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  1. #31
    Quote Originally Posted by ']['ear View Post
    Only with people who will land on the side of a Jew in a conflict 9 times out of ten. For example, starting to non-stop attack a presidential candidate when it is published that his position on Israel is less fellatio-based that previous presidents. When I see that, I've got to ask myself whether it is systematic.
    You seem to be really reaching for something here. Is there maybe something systematic about your making the accusation?
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  2. #32
    Racist by dint of insinuating that people are racist? Lewk, I'm coming to join ya!

  3. #33
    Are you seriously claiming that Dread starting attacking Obama only when it was revealed the latter wasn't pro-Israel?
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  4. #34
    Both of started around then. Could be coincidence.

  5. #35
    So the fact that Dread is incredibly pro-business and Obama is not (something you said) wouldn't provide a more plausible explanation for Dread's opposition to Obama?
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  6. #36
    Yes, Obama is not incredibly pro-business, only moderately so. AFAIK the Dems have never had an "incredibly pro-business" president. Why would Dread be a Dem then? Or you?

  7. #37
    Quote Originally Posted by ']['ear View Post
    Both of started around then. Could be coincidence.
    Oddly, I thought Dread's Obama-bashing began at about the same time as Obama became a serious contender.
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  8. #38
    Which was about the time the whisper campaign about him being anti-Israel got started. Totally unsubstantiated, but it was targeting Jews, since as a group that is one of their few push-button issues. IIRC never was clear who started it, Hillary or Fox/GOP. I'd suspect Hillary since it was during the primaries, but then Fox's several month's long rumination on Obama in madrassas, Obama's birth certificate, "Barack Hussein Obama," Obama the non-Christian also started during the primaries.

  9. #39
    So Dread would have no reason to strongly dislike Obama except for him not being pro-Israel?
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  10. #40
    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    So Dread would have no reason to strongly dislike Obama except for him not being pro-Israel?
    How odd, since I thought Dread was "literally a Republican."
    Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"

  11. #41
    Tear is just interpreting things to meet his worldview.

    I find it amusing that you two are registered Democrats. Does this make you more of a Democrat than people who are Democrats in states where people don't have to register their party affiliation to vote in a primary? It doesn't force you into always voting for Democrats in general elections, after all. But you're both so careful to make it known that you are registered.
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  12. #42
    Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
    How odd, since I thought Dread was "literally a Republican."
    That's the part I don't get. Tear claims Dread is far to the right, yet the only reason why he would hate a left-wing president is because of his position on Israel...

    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    Tear is just interpreting things to meet his worldview.

    I find it amusing that you two are registered Democrats. Does this make you more of a Democrat than people who are Democrats in states where people don't have to register their party affiliation to vote in a primary? It doesn't force you into always voting for Democrats in general elections, after all. But you're both so careful to make it known that you are registered.
    In New York, the Democrat is going to win the election 9 times out of 10. Voting in the general election doesn't really make a difference. The primary is where you can make a difference.
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  13. #43
    Yet another straw man, Loki. Third in this thread. I didn't claim Dread was far right. If you can't debate honestly, how about you shut up? Your lies are right here for all to see.

  14. #44
    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    Tear is just interpreting things to meet his worldview.

    I find it amusing that you two are registered Democrats. Does this make you more of a Democrat than people who are Democrats in states where people don't have to register their party affiliation to vote in a primary? It doesn't force you into always voting for Democrats in general elections, after all. But you're both so careful to make it known that you are registered.
    I'm more than just "registered" as Democrat. I generally vote Democratic. And I've always been honest about the fact that one of the reasons for that is because the state GOP is A) absolutely insane and B) in general insists that it does not want or need the vote of any goddamned homosexual. Or really, member of any minority.

    The Dems keep room in the party for conservative donkeys. The GOP is not interested in there being room for liberal elephants.
    Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"

  15. #45
    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    In New York, the Democrat is going to win the election 9 times out of 10. Voting in the general election doesn't really make a difference. The primary is where you can make a difference.
    Same with Republicans here. But the question was do you feel that being a registered Democrat makes you more of one than I am?

    Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
    I'm more than just "registered" as Democrat. I generally vote Democratic. And I've always been honest about the fact that one of the reasons for that is because the state GOP is A) absolutely insane and B) in general insists that it does not want or need the vote of any goddamned homosexual. Or really, member of any minority.
    I was speaking of Dreadnaughty and Icky.

