Blogcritics Comments on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Comment by Arch Conservative on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 08:30:29 EST

Hmmm..... Is it audacious to hope that the next time some fucking jackass uses some paraphrased version of Obama's book title as the title for a weblog post that that jackass will soon, against his/her will, be sodomized with a copy of the "The Audacity of Hope?"

Comment by Arch Conservative on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 08:30:09 EST

Comment by Bennett on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:21:15 EST

"the real tragedy we're threatened by." Uh Dave, it would be a bit more honest (an unexpected thrill for the rest of us) if you changed the "we're" in that sentence to "I'm".

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:32:23 EST

That last sentence is, in a nutshell, the real tragedy we're threatened by. Yeah, I'm already pulling out my beard and rending my garments.

Comment by Dave Nalle on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:05:00 EST

If McCain wins and the Republicans manage to regain control of Congress, the Bush tax cuts will remain in place. If Clinton or Obama win, they will be allowed to expire. That last sentence is, in a nutshell, the real tragedy we're threatened by. That's why I hope that Clinton and Obama tear each other to shreds so that they have nothing left when they have to face McCain in November. Dave

Comment by Krutic A on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:21:30 EST

This is a great opportunity for McCain. He can relax, plan his strategy, get organized in swing states, raise funds (while the democrats are blowing millions on each other), make amends with the conservatives and take his time picking a VP. Its great news for Republicans and McCain. People are going to be so tired and annoyed of Obama and Hillary in a couple months that McCain will be the fresh new face! (I plan to do an article on this soon)

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:40:34 EST

I'd take whatever the Democrats say with a huge grain of salt..make that a huge bag. True of most any politician. Back to the thrust of the article, aside from the prospect of Clinton and Obama spending the next few months whacking each other ever harder with loaded handbags, John McCain has his own little predicament. Having secured the Republican nomination, it's Game Over on that side of the aisle. All the focus is going to be on the Democratic race now. If he's not careful, Mac is going to be the little guy on the sidelines going, "Er - excuse me - may I say something?" and getting drowned out in the clamor. He has a chance to rest up a bit and start planning his strategy for November, but he has dilemmas. First of all, he doesn't know who he'll be up against and secondly, he has to somehow stay visible. Otherwise, come August it'll be, "John who?"

Comment by Propagandist on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:07:15 EST

If you say so. I call it hypocricy and raising false hopes. They tell people what they want to hear. They have been babbling about universal health care for 50 years, we know where they stand on nafta (against it before they were for it), no one with common sense thinks the troops will be out for at least a few more years,.. I could go on.. So if I was a voter in PA or anywhere else I'd take whatever the Democrats say with a huge grain of salt..make that a huge bag.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:34:36 EST

Call it bullshit if you like, but that's what the Democrats stand for, Propa. You can hardly expect them not to invest in getting their message across.

Comment by Propagandist on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:13:05 EST

No but the Republicans don't have a bullshit populist message either. They never say Healthcare for everyone, home foreclosure freeze for everyone, drug benefits for everyone,.. basically everything for everyone.. Republicans are pretty upfront about their free market principles and don't usually raise false hopes. They don't pretend to share people's pain while living in their million dollar mansions (think Edwards and Obama). So yeah Republicans are much better in that respect.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:19:47 EST

Populism seems to have disappeared - it's probably very inconvenient to explain why they are spening millions on tv ads to a PA homeowner who just lost his home. Here's an idea - the $80+ millions they raised last month could've helped save a lot of homes from foreclosure.. Dem are the biggest hypocrites. Yeah, right... because Republican candidates funnel all of their fundraising back into the community, and don't spend a cent of it on campaigning. [/sarcasm]

Comment by Propagandist on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:46:33 EST

It might not be audacious to hope so but where's the fun in that? These are politicians at the end of the day and they will live up to expectations. Let the mudslinging begin - like I said in my other post.. I cant wait for the Democrats to waste millions of dollars on who is will cover whom in the imaginary universal healthcare system, or who will answer phones or who will (not) end Nafta.. Populism seems to have disappeared - it's probably very inconvenient to explain why they are spening millions on tv ads to a PA homeowner who just lost his home. Here's an idea - the $80+ millions they raised last month could've helped save a lot of homes from foreclosure.. Dem are the biggest hypocrites. But hey I'm having fun :)

Comment by Jonathan Scanlan on Is It Audacious To Hope The Candidates Will Stop Attacking Each Other?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:28:30 EST

Reading posts like these make me glad that the leaders down here are chosen by the party room, and not the public.