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Is there a political Gatorade prescription for "conservative fatigue"?
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176 - Arch Conservative
I didn't threaten anyone you friggin dolt. I said it would be karma if someone took a shot at hillary.
Again the reading comprhension problems of BC posters arise.
Second I never said anything that would show I am cherry picking cases to illustrate the fairness of our judicial system based on politcal stripes.
Clinton was only guilty of one thing that any man would do-he lied about having an affair on his wife.
It seems as if you're the one doing that Jet.
Just because Clinton didn't have the respect for his wife to keep it in his pants you cast apersions on all other men? Clinton is a serial adulterer. Not all men are. He is also guilty of lying to congress and it doesn't matter what the lie is about. He still perjured himself.
His administration shreded documenhts (Sandy burgalar.) The whitewater documents in question were "conviently" found in storage in the white house 2 days before the statute of limitations ran out. I could go on and on.
The Clintons are guilty of so much more than anything you want to blame them for Jet and I am sure that they will have to answer to a higher court for what they have done in thier quest for power.
The fact is that the Clintons are as crooked and evil as the day is long but because slick willie had the dumb luck of being in office while the internet/.com bubble spurred by the private sector drove the economy, idiots liek Jet want to label him some kind of economic genius and one of our greatest presidents. What horseshit!
No one is saying that Nixon doesn't deserve some of the blame for Vietnam but don't forget it was Johnson that escalated the fuck out of it.
177 - Eric Berlin
Through the Certain and True prism of ideology, you can literally lay blame of anything you want on the opposite party.
178 - Nancy
Anybody who has to stoop to constantly whining about Clinton & Ted Kennedy is obviously unable to marshal any better arguments. If you can't cite egregious violators/violations within the past 5 years, you do yourself more harm than good with the weakness of your source. Same goes for those who have to hark back to Nixon on the other side.
179 - Arch Conservative
So you're allowed to whine about Bush all day but I'm not allowed to whine about Clinton?
Clinton was our last president so it is relevant for campare and contrast purposes.
As for more recent examples Nancy.....well I'm sure that if Hillary runs for president there will be a whole heck of a lot campign finance violations goign on. I'd bet my life on it.
Also I have no problem with discussing the vietnam war but I don't think it is fair for either side to say that Nixon represents the gop of today or that lbj represents the dems of today.
You think you'd actually be happy for a change now that Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been found guilty Nancy.
180 - Matthew T. Sussman
"So you're allowed to whine about Bush all day but I'm not allowed to
whine abouthope somebody murders Clinton?"Fixed that for ya.
181 - Jet in Columbus
The Secret Service is getting closer and closer to investigating published threats against a president kids
It's time to choose your words most carefully!
182 - Dave Nalle
You think you'd actually be happy for a change now that Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been found guilty Nancy.
Nancy will never be satisfied until every CEO is behind bars.
Dave
183 - Arch Conservative
Let me state clearly an emphatically in no uncertain terms for all of you who are incapable of reading a sentence and correctly understanding it's meaning.
I never said that I intended to do any harm to Hillary Clinton or any other person. I never said it because I never intend to do it....
What I said was that it would be a fine example of karma if someone (other than me who has no intentions to do so or anythign even remotely similiar in nature to Hillary or anyone else ont he planet.... got that? need me to repeat it another fifty fucking time people?) killed Hillary Clinton for political reasons.
And yes I would not lose any sleep if it actually happpend as I would see it as a grave threat to this nation being avoided.
I can only hope for my own sake that the fine folks at the FBI or SS have better readign comprehension than you guys. Although I suspect it might have more to do with your apparent animosity toward me for expressing my views whcih don't coincide with your own, so brashly and vocally than it does with your reading comprehension. In that case too bad...bite me!
184 - RogerMDillon
JustOneLiar,
"Gee low interest rates are the only reason that minorities own businesses and homes"
I never said that. I was talking about the increase in both housing and the population in general. And just because Bush is opening up the borders and against abortion doesn't mean he gets credit for the population increase.
"remember 'I was for it before I was against it'"
Ah, yes. Once again a conservative showing that he has no idea how governemt works. Things don't just show up on the floor for a vote. They go through committees, amendments that have nothing to do with the bill get tacked on, events change.
