MyManGoofy!
“Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it
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- Feb 21, 2007
Gee, the other day when someone tried to clarify facts, they got their heads handed to them here. I just figured it wasn't necessary to research facts, because they really don't matter anyway.
I have been thinking about what you could be referring to here and I think I have finally figured it out. It was about the following fact post, correct?
I don't think so:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...s/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html
So far, not a helluva lot is sticking. Pat Buchanan probably had the right idea: Obama has pretty much weathered every storm including the "kitchen sink" which has acted like a boomerang. What that means is, if Obama is the nominee, the Republicans will have to figure out a new way of campaigning beyond the "slime machine". If negative campaigning hasn't worked for Hillary, it won't work for McCain either.
McCain is a Democratic dream candidate:
1) He still supports a war that is going even further south than before
2) He hasn't got the foggiest idea of what to do with the economy except continue the Bush policies that have gotten us nowhere except deeper in the hole
3) He's got too many lobbyists on his campaign staff.
4) That's just for openers
This is a dream scenario.
Please let me be clear that my comments and in fact my issue with these facts had nothing to do with the content but everything to do with their presence on the Hillary thread. My point was exactly what I said - this is the Hillary Support thread not the "defend Obama from every possible comment made about him" thread. I am not sure how it was seen otherwise.
That's not what some of you are saying. Some of you had said the SC is a non-issue. I agree if someone thinks that HIllary or Obama is the anti-christ they should not vote for them. But to say the SC does not matter is to be disengenious about what a Republican win can mean.
Not some - just little old me. And the SC does matter - what I said was that I believe that Roe v. Wade is a liberal red herring in the same way that gay marriage is for the conservatives. The SC hardly likes to overturn decisions coming up from lower courts - they especially do not like doing it to themselves/predecessors. It is bad form.
Besides - I really do think we have it in us - that should it ever be overturned - that we could pull it together and get legislation in place. Everyone likes to talk about making abortions illegal - but the minute you start talking about the realities of women dying in back allies or even what kind of criminal penalty women and dr's should get - the perspective changes. Besides - if we had legislation instead of a SC ruling it would kill one of the main arguements against Roe v.Wade now wouldn't it?
I feel like it is a moot point anyway - they won't overturn it. They make far more political hay with the idea of overturning it than they ever would the actuality.
Wow, so the make up of the Supreme court is no longer important to Democrats?
Nobody said that. I think you really look for things to be offended by here. I just believe that because someone does not agree with me that doesn't automatically make them bad or out to get me or my ideas.
Oh, and if any of you really think McCain is this great uniter who will work both sides, will take no actions that will not be for the good of all of us regardless of which party we are on, and will only appoint moderate federal judges, then why the heck are you not just supporting him now?
Again - I do not see where anyone said he was some kind of great uniter. I said that he has demonstrated a willingness to work across the aisle in the past and see no reason why he would not do so in the future.
Yes - I will admit that I do not like Obama. But I will take it one step further and say that while there are policy issues that I do not agree with (health care is the big one) I will admit it is the OS that have completely turned me off of his candidacy. I do not only post here - I go to several places on the web not to mention I do get out and about. I think I have said this before but I will repeat it - compared to other message boards/forums/blogs - the OS here on the DIS are basically fuzzy puppies. The nastiness and negativity that I find out there astounds me. If that is the kind of atmosphere that Barack Obama's leadership inspires - then I want NO part of it.
So go ahead and wonder what kind of Democrat I am (I am not one any longer due to the marvelous way the Party has handled my vote here in FL). Go ahead and blast me for not being a "true liberal" - (I am who I am and follow my own conscience - I do not need to justify myself to anyone).