Louisiana Sen. Vitter rips Reid for Katrina comments

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Louisiana sen David Ritter has ripped harry reid for comments he made about hurricane Katrina victims where he suggested that the damage from Katrina was nothing compared to Sandy

The hurricane hit the Gulf Coast region in 2005 and resulted in 1,833 deaths and more than $108 billion in damage.
Sandy, whose full force hit New Jersey and New York, caused at least 125 deaths and $62 billion in damage along the entire East Coast
David Ritter also called reid an idiot

“Sadly, Harry Reid has again revealed himself to be an idiot, this time gravely insulting Gulf Coast residents,”
This guy really should be ashamed of himself for saying these stupid comments, I know he is a moron but why would he say this?

reid must apologize and be publicly condemned for this stupid act, good job for Ritter calling him out and ripping him up

Do you agree that reid was wrong for his comments and should apologize and be publicly condemned?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/07/vitter-reid-katrina-sandy-comparison/?test=latestnews
 
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What Reid said was dumb. David Vitter is a dirtbag who, in a more civilized era, would long since have been run out of DC on a rail, and has no room to call anyone (much less the Senate Majority Leader) an "idiot."

Incorruptible, I am trying to give you a chance as a poster, but once again you've failed to link to a source, and yet again, your post mostly seems to consist of the following formula:

a) Presenting Fox News or WorldNetDaily's story of the day in an inflammatory, often misleading way, often without a source, and usually with an emoticon in the thread title.

b) Endorsing the right-wing position on the issue.

c) Asking, "don't you agree with" the right-wing position on the issue.

The only reason I am taking this thread seriously is that for once it isn't just more Islamophobic nonsense. If you want to be taken as something other than a complete troll, I'd suggest you take a week off of starting new topics and just engage in discussion, rather than applying the same formula again and again. At a minimum, mix it up a little. Even if you're not an ALTroll (which I still think you are), you certainly do act like one.
 

Atreus21

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What Reid said was dumb. David Vitter is a dirtbag who, in a more civilized era, would long since have been run out of DC on a rail, and has no room to call anyone (much less the Senate Majority Leader) an "idiot."

Incorruptible, I am trying to give you a chance as a poster, but once again you've failed to link to a source, and yet again, your post mostly seems to consist of the following formula:

a) Presenting Fox News or WorldNetDaily's story of the day in an inflammatory, often misleading way, often without a source, and usually with an emoticon in the thread title.

b) Endorsing the right-wing position on the issue.

c) Asking, "don't you agree with" the right-wing position on the issue.

The only reason I am taking this thread seriously is that for once it isn't just more Islamophobic nonsense. If you want to be taken as something other than a complete troll, I'd suggest you take a week off of starting new topics and just engage in discussion, rather than applying the same formula again and again. At a minimum, mix it up a little. Even if you're not an ALTroll (which I still think you are), you certainly do act like one.

Vitter cheated on his wife. If that is cause enough to be run out of DC, then the face of the Democrat national convention and the poster child somehow for democrat success can be run out on the same wagon.

In this case, Vitter was right. Reid was right to apologize.
 
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What Reid said was dumb. David Vitter is a dirtbag who, in a more civilized era, would long since have been run out of DC on a rail, and has no room to call anyone (much less the Senate Majority Leader) an "idiot."

Incorruptible, I am trying to give you a chance as a poster, but once again you've failed to link to a source, and yet again, your post mostly seems to consist of the following formula:

a) Presenting Fox News or WorldNetDaily's story of the day in an inflammatory, often misleading way, often without a source, and usually with an emoticon in the thread title.

b) Endorsing the right-wing position on the issue.

c) Asking, "don't you agree with" the right-wing position on the issue.

The only reason I am taking this thread seriously is that for once it isn't just more Islamophobic nonsense. If you want to be taken as something other than a complete troll, I'd suggest you take a week off of starting new topics and just engage in discussion, rather than applying the same formula again and again. At a minimum, mix it up a little. Even if you're not an ALTroll (which I still think you are), you certainly do act like one.

I forgot to put in a source and if you check all my threads I always have a link.

Secondly do you have any evidence that I am an Islamophobe? Look on P&N and you will see posters who say we should kick out all Muslims, there was another who suggested sending in the army to shoot them on sight if they didn't leave the country, That is Islamophobia and I never advocated any of that

What people are too stupid to understand is that I am against RADICAL ISLAM, I have no problem with the moderates but the RADICALS, The people who think I am an Islamophobe are morons and also racists since the equate radicals=moderates. Tell me where I have once shown any hatred towards Moderate Muslims

A Muslim girl who decides not to wear a hijab and then gets killed for it and I talk about it and DEFEND the girl makes me an Islamophobe? Nah, it makes the accusers supporters of the killing by being politically correct and too afraid to criticize them for fear of being called a racist.

That's the double standard, there are many people who attack Christianity and say horrible things about them and they have the right to do it with free speech but why cant others use their free speech and criticize radical Islam? That is a double standard and being pc

I am not an alt troll, this was cleared up when I first joined, I am a Libertarian so most of what I talk about is freedom, hence why I always attack obama and big government

I am against the war on drugs, support legalized gay marriage, non-interventionist foreign policy, end the Fed, end the income tax so what makes me a troll?

