Obama's job approval

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Nice website!

Not bad for a Commie, eh?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

So disingenuous.

But, to be fair, also totally expected.

Well played.

First you misrepresented with hypocrite. Now disingenuous? What is going on with your vocabulary?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

First you misrepresented with hypocrite. Now disingenuous? What is going on with your vocabulary?

Well since you're on a big dictionary kick and failed to see the obvious hypocrisy of pretending to care about finance, but not acting worried about it for years until some Democrat was in office -- it seems that you understanding of the word is what's lacking, not mine, since your "actions" differ from your stated "beliefs," words I pulled directly from your awesome Ctrl-V in your post.

As for being disinigenuous, as you're so enjoying the definition game "lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere."

And you're being disingenuous with your knee jerk use of "Blame Bush" as your get out of jail free card. See, the problem is that for years, the Left had its fair share of over the top rhetoric...but the Right then began to realize that if they just shouted "Bush Derangement Syndrome" whenever any truly substantive criticism was lodged, they could avoid having to actually face the issue, instead just calling their opponents lunatics. It worked. You guys shout louder and more rudely, making that tactic work well.

Now, instead of facing the obvious issues -- like your sudden, dramatic interest in the nation's finances, you guys take any criticism of THAT as "Blame Bush," even when nobody is in fact, blaming Bush, but pointing out that your sudden interest in issues that were of no concern to you for nearly a decade is in fact, disingenuous. That way, you don't have to actually answer any of the criticism, because after all, it's just those same old BDS guys who can't let it go, right?!

It's a solid tactic, to be sure, and has actually worked for years and years now, casting all opposition as deranged Bush-haters. However, it doesn't make it intellectually honest. It doesn't make it genuine, and it doesn't change the fact that no matter how often you say it, your actions completely belie this faux impartiality that you so adamantly try to portray, with an entirely predictable, and laughable lack of success.

It's really inconsequential in the big picture to me, since I don't take you seriously at all on matters like this because you want to pretend to be one way, but are quite easy to count on to always act another.

You and anyone else can refuse to take me seriously because I'm a crazy Lefty, but at least that's the reason to not take me seriously, because you think my ideas would ruin the country -- not waffling about what matters to me depending on who's doing the talking like you've become so good at doing. You can think I'm crazy and not know what I'm talking about, but at least I'm consistent in my beliefs and posts and actions regarding those beliefs -- something you don't have the luxury of saying with a straight face.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have no ties or political aspirations tied to the GOP.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I take the fact that you think enough of Republicians that you would expect them to overlook silly issues and horrible policies and act in a bipartisan manner. Sorry we let you down.

OOPS!

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Not bad for a Commie, eh?

good for a neo-con. Forgetabout a commie

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brian spencer

Well since you're on a big dictionary kick and failed to see the obvious hypocrisy of pretending to care about finance, but not acting worried about it for years until some Democrat was in office -- it seems that you understanding of the word is what's lacking, not mine, since your "actions" differ from your stated "beliefs," words I pulled directly from your awesome Ctrl-V in your post.

As for being disingenuous, as you're so enjoying the definition game "lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere."

And you're being disingenuous with your knee jerk use of "Blame Bush" as your get out of jail free card. See, the problem is that for years, the Left had its fair share of over the top rhetoric...but the Right then began to realize that if they just shouted "Bush Derangement Syndrome" whenever any truly substantive criticism was lodged, they could avoid having to actually face the issue, instead just calling their opponents lunatics. It worked. You guys shout louder and more rudely, making that tactic work well.

Now, instead of facing the obvious issues -- like your sudden, dramatic interest in the nation's finances, you guys take any criticism of THAT as "Blame Bush," even when nobody is in fact, blaming Bush, but pointing out that your sudden interest in issues that were of no concern to you for nearly a decade is in fact, disingenuous. That way, you don't have to actually answer any of the criticism, because after all, it's just those same old BDS guys who can't let it go, right?!

