oooh thanks for that
And still Republican voters insist that W will go down as "one of the best presidents in history".
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:53,
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Pleasure
That alone highlights how deluded the lot of them are. They will, thankfully, remain unelectable for a long time yet! :D
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applehead herp derp, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:56,
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not so sure
the religious right has a big base of people who aren't going to want to back down any time soon (these are mostly, sadly, the 6000-year-old-earth creationists)
ho hum
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:59,
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This is true
But many, many voters in key demographics (young, black, latino) abhor Republican policies.
All they could achieve in the most recent election was to shore up their base, using the disgusting Sarah Palin - and that wasn't enough to carry them to White House
If the Republicans can find a leader who can bring back the voters that swung to the Democrat ticket in 2008 then it'll be a close one in 2012.
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applehead herp derp, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:08,
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pop quiz
which one of these communities has lots of money?
- young
- black
- latino
- white
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:42,
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Granted
But what good is all that money if they continue spunk it up the wall by supporting the tired and unappealing neo-con party?
Having said that, were they even willing to put money up in the first place? The McCain camp took the option to have their campaign publicly funded, and made much reference to this in light of Obama's staggering fundraising.
Did they do this because it gave them a moral high ground? Or because a feasibility study (and it's not too much of a stretch to presume they carried one out) said they couldn't go toe to toe with Obama?
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applehead herp derp, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:06,
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damn
I wish I had answers to these questions!
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:20,
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Unfotunately, that highlights the importance
of ingesting your news from as many sources as possible.
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:29,
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^^ this x1000
yes yes yes yes yes
Although I'm not a 'merkin, I live near an extensive US army & civilian community. And I really see the full range of political opinions in the people that I meet.
Those that worry me, however, are the ones who come from communities (mostly bible belt & mid-west) where Every. Single. Person. they've known has also been a full on religious-right, gay-bashing, Fox-newsing Republican.
You can usually tell who they are because they come to Europe and meet gays/liberals/free-thinkers/hippies etc. for the first time and they suffer a genuine culture shock.
For those who are never exposed to that sort of outside influence, then there's really no hope of them getting out of the religious-right bubble.
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:41,
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True dat.
Where are you then? Up Suffolk way?
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:51,
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noooooooo
In Germanland.
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:06,
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I did, thanks
I'd seen that youtube clip of the Brit before, certainly intriguing. I'd wanted to go to his talk toward the end of February near Old Street but didn't have the time
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applehead herp derp, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:43,
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basically the same happened to me
Having mostly been around wishy-washy liberals and lefties* I got exposed to ultra-conservatives and pro-gunners and the like.
They're a great source of a good healthy argument whenever I need one. Certainly makes me think more about justifying my own ideals and morals whenever I engage with them.
*edit: I'd consider myself a socially liberal fiscally conservative person
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:16,
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