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blipey



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 15 2008,19:30   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 13 2008,23:54)
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The way forward is not a cultish worship of Most Holy Ronald. The way forward for the GOP is to understand why young, passionate, educated people are fleeing the GOP like it's a chemical fire. If you look at the demographic trends, a party that primarily appeals to the old, white, southern, rural, and uneducated is a party that is F*$%ed.

I always find this fascinating in that I completely fail to understand the Republican mindset.  On a completely academic level I get it, but I really don't understand it in a personally relevant way.

Republicans (at least the base) are socially conservative and philosophically conservative.  They are reactionary, not progressive.  They are the party of inertia, not of change.  IMO, they are afraid of change; they like the status quo more than they would ever back change of any kind.

This is closely related to the GOP Base's opinion of and behavior toward academia--a group of people who's very purpose in life is to seek out the new.

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Albatrossity2



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 15 2008,20:31   

Quote (blipey @ Nov. 15 2008,19:30)
 
Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 13 2008,23:54)
{snip}

The way forward is not a cultish worship of Most Holy Ronald. The way forward for the GOP is to understand why young, passionate, educated people are fleeing the GOP like it's a chemical fire. If you look at the demographic trends, a party that primarily appeals to the old, white, southern, rural, and uneducated is a party that is F*$%ed.

I always find this fascinating in that I completely fail to understand the Republican mindset.  On a completely academic level I get it, but I really don't understand it in a personally relevant way.

Republicans (at least the base) are socially conservative and philosophically conservative.  They are reactionary, not progressive.  They are the party of inertia, not of change.  IMO, they are afraid of change; they like the status quo more than they would ever back change of any kind.

This is closely related to the GOP Base's opinion of and behavior toward academia--a group of people who's very purpose in life is to seek out the new.

There was an interesting article in the NY Times a few days back, comparing the current Republican defeat with the situation of the Tories in the UK a while back. One suggestion for the Repubs from the article - "they had to look as if they actually liked the country they sought to govern, rather than wishing they could turn back time."

Not likely to happen anytime soon...

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carlsonjok



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,12:46   

I've pretty much gone cold turkey on politics since the election, but this report caught my eye. If true, Obama is off to a poor start.

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But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language.

"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon.  "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."


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Wesley R. Elsberry



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,12:59   

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For his part, Mr. Bush took few questions from reporters today, saying that he had to return to the Oval Office to order random airstrikes over Belgium.


We'd certainly have the advantage of surprise.

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dheddle



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,13:00   

Quote (carlsonjok @ Nov. 18 2008,12:46)
I've pretty much gone cold turkey on politics since the election, but this report caught my eye. If true, Obama is off to a poor start.

Excerpt:
   
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But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language.

"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon.  "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."

Oh, I think there's nothing to worry about.

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J-Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,14:36   

Heddle - You, my man, have this to worry about.

PalinSpeak

Remember:  Palin is to talkin' what Denyse is to writin', also, she will be presidin' in that their too.

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Wesley R. Elsberry



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,14:49   

David,

At least Obama was cognizant that he was having difficulty getting the right words together in that particular case. Self-awareness hasn't been one of the things either Bush or Palin has been cursed with. And I wouldn't mind seeing an ethological analysis of a large ensemble of speaking opportunities from those three. I'd bet that Obama's proportion of complete, grammatically correct sentences would be far and away higher than for either Bush or Palin. He might even beat the added proportions for Bush and Palin.

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Henry J



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,14:54   

Well sure, but can he see Russia from an island in his state of residence? Hmmm? ;)

  
Sealawr



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,15:57   

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Well sure, but can he see Russia from an island in his state of residence? Hmmm?


Well, he can see Canada.  That, at least, would be useful when Denyse "rears her head and comes into the air space of the United States of America."  

He could be a busy man.

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Henry J



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,16:08   

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Well, he can see Canada.

Not from Illinois. ;)

  
k.e..



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2008,21:36   

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ Nov. 18 2008,22:49)
David,

At least Obama was cognizant that he was having difficulty getting the right words together in that particular case. Self-awareness hasn't been one of the things either Bush or Palin has been cursed with. And I wouldn't mind seeing an ethological analysis of a large ensemble of speaking opportunities from those three. I'd bet that Obama's proportion of complete, grammatically correct sentences would be far and away higher than for either Bush or Palin. He might even beat the added proportions for Bush and Palin.

Yeah.

Somehow I think there might be something in the 'sounding like' an elitist thing.

To anyone with a half decent languages education having someone as eloquent as Jacques Chirac (giggle) in the White house is going to be a minty fresh taste burst for the ears.

However Caribou Barbie and ex-Pres. Shrub were cynically selected and very carefully constructed personae/masks intended for mass consumption by an equally carefully constructed great unwashed thanks to free as it has turned out  unlimited revolving Regan/Thatcher 'credit', 24 hour 'news', actually party propaganda and an education system where any test for actual reality based truth aka 'the scientific method' or *shriek* 'Darwinism" has been etoilated.

They 'sound like' ....erm very plain low grade no name carnival bubble gum incomparison.

Could you get anymore elitist than either of them?

Groomed for power and fed their lines from an early age they are as close as you will get to a monarchy in the so called republic.

Heck self awareness is the enemy, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT!

Bush was nothing if not the consummate and perfect politician for his masters. Using a mixture of hokey god talk and 'no fat yogurt' magical social reality his internal voices instinctively knew how not to spook the heard(sic).

Using newspeak sound grabs and pumping it through Big Rupert's pipes direct to the speaker in the ceiling while purging the 'public service' apparatus right  from school boards up to the skull and bones club of state, military, education and industry almost ensured no one was going to step out of line lest they feared the torches, pitch forks, and assault rifles outside their ivory towers at midnight.

