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Mortos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 05:57 PM
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It really isn't a fair fight
Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 06:45 PM by Mortos
The Republicans have nothing, nada, zilch to run on and the most uninspiring line-up of candidates I have ever seen.

John McCain - Comes off like a cranky old man who has had nothing but wrong headed ideas and still defends them. He is just too damn old to be realistically considered by the voting public. He is the Bob Dole of this election, without the erectile dysfunction.

Mitt Romney - The epitome of political desire with no moral center. Flips and flops with the wind and the group he happens to be pandering to at the time. The used car salesman of candidates. His religious beliefs will hurt him with the very constituency who's support he seeks (Jesus and the Devil were brothers; magic underwear).

Rudy (9-11) Guilliani - A pathetic shell of a man parasitically sucking any remaining fear and sympathy from those killed on his watch; trying desperately to make people believe he is some sort of superhero with a comb over (who actually failed to prevent anything and may have exacerbated the problem by ignoring the NYFD and NYPD complaints about shoddy equipment). Thrice married, serial cheater with a penchant for cross dressing and living with gay couples he now opposes.

Fred Thompson - Combining all the charm of your Grandpa woken up from a nap, with the disinterest of a B lister who believes he is a character he played on screen. Absolutely uninspiring to even those who prayed for his entry into this contest. The savior of the republican party too tired to feign interest in his own campaign.

Ron Paul - Crazy long lost brother of H. Ross Perot but, compared to the others in this clusterfuck to the White house, actually inspires some passionate support from disenfranchised conservatives, libertarians and independents as desperate as goth kids to be seen as individuals.

Duncan Hunter - Assuming the most asinine political persona ever, Duncan is trying to out-Bush Bush, the most unpopular president in the last 100 years. This is the last stand of the fake conservative, right wing, religion on his sleeve, flag lapel wearing, Fox news loving hypocrite. Hopefully they will fade into the dustbin of history; with their multi million dollar corporate payback post-political jobs, it will be a nice dustbin, but a dustbin nonetheless.

Mike Huckabee - The former fatty, who didn't have enough self control to stop eating (gluttony is a mortal sin), has successfully adopted the "holier than thou" platform, out Jebus'ing the other religious panderers. By inserting religion into his politics, this repugnant man is milking Christ the same way Guilliani is milking 9-11. His heartfelt religious convictions didn't keep him from pushing for the release of a serial rapist who went on to rape and kill again (because the rapist had the good fortune to molest one of Bill Clinton's distant cousins). While in office this man of Christ sought out gifts from political donors and took them all without an ounce of concern about the rules governing such gifts. Somewhere, Jesus is weeping.
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:02 PM
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1. No, it's a fair fight
since the MSM will present the Repug candidate in much more favorable light than the Dem candidate.
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:47 PM
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14. well, you can put makeup on a corpse
but that doesn't mean it will sit up and talk to you...:shrug:
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:24 PM
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17. You can put a still of Osama on screen
and fool people into believing it's a 'new' video.
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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:03 PM
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2. They are pathetic
and it's ours to lose. The question is, how do we win? Our candidates are not offering much to the Left, IMO.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:03 PM
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3. If the Democrats can't win in '08, they'd better look for another line of work.
This is like '76 redux, with a disgraced incumbent and a disgraced Republican Party.

Alas, the Democratic congress has hardly shown itself capable of governing, but even that weak kneed crew is more popular (or, less unpopular) than their Republican counterparts.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:05 PM
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4. So how did Chimpie get elected?
Twice?
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:06 PM
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6. Because the Democrats fought fairly and the Republicans didn't
Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 06:07 PM by herbster
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:08 PM
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7. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winah! (nt)
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Mortos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:57 PM
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15. because the repubs framed the election
first by lying about Gore and making their guy the one you'd like to have a beer with (remember things were going pretty good back then so the presidency didn't seem like that big a deal) and the second time by scaring the shit out of people.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:53 PM
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18. So, do we want a fair fight this time?
Didn't think so.

I'd kick them in the nuts, if they had any.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:05 PM
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5. Unfortunately the Republicans don't "fight fair"
If they did we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now.
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:09 PM
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8. All that you claim has been claimed in '88 and 2004, to let up is to be beaten and we will lose if..
the slightest let up in effort occurs. The general election is a flat assed tie at this moment. Irrespective of all else the elctorate is split into three near equal groups, Democratic Party, Repugnant Party and the independents(who themselves are fractioned pretty equally.

No, if Democrats opt to take your view and attitude they cannot win in the general.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:10 PM
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9. but remember, they had nothing in 2000 and 2004 and they won
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:11 PM
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10. You've really encapulated the Republican field well
I think I will forward your summary for the amusement of my family members.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:16 PM
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11. Well true they have nothing but losers running, then again what did
you expect? Take a good look at the GOP - hmmm, nothing. No one on the horizon, no one going to take control over a corrupt cesspool that the world hates and loathes. Well some, of course will try. They need their 4 years of fame to satisfy that itch. None will win. The only one with half a chance has no chance.

They all suck, true. They have the M$M behind them, we have the Internet.

I expect a true crushing of the Repukes next year. Their mascot, the GOPers who I've been talking about for over 20 years, are either quiting due to criminal activity, quitting because of a current 'revelation', quiting to 'spend time with the family', quiting and getting sentenced to prison, quiting to take jobs in the corporate world, basically jumping ship. It is sinking. Bye bye GOP.

Take all those fucking rats with you, Fred, Rudy, Mittens, Huck. Jokes, small little men with appeal only to a very tiny faction of a fractured party.

The M$M will try to get one elected, they've become pretty good at it by now.

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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:26 PM
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12. the gnews
will do their level best to make it MORE THAN FAIR for the republikkkans
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Mortos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 06:43 PM
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13. Updated it with the other losers
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Mortos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:07 PM
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16. Can a brother get another vote or two
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 07:55 PM
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19. Oh my gawd. You rule! This is hilarious! ... And spot on!
:applause:
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Mortos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 08:43 PM
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21. Aww Shucks
Thanks
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 08:27 PM
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20. Kicking ...
:kick:
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