Are all right wingers paranoid?

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Are all right wingers paranoid?
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Wed, 10-22-2008 - 9:10am

What do you make of the right-wing paranoia? Is it pervasive enough to take seriously? How do you make sense of conservatives concerns about how to take care of their families if Obama becomes president?

As it becomes more and more clear that Obama is likely to win the conservatives are becoming more desperate. They need avenues to vent and a Conspiracy Theory feels that void.

But the whole idea is so implausible. Yet, somehow they are able to rationalize it by believing the conspiracy is real and anyone who doesn’t see it is blind.

Help me out here, is they any way to diplomatically and realistic address this stuff? Are they any conservatives out there who agree that it’s bunk?

>>By Klaus Rohrich Tuesday, October 21, 2008

In October 1962 the film The Manchurian Candidate was released to rave reviews. Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Harvey, the film was about a nefarious plot that involved brainwashing, an assassin with a post-hypnotic trigger and a conspiracy to deliver the US presidency into the hands of foreign enemies whose plan it was to destroy the country from within. Eventually cracks began to appear in the plot and in the end the evildoers met their just rewards.

Fast-forward 46 years into this year’s presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. Out of nowhere Barack Obama appears on the scene full-blown and manages to snatch the democratic nomination from Hilary Clinton, despite his complete lack of experience in both domestic as well as foreign policy. In fact, Barack Obama’s experience is so thin that it isn’t even possible to ascertain exactly what he stands for, given that he voted ‘present’ on over 130 Senate bills.

Yet the mainstream media have embraced Obama as the Messiah, the Chosen One, the One Who Will Bring About Hope and Change. No matter that there is no voting record or even a clear history of Obama’s activities since graduation, save and except that he was a ‘community organizer’. Most candidates for political office including those running for dogcatcher of Gnarled Gulch, Montana face close scrutiny by the electorate and especially the media.

But it appears that no amount of subterfuge and skullduggery with which Barack Obama is associated, is enough to raise any questions about his suitability to hold the highest office in the land. Call me paranoid, but suppose there is a vast left-wing conspiracy to take over the United States, there wouldn’t be a better time to do it than now and it seems that there’s no better candidate to do it than Barack Obama. << cont’d

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 1:30pm

No, this does not "debunk" anything. It will cost a million dollars a year to IMPLEMENT.

From your link, they are clearly talking about the implementation, ie,: "more effective forms of development assistance, coordination of efforts with other countries and international organization, and continuation of existing initiatives to reduce poverty and disease in developing countries. The bill also would require the State Department to prepare several reports describing the strategy, its implementation, and the progress made on achieving the objectives for reducing global poverty."

It will not only cost us 845 BILLION dollars over 13 years, but another million a year to implement.

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 1:33pm
Despite what you feel about this, the bill did not stipulate a US pricetag AND the CBO did an analysis of the cost.

Sopal

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 1:35pm
Take a deep breath.

Sopal

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 1:41pm
It is right there in black and white. This is another thing Americans need to think long and hard about. Do we want to be paying a "World Tax" to the United Nations. If you do, elect Barack Obama.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 1:46pm
It's not what I "feel". It's what it says. It will cost U.S. FEDERAL taxpayers (although there is no "mandate" for state of local governments, per your link) 845 BILLION DOLLARS. It will also cost close to a million dollars a year to implement.
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Registered: 10-20-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 4:21pm
Well I don't have to wait until I am in the booth to decide. I decided quite a while ago and I don't tend to be one of those wishy-washy people who keep changing their minds based on polls or opinions of others. I'm pretty sure of my choice - and it is definitely not the old man. I will be voting for the smart one!
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Registered: 10-17-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 3:22am
I liked Kennedy, but if you think Obama's approach was anything like Kennedy did, please explain how...

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