tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4791783923543496144..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: "Their Rigidity is Killing Them."driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65694756493921870382013-07-19T18:44:29.182-05:002013-07-19T18:44:29.182-05:00Obama will have fixed the economy, cut social secu...<i>Obama will have fixed the economy, cut social security, cut medicare, killed Osama, and made some social issues progress</i><br /><br />Well, I guess 2 for 5 is something.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-50259965724972347402013-07-19T14:32:51.344-05:002013-07-19T14:32:51.344-05:00I've talked to a few people who think Bush Sr....I've talked to a few people who think Bush Sr. got screwed over by the Republican radicals of his day, on account of breaking his "no more taxes" pledge.<br /><br />I don't know if it's true, but it sounds damn familiar.<br /><br />-- Nonny MouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71512129043556068362013-07-19T13:11:36.949-05:002013-07-19T13:11:36.949-05:00I liked GHWB, and yeah he was competent.
But if y...I liked GHWB, and yeah he was competent.<br /><br />But if you want a strong defense, entitlement cuts, a balanced budget, you want a Democrat.<br /><br />Obama will have fixed the economy, cut social security, cut medicare, killed Osama, and made some social issues progress. All in all, I'm getting exactly what I wanted. I'm very pleased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-23242732092367841872013-07-19T12:22:24.638-05:002013-07-19T12:22:24.638-05:00It's like you're narrating your own life n...It's like you're narrating your own life now, Compound F.<br /><br />-- Nonny MouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-35729379436930756722013-07-19T12:14:27.104-05:002013-07-19T12:14:27.104-05:00yes, the obvious reaction to this article is to wo...yes, the obvious reaction to this article is to wonder if the author has had a head injury for the last 20-30 years, since he's only noticing this now.<br /><br />Overclock speedy, you forget that St. Ronald Reagan the Great went over to Eastern Europe, calmly took off his suit coat, rolled up his sleeves, and single-handedly busted commie heads from Leipzig to Moscow until they cried uncle and promised to give it up and do some neoliberal shock doctrine awesomeness instead. Reagan WON THE COLD WAR!!! <br /><br />I will give GHW Bush some credit for running a competent military campaign and at least nominally caring about fiscal responsibility. Of course, he's far too much of a commie liberal squish to be a beloved GOP figure now, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8950633100247434322013-07-19T11:39:17.561-05:002013-07-19T11:39:17.561-05:00All sane conservatives are now Democrats. Let'...All sane conservatives are now Democrats. Let's take a look at the supposed conservative values of fiscal restraint, strong defense, and personal responsibility.<br /><br />1. The GOP never actually cuts spending on entitlements, EVER. They just load them up with more goodies for the elderly. Democrats nominated Obama who has been pushing to roll back social security since before he was elected, wants cuts the GOP won't take, and is going to give us chained CPI. Carter and Clinton tried to slow the growth of social security as well and were thwarted. But the point remains for all the "fiscal responsibility" of the GOP, the only people who actually try to cut entitlements are Democrats. Of course this is leaving out the military.<br /><br />But the point remains, if you want shit cut, if you want entitlements dealt with, if you want military spending dealt with, you vote Democratic.<br /><br />2. Strong Defense. Let's get real, Democrats are just as hawkish as the Republicans, if not more. However Democrats tend to win wars and kill their targets. Republicans lose wars and see them as profit making schemes. Obama killed Osama, Truman nuked Japan, FDR put the Japanese in camps, Jackson gave the Indians what for. Democrats kill, Republicans blunder and brag.<br /><br />3. Responsibility... when a Republican fucks up they double down, when a Democrat does they resign.<br /><br />I'm a massive hawk (and I was in the military so it's not empty bluster) and support strong fiscal restraint. Which is why I've... always voted Democratic.<br /><br />The purity monster they have built has sent everyone who's not batshit nuts running.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81868760730230502882013-07-19T10:48:53.845-05:002013-07-19T10:48:53.845-05:00To Compound Fuckwit:
Jeezuz effing tits. I mean, ...To Compound Fuckwit:<br /><br />Jeezuz effing tits. I mean, don't you read? Or do you filter everything through your own brand of beer goggles?<br /><br />It's like you are a goddamned idiot , really. You never listen.<br /><br />...and you just keep on whining.<br /><br />Good luck with that.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-25017457909995811762013-07-19T03:32:38.687-05:002013-07-19T03:32:38.687-05:00It's really quite straightforward, as they bec...It's really quite straightforward, as they become more marginalized and less effectual they become more radicalized and vicious, like any cornered beast. But of course the Democratic party has moved so far to the right as to replace the old Rockefeller-type Republican party, with no party to its left now.mahakalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649042340743257076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63433842878300634262013-07-19T03:26:43.753-05:002013-07-19T03:26:43.753-05:00It's like you people are goddamned idiots, rea...It's like you people are goddamned idiots, really. You never listen.Compound Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754909356084772352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46447527511931798932013-07-19T03:25:02.989-05:002013-07-19T03:25:02.989-05:00You are 30 years in exile because you don't un...You are 30 years in exile because you don't understand the world. Stirling laid it out (American Thermidor thesis), and you just keep on whining. Good luck with that. The reactionary forces are here to stay, bitch. Get with the mother-fucking program.<br /><br />Jeezuz effing tits. I mean, don't you guys read? Or do you filter everything through your own brand of beer goggles?Compound Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754909356084772352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32209548086820140122013-07-19T02:48:34.086-05:002013-07-19T02:48:34.086-05:00that is an awful lot of words to say "I told ...that is an awful lot of words to say "I told ya so!" but it really is all all can do at this point.Rev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82010067176113209532013-07-18T23:07:41.788-05:002013-07-18T23:07:41.788-05:00No shit, Sherlock. Have the Republicans learned a ...No shit, Sherlock. Have the Republicans learned a lesson? Are they ready to get back to the business of governance? If so, is there anything decent citizens on the left can (or should) do to help?<br /><br />Maybe the Republicans are beyond help or saving. Maybe they're locked in a death spiral, and there is no salvaging their party. What then? Will the Democrats split and fill the void with a coalition of the Blue Dogs and the reasonable Republicans?<br /><br />Short answer: I have no fucking idea, but I do plan to enjoy establishment Republicanism's discomfiture just a weensy bit.gratuitousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82267296537750507852013-07-18T22:59:33.643-05:002013-07-18T22:59:33.643-05:00Driftglass,
I think there is one sentence you for...Driftglass,<br /><br />I think there is one sentence you forgot in your assay of the shit-pile:<br /><br />"And the ungrateful fucks stopped writing me checks!!!"<br /><br />Thank you. Now I return to Minecraft. Carry on.<br /><br />Mike.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com