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- tm13lke, on 09/05/2008, -19/+234"...and that could leave us with the Governor of Alaska running the largest military and economy on the planet."
Quite possibly the most terrifying statement I've read in a while. - Benjamin10, on 09/05/2008, -18/+201Felt like I was watching a high school student council election. Scary that millions of people were impressed by this and will vote for McCain.
- cybermort, on 09/05/2008, -21/+200"Drill baby drill", gave me chills. I couldn't believe this. I thought we had all agreed on global warming.
They said we're addicted to oil, now they're like junkies asking for one last fix. - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -16/+160"Terrorists are trying to blow up the country 'and he's afraid someone won't read them their rights'." - Sara Palin
For all of those who are profiled and singled out as being "supposed terrorists" it's OK........they don't deserve rights. Straight to Gitmo for you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20945041@N06/28269038 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied
National Anthem of Germany = Deutschland über alles
Deutschland über alles = Germany above everything
Country First = ?????? - AAK15, on 09/05/2008, -16/+160LOL http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7480/cantwinocc ...
- lukak, on 09/05/2008, -20/+162Please, Americans. Please please please: Give yourselves a leader who will lead your country to new prosperity and rebuild your damaged economy, and give us as the rest of the world a leader of your nation whom we can trust not to invade us, intimidate us or destroy the environment we share.
Don't give the yourselves or us another 4 more years. Please. - inactive, on 09/06/2008, -8/+128God damn it I hate Rudy Giuliani.
- macballer30, on 09/06/2008, -8/+121there were more than 5 disturbing things about the RNC.
- gubbie, on 09/06/2008, -11/+100Don't forget the obnoxious USA! USA! USA! chants that occured every 2 minutes...
- ddiggit, on 09/05/2008, -16/+101How about the scary fact that the "maverick" who "follows his own values and beliefs" let the most conservative and out-of-touch wing of his party intimidate him away from choosing the running mate he REALLY wanted in Joe Liberman? The right-to-life religious extremists have won the Republican platform and the candidates! EVERY woman in this country should be scared. Sarah brags about her choice to keep her baby and that is totally appropriate - but she fails to acknowledge the privilege and right she HAD to MAKE a choice! She and McCain would now take that away from every other woman.
- failedpimp, on 09/05/2008, -6/+76I thought they were talking about drilling Palin, that's why joined in the chant.
- jsdratm, on 09/06/2008, -5/+66#1 People reveling in their own ignorance and cheering the lies
- MoneyTutor, on 09/05/2008, -17/+76Frankly, Sarah Palin scares the h... out of me. So far she is a crazed mean lunatic that has proven herself power hungry and likes to fire anyone who gets in her way. A total control freak. That is why Alaska is spending $100,000 to see if she has abused her power lol.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -11/+68The way they forcefully handled the protesters was uncalled for, then again they have been doing it all week.
- baldboy7, on 09/06/2008, -9/+57ONLY 5???!!!
- MrWally, on 09/06/2008, -17/+631. John McCain
2. John McCain
3. John McCain
4. John McCain
5. John McCain - DeFex, on 09/06/2008, -12/+54If the GOP win this will be remembered as the LAST election.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -10/+51Stupid people are easily swayed, and greedy people will believe McCain's lies about tax cuts and the economy, when in fact McCain is going to make the tax cuts for the rich PERMANENT, which means you and I will have to pick up the slack for them.
- hollering, on 09/06/2008, -4/+41The "Country First" chant WAS actually quite disturbing to me. Why? Because it, along with the extreme measures taken to prevent dissension, reminded me of a story I heard from a former Soviet who talked about the soldiers who would throw themselves under tanks because nothing was more important than 'Mother Russia'. The talk was by Anna Ebeling and was titled "Collectivism in Practice: The Soviet Experience" Unfortunately that lecture isn't available from the people who did the seminar -- FEE.org -- otherwise I would happily link to it right now.
Now, I'm not trying to put the RNC on equal ground with the Soviets, but I will point out that this only differs in degree. Perhaps squashing dissenting opinions for the sake of nationalism and party unity and then reveling in a collectivist chant isn't the best idea. - 0Xonox0, on 09/06/2008, -6/+43Giuliani: "I learned along time ago that if you don't have the facts, you've got to change them!"
So wait, did Giuliani just completely discredit himself? - ScienceDoc, on 09/06/2008, -6/+42They are a lying bunch of middle schoolers. The RNC and the neocon media are a freakin' joke.
