tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7163922279155257367..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: What's The Opposite Of "Epiphany"?James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-52681926074756619282011-06-07T13:32:20.137-04:002011-06-07T13:32:20.137-04:00"But the Republican hope is that Barack Obama..."But the Republican hope is that Barack Obama will fuck up, be hit by disasters domestic and foreign.." <br /><br />They pretty much <i>insured</i> that would happen domestically by first grossly limiting the stimulus spending, and then making sure it would dry up in time to tank the economy for the 2012 elections. It was obvious to many of the non-rethug commentariat at the time, andStringonaSticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-89003746790655627592011-06-03T14:15:53.130-04:002011-06-03T14:15:53.130-04:00Outright lies seem to have no negative effect and ...<i>Outright lies seem to have no negative effect and are even rewarded. How did we get to this condition ?</i><br /><br />When political affiliation became a matter of Faith rather than reason. Legalizing abortion was a huge gift to Repugs, it enabled them to enthrall the simple minded, and religious extremists and the women-haters and bigots in a Just Cause: Saving Babies!<br /><br />Current Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-15021999770876656652011-06-03T09:19:19.191-04:002011-06-03T09:19:19.191-04:00The irresponsible wealthy have learned which butto...The irresponsible wealthy have learned which buttons to push on the useful idiots to make them saddle up and ride to protect their rights to no health care or to eliminate reproductive freedom or to defend the one true superstition.Maturin42https://www.blogger.com/profile/13252510116668541097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-29847553133548222222011-06-03T07:06:13.436-04:002011-06-03T07:06:13.436-04:00Just want to say I love your writing. I agree with...Just want to say I love your writing. I agree with the above comments. I just don't understand how such complete idiots have control over such a large part of our population. Outright lies seem to have no negative effect and are even rewarded. How did we get to this condition ?Falmouthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-75395744243959500082011-06-03T04:29:40.485-04:002011-06-03T04:29:40.485-04:00"Somebody somewhere needs to put your party o..."Somebody somewhere needs to put your party out of our misery. "<br /><br />Would that such a thing were possible.<br /><br />Digby read my mind, as she often seems to do, a while back when she wrote something to the effect that she had never understood the violence of the French Revolution until the current crop of gopers had come along. I think she was probably referring specificallymbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-2888567216860335032011-06-02T18:01:58.744-04:002011-06-02T18:01:58.744-04:00Such good questions.
The base, the insane 30% of ...Such good questions.<br /><br />The base, the insane 30% of the electorate will always push harder to the edges.<br /><br />It's the other (almost) 20% or so that mystify me. So uninformed that to them, bush and gore were the same. So frighteningly dim that most of them saw nothing wrong with mccain/palin.<br /><br />I guess it's bias of some kind, but I don't understand, at all, ice weaselnoreply@blogger.com