themselves in the flag for Bush, backing an invasion of Iraq and those of us who disagreed were unpatriotic. Pack your bags and head to Rio Bill….Hasta La Vista. Don’t come back.
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Rio has nicer beaches than Chicago.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmAfter all, beach volleyball was the big hit at the last Olympics.
Ask George Bush.
How about goals and objectives? Shall with discuss those? What is it that you think this weird little charade of yours accomplishes?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmImagine that!
The stinking turds that wrap themselves in the American flag are celebrating America’s defeat.
Please do go on, sick shts. Do it on video, audio, and net blogs.
Please continue your retrograde hate of America and your ba$$ awckward “Take back america” slogan.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pmYou will notice how when unnerved the subject flails about with no clear direction…
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79 – you’re what, 11-12 years old?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pmCrazy Legs says:
Who in the hell is advising this guy?
Ayers.
Says the extremist advised by Beck and Limbaugh! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pmRepublicans shouldn’t gloat over the loss.
President Obama is our President. He was trying to get the Olympics held in the U.S.
It would have been a good thing for us.
For Obama’s opponents to act happy about the loss, is wrong.
What’s next? Hurray, we’ve had another domestic terror strike?
Olympics in the U.S. would have been good. Obama was right to try. Being happy about the failed bid is wrong.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pmPatsy is gloating over sabotaging America again… How fascist of her.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pmSlappyBastinado says:
Obama went to Copenhagen and all be brought home was a case of chew.
– - Oh, you must write comedian Glenn Beck’s schtick. Don’t quit your regular job, yanno, if you have one.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pmBawreck Omerica says:
OBAMA = LOSER
No, that would be John McCain… ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pmYea, we all still remember how he lost on November 4th 2008. I’m sure your ass stil hurts.
You stupid hating idiot.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pmBlame It On Rio
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I don’t blame the IOC for not choosing Chicago. America is on the brink of some kind of civil war, or a revolutionary war, or just some kind of violent civil uprising. Republicans have become such a small minority that the only way they can get their way is by violence.
These fascist propaganda trolls are just a symptom of the coming violence.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 pmeven this little drop of rain, in the otherwise drought-ridden wilderness the righties now traverse, seems to them a banquet of epic proportion, and they stumble over themselves to lap thirstily from a muddy little puddle.
sad to see how little dignity and perspective they have left, after suffering the repeated blows of disgrace and failure history has dealt them.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 pmSTORM says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pmWhat a huge gamble for Obama
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Any chance you are going to explain the hows and whys behind this little bit of drivel?
Bawreck Omerica says:
OBAMA = LOSER
But that’s not what we said. We were hoping for America to lose, and succeeded. I’m reassigning you blow-up doll duty. It’s Friday and the team needs a “firm” hobby for the weekend.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pmI doubt the wangers had anything to do with the choice, well maybe, It was Palins speech to the CLSA that caused the olympics folks to say no, thanks.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pmThanks Captain,
downright mensch-y of you.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:54 pmSTORM says:
So this was just a ploy to prove a point?
Spoken like a true partisan extremist! It was a no lose situation. A president who cares about jobs and works to get them. Either he does, or Republicans sabotage their own country.
Tell me, did republicans sabotage this as a poly to prove a point? Their words above say so. Project much? ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:54 pmHonestly, I don’t think the U.S. should host the Olympics while the TSA is as it is. There are bigger fish to fry right now, but eventually we’ll need to stop treating airline passengers like criminals.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pmAmerica is suffering from the rise of fascism. We will not be getting any international approval until we have rooted the Republicans out of our government, and the propagandist trolls are all locked up in our prisons.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pmThis leaves no doubt that the Obama haters are hoping for a terror attack. They’d love to see Americans die so they can wallow in Obama’s ‘failure’. This is why the threat is higher from within than outside.
These sick bastards would celebrate any disaster as Obama’s fault. The only thing that would make them more happy is an assassination.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pmFrom Bawreck:Take that feather out of your hat Obama and stick it you know where.
How about dealing with Iran, Afganistan, high and rising unemployment and other domestic issues. The welfare of this economy and not your cronie friends should be your top priority. And healthcare refrom will not solve your economic woes. When will you learn?
and you need to call the general in Afganistan, evidently you lost the message in your personal bid to enrich the Chicago gangs.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pmStuff it you dork, we inherited this war from you people, the economy’s tanked from GOP policy, and healthcare reform is the one slim hope we have of converting healthcare back into caring about people’s health, not stuffing wallets of CEOs. And if we had gotten the Olympics, we might have gotten back some of the good will you retards pissed away over the past 8 years. So again, take this swill and shove it, F*%@ing troll.
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Based on the spam at 12:35pm, TP must have finally banned the word “$esli”.
This decision by the IOC represents a lack of confidence in where the US will be in seven years. They probably think we will be bankrupt and back in Republican control by then. Based on the last eight years, I wouldn’t want to hold an international event here either.
I see that Rio won, at least the TV will have a lot more live events here because of the time zones.
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Crazy Legs says:
Duane Doberman says:
Takes one to know one…
tombaker says:
you’re what, 11-12 years old?
Ah, patsy is using the “I know you are but what am I” thinking that doesn’t make her look like a child? LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:58 pmChicago lost the bid because of issues with the financing. We could not match the other bids in that aspect. The IOC was bound to give Rio the games because of the need to open more markets. The downside of all of this is that not giving the games to Chicago is going to cost the IOC millions of dollars in advertising. The value of adverts in the US is bigger than anywhere else.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:58 pmaaronk says:
Hahaha…..Let me get this straight. For the next 4 years, we will blame Bush for everything that goes wrong, and Obama for everything that goes right? This comment is way to funny!
You don’t get out much, do you sport? When’s the last time you traveled abroad?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pmActually, according to Pew Research, Erickson is WAY OFF BASE. Obama has made the US very, very popular throughout the world.
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Crazy Legs says:
Couldn’t agree more.
Glad you can finally admit you and your fellow fascists are the problem patsy! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm:-(
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pmAh so many posers so little time. Stick around my troubled friends I will be back to assist you in your therapy relatively shortly…
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pmwiley says:
“Honestly, I don’t think the U.S. should host the Olympics while the TSA is as it is.”
Good point.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmCan you imagine what the goons at security would do when they see their first javelin?
I blame Mark Sanford for wanting the Olympics in Rio….
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmI’m wondering just how popular those sick puppies at Fox News are going to be in Chicago… after the people there finally figure out that Fox was leading the cheerleading against the city getting the Olympics?
Should make for interesting viewing.
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aaronk says:
Do you really think we are on the brink of war?
You tell me? It was the republicans that just published a paper on how there should be a military takeover. Conservatives are constantly talking about assassination. The behavior against Obama mirrors the rise of Nazism in Germany by the third Reich – as does its racism. Or did you miss all that right under your nose?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:02 pmGee, right-wing lunatics, couldn’t Obama have indoctrinated the IOC?
Congrats Rio! It is special and historic that Brazil will be the first Latin American nation to host the Olympics.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm***
#111,
look twajie, daryll dropped
by to hum your skin flute!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 pmWillWrite4Food
Mexico 1968
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pmworship and adore God says:
That you, Daryll?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pmSurprised you are here, and not lobbying the Overseas Missions Board at church for the chance to back to Rio…
My favorite news is that Beck uses “Vicks” to cry on demand! LOL! Even his tears are fake! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pmworship and adore God says:
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Hmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmHmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
He thought his mere presence would win the games
but the IOC said that is lame
this cost us 10 million dollars
which was exploited by the Chicage white collars
Hmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
Another shining example of why we have separation of church and state. It’s not Sunday numbnuts, save the preaching for church.
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#126,
don’t you mean “pubic” schools?
:)
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ElBruce says:
You know, I’ll bet you anything the IOC tuned in to FAUX News to see how America really felt about the 2016 Olympics and immediately realized that they wanted no part of getting into a big political left/right fight in the local country about whether they’d be welcome there or not.
The wingnuts are responsible for losing us the Olympics.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you are right about this ElBruce.
The world is watching the right wing completely losing it. Threats against the president, talk of armed insurrection against the government. Ammo manufacturers not able to keep up with demand and on and on.
If I was one of the organizers I certainly would have really wondered if choosing Chicago, with its political significance, would be a really bad idea.
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The government is out of control, many a politician will tell you that, but not why and likely because they are part of the problem and know it. The republicans used to be anti-trust. Now they lust after and ankle hump Mammon like many of their across the aisle fake wrestling partners.
And thats the problem with government today. Its seen as a golden cash cow. The bigger fool to wall street. And protector of profits to hedge fund called insurance scam. Yet here is todays ‘conservatives’,left and right, telling us that ‘free markets’ is the new democracy when conservatism is about, by many, preserving tradition.
