You twisted fuckers will blame a President that tried a daring rescue attempt to free hostages and defend one that sold arms to our nations sworn enemies. Because he was one of you. A sorry ass ridiculing bastard that effectively made a good man look weak just because he cared. Will try to bring down a VERY effective and successful Presidency over a blowjob and defend one that lies and gets thousands of young men killed to advance their corporate agenda. Some people who support republicans gain immense benefits from the policies these bastards pursue. Some don't. In the former case they are themselves bastards, in the latter just simply dumb fucks. Which are you?
If you've got a serious problem with Ronald Reagan's patriotism then you've identified yourself with the lunatic left. Don't ever try to describe yourself again as non-partisan or moderate. You're a socialist. Period. I will say I find true added value in your observations between the dollar and Treasuries. And in answer to your question, the Admin has clearly persued a cheaper dollar agenda. Any other course would be laughable. We MUST import less and produce goods that even if not exportable will at least be consumed at home. Can you imagine how FUCKED GM would be with a cheap dollar. The dollar was WAY too high for too long and now IMO is a bit too cheap.
Clay, you're smarter than this (I think)... Making sweeping statements as you do, blaming the Right for everything whilst making the Dems look cleaner than a baby's just-washed bottom is ridiculous. The Repubs hardly have a monopoly on what you're complaining about. Both sides smear each other. Both sides have agendas. Both sides sacrifice the greater good for personal gain. IMO, the Dems showed their true colors when they ousted Lieberman, who was their freakin' candidate for VP a short time ago, simply because he doesn't want to cut and run from Iraq. The GOP is reeling in the polls and yet the Dems have failed to show unity or come forward with a candidate who will stand a chance in hell come November. The majority of the country may be disenchanted with Bush, but not to the point where they're going to let a moonbat run the country. The Dems are so bound to the far left now that a middle-of-the road candidate (do they have one?) who distances him/herself from the moonbats will come across as a traitor to their own party, i.e. Lieberman. BTW, I'm not gloating. I don't see a worthy GOP candidate on the horizon either, save Giuliani, and it's not a slam-dunk that he's going to run.
I'm sorry I went bezerk before, it is just that a powerful part of the conservative movement does and always have used ridicule as a means of belittling a person and render their arguments less effective. They try to paint people who care as "weak" rather than simply address their arguments. "Moonbat" is a perfect example. Used to be "whiny liberals" etc. Anytime I see them do this I get pissed. I am not a wild eyed liberal by your definition but I am clearly anti-conservative. I don't question Reagans patriotism per se as much as I do his control over his inferiors who had their own agendas. I do, however, question W's loyalty. He is a New World Orderist and tool of the multi-national corporate attempts to render governments, including if not primarily the US government, ineefective at interfering with their ambitions. Socialist? Naw. Keynsian? Yes. Dollar policy? To me the US economy is not that simplistic. GM imports plenty of components that make a strong dollar as cost effective on their bottom line as it damages their exportibility. A strong US consumer lifts the boats of worldwide economies AND serves to perpetuate our center of the universe economic position. To a great extent if we maintain that approach our trade/current account deficits amount to funny money. Under that regime other countries cannot afford to do much more than "bank" the money. Otherwise they risk a strengthening of their own currency and unemployment lines as the American consumer slows spending. I will let others determine how "fair" this is, my concern is about US. God Bless America and John Maynard Keynes. He may have been a homo but he was a wily sob that propelled the American Empire into the most incredible economy the world has ever seen. If the anti-Keynsians would keep their mouths shut we could keep that. Instead they insist on tearing it down. oh well, we probably don't "deserve" it anyway. The best Treasury Secretary and manager of US dollar policy we have had since Keynes was Robert Rubin and the proof is in the pudding. BTW he was also a very succesful bond trader cause he understood how things really work.
Hapaboy, I clearly am not in agreement with alot of the Democrats and know that there are weasels in their works as well. I do, however, KNOW that the conservatives (Tories as I call them) have resisted every innovation that has ever truly contributed to making this country great, especially as that relates to the common person. Think about it. YOUR Vice-President oversaw the moving of an American Corporation offshore so that it wasn't required to pick up it's fair share of the burden. Then was integral in setting it up to receive billions and billions of dollars of our tax dollars instead of trying to develop a true homegrown system to take care of the same things. You could argue that he was only being a smart businessman at Haliburton and performing his fiduciary duties there. Tell me why he hasn't been just as vigorous in his fiduciary responsibilities to the United States itself now that he is in that position? In that one area HE OF ALL PEOPLE understands the drain on the US economy that is resulting from this kind of corporate behavior. yet he says nothing and does nothing about it. It has not been typical of the Democratic Party to distract with blantant ridicule especially based on peoples physical attributes. Did you see Rush morph a 12 year old Chelsea Clintons face into a dog face? Do you ever listen to these bastards? It is constant. Do me a favor and think about this and watch. Maybe even listen to yourself as you are influenced by their Orwellian pounding. If you can get a little objective about it I think you will see what I am talking about. And I agree mostly with your practical analysis of the political game board. All I can say is I think the best option out there is Wesley Clark.
YOu dont draw a distinction between running ads and opinions on supposedly objective news programming?
Bullshit. It does matter. Is he leader material? NO. Will he even get funds to put up a viable campaign? NO. Am I anti liberal? no, but I think Gore is done. I would love to see Edwards vs Romney. Both middle ground, and in my opinion, both qualified. Jay One very confused guy that votes both ways.
Well said. Although I am no longer a Repub (cause they spend now like there is no tomorrow), Ronnie: A) Won the cold war by spending the Soviet Union into bankruptcy. B) Put the US on its current course of 3% growth damn near every year. Small taxes! The current admin is the only reason why I am not a hard core neocon. Spend, spend, spend, fight, fight, fight. My opinion: Bring ALL the boys home, all bases. Still spend huge to stay in front on a tech basis. When shit hits the fan overseas, let the UN deal. Eventually the World will be screaming for US intervention, cause its the only power that matters. Then let the World pay for it!
Bush was a cheerleader. Bush didn't have the grades to get into Law School. Bush has a very questionable history in the National Guard. Bush was a drunk, having received a D.U.I. and rumors of cocaine use. That and more in his past yet voters overlooked it.... 40lbs and a beard is going to be a problem? Not likely... http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushflipbird.htm
Did it matter in 1962 when Richard Nixon threw a weird, televised tantrum/rant to the Los Angeles press corp after his loss to Ed Brown? ABC went so far as to run a prime time special, The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon. Six years later he was Prez. The missing piece will be be if U2 or Coldplay release a CD with the lyrics "block that Gore", discernable only if the disk is played backwards.