Comments on: A Word from the Bossman

By: demophilus

demophilus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:39:57 +0000

@ bdwilcox:
Moderates “lack core beliefs and sway with the wind of public fashion”? McCain’s a liberal? “Obama went farther right than McCain”? The MSM makes “Pravda look fair and balanced”?
All that’s either hyperbole, or solipsism. Either way, it’s got nothing to do with fact.
You must enjoy spouting off like that, but you can’t communicate with someone without common ground, and you’re not anywhere near it.
You’re not making any sense. You might as well be blowing chunks.
If you don’t know what “moderate” means, look it up in the dictionary. If you just need to blow off steam, go ahead, have a ball. I’ve wasted too much time here.
Adios.

By: bdwilcox

bdwilcox — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:52:37 +0000

“I’m liberal, but I’m not a liberal. Truth is, I’m a moderate.“
–That makes so little sense and attempts to sound so erudite that I suspect you might work for the Obama camp… But what it really means is you lack core beliefs and sway with the wind of public fashion.
“That’s also why McCain lost. He was too moderate for folks like you. To keep you and the holy rollers, etc. on board, he had to pitch himself too far to the right to win over moderates.“
–Dream on. McCain was a liberal and he had to go moderate to get the votes he needed. Obama went farther right than McCain with his constant mantra of tax cuts. When McCain brought a hard-line conservative on-board it’s the ONLY time he approached Obama in the polls.
“Moderates were the the swing vote this time around, and the margin wasn’t small. That’s where Obama won.“
–Obama won because McCain was Obama light. Obama was just slicker, better packaged, and had a propaganda engine in the mainstream press that made Pravda look fair and balanced. People without core beliefs, i.e. moderates like yourself, are easy to manipulate. Alexander Hamilton said it best, “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” You fell for Obama.

By: demophilus

demophilus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:19:06 +0000

WTFO?

By: Ed Gordon II

Ed Gordon II — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:23:45 +0000

We all know who still walks the point. And, we know who won’t come out to play.

By: demophilus

demophilus — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:01:10 +0000

@ bdwilcox:
I’m liberal, but I’m not a liberal. Truth is, I’m a moderate.
Problem is, folks like you don’t know the difference anymore. That’s how you can spout nonsense like “McCain is a liberal Democrat who wears an R after his name”, and believe it.
That’s also why McCain lost. He was too moderate for folks like you. To keep you and the holy rollers, etc. on board, he had to pitch himself too far to the right to win over moderates.
Moderates were the the swing vote this time around, and the margin wasn’t small. That’s where Obama won.
We can argue about cause and effect ’til the end of time, but at the end of the day, it broke down to two columns of numbers.
A lot of the rest is projection.

By: bdwilcox

bdwilcox — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:30:13 +0000

Wes,
Though I agree with your points, you can’t ignore what a poor choice and what a fundamentally flawed candidate McCain was. Though I have immense respect for him as a soldier, he is a very poor political candidate. I would never have voted for the guy except for the fact that he was running against a security risk like Obama who needed to be defeated for national defense reasons.
Let’s look at McCain’s political record. Largest attack on 1st Amendment in US history with McCain-Feingold. Opposed both of Bush’s tax-cuts and has a record of opposing tax cuts and proposing big government solutions. Was the Senate’s biggest proponent of amnesty for illegal aliens. Led the gang of 14 to defeat Bush

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:19:48 +0000

Sorry Demo, Obama won for three reasons:
1) The media was his unpaid campaign staff, supressing all information on his past, attacking McCain, skewing the polls etc.
2) He outspent McCain 6 to 1 (thus BREAKING HIS PROMISE to use public funding– but, you will forgive Dear Leader for everything, right?)
3) The Wall Street crisis

By: bdwilcox

bdwilcox — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:42:23 +0000

I love when liberals like demophilus try to explain what Republicans need to do to win. Pure comedy.

By: demophilus

demophilus — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:55:17 +0000

@ DC2 and CR:
Don’t go too hard on Wes. I reckon he’s just a kid.
Nice to make your acquaintance.

By: Philip Shade

Philip Shade — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:22:46 +0000

Soul Man
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