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Well, well, well... The Intolerant, Vile Left slithers into the New Year

Is America's Left Tolerant and Compassionate?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 47.5%

  • No

    Votes: 31 52.5%
  • Total voters
    59
  • Poll closed .
I think America's left is a varied group of assorted people, some of whom are intolerant, some of whom are easy going.
 
Hatuey said:
With all the racist, misogynistic, anti-troop and just plain foul messages by Rush Limbaugh you would think people would care little about his comments on Obama. Seriously, what does he have to do to get fired? Call Obama a nigger or something?

This is a guy who believe that soldiers who voice discontent with the war in Iraq are phony soldiers because no true Scottsman. This is the guy who's party painted Barack Obama as 'The Magic Negro'( mostly because of his overuse of the song) and then went on to elect Michael Steele as their chairman.

This is the guy who like Cheney and Clinton at the time found an excuse to not serve his country when it asked him to and now reserves the right to tell phony soldiers from real ones. The guy who nearly 40 years after the Vietnam war now gets to say that he supports the troops and tries to slam anybody who doesn't support a war he would never fight because of you know, ass pimples.

The guy who habitually bitched on how evil drug users are and then got caught running a prescription drug ring and popping dozens of oxycontin a day. Now as a lot of you know, I'm not exactly a stranger to drugs and I've been clean for a while but dozens of oxycontin? What was he trying to do? Use his massive size to transport the drugs into Colombia?

With all the other **** you can character assassinate Rush Limbaugh with the last thing people should get him on is his dislike of Obama and wanting Obama to fail.
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What the hell are you talking about?
 
MyOwnDrum said:
I think America's left is a varied group of assorted people, some of whom are intolerant, some of whom are easy going.
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Whoa, careful buddy!! :shock:

If you continue to go around making controversial and inflammatory statements like that one you could end up mistakenly identified as a polarizing figure. Back away from the edge and calm down you crazy radical. :lol:
 
Hatuey said:
With all the racist, misogynistic, anti-troop and just plain foul messages by Rush Limbaugh you would think people would care little about his comments on Obama. Seriously, what does he have to do to get fired? Call Obama a nigger or something?

This is a guy who believe that soldiers who voice discontent with the war in Iraq are phony soldiers because no true Scottsman. This is the guy who's party painted Barack Obama as 'The Magic Negro'( mostly because of his overuse of the song) and then went on to elect Michael Steele as their chairman.

This is the guy who like Cheney and Clinton at the time found an excuse to not serve his country when it asked him to and now reserves the right to tell phony soldiers from real ones. The guy who nearly 40 years after the Vietnam war now gets to say that he supports the troops and tries to slam anybody who doesn't support a war he would never fight because of you know, ass pimples.

The guy who habitually bitched on how evil drug users are and then got caught running a prescription drug ring and popping dozens of oxycontin a day. Now as a lot of you know, I'm not exactly a stranger to drugs and I've been clean for a while but dozens of oxycontin? What was he trying to do? Use his massive size to transport the drugs into Colombia?

With all the other **** you can character assassinate Rush Limbaugh with the last thing people should get him on is his dislike of Obama and wanting Obama to fail.
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I second the question what are you rambling about
 
Kali said:
Wow. So you want our Country to FAIL? Do you hate Obama so much that you wish for it do a downfall? If so? I do not think you love the U.S.A. very much:(

I consider people that wish/hope for our POTUS to fail as traitors.
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To answer your question yes I want any and all of Mr. Obama's policy to fail. All he is doing is trying to make the USA into the USSA he and the rest of the Democrates really need to go back and re-read the US Constitution and Bill of Rights and while they are at it read the Federalist Papers then maybe they will get why so many Americans are/were pissed off over the Bail Outs/Health Care/Auto Bail Outs and Banking Bail Outs.

Let me ask you this Kali did you support Mr. W Bush did you want him to fail if so then I suggest you better re-think who you are going to call a Traitor.
 
