After I got home from the pre-debate rally on campus, I sat down and watched the debate. Only two things to mention here:
1) Hillary didn’t officially concede last night, but she laid the ground work for her March 5 concession speech when she does bow out. She’s done. Hillary wouldn’t repeat last night that she doesn’t believe that Barack is unqualified to be the next Commander in Chief (he is unqualified), because she knows that her statement would be in a John McCain ad by today.
2) Barack Obama said that our troops in Afghanistan have resorted to using Tal-eee-bahn (yes, that’s how he pronounced it) weapons because they don’t have enough of their own. Which, of course is total bullshit. We are not using rocks and Ak-47s picked up off the streets to fight the Tal-eee-bhan. US troops, as a matter of procedure do confiscate any enemy weapons that they recover, but we don’t turn around and re-use them. Perhaps if Barack had ever served in an infantry unit — or any armed services unit — he’d know how stupid what he just said was.
However, if he would like to ensure our troops are better armed, that’s fine — quit threatening and voting to defund the war, then, asshole.
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Neither of them defended English as the official language of this country.
Both of them spent the entire immigration part of the debate pandering to Hispanics – all of a sudden the border fence is terrible, we need to stop the raids, citizenship for all.
I’m surprised they didn’t say the official language of the US should be changed to Spanish.
“Tahl-eee-ban” is how it’s pronounced outside of Mayberry RFD. I know, after 7 years with the class clown at the podium itmight be hard to recognize plain English when it is spoken. Get used to it.
This really sums up B-HO’s ignorance on military matters.
Cluebat to Moonbat, the way we get out of a war is called VICTORY!
Since “victory” is the only way out of Iraq, then enlist and help us win; we need you!! If not, then it is clear that you don’t want a free Iraq because you’re not willing to sacrifice what it takes to achieve it. Which leads to only one conclusion: you’re a warmongering chickenhawk like the rest of the Limbaugh wing.
The great Adam Smith had you guys pegged 230 years ago:
“In great empires the people who live in the capital, and in the provinces remote from the scene of action, feel, many of them, scarce any inconveniency from the war; but enjoy, at their ease, the amusement of reading in the newspapers the exploits of their own fleets and armies . . . .
They are commonly dissatisfied with the return of peace, which puts an end to their amusement, and to a thousand visionary hopes of conquest and national glory from a longer continuance of the war.”
[Editor --- You do know that myself and N2L are both Veterans of the US military, right? So, we have both signed that check already. What check? This one: "A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life." I get the distinct impression that you yourself have never written such a check, have you? The "chickenhawk" meme is one of the weakest arguments ever --- but you're made to look all the more stupid for levying it against people who have already put their lives on the line for you and the rest who have not.]
Fuck you weenie, I’m a vet. You enlist.
From Flopping Aces.
Nice try but I’m not asking other people’s children to go fight in your Republican war of choice. I think you can re-enlist until you’re 42 these days, hell, there’s 50 year-olds getting clipped by IEDs over there. What are we doing with middle-aged men in Iraq when there are so many brave young patriotic College Republicans and Keyboard Kommandos who would surely step up when their country needs them? From my reading, a substantial majority of Warbloggers sincerely believe that the GWOT is actually The Glorious War for the Survival of Democracy and Western Civilization. America is like brave Leonidus battling Xerxes and his evil brown horde. Surely that calls for extraordinary sacrifice on the part of those who believe such nonsense. Now I’m off to the mall for some power-shopping!
Fact-checking time:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/from-the-fact-3.html
I called the Obama campaign this morning to chat about this story, and was put in touch with the Army captain in question.
He told me his story, which I found quite credible, though for obvious reasons he asked that I not mention his name or certain identifying information.
Short answer: He backs up Obama’s story.
Ooh, Pat has his LLL talking points ready to copy and paste.
Yeah, the islamofascist are really nice people, if we would just sit down with them and talk, just chat. I’m sure you believe that crap, which makes your Moonbattiness even more sad.
This guy makes more sense than you do.
Oh, you called the B-HO campaign, and they put you in touch with the Captain, and you find his story credible. Henh. First of all, why should anyone believe a Moonbat like you, and secondly, if you find his story credible, I have some nice beach front property for sale, with a special price, just for you.
/lol
File this one under “even a blind squirrel can find an acorn.”
Neither of them defended English as the official language of this country. … I’m surprised they didn’t say the official language of the US should be changed to Spanish.
Dianne- What’s the point of an official language? To forbid hospitals from hiring translators for patients? No thanks.
Maybe the point is to ensure that every person does know English. And to ensure that companies, such as the Salvation Army, cannot be sued when they insist that all of their employees are able to speak English.
Sounds reasonable enough to me.
If you don’t know English, there’s a better than good chance that you are not hear legally (the ability to speak and write in English is a requirement to be a naturalized citizen).
Preston – who do you think pays for those translators? Hint – you and me … while we’re also paying the bill for the illegal immigrant using the services.
And, paying the bill for printing government/state forms in multiple languages …
And, paying the bill for providing ESL teachers and special classrooms for them
“Ooh, Pat has his LLL talking points ready to copy and paste”
Says who?
Yeah, N2L is most original right wing lunatic of his own Internet Universe who copy, paste and shits hundreds of useless comments per week on various right wing blogs.
Get-A-Life you Fruitcake.
Henh, the little ankle biting commie attack poodle from Amsterdam.
Still doing google searches on me, eh, piss ant?
Henh.
I found something really good the other day, and saved it just in case you showed your stupid ass again.
The Netherlands Fouls Its Own Nest.
This sums up Jacqazz quite well, a passive sheep that believes the BS the Marxist have indoctrinated him with.
“I found something really good the other day, and saved it just in case you showed your stupid ass again.”
Thank you for making my point. you mental fuckin’ idiot: Copy, Paste and Shits useless comments on a daily basis
Thank you for making mine, you boot licking commie bastard.
Blow me.
Eat shiite, Jacqazz.