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Comment on Barack Obama vs. Liberalism by Derek

Derek — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:47:28 +0000

Nicely said. The only problem is that Obama defenders will excuse ANYTHING and EVERYTHING their hero. You can’t fix a problem until you first admit you have one. Obama lovers will NEVER admit they have a problem…

Comment on Barack Obama vs. Liberalism by Jakebinge

Jakebinge — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:12:40 +0000

Barack Obama vs. Liberalism http://t.co/qGTfGccfRY How Obama has undrmined liberalism

Comment on Badassiest Mascots 2013 – The Winner Revealed! by Orrin Johnson

Orrin Johnson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:58:16 +0000

Heh – don’t worry, Kim. At least YOUR mascot made it past the first game!

Comment on Badassiest Mascots 2013 – The Winner Revealed! by Kim Bacchus

Kim Bacchus — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:56:17 +0000

(Sigh) I guess in the real world of Badassity, ole Bucky doesn’t stand much of a chance after all.

Comment on Badassiest Mascots 2013 – The First and Second Rounds by SirWhoopass

SirWhoopass — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:35:34 +0000

Carl is not the name of the gopher. I think someone’s been sharing too much rotting fruit with the badger.

Comment on Badassiest Mascots 2013 – The First and Second Rounds by Kim Bacchus

Kim Bacchus — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:17:07 +0000

So who’s the guy hosing poor Carl the Gopher? and why is he doing so?
BTW, Does your contempt of Bucky Badger stem from the fact that he has a history of playfully fighting other team’s mascots like the University of Minnesota’s Goldy Gopher? Or is it that Bucky was inducted as a charter member of the Mascot Hall of Fame’s College Division? As for badassedy, Badgers protect themselves and their young at all costs… chasing off wolves and bears if necessary. Also know to sometimes eat coyotes…if they are not hunting together. Not to mention eating porcupines and venomous snakes for breakfast. Capable of running at speeds up to 15-20 MPH as well. And like all good college mascots, Badgers have been known to become intoxicated with alcohol after eating rotting fruit.

Comment on Badassiest Mascots 2013 – The First and Second Rounds by SirWhoopass

SirWhoopass — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:06:55 +0000

You failed to account for the fact that the Bruins are Hollywood bears. They aren’t real bears that walk around in the woods, mauling hikers and swiping picnic baskets. They get stoned and live off daddy’s money.

Comment on Uff Da. by elisapier

elisapier — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:49:51 +0000

Orrin … yes, I’ve been sharing info on various candidates and their positions on policies which impact women’s health. I think there IS a pattern (over 1,000 bills introduced in the last year limiting women’s access to care) and it’s coming from ALEC. (I’m sure you’re familiar with them.) I don’t mean to say anything about you specifically any more than I mean to say anything about the GOP women in my family (neither of whom ever introduced legislation like this). I think you’re a great guy, still do. Hope it all seems less horrid to you in the next few weeks. I believe we live in an amazingly resilient country.

Comment on Uff Da. by Orrin Johnson

Orrin Johnson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:27:51 +0000

Elisa, you’ve been posting various memes and links on Facebook that accuse Republicans generally (which I take to include myself) of being specifically anti-woman, anti-contraception, anti-rape exception for abortion, anti-women’s health, etc. You’ve been doing it for a good year, at least. In them all is the suggestion, overt or implied, that if the feds aren’t paying for something, they are banning it, and that they are doing it out of cruelty, spite, or because they think God tells them to subject women.

You’ve been around elected Republicans, including elected Republican women, your entire life. You KNOW for a fact that what you say about me, Mitt Romney, and other Republicans is not true. You KNOW that abortion would not have been banned during a Romney term, and that Roe would stay good law. And you further know that even if Roe were overturned, that abortion would STILL be legal and available in almost every state in the union. And yet even knowing they were false and grossly unfair, you continued to push those memes solely to boost your non-Republican preferred candidates. Obama’s “enemy” thing was not a once off – it was the ENTIRE THEME OF HIS CAMPAIGN. And you helped push it. Obama’s record sucked by any objective measure, and so he (and you) had to destroy R&R & the GOP (which includes me) on a PERSONAL level.

So yes, I take it personally. Obama and all of his surrogates made it so. And one of the reasons for my despair today is that people like you who I like and respect and believe(d?) was motivated by good intentions even when we disagree, had so little respect back for me that you were perfectly willing to join in that character assassination.

Republicans WILL respond to the precedent Obama set in this election (and the last WRT Palin), and respond accordingly. In the future, elections will be won not on the issues, but on who can most thoroughly destroy – personally – the other candidate. Ugly, empty, vapid, and endlessly poisoned so that even the winner would be forever hobbled.

So not only am I personally offended by what the President said, I tremble at what it means for the future of a working representative Republic.

Comment on Uff Da. by elisapier

elisapier — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:03:16 +0000

Struck by how personally you feel some of the President’s comments and policies. It’s not easy to see on the campaign – but I think almost everyone running for office does it for positive reasons, to make the world better. Sorry to see this election confirmed for some, that making it better for one group can only come at the expense of others.