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Now that Bush has won - will the vicious left here in P&N....
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Mourningshadow
Senior member
Ooooh i can take all the Kerry bashing, but lay the fvck off Elvis
Mourningshadow
Senior member
And as for MM, I agree that not everything in his movies are fact, a lot of it is exagerated, but come on, the drug companies are the worst.
Pliablemoose
Lifer
We've been cluster fvcked in P&N for months now, it's just nice to win...
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
You've also owned the Presidency and Congress for years. You've consolidated both advantages today.
As I said, I think it's in the country's best interest not to have unnecessary venom in our political rhetoric. This country is divided as it is, and I want to see us survive and thrive. I don't think I'm being unreasonable in asking that both sides exhibit a bit of sportsmanship. There is more at stake than our egos.
DonVito, I admire your sentiments and I think it's best to keep a modicrum of civility in this forum for the sake of discussion (and yes I know lots of people don't think I help), but in terms of the national landscape, I don't think you can heal this wound or bridge this gap. The divisions are simply too great. This election showed me it's not about poverty, strategy in iraq, it's about religion and social values. The values of both side are simply too different don't you think?
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
Maybe. Hell, probably.
The thing is, I think we're dangerously close to a real crisis. I'm talking about a real, violent insurrection. I don't want that, at all.
I am very frustrated by the course our nation has taken, and I think there's a real risk that the next four years will be ruinous for our country.
I don't want any of this. My hope is that we can make it through the next four years (and, for that matter, hundreds of years thereafter) without event, and we can continue to live in a safe and peaceful world.
I think it's paramount we all take a deep breath, look at the long view, and try to be good citizens. There will probably be a time that I'm frustrated with the President, and Congress, in the next four years. For now, though, I hope to see our nation's wounds heal, rather than festering.
Please remember that your political rival is not your enemy. Democrats != al Qaeda, and Republicans !- the Nazi party.
Please, just try to treat one another with respect and decency. It will help us all over the long haul.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
Please be a patriot, and don't do this. It's stupid. You are losing sight of the forest for the trees, and beating up excessively on your political rivals will just mean that, at best, you are king of a crappy, watered-down version of America.
InfectedMushroom
Golden Member
well said.
Pliablemoose
Lifer
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
There's a difference between wanting to ensure the election is conducted fairly, and mean-spirited rubbing-in by the winning party.
FWIW, I believe President Bush has probably won this election, but I thought VP Gore's legal actions in 2000 were appropriate and justified.
The site you've linked suggests silly but, I think, legitimate civil disobedience if there appears to be balloting fraud. I don't think that's an especially productive activity, but I see it as quite different from the kind of bullying that this board's conservatives seem to be rubbing their hands in anticipation of.
That's not the only radical "democratic" site out there. Check the forums at democraticunderground.org(not a small forum). I have seen people there suggest that our President needed to be killed and that Saddam Hussein was some sort of nice guy. The darkside of the democratic party is very very dark... I know of nothing like this associated with the republican party.
Bad losers will always be bad losers.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
Of course they will. Bad winners will also always be bad winners. I completely fail to see how any of that justifies any Republican in gratuitously picking on Democrats, or vice versa.
I want us all to be civilized people. That's all. This country has experienced enough division - at least we can limit it to REAL differences on real issues, as opposed to pointless insults and negativism.
I really, truly fear for the country I serve. I don't want anyone, regardless of their party affiliation, to needlessly marginalize or insult his or her political rival. This is the wrong time for it (if there's ever a right time).
W hasn't won yet, but if he does in ~2 weeks...I'll do everything I can to make sure I don't get fvcked by any of his policies. My plan is proceeding to make as much money as possible investing so I can give up my U.S. citizenship BEFORE taxes go sky high in an attempt to pay back the national debt.
Or...I'll have to really jam in my ROTH account so I don't have to ever pay tax on my gains.
Either way...all you suckers out there who think Bush and the repubs are great AND don't have the $$$ AND the plan will help pay back W's debt while I'm in the islands on vacation for 6 months out of the year (i.e., I've heard that non-U.S citizens can easily stay in the country for 6 months out of the year).
My advice to you all...save, save, save and reduce debt while you still have a job because hard times are coming (note...they'll still be coming if Kerry is elected, but the damage would be less with Kerry).
A LOT of pain is actually going to be good for the U.S. over the long run (8-10 years) because repubs will have a very hard time keeping the power they have now (i.e., the more people get fvcked under a repub controlled government, the more likely they'll open up their eyes for the next 3-4 elections and vote all the rotten repubs out of office).
Or...I'll have to really jam in my ROTH account so I don't have to ever pay tax on my gains.
Either way...all you suckers out there who think Bush and the repubs are great AND don't have the $$$ AND the plan will help pay back W's debt while I'm in the islands on vacation for 6 months out of the year (i.e., I've heard that non-U.S citizens can easily stay in the country for 6 months out of the year).
My advice to you all...save, save, save and reduce debt while you still have a job because hard times are coming (note...they'll still be coming if Kerry is elected, but the damage would be less with Kerry).
A LOT of pain is actually going to be good for the U.S. over the long run (8-10 years) because repubs will have a very hard time keeping the power they have now (i.e., the more people get fvcked under a repub controlled government, the more likely they'll open up their eyes for the next 3-4 elections and vote all the rotten repubs out of office).
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