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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 17:20:11 GMT -5
Far as I know, Scott Brown is a Republican. When he stated the above, he was speaking at a Tea Party rally being held to battle the healthcare initiative. Last year sometime, if my memory serves me.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 17:22:35 GMT -5
The big difference here is that conservatives report and condemn such behavior. Liberals bus more in. Another case of blatant liberal hypocrisy. Heh. I live in a highly conservative area. I'm aware of a couple of occasions where herds of folks were being bussed to conservative rallies and functions. That's not a gambit exclusive to liberals.
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Post by ed1066 on Feb 25, 2011 17:24:13 GMT -5
No video = didn't happen.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 25, 2011 17:27:10 GMT -5
Far as I know, Scott Brown is a Republican. When he stated the above, he was speaking at a Tea Party rally being held to battle the healthcare initiative. Last year sometime, if my memory serves me. I know Brown is a republican and campaigned as a republican. Brown was one of the few republicans who voted to overturn of DADT. Brown falls into the category of RINO.
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Post by b2r on Feb 25, 2011 17:27:34 GMT -5
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 25, 2011 17:30:11 GMT -5
No video = didn't happen. LOL-even though Georgia Congressman Paul Broun and his office acknowledge it happened. Sad state of denial.
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Post by safeharbor37 on Feb 25, 2011 17:35:49 GMT -5
[size=2] Today at 3:56pm, safeharbor37 wrote: The big difference here is that conservatives report and condemn such behavior. Liberals bus more in. Another case of blatant liberal hypocrisy.
Heh. I live in a highly conservative area. I'm aware of a couple of occasions where herds of folks were being bussed to conservative rallies and functions. That's not a gambit exclusive to liberals. [/size] The difference again is the behavior. You don't find conservatives intentionally busing in troublemakers. We're talking about the uncouth union thugs currently behaving obscenely in numerous demonstrations. [Many of them government employees, probably most, but it's hard to say.] The point I made is that the uncouth and obnoxious are condemned by conservatives while they are bused in and encouraged by liberals. Your attempt to distract from the point is another typical liberal diversion.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 17:39:06 GMT -5
[size=2] Today at 3:56pm, safeharbor37 wrote: The big difference here is that conservatives report and condemn such behavior. Liberals bus more in. Another case of blatant liberal hypocrisy.
Heh. I live in a highly conservative area. I'm aware of a couple of occasions where herds of folks were being bussed to conservative rallies and functions. That's not a gambit exclusive to liberals. [/size] The difference again is the behavior. You don't find conservatives intentionally busing in troublemakers. We're talking about the uncouth union thugs currently behaving obscenely in numerous demonstrations. [Many of them government employees, probably most, but it's hard to say.] The point I made is that the uncouth and obnoxious are condemned by conservatives while they are bused in and encouraged by liberals. Your attempt to distract from the point is another typical liberal diversion. Oh, yes, conservatives do. That's precisely what I'm talking about. These folks were, most definitely, being intentionally taken, by bus, out of the state and into another state for the purpose of beefing up the crowd at a rally. They were anxiously preparing their signs and slogans, and some were ... how shall I put this? ... ermmm ... not peaceful. Yeah. Not peaceful. Truth bother you?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2011 17:40:21 GMT -5
The GOP governor... on TAPE just said they considered planting troublemakers in the crowd! ... and it wasn't a moral objection that stopped him from doing it... but a tactical one...
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Post by safeharbor37 on Feb 25, 2011 17:48:17 GMT -5
The truth never bothers me. I'll stand by what I posted and you are welcome to embrace your distortions.
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Post by verrip1 on Feb 25, 2011 17:49:10 GMT -5
A plant sounds about right. A setup. Just a soundbite to allow self-righteous bags of hot air to wail and moan. Again.
I can't see why any of you give any credibility to hogwash like this. It's just the same old crap from the same old crapthrowers.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 18:35:36 GMT -5
Sadly, I distorted nothing. I saw the signs with my own eyes, and talked to a few of the people going, safe. That's the way it was.
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 25, 2011 18:53:30 GMT -5
They made a movie about assassinating W so there are plenty of loonies on each side. Who is "They" in this statement?
