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On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:29:09 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I'm thankful the overzealous righties here and I disagree on just about
everything political.

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Among your many other issues, you are seeing overzealous righties
behind every tree. Boo.

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On 2/2/14, 9:58 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:27:22 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:

Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.

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Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly
understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for
that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing
yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.
It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in
my opinion.


It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short
period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number
1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns.
I think it turned south shortly thereafter.

I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the
advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly
to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.




I don't think politics has been civil since they took Nixon down.
That was when the press took a "no holds barred" attitude and they
could make any kind of personal attack that they wanted to.
Bringing down a politician was just putting a scalp on your belt.
A rite of passage if you want to be taken seriously as a reporter

Imagine trying to elect FDR, Eisenhower or even JFK in this climate?

Bill Maher is talking about "flipping" a congressional district, just
for the **** of it. Considering he can bring the equivalent of a
couple million dollars worth of free advertising into the contest, he
could get Bieber elected in most districts.


My understanding is that he is going to do it openly and above board and
will publicly involve his audience. That puts him a few rungs higher on
the ladder than, say, the Koch Brothers pondscum. I hope Maher picks
someone good...say, some brain-damaged tea party type.

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There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:29:09 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/2/14, 7:21 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:40:55 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:10:53 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/2/14, 4:27 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:

Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.

===

Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly
understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for
that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing
yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.
It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in
my opinion.


It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short
period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number
1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns. I
think it turned south shortly thereafter.

I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the
advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly
to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.





Can't even get a half dozen posters to behave decently *here* . You have
expectations for the country at large?

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Define exactly what you mean by behaving decently. Would you like us
to overlook or ignore every outrageous statement that you make? Would
you like us to overlook or ignore every instance of your past
outrageous behavior? This is like a small town. If you wear out
your welcome it will never be forgotten.

I think he would like all of us to become like YKW, agree with everything he says and follow around
like a pup.



That reads like a perfect descriptor of the overzealous righties here
who want everyone to believe as they do on politics and follow their
doctrine like a pup and when they don't, why they'd better watch out.
I'm thankful the overzealous righties here and I disagree on just about
everything political. I'm also thankful all the righties here aren't
overzealous...just most of them.

Uh-huh.

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On Sunday, February 2, 2014 4:27:22 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:



Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.



===



Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly

understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for

that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing

yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.

It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in

my opinion.





It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short

period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number

1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns.

I think it turned south shortly thereafter.



I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the

advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly

to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.

A good article which helps explain where much of that deterioration comes from.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/31/for-third-year-in-a-row-fox-news-named-most-trusted-network-n1787328

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On 2/3/14, 11:17 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:40:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/2/14, 9:58 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:27:22 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:

Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.

===

Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly
understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for
that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing
yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.
It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in
my opinion.


It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short
period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number
1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns.
I think it turned south shortly thereafter.

I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the
advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly
to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.




I don't think politics has been civil since they took Nixon down.
That was when the press took a "no holds barred" attitude and they
could make any kind of personal attack that they wanted to.
Bringing down a politician was just putting a scalp on your belt.
A rite of passage if you want to be taken seriously as a reporter

Imagine trying to elect FDR, Eisenhower or even JFK in this climate?

Bill Maher is talking about "flipping" a congressional district, just
for the **** of it. Considering he can bring the equivalent of a
couple million dollars worth of free advertising into the contest, he
could get Bieber elected in most districts.


My understanding is that he is going to do it openly and above board and
will publicly involve his audience. That puts him a few rungs higher on
the ladder than, say, the Koch Brothers pondscum. I hope Maher picks
someone good...say, some brain-damaged tea party type.

It still brings in questions about why we allow some Hollywood asshole
to pick winners and losers.

You certainly would not like it if Fox came after Stenny and sic' ed a
million O'Reilly fans on him, specifically, to the exclusion of
anyone else..



The Koch Brothers are doing what Maher is planning to do. The difference
is, Maher will be doing it openly.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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On 2/3/14, 11:53 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:29:48 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


The Koch Brothers are doing what Maher is planning to do. The difference
is, Maher will be doing it openly.

The Koch brothers can't get the exposure for millions of dollars that
Maher gets for free.

I am curious how Viacom is going to feel about this Maher might get
fired again.


The Koch Brothers don't want to be out in the open. Maher does.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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On 2/3/14, 2:13 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:57:40 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/3/14, 11:53 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:29:48 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


The Koch Brothers are doing what Maher is planning to do. The difference
is, Maher will be doing it openly.

The Koch brothers can't get the exposure for millions of dollars that
Maher gets for free.

I am curious how Viacom is going to feel about this Maher might get
fired again.


The Koch Brothers don't want to be out in the open. Maher does.

Why are you obsessed with the Koch brothers? Do Soros, Speilberg
Bloomberg and the other billionaires who are quietly active in
politics bother you too?


Perhaps it is because the Koch brothers are pondscum. Soros, Spielberg,
and Bloomberg are not *quietly* active, by the way.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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wrote:
On Sunday, February 2, 2014 4:27:22 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:



Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.



===



Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly

understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for

that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing

yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.

It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in

my opinion.





It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short

period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number

1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns.

I think it turned south shortly thereafter.



I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the

advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly

to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.

A good article which helps explain where much of that deterioration comes from.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/31/for-third-year-in-a-row-fox-news-named-most-trusted-network-n1787328

Now that is funny.