Hardly.
Politicians have helped create something our government was never supposed to be a protector, creator and often enabler of private profits.
Whether you agree with Moore or not [I personally dont watch his films] the problem is there.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pmworship and adore God says:
Hmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
Hmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
etc., etc.
Very poetic.
Here is some more poetry for you from pollingreport.com for your enjoyment:
The latest polls on Obama’s job approval: CBS?Times: 56% positive vs 33% Negative; FOX: 54% app. vs. 39% Neg; Bloobberg: 56% pos. vs. 37% Negative. And his Favorability ratings are even higher!
I mean, talk about a winner! Don’t that just frost your butt, that people evidently are not fooled by all the rightwing attacks?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pmawwwwww
poor lil aaron…
those lefties were mean to him,
for no good reason at all….
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pmI can’t believe how MSM is responding to this. First of all The Unitd States has hosted the Olympics several times. Rio never did. Second, the U.S. was one in five countries. The way MSM is treating this is unreal. Remember when Bush grabbed Chancellor Merkel? MSM never showed it. It seems the MSM is always finding ways to bring Obama down.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pmFrankly, there are a lot more important things for real conservatives to oppose Obama on. If you’re against him on having an Olympics, then it just proves you don’t actually care about real conservative issues or principles.
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STORM says:
What a huge gamble for Obama. Who in the hell is advising this guy?
What did he lose? I don’t see any tangible downside to trying.
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backup says:
ElBruce. That is incredible spin.
I don’t think so. The Olympics have always been about avoiding politics. If whether or not the Olympics would be here in 2016 is a controversial political issue in America, then they won’t want to come here. When I try to think of a reason to kick Chicago in the first round of voting, the thing that really stands out is the fact that the political right wing in this country was spinning the Olympics as a negative thing. Look at it from the IOC’s point of view – why would they want to hold an Olympics in a country where a significant portion doesn’t want them there? Especially when there are plenty of other countries that overwhelmingly want them?
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Crazy Legs says:
You forgot to add we are “all racists and bigots.”
You are all racists and bigots. Happy?
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worship and adore God says:
Hmm Hmm Hmm, Barack Hussein Obama
What is this?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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but hey – how ’bout that Dennis Miller…
he was almost as popular as Rush on Football Sundays…
how many Emmy’s does that guy have now???
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmthe republicans have been trying to undermine this country and now they have really did something that hurt this country almost as much as Bush did. The olympics would have brought over 20 billion dollars to our economy, You may hate Obama, but its no reason to hate this country.
When we had a chance to bring more money to our economy, you chose to slam the man trying to do it. If you dont like this country leave. Anti-americanism will not be tolerated and the republicans need to understand, their hate mongering has gotten really old and one day, a republican will be in the white house, what comes around goes around. I am on my way over to donate to the DSCC.org
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmaaronk says:
Yeah, that’s right, conservatives wanted America to fail in getting the Olympics.
Can you read?
aaronk says:
It had nothing to do with the fact that Obama has had 30 times more meetings on the Olympics than he has with his military General in Afghanistan while we have American soldiers dying.
Are you insane enough to believe that? Probably!
aaronk says:
Maybe now Mr. arrogant smug a$$ President will get back to his job, and realize that he isn’t the savior of the universe, contrary to the MSM reports.
His job includes creating new jobs, which this would have generated 300k+ of. In the middle of the worse GOP created recession in nearly a century! And during a time when we have the national cost burdens of two GOP wars caused by GOP incompetence and mismanagement!
You have a lot of negative attitudes and ideas for someone that doesn’t know jack! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmvigor,
congrats – verrrry subtle application of the bigotry there,
you’ve obviously learned from the best,
for whatever that’s worth.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pmaaronk says:
the only thing that makes me think we might see a Civil War, is the hatred I see from the progressives on this website.
Project much lunatic? Threatening the to kill the president isn’t caused by this website. It’s caused by hate mongering fools like you.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pm***
#136,
haven’t spent a penny on his crap.
you have.
:)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm#104 – Levi the Oracle says:
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America is suffering from the rise of fascism. We will not be getting any international approval until we have rooted the Republicans out of our government, and the propagandist trolls are all locked up in our prisons.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Pres. Bush started the rise of fascism with his “you cannot question the President, and if you ever do, you’re supporting the terrorists” mantra.
It’s too bad and very sad that Republican-inspired and supported fascism is so prevelant now-a-days.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pmaaronk says:
I missed the published paper on a military takeover. Can you link it to me?
What’s new about that? You miss everything, but it doesn’t stop you from being an arrogant jerk spewing hateful ignorant rhetoric!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pmWe arent going to have a civil war. The problem is the econoomy and we all know it was the financial wizards and their risk free casino gambling in derivatives, securitization, deregulation that brought about the economuic problems of today. So dems blaming pubs and vice versa is, I say, a useless exercise.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pmHere go aaronk, your side is trying to start a war!
Newsmax Columnist Suggests Military Coup to ‘Resolve the Obama Problem’
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/30/newsmax-columnist-advocates-military-coup-to-resolve-the-obama/
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 pmaaronk says:
“…the only thing that makes me think we might see a Civil War, is the hatred I see from the progressives on this website.”
These are some of the things that make me think we might see a civil war:
mary lacewing says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm“Threats against the president, talk of armed insurrection against the government. Ammo manufacturers not able to keep up with demand and on and on.”
worship and adore God says:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pmHi. My name is Daryll. I have paranoid delusions that cause me to think that there is an invisible being hovering over us all, ready to smite us for being human. Please donate a small sum to pay for my mental health incarceration.
It was 1984 when Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics. It was the most exciting time in America even though Russia and East Germany boycotted the games because the US boycotted in 1980. The games were great and created a ton of jobs in Southern California.
It would be nice for the US to be able to hold the Olympics here in the states again. Too bad the Repubs couldn’t get behind that effort.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pmPoor stupid little aaronk doesn’t think it’s Obama’s job to generate jobs during a recession.
I’m sure he didn’t mind that Bush spent so much time on Vacation during war time? More than any other president in history?
Conservative = ignorance = hypocrisy = liar
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pmaaronk says:
Yeah, that’s right, conservatives wanted America to fail in getting the Olympics. It had nothing to do with the fact that Obama has had 30 times more meetings on the Olympics than he has with his military General in Afghanistan
Thirty times?
How many separate meetings with the IOC could he have in eighteen hours minus plane time round trip? He met with Gen. McChrystal while he was in Copenhagen! He’s having meetings in the Pentagon today!
Seriously, check the news real quick before you make up things to complain about, or you end up looking like John “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” McCain.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pmthat Obama has had 30 times more meetings on the Olympics than he has with his military General in Afghanistan while we have American soldiers dying
Actually, Obama had one meeting and the trip lasted 18 hours. Care to cite one source, even anonymous, within the military, claiming it’s an outrage for the CINC not to make a war decision on a whim? (Obami has major meetings scheduled with various officials regarding Afghanistan, by the way.)
I love how the Bush republicans suddenly know how to run a country.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pmReally, did GWB get the olympics to america?
Seems to me he traveled to another country to watch being the commie he is.
/Im joking! =)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pmCrazy Legs says:
Translation: another one of rhf’s lies he can’t back.
Translation: another patsy projection she can’t back. ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:18 pmaaronk says:
Hahaha…..Let me get this straight. For the next 4 years, we will blame Bush for everything that goes wrong, and Obama for everything that goes right? This comment is way to funny!
What you said, would that be same as when the Reagan administration blamed Carter for everything for 8 years?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:18 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
It had nothing to do with the fact that Obama has had 30 times more meetings on the Olympics than he has with his military General in Afghanistan while we have American soldiers dying.
Bull.
Where you getting this, aaronk?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pmThe fascist propagandist at 109 is pretending progressives are fascists. Isn’t that cute?
It reminds me of the fascist tea baggers carrying symbols of Nazi fascism, and pretending it is the left that is fascist.
I know it is hopeless to even attempt to engage a troll like Crazy Legs in conversation, but I wonder if it even knows what fascism is.
Crazy Legs, read this, and, point by point, compare the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as to which is more fascist. I realize you cannot admit it to yourself or any of your troll friends, but you are a fascist. You need to admit it to yourself or you will spend the rest of your life in a prison cell.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pmaaronk says:
It had nothing to do with the fact that Obama has had 30 times more meetings on the Olympics than he has with his military General in Afghanistan while we have American soldiers dying.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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You have proof of this?
You know, it’s not technically a fact if you just pull it out of your ass.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pmXisithrus says:
Really, did GWB get the olympics to america?
Seems to me he traveled to another country to watch being the commie he is.
/Im joking! =)
He smacked a girls ass for peter’s sake, found time to do it as a sitting president, and they criticize this president for making an 18-hour round-trip appeal to bring prestige and hundreds of thousands of jobs?