There are many people on the left who make posts similar to my style where they completely support the left wing position and attack the right, just look at phokus, techs, ausm and various others, why aren't you calling them out?
 

Pens1566

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Vitter cheated on his wife. If that is cause enough to be run out of DC, then the face of the Democrat national convention and the poster child somehow for democrat success can be run out on the same wagon.

In this case, Vitter was right. Reid was right to apologize.

The only slight difference is he cheated on his wife with prostitutes.
 

umbrella39

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Isn't fun when we finally expose our true selves after playing a persona for several months. Guess them pesky Arabs are out of your sights now, back to being a full blow RNP spokesperson. Thanks but no thanks, got enough of those here already.
 

HomerJS

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Vitter cheated on his wife. If that is cause enough to be run out of DC, then the face of the Democrat national convention and the poster child somehow for democrat success can be run out on the same wagon.

In this case, Vitter was right. Reid was right to apologize.

I believe Republicans created that standard.
 

soundforbjt

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Feb 15, 2002
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You know, the OP should start some threads condemning some repubs, then he "might" not be considered the right-winger troll he claims he's not. It's funny a so-called libertarian can find no wrong with repubs as well and post any threads condemning them.
 

HomerJS

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Do you agree Incorruptible fails for coming up with a new bit and should be publically condemmed?
 
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I forgot to put in a source and if you check all my threads I always have a link.

Secondly do you have any evidence that I am an Islamophobe? Look on P&N and you will see posters who say we should kick out all Muslims, there was another who suggested sending in the army to shoot them on sight if they didn't leave the country, That is Islamophobia and I never advocated any of that

What people are too stupid to understand is that I am against RADICAL ISLAM, I have no problem with the moderates but the RADICALS, The people who think I am an Islamophobe are morons and also racists since the equate radicals=moderates. Tell me where I have once shown any hatred towards Moderate Muslims

A Muslim girl who decides not to wear a hijab and then gets killed for it and I talk about it and DEFEND the girl makes me an Islamophobe? Nah, it makes the accusers supporters of the killing by being politically correct and too afraid to criticize them for fear of being called a racist.

That's the double standard, there are many people who attack Christianity and say horrible things about them and they have the right to do it with free speech but why cant others use their free speech and criticize radical Islam? That is a double standard and being pc

I am not an alt troll, this was cleared up when I first joined, I am a Libertarian so most of what I talk about is freedom, hence why I always attack obama and big government

I am against the war on drugs, support legalized gay marriage, non-interventionist foreign policy, end the Fed, end the income tax so what makes me a troll?

There are many people on the left who make posts similar to my style where they completely support the left wing position and attack the right, just look at phokus, techs, ausm and various others, why aren't you calling them out?

You are absolutely an Islamophobe - http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34443908&postcount=228 The fact that you claim otherwise just makes you sound foolish.

The fact that so many people have concluded you are an ALTroll flows directly from the way you post, which reflects that you are either kidding or your grasp of the news is that of a child. You see a shiny thing (here, a cause celebre identified by Rush or someone similar), and you dive for it headfirst. I have varying levels of respect for various members here on both sides of the political aisle, but know of no liberal (other than Dave McOwen, who will no doubt say he is not one) who is as predictably one-note silly as you.

As I said to someone else yesterday, I am 100% forgiving of people's past as trolls - I would rather have real discussions than bicker. If you stop posting like a troll, people will stop treating you like one. I don't know how to make that any simpler.
 

Phokus

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Vitter cheated on his wife. If that is cause enough to be run out of DC, then the face of the Democrat national convention and the poster child somehow for democrat success can be run out on the same wagon.

In this case, Vitter was right. Reid was right to apologize.

I like how you sugar coat it by saying he 'cheated on his wife' as if he just had a fling with some acquaintance. No, he hired prostitutes.
 
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Vitter cheated on his wife. If that is cause enough to be run out of DC, then the face of the Democrat national convention and the poster child somehow for democrat success can be run out on the same wagon.

In this case, Vitter was right. Reid was right to apologize.

Vitter has consistently been one of the most corrupt members of the Senate during his tenure there. Even absent the prostitution stuff, which is particularly galling given his family-values platform, he is a scoundrel and deserves to be called out as one.
 

Atreus21

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I like how you sugar coat it by saying he 'cheated on his wife' as if he just had a fling with some acquaintance. No, he hired prostitutes.

Whereas Clinton was banging interns. My God, the difference is staggering.
 

CrackRabbit

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thraashman

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Well, call me when Ted Kennedy is dug up and indicted for murder. Or JFK dug up and accused of drug use. Or Obama accused of drug use.

Drug use also isn't illegal. Drug possession is illegal, drug sale is illegal. Drug use is not.
 

monovillage

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I'm no fan of incorr..... and have stated so more than a few times, but this is a perfectly valid political thread. Who in this thread is trolling, thread crapping and derailing? It wasn't incorruptible.