What I have Learned from the GOP

[Anonymous]

Earthquakes and Hurricanes are a message from God - Bachmann
FEMA should be dissolved - Ron Paul
The Fed chairman is committing treason - Rick Perry
Companies are People - Mitt Rommey

Impressive bunch!

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:Earthquakes and Hurricanes are a message from God - Bachmann
FEMA should be dissolved - Ron Paul
The Fed chairman is committing treason - Rick Perry
Companies are People - Mitt Rommey

Impressive bunch!

Unfortunately, the 1st is a pretty popular view, and the 4th is almost ubiquitous among our leaders.

[Anonymous]

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earthquakes and Hurricanes are a message from God - Bachmann
FEMA should be dissolved - Ron Paul
The Fed chairman is committing treason - Rick Perry
Companies are People - Mitt Rommey

Impressive bunch!

Unfortunately, the 1st is a pretty popular view, and the 4th is almost ubiquitous among our leaders.

But I love how Bachmann's press person said "of course she was joking!" Because nobody likes to run a campaign for someone who appears to be batshit crazy. But with unemployment so high, campaign staffers can't be very choosy these days.

[Anonymous]

Despite my disdain for Bachmann when I watched the video I thought it looked like an offhand gibe. She has enough dangerous policy ideas that I don't think we should get diverted by a silly thing like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Despite my disdain for Bachmann when I watched the video I thought it looked like an offhand gibe. She has enough dangerous policy ideas that I don't think we should get diverted by a silly thing like this.

Of course, if it was a joke, it's pretty awful that a supposedly devout Christian would make an off-handed glib about God causing something that killed people and destroyed so much.

[Anonymous]

In context Romney was clearly saying that corporations are made up of people.

You're not going to learn much from Republicans or anyone else if you get your news from the headline only.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:In context Romney was clearly saying that corporations are made up of people.

You're not going to learn much from Republicans or anyone else if you get your news from the headline only.

Since the courts have given so many rights to corporations, it wouldn't be a radical statement anyway.

[Anonymous]

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In context Romney was clearly saying that corporations are made up of people.

You're not going to learn much from Republicans or anyone else if you get your news from the headline only.

Since the courts have given so many rights to corporations, it wouldn't be a radical statement anyway.

That's true.

What I find odd about the OP's list is that the people I disagree with politically, which is just about everyone, are horrifying enough to me on their actual substance. Why the need to point out things that aren't quite true as the horror?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In context Romney was clearly saying that corporations are made up of people.

You're not going to learn much from Republicans or anyone else if you get your news from the headline only.

Since the courts have given so many rights to corporations, it wouldn't be a radical statement anyway.

That's true.

What I find odd about the OP's list is that the people I disagree with politically, which is just about everyone, are horrifying enough to me on their actual substance. Why the need to point out things that aren't quite true as the horror?

Because Gaffes are People.

[takoma]

Anonymous wrote:Because Gaffes are People.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:What I find odd about the OP's list is that the people I disagree with politically, which is just about everyone, are horrifying enough to me on their actual substance. Why the need to point out things that aren't quite true as the horror?

I don't know about those statements because I don't pay much attention to anything those people say. I don't watch debates, either, unless I think it might be exceptionally entertaining (Biden/Palin was a real disappointment). In most cases I already know the policies of these people, so who cares what idiocy they spout while trying to saying nothing of substance?

As a matter of political strategy, though, I'd like to see the left do a lot more deliberate twisting of words. Much as it disgusts me, the public seems to eat it up when the right does it - as it does all the time. It would be nice if the Dems would start to figure out how to use some of their opponents' tactics after getting their asses kicked by them for decades. When the Reps said that Al Gore said he invented the internet, the Dems should have said that Bush said that he was a prophet sent by God. Someone I know once observed that the Dems seem to be just cynical enough to abandon all of their ideals, but not quite cynical enough to consistently get elected.

[Anonymous]

Wow, MWA, I think the Dems do too much twisting of words as it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, MWA, I think the Dems do too much twisting of words as it is.

HA! If that's the case, then they learned everything they know from Fox News and the GOP, masters of if you repeat it enough times, a lie becomes the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, MWA, I think the Dems do too much twisting of words as it is.

HA! If that's the case, then they learned everything they know from Fox News and the GOP, masters of if you repeat it enough times, a lie becomes the truth.

This isn't third grade. I don't give a flying fig where they "learned" it from. MWA is suggesting they should do more of it and that's not right.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, MWA, I think the Dems do too much twisting of words as it is.

Examples?

I hear that kind of vague accusation all that time from Faux talking heads and Rep politicians, always crying about how they're victimized. Please give some examples of the twisting you cite from Dem leaders.