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This was from Mitch Bard’s perspective,and his take on the most frightening of the Tea Party midterm candidates btw, and I did not give him due credit. Too pissed off.
I also posted before seeing Snaps, Babs and Bxgrls responses. So mine was likely unnecessary.
It’s like giving attention to Sarah Palin. One senses he or she shouldn’t, and yet is equally incensed by the idea of allowing the nonsense to go unchallenged. It’s a line I’m walking right now.
Equality for all people, not so sure all that important. I bet if you did a poll on why immigrants came to america, it would be opportunity that they craved.
All this gay acceptance has gotten us is these awful thin gays like Kurt on Glee, set us back 10 years.
9. Accusing the opponent of having extramarital affairs when he himself fathered a bastard: “Ring, ring. Hello? Hi! Pot, this is kettle. Guess what? WE’RE BOTH BLACK! HA!”
I really wonder what your criteria would be for allowing people the right to vote, because I think I’d probably make the cut”
Nope, not so far. First you need to demonstrate an actual understanding of the issues. Hot air and insults and vague generalities like “how about equality” are not sufficient. Keep trying.
Lech – look I am never too articulate here on the board b/c am not trying to write a college essay etc – but I will say this as a liberal
I am all for taxes – I don’t mind paying taxes for things and people who benefit from them. Taxes aren’t evil but they have been MADE TO BE by the Right for decades and the democratic party unfortunately have jumped on the bandwagon when campaigning to reducing people’s taxes because it’s in fashion amongst both parties to do this.
The dems haven’t done a good job at all at explaining why taxes are important for folks to pay. I agree with raising taxes on people making more than $250K a year and I think the more you make up from there you should continue paying into the pot even more.
That being said, it’s truly up to corporations to pay people more on all levels so we can cope with inflation and taxes that help civilize and make society a nicer place to be!
Excuse me, the Chamber of Commerce? The organization that actively lobbies AGAINST clean energy jobs (thwarting the President’s job-creation efforts, as I said earlier)? And how the President, who pushed for elimination of DADT, only to see it saved by Republicans, hates gays I don’t really see, either.
Lech, this really is one of your more noxious qualities:
Calling people out, SHOUTING no less, for not taking the time and energy necessary to obviate all of the piles of crap you push upon the OT regularly, that one (me) suspects must be a giant, experimental chain-yanking, because when one DOES take the time to tinker with taking apart your pronouncements about the “goodness” or possible effectiveness of extreme right positions, you ignore them.
Let me go ahead and take a bite. Because I HATE being called a weak liberal with no positions upon which to stand by a conservative blowhard. Because it rankles, which methinks you intend, and because it is such utter bunk.
Palladino in a nutshell: When not threatening New York Post editors (my GOD, couldn’t make this shit up) or sending out offensive racist emails, Palladino, a Tea Party favorite, is almost as reliable a source for bizarre and out-of-the-mainstream behavior as O’Donnell and Angle. He bashes gays, recently saying he doesn’t want “to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option.” While he’s pumped $3.8 million of his own money into his campaign, nearly $2 million has gone to his own companies. And while he seems to hold the predictably far-right positions of Tea Party candidates (like opposing abortion even in the cases of rape and incest), Paladino’s extreme views add a wacky element, revealing his dedication to the wealthy at the expense of the rest of the population. He has called for welfare recipients to be forced into work camps (housed in converted prisons), where they will be taught, among other things, personal hygiene (so much for small government). Similarly, he wants to send children in failing schools to state boarding schools, where they would be housed with kids removed from their homes by social services. And Paladino, who fathered a daughter out of wedlock while married (but didn’t tell his wife about it until years later), nevertheless made wild accusations about his opponent’s marital infidelities.
This was from Mitch Bard’s perspective,and his take on the most frightening of the Tea Party midterm candidates btw, and I did not give him due credit. Too pissed off.
I also posted before seeing Snaps, Babs and Bxgrls responses. So mine was likely unnecessary.
It’s like giving attention to Sarah Palin. One senses he or she shouldn’t, and yet is equally incensed by the idea of allowing the nonsense to go unchallenged. It’s a line I’m walking right now.
I think it was Cuomo who first went after the extramarital affairs of his opponent.
Equality for all people, not so sure all that important. I bet if you did a poll on why immigrants came to america, it would be opportunity that they craved.
All this gay acceptance has gotten us is these awful thin gays like Kurt on Glee, set us back 10 years.
I also think that if Paladino gets elected, the material on SNL will get much better. It’s the small things in life that I look forward to.
Oh, yeah, thanks for reminding me Noki:
9. Accusing the opponent of having extramarital affairs when he himself fathered a bastard: “Ring, ring. Hello? Hi! Pot, this is kettle. Guess what? WE’RE BOTH BLACK! HA!”
“By babs on October 11, 2010 1:00 PM
I really wonder what your criteria would be for allowing people the right to vote, because I think I’d probably make the cut”
Nope, not so far. First you need to demonstrate an actual understanding of the issues. Hot air and insults and vague generalities like “how about equality” are not sufficient. Keep trying.
Randi – agreed!
Lech – look I am never too articulate here on the board b/c am not trying to write a college essay etc – but I will say this as a liberal
I am all for taxes – I don’t mind paying taxes for things and people who benefit from them. Taxes aren’t evil but they have been MADE TO BE by the Right for decades and the democratic party unfortunately have jumped on the bandwagon when campaigning to reducing people’s taxes because it’s in fashion amongst both parties to do this.
The dems haven’t done a good job at all at explaining why taxes are important for folks to pay. I agree with raising taxes on people making more than $250K a year and I think the more you make up from there you should continue paying into the pot even more.
That being said, it’s truly up to corporations to pay people more on all levels so we can cope with inflation and taxes that help civilize and make society a nicer place to be!
Excuse me, the Chamber of Commerce? The organization that actively lobbies AGAINST clean energy jobs (thwarting the President’s job-creation efforts, as I said earlier)? And how the President, who pushed for elimination of DADT, only to see it saved by Republicans, hates gays I don’t really see, either.
Lech, this really is one of your more noxious qualities:
Calling people out, SHOUTING no less, for not taking the time and energy necessary to obviate all of the piles of crap you push upon the OT regularly, that one (me) suspects must be a giant, experimental chain-yanking, because when one DOES take the time to tinker with taking apart your pronouncements about the “goodness” or possible effectiveness of extreme right positions, you ignore them.
Let me go ahead and take a bite. Because I HATE being called a weak liberal with no positions upon which to stand by a conservative blowhard. Because it rankles, which methinks you intend, and because it is such utter bunk.
Palladino in a nutshell: When not threatening New York Post editors (my GOD, couldn’t make this shit up) or sending out offensive racist emails, Palladino, a Tea Party favorite, is almost as reliable a source for bizarre and out-of-the-mainstream behavior as O’Donnell and Angle. He bashes gays, recently saying he doesn’t want “to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option.” While he’s pumped $3.8 million of his own money into his campaign, nearly $2 million has gone to his own companies. And while he seems to hold the predictably far-right positions of Tea Party candidates (like opposing abortion even in the cases of rape and incest), Paladino’s extreme views add a wacky element, revealing his dedication to the wealthy at the expense of the rest of the population. He has called for welfare recipients to be forced into work camps (housed in converted prisons), where they will be taught, among other things, personal hygiene (so much for small government). Similarly, he wants to send children in failing schools to state boarding schools, where they would be housed with kids removed from their homes by social services. And Paladino, who fathered a daughter out of wedlock while married (but didn’t tell his wife about it until years later), nevertheless made wild accusations about his opponent’s marital infidelities.