Was Kerry's statement accurate. Yes, it was. Does it sound confusing. Obviously to the simple-minded. However, what I marvel at the most is the gonads it takes to deride someone for misspeaking when your candidate is George W. Bush.
"As has been clearly demonstrated here on BC I fully support gay rights"
Yes, by voting for people that are against gay rights. Quite an ingenious plan, really.
185 - JustOneMan
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186 - llama
so Arch, does that mean you are going to try and kill Hillary yourself, or are you just going to pay to have it done?
I mean, after you have your gay marriage with your pit bull terrier, is that when you are planning it?
just wanted to be clear here as to when, so i can win the betting pool. clear it up for us please?
187 - Matthew T. Sussman
ArchCon, I never accused you of attempting to kill Hillary Clinton ... such a quick denial of your involvement can only raise more suspicion.
188 - Arch Conservative
Who's this llama idiot?
never seen him before.
189 - Arch Conservative
Of course we know know how the govt works [Edited]
Dems have thier lackies take a series of public opinion polls.........
A bill gets introduced on the floor.....
dems take another quick poll to see how to react to it.....
there's some debate....
dems take some more polls.........
the bill goes to committee..........
dems take more polls.........
committee votes with dems voting with poll data in hand.........
vote goes to floor for everyone ot vote on..........
dems in committee give others dems poll data and take more polls before voting......
bill gets debated and voted on..........
dems take a bunch of quick polls to see public reaction and adjust thier position
Sound accurate to you justoneman?
190 - JustOneMan
I agree! Wait I mean I dont agree! You see [Edited] I too voted for it befor I voted against it
You tell em Arch...and [Edited] Arch did leave off leave off the part where the Dem congressmen takes 100K cash, stuffs it in his freezer then votes for it!
191 - RogerMDillon
JustOneIdiot,
I don't know why you would spend all day dreaming about men. As far as the killing babies, it makes sense after reading comments like yours. I'm sure if your mother would have seen how poorly the schools did with you, she would have aborted.
Arch, if you think the Repubs don't use opinion polls, then it appears you no less about politics than your comments illustrate.
192 - llama
Arch..i'm heartbroken! never seen me before? don't you remember the hot summer nights on Lake Winnipausake, when you would whisper how much you wanted Hillary out of the way so you could have Bill all to yourself while we were doing some brokeback canoodling?
you said we were going to be married, and that you didn't care that i was a different species, and an illegal alien from south america. now i can see i was just being used for your insidious smuggling purposes and to further your scheme to have Bill all to yourself.
and they call my species filthy beasts.
193 - Eric Berlin
It would be great if this could be, like, a real conversation among adults.
194 - Jet in Columbus
Arch, you wrote "I can only hope for my own sake that the fine folks at the FBI or SS have better readign comprehension than you guys" and I hope they can spell better than you, do you realize that if I had a dollar for everytime you misspelled the word "Their" I could pay off my hospital bills?
195 - Arch Conservative
justone you forgot the part where the Dem congressman's city gets flooded and he goes abck and commandeers a fema emergency boat, uses it to go to his house, pull the 100K out of the freezer, goes back to his four star hotel and rolls around naked in it while people in his city are drowning and having thier homes wrecked by a hurricane
196 - Arch Conservative
That's a typo and has nothing to do with reading comprehension [Edited].
197 - JustOneMan
hey arch or where Sen.Byrd(D)* rides in to town on his horse with his Imperial Wizard of The KKK sheets and does some lynchin and cross burnin
*Democrat
198 - Matthew T. Sussman
Berlin, shut up doo doo head.
199 - NR Davis
Mr. ArchConservative has no intention of hurting or killing Hillary Rodham, but he would be A-OK if someone else did. My reading comprehension is fine: He himself said he would lose no sleep if someone offed her for political purposes.
What if that statement pushes someone to harm her? You don't know: Some sickie could be reading this. Should such a terrible thing ever happen (and it would be just as terrible if Dubya Bush or his spouse were killed for political reasons), the first thing to ask the perp is if he or she reads Blogcritics. If so, it may be possible for a crafty lawyer to link the vile deed with Mr. ArchConservative's spew and to prove that he possibly influenced someone. It may not be enough to have Mr. ARchConservative jailed as an accessory (hope not, in fact; he was just speaking his piece and making a point, albeit a stupid, inhumane one), but perhaps something like that can serve to instruct him: Freedom of expression comes with repercussions should bad things happen as a proven, direct result of those sorts of statements. Proving such a thing would be tough, but I don't believe it's impossible. Who knows with juries, particularly those with humane members?