It's a solid tactic, to be sure, and has actually worked for years and years now, casting all opposition as deranged Bush-haters. However, it doesn't make it intellectually honest. It doesn't make it genuine, and it doesn't change the fact that no matter how often you say it, your actions completely belie this faux impartiality that you so adamantly try to portray, with an entirely predictable, and laughable lack of success.

It's really inconsequential in the big picture to me, since I don't take you seriously at all on matters like this because you want to pretend to be one way, but are quite easy to count on to always act another.

You and anyone else can refuse to take me seriously because I'm a crazy Lefty, but at least that's the reason to not take me seriously, because you think my ideas would ruin the country -- not waffling about what matters to me depending on who's doing the talking like you've become so good at doing. You can think I'm crazy and not know what I'm talking about, but at least I'm consistent in my beliefs and posts and actions regarding those beliefs -- something you don't have the luxury of saying with a straight face.






OOPS!

Ohhh you got me with a tongue twister!

I would have to say your blather was well thought out at the very least.

However, you have taken liberties in that you have zero idea of what I have said about Bush's policies in the past here, in other forums or by actually talking to others. But the big issue that you seem to miss is that we aren't discussing Bush's policies anymore. If you or one of your compadres wants to discuss them simply bring them up. I would be glad to offer my input. The fact is that while i wasn't enamored with some of Bush's decisions, Obama has far exceeded what Bush did, especially in terms of wasteful govt spending in the so called stimlus package.

Your indictment(?) of the Blame Bush quote is laughable as it is still totally relevant because of the use of it by Obama. He is still blaming Bush at every opportunity.

And I hate to tell you this but us small business owners who pay taxes, employ people and basically carry this country have been paying attention to the nations finances and how it effects us for quite some time.

I think that it is hard to keep a straight face in saying that I am anything but consistent in my posts or views. You may not like those views but you are really stretching it to say that I am either hypocritical or disingenous in my political posts on Derbytrail. Your logic in trying to make that case is laughable.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Ohhh you got me with a tongue twister!

I would have to say your blather was well thought out at the very least.

However, you have taken liberties in that you have zero idea of what I have said about Bush's policies in the past here, in other forums or by actually talking to others. But the big issue that you seem to miss is that we aren't discussing Bush's policies anymore. If you or one of your compadres wants to discuss them simply bring them up. I would be glad to offer my input. The fact is that while i wasn't enamored with some of Bush's decisions, Obama has far exceeded what Bush did, especially in terms of wasteful govt spending in the so called stimlus package.

Your indictment(?) of the Blame Bush quote is laughable as it is still totally relevant because of the use of it by Obama. He is still blaming Bush at every opportunity.

And I hate to tell you this but us small business owners who pay taxes, employ people and basically carry this country have been paying attention to the nations finances and how it effects us for quite some time.

I think that it is hard to keep a straight face in saying that I am anything but consistent in my posts or views. You may not like those views but you are really stretching it to say that I am either hypocritical or disingenous in my political posts on Derbytrail. Your logic in trying to make that case is laughable.

No, you're just like the 90% or so of other conservative political commentators who remained utterly silent for years, all of the sudden are raising hell, and acting shocked that ANYONE even noticed how disingenuous of you it is, all while pretending that those calling your $hit are the ones who are deranged, dishonest, etc. Classic GOP pot kettle projection.

Sorry dude. You and rest of them are like peas in a pod. Full-fledged GOP'ers who so transparently pretend to be somehow different than them.

Fail.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Sorry dude. You and rest of them are like peas in a pod. Full-fledged GOP'ers who so transparently pretend to be somehow different than them.

Fail.

damn and to think I've missed every post you've made calling for the removal of troops from Afghanistan, still there for Bush's war. Brass on the ground THERE have called for more troops and Obama needs more time to what?

Oh that's right important things like subsidized health care never mind the health or lives he is ultimately in charge of with the deployed troops.

