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Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

jiyuu_musouka: Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

Remember that time President Bush had a date with two oil companies on the same night?

Donald_McRonald: Remember that time President Bush had a date with two oil companies on the same night?

And they all ended up in bed together?

Mukasey needs to choke on something. Like the constitution.

"Update 1: AdamB has informed us that this is perfectly legal and within the DOJ capacity in the comments, and that it is the issue of detention itself, not by extension the evidence the detention was based upon, that the Supreme Court ruling addressed. Thanks, Adam."

Hmm... I agree with a Kos posting.

jiyuu_musouka: ...

Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

God, I wish, because that would mean at some point there would be a freeze frame and credits rolling.

jiyuu_musouka: ...

Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

if only there were a laugh track

But Bush wishes pulling out of Iraq was this easy.

Attaching signing statements totally negating the point of duly passed legislation is bad enough. Doing basically the same thing to supreme court decisions just boggles the mind.

January 20 can't get here soon enough.

Donald_McRonald: jiyuu_musouka: Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?
Remember that time President Bush had a date with two oil companies on the same night?

And he had to pretend to Mr. Furley that he didn't even like oil companies even though he was in bed with both of them? That was a hoot.

If the SCs decision says that the procedures in place to determine whether you get a military tribunal or a trial in court were faulty, then how in the hell can you say that the detainees already scheduled for a tribunal should still receive a tribunal?

That's like saying, "The court determined that the procedures we used to convict all these people of murder were unconstitutional. So, we won't use those procedures on anyone else. But, we'll go ahead an execute everyone currently on death row."

SusanIvanova: January 20 can't get here soon enough.

You talk as if the replacement is going to be any better.

jiyuu_musouka: Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

Bad 80s sitcoms usually end with the hapless protagonist learning a lesson about his misguided ways at the end. There will be no such revelation here.

That stupid farkwad really believes history will see him as a great president. That is what boggles my mind.

jiyuu_musouka: Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom Eastern European bureaucracy?

/ftfy

Sounds like a job for impeachment.

Crosshair: SusanIvanova: January 20 can't get here soon enough.

You talk as if the replacement is going to be any better.

Well, I don't see how it could get much worse than the neocons. If McCain wins, same thing as usual. If Obama wins, any facepalms probably won't destabilize an entire region of the globe and plunge our economy into the shiatter.

jiyuu_musouka: ...

Why does US politics start seeming more and more like a bad 80s sitcom?

Was there any other kind?

Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

Bush is gonna take his ball and go home, you guys.

EriksMom: But Bush wishes pulling out of Iraq was this easy.

Bush doesn't want to pull out of Iraq.

Oh Snap!

I would never with death upon anyone, as it's just not my style. It doesn't feel morally right to judge someone to that extent that I say that they should live or die. It's not my place to make that judgment.

When it comes to Bush & Co., this rule still applies. I cannot, in my heart, wish death upon the man and his cronies. But I can honestly say that if, God/Buddha/Tree Goddess forbid, something tragic were to happen to them and they should shake off their mortal coil, I can't say I would be sad to see them go.

The evil they have unleashed, the damage they have done to this country, and the innocents from both sides they have killed have negated any feelings of grieving for their expiration.

Now, if you will excuse me, some black cars have pulled up and some large men are knocking on my door. I think it's my pizza. I'll be right back.

Frank N Stein: Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

No kidding. Two in a row?

21 threads greenlit today in the politics tab. 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

B-b-but the Constitution is just a piece of paper!

From the "Apparently under the impression..." thread yesterday.

mcwebe0 [TotalFark] Quote 2008-06-12 06:36:11 PM
That's really big of him to publicly state he's going to fulfill his Constitutional obligation before proceeding to change nothing at Gitmo. He's a real charmer that George W. Bush.

JQPublic: Frank N Stein: Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

No kidding. Two in a row?

21 threads greenlit today in the politics tab. 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

Personally, I think this one is slanted against all of us.

baka-san: That stupid farkwad really believes history will see him as a great president. That is what boggles my mind.

