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The Weekly Standard: MoveOn.org's Outrageous New Ad Plays On Heartstrings To Hide A Message Of Selfishness
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- "Hey--Alex! Don''t worry, dude. I won''t be hopping the next pram to Canada if my guy isn''t elected ''cause, you know, it''s not all about me."
This is a picture difficult to imagine of the Republican we all have come to know by deed and words: It''s all about his beliefs, his values, his morals, his money, his race, his gender. - Reply to this comment
- "If the majority of Americans decide the country''s destiny is best directed by Sen. John McCain in 2008, then military personnel obey him as commander-in-chief. But they pledge to do so as part of their primary commitment to the rights embodied in the Constitution--our right to select the commander-in-chief being one of them."
Is this the same Constitution that Bush said was nothing but a f**king piece of paper he berated his national security staff not to throw at him? - Reply to this comment
- So, when can we start those "peaceful base operations such as those we have in other parts of the world?" How about tomorrow? This dangerous occupation/war/anti-insurgency has already gone on too long. I guess that kid ought to be home-schooled by a mother who does not want McCain for a president.
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- Typical Obama twisting of words and misrepresentation. This habitual and ingrained deception is what we can expect if he''''s elected.
Posted by elicatlover at 12:25 PM : Jun 29, 2008
Who gave us swiftboat? Who lied 500 times about Iraq? Valerie Plame? Global warming? How about more drilling to bring down the price of oil? The tax cuts that would benefit every American but turned out to be a giveaway for the rich? ''Ingrained deception'' is good for starters to describe the presidency of George Bush and by complicity the Republican party that delivered it to the American people. - Reply to this comment
- The new Lord''s Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven....
....and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from D.i.c.k Cheney, amen. - Reply to this comment
- WEEKLY STANDARD PROMOTED THE IRAQ WAR....ITS MEMBERS ARE AIPAC MEMBERS AND ARE PRO ISRAELI SOME ARE DUEL PASSPORT HOLDERS!
MOST OF THE WEEKLY STANDARD EMPLOYEES HAVE NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY BUT HAVE PROMOTED AMERICAN CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
IF THEY WANT TO FIGHT FOR ISRAEL SO MUCH GO LIVE THERE!
BEFORE THEY PROMOTE SENDING SOMEONE ELSES KIDS TO WAR SERVE THEMSELVES...
THEY SHOULD BE BEATEN FROM AMERICAN SHORES! - Reply to this comment
- Hey, is that you Rev. Wright?
Posted by wernet2 at 11:05 AM : Jun 29, 2008
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Rev Who?? What ARE you talking about Sparky?? I''m a Combat Veteran of Vietnam... sure am NOT a Reverand... MAYBE you need to stay away from the Koolaid?? Ready? Let the Fuhrer and Shooter hear ya!! SIEG HEIL BUSH! - Reply to this comment
- It is ruly ironic that this message of selfishness comes from the "free the rich from taxes" neocon Weekly Standard.
The message of the commercial is that a mother wants to keep her child from serving and possibly dying in an unnecessary occupation 20 years from now and she should be ashamed for doing so. Another part of the consistent message coming fromm the Weekly Standard has been that it is not selfish, but is somehow honorable, to constantly give the rich new tax breaks, because the truly rich are truly suffering under their current tax burden. - Reply to this comment
- The US government has borrowed on behalf of every family in America, $18,000 to date and growing.
So if you are a supporter of George Bush, a supporter of this war, I demand that you pay your share upfront as we go. I demand you cut a check right now to the IRS for $18,000
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Posted by kennedy7955 at 10:01 AM : Jun 29, 2008
Right and if you want a place to lay the blame for the high cost of oil. It can be placed at the feet of George Bush, due to his funding a war/occupation by printing money, not demanding any sacrifice of anyone who could actually afford it. Now the sacrifice belongs to the middle and working classes as the value of their earnings/savings are being eroded.
This is a kind of tax increase that McCain evidently intends to continue. His plan to provide huge tax cuts to the rich will again cause this miserable war and occupation to be funded by printing money. This causes the value of the dollar to decline and increases the cost of imported oil to everyone. Another 4 years of this and the citizens of the United States will be well on their way to 3rd world status. - Reply to this comment
- what a crock!
Bush and his boy, McBushCain, started this war just as
surly as they lost this war.
to continue to defend a losing military action is
criminal, to start immoral, unjust wars, to invade defensel;ess countries to improve your own re-election chances is criminal and immoral.
these clown now want to start world war three with the attacks on Iran.
All of you mindless conservatives that vote republicon without a thought every time you can,
YOU
should prepare your children and grandchildren to die for ''your'' country.
the country of the borrow and spend conservative, the corporatist fascist america, the new NAZI''s - Reply to this comment