Long live Rodham.
Long live Clinton.
Long live all the Bushites.
Long live all of you.
200 - Jet in Columbus
Matt I love it when you get all intellectual
201 - DazeyMai
Arch..#152 Remember when "they" said Hillary couldn't beat Rudy? Yeah, yeah I know he had to withdraw for health reasons, but she was well on her way to whippin' his ass. Never "misunderestimate" Hillary and remember she has Bill, the most astute politician ever, advising and guiding her right to the White House. If a Texan who can't speak English can be elected President - anyone can!
202 - Dave Nalle
I certainly hope that psycho killers aren't looking to the likes of Archie for their validation.
Dave
203 - JustOneMan
ERic...Its seems free speach is dead or dying on this Blog...
204 - MCH
#192 (LMAO) bears repeating:
"Arch..i'm heartbroken! never seen me before? don't you remember the hot summer nights on Lake Winnipausake, when you would whisper how much you wanted Hillary out of the way so you could have Bill all to yourself while we were doing some brokeback canoodling?
you said we were going to be married, and that you didn't care that i was a different species, and an illegal alien from south america. now i can see i was just being used for your insidious smuggling purposes and to further your scheme to have Bill all to yourself.
and they call my species filthy beasts."
...llama, you're killing me man. You're killing me!!
205 - Bliffle
Archie: "We need a real .... conservative on the ticket in 2008. ....Someone who if he found himself in agreement with Ted Kennedy on any issue what have to take a moment ot find out what had gone wrong."
Do you realize how dumb this statement is? What you are proposing is that conservatism is defined by it's opponents, the liberals. That I find this kind of aberrant argument so commonly in conservative discourse is really alarming. No purpose is served by allowing others to define ones political position. This kind of knee-jerk response by democrats used to be the object of scorn from conservatives, and now you're making yourself the butt of a joke, and trying to take the rest of conservatism with you. You aren't doing conservatives a service thereby.
206 - Arch Penicillin
"What if that statement pushes someone to harm her? "
Well then I guess I will just have to get the ACLU to defend me much in the same way that they defended NAMBLA when it was accused that they actually pushed Charles Jaynes to murder Jeffrey Curly.
The GOP isn't going to run Rino Rudy so talking about him vs Hillary is pointless. We're also not going to run Mccain. I hope the GOP throws him under the bus in the next 2 years as it is where he belongs.
Bliffle that was kind of a joke but not really when you consider that when you realize that Ted Kennedy is pretty much opposed to the traditional consevrvative view on every topical issue.
I hate Ted Kennedy...what else can I say?
There are a lot of people in my boat.
Just I think we also missed the part where the Dem leadership in congress completely ignores the congressman with the 100K. Sure the botoxed bitch has asked him to step down from one of the committees but it's not as if taking bribes is reason enough to be made to resign from Congress if you're a dem. If you're a rep like Tom delay and there's questionable campaign financing you gotta go but if you're a dem and you get caught with 100K in bribe money that you actually used a fema emergency boat to reteieve from your house in the midst of a hurricane well then that's a ok.
talk about hypocrisy wiht a capital H
207 - Mr. Real Estate
We don't need anymore big government sell-out Republicans in Washington. There are too many of them there, and they're ruining the party and its morale.
Bill Clinton was more conservative than the Republicans we have in Wasington, now, and that's pretty scary that he balanced the budget, while Republicans continue to balloon the deficit. At least with a fake Democrat we get Republican policies. With a fake Republican we get big government programs that dramatically increase spending, deficits and create big government snoop programs to monitor everything they can get their hands on to monitor.
I have always said Bush was not a true conservative. Looks like I was right all along.
I am the GOP base. I'll stick to my state elections this year. Washington has become a quagmire of liberal Republicans and liberal Democrats and we're going to need Newt to fix it again.
208 - Nancy
Nothing can be fixed until we toss out Bush & his power crazed neocon handlers who hijacked the party. Would that they could be lined up & shot for treason, but I'll settle for impeachment first...
