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When you're in a hole, stop digging.
There is no Left Wing. Left is the truth.
by BA BarackUS on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:12:05 PM PDT
It's deep enough.
They have also hung themselves with all the rope they took 8 years ago.
Metaphors are busting their balls.
Greetings from Deep Space!
by xxdr zombiexx on Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:14:03 PM PDT
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I apologize in advance for jumping the comments but I'm curious to hear an answer about this? Any theories?
I think it's great: the middle East peace process should play a role in deciding who we elect as our next President. I just don't understand why.
It seems to me, all hoopla aside, that Obama will play pretty well with the Jewish vote on election day. The demographics are certainly in his favor in terms of voting patterns and education level.
by such sweet thunder on Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:15:52 PM PDT
Some seem to think that Jews and Arabs are natural enemies, and hope that Jewish voters will turn on any politician who doesn't loathe Arabs automatically, and that Jewish voters will be won over by anyone who hates Arabs. No, it's not logical, but that's what seems to me to be the case.
How increased war in the Middle East would be good for Israel is beyond my comprehension—and I'm sure most pro-Israel and pro-Arab people (and I class myself among both groups) don't get it at all.
A conservative is just a liberal who hasn't needed a second chance yet.
by Larry McAwful on Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:32:05 PM PDT
It still doesn't make sense to me, though. Jewish people represent only a small contingent of people in the United States, and their communities seem to me to be in states that are largely not in play: NY and FL (which Obama is going to have a hard time with given the age demographics of the state.)
The only thing that I can come up with is that it would be a money thing -- trolling for McCain donations. But the problem with that is, I would have to assume that 95% of the people who take the step to donate to a campaign are politically active enough to see through this garbage.
by such sweet thunder on Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:48:13 PM PDT
...what part of the map the Republicans are thinking about. There are significant (and politically active) Jewish populations in the Philadelphia area and in New Jersey, both of which are states McCain hopes to maybe pick off from the Democrats this year. They could make all the difference.
He might also be trying to curry favor with the fundies, who see the establishment of the Jewish state as fulfillment of Biblical prophecy, and somehow supporting Israel in a war and fighting on the Plains of Armageddon amounts to "supporting" Israel. He needs to let these End Timesers know he's one of them, and this is a good way to do it.
Those are theories, anyway.
by Larry McAwful on Thu May 15, 2008 at 08:33:17 PM PDT
The best was when the Air America guy told him to go read a book and the moron came back and told him to watch a movie! Republicans have to watch movies because they are to dumb to read books!
"Go watch Pathway to 9-11!"
Signature Impaired.
by gttim on Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:57:09 PM PDT
"The cloud of mind is discharging its collected lightning, and the equilibrium between institutions and opinions is now restoring or is about to be restored."
by nom de paix on Thu May 15, 2008 at 08:04:24 PM PDT
wide narrow
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