Comments on: Politics as Scrabble

By: Stan M

Stan M — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:14:28 +0000

“We on the Right have been calling for a change in Republican tactics since the end of the Reagan Administration. Unfortunately, we keep getting RINO’s.”

Wow. The McCain campaign of wooing Bush voters by running against him is really penetrating in some quarters. Some voters appear to believe the George W. Bush doesn’t even exist!

By: Brak Onobama

Brak Onobama — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:50:47 +0000

Remember those annoying amendments to the constitution that gave people too many rights? Under Obama, we can get rid of them! Once we fill the courts with fellow haters of the constitution, we can dance around the flames while it all burns down, drumming and chanting into the long night.

It’s showtime, folks!

By: br549

br549 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:03:04 +0000

As the economy continues to tank, many will have to cut back. I will fight to keep my broadband service, for if I cut off the Internet, I will only have the air waves to know what is going on. And if Obama is elected, it’s a cinch the “fairness Doctrine” will come into being. THAT, is frightening.

By: Elise

Elise — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:30 +0000

Count me in that 59%. I’ve already decided that I’m voting against my incumbent Congressmen (one of my Senators is on the ballot).

As for gerrymandering, both parties love it. That’s a battle we can fight at the state level and probably should be. I’m at the point where I’d like to see computer-drawn districts. Just start at the northwest corner of the state, move south and east until you’ve captured enough people, call that a district, and repeat until the whole state is done.

By: Tim P

Tim P — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:46:47 +0000

Stan M said,

all the evidence points to a centrist administration with emphasis on competence, efficiency and long-range planning and results—much like the Obama campaign itself

Gee Stan, I guess I’ll just have to vote ‘present’ on that one.

By: harry McHitlerburtonstein the Conservative Extremist

harry McHitlerburtonstein the Conservative Extremist — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:06:20 +0000

Stan M:
“All the evidence points to a centrist administration with emphasis on competence, efficiency and long-range planning and results—much like the Obama campaign itself.”

So far, the evidence points to an administration run by a convictionless opportunist who will shift left once safely in office. Obama only became a “centrist” when it was necessary for him to do so. His campaign to date, much like the candidate himself, has relied upon substance-less mirages shored up by a partisan press. That is what the evidence consists of.

You can certainly bet there will be long-range planning. Liberals love to make plans. After all, they know so much more than you do how you should spend your life.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:46:44 +0000

The Scrabble analogy holds up in one other aspect: no matter what letter you impute to that blank tile, it still scores zero points.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:33:21 +0000

“”This idea that Obama is some kind of freaky mystery man who’s going to radically change the country is just silly.
Stan M””

Whats silly is supporting someone whose lofty words and promises are accepted over a clearly piss poor track record. Can you say cognitive dissonance?

By: Deekaman

Deekaman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:45:14 +0000

Stan: That’s a lotta stuff with a considerable VRWC bent. All hysteria aside, Obama is whatever he needs to be to get where he wants to go. He is everything to all people. He is the semi-black Bill Clinton (who was, of course, our first Black President). We’ll see where he goes after he’s elected (I believe it to be a forgone conclusion – the only surprise is that it is this close).

We on the Right have been calling for a change in Republican tactics since the end of the Reagan Administration. Unfortunately, we keep getting RINO’s. I’m about ready to turn Libertarian.

By: Stan M

Stan M — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:02:52 +0000

And if Obama does win in a landslide with long coattails, will the neoconservative blogosphere accept its share of responsibility and call for a re-examination of GOP tactics and ideology, or will it blame anything and everything other than itself?