IMO very hard for a guy who never had any real friends (not all his fault as his parents were more transient than gypsy's) to understand 10 friends behind you in a fight instead of 7 is an advantage and ultimately safer but let's stress on the important things like cow farts.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

damn and to think I've missed every post you've made calling for the removal of troops from Afghanistan, still there for Bush's war. Brass on the ground THERE have called for more troops and Obama needs more time to what?

Oh that's right important things like subsidized health care never mind the health or lives he is ultimately in charge of with the deployed troops.

IMO very hard for a guy who never had any real friends (not all his fault as his parents were more transient than gypsy's) to understand 10 friends behind you in a fight instead of 7 is an advantage and ultimately safer but let's stress on the important things like cow farts.

Well you missed it, because I haven't posted it. I haven't posted it because I don't believe it...that's the difference between what's actually true and the point you think you just scored, but failed. I've always thought Afghanistan was a necessary war at the time, wasn't mad about it then, and haven't completely made up my mind about what I'd like to see happen, but generally have no problem with the reccomendations coming from the brass over there. Giving them what they need is good with me.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Well you missed it, because I haven't posted it. I haven't posted it because I don't believe it...that's the difference between what's actually true and the point you think you just scored, but failed. I've always thought Afghanistan was a necessary war at the time, wasn't mad about it then, and haven't completely made up my mind about what I'd like to see happen, but generally have no problem with the reccomendations coming from the brass over there. Giving them what they need is good with me.

so then I agreed with you AND Riot in one night?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

so then I agreed with you AND Riot in one night?

$hit happens, I guess.

With the caveat that I've been slowly coming around to the idea that I'd rather we just leave Afghanistan, because it seems nearly as pointless now as the Iraq war was two weeks before we started it.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

$hit happens, I guess.

With the caveat that I've been slowly coming around to the idea that I'd rather we just leave Afghanistan, because it seems nearly as pointless now as the Iraq war was two weeks before we started it.

we we're much more successful using Special Ops and the CIA recruiting Afghan friendlies. Much different terrain and situation than Iraq. I agree we need to pull out our rank and file troops. Just destroy their poppy fields year after year from drones and try to maintain good intelligence preventing their coward counter-attacks on our civilians here and abroad. Nonetheless this enemy (radical islamics) aren't going away anytime soon if ever.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by philcski

I wasn't insured for 6 months until this week between the time I quit my job to move and when I got married because I have a preexisting condition which private insurance deems to be too expensive to cover (I'm diabetic, like at least 8% of the population), how do we go about rectifying situations such as that? What if I wasn't able to pay out of pocket for this like most people that would have been in my situation? Is it a GFY or should we have some sort of plan to protect our population from getting buried prematurely?

I don't normally get enthralled with public programs, such as Social Security, which I have paid a quarter million dollars into already in my career only to see $0 in the future, but this is something that needs to be done on the correct scale.

Phil, I don't envy people without health insurance, but I do not believe that a government run health insurance that will cost taxpayers trillions is the solution to healthcare reform. Healthcare coverage is not an inalienable or constitutional right.

There are many homeless people, but the government is not responsible for providing housing to all of them.

A lot of people lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina, but the government is not responsible for rebuilding those homes.

I happen to believe in small government. We are democracy with a free market economy. The more government gets involved, the more they seem to screw the economy. I hate pork in bills and believe that our tax money is spent inefficiently. I might be more in favor of it if the Democrats cut trillions of pork in order to really say that they don't need to raise taxes and it won't cost taxpayers a dime. But I don't like when the Democrats tell me that it won't cost taxpayers a dime when that is far from the truth.

