...appeal to the most fearful, ignorant, and hateful group of people in the country.

The Republican base.



What a motherfuckinggoddamnidiot.

Fish on...

Todd

The man in the mirror. Todd

Fear, hatred and intolerance ARE the "core conservative values" after all...

Illy, I think you need to trot on back to some website where they actually think your one sentence responses are clever, rather than the empty and idiotic "observations" that they are.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. The only "war on Christianity" I see is the one waged by so-called Christians every day, who fail to show virtually any semblance of Christ-like or Christian behavior.

SO the message I got from Mr Perry is that "we want to disciminate against others, but don't you dare discriminate against us". . . . . .. .???????

Right wing fundamentalist fruitcakes have determined that the best way to get their way is to be the most hate filled and belligerent selves as they always have been, but when someone complains about it or tries to stop it, that's when they trot out the "tolerance", "compassion" and other bullschit that they have none of themselves.

Tolerance does not including tolerating hateful bigots.

Fish on...

Todd

Tis regrettable that all the hate and discontent is constantly aired,
rather than a bit of honest common ground seeking.
Hell used to be Republicans and Democrats and their subdivisions
were, first of all, Americans and proud of it. Now we got lots
more folks with loyanty to this and that wing, Dems. Libs, Republicns,
Independents and conservatives etc ad nauseaum.
The country is fragmented. Who is responsible?
I can hear the denials and accusations already. Along with the trash
mouths.
England has the same problem with lots of folks more loyal to their
political classification than England.
Their history from the time of the Boer Wars on is a classic example
of party over country.
We'll be there soon.
Sad

Todd I am sorry that I don't use enough foul language to make my posts
more intellegible to you. Guess that goes for Aunty Moo too.
However, if gratuitous foul language is what it takes to sound
literate and witty, I guess I will just have to limp along.

All that is needed to sound literate and witty...is literacy, and wit.

You've got literacy, in spades...your wit is fairly witless, unless you count saying nothing, with great literacy, to be "witty".

Fish on...

Todd

Coincidence, or is there just something fundamentally wrong with the water in Texas ?

Lol That was a pretty good witticism odd. AND no foul language for
a change. Perhaps I convict you prematurely. Naw, for a man that
has all that background you are still fos.

Wasn't there a Senator Craig that had a similar MO ?

Real men don't need to bash gays to feel like real men...and real candidates don't have to resort to acting like foolish children so that they can the foolish children to vote for them.

Perry is a fool, but less foolish than those who would vote for him.

Fish on...

Todd

Seems to work the same for both parties. Pander to the group or groups that are likely to vote for you and if you win the office do what the BIG money contributors,who donate to both sides, want. The system is broken.

Perry is a tool.

Every time I hear, "I'm a Christian and...." I am either going to hear hate speech, ignorance, a lie, or all of the above.

What I would like to hear out of a candidates pie hole is what he or she would do, that's all.

Ahhh Ramirez, one of my favorite cartoonists. He gets it right so
often. pun intended

JG,

Just read in this morning's paper that Ron Paul, who won't be elected, nonetheless would immediately eliminate 5 federal departments as his first step in government downsizing. That almost sounds appealing to non-thinkers. The 5 are: Energy, Commerce, Interior, Education, and HUD (Housing and Urban Development). So immediately there would be no FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), BPA, TVA; no Census Bureau, NOAA (Weather Service, Ocean Service, NMFS, NIST, and others; Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, BIA. There are other agencies, but I couldn't think of them without looking them up. Anyway, that's what Ron Paul says he would do, and also put the US back on the gold standard.

Anyway, I began thinking about what some of these agencies do, and the economic and functional chaos that would ensue with immediate, not gradual phasing out, elimination. The upshot is that even when politicians tell us things they would do, it seems like they only make good soundbites for the uninformed.

Sg