I love these Bush republicans. I truly love them. Those who can’t do, root for others to fail.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pmFool me twice, shame on me.
In 1904, Chicago was awarded the Olympics, but representatives of St. Louis appealed that they already had the World’s Fair there, why not just add the Olympics too? That passed for sound enough reasoning to the IOC that they reneged on the awrd to Chicago, sending the games to St. Louis.
Now, 105 years later, Chicago is the first city in contention to be rejected by the IOC.
I say, very well. I say further that appeals for funds in support of the IOC should, in Chicago, be met with the same contempt with which the IOC greets Chicago’s appeals. Further yet, the City of Chicago should never again put itself in a position to spend any of its treasure to expose itself to being whipsawed by the IOC.
Am I being a bad sport? Perhaps, but I have judged the denizens of the IOC to be so many imperious a$$holes for a long time before this happened.
As to the right wing’s response to these developments, we already knew that these seditious, lying sob’s had no use for or love of America’s true principles. They are the enemy of the United States.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pmoops, make that 108
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pmright wingers hate Americans
while progressives mourn the losses of 9/11, right wingers celebrate it as the day their fascist agenda got a shot in the arm
while progressives lament the losing of jobs, right wingers celebrate cheap Chinese crap from Wal-Mart
while progressives lament the loss of the revenue-generating Olympic games, right wingers celebrate it as a loss for Obama
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pmYou didn’t care about troops dying;
Actually, that was exactly what we cared about… we saw no reason for troops to be dying in Iraq… turned out we were right… No WMD, No links to terrorists, No threat.
Get bent.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pmI’m sure the pathetic display by a drunken, randy Bush at the China games didn’t put any brownie points in the plus column for America. At least Obama was sober when he went to Denmark and didn’t make a fool of himself on camera.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pmBawreck Omerica says:
You root for terrorists for 8 years and piss and moan like 10 year old children because we didn’t get the Olympics?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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When did we root for terrorists? I don’t remember doing that.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm****
#165,
pick up line at a troll bar:
“I offer you a hail and hearty ‘Get bent’.”
*
works every time.
:)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:23 pmCrazy Legs says:
Translation: another one of rhf’s lies he can’t back.
Get back on task. We don’t troll because we know how to run a country. We troll because success calls for failure.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:23 pmDoom Siren says:
I’m wondering just how popular those sick puppies at Fox News are going to be in Chicago… after the people there finally figure out that Fox was leading the cheerleading against the city getting the Olympics?
The local Fox station was not against the Olympics. Chicago does not have Republicans and the garbage that national Fox network spews does not go over well here. We have strong local stations for the other networks and our own TV station WGN which is owned by the Tribune. It is disappointing but not unexpected that the Olympics went to Rio.
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Crazy Legs says:
You didn’t care about troops dying; you didn’t care about the war on terror.
1. They still don’t.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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How does one fight a war against an abstract concept?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm“That’s why we see so much of ourselves in the Games?”
I dont see anything wrong in that statement.
BTW, I seem to recall alot of the corruption your wailing about was in DC on K-Street, but you slept thru and dont remember that.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm165. Bawreck Omerica says
A lot of did care everything you listed, but were afraid to speak up in fear of being called a traitor and get locked without any Constitutional rights during The Police State a.k.a. the George W. Bush adminstration
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pmAll those rooting for economic failure and against people getting medical help are saying, essentially, the same thing as Bin Laden.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmCrazy Legs says:
You didn’t care about troops dying; you didn’t care about the war on terror.
1. They still don’t.
2. The word “terror” or “terrorist” wasn’t in their vocabulary.
Project Much? LOL! By “terrorist” you mean like when Ronnie Raygun called the Taliban and Al Qaeda “Freedom Fighters”?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmI don’t think U.S. Naval officers should be qualified to be responsible for nuclear weapons simply because they are a minority,
That’s what you gleaned from that statement, vigor?
Boy, you are an idiot, aren’t ya?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmLet’s entertain the really crazy guy’s hypothesis for a second…
IF, not getting the Olympics (which he shouldn’t have been trying to do?) makes Obama a “loser”,
then,
what do 2 failed wars and thousands upon thousands of dead and maimed soldiers make GWBush??
and, as a corollary, what would make a “winner” in the eyes of the really crazy guy?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmpoor little lack of vigor, can only celebrate when America loses
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pmHey Vigor, Aaronk, n B/O Trolls.
BOO!
STFUYPPOS
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm#172,
it’s in yours.
**
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm180,
the Electoral College isn’t subject to affirmative action quotas,
did you not know that?
Presidential elections involve voting and voters, and so on, and you should probably look that up before you say things that make you look ignorant and bigoted, because maybe you’re not ignorant and bigoted, but just sound like you are, because you don’t know how elections work in the USA.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:29 pmBawreck Omerica says:
To those that scream traitor because Pres. ‘Epic Fail’ Obama is being laughed at: where were you over the last 8 years?
Fighting for the civil rights, jobs and safety of Americans? Where were you? Teabagging?
Bawreck Omerica says:
You didn’t care about troops dying;
LOL! Project Much? We were the ones calling for the Iraqi soldiers to be brought home – liar!
Bawreck Omerica says:
you didn’t care about the war on terror.
What a stupid name. You fight wars with “countries” not concepts. Buy a dictionary! The CIA and GOP Corporatist policies caused that conflict. We’ve been fighting it and you all along!
Bawreck Omerica says:
All you could screech about was Gitmo and putting Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld on trial.
You mean for torture and violating our constitution? Yeah, what’s the constitution to people like you matter?
Bawreck Omerica says:
You root for terrorists for 8 years and piss and moan like 10 year old children because we didn’t get the Olympics?
LOL! Root for terrorists? You’re an even bigger lunatic than patsy!
Bawreck Omerica says:
I offer you a hail and hearty ‘Get bent’.
You first – traitor!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Bawreck Omerica
You see why I have to assign you other work? Because I know your routine. Once you start embarrassing yourself, your inner diaper comes to life. You start drooling (the RNC has no flood insurance), you voice squeaks, and I see that madness blossom when you start putting words in the libs’ mouth or put their criticisms of the previous highly successful administration in your own slobbery perspective.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pmXisithrus says:
All those rooting for economic failure and against people getting medical help are saying, essentially, the same thing as Bin Laden.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
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I disagree. I don’t even think Bin Laden is that heartless.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pmvigor says:
I don’t think U.S. Naval officers should be qualified to be responsible for nuclear weapons simply because they are a minority, and I don’t think BHO was qualified to be POTUS simply because he was 16% black African.
And I don’t think you are qualified or safe to walk the streets, you racist nazi traitor! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pmvigor says:
No nigras need apply to our fine military officer candidate schools.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pmWhere you getting this, aaronk?
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October 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pmOut of his glutius maximus, which is also where most of his brain neurons are.
tony and lido
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So now Repubs have a new slogan: We want America to fail!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 pmBoy, the trolls are crawling out of thier holes early this weekend. They usually late til friday night to drop this much horse shite.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:34 pmtony and lido
aaronk says:
Interesting. Let me show you something about “undermining this country”
Bush’s (who I don’t even like) budget shows a surplus by 2012
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/pdf/budget/tables.pdf
LOL! Yeah, this is the same fool that didn’t see the recession or wall street collapse coming that nearly wiped out the whole economy! I’m sure that wasn’t included in those numbers – right little boy?
aaronk says:
Obama’s budget projects a deficit through 2019 with no end in sight, and actually increases from 2013 on after slightly declining.
You do realize that this is Bush’s deficit spending that Obama inherited – right? Coupled with a recession he also inherited – right?
aaronk says:
This is out there for anyone to see. It is completely unsustainable and irresponsible to leave this much debt for future generations. This is the definition of “undermining” the country in my opinion.
LOL! That’s as dumb of a post as you’ve ever made! And you claim to be a business owner? LOL! That’s rich!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:34 pmBush’s (who I don’t even like) budget shows a surplus by 2012
Yeah, it’s easy to do that when you just decide not to pay for stuff, huh?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/04/AR2007020401174.html
Why are you such a jackass, aaronk?
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raynman sez: I blame Mark Sanford for wanting the Olympics in Rio….
I’ll bet he already has his tickets and has called Maria for lodging!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 pmaaronk says:
Are you insane enough not to believe it? Do you not believe General Mcchrystal?
You do realize that Obama has meetings to discuss Afghanistan constantly – right?
You do realize Obama runs an entire country, and is not just the leader of “Afghanistan” – right?
Wow you’re stupid!
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aaronk says:
Wait a second….now you’re saying that jobs & $$ are more important that Americans losing their lives? that’s now what you said about healthcare is it?
