Originally posted by slieb85:
Originally posted by Speedway1:
Originally posted by naturalmwa:
Another way to read that speech is he is crediting the "something stirring" that lead to Selma as also leading to his mom and dad getting together.
Spin ....Spin....Spin....Out POTUS is a LIAR. On many fronts.
OMG OMG OMG, FREAK OUT TIME!
I can't believe some of you care this much.
I predicted this at least 7-8 years ago, toward the end of the Bush era. With shitty cable news networks dominating the ratings, being followed religiously by simpletons with no real answers to problems other than "your guy sucks", politics seemed on the verge of being shifting toward solely being "my team vs. your team", a la sports. It's come much sooner than I anticipated, at least on this board. I remember LC or someone similar trying to use Aaron Burr as a counter-point.
So, great, we're at our least civil period in politics since 1804. Probably the least productive. Every single thread about a dumb Republican (or dumb Republican idea) elicits posts about Maxine Waters, Debbie W-S or Nancy P. Every thread attacking D's is sure to have some post about Bush or Palin or Rick Perry.
Unfortunately, this is what the politicians want. While idiots chirp at each other over whose guy was worse, they just keep lowering the bar and no one pays any attention to how low we're sinking, only if our team has the upper hand over the other team at this particular moment.
Christ, I don't like Obama, never voted for him, and generally disagree with his politics. Yet, I'm constantly defending him on here because no one can craft a complaint about him grounded in reality, and instead, people choose to spend their time on this shit. I can't honestly believe anyone gives 1 shit about this quote from a campaign speech, from 7+ years ago, from a guy who is already elected as many times as he can be elected, and has less than 2 years left to govern.
If some of you held your own party to the standards you hold the other party, you might actually see some real progress from our government. Since we know that will never happen, we'll get another 18 months of this stupidity before we choose between the lesser of 2 evils in November 2016.
/rant
christ you guys suck