Buyer's Remorse

richlevy · 10-30-2005, 09:26 PM

I have to wonder if the people who voted for GWB in the last election are having buyer's remorse right now.

The talking heads may try to spin it down, but everyone knows that Plame was outed by someone in the administration, showing that politics trumps national security. Add to that the economy, and the response to Katrina and Wilma seeming to show that the adminstration that promised post-9/11 to keep us safe can't handle natural, and by extension man-made disasters.

Trilby · 10-30-2005, 10:18 PM

Bush. Wow. I wish he'd been Canadian.

10-31-2005, 02:30 AM

I wish Laura would have driven over HIM instead of that other dude!

Troubleshooter · 10-31-2005, 08:51 AM

And there goes McCain...

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/90069

"On Tuesday, though, he sided with the president on two issues that have made headlines recently: teaching intelligent design in schools and Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother who has come to personify the anti-war movement.

McCain told the Star that, like Bush, he believes "all points of view" should be available to students studying the origins of mankind."

mrnoodle · 10-31-2005, 09:40 AM

That "all points of view" stuff sounds like it was lifted directly from the touchy-feely lib playbook. Why the sudden fundamentalism when it comes to teh science, yo?

laebedahs · 10-31-2005, 09:49 AM

I wasn't old enough to vote in 2000, but I am happy to say I wouldn't have voted for him then, and also happy to say that I didn't vote for him in 2004.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-31-2005, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrnoodle

That "all points of view" stuff sounds like it was lifted directly from the touchy-feely lib playbook. Why the sudden fundamentalism when it comes to teh science, yo?

2008 isn't so far off that he wouldn't be campaigning now.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-01-2005, 09:59 PM

I voted for Bush twice. He's a good choice for me, being a Republican with Libertarian instincts. I also see that he and his are doing a tough, cranky job about as well as anyone could expect to be done at all, and without the Clintonian sin of treating the Bill of Rights as a stumbling block to its ambition, nor of subverting the Department of Justice into running interference for the Administration. Chills on chills, that.

I'm happier than all of you put together. [Snoopy Dance]

wolf · 11-01-2005, 10:23 PM

That's my UG.

BigV · 11-01-2005, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

That's my UG.

Great, now that that's established, will you please make him stop that incessant yapping bark and clean up the steaming piles he's left all over the place?

Thanks in advance.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-02-2005, 08:11 PM

In other words, V, you can't rebut me on the facts either, so you waste time and show immaturity telling me how awful you think I am. Phooey.

[More Snoopy Dance]

"...it isn't the battle, it isn't the fight/It's the way that we laugh on our way out of sight!" -- The Dorsai Irregulars, a filksong to the tune of The Irish Washerwoman

Happy Monkey · 11-02-2005, 08:21 PM

You don't actually use facts. It's not possible to rebut you on facts when your posts are opinion.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-02-2005, 08:36 PM

Ha.

Beestie · 11-02-2005, 11:58 PM

Sometimes, people vote a candidate in just to keep the other candidate out.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-03-2005, 04:36 AM

That's motivated me strongly in the last two general presidential elections. At best, the Democratic Party's standard-bearers don't know how to keep the Republic. At regular, they have been behaving for years as if the entire party were running a dangerous fever. At worst, they're socialists.

Irresponsible lot. They're right in there with the American Nazi Party, White Aryan Resistance, various stripes of Socialist, and the CPUSA. I think I'll stick to Libertarian and Republican candidates for the present.

I have been much pleased with the results. Republicans have this knack for doing the right thing about foreign idiots with a bomb and a grudge. Certain kinds of anti-Americanism should be known to shorten lifespans.

View Poll Results: How do you feel about your 2000 vote.
Did not vote for Bush, and boy am I glad.	16	61.54%
Voted for Bush and I still know he was the right choice.	4	15.38%
I voted for Bush. What the **** was I thinking?	1	3.85%
I didn't vote. They all would have sucked.	5	19.23%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

10-30-2005, 09:26 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Buyer's Remorse I have to wonder if the people who voted for GWB in the last election are having buyer's remorse right now. The talking heads may try to spin it down, but everyone knows that Plame was outed by someone in the administration, showing that politics trumps national security. Add to that the economy, and the response to Katrina and Wilma seeming to show that the adminstration that promised post-9/11 to keep us safe can't handle natural, and by extension man-made disasters. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 10-30-2005 at 09:30 PM.

10-30-2005, 10:18 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Bush. Wow. I wish he'd been Canadian. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-31-2005, 08:51 AM	#4
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	And there goes McCain... http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/90069 "On Tuesday, though, he sided with the president on two issues that have made headlines recently: teaching intelligent design in schools and Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother who has come to personify the anti-war movement. McCain told the Star that, like Bush, he believes "all points of view" should be available to students studying the origins of mankind." __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

10-31-2005, 09:40 AM	#5
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	That "all points of view" stuff sounds like it was lifted directly from the touchy-feely lib playbook. Why the sudden fundamentalism when it comes to teh science, yo? __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

10-31-2005, 02:30 AM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I wish Laura would have driven over HIM instead of that other dude!

10-31-2005, 09:49 AM	#6
laebedahs Abecedarian Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 172	I wasn't old enough to vote in 2000, but I am happy to say I wouldn't have voted for him then, and also happy to say that I didn't vote for him in 2004.

11-01-2005, 09:59 PM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I voted for Bush twice. He's a good choice for me, being a Republican with Libertarian instincts. I also see that he and his are doing a tough, cranky job about as well as anyone could expect to be done at all, and without the Clintonian sin of treating the Bill of Rights as a stumbling block to its ambition, nor of subverting the Department of Justice into running interference for the Administration. Chills on chills, that. I'm happier than all of you put together. [Snoopy Dance] __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-01-2005, 10:23 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That's my UG. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-02-2005, 08:11 PM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	In other words, V, you can't rebut me on the facts either, so you waste time and show immaturity telling me how awful you think I am. Phooey. [More Snoopy Dance] "...it isn't the battle, it isn't the fight/It's the way that we laugh on our way out of sight!" -- The Dorsai Irregulars, a filksong to the tune of The Irish Washerwoman __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 11-02-2005 at 08:13 PM.

11-02-2005, 08:21 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	You don't actually use facts. It's not possible to rebut you on facts when your posts are opinion. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-02-2005, 08:36 PM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Ha. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-02-2005, 11:58 PM	#14
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Sometimes, people vote a candidate in just to keep the other candidate out. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

11-03-2005, 04:36 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	That's motivated me strongly in the last two general presidential elections. At best, the Democratic Party's standard-bearers don't know how to keep the Republic. At regular, they have been behaving for years as if the entire party were running a dangerous fever. At worst, they're socialists. Irresponsible lot. They're right in there with the American Nazi Party, White Aryan Resistance, various stripes of Socialist, and the CPUSA. I think I'll stick to Libertarian and Republican candidates for the present. I have been much pleased with the results. Republicans have this knack for doing the right thing about foreign idiots with a bomb and a grudge. Certain kinds of anti-Americanism should be known to shorten lifespans. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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