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Post by marjar on Feb 25, 2011 20:11:34 GMT -5
[size=2] Today at 3:56pm, safeharbor37 wrote: The big difference here is that conservatives report and condemn such behavior. Liberals bus more in. Another case of blatant liberal hypocrisy.
Heh. I live in a highly conservative area. I'm aware of a couple of occasions where herds of folks were being bussed to conservative rallies and functions. That's not a gambit exclusive to liberals. [/size] The difference again is the behavior. You don't find conservatives intentionally busing in troublemakers. We're talking about the uncouth union thugs currently behaving obscenely in numerous demonstrations. [Many of them government employees, probably most, but it's hard to say.] The point I made is that the uncouth and obnoxious are condemned by conservatives while they are bused in and encouraged by liberals. Your attempt to distract from the point is another typical liberal diversion. Oh, yes, conservatives do. That's precisely what I'm talking about. These folks were, most definitely, being intentionally taken, by bus, out of the state and into another state for the purpose of beefing up the crowd at a rally. They were anxiously preparing their signs and slogans, and some were ... how shall I put this? ... ermmm ... not peaceful. Yeah. Not peaceful. Truth bother you? Conservatives most certainly do bus for the purpose of inflating crowds.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 25, 2011 20:26:34 GMT -5
No video = didn't happen. Yeah, that's pretty much my sentiment, too. I also couldn't find any video of Scott Brown making the Browing comment, but you have to admit it is at least clever if he did. Has a little more style, than, "I'm gonna f*** you in the a** you homosexual*ot".
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Feb 25, 2011 20:29:51 GMT -5
IF by bussing in crowds, you mean that conservatives buy tickets and attend rallies- yes. If you mean dumping a bunch of students in Madison, WI that have no idea why they're there or what's going on...um, no. I can state categorically, that doesn't happen. Ever. And can you even imagine the blowback if a conservative teacher abused his authority over their classroom to get high school students to a TEA Party rally? And isn't it interesting we can almost always find video to back it up? You know the left would run these clips if they had anything legit. www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-vid-wis-hs-students-admit-teachers-bringing-them-to-protests-but-dont-know-why-theyre-there/
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Post by safeharbor37 on Feb 25, 2011 20:36:35 GMT -5
TWIMC; FYI, I don't intend to respond on this thread again and I certainly am not going to respond again to drivel like the above. Neither I nor anyone I'm aware of has even suggested that conservatives don't bus to events participants. I made that clear and changing the subject or deflecting the subject is both nonproductive and essentially dishonest. I stand by what I said.
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Post by formerexpat on Feb 25, 2011 21:10:51 GMT -5
Nope, you're not remembering correctly. [/size]
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 21:16:21 GMT -5
You're correct, formerexpat. My memory was faulty. I've looked up the comment and it was on a sign, apparently, held by a member of the Tea Party audience. My error.
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Post by formerexpat on Feb 25, 2011 21:46:27 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I don't know if it was really a fringe right person that feels they identify with the tea party or someone from the fringe left infiltrating a rally with the attempt to make the tea party look bad.
Most the people I know who identify with the tea party were most closely aligned with Ron Paul in the last election and saw our choices for the last election as left with McCain [considering he was vetted for the Democrat VP ticket - TWICE] and just about as left as you could get with the most liberal Senator in Obama.
There are a lot who identify with the tea party that are coming into their political maturity [i.e. Gen Y] and realizing the financial consequences of the promises that have been made by politicians to the Boomers for the past 30+ years that are unable and will not be paid...at least by Gen Y.