Tears run down his face at the moment he realizes what he has created. All his efforts were for naught. He knew that god was guiding him, his actions, his words, until he heard the true word of God.
God says to bush, look back upon your administration, who have you helped.
Bush sits, thinks, responds.
God says to bush, look back upon your administration, who have you hurt.
Bush sits back, thinks, he begins to cry realizing the voice he had followed so dutifully for 8 years was that of Satan, he takes the knife in his oval office desk's cabinet.
Bush kills himself as penance.

Bush has long ago decided he isn't going to be restrained by the law and the constitution. That means the ONLY way to stop Bush is impeachment and removal from office.

...And Pelosi has made it clear impeachment IS NOT going to happen. Even if it DID happen there are too many Republicans in the Senate who put their loyalty to their party before their loyalty to their nation, so Bush wouldn't ever be convicted in the Senate.

Bush knows this. So he's going to do whatever he wants, and to hell with the supreme court.

Seriously-- at this point is there ANY outrage Bush can commit at this point that would get him impeached and thrown out of office?

The precedents this guy is setting is just...horrific.

JQPublic: 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

That's because this is about Freedom and the Rule of Law, both of which are not Republican ideals. Republicans are about LIMITING those things.

Last time I checked, when the SCOTUS says something is or isn't constitutional, thats it. End o' story mang. Who suddenly gave these Attorney Generals the kind of power where they can say "Uh... they apply, sure. But not here."

Riche: Seriously-- at this point is there ANY outrage Bush can commit at this point that would get him impeached and thrown out of office?


My money is on October, when he attacks Iran.

Color me unsurprised.

baka-san That stupid farkwad really believes history will see him as a great president. That is what boggles my mind.

Classic sociopathic behaviour. The kind that makes a guy walk out of a house where he's just murdered eight kids smiling at the great job he just did, and wondering why the cops still seem angry.

jakomo002: JQPublic: 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

That's because this is about Freedom and the Rule of Law, both of which are not Republican ideals. Republicans are about LIMITING those things.

Hahahaha like being Republican has inherent legitimacy or something. I wish someone like JQPublic would just acknowledge that there must be some point to cross that would make Republicans DESERVING of criticism.

I blame Bush.

Go ahead boosh and company. Go ahead and just keep doing what you're doing. The charges just keep adding up. I long for the day I see you torn to shreds on the stand at your trial and the day i get to piss on your grave. You've earned every bit of scorn that gets thrown your way.

/Not mad, I'm patient

JQPublic: Frank N Stein: Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

No kidding. Two in a row?

21 threads greenlit today in the politics tab. 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

Maybe the Republican should stop doing asinine things?

FTFA: Thanks everyone for a very interesting (if not confusing) discussion. CW


Awww... *offers muzzle rubs*

JQPublic: Frank N Stein: Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

No kidding. Two in a row?

21 threads greenlit today in the politics tab. 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

Someone wiser than me once noted that reality tends to have a liberal bias.

Space_Poet: Go ahead boosh and company. Go ahead and just keep doing what you're doing. The charges just keep adding up. I long for the day I see you torn to shreds on the stand at your trial and the day i get to piss on your grave. You've earned every bit of scorn that gets thrown your way.

/Not mad, I'm patient

Yeah. Thats not going to happen. Bush will leave office and go on and have a library named after him, or something and retire in Crawford, TX. End of story.

Sorry to break it to you.

In 40 years or so, I'll take myself up to his grave and piss on it.

Just to let him know how I feel, and have felt about his Presidency.

America, gutted from the inside out by it's own President and company. Never would have thought I'd see this at home.

Are we talking Mukasey or Gates? Because Gates is an Ag and I farking hate him.

dahmers love zombie: Someone wiser than me once noted that reality tends to have a liberal bias.

If that were true, gun control would work.

jakomo002: JQPublic: 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

That's because this is about Freedom and the