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As I've already said, being a Republican doesn't make you an ultrafundamentalist scumbag, party politics doesn't work that way in America. Can't you remember there being a whole big debate whether McCain would get the religious right vote because he wasn't seen as hard enough? Yes, if you're a Republican or Democrat you abscribe to some loose sort of ideologies but that's it. There is no real party Whip in Congress where everyone is expected to tow the line. I remember reading somewhere that a Texan Democrat voted with Republicans 80% of the time in Congress.
While that in itself doesn't make a person a scumbag, they can certainly be described as fundamentalists.
But it is also true that the great majority of Republicans appear to tick all the wrong boxes: full-on warmongers who still claim it was right to invade Iraq and deny the US government didn't lie through its teeth to sell the Iraq war to the public; avid hawks itching to attack Iran or give Israel its full blessing to do so on its behalf; anti-abortion fanatics bent on curbing abortion rights even further if not outright removing them; climate change flat-earthers who still claim there is no such thing as man-made global warming and who will continue to be as polluting as they please; imperialistic idiots bent on tearing up every last non-proliferation treaty and starting a new nuclear arms race thanks to their stupid missile shield... etc etc etc.
Anyone who subscribes to all or most of the above can safely be described as a scumbag IMO. And disturbingly high numbers of Republicans, both the politicians and the voters, subscribe to all of the above.
That is why anyone with a trace of humanity, justice and rationality in them should deplore that nauseating party for as long as it continues upholding such beliefs.
Obama has a 95.8% chance of winning. Very clever stuff
McCain's Losing Strategy: Double Down on the Anger
tiiiimes are changin!
At present the Republicans stand for pretty much everything that is wrong with the human race. They don't have a single redeeming quality. All they believe in is hatred, selfishness, greed, distrust, close-mindness and intolerance.
What's to like about such lot? Do indulge me...
Just imagine you're at a rally; raise your voice, turn on those patriotic tones and say proudly, "We believe in hatred, selfishness, GREED, distrust, closed-mindedness..." (Wait for the cheers to calm down) "...and intolerance." Then take a bow, sir. Throw in that monkey quote from Donald 'The Wit' Rumsfeld at the end.
At this stage the voters know you can pretty much boil this down to good vs evil, and ironically you can never tell which way a country will go when faced with a choice that blindingly obvious...
Take a chill pill, McCain has never advocated any of that bollockes. Palin on the other hand...
Aside from the intolerance and racism in this clip, the ignorance is shocking.
McCain could have said they're not going to persecute homosexual rights any more; that his government will not continue to try to limit abortion rights further, if not get rid of them altogether; that the previous administration was wrong when it defied international law and started a war for no good reason; that the hated missile shield will not be developed; that there is such thing as man-made global warming and it makes perfect sense to cut on CO2 emissions... etc etc.
Now, there is a possibility that McCain really is a moderate, rational person (he kind of came across that way before the pre-election started) but the fact remains that the official or officious policy of the Republican Party is all of those things, and he has not sought to separate himself from any of them.
I'd rather not take the risk to assume that he really is a moderate and that he will go against the grain of the great majority of his party. There is far too much nastiness and nauseating polices around them.
Welcome to America's bible belt, where the truth never gets in the way of a good witch hunt.
I mean one guy thinks he's RELATED to terrorists. Morons. I wish Thanatos was still here, I'm sure his input would be interesting lmao.
Yes, but that really is a relatively recent thing, Bush has really annoyed a lot of traditional Republican voters.
Their general principles are that government should be small, taxes low and society generally meritocratic. When you look at the Libertarian end of the party they would agree with you about many issues.
In many ways Bush has been a terrible Republican, he's almost more of a Third Way candidate, except with a strong interventionist policy.
Did you see him bashing obama in the second presidential debate about being 'pro abortion'? It was really quite eye opening to how fundamentalist he is - before he had portrayed himself as a relatively progressive conservative; sticking to family values but open to change for the better.
It's good that he's exposed the real McCain though so people know what they're really getting.
Even though he started as an isolationist - the big concerns by many European policy makers when he came into power was that he'd reduce US committment to NATO.
Captions, anyone? Seeing as it's Friday, like...
As Obama and McCain return from the restroom, McCain indicates to Palin that its true what they say about Black men.
And, involving a creationist, it works at several levels.
Any explanations?
Tax cuts should always come from the bottom up, its the same here, instead of removing the 10% tax band they should have put up the amount you can earn tax free.
Trickle down does not work!
My biggest fear is that I am begining to hope, I have been fighting against it for a while but I am begining to feel like a Obama victory might be possible. The polls arent anywhere near as close as people think, apparently when you ask people when the interviewer doesnt know who they are they are more likely to vote McCain, its just face to face they dont want to appear racist.
If you repeat the same thing in this country you'd get a similar response I imagine. You go out with a camera and a microphone to any town in Britain and I guarantee you'll get some ridiculous soundbites (and can edit out anything sensible that's said).
They are, however, hilarious viewing
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo
It's a big blow for McCain - not only the endorsement in itself, but that it makes another day of postive headlines for Obama.
Definitely... the endorsement itself I think is a pretty damning assessment of McCain's campaign. A Republican - Bush's fmr secretary of a State won't support a moderate and bipartisan member of his own party... because well, McCain's campaign has went so far away from what McCain once was. Hmm it's too early to say if McCain swinging to the right will prove to have been a terrible mistake - cos he still might win this thing but I really don't think he needed to pander to the right of his party to such an extent. Sarah Palin might excite the hardcore Republican right but she alienates just about everybody else - she brings more votes in Texas but loses votes in swing states, and was McCain ever going to lose states like TX anyway?
Meh. I'm fed up of the endless speculation and analysis... I can't stand the waiting: bring on November 4th!