The once proud Republican Party

[swede]

Re: The once proud Republican Party

Statements from historical Republicans ...
>> "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" - Abraham Lincoln

>> "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." - Theodore Roosevelt
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>> "There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure." - Dwight D Eisenhower
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>> "A people free to choose will always choose peace. ." -Ronald Reagen
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>> And for today"s (hysterical?)Republicans ...
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>> ""I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran
for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if
the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't
have had all these problems over all these years, either," - Trent Lott

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>> "But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime,
you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort
every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go
down"- Bill Bennett
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>> "Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings."- Sarah Palin
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>> "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he -- he dove for the floor."- Mike Huckabee
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>> ""I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."- Mitt Romney
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>> "As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else.... It's being drawn to Iraq and it's not being drawn to the U.S. You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States." --Sen. Rick Santorum
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>> "Congressman Hoekstra and I are here today to say that we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons.” –Sen. Rick Santorum
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>> "This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca, or whatever his name is. - George Allen
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>> Maf54: "well I have aa totally stiff wood now"- Mark Foley

What an intelligent post from the party of Blagovich.

[BallHawk]

Re: The once proud Republican Party

What an intelligent post from the party of Blagovich.

What an intelligent post from the party of Dan White.

[Kiwon]

Re: The once proud Republican Party

What an intelligent post from the party of Blagovich.

What an intelligent post from the party of Dan White.

Burning a candle for Harvey Milk?

Where's your humanity? Dan White was a victim. He had a disease. Evolution played a cruel trick upon him. He was not responsible for his actions. It was the Twinkies.

The Twinkie Defense

The expression derives from the 1979 trial of Dan White, a former San Francisco, California (U.S.) Supervisor who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on November 27, 1978. At the trial, noted psychiatrist Martin Blinder testified that White had been depressed at the time of the crime, and pointed to several factors indicating White's depression: he had quit his job; he shunned his wife; and although normally clean-cut, he had become slovenly in appearance.

Furthermore, White had previously been a fitness fanatic and health food advocate, but had begun consuming junk food and sugar-laden soft drinks like Coca-Cola. As an incidental note, Blinder mentioned theories that elements of diet could worsen existing mood swings. Another psychiatrist, George Solomon, testified that White had "exploded" and was "sort of on automatic pilot" at the time of the killings.

The fact that White had killed Moscone and Milk was not challenged, but — in part because of the testimony from Blinder and other psychiatrists — the defense successfully persuaded the jury that White's capacity for rational thought had been diminished; the jurors found White incapable of the premeditation required for a murder conviction, and instead convicted him of voluntary manslaughter.

[sheepshead]

yeah except my list was presidents, presidential candidates and the speaker of the house. Mark Foley?? give me a break

[bobblehead]

Care to show me the out of context quote?

When a caller suggested that legal abortions had depleted the tax base for Social Security, Bennett counseled against such utilitarian arguments. "I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could—if that were your sole purpose—you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down," Bennett volunteered. "That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So, these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky."

Thats a little more in context, but don't let intellectual honesty get in the way of good copy. I would argue he was stupid for not knowing that using such a polarizing statement would be taken out of context...but he was saying exactly the opposite of what you and others tried to make it sound like he was saying. I'll just end with this.

And the prostitute is Ramiele Malubay. Looks like somebody you'd find in the Red Light District of Bangkok.

[sheepshead]

Kiwon,

The election if over. Get over yourself.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA oh that's right. We're supposed to behave like the left has during the last 8 years? Give me just a little break here.

[BallHawk]

And the prostitute is Ramiele Malubay. Looks like somebody you'd find in the Red Light District of Bangkok.

Sorry, I didn't realize I was an elected official of the Democratic party.

Really had to dig that up, didn't you?

I guess my aspirations to run for public office are pretty sabotaged now.....

[bobblehead]

And the prostitute is Ramiele Malubay. Looks like somebody you'd find in the Red Light District of Bangkok.

Sorry, I didn't realize I was an elected official of the Democratic party.

Really had to dig that up, didn't you?

I guess my aspirations to run for public office are pretty sabotaged now.....

My point was "out of context".

[BallHawk]

I don't see how it's out of context. I made a joke about Thai prostitutes. Sure it could be distasteful, but oh well.

I'll admit I may have one or two of the quotes of context, but most of those quotes are what they appear to be.

And I didn't even use Nixon....

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Kiwon,

The election if over. Get over yourself.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA oh that's right. We're supposed to behave like the left has during the last 8 years? Give me just a little break here.

Ok. So, you are going to apologize to the left for criticizing them for what you now deem is ok for yourself?

Or, will you just acknowledge that you are a hypocrite?

[swede]

Kiwon,

The election if over. Get over yourself.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA oh that's right. We're supposed to behave like the left has during the last 8 years? Give me just a little break here.

Ok. So, you are going to apologize to the left for criticizing them for what you now deem is ok for yourself?

Or, will you just acknowledge that you are a hypocrite?

Actually, I've given this a lot of thought.

On the one hand, we conservatives could be just as childish and selfish as liberal buffoons and their pet monkeys in the mainstream media have been for eight years, deliberately undercutting the administration at every turn and sacrificing American interests in exchange for cheap power grabs.


On the other hand, we could do our best to act better, live better, and be better than our liberal brethren have been in the hopes that our support might make the difference in helping a young, inexperienced President be successful.

I've decided to be childish.

[Kiwon]

I've decided to be childish.

Heck, yeah! Screw you, Tyroneous Smallus!

"Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... For tonight, we dine in hell!"