But I guess every group is bound to get some bad seeds. [/size]
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Post by ungenteel on Feb 25, 2011 22:07:05 GMT -5
<<Georgia Congressman Paul Broun (R) has confirmed that he received this question at a town hall on Tuesday: "Who's going to shoot Obama?">>
What can you say .. some righties are effing creepy .. I sincerely hope that the dimbulb that made the suggestion .. finds his way to the slammer for a long time
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 25, 2011 22:07:23 GMT -5
I think that's the point several of us have been trying to make, formerexpat. There are jerks everywhere, and the jerks there are aren't limited to any particular political party, religious belief, or nationality. If a person makes an arse of him/herself in public, it's that individual's responsibility and shouldn't reflect on others who might be in the same place, or support the same things.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 25, 2011 22:16:14 GMT -5
I think that's the point several of us have been trying to make, formerexpat. There are jerks everywhere, and the jerks there are aren't limited to any particular political party, religious belief, or nationality. If a person makes an arse of him/herself in public, it's that individual's responsibility and shouldn't reflect on others who might be in the same place, or support the same things. Which was my whole point. Notice this thread's title and first line (for those who are completely oblivious): Conservative Thug: "Who's going to shoot Obama?" CIVILITY ALERT!Now notice this thread title and first line: AFSCME Thug "I'll f*** you in the a** you fa**ot" CIVILITY ALERT!My thread was started after the AFSCME thread. No one group has cornered the market on being complete jerks.
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Post by marjar on Feb 25, 2011 22:21:00 GMT -5
<<Georgia Congressman Paul Broun (R) has confirmed that he received this question at a town hall on Tuesday: "Who's going to shoot Obama?">> What can you say .. some righties are effing creepy .. I sincerely hope that the dimbulb that made the suggestion .. finds his way to the slammer for a long time Being a jerk isn't limited to a political ideology. No group is exempt from jerks.
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Post by vonnie6200 on Feb 25, 2011 22:22:26 GMT -5
I think that's the point several of us have been trying to make, formerexpat. There are jerks everywhere, and the jerks there are aren't limited to any particular political party, religious belief, or nationality. If a person makes an arse of him/herself in public, it's that individual's responsibility and shouldn't reflect on others who might be in the same place, or support the same things. Which was my whole point. Notice this thread's title and first line (for those who are completely oblivious): Conservative Thug: "Who's going to shoot Obama?" CIVILITY ALERT!Now notice this thread title and first line: AFSCME Thug "I'll f*** you in the a** you fa**ot" CIVILITY ALERT!My thread was started after the AFSCME thread. No one group has cornered the market on being complete jerks. Slight difference here - the AFSCME thread was about a union "thug" getting totally in the face of a reporter and trying to intimidate vs. an older person who made (self admitted) a bad joke there really is a difference
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Feb 25, 2011 22:52:57 GMT -5
But the Pubs have cornered the market on sneakiness, lying, and being bought off by big money...obviously. Corporations are spending 30x+ on lobbyists as unions are, and it's getting WORSE. And the last 30 years have been the Voodoo bloating of the rich, the squeezing of the non rich, leaving us with a bubble of fraud and almost ANOTHER Pub Great Depression. How dumb can the US get? TY
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Post by vonnie6200 on Feb 25, 2011 23:08:40 GMT -5
But the Pubs have cornered the market on sneakiness, lying, and being bought off by big money...obviously. Corporations are spending 30x+ on lobbyists as unions are, and it's getting WORSE. And the last 30 years have been the Voodoo bloating of the rich, the squeezing of the non rich, leaving us with a bubble of fraud and almost ANOTHER Pub Great Depression. How dumb can the US get? TY Well I wanted to say "You are kidding right!" but I know you are not and all I can say is if you think the dems are taking care of you, you need to be paying a lot closer attention
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Feb 25, 2011 23:32:26 GMT -5
Wrong again.
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Feb 25, 2011 23:33:45 GMT -5
Obviously. Any actual argument, misled one?
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 26, 2011 0:11:52 GMT -5
Which was my whole point. Notice this thread's title and first line (for those who are completely oblivious): Conservative Thug: "Who's going to shoot Obama?" CIVILITY ALERT!Now notice this thread title and first line: AFSCME Thug "I'll f*** you in the a** you fa**ot" CIVILITY ALERT!My thread was started after the AFSCME thread. No one group has cornered the market on being complete jerks. Slight difference here - the AFSCME thread was about a union "thug" getting totally in the face of a reporter and trying to intimidate vs. an older person who made (self admitted) a bad joke there really is a difference "older person who made (self admitted) a bad joke"LOL. Right-sure. And the old man ended up with the Secret Service at his door. Some funny joke. It cost us taxpayers money because of his bad joke. (Time away for the Secret Service agents who have more important things to handle than some bad joke from a disgruntled citizen.) Time to get the old man on some Aricept.
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