Those simpletons down in the village can be whipped up anytime into a force of righteous indignation by the PTB, GOP or DEM.

So I suggest that Obama get hisself into the Homer Simpson ....uh 'speakering in public skool' school. Oh and send a couple of (small) oil companies broke but not before trading his and his friends shares in them before they go under, smoke some crack mixed with the best sens., get seriously bent for years on the best sour mash whiskey money can buy, learn to fly a jet in a private air force for the very rich chosen few draft dodgers when there is a war going on on the other side of the world, misunderestimate Haliburton's fuel and cafeteria bill in Iraq then suppress the body count to midnight, hook up with Osama's brothers and sisters on a few building projects in the UAE, play a lot of golf with other princes of the republic, go hunting and fishing with the non combatants running the industrial military complex. Accept Jesus (again).  Bug everyone for crimethink.

....He's doomed isn't he?

"Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St. Clements
I owe you five farthings
Say the bells of St. Martins
When will you pay me?
Say the bells at Old Bailey
When I grow rich
Say the bells at Shoreditch
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney
I'm sure I don't know
Says the great bell of Bow

Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head

Chip chop chip chop the last man's HEAD!

George Orwell "1984"


Edited lots of times ....for the fun of it.

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Erasmus, FCD



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,08:15   

oh you are so cynical.

<hiccup>

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k.e..



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,08:22   

Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ Nov. 19 2008,16:15)
oh you are so cynical.

<hiccup>

thankyou

<snirk>

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"I get a strong breeze from my monitor every time k.e. puts on his clown DaveTard suit" dogdidit
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Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,09:20   

Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ Nov. 19 2008,06:15)
oh you are so cynical.

<hiccup>

Get a room, fella(s).  :angry:

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:18   

shorter Kathleen Parker: 'The religious right is a bunch of tards'.

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:24   

http://washingtonmonthly.com/

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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


Will republicans side with Obama? Or with the terrorists?

   
Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:30   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:24)
http://washingtonmonthly.com/

 
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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


I'm confused. Isn't Obama supposed to be a Muslim terrorist?

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J-Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:31   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,14:24)
http://washingtonmonthly.com/

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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


Will republicans side with Obama? Or with the terrorists?

It's a small step from sleeping with an Alaskan Secessionist to Palling Around With Terrorists, so I say the Repubs will side with the terrorists.

What Do I win, now that I got the correct answer?

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:37   

I should have linked to Parker's actual column. She basically says that if the GOP appeals to its base in the future they'll be totally boned.

http://townhall.com/columni....?page=1

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:39   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Nov. 19 2008,15:30)
Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:24)
http://washingtonmonthly.com/

   
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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


I'm confused. Isn't Obama supposed to be a Muslim terrorist?

He's a crypto-muslim terrorist. So crypto that the other muslim terrorists don't know about him. He's like the Mission Impossible muslim terrorist.

   
Arden Chatfield



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:44   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:37)
I should have linked to Parker's actual column. She basically says that if the GOP appeals to its base in the future they'll be totally boned.

http://townhall.com/columni....?page=1

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Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party.


'Armband religion'. Ouch.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:46   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Nov. 19 2008,15:44)
http://townhall.com/columni....?page=1[/quote]
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Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party.


'Armband religion'. Ouch.

I would hate to be a republican strategist these days. How do you figure out how to appeal to young, smart, unbigoted people, while simultaneously keeping your base of bigoted anti-science people?

   
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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:50   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:39)
   
Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Nov. 19 2008,15:30)
     
Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:24)
http://washingtonmonthly.com/

         
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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


I'm confused. Isn't Obama supposed to be a Muslim terrorist?

He's a crypto-muslim terrorist. So crypto that the other muslim terrorists don't know about him. He's like the Mission Impossible muslim terrorist.

Sort of a Manchurian Candidate type thing?

Gotta admit, that *is* pretty cool. Makes McCain look pretty damn boring. Perhaps Obama should pass the time with a game of solitaire?

Oh, speaking of Grampa McCain... (be sure and click on the captions)

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:53   

Wait, this just in, we're catching up! The electoral college will not be televised!

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:57   

And the base responds by trying to disown Parker.

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,14:59   

Quote (dheddle @ Nov. 19 2008,12:53)
Wait, this just in, we're catching up! The electoral college will not be televised!

So if it's not Missouri anymore, who *is* America's current bellwether state? Colorado? Ohio?

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,15:02   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,14:46)
Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Nov. 19 2008,15:44)
http://townhall.com/columni....?page=1

 
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Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party.


'Armband religion'. Ouch.[/quote]
I would hate to be a republican strategist these days. How do you figure out how to appeal to young, smart, unbigoted people, while simultaneously keeping your base of bigoted anti-science people?

Promise them all the free drugs and sex they want as long as they are willing to relocate to Guantanamo Bay.

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carlsonjok



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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,15:06   

Quote (dheddle @ Nov. 19 2008,14:53)
Wait, this just in, we're catching up! The electoral college will not be televised!

Scenes from McCain-Palin 2008 headquarters.

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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,15:25   

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Nov. 19 2008,14:30)
 
Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,12:24)
http://washingtonmonthly.com/

     
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Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."


I'm confused. Isn't Obama supposed to be a Muslim terrorist?

Of course they will side with the terrorists. Is there a scintilla of difference between Al-Zawahiri's rhetoric and Limbaugh's "Barack the Magic Negro" ditty?

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As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.
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(Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2008,15:29   

Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 19 2008,15:37)
I should have linked to Parker's actual column. She basically says that if the GOP appeals to its base in the future they'll be totally boned.

http://townhall.com/columni....?page=1

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One party was brimming with energy, youth and diversity; the other felt like an annual Depends sales meeting.


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