I don't agree with Republicans on everything. I happen to be staunchly pro-choice. I happen to strongly support gay marriage, which is more than Obama can say. I do not agree with the religious right and feel that the Ruplican party has moved too far to the right and has cowtowed way to much to them. My point was, and is, all I heard from Obama and supporters a year ago was change, but it was coupled with unrealistic promises, a promise to move the center when all he has done is move the left, he promised to not tax the middle class when realistically he has to raise taxes and inscrease spending to attempt to accomplish his proposals and then lies to me that he is not. I feel like I have to criticize this guy whose lack of experience is IMO damaging this Country right now.

Why has Obama not called for his party to remove a tax cheater who heads the committee that writes tax laws? What about ACORN, a fraud of an organization that he is in bed with? He claimed he was not Washington, but he has been everything that is wrong with Washington.

As I mentioned, those with life threatening conditions currently cannot be turned down by hospital emergency rooms and there are free clinics where people can get care for lesser conditions. I don't believe a government panel making life or death decisions is good solution to healthcare problems.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

No, you're just like the 90% or so of other conservative political commentators who remained utterly silent for years, all of the sudden are raising hell, and acting shocked that ANYONE even noticed how disingenuous of you it is, all while pretending that those calling your $hit are the ones who are deranged, dishonest, etc. Classic GOP pot kettle projection.

Sorry dude. You and rest of them are like peas in a pod. Full-fledged GOP'ers who so transparently pretend to be somehow different than them.

Fail.

And you are the typical faux intellectual liberal who believes that only their voices and causes are important.

You are calling me out on what exactly? That I dont like Obama? How is this news?

What does anything I said or didnt say about Bush have to do with my feelings on Obama and his awful economic strategy?

There is a certain thought that must go through liberal minds, that equality is the golden rule. Everything and everyone must have equal time and equal space, equal praise and equal dissent. That is the only logic I can think of when you guys talk about why us Obama dissenters didnt bash Bush enough.

Maybe because we didnt think he was so bad? We liked a lot of his policies? We enjoyed his tax cuts? We dont buy all the global warming/kyoto nonsense?

So tell me Mr. Enlightened, exactly what social issues have I shifted far right on?
Abortion? no Gay rights? no Immigration? uh no Stem Cells? no

What else?

Need I say that you are a far more typical liberal way up in your ivory tower.

Feel free to cast more stones.

And I will continue to consistently and unabashedly express my right as an American citizen to point out all the errors and mistakes that Mr Obama is making.

[Cannon Shell]

I did appreciate the elevation to political commentator.

Thanks!

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

damn and to think I've missed every post you've made calling for the removal of troops from Afghanistan, still there for Bush's war. Brass on the ground THERE have called for more troops and Obama needs more time to what?

Oh that's right important things like subsidized health care never mind the health or lives he is ultimately in charge of with the deployed troops.

IMO very hard for a guy who never had any real friends (not all his fault as his parents were more transient than gypsy's) to understand 10 friends behind you in a fight instead of 7 is an advantage and ultimately safer but let's stress on the important things like cow farts.

If GW Idiot had invaded Afghanistan in the first place, or at least the region where the Taliban is snuggled up in, that would not have been in issue. It was his lies about Iraq and his ( and Rumsfeld, etc) deceptions about WHY were were going into Iraq that was unforgiveable. THAT was the war that needed ending...

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

And I hate to tell you this but us small business owners who pay taxes, employ people and basically carry this country....

Yeah, who needs soldiers or teachers or doctors or firefighters or the entire working class....they are all pretty unimportant.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

And you are the typical faux intellectual liberal who believes that only their voices and causes are important.

You are calling me out on what exactly? That I dont like Obama? How is this news?

What does anything I said or didnt say about Bush have to do with my feelings on Obama and his awful economic strategy?

There is a certain thought that must go through liberal minds, that equality is the golden rule. Everything and everyone must have equal time and equal space, equal praise and equal dissent. That is the only logic I can think of when you guys talk about why us Obama dissenters didnt bash Bush enough.

Maybe because we didnt think he was so bad? We liked a lot of his policies? We enjoyed his tax cuts? We dont buy all the global warming/kyoto nonsense?