Wait, you’re saying that Bush should have let all of wall street and the economy collapse and not worry about jobs? Screw health care, screw jobs, screw the economy – the president should work 100% of his time on Afghanistan? LOL! I hope you’re not this stupid with your own business. Then again after your ignorant conversation the other night it’s clear you are “not” out of high school, let alone a business owner! You think like a 12 year old boy from a trailer park! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pmaaron,
we already know that you think poor people are intentionally destroying the Country, and that you’re very afraid they’ll get something from you, and that you’d kill a kid’s puppy to save yourself 2 bucks in taxes,
so why wear your little fingers to nubs typing at us about it all day, again??
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pmaaronk says:
Apparently you missed it to. Once again, please provide that credible link to this “report”
#154 – I can see you’re either dishonest or as incompetent and illiterate as always.. ZZzzz…
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Politically Superior says:
Obama sure does fail at everything.
After 8 years of Bush, that’s an ironic post! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pmI continue to be amazed when the trolls on this site make constant references to the “hate” from the liberals. Take a good look at how vicious all the troll comments have been on this thread alone, and how they are crowing about the fact that the loss of the Chicago bid will mean the loss of millions of dollars, jobs and income to the Midwest.
At least drop the pretense that you care about the country, trolls, or about working people. And enough of whining about the “hate” from liberals. Y’all are curdled with venom and hatred, and projecting onto others is pathetic.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pmPolitically Superior says:
Obama sure does fail at everything.
So in your world of insanity, Republicans sabotaging America is “Obama’s” failure? LOL! Nutjob!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmApparently you missed it to. Once again, please provide that credible link to this “report”
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/09/full_text_of_newsmax_column_suggesting_military_co.php
It’s an op-ed… but it’s you guy’s fantasy that’s tantamount to treason… did you miss it again?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmgummble-bee-itch says:
I continue to be amazed when the trolls on this site make constant references to the “hate” from the liberals.
Projection and Hypocrisy are the Conservative methods of avoiding reality.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 pmDo I think there will be a war? Yes. Do I know what to call it? No.
The Republicans are going to try to take over the government of the United States by assassinating as many Democrats and Democratic supporters they can, all within a few days time. Sort of an armed insurrection utilizing militia, and a some members of the formal military.
Difficult to see the outcome, but I have foreseen mass prisons for Republicans. Prison camps with lots of razor wire around them, with tents for the prisoners. That tends to make me think they will be unsuccessful, although they will kill many innocent people. The police will be quite successful at rounding them up once the violence begins and the military will not even need to be used heavily, except for the military law that will be put into effect shortly after the insurrection begins.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pmPolitically Superior says:
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Obama sure does fail at everything
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pmWhat about when he shoved the RepubliCANTS out of office.
Obama sure does fail at everything.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pmLet’s examine this shall we kid?
Politically Superior says:
Starting to see a little of yourself in the President?
I guess that could be a good thing…
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Bob says:
This leaves no doubt that the Obama haters are hoping for a terror attack. They’d love to see Americans die so they can wallow in Obama’s ‘failure’. This is why the threat is higher from within than outside.
These sick bastards would celebrate any disaster as Obama’s fault. The only thing that would make them more happy is an assassination.
Stong words that I happen to agree with. There is no doubt in my mind that if there were an attack most of those on the right would be happy about it because of how it would reflect on Obama.
The MSM and Faux in particular has fed the right’s fears, insecurities, prejudices and hate to increase their ratings and implement their master’s agendas to the detriment of this country.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pmbut he succeeded in getting your panties in a bunch
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pmNo thread is complete without the turkish porn troll.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pmThank goodness, I was getting worried that some of the trolls wouldn’t make it today. As usual, I was proven wrong
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aaronk says:
Once again, Bush’s numbers showed a surplus in 2012. You’re telling me that Obama inherited Bush’s deficit projections, but not his surplus projections…typical
LOL! You’re as illiterate as you are stupid! No, Obama inherited Bush’s “Budget” as in deficit spending.
As for the projections, I seem to recall a massive economic collapse that Bush hadn’t predicted, yet that happened on his watch in that fiscal year. A collapse that wasn’t accounted for in Bush’s budget projections. Oops! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 pmOnce again, Bush’s numbers showed a surplus in 2012. You’re telling me that Obama inherited Bush’s deficit projections, but not his surplus projections…typical
Once again, Bush’s numbers had no basis in reality… neither, apparently do you… jackaask.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 pmvigor says:
Seems to me that the minority officers should be as qualified as the majority officers, and according to the article, some are, but some are not.
So in your world “all” white officers are qualified, and only some minority officers are? LOL! Yeah, that’s not a racist claim! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pmaaronk says:
Are you insane enough not to believe it? Do you not believe General Mcchrystal?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
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No. I find it hard to believe the guy who helped orchestrate the Pat Tillman coverup.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
Once again, Bush’s numbers had no basis in reality… neither, apparently do you… jackaask.
Come on, Bush’s numbers were accurate. They predicted the massive recession and huge decline in tax revenues. Right? /snark
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pmchiroptera toasterhead says:
No. I find it hard to believe the guy who helped orchestrate the Pat Tillman coverup.
LOL! That’s funny! ;) Better yet, true and funny! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pmPS is working hard to make sure no independent voters make the mistake of voting R in 2010.
btw PS – who ya pullin for in 2012??
neither you nor aaron have ever mustered the integrity to answer that one.
why is that?
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Vigor thinks Failin Palin would do a better job than Obama/Biden.
Bwahaahaahaaa….gasps…bwhahahaha.
talk about wingnut.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 pmSTFUYPPOS
PoliticallySTUPID
You sure are an ignorant pile of dogshit…ALL THE TIME
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 pmJust the bleepin facts@196 said,
Incorrect. Republicans are not Nazis. They are Fascists. Republicans have invented their own special flavor of fascism, which is unique.
You can certainly compare Republicans to Nazis, and find all fourteen characteristics of fascism but Republicans are specifically not Nazis.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 pmvigor –
i tried to cut you some slack, but you wouldn’t take it,
now it’s clear,
you’re a sad, obsolete, protoklansman, driven only by hate and resentment.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 pmimagine if bush hadn’t hid the expense of the illegal invasion of Iraq from the budget
that would change the numbers a bit
these trolls are just too easy
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pmWait a second….now you’re saying that jobs & $$ are more important that Americans losing their lives? that’s now what you said about healthcare is it?
This is pure political maneuvering, real bullshit out of this party. You Bush republicans routinely cronied over the general’s troop requests in Iraq, gave it no consideration and thought you’d have more spine “staying the course” than appeasing even a semblance of the lib criticism. Remember General Eric Shinseki?
Who’s considering all voices before sending more troops into this dangerous environment? How do you reconcile a CINC’s careful regard for our precious troops with your claim he “doesn’t care about Americans losing their lives?”
You plan on running for office? The township is laughing. Tell me again how you Bush republicans think a country should be run.
The Bush republicans .. manual #1 on how to run a country.
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Conservatives overall, though not all of them, only care about their hate. They dont love their country they just hate Obama. That is the only thing that matters if we all have to suffer if America has to suffer so their hate can blossom thats all good to them. They should be ashamed but they have no decency.
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Did aaronk just claim Bush was projected to run a surplus?
Was this projection made when the spliced-up mortgages were still at its low introductory rate?
Bush republicans – tell us how to run a stable economy. I could use a lesson!
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pmKWSVenture
A good point. Rio was a strong competitor all along. They can have a great Olympics. I am sorry for Chicago which could have used the economic boost but I am looking forward to a good games in Rio.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pmI love watching you squirm in your own contradiction instead of addressing the question. Very very typical.
Corporations paying for employee healthcare is a huge expense and a liability in a global marketplace where EVERY OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATION has some form of universal coverage…
Healthcare is a jobs issue, jackaask.
Grow up.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pmlol, caught in his own BS, little specialK still can’t admit that he has been had by the very people he idolizes
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pmvigor
God you are stupid. You are always so stupid it is a pain in my eye just to read your ignorance. What percentage of blacks voted for Clinton? It was over 90%. What percentage of blacks supported McKinney? Sharpton? Keyes? You do realize you are a moron dont you?
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pmkwsventures says:
I thought Rio was going to win for one simple reason: No South American city had ever hosted an Olympics. It was time to give them a shot. Regarding the crime rate in Rio, I wouldn’t worry about it. I heard the same about Athens in 2004. Security will be good.
Pro-America, indeed. I assume you’ll carry on accusing democrats of defending the interests of pol-pot nations when the next election comes around and arrogantly ignore any mention of your party’s shameful maneuvering. How convenient of all of you.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pmi think aaron’s wandering a little too far off topic.
i knew these off-leash parks were a bad idea!
