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Agreed.
Debatable....
but ayuh, he is.
Yup.
This was just forwarded to me. The irony.
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was the most prominent newspaperman,
book reviewer, and political commentator of his day -
“When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face
men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is
that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of
comprehending any save the most elemental — men whose whole thinking is
done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what
they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark
with the pack, or count himself lost. His one aim is to disarm
suspicion, to arouse confidence in his orthodoxy, to avoid challenge. If
he is a man of convictions, of enthusiasm, or self-respect, it is
cruelly hard…
“The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small
electorates, a first rate man occasionally fights his way through,
carrying even a mob with him by the force of his personality. But when
the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second
or third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make
itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically the
most devious and mediocre — the man who can most adeptly disperse the
notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum.
“The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is
perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious
day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last,
and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
—H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
OMG!
That day has come...
very timely find HO!
" men whose whole thinking is
done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what
they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark
with the pack, or count himself lost. His one aim is to disarm
suspicion, to arouse confidence in his orthodoxy, to avoid challenge. If
he is a man of convictions, of enthusiasm, or self-respect, it is
cruelly hard…"
I shudder...
Interesting, the lack of discussion from his supporters in these forums regarding his bungles and wrong turns. Though I voted for clinton (once) I was very openly critical of much...many...most of his policies.
And yet from the bush crew....silence. Blind acceptance. They all would make great brown-shirts. Their support borders on faith...
Sigh.
Last edited: Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 7:20:56 PM
Dumber than tally?
You guys are lucky that the majority (here in our country) continues to take care of and make the right decisions for you.
^What's disturbing is that my Sarcasm Detector© is not going off...
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Edit comment:
So, just when do you enlist rory?
Hmmmm....another thread, although this one has a bit more blatant of a title!
@Tally: Impressive article! A keeper.
The problem is that each side feels the other side is uninformed. Just look at Rory's comment. He believes we don't see the "good" that Bush's crew is doing for us. As a table-turner, do you think there is anything the Bush-crowd could say to us that would make us change our minds, admit we were wrong, and start cheering on Bush's actions? Yup. Changing the other side would require the same effort.
But, perhaps I'm being too cynical about this whole bit. Maybe there's something I haven't seen yet. Tell you what, the Bush-supporters have seen us post countless articles and claims against President Bush. I say it's their turn now. Go ahead and post the reasons that Bush has improved the Nation or taken care of us, and see if we have any knowledge on this.
(For those that know me and my antics...shhhhhhhhhh....)
- Bomb…James Bomb
Hard facts, not rhetoric, please, though I hope my pole will go on (no pun intended).
JB: its not just a matter of perspective. The Right is absolutely devoid of skepticism regarding bu$h Co.
I doubt the Righties will post anything at all...they haven't yet...
Ok its politics as usual
The Republicans are for business and is a party funded by the wealthy.Whose policies are
dominated by right wing religious doctrine
Lemmme see
1 We are in a quagmire in Iraq -no ez exit
2 The green laws protecting our environment have been stripped
3 The tax code rewritten to give breaks to the rich, put the burden further on the middle class and
strip programs for the poor
4 He turned a budget surplus into the biggest deficit in history
And now he wants to "fix" Social Security Soon to be renamed Social Insecurity
Gimme a break!!!
This is not a mandate from the people when you steal the first election and win the second by less than 1%
This is an electorate at loggerheads
The only people the "Great Uniter" brought together are the terrorists
He squandered the world empathy of 9-11 and alienated many other governments
The only thing he does well is the shell game
Convincing us that most will benefit from the changes he hopes to make
What he is leaving out is the most (wealthy people) will benefit!!!
I can only hope that we can survive the coming changes
Changes I might add that wil be felt by the future generations
Think of what kind of America you want to leave your children
Roo
Now my blood pressures up! Geeeez!!!!
Typical silence from the right....? Oh, I forgot...it's sunday, isn't it? You're probably all in church praying to George right now.
After you guys are done ammending the constitution to ban gay marriage, maybe you can ammend the bible. Replace jesus with george...that sort of thing. You don't seem to have much use for jesus anyway.
@ Cat
More like Commandur in chief.
@ Tally
Ooh, Tough. But, Nevertheless I was a Kerry fan, I'd have to say No he isn't..
I'm ready for the tomatos now.
Tank
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6857224/site/newsweek/
Jan. 31 issue - Senate Democrats put off a vote on White House counsel Alberto Gonzales's nomination to be attorney general, complaining he had provided evasive answers to questions about torture and the mistreatment of prisoners. But Gonzales's most surprising answer may have come on a different subject: his role in helping President Bush escape jury duty in a drunken-driving case involving a dancer at an Austin strip club in 1996. The judge and other lawyers in the case last week disputed a written account of the matter provided by Gonzales to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "It's a complete misrepresentation," said David Wahlberg, lawyer for the dancer, about Gonzales's account.
sweet!
http://mediamatters.org/static/video/scarb-200501210008.mov
World is upside down. Incredible video above.
"The "w" in "George W. Bush" stands for wrong" -John Kerry
"Kerry is wrong, "wrong" starts with an R" -George W. Bush
LOL.
So... This is what Democrats do when they're out of power?
