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Boon Mee

Y'all should perform in the WWW arena!
Tag team of ray/ant against the evil neocon!

CMN got my back with his post...like the one above...heh

AntRobertson

Ahh, so just garden variety Boon Mee dribble then. Cheers.

ChiangMai noon

She has to attack him for something i guess.

That's about the best she can do.

chinthee

I really believe that if McCain is the best the Republicans can field that we may see the biggest landslide victory in American history when Obama becomes the next President.

Mr Earl

^^that story has zero factual foundation. If this is all the dirt they have on Mc Cain then they're in trouble. The NYT published under pressure from the New Republic!

^It could easily be a landslide in the other direction, depending on which way the winds blows.

Hootad Binky

The leak could've also originated from the the Evangelicals, who are going to have a field day with this.

Anyone remember Gary Hart?

chinthee

^Earl, remember I was once a registered republican. I voted for Reagan and for George Bush Sr.

I think the Repulicans are screwed for the next 8 years.

*And, I blame that twat GWB for all this shit.

Mr Earl

So you've bought into the pessimism!
I'm not tickled with the situation either but I'm not going to buy into the idiotic "blame Bush for everything doctrine". It simply doesn't hold the sand they say it does.

chinthee

^Earl, I hear you, but I'm afraid this guy has done more damage to the Republican party than anyone in history.

He's an idiot. I know you don't agree with that, but he's fuked the Republicans and I hate him for that.

Mr Earl

I never liked him much but I voted for him because I hate Al Gore and John Kerry.

I think GWB was dealt a tough hand.
You've bought into the whole monday morning QB defeatist rhetoric. Whatever happened to the American "can do" POV?
The economic fiasco the US is facing began December 23rd 1913.
I'm afraid GWB is a puppet for the big interests which swayed Woodrow Wilson also.

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njdesi

I am not sure if Bush represents an aberration from core Republican values, or if he represents what the party has evolved into, a mix of nativists, religious zealots, authoritarians, and corporatist.

The only Republican candidate in favor of small government,low taxes, transparent/free markets, and individual rights was Ron Paul and he was treated like a freak show. Maybe these people aren't welcome in the Republican Party anymore.

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lom

Blame it on corporate America, they bought him the chair and they are the ones who are pulling his strings.

raycarey

that mccain was quite probably cheating on his shrew of a wife (who is also a junkie, btw) is not the main issue....in fact, to most people, it's a a non-issue.

what is important, however, is that this woman (31 years his junior) was a lobbyist who had business before a senate committee chaired by mccain.

brings back memories of the keating five, doesn't it?


For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk - New York Times

raycarey

why because they actually had the courage to serve in vietnam? what is it you were doing at the time?



he dealt it to himself.

he's the one who decided to invade iraq even though it had nothing to do with 9/11

he's the one who decided to stay on vacation in texas during hurrican katrina

he's the one who didn't veto a single outrageous republican spending bill

he's the one who used wedge issues to divide the country...and while it won him re-election '04, he hasn't accomplished anything.

he made his bed, and now...well, you know how it goes.

Jet Gorgon

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"Mr. Gore enlisted in the Army on Aug. 7, 1969, reporting to Fort Dix, N.J. He was based at Fort Rucker, Ala., working as an information specialist. For a reason neither he nor the military can explain, Mr. Gore would remain at Fort Rucker for a lengthy period awaiting orders." "When they finally came, he would spend less than five months in Vietnam, arriving on Jan. 8, 1971, to write newspaper and magazine articles. He was discharged on May 24, 1971." (The Washington Times National Weekly Edition Nov. 28 - Dec. 4, 1994)

A five month stay in Vietnam is less than half the normal tour. Gore asked for and received an "early out" that May at a time when the 20th Engineers were standing down as part of a gradual U.S. troop reduction. (Washington Post. 12/31/99 pg. A1)

Ya, and we all know of Kerry's illustrious career in Nam.

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Ray, you just like to rag, don't you? I'm surprised you missed the "Bush was in an elementary class when 9-11 happened and he did nothing."

GW has kept the country together. I'd rather have been in the US under his command than in the UK or Europe struggling under mega taxes and warming my feet at a one-bar heater. The US has always given hope and support to people who want to start their own business. The liberals will dampen these dreams by taxing the crap out of these people and giving tax dollars to welfare cases.

I wonder, are you a welfare case, Ray?

chinthee

[quote=Jet Gorgon;540715][quote=raycarey;540665] This is a legitimate question.

AntRobertson

[quote=chinthee;540721][quote=Jet Gorgon;540715]No it's not. Not really.

lom

Ah, but if your on welfare then you should only keep your gob closed and be thankful

Milkman

1. I don't think GWB has held the country together - He's polarized and divided it further.

2. I cannot compare the US to UK and Europe with only one President. Different countries and cultures and histories geographic locations all together.

3. The Liberals are not in Congress, except for a few. The Welfare reform act in the 1990s, ended life-long welfare prgrams.

The GOP taxes the working and middle classes, and gives token tax cuts to the top.

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KID

ron paul was the best choice for prez. now its just another lesser of 3 evil race