The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[innerSpaceman]

Still - I'd be curious to see the unedited ACORN tapes. What they did might not be illegal ... and the stuff I heard wasn't even something I personally wouldn't have similarly advised a pimp/prostitute pair. But the stuff I heard, edited or not, seemed entirely unethical - no matter how compassionate - to advise.

It may have been edited, and the stuff I heard taken out of context. But they said what they said, and it was very damning. I cannot imagine what context would make it innocent.

[scaeagles]

So if you don't support ACORN you are not a common person?

If news organizations could be sued for taking things out of context there would be no news organizations left.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

So if you don't support ACORN you are not a common person?

If news organizations could be sued for taking things out of context there would be no news organizations left.

It's one thing to take something out of context- it's quite another to edit something out of context.

[JWBear]

Just read this and thought it was funny. YMMV.

You May Be A Republican If....

....You hate gays, but have a drawer full of boy-on-boy action.
....You believe we should keep condoms out of schools, because we all know without them teens won't have sex.
....You've never spent a day in the military, but question the courage and patriotism of those veterans who return with medals and scars and say that war is bad.
....You'll spend $20 billion guarding a bridge against the possibility of a terrorist attack, but won't spend 20 cents to keep it from falling down on its own.
....You believe the right to life ends at birth.
....You believe trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
....You believe "Compassionate Conservatism" means feeling sorry for the homeless veteran sleeping in the gutter as you step over him on your way to a $500 a plate Palin fundraiser.
....You believe questioning Bush was un-American, but questioning Obama is patriotism.

[innerSpaceman]

Actually, I think only the first item is purely humorous - and only descriptive of a a certain subset of Republicans or Conservatives.

But I daresay the remaining items accurately describe 96% of Conservatives. And that's not very funny.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Actually, I think only the first item is purely humorous - and only descriptive of a a certain subset of Republicans or Conservatives.

Funny you should say that...

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, the innuendo in this incident disturbs me. I have straight friends who go to gar bars once in a while. So just because he's an anti-gay crusader who we just know must be a closet case, we take licence to assume he's queer because of where he got drunk and because he had a 50/50 chance of the passenger in his car being a man.


I think it's bad enough he's a state senator who was caught driving drunk. I wish the press would leave it at that. The gay innuendo is dangerous.


Not the least because I completely believe it.

[SacTown Chronic]

Yeah, I've been to Faces a few times. But then again, I don't have a history of opposing gay rights.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Yeah, I've been to Faces a few times. But then again, I don't have a history of opposing gay rights.

Exactly!

[BarTopDancer]

Link from Fox news because it makes reading it all the more ironic.