:)
I don't know about anyone else, but I personally wouldn't be saying "the guy that just whooped the best we got is a dumbass..."
But then again - that's just me.
No, but its true Chief! That dumbass whooped our boy good!
Of course George is dumber than "I Am". (I Am being God that is). ;)
As for being dumber than Tally, I don't know. What's Tally's background and education? What country has he lead lately?
But seriously, these threads are becoming, "Blah, blah blah" to me. Sorry, but that's the way it is. I'm just not interested in beating this drum over and over and over, and I bet the same is true of other "righties" so don't misinterpret our silence. We just don't want to play your game any more.
Rabban , not rising to the bait.
By the way....
@ Gee Joe
LOL
Rabban...have you ever played "our game?"
Our game is to offer endless reams of information, which should demonstrate a pattern from which a reasonable person might conclude that G W Bush is an abysmally horrid president...
It only works, though...if you "play the logic game." and while you fellers are actually quite good at playing with logic, you reserve it only for secular, pet projects. Off limits for you is the subject of religion...and GW is a bit of a god to you...completey beyond rebuke.
Please you guys if a bush supporter saw this what do you think he would feel. :'( now in a particular country, you would suffer the death penalty for making fun of a leader in your own country
Please you guys if a bush supporter saw this what do you think he would feel.
They would think,"Hey,lets bug the crap out of those guys with bible sayings and say they are going to go to Hell!"
Bush sucks,MY opinion,you ain't changin' it,shut up.
Tony? I donna get it..."hey, we are so lucky to have free speech that we probably ought not engage in it"...yeah?
Stink's post put throught the S-Posse translator...
"Our game is to...ream...a reasonable person."
Rab's assertion, "George Bush is a reasonable person."
My assertion," there are reams of evidence to the contrary."
Rab's assertion, "religion should not be scrutinized logically."
Rab's conclusion, "since GW is the second coming...he can do no harm."
My conclusion, "your blind support of a charismatic hate-monger on a religio-nationalist crusade is not without precedent in history..."
Last edited: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 3:39:01 PM
Or is it "Raze a reamable person"? I get so confused without a dogma to cling to...
Snicker, G!
Bush is the biggest idiot in the world he is defently WAY dumber that u.
Anyone ever notice that the Lefties are the real intolerant dudes in our society? In law school, if you had even a glimmer of a Conservative thought which you expressed, you were roundly hissed by the class of free thinking Lefties. So much for freedom of expression--unless of course you are submerging a crucifix in urine.
Supra, why is your post gone?
It's one of the best I've read on ptt.
Norky, no...i never noticed that - too busy pissing on my crucifix...
Can you provide examples of Lefty movements which have sought to limit freedoms, or civil rights? Because I can come up with scads of examples of Right wingers so engaged. One more time with the persecuted majority.,,
"The Congressional Budget Office noted that if Mr. Bush wins Congressional approval to make his tax cuts permanent, a top priority for the administration, the deficit would grow by $2 trillion over the next 10 years.
Any of you bushies getting this? This buffoon is bankrupting our country
The White House announced on Tuesday that the federal budget deficit was expected to rise this year to $427 billion, a figure that includes a new request from President Bush to help pay for the war in Iraq.
The White House's announcement makes it the fourth straight year in which the budget deficit was expected to grow; as recently as last July the administration had predicted that the deficit, which was $412 billion last year, would fall this year to $331 billion."
Sending any bells off yet? No? Well, just what is it gonna take? What if god came down and bitch-slapped that damn monkey around? Would you get it then?
Last edited: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 4:06:00 AM
What supra said.
FYI - I was referring to myself as being a reasonable person.
Last edited: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 1:43:22 PM
What did supra say?
And Rabbanowitz, my game is not to ream YOU. Just your support of that stinking hypocrite bush...
Twin Headines at Google News:
copter crash kills 31 servicemen in Iraq
And US Budget Deficit Biggest in History
So, GREAT TIMES IN AMERICA, EH? Remember that pervert clinton? He balanced budgets, and did not squander american lives...and you people insisted on values this time. Well, you got values. RICH, WHITE, ELITIST VALUES.
Thanks Republicans...
^ already saw the deficit in the Guiness Book of World Records(2005)
Here, this will clear things up:
Is raising the deficit some kind of trait in the bush family?
Last edited: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 8:35:27 PM
Looks like the last fiscally responsible republican was...uh...nixon.
Go figure.
Hmm. Looks like GW saw that chart and decided he wanted to show up his dad at something. Someone needs to tell him he won and can stop now.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/27/01147/0224
Vote hack article. Must read.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/26/165055/159
Seymour Hersh is freaking
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/27/15211/3549
Jos mio.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/26/234513/774
It's already illegal.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/26/205342/649
Dollar takes a crap.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/27/44153/6128
Smells familiar
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Giggle
Yes he is.
JJ: what are you saying exactly...what if they said, "buy our stuff, we give the profits to share holders..." what do you think they should do with the money? Throw it off a bridge?
Doh?
George W. Bush
Education: Yale U., B.A. 1968; Harvard U., M.B.A. 1975
How many of you dumbasses can make a better claim than that? Didn't think so.
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Read the statement to yourself, then state if you agree or disagree.
It's a poll of sorts.