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pmfrom the FAST thread:
well, surely the repugs are slapping each other on the backs for playing the major role of preventing the olympics in the USA…
sad decision… but the committee may have just decided to stay away from the carazy that is the u.s. these days…
can’t say as i blame them…
all that “work” darryll has “performed” on the whores in rio…
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pmall for naught… “who needs jeezuz? we have customers!”
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am
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no use explaining anything to specialK
his ignorance is his most prized possession and he will defend it against all facts and reality
his ideology depends on his ignorance remaining intact
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pmMy party defended the honduran coup, via DeMint. How could applying it to Barack the black guy in the White People’s House be far from our minds?
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:11 pmGood thing for you that the lapdogs on this website absolutely love to eat the $hit that comes out of the progressive spin cycle.
Says the jackaask, who just told us with a straight face that Bush’s budget would yield a surplus by 2012…
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pmaaronk: Since the President met with Gen McChrystal yesterday, it has now been at least twice. This actually made me wonder how common it is for a president to meet with field commanders, as I would have thought recommendations came up the chain through the Joint Chiefs. Does anybody know?
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pmI also wonder how anyone can suggest the current president has been remiss in addressing Afghanistan given the neglect since 2002.
…..The second article you linked to was linked by another person 50 posts or so ago. I sense a strong amount of fail in the Force, Luke…
Oh, that, and the fact they don’t want right-wing extremists ruining the Olympics again. It’s certainly still strong in my memory, just as it probably is in the IOC’s. And with the commentary coming out of the extreme right recently, really, who could blame them?
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:13 pmIf you have the choice of a first-time black guy for president from the party that gave you civil & voting rights, how the hell could one expect black Americans to vote 50/50 for a crusty white guy who couldn’t even vote Yes to recognize MLK as a federal holiday?
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It was probably the experience at Atlanta that made it an easy decision for the IOC.
Too bad they don’t understand the differences between the North and South here in the USA.
Germany will probably never get to host again either.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pmaaron – how could imaginary numbers fr oma sales brochure cooked up diring the W administration possibly mean anything today?
and i remind you – you’re way off topic here,
and i remind you – Clinton was the only modern Pres. ever to balance a budget and reduce the deficit. you ought to be able to direct some gratitude where it’s been earned, than ask us to direct it where it’s only been imagined.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pmWhat I told you is EXACTLY what the projection tables show on the government’s budget website. See if your mom will come downstairs and read it to you.
What you told us is the BUSH WHITE HOUSE projections… I posted the Washington Post story that showed that EVEN AT THE TIME they were touting it the CBO had not just doubts, but significant issues with Bush’s numbers…
this is why I call you a jackass, jackass…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/04/AR2007020401174.html
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pmWhat I told you is EXACTLY what the projection tables show on the government’s budget website. See if your mom will come downstairs and read it to you.
I ask again, when was this projection made? Assessments are done on a roving basis and government revenues are down, not to mention Bush started trillions in bailouts en masse and stood next to Paulson cheering on the end-of-term looting of the treasury. Gotta rescue the financhel murkets.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pmDear jackaask…
http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L.gif
Perhaps Bush was able to predict that surplus because he knew that his disaster of an administration could only be followed by a Democratic Presidency?
Grow up.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 pmHow about we just get back to work?
So we didn’t get the Olympics. Will that be a blemish on Obama’s Presidency (and Bush’s) or just a project that went to a country that deserved it more?
Get over yourself, conservatives.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 pmThe racist troll Vigor should be flagged out of here. Voting him down isn’t enough.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pmBawreck Omerica says:
You didn’t care about troops dying…
Yes we did. But we were more concerned about that happening in an unneccessary war based on lies, rather than in the justified war that was a direct response to the 9/11 attack, which you conviently no longer care about.
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Bawreck Omerica says:
you didn’t care about the war on terror
Yes, we did. We were particularly concerned that it was being used as an excuse to do a number of things which did nothing to stop actual terrorist attacks, rather than the things that could have made a difference.
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Bawreck Omerica says:
All you could screech about was Gitmo and putting Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld on trial.
That’s because they have committed actual crimes.
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Bawreck Omerica says:
You root for terrorists for 8 years
Never rooted for a terrorist in my life. Many right-wingers have expressed that they hope for another terrorist attack, though.
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Bawreck Omerica says:
…and piss and moan like 10 year old children because we didn’t get the Olympics?
Nobody’s pissing and moaning that we didn’t get it. We’re just pointing out that your glee at not getting the Olympics is counterproductive.
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vigor says:
and I don’t think BHO was qualified to be POTUS simply because he was 16% black African.
He’s qualified because he ran a better campaign.
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aaronk says:
Bush’s (who I don’t even like) budget shows a surplus by 2012
1. Bush’s budgets did not count the cost of the Iraq war. Obama put those costs on-book, even though it made him look bad on paper.
2. Bush’s budget was drawn up before he tanked the economy. All of the assumptions that budget was based on have been completely blown out of the water by his mismanagement of domestic affairs.
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aaronk says:
Are you insane enough not to believe it? Do you not believe General Mcchrystal?
Obama met with McChrystal in Copenhagen. He’s at the Pentagon today. I’ll just keep repeating those facts to help you in your quest to look like a complete idiot.
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kwsventures says:
I thought Rio was going to win for one simple reason: No South American city had ever hosted an Olympics. It was time to give them a shot.
Fair enough. I’m willing to de-politicize the whole thing. In fact, the left weren’t the ones who were politicizing it to begin with. If the right weren’t trying to make a big deal over it to score points, I wouldn’t even be talking about it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pmThe racist pig Vigor is worried about underqualified minority naval officers. But he probably voted for John McCain. You know pig the idiot who got in because his father and grandfather were both admirals but he still was third from the bottom of his class and crashed 5 planes.
Then he’s complaining about all the black people who voted for President Obama. News flash idiot, until 2008 100% of white people voted for a white president. Now STFU you stupid piece of excrement.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pmBush kept BOTH WARS off the budget you idiot trolls. Because cutting taxes while waging them and putting them on the budget would have allowed even you knuckledragging wingnuts to figure out the problems he was causing. So he keeps them off the budget and now that they’ve been put where they belong you still can’t figure it out. Really you rightwingers are too stupid to have a vote.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:35 pmCould the trolls doing touchdown dances on this discussion possibly be the same people who spent the last 8 years accusing liberals of wanting Bush to fail?
Only if we live in an idiocracy.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 pmaaronk says:
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Make no mistake, Chicago getting the fewest votes is part of the ongoing legacy of George W. Bush
Hahaha…..Let me get this straight. For the next 4 years, we will blame Bush for everything that goes wrong, and Obama for everything that goes right? This comment is way to funny!
I take it you fail to see the irony, considering your side blamed the Clenis for all of Bush’s problems for 8 years…
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pmaaronk says:
“Once again, Bush’s numbers showed a surplus in 2012. You’re telling me that Obama inherited Bush’s deficit projections, but not his surplus projections…typical”
Right! It’s amazing what you can do to make the numbers look good if you leave a $13 billion a month war off the books! When will you people learn? Conservatives were saying the same thing about Reagan’s budgets towards the end of the ’80’s even as we were careening into record deficits. This is what Democrats were talking about earlier this year when they kept saying that we finally had an “honest budget.”
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:50 pmvigor says:
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just the bleepn facts says:
vigor says:
The article also says that the highly qualified minority officer candidates suffer because it’s automatically assumed that they got in to Annapolis as “affirmative action” entries. This means the entry process is also unfair to the highly qualified minority officers.
Yeah, that’s not a racist claim! ;)
You obviously don’t know your history. Minorities in positions in power have suffered that doubt ever since Reconstruction when racist Southerners tried to defame and stereotype them as incompetent, subhuman animals in high positions of power that should have been occupied by “real humans.” Affirmative Action has been stereotyped as letting D and F minority students in over A white students, a racist claim that belies the facts.
What percentage of the black voters voted for BHO? I’ve seen the number put as high as 96%. Perhaps the IOC thought that was a racist reaction to a supposedly black presidential candidate and not the sort of competition the IOC wanted to promote.
Could it not be the fact that Obama lived most of his life in Chicago and that he was there representing his hometown? Now if you were being fair in your criticism, you would have questioned whether he would have gone if let’s say Houston or Philadelphia was biding for the Olympics, but since you’re a wingnut who has been swallowing everything Rush and his ilk say, you won’t.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 pmFrustrated little troll: “Hahaha…..Let me get this straight. For the next 4 years, we will blame Bush for everything that goes wrong, and Obama for everything that goes right?”
