what a JOKE

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-16-2007
what a JOKE
59
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 5:32am

Please tell me that there is somebody on this board that believes, as I do, that McCain and Obama are one in the same.


Obama said throughout the whole debate, "I agree with McCain..."


MCain said throughout the whole debate, "I don't agree with Obama, but ultimately, yes, I agree."


Is anyone REALLY falling for it?  Does anyone REALLY think that things will be so dramatically different in this country whether McCain or Obama is president?  Really.


I will not be voting for either of them.


From day one, I have tried to encourage whoever I could to explore another option: someone who would actually affect Change while maintaining our rights as individuals.


Pretty much no one I know personally and no one with whom I've dialogued online has given that a chance.


I believe we, as the people, have Failed Terribly.  We could have motivated to make real change; we, as a people, chose not to.

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
In reply to: kalielu
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 3:43pm
I actually talked my son into registering for the first time this year. He registered Democrat.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
In reply to: kalielu
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 3:49pm

"I have never missed an election. Ever."

People like you are true patriots. It doesn't take some con artist whipping people up about gay marriage amendments to get people like you to the polls. You are the patriots. I thank you fellow citizen for your service and honor to your country. No joke.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
In reply to: kalielu
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 3:54pm

Nice try. When you call it the Democrat Congress you are not using proper English, you are using Rove attack language. Here is just one example:

"A politician’s image is as finely crafted as a pink flamingo made of hand-blown glass, so when something is repeated by a politician or a political party, there can be no question that it’s being done for a reason. There are no oversights; how the politician or political party is perceived is too important.

That’s why it’s no accident that President Bush and his Republican counterparts occasionally refer to the Democratic party as the “Democrat party.” They have made the conscious decision to drop the -ic when referring to their political counterparts, so that leaves us to determine the reason.

I doubt that the answer will come from Karl Rove’s new blockbuster tell-all account of the current administration since indications are that the history is considered as malleable as play dough, so let me take a guess–from the perspective of language, of course. Our system is a democratic one, and as such, the word democratic has a very positive connotation in the eyes of Americans. The goal of changing the reference to his political opponents from Democratic Party to Democrat Party is to attempt separate their opponents from something positive.

It’s subtle, and this isn’t the most heinous abuse of language I’ve ever seen, especially since it makes it seem as if the speaker just made a verbal mistake since we all know that it’s the Democratic Party. It is, however, a good reminder that we need to listen closely to the subtlety of language."

http://languageandgrammar.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/democrat-party-reference-for-a-reason/

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
In reply to: kalielu
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 3:59pm
At least I now know where the faulty logic comes from.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-25-2006
In reply to: kalielu
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 5:41pm
So this is an interesting discussion! Since you have studied this, and are saying we don't have a right to vote, do you think it would be better to select presidents as the founding fathers had first envisioned?


iVillage Member
Registered: 06-16-2007
In reply to: kalielu
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 2:21am

I'm sorry you feel that way.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2006
In reply to: kalielu
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 2:31am
I just wonder how many others like you there are living in your red state. How many others think, "my vote doesn't count". Maybe if everyone who thinks like you do went to the polls, your state wouldn't be red.

-----------------------------------------------
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2006
In reply to: kalielu
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 2:41am

Whoaaa! If you work in Balitmore you can't be living in a red state. I'm in VA and that's not gonna be red this year. WVA is up for grabs, and MD is blue, right?

Your work is important, I agree, but I bet a lot of the people you serve would appreciate it if you'd vote for Obama.

-----------------------------------------------
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-06-2001
In reply to: kalielu
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 9:15am

Democrat noun



  1. An advocate of democracy.
  2. One who believes in social equality or discounts distinctions in rank.

  3. Democrat A member of the Democratic Party.

Democratic Party

 

Pages