So tell me Mr. Enlightened, exactly what social issues have I shifted far right on?
Abortion? no Gay rights? no Immigration? uh no Stem Cells? no

What else?

Need I say that you are a far more typical liberal way up in your ivory tower.

Feel free to cast more stones.

And I will continue to consistently and unabashedly express my right as an American citizen to point out all the errors and mistakes that Mr Obama is making.

Yes, because I've made a big issue out of your stand on social issues, so shifting the debate there is a good tactic to divert attention from everything I've said which makes perfect sense. That you're inconsistent and pretend to be somehow a free-thinker when you're lockstep all the way with the intellectual dishonesty that has pervaded the right, transparently so. I at least make no qualms about how far left I am and don't try to pretend I'm anything other than what I am. The whole "well I'm a conservative [when it suits me] but look, my thinking is so independant, really look, really, it is, I promise!" thing is well tread territory, and you're not the first to try it and you won't be the last to try to shift the debate to something irrelevant and away from the original debate when called on it. And good work trying to throw some Fairness Doctrine stuff in there about equal time, equal voices.

This post is one giant straw man.

As usual.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Yeah, who needs soldiers or teachers or doctors or firefighters or the entire working class....they are all pretty unimportant.

Putting words in my mouth once again.

Those are all commendable professions that have about 1% of the economic impact of small business owners in this country. You know the people who employ the majority of that same working class?

Try to have relevant comments at the very least

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Yes, because I've made a big issue out of your stand on social issues, so shifting the debate there is a good tactic to divert attention from everything I've said which makes perfect sense. That you're inconsistent and pretend to be somehow a free-thinker when you're lockstep all the way with the intellectual dishonesty that has pervaded the right, transparently so. I at least make no qualms about how far left I am and don't try to pretend I'm anything other than what I am. The whole "well I'm a conservative [when it suits me] but look, my thinking is so independant, really look, really, it is, I promise!" thing is well tread territory, and you're not the first to try it and you won't be the last to try to shift the debate to something irrelevant and away from the original debate when called on it. And good work trying to throw some Fairness Doctrine stuff in there about equal time, equal voices.

This post is one giant straw man.

As usual.

No Brian I am trying to figure out what the hell you are referring to. You call names but dont have any actual references or examples to back those names up.

I am inconsistent? Where am I inconsistent? Give me one example. Just one.

You make generalized comments and then dont even have the balls to back them up. So you are further left than I am right. Why are you better or more relevant than me?

I dont try to paint myself as any kind of fiscal centrist. If you understood the financial topics you would already know that.

You are a radical liberal. You stand lockstep on every issue with the left. Good for you. That doesnt make you any better, smarter, or more honest than the vast majority of the country that lies somewhere right of your position.

Interesting you yap about shifting the debate and topic when that is exactly what your posts have done. You have made me the topic. You didnt contribute to the discussion about the topic, you got mad because I said you are still blaming Bush. Which apparently struck a nerve. LOL

I am going today to register as an independent just to try to make your head explode.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

No Brian I am trying to figure out what the hell you are referring to. You call names but dont have any actual references or examples to back those names up.

I am inconsistent? Where am I inconsistent? Give me one example. Just one.

You make generalized comments and then dont even have the balls to back them up. So you are further left than I am right. Why are you better or more relevant than me?

I dont try to paint myself as any kind of fiscal centrist. If you understood the financial topics you would already know that.

You are a radical liberal. You stand lockstep on every issue with the left. Good for you. That doesnt make you any better, smarter, or more honest than the vast majority of the country that lies somewhere right of your position.

Interesting you yap about shifting the debate and topic when that is exactly what your posts have done. You have made me the topic. You didnt contribute to the discussion about the topic, you got mad because I said you are still blaming Bush. Which apparently struck a nerve. LOL

I am going today to register as an independent just to try to make your head explode.

THAT should DO it!