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Martin_Kaine said:
Whoa, careful buddy!! :shock:

If you continue to go around making controversial and inflammatory statements like that one you could end up mistakenly identified as a polarizing figure. Back away from the edge and calm down you crazy radical. :lol:
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Maybe I'll try to get my medication changed before I go postal, eh? ;)
 
disneydude said:
Where's the poll? Hmmmm...wonder how long til this thread is shut down...:doh

Ok...the polls here now.

I'm still giving this thread less than an hour.
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This thread will never be shut down as long as we have so many skin-heads and empty-heads. and pig-heads.
Look at the poll results.
A lack of tolerance poisons both the "left" and the "right".
 
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earthworm said:
This thread will never be shut down as long as we have so many skin-heads and empty-heads. and pig-heads.
Look at the poll results.
A lack of tolerance poisons both the "left" and the "right".
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Really I don't think we have any Skin-Heads in this forum most of them make themselves know very fast and get booted just as fast.

Beside's being a "Skin-Head" doesn't mean your a racist or against either party.
 
Scorpion89 said:
To answer your question yes I want any and all of Mr. Obama's policy to fail. All he is doing is trying to make the USA into the USSA he and the rest of the Democrates really need to go back and re-read the US Constitution and Bill of Rights and while they are at it read the Federalist Papers then maybe they will get why so many Americans are/were pissed off over the Bail Outs/Health Care/Auto Bail Outs and Banking Bail Outs.

Let me ask you this Kali did you support Mr. W Bush did you want him to fail if so then I suggest you better re-think who you are going to call a Traitor.
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Obama taught Constitutional Law so probably knows more about our Constitution than most;)

I was not a Bush supporter but did not wish for him to fail and have always wanted the best for our country. Wishing for him to fail would not be a good thing.
 
Kali said:
Obama taught Constitutional Law so probably knows more about our Constitution than most;)

I was not a Bush supporter but did not wish for him to fail and have always wanted the best for our country. Wishing for him to fail would not be a good thing.
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I anted to be wrong about bush policies from war to health insurence.
 
Remember folks, there is a distinct difference between wanting a President's policies to fail and wanting America to fail. Wanting a President's policies to fail is actually a poor way to say what one really means. What the statement REALLY means is that one does not want a President's policies to PASS and become law. America can succeed even, regardless of this.
 
I asked if people want Obama to fail and the answer was yes. Seems clear to me that some want him to fall and his fall would mean we fail. Just my thoughts.
 
This is malarkey.

If a president fails there is too much of a chance of causing more GI casualties. Of course this is something that draft dodging Rush would ever consider. His soft butt is well safe.
 
Kali said:
Obama taught Constitutional Law so probably knows more about our Constitution than most;)
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Knowing more about the constitution than most is one of the easiest things a person can do in this country, so yes, he probably does. Too bad he sees it as an obstacle, something to be circumvented and undermined.

"If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples so that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at a lunch counter and order and as long as I could pay for it I'd be okay. But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society. As radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution at least as its been interpreted and the Warren Court interpreted it in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf, and that hasn't shifted, and one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about distributive change. And in some ways we still suffer from that." -Obama

Understanding the constitution and defending it, as he swore to do but clearly will not, are two entirely different things.
 
According to Scorpion89, most folks in this country know nothing about Constitution, Bill of Rights or the Federalist Papers.
 
Kali said:
According to Scorpion89, most folks in this country know nothing about Constitution, Bill of Rights or the Federalist Papers.
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That is true and is a huge part of the problem. Ignorance is by far America's most expensive and abundant commodity.

Kali said:
I asked if people want Obama to fail and the answer was yes. Seems clear to me that some want him to fall and his fall would mean we fail. Just my thoughts.
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Then you should do less thinking. It isn't working out for you. What part of Obama's success =/= America's success do you not understand?
 