- Lloydinator, on 09/06/2008, -9/+42Yep, that's the GOP for ya. I've met trolls that have better ethical values than them.
- phrenzy, on 09/06/2008, -2/+34MAVRICK!!!
- failedpimp, on 09/05/2008, -5/+37We don't need more drilling, we need more oil refining. Refine baby Refine!! - that will make gas prices go down.
- anarcurt, on 09/06/2008, -1/+32McCain =Cotton Hill
Palin = Peggy Hill
http://www.funnyforumpics.com/forums/Demotivationa ... - basichuman, on 09/06/2008, -3/+34This was the most disturbing this for me.
Republican 911 "Tribute" Video links Iran with 911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0UTpizuD28 - HuskyPuzzle, on 09/05/2008, -12/+43OK, McCain just took a second in his speech tonight, to congratulate Obama on his achievements -- but you can't deny Giuliani was being disrespectful last night, no? And please don't copy/paste another one of your comments in here, as you tend to do elsewhere.
- inactive, on 09/06/2008, -8/+33Palin's speech was obviously written for a demographic of lunatics, perverts, psychotics, derilics, retards, criminals, pedophiles and insane people. I'm not surprised.
The mix was basically just that, an assortment of child rapists, an Elderly Nazi Rally, a group of evangelical KKK Vips and a massive amount of life long Jenny Craig members. It was perfect for the environment.
The speech was directed to the lowest common denominator of our society, for those that need their thoughts emailed to them, but it was an absolute insult to the intellect of any normal, rational, logical thinking person. - SeniorFuzzy, on 09/06/2008, -2/+27Great article. i do agree with the facts that, 1. Rudy Gulani was just insults. he thinks too highly of himself and his speech was useless.
2. Obama talked nicely about john mc cain then went in to the arguments. he was also nicer when Sarah palin was announed VP and about Bristol. John Mc Cain had absolutley NO respect through this whole race to Barack. Mc Cain acts like a child - i dont like him so i wont be nice him - mayra1201, on 09/06/2008, -6/+26Well in case McCain dies it's good to know Sarah Palin'll be there for us, right guys?
- msaunds83, on 09/06/2008, -8/+27Does anyone else think Giuliani kinda looks like Colonel Clink?
- defy, on 09/06/2008, -1/+20His previous career was serving in the United States military occupying Iraq. I do believe he has earned the right to state his dissatisfaction after being there for a few years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kokesh
Oh snap! Eat crow? - inactive, on 09/06/2008, -1/+19It was not necessary to lie.
- inactive, on 09/06/2008, -3/+19No, this is a different group, they're called "Scientists".
- bearmageddon, on 09/06/2008, -5/+21the first thing i thought: "only five?"
- heezy, on 09/06/2008, -3/+18So they say "No time for on-the-job training." How do they explain Sarah Palin?
- vegx, on 09/06/2008, -5/+20I think the last point is spot on.
Truthfully, I kind of like McCain and think his presidency would at least be better than Bush's. However, his choice of Palin really frightens me. He's a 72 year old man, and this is who we would have to replace him? What? It's a ridiculous pander when someone like Pawlenty would have been a much better choice. - spookyttws, on 09/06/2008, -1/+15You mean hell? Because you can say hell on the internet. ***** ***** and ***** too. Crazy internet.
- Bjango, on 09/06/2008, -4/+18If John McCain were to get voted in, I would leave this country because it has failed me.
The only reason I'd come back would be Burning Man. - locojones, on 09/06/2008, -1/+15One of the most frightening aspects of that speech was looking out into the audience of brainwashed zombies just lapping up the Republican rhetoric. And yet, despite all the fear-mongering about Democratic socialism, not a single person questioned McCain when his speech delved into exactly that.
He wants the government to make up the difference in wages between a person's old job and their new temporary one while they're securing more permanent work. Who's going to pay for that? Oh right, my taxes are.
He wants everyone who is unemployed to have access to community colleges, which apparently will now become vocational schools for retraining. I wonder who's money will pay for that. Oh right, mine.
And let's not forget his thinly veiled attempt to sneak school vouchers in there under the guise of "educational freedom of choice for parents." If the government allows a parent to send their kid to private or charter schools, someone has to bear that cost. And guess what, it will be you and I.
All the while he'll be busting unions and removing employees ability to band together for fair wages and benefits.