    I assumed you would vote Dem for reason B.
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  16. #46
    I have not registered in a party for about 15 years, when I was a registered Republican. That is mainly a relic of my family upbringing and the fact that the local Dem party machine was horrendously corrupt, precluding voting for them in the large majority of cases.

  17. #47
    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    Same with Republicans here. But the question was do you feel that being a registered Democrat makes you more of one than I am?
    Yes, it does. An independent who tends to vote one way or the other is far less of a party stalwart than somebody who is actually registered with the party. In many states, you can't vote in the primary unless you are registered.

  18. #48
    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    Same with Republicans here. But the question was do you feel that being a registered Democrat makes you more of one than I am?
    Of course not. I was just poking fun at labels. I'm not really a fan of either party. Until the primary system changes or the kind of people who vote in them changes, we'll be stuck with extremists or idiots (or people pandering to extremists or odiots) in many parts of our government.
    Hope is the denial of reality

  19. #49
    And this is where we agree. My problem is not that the Dems are good. My problem is that the Reps are worse. I've been voting the lesser of two evils my whole life (and occasionally I have identified the wrong greater evil).

  20. #50
    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    I was speaking of Dreadnaughty and Icky.
    They're going to hate my saying this but. . . they're NYC Jews, and neither is all that much of a contrarian. They're going to be Democrats, for the exact same reason so many African-American voters supported Obama.
    Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"

  21. #51
    Quote Originally Posted by ']['ear View Post
    Yes, it does. An independent who tends to vote one way or the other is far less of a party stalwart than somebody who is actually registered with the party. In many states, you can't vote in the primary unless you are registered.
    I see. You do understand that if I lived somewhere that I had to register to vote in a primary I would, but Georgia doesn't work like that.

    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Of course not. I was just poking fun at labels. I'm not really a fan of either party. Until the primary system changes or the kind of people who vote in them changes, we'll be stuck with extremists or idiots (or people pandering to extremists or odiots) in many parts of our government.
    See, I think the problem is that too much of the actual governing is fairly centrist - while campaigning politicians may pander to the fringes, but they have no intention of actually carrying through. The way our system is set up that makes only two parties viable guarantees it will always stay that way, too.
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  22. #52
    Not necessarily. True, more often than not NYC Jews are liberals. But the ardently pro-business (or maybe I should say pro-corporate) and pro-Israel Jews are not necessarily liberal. Both have a history of some paranoia about anti-Semitism. Oh, not the overt cases, where we all come down on it. But the cases where it is conjured out of little or nothing. After all, one of the longest running threads in CC was the zionuts thread, where Dread (rightly) attacked true anti-Semites and (wrongly) smeared those who had the chutzpah to be critical of Israel.

    That makes for pro-McCain NYC Jews. Or more accurately, stridently anti-Obama NYC Jews. They voted for a guy who opposed gay rights, and fiscally advocated everything Bush II endorsed. They basically gave a thumbs up to the entire Bush presidency. Their few qualms were tepid, and nowhere came even close to the strength of their opposition to Obama. Yeah. Loki would occasionally drop a notice that deficit spending was bad, but he was happy to side with McCain, whose economic policies were indistinguishable from Bush's. What in the world could cause somebody to vociferously do so, other than a guy who had been painted as anti-Israel?

  23. #53
    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    See, I think the problem is that too much of the actual governing is fairly centrist - while campaigning politicians may pander to the fringes, but they have no intention of actually carrying through. The way our system is set up that makes only two parties viable guarantees it will always stay that way, too.
    I disagree. Too much of the governing is partisan. FAR more fillibusters than any time in history. Worst partisanship in anybody's lifetime.

    As for carrying through, we had a president impeached for blowjobs. The government is virtually paralyzed. One party lies much of the time, while the other lies all of the time.

    The country does better when the governing is moderate. I VERY strongly believe this.

  24. #54
    Quote Originally Posted by ']['ear View Post
    That makes for pro-McCain NYC Jews. Or more accurately, stridently anti-Obama NYC Jews. They voted for a guy who opposed gay rights, and fiscally advocated everything Bush II endorsed. They basically gave a thumbs up to the entire Bush presidency. Their few qualms were tepid, and nowhere came even close to the strength of their opposition to Obama. Yeah. Loki would occasionally drop a notice that deficit spending was bad, but he was happy to side with McCain, whose economic policies were indistinguishable from Bush's. What in the world could cause somebody to vociferously do so, other than a guy who had been painted as anti-Israel?
    Do you realize that only something like 10-20% of New York Jews voted for McCain?