Kali said:
I asked if people want Obama to fail and the answer was yes. Seems clear to me that some want him to fall and his fall would mean we fail. Just my thoughts.
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No.

I want Obama to fail because he is a socialist and is eager to sign socialist legislation into law. For him it is not about what is best, it's about settling scores.

Don't believe me? Read the following, it's chilling because he totally disregards history or the greatest good for the greatest number. His interests are narrow, and he also reveals a hammer with regards to healthcare and how he thinks future generations will fund it.

It's moronic, and is why I want him to fail. If his schemes had worked in one place, there might be hope, but they haven't, and I have no hope that our government will run these ridiculous Ponzi schemes effectively in the future.

GIBSON: All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase in the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I quote, "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton," which was 28 percent. It's now 15 percent. That's almost a doubling, if you went to 28 percent.

But actually, Bill Clinton, in 1997, signed legislation that dropped the capital gains tax to 20 percent.

OBAMA: Right.

GIBSON: And George Bush has taken it down to 15 percent.

OBAMA: Right.

GIBSON: And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down.

So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?

OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.

We saw an article today which showed that the top 50 hedge fund managers made $29 billion last year -- $29 billion for 50 individuals. And part of what has happened is that those who are able to work the stock market and amass huge fortunes on capital gains are paying a lower tax rate than their secretaries. That's not fair.

And what I want is not oppressive taxation. I want businesses to thrive, and I want people to be rewarded for their success. But what I also want to make sure is that our tax system is fair and that we are able to finance health care for Americans who currently don't have it and that we're able to invest in our infrastructure and invest in our schools.

And you can't do that for free.

OBAMA: And you can't take out a credit card from the Bank of China (LOL SO WHAT DOES HE DO, SPEND BY THE TRILLIONS!) in the name of our children and our grandchildren, and then say that you're cutting taxes, which is essentially what John McCain has been talking about.

And that is irresponsible. I believe in the principle that you pay as you go. And, you know, you don't propose tax cuts, unless you are closing other tax breaks for individuals. And you don't increase spending, unless you're eliminating some spending or you're finding some new revenue. That's how we got an additional $4 trillion worth of debt under George Bush. That is helping to undermine our economy. And it's going to change when I'm president of the United States.

GIBSON: But history shows that when you drop the capital gains tax, the revenues go up.

OBAMA: Well, that might happen, or it might not. It depends on what's happening on Wall Street and how business is going. I think the biggest problem that we've got on Wall Street right now is the fact that we got have a housing crisis that this president has not been attentive to and that it took John McCain three tries before he got it right.

And if we can stabilize that market, and we can get credit flowing again, then I think we'll see stocks do well. And once again, I think we can generate the revenue that we need to run this government and hopefully to pay down some of this debt.

Both Gibson and Obama show their ignorance on the topic of capital gains taxation in this exchange. Gibson's implying that cutting capital gains taxes raises tax revenues by the mere time series correlation he cited was a stretch. Much of the short-run response to changes in the capital gains tax rate are for tax timing purposes. This is a well-known fact, and it is why CBO projects a huge spike in capital gains collections in 2010 (the last year of the scheduled low 15% rate on long-term gains) and thereby also a large decline in 2011 (when the rate on long-term gains is scheduled to revert to 20%) under current law. There is no doubt some revenue feedback will occur over the long-run from lower capital gains tax rates spurring investment, but most estimates would say that we are currently on the left side of the Laffer Curve with respect to capital gains. (That doesn't necessarily mean it should be increased, however, as that's a separate question. And whether it should or should not also depends upon dividend tax policy and labor tax policy as they too can affect capital gains behavior.)