McCain is terrifying. But only less so than the people who support him, like the guy who can't even spell Maverick. (MAVRICK). - EllipsisAeon, on 09/06/2008, -9/+22To be perfectly honest, I think McCain did the best he could when it came to using his POW experience for political purposes. It was overt, sure, but it was also moving and something that very very few of us could even imagine.
That doesn't mean he's getting my vote tho! Frak all that, I want this to be better, not the same.
PS: Anyone catch the statements he made about getting rid of teachers?! (the bad ones). I think this could come back and ***** him in the ass; if anyone actually paid attention to it. I have worked with a couple of PTO's, and none of the teachers I have met are good with the way Bush/Cheney implemented No Child Left Behind. And, as a parent, it pisses me off too. Take some of the money from the Iraq War and fund the damn schools already! Take the troops from Iraq, and those that want to still server, have them hunt down the bastards that attacked us - hierophantus, on 09/06/2008, -2/+15Remember when McCain was pretty much the only Republican standing up against torture at Gitmo? Remember how he played off his POW experience as evidence of his deep conviction on the issue?
Yeah, I don't blame you that you don't. - ph1sh55, on 09/06/2008, -1/+14And do you remember when he then proceeded to vote to allow torture by the CIA, crapping all over one of his 'deepest convictions'. Yes he did a lot of grandstanding but he didn't back it up. Hard to respect the man whose strongest principle can be pushed over, I don't care what arena you're in.
- whatthefu, on 09/06/2008, -1/+14Nationalism can be detrimental to countries in the long run.
- Tyr7, on 09/06/2008, -0/+13According to Cheney the VP can. The VP's office in not part of any branch of the government that he recognizes.
- muckemuck, on 09/06/2008, -1/+13Here's my 5:
5 - No dissension allowed. Go read the reports from the Paul delegates. The hobnailed boot of the GOP was firmly in place.
4 - Rules? What rules? .. Go back and watch them counting votes. They ignored dozens of anti-McCain votes.
3 - Other nominees? What? None? Ok, then we have our nominee. Again, no dissension allowed at all. Go back and listen to the shouts when the call for other nominees was raised. There were others. They were ignored. This was a coronation not a convention. Why bother having all the county and state conventions to pick informed delegates? Just sell tickets to beautiful people who can follow the script and clap on command.
2 - My tax dollars at work. The US taxpayer paid over $60,000,000 for that convention. The Republican party used to be about smaller federal government, less waste, lower taxes and yet they're taking my hard earned dollars and blowing them on a coronation of a man I don't support?
1 - Country First. I think the article totally misses the point of this. It's not isolationist. It's "if you aren't with us, you're against us". It's "patriotism is what we tell you it is". It's "no critical thinking allowed". Your country comes first so you'd better not vote in that evil Obama guy. Stay in line and vote like a good Republican. Your country comes first and you're way down the line you little peon.
I've voted Republican for over 20 years.. the last couple of times it was a "lesser of two evils" vote. After last night I'm done with them. The neo-conservatives can have the GOP. - eagles1, on 09/06/2008, -5/+17the RNC istelf was disgusting....Rudy Guliani convinced me more than anybody else to vote for Obama...
- Laminarcissus, on 09/06/2008, -0/+12-- ""The first thing on his resume..” he began with his upper lip curled into a sneering smile, “was that he worked as a community organizer.” Then he laughed out loud, provoking the rest of the crowd to join in for a full minute." --
Well let's have a look at what Giuliani was doing right out of school. It looks like he was working pretty hard to stay close to home himself, and not above using connected friends to do it. From his Wikipedia bio, citations are there if you want to track them down:
"Giuliani did not serve in the military during the Vietnam War. He received a student deferment while at Manhattan College and another while at NYU Law. Upon graduation from NYU Law in 1968, he was classified as 1-A, available for military service. He applied for a deferment but was rejected. In 1969, [Judge Lloyd] MacMahon wrote a letter to Giuliani's draft board, asking that he be reclassified as 2-A, civilian occupation deferment, because Giuliani, who was a law clerk for MacMahon, was an essential employee. The deferment was granted. In 1970, Giuliani received a high draft lottery number; he was not called up for service although by then he had been reclassified 1-A." - jsdratm, on 09/06/2008, -7/+19There are more important things than breaking records. You are a disgrace to your country!
- lazyfisherman, on 09/06/2008, -2/+14WTF are you thinking????
This election isn't about breaking the "promotion barrier" for women.
There are already women CEOs and leaders. It happens but men still tend to get paid and promoted more. A woman as VP or President won't suddenly change that. -
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