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...618408,00.html

    Quote Originally Posted by littlelolligagged View Post
    See, I think the problem is that too much of the actual governing is fairly centrist - while campaigning politicians may pander to the fringes, but they have no intention of actually carrying through. The way our system is set up that makes only two parties viable guarantees it will always stay that way, too.
    Only if by centrist you mean nothing ever gets done and the size of the government continues to bloat while taxes remain unchanged (or are cut). That's not centrist; that's idiotic. When Clinton and the Republican Congress sharply cut welfare, and increased taxes to get rid of the deficit, that was centrist.
    Last edited by Loki; 09-30-2010 at 01:03 AM.
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  25. #55
    Quote Originally Posted by ']['ear View Post
    Not necessarily. True, more often than not NYC Jews are liberals. But the ardently pro-business (or maybe I should say pro-corporate) and pro-Israel Jews are not necessarily liberal. Both have a history of some paranoia about anti-Semitism. Oh, not the overt cases, where we all come down on it. But the cases where it is conjured out of little or nothing. After all, one of the longest running threads in CC was the zionuts thread, where Dread (rightly) attacked true anti-Semites and (wrongly) smeared those who had the chutzpah to be critical of Israel.
    I didn't say liberal, I said DEMOCRAT. You keep persisting in talking about party, and positions/ideology as if they are or should be the same.

    That makes for pro-McCain NYC Jews. Or more accurately, stridently anti-Obama NYC Jews. They voted for a guy who opposed gay rights, and fiscally advocated everything Bush II endorsed. They basically gave a thumbs up to the entire Bush presidency. Their few qualms were tepid, and nowhere came even close to the strength of their opposition to Obama. Yeah. Loki would occasionally drop a notice that deficit spending was bad, but he was happy to side with McCain, whose economic policies were indistinguishable from Bush's. What in the world could cause somebody to vociferously do so, other than a guy who had been painted as anti-Israel?
    The fact that Obama always made it quite clear on campaign *and since taking office* that he would be even worse, fiscally, than W?
    Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"

  26. #56
    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Of course not. I was just poking fun at labels. I'm not really a fan of either party. Until the primary system changes or the kind of people who vote in them changes, we'll be stuck with extremists or idiots (or people pandering to extremists or odiots) in many parts of our government.
    The two-party system sure is 100% better than the one-party system!
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  27. #57
    Quote Originally Posted by Nessus View Post
    The two-party system sure is 100% better than the one-party system!
    Bullshit! Marxism is the only way!
    We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.

  28. #58
    Quote Originally Posted by Nessus View Post
    The two-party system sure is 100% better than the one-party system!
    The problem isn't the two parties - it's the primary system. If anything, a two-party system prevents either party from going far from the center. If we had PR, we'd probably have a Christian fundie party and a Labor party, which would get to extort policies out of whoever they formed a coalition with.
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    But wouldn't a moderate party get most of the votes, since people on the left and right can all live with them? That said, we currently have a likely coalition that bent over for a crap party And that while there was a moderate, centrist option but politician ego's got in the way

    At the moment the fringes get to extort policies out of candidates because they wouldn't win the primaries without them.
    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

  30. #60
    Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
    The fact that Obama always made it quite clear on campaign *and since taking office* that he would be even worse, fiscally, than W?
    You chide me for conflation, and then use the word "worse?" For shame!

    It was and is clear that Obama would never have started the horrifically expensive boondoggle that was Iraq. That he would have placed the proper importance on Afghanistan. That right there would save a trillion dollars, no? Also, since reform of the health care system is desperately needed to save our economy, somebody trying to fix it is by far to be preferred over somebody who will sweep it under the rug for another decade. Finally, as I've said from the get go in what, 2007, that I would vote for any Republican other than a true leftist simply to repudiate W's disastrous policies in every sphere. I stand by that. In the long run, we will be far better for a Democrat being in the White House, any Democrat, compared to McCain, who ran straight to the far right extremists in the election and ran as a W clone.

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