Yes, that’s correct. Because Bush and conservative policies created our problems and Obama is trying to solve them. The problems exist because of conservative policy. If they get better, it will be because of democratic policies.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pmNinerFan says:
aaronk says:
“Once again, Bush’s numbers showed a surplus in 2012. You’re telling me that Obama inherited Bush’s deficit projections, but not his surplus projections…typical”
Right! It’s amazing what you can do to make the numbers look good if you leave a $13 billion a month war off the books! When will you people learn? Conservatives were saying the same thing about Reagan’s budgets towards the end of the ’80’s even as we were careening into record deficits. This is what Democrats were talking about earlier this year when they kept saying that we finally had an “honest budget.”
Since his god or false idol claimed that he would have had a surplus in 2012, he swallows it without question. Of course it’s convenient, because then aaron can blame Obama as well.
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I can see the trolls are happy tosay. In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing and will be long forgotten in 2 months. Let them gloat (I am sure we would do the same if it were W) but it really is kind of sad really. Think about it. These a$$hats have had their rear-ends handed to them since 2006 and have no prospects of recovery because they have rendered themselves irrelevant to all but 25-30% of the country, most of whom are lizard-brained knuckledraggers.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 pmVigor’s got a lot of b*lls quoting from SFTT (Col. David Hackworth’s website). Hack would’ve kicked vigor’s ass for being a racist. Hack was also a critic of how junior bush and his cronies were conducting the ‘war on terra’.
V just picks and chooses the racist stuff out of a mass of information, then comes here and drops his load.
V’s a pantload. Too bad he doesn’t change them.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pmPresident Obama could run into a burning building to attempt to save a baby and the wacky right would be cheering for the fire.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm#274 aaronk says
Let me handle this one bleepin‘
Look fool, the fact that a writer (with conservative leanings) is publishing material (on a conservative website) concerning a military coup is tantamount to instigation. Have you ever heard of agents provocateurs?
This guy Perry is an agent provocateur. Just the mention of such a thing (coup) might cause some right-winger in a position of power to attempt such a vile act of treason.
Supporting any such writing on any public forum is also treasonous.
Don’t bother responding. You’re obviously too dumb and too right wing to reach with logic and reason.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 pmWhat disingenuous twaddle.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:32 pmWhen the President of the United States can’t go to a foreign country and root for America without having the right come down on him, then something is very wrong and very broken in this country. We are at an impasse, we can’t move forward or back and everyone just keeps screaming at everyone else and no one hears what anyone else is saying. The people of the United States are suffering from collective insanity and I don’t see it ending well.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 pmI can’t believe how MSM is responding to this. First of all The Unitd States has hosted the Olympics several times. Rio never did. Second, the U.S. was one in five countries. The way MSM is treating this is unreal. Remember when Bush grabbed Chancellor Merkel? MSM never showed it. It seems the MSM is always finding ways to bring Obama down.
You just realized this now??? This was taking place during the elections. The US media is run by corportists who’s interest is entirely REPUBLICAN. Tax cuts , less regulation, monopolies, and the destruction of the middle class.
Just watch CNN and you will see what I mean.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pmConservatives taking credit for the defeat of the Olympics, is like Cheney claiming credit for there being no terrorist attacks since 9/11. Whatever. It’s probably the bad history the IOC’s had here, rather than anything else.
And do I think there will be a war? Lemme just say this: I fear for our President, much more than any other – including Bush. And I think the potential for DOMESTIC terrorism is more a threat today than INTERNATIONAL terrorism.
And BTW, aaronk? That “little memo” *is* making headway – since the conservatives are all picking it up and brandishing it like a flag. It’s being taken seriously, as much so as the tenther and birther “movements”.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/30/blogs/coopscorner/entry5353996.shtml
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pmOh, and more reliable articles about the “military coup” issue:
http://news.google.com/news/more?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=del1-c-AAGOf8SMPac8L3-Hph_YkM
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Crazy Legs
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pmWe need to work on your ability to judge social interactions effectively. You seem to be interpreting the act of have one’s ass handed to them incorrectly. I am not suprised by this as it is important that you build false perceptions in order to try to prevent certain realities from interferring with your condition but still it is something that we need to work on if we are going to be able to help you through this. Remember mental health issues are nothing to be ashamed of.
Don’t forget that racism is at the root of this humiliation of our President.
http://legio-xxi.blogspot.com
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:40 pmNoMoreBush says:
In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing and will be long forgotten in 2 months. Let them gloat (I am sure we would do the same if it were W)
First of all, I intend to keep reminding them of their attitude over this through next year. Secondly, if Bush were taking a quick trip to try to get another Olympics in the U.S, I’d hope for him to succeed.
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Quaestor Legio XXI says:
Don’t forget that racism is at the root of this humiliation of our President.
No, I think they just lost they goddamn minds. And it’s hardly “humiliating.”
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pmaaronk says:
I love watching you squirm in your own contradiction instead of addressing the question. Very very typical.
Says the fool that doesn’t know we had a “great recession” caused by Republican mismanagement! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pmaaronk says:
1st, there is nothing in this article from “Republicans” at all. Perry is a writer, not a politician. BIG FAT LIE!!!
Newsmax isn’t a Republican Media outlet publishing Republican ideas? LOL! Next thing you’ll be claiming is that Fox is “fair and balanced” and you’re an Independent! LOL!
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2nd, The writer never says that there “should be a takeover”, but instead talks about the possibility. ANOTHER BIG LIE!!!
A difference without a distinction! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pmaaronk says:
*crickets* Just like I thought. Apparently the “bleepin facts” aren’t the only thing you are into.
Says the lunatic that doesn’t think “Newsmax” is staffed with Republicans! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:10 pmaaronk says:
What I told you is EXACTLY what the projection tables show on the government’s budget website. See if your mom will come downstairs and read it to you.
Did you miss the part where Bush inherited a surplus and turned it into a recession? Or did you miss the part that this projection from Bush was based on the Economy remaining strong? See if your mom will come down to the basement and explain it to you! LOL! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:11 pmaaronk says:
1st, there is nothing in this article from “Republicans” at all. Perry is a writer, not a politician. BIG FAT LIE!!!
No, actually he’s a Registered Republican and political activist for the GOP! Claiming he’s a “writer” and not a politician is like claiming Karl Rove is a “writer” and not a “politician”. It’s even more dishonest than you usually are! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 pmCrazy Legs says:
Factless got his ass handed to him, again? Shocker!
Got nothing? Shocker! It never tires of mocking you! ;)
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pmSo many blog sites. So much hate on Both sides. The problem for us all is that the right people… The people we would really want to have in power. Those people don’t want the power. They look at their lives and decide that really the disruption that running for… much less winning a politcal office would create would threaten their family and happiness. Lets face it, to do it right they must commit completely for their term. Truely there would be no time for family, not if they chose to do it right. They know this. So they do not run. So who does run for office. Especialy high political office? All the wrong sorts of people. The ones that seek power for the sake of power. A drive they cannot overcome. The ones that seek attention. These people are terribly screwed up. Some are certifiably insane. All desparately flawed. Each is taken advantage of and manipulated by power brokers on both sides. Each election we are presented with a choice and the choice is really no choice at all. Untill the right people are finally driven to run for office. Driven to commit to make real change (and that hasn’t happened here yet folks), things will remain the same. What will it take for real change to finally come. Sadly things haven’t gotten bad enough yet for the right people to truely feel COMPELLED to run for office. When they do lets hope we are smart enough to recognize them.
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right on zman1. But until then, the Dems are just loony toons. I’ve never seen such breathtaking projection and rank hypocrisy. Our education system has truly failed us.
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:07 pmDennis D says:
You are a liar. You are a punkass troll and you are astonishingly stupid. You have lied about Obama and you lie about being called a racist just because you oppose his policies. See we get a lot of morons just as stupid as you. So pathetic that you KNOW you have no possibility of thinking for yourself so you bring us the STUPID that Rush told you to think. You ought to just sit down and cry about how pathetic and stupid you are. Then do the world a favor and STFU until you can muster an original thought and contribute to an adult conversation
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:54 pmJWnTX says:
Apparantly our education cannot overcome the handicap people as mind bogglingly stupid as YOU give it. My GOD you are stupid. Dustmites show sheer genius compared to your abject stupidity and discouraging ignorance. Just STFU. You are too stupid to be good for anything but laughing at.
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:56 pmWhich party was cheering for defeat in Iraq? The GOP was for the games in Chicago but wanted your Dear Leader to attend to more serious causes such as the Afghan War (Obama’s war) and the economy. The reason conservatives are pied off is that they love America and do not want it to turn into a Socialist state as purposed by Dear Leader and his band of clowns. I can’t believe you haven’t seen the light that your guy is in way over his head, the world is laughing at him and seeing him for the weak pussy he is.
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 pmWhat will happen first: Cubs win world series? or Chicago gets Olympics? Um, that is a tough one.
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 pmzman1 says:
So many blog sites. So much hate on Both sides.