But Obama didn't question this assumption made by Gibson. He seemed to be saying, "Okay Charlie, even if this is true, the rate should still be 28 percent." And that's a ludicrous statement too. Obama appeared to assume that even if we were indeed on the right side of the Laffer Curve (where revenues decrease from cutting tax rates, all else equal), he still doesn't want a free lunch. Any truly concerned liberal who favors increasing the size of government given such a situation would merely seek to find the rate that maximizes tax revenue, and then the progressivity issue could have been dealt with on the spending side by using that money to expand a social program (or a tax/spending program like EITC). Everyone would win (i.e. a free lunch), and we could "build our infrastructure, pay for everyone's health care, build our schools, (insert big government program here that sounds good to voters), and blah, blah, blah."
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The Tax Foundation - Obama and Gibson Capital Gains Tax Exchange

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Kali said:
I asked if people want Obama to fail and the answer was yes. Seems clear to me that some want him to fall and his fall would mean we fail. Just my thoughts.
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It is pretty abhorrent. Wingnuts of the year article on the Daily Beast notes this comment by Rush, and compares it to conservatives of yore:

Rush Limbaugh: “I Hope He fails.”


When John Wayne, a committed conservative, was asked about JFK winning the 1960 election, he said, “I didn't vote for him, but he's my president, and I hope he does a good job.” Rush Limbaugh’s response to the 2008 election illustrated how far we’ve fallen: “I hope he fails.”

Wingnuts of the Year - The Daily Beast
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Kali said:
According to Scorpion89, most folks in this country know nothing about Constitution, Bill of Rights or the Federalist Papers.
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A very true statement I'll ask you this when you were in High School did you learn any of these did you have to pass a test on these subject I'm pretty sure you didn't and hence thi si sthe problem we as a nation no longer teach are most fundimental history these three items.
 
Martin_Kaine said:
That is true and is a huge part of the problem. Ignorance is by far America's most expensive and abundant commodity.



Then you should do less thinking. It isn't working out for you. What part of Obama's success =/= America's success do you not understand?
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It seems you know a lot about Ignorance. I think you need to put more thought in what you are trying to say as you are failing here. It was clear what the message was behind those "hope Obama" fails post and I am not the one having a problem with understanding what has been put down in this thread.:roll:
 
Scorpion89 said:
A very true statement I'll ask you this when you were in High School did you learn any of these did you have to pass a test on these subject I'm pretty sure you didn't and hence thi si sthe problem we as a nation no longer teach are most fundimental history these three items.
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I am sure I know more about those things than the average bear/man. Do not underestimate me. ;)
 
jackalope said:
It is pretty abhorrent. Wingnuts of the year article on the Daily Beast notes this comment by Rush, and compares it to conservatives of yore:
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Yes, because such harsh words are such a new thing in American politics. :rofl Really? Short memory much? What is worse, saying you hope someone fails or calling them a hermaphrodite? How about calling someone the son of a half-breed?

"Things got ugly fast. Jefferson's camp accused President Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman."

In return, Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father."
Founding Fathers' dirty campaign - CNN.com



Yea, I am sure John Wayne would say the same thing about Obama that he did about JFK, even though the comparison between crab bisque and a can of sardines laced with strychnine would be about as accurate as comparing JFK to Obama. :roll:
 
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Martin_Kaine said:
Yes, because such harsh words are such a new thing in American politics. :rofl Really? Short memory much? What is worse, saying you hope someone fails or calling them a hermaphrodite? How about calling someone the son of a half-breed?

"Things got ugly fast. Jefferson's camp accused President Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman."

In return, Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father."
Founding Fathers' dirty campaign - CNN.com



Yea, I am sure John Wayne would say the same thing about Obama that he did about JFK, even though the comparison between crab bisque and a can of sardines laced with strychnine would be more accurate than comparing JFK to Obama. :roll:
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What's wrong, Martin? Conservative harsh words re: Obama are a-okay, but my words about those conservative words are dirty pool?

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Justifying a behavior by pointing to someone who did or said something worse is ridiculous when kindergartners do it. Even less effective when grownups do it.


El Rushbo's words are abhorrent. If you repeat them, than yours are too.

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