Anonymous
Post 09/04/2011 08:43     Subject: I like Rick Perry
takoma wrote:Concerning this idea that "spreading the wealth around" is socialism, I would appreciate an answer to this:

Since I believe that government programs should exist that help the needy, and I believe that people's taxes should help pay for government, I am obviously in favor of some degree of spreading the wealth; am I a socialist? If so, are those of you who are not socialists opposed to all programs that help the needy, or opposed to the use of tax money to support those programs?


Absolutely I support programs (yes, use of tax dollars) for the needy and want programs in place like Head Start to help children at an early age. I also support (with time and money) programs at my church that provide assistance to those who are homeless, struggling to feed their families, recent immigrants, etc. I also think total taxes paid by the average American are high enough as they are, so our government leaders need to priortize better and use the tax money they currently have in a more efficient way.
takoma
Post 09/04/2011 08:33     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Concerning this idea that "spreading the wealth around" is socialism, I would appreciate an answer to this:

Since I believe that government programs should exist that help the needy, and I believe that people's taxes should help pay for government, I am obviously in favor of some degree of spreading the wealth; am I a socialist? If so, are those of you who are not socialists opposed to all programs that help the needy, or opposed to the use of tax money to support those programs?
TheManWithAUsername
Post 09/04/2011 08:18     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:
TheManWithAUsername wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.

So I was in the library? With all those books? And they had this thing...called a "dictionary?" And it, like, tells you the meaning of all these words! I know - right?!

See my question above re: if Obama's a socialist, and I dislike him b/c he's way too conservative, what am I?
probably a communist.

Could you explain the distinction between socialist and communist for all of us, please? You seem really up on this stuff.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2011 08:01     Subject: I like Rick Perry
TheManWithAUsername wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.

So I was in the library? With all those books? And they had this thing...called a "dictionary?" And it, like, tells you the meaning of all these words! I know - right?!

See my question above re: if Obama's a socialist, and I dislike him b/c he's way too conservative, what am I?


I don't view Obama as a socialist; however, if you think he's "way too conservative," then I would respect your ideas but view you as extremely liberal and truly out of touch with mainstream America.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2011 22:02     Subject: I like Rick Perry
TheManWithAUsername wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.

So I was in the library? With all those books? And they had this thing...called a "dictionary?" And it, like, tells you the meaning of all these words! I know - right?!

See my question above re: if Obama's a socialist, and I dislike him b/c he's way too conservative, what am I?
probably a communist.
TheManWithAUsername
Post 09/03/2011 21:11     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.

So I was in the library? With all those books? And they had this thing...called a "dictionary?" And it, like, tells you the meaning of all these words! I know - right?!

See my question above re: if Obama's a socialist, and I dislike him b/c he's way too conservative, what am I?
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2011 20:57     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.[/quote

Then Perry is a socialist, too.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2011 20:06     Subject: I like Rick Perry
"spreading the wealth around" by use of goverment force is the definition of socialism and Obama is a socialist.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2011 09:01     Subject: I like Rick Perry
The nation will not support another person from Texas. What a joke, the people of Texas lol! Like that is something people will consider as a positive! Walk into a room and say you are from Texas and everyone grabs their wallet, what a bunch of freeloaders.
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2011 01:38     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Perry supports in state tuition for undocumented immigrants. What will tomorrow's surprise be?
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2011 16:24     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Former Democrat, Al Gores Texas Campaign Manager, moderate stance on immigration. I can take or leave his stance on abortion. He's a leader, doesn't hide and cower like our current president. Dude shot a coyote that tried to attack him on his morning run, Obama can't run he smokes too much. Great record in Texas, and to top it off it wouldn't hurt having some eye candy in the WH for the next 4-8 yrs.

Ohhh do you really call him eye-candy?
To be a president you got to choose your battles carefully. Perry is funny because he fights when he feels like it. That got him to the top in Texas, but it is something he will have to learn to give up is he wants to run the US


He'd also have to stop giving sweetheart deals to his friends.
And he can't just say "oops" and end up with a 35% hole in the budget to fill.

But this is all hypothetical. Rick Perry will never look any better than he does today. The people who know him, Texans, don't think he's Presidential material. As the knowledge gap between Texas and the American public narrows, I expect that they will have the same opinion as Texans do.

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perrys-not-the-texas-frontrunner-uttt-poll-finds/

I expect Perry will move up since he has declared, but not enough to matter.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2011 14:51     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:Former Democrat, Al Gores Texas Campaign Manager, moderate stance on immigration. I can take or leave his stance on abortion. He's a leader, doesn't hide and cower like our current president. Dude shot a coyote that tried to attack him on his morning run, Obama can't run he smokes too much. Great record in Texas, and to top it off it wouldn't hurt having some eye candy in the WH for the next 4-8 yrs.

Ohhh do you really call him eye-candy?
To be a president you got to choose your battles carefully. Perry is funny because he fights when he feels like it. That got him to the top in Texas, but it is something he will have to learn to give up is he wants to run the US
TheManWithAUsername
Post 08/31/2011 09:05     Subject: I like Rick Perry
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Obama had a perfect liberal voting record in the Senate....radical left


Yes, as a radical leftist, Obama has:

1) pursued single payer health insurance;
2) sought to prosecute Bush era torturers and privacy invaders;
3) nationalized the financial institutions that caused the banking crisis;
4) supported same sex marriage; and
5) ended existing wars and avoided new ones.

I can't wait for our long national nightmare of radical leftism to be over.

/alternative universe


You forgot:
- stopped the increasing wealth inequality by reinstituting estate taxes and reasonable cap gains and income taxes
- curbed the easy access to weapons with which lunatics regularly mass murder
- investigated and remedied the mass injection of religious extremists into the Justice Department

Radical!
TheManWithAUsername
Post 08/31/2011 08:57     Subject: I like Rick Perry
I've asked this questions of Faux News robots before. Considering that I dislike Obama b/c he's so conservative, if he's radical left and a socialist, what am I?

It's really a practical question for the right, because you need to think of the names you will call the next Dem president. "Liberal" lost its punch from your overuse, so you* switched to "socialist." You'll need something more extreme next time.

* Of course I don't actually mean you personally - let's not be ridiculous. I mean the people at Faux who decide what you will think and say.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2011 08:17     Subject: I like Rick Perry
Anonymous wrote:Obama had a perfect liberal voting record in the Senate....radical left


Obama has an EXTREMELY imperfect liberal record in the White House, as so many liberals have pointed out.

You are so far to the right, you don't even know what the center is. You'll find out on election day. When you are trying to understand how your party screwed this up. If by some miracle it doesn't come true in this election, it is a virtual certainty within the next 20 years. Your party is dead because you don't have the demographics for the future and you won't change your stripes. As John McGlaughlin loves to say, "BYE-BYE!". That's what you will say to the presidency by 2024.