I always feel so guilty and ashamed of my behavior every time some fresh-faced innocent staggers in here out of the woods and is shocked – shocked! – at the uncouth behavior we’ve been engaging in. To have sullied this poor child’s pure and beautiful image of progressives as being Ghandi-like, smiling harmless little folk who forgive you when you kick them… well, it just breaks my bleeding liberal heart. That innocence is something that zman1 will never get back, and I can only shed a single, perfect tear at his lost web-forum-virginity.
/kidding
Go die in a ditch, pig.
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Dennis D says:
President Obama has been traveling the world telling everyone America sucks.
No, he has not. That is a lie. You just lied there. You did.
Produce one single shred of evidence to back your claim. Just one. Do it, or skulk away with your tail between your legs like the lying dog you are. I already know which option you’ll take.
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Amano says:
Which party was cheering for defeat in Iraq?
Neither.
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Amano says:
The GOP was for the games in Chicago…
There’s an embedded video at the top of this web page. I recommend that you watch it.
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Amano says:
…but wanted your Dear Leader to attend to more serious causes such as the Afghan War (Obama’s war) and the economy.
First of all, Obama met with the head general in charge of Afghanistan while he was in Copenhagen. He’s at the Pentagon having meetings today. Afghanistan is the war we launched in 2002, in response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that occurred on September 11th, 2001. The Taliban, the people who were in control of that country, were sheltering Al-Qaeda, the people who committed that attack. Have you forgotten? Or did you just not care?
Second of all, are you actually claiming that Obama is such a great leader that the country can’t survive if he’s outside of its borders for 18 hours? I’m impressed with the guy, but not that impressed!
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Amano says:
…the world is laughing at him and seeing him for the weak pussy he is.
That’s a really weird thing for you to claim, because Obama’s popularity worldwide is extremely high. It’s only wingnuts in America who don’t like him. Well, them and Al-Qaeda.
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Amano says:
The reason conservatives are pied off is that they love America…
This is the biggest lie of all. You hate America, and everything you do exists only to destroy it. You want as many of us as possible dead in wars you’ve pushed us to start for no reason at all. You want almost all of us in utter poverty, everything we’ve worked for cheated out of us by the super-rich. You want us all sick and left to die in the streets. You want the Constitution violated at every turn, with no justice for those who flout the law openly. You want the government that our founding fathers established completely dismantled, leaving only anarchy (or perhaps a military regime) in your destructive wake.
Al-Qaeda has nothing on you people. You are the greatest threat to America that it has ever faced.
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 pmWhat political office has Perry held again? What political activist group is he involved with? Where did he say that we should overthrow Obama. YOu are a pathetic LIAR!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:41 pmI know for sure the Cubs will win a Series before a Righty speaks the truth.
In the meantime, feel free to debase yourselves with more half-truths and outright lies.
Evidently the one and only thing you’re any good at.
Have a classy, low-rent haters club Friday, righties.
The shame’s all yours – cheers!!!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 pmaaronk says:
What political office has Perry held again? What political activist group is he involved with?
The same as Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, etcetera etcetera.
The real problem with the Republican party is that they don’t have any way of isolating themselves from the more radical extremists from the right. The left has radical extremists too (ALF, EarthFirst!) but neither lefty journalists nor Democratic politicians repeat the things they say; there are clear “firewalls” between moderate and extreme on our side. But it all blends together over there, so that the craziest stuff spouted by a Perry today becomes the “interesting question” explored by Beck, and then finally the “possibility” discussed by GOP representatives.
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aaronk says:
Where did he say that we should overthrow Obama.
Here’s where he said it. (Newsmax pulled their copy down)
Thanks for asking!
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:21 pmAmano says:
Neither party you lying ignorant punkass troll. Conservatives HATE American they only love their HATE. They would see American burn to the ground to hurt someone they hate like Obama or any other progressive. Morons like you are cowardly pieces of shit. THAT on your best day.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:03 pmAmanda:
You either did not read the economic impact report or have no comprehension of the impact they predict.
You use the term “could” in describing the economic impact and that is the most accurate thing you say in your article.
You fail to note that the jobs are actually job-years. Being much like the term man-hours which is often used in describing how much labor is needed for various projects, such is the case with this term. It does NOT mean “315,000″ new, full-time jobs as you seem to imply or think. However many are created, and again I would not trust that number at all, many will be temporary in nature – both full and part-time, some will be merely transitory jobs as workers are employed in the area for the time period of the Olympic construction or the games themselves, and many will be merely expansions in hours on existing jobs.
That fault then goes directly to economic impact be in in the form of jobs or $$ of economic activity. In my work in the field, I all to often saw numbers of purported economic impact that would claim “x” jobs created. But when you stepped backed and pondered just how “x” number of actually new jobs could be created when you looked at the actual working age population in an area; you realized that something did NOT add up.
In case of the Chicago Metro Statistical Area (MSA) you’ve got about 9.5 million total. According to CityData.com (2000) Chicago has about 2.9 million and you have about 1.75 million +/- in the 18 – 65 yr bracket (about 5.7 million working age for the MSA). Going with a guesstimated unemployment rate now of 9.5% that means you have about 541,000 unemployed now in the MSA (main area impacted by the Olympics) and about 166,000 in Chicago itself. They project 315,000 “job-years” for the metro area and 172,000 for Chicago itself. Common sense tells you that the Olympics are NOT going to result in full employment in the Chicago MSA, or anything close to it.
And you left out two big things. The forecast itself states the projections are for …… an 11 YEAR SPAN OF TIME!!! The build-up and construction for the games, the games themselves, then a drawdown after the games. So these are not permanent, or even long-term jobs.
How you missed that important bit of information is beyond me. So BOTH the projected jobs and economic activity created are taking place over a decade plus!!!
Then as to projected costs. They project an operating budget of $4.7 Billion. Laughable!! When both the Greece Olympics came in way over budget, and the London Olympics (2012) are already well over budget, do you honestly expect the highly unionized labor costs, not to mention the opportunities for graft and kick-backs, of the Chicago area to keep costs down??
If so, I want some of whatever you’re smoking.
God almighty you liberals are funny. You are down on your knees faster than Monica Lewinsky for your messiah in the form of Pres Obama. Like sheep you await some government entity to save you and make all life’s troubles go away.
So now your messiah has been brought down a notch. The world does not love him as much as you had hoped. And this is from someone who is especially critical of the Republican party. Maybe now you’ll start re-thinking your dependence on government to be your savior. On second thought…. hmmmm, no you won’t.
Hilarious!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:50 pmI await your response
And you left out two big things. The forecast itself states the projections are for …… an 11 YEAR SPAN OF TIME!!!
[me scratching head]
Eleven years of employment is a bad thing, Hokie? I did not know that. Nor did I realize that getting work for a least a year was better than getting absolutely no work at all. Interesting take you have on the whole situation.
And by “interesting” I actually mean illogical.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 amOops, subtract the word “better” from my last post and replace it with “worse”.
[me grumbles] Stupid no edit option.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:36 amOf course, with the wingnuts, Obama is always damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. The wingnuts found some bizarre rationale for criticizing Obama for going to Copenhagen to pitch for the Chicago Olympics. But if he wouldn’t have gone, they would have criticized him for not caring about America. You know if it were a Republican President, like Bush, he would have been applauded by the wingnuts for meeting with the IOC to promote the U.S. as an Olympic site. The obsessive and predictable need of the wingnuts to put a negative spin on anything, and I mean anything, the President does is almost comical, if it wasn’t so sad.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 amHokie89 says:
It does NOT mean “315,000? new, full-time jobs as you seem to imply or think. However many are created, and again I would not trust that number at all, many will be temporary in nature – both full and part-time, some will be merely transitory jobs as workers are employed in the area for the time period of the Olympic construction or the games themselves, and many will be merely expansions in hours on existing jobs.
That’s what I took it to mean. So? You’re still arguing that zero jobs would be better. You’re still wrong.
But I look forward to your upcoming “Jobs are bad!” campaign platforms. The next few election cycles are going to be fun!
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Hokie89 says:
Then as to projected costs. They project an operating budget of $4.7 Billion. Laughable!! When both the Greece Olympics came in way over budget, and the London Olympics (2012) are already well over budget, do you honestly expect the highly unionized labor costs, not to mention the opportunities for graft and kick-backs, of the Chicago area to keep costs down??
Oh, I’m sure Chicago 2016 would have gone over budget as well, that sort of thing happens all the time with huge projects.
Could you repeat the part where you explain how the revenue won’t cover the expenses? I missed that. I was too busy pondering the fact that it always has, and by increasingly wider margins every quadrennial, which is why so many cities around the world try so hard to get their business.
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Hokie89 says:
Like sheep you await some government entity to save you and make all life’s troubles go away.
The Olympics isn’t a government entity. Glad to help in clearing up that little point of confusion for ya.
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bluesunflower says:
Eleven years of employment is a bad thing, Hokie? I did not know that.
To wingnuts, anything that benefits America hurts them, and vice versa. They’re just a gap-toothed cracker version of Al-Qaeda at this point.
October 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 amElBruce:
“Olympics are not a govt entity.”
I totally agree with you. That is one reason you have such a cry go up when govts threaten to boycott the Olympics. Remember our boycotting the Moscow Olympics and their reprisal for the LA Olympics? So please explain why the Pres of the USA (Rep or Dem) is overseas performing the job of the Chamber of Commerce?
Your other arguments are sophomoric at best. You are then arguing that basically any job creation, and AGAIN TEMPORARY, justifies such a massive expense. Ha Ha. Classic Liberal thinking. You must be a solid proponent of Boston’s Big Dig. I’d like to know where you studied any economics.
Another, untouched point, is that the Pres of the USA (Rep or Dem) went overseas and put at stake a good deal of prestige in making the case for a US city to host the games. And when that city got shot down, IN THE FIRST ROUND, he lost a lot of that prestige. Basically it was the high school jock and ladies man who is hot stuff going up to the new girl in school who won’t touch anyone; and he gets shot down in front of everyone.
DOH!!!
Again, you libs are funny!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:54 amWe can assume that Mr. Erickson would know a lot about whoring!
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:37 amHokie89 says:
That is one reason you have such a cry go up when govts threaten to boycott the Olympics. Remember our boycotting the Moscow Olympics and their reprisal for the LA Olympics? So please explain why the Pres of the USA (Rep or Dem) is overseas performing the job of the Chamber of Commerce?
Not wanting the Olympics around because you don’t like the President politicizes them as much as boycotting them does. Trying to get their business in your country is something everybody should want. There shouldn’t be anything controversial about that. And getting more business in the country is something the President should take an interest in as well. If he thinks making a personal appearance would help, there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Hokie89 says:
Your other arguments are sophomoric at best.
I notice that people often use this phrase when they’re trying to sound smarter than they are. This cliche is a sure sign that it’s starting to dawn on you that you’re completely outgunned here.
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Hokie89 says:
You are then arguing that basically any job creation, and AGAIN TEMPORARY, justifies such a massive expense.
I wouldn’t if there was a net loss, but the Olympics directly pay for themselves in addition the many, many secondary economic benefits they provide.
With your emphasis on “temporary,” it sounds like you’re saying that unless somebody can prove that a job will last forever, those jobs shouldn’t exist. Most people I know have worked for less than – what was it, 11 years? – at most of the jobs they’ve had. The next time you’re looking for work try telling the interviewer that you won’t take the job unless it’s guaranteed for the rest of your life; see how that goes over. Or, ask the HR department what the average tenure/turnover is at the place that you work. I bet it’s less than 11 years. Ultimately, all jobs are temporary.
But more is still better than less. No matter how you try to push your argument, you’re never going to convince anyone otherwise.
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Hokie89 says:
…the Pres of the USA (Rep or Dem) went overseas and put at stake a good deal of prestige in making the case…
The prestige of the Presidency is in no way lessened by this attempt. It’s still as “prestigious” as it ever was. Nothing was at risk, and nothing was lost.
You might as well complain about Oprah’s “loss of prestige.”
Man, I used to remember when conservatives were all about doing all we can for our country even if there is risk involved. Now you’re all paralyzed by the fear of failure. What happened to you?
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:39 pmElBruce:
“but the Olympics directly pay for themselves in addition the many, many secondary economic benefits they provide.” Oh really??? Would you care to share with all of us your wonderful analysis that shows the Olympics will pay for themselves?
And your remaining arguments on econ impact directly back up my assertion that for you, as a liberal, any amount dollar amount invested is good, as long as some jobs are produced, no matter how few. Perhaps you need to do some cost-benefit analysis projects. A little concept of getting the most bang for the buck is fairly important there.
While the prestige of the office of President is not diminished, that of Pres Obama is. You may wish to deny it as much as you wish in your fawning over him, but when any politician (doesn’t matter what party) makes a deliberate trip overseas, and is covered in national and international media, in a deliberate push for a particular event/policy, then is rebuked in the first round of voting ……. yeah, that does serve to diminish his personal political prestige.
You have foreign press now questioning his judgment and experience. Similarly, when the President of France critiques you for your foreign policy stance as being too weak, then that is also a slap in the face.
As for doing “all we can for our country even if there is risk involved”, ummm…… when you’ve rolled up and down the highways of Iraq facing IEDs as I have, then come talk to me about that topic of doing all you can. Unless you’ve served in a combat theater, you have NO room to talk there. Verstehen Sie??!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:24 pmHokie89 says:
Oh really??? Would you care to share with all of us your wonderful analysis that shows the Olympics will pay for themselves?
I’ve provided many links above on the reimbursements to civic governments by the regional Olympic committees. Many cities around the world compete fiercely for the chance to host an Olympics because of the widely known economic benefit. Never before this week has anyone tried to make the argument with a straight face that the Olympics is economically bad for the host nation. Never. Not once. Now all of a sudden out of nowhere, all you wingnuts expect me to defend that common knowledge over and over again? I’m tired of trying to defend commonly known facts to you. Up is up. Down is down. Gravity makes things fall towards the center of the Earth. Two plus two is four. I’m not going to provide any more links for this kind of crap.
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Hokie89 says:
And your remaining arguments on econ impact directly back up my assertion that for you, as a liberal, any amount dollar amount invested is good, as long as some jobs are produced, no matter how few.
Only if you ignore half of what I said. The reimbursed revenues exceed the costs. In addition, jobs are created. In addition, tourists enter the country and spend money. In addition, the infrastructure built can be used to make money later on.
Like Obama going to Copenhagen, there is no downside to hosting the Olympics whatsoever. There never has been.
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Hokie89 says:
You have foreign press now questioning his judgment and experience.
Then you should be able to cite a link, yes?
All you’ve got from here on is pointing out that you don’t like Obama, which I already knew and don’t care about.
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Hokie89 says:
ummm…… when you’ve rolled up and down the highways of Iraq facing IEDs as I have…
Nice try, liar. You and I both know you’ve never left the seat of your 101st Fighting Chairborne Division beanbag vehicle, and your XBox 360 isn’t a “combat theatre.” Ten out of ten times that a wingnut tries to make a personal claim in order to bolster a political argument, their personal claim is an outright lie. That’s why I don’t do it, and that’s why I always call you liars on it.
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pmThis person finds it fair game to score rhetorical points against an opponent by claiming that the opponent lives in low-income housing; “go back into your trailer”. He’s saying, in effect, “I live in a conventional house but you live in a mobile home, so I can mock you for your lower standard of living, and use that fact to denigrate your opinions.”
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pmIt’s not very progressive to ridicule someone’s poverty.
bonejaw says:
This person finds it fair game to score rhetorical points against an opponent…
Correct, “Joe Sixpack” responded to “Bawreck Obama” with a personal insult, one which could be characterized as politically incorrect and in poor taste, as well as potentially anti-poor since it refers to low-income housing.
What’s your opinion on the matter under actual discussion? Do you support the statements made in this thread by “Bawreck Obama” as well? If not, I await your criticisms of his posts also.
I’ll be over here holding my breath…
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:31 pmElBruce,
I’ve noticed you have not responded to my last critique.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pmAny particular reason?
The KKKonservanazis HATE America as much as they HATE Obama.
ElBruce, you are getting the KKKonservanazi toadies’ panties all wadded up.
I see even a couple are “war heroes” now. Most KKKonservanazis are armchair patriotic chicken hawks, like GFY cheney, the evil.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:03 amTexasVietVet -
So I’m an armchair general now? Care to take me up on my challenge that I issued elBruce? I’ll gladly email you a copy of the DD214.
I take it from your moniker that you’re a Vietnam Vet. If so, I applaud you for serving in a dirty war that earned you guys no respect till recently. My only question would be what branch, what unit, when and where did you serve, and what was your MOS?
Don’t go and assume that I’m lying just to please your own preconceptions.
As to the whole “KKK”, “nazi” thing. That constant talking point for the liberal left is certainly childish and fails to even attempt to counter any discussion points here.
Finally, do you have any fact-based counters to the points I laid out for elBruce? Any at all? “Bueller, Bueller?” – sound of crickets chirping
October 7th, 2009 at 8:23 amThank you for your sharing.!
October 7th, 2009 at 3:45 pmElBruce, TexasVietVet –
October 8th, 2009 at 1:00 amI’m waiting for your responses.
Not that I cared that much since I’m not from Chicago, but if I were, I wouldn’t want the Olympics there. gögüs küçültme
October 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am