209 - Samuel James
[i]I have always said Bush was not a true conservative. Looks like I was right all along.[/i]
Bush is a war-time conservative. It's not that he abandons conservative values (see the first two years of his presidency in education, tax cuts, and defense spending), but he is totally absorbed in preventing another 9/11, which he has done this far. Thus you may see one of his father's faults in him; namely, seeming neglect of domestic issues in favor of foreign affairs (although W has much more reason to be so than H.W.)
210 - llama
Arch says; "There are a lot of people in my boat."
well, there was a llama in your boat, i told my sad story above, but you tossed me aside for Teddy and Bill at that cheap motel in Wolfesboro
and look where it has lead you, now your insane jealously of Hillary has driven you to want to throw McCain under a bus?
why do you want to kill so many senators? just come back to me for our international, inter-species, gay love ....so we can finally be married.
211 - Arch Conservative
It's Wolfboro not Wolfesboro.....
You incompetent attempts at humor were never funny but are now starting to get annoying.
212 - Eric Berlin
Mr. Real Estate -- I wouldn't call the majority party's policies "liberal" or necessarily "conservative." Big Government Neoconservatism is the prevailing governmental philosophy. I can understand why both "real" conservatives, libertarians, moderates, progressives, and liberals would be unhappy with how things are going, which is exactly why the poll numbers are what they are.
213 - Jet in Columbus
Arch it says a lot for Bill Clinton that bin Laden waited until we had a weaker and more indecisive leader like Bush before he felt comfortable at striking, doesn't it?
214 - Arch Conservative
UUMMM i think it says it took alot of planning.
you know "rome wasn't built in a day kind of thing"
apparently bin laden and his gang got a lot of planning done while clinton sat on his hands.
215 - llama
"starting to get annoying" ???
but Arch, my forbidden biped luv...just because I coudn't spel a silly human town in english properly?
That really hurts, here not only did I learn english for you, but I had to learn to type with hooves just to find you! And you never took one moment to learn any spanish for me, much less a few kind words in llama.
See what your obsessions are doing to you? First you toss Teddy aside for me, then you throw me aside like an old overcoat for Bill, and you plan on offing Hillary to further your lustful schemes!
You and I know you really want to sit on Clinton's hands, stop obsessing and come back to me.
216 - Jet in Columbus
Oh you silly fool you don't you know that "Bing of the fallen Arches" will never be true to anyone but himself? The {Expletive deleted} man only {Expletive deleted} listens to the stupid {Expletive deleted} voices in his head, not yours.
We all know that the {insulting misspelled personal attack deleted} says the things he says to get attention, and a {Expletive deleted} amount of misplaced pity.
Forget the {Expletive deleted} he's no good for you, he sits around all {Expletive deleted} day reading Archie comic books to come up with his childish {Expletive deleted} personal attacks... You didn't think he thought those up by himself did you?
I lovvvvvvvvve being my own sensor.
You can do better!
217 - DazeyMai
#168..."...Nixon inhereted the war from Johnson and Kennedy."
Yep, just like the Dems are going to inherit the Iraqi war, the budget deficit, the loss of our allies, our debt to China, etc. Will we ever recover? I doubt it.
218 - Arch Conservative
Yeah you're right Jet. The terrorists waited until the whole Florida vote thing was sorted out in 2000 and then said whoopee gore lost now we can start planning 911 and started planning it the next day.
How could I have been so stupid not to realize this?
219 - Jet in Columbus
Arch get you head out of your ass, they began planning it a year after the first failed attack in 1993. the "pilots" only took a summer to learn how to use the flight controls, and it took only a year to gather and train the men up that were willing to play kamakaze.
Any idiot that watches the Discover Channel, the National grographic Channel and the History Channel knows that!
The Clinton administration gave Bush reports that a threat was coming that Bush judged wasn't credibile.
They were biding their time from 1995-6 until nearly the end of 2001. 5 years...
During that entire period we had Colin Powell in charge and the exact same military establishment in place in the pentagon
The only difference was a different commander in Chief. Bin Laden gave the green light when he knew we had a leader that couldn't make decisions on his own, had to take time to get permission from the Saudis before doing anything in the region, and would sit on his ass reading a children's book for 7 minutes doing nothing.
The left side of your brain must be completely dead.
I feel sorry for you
220 - JustOneMan
Jet...please contact your physician ASAP...you need to have your meds adjusted..
221 - Jet in Columbus
Nah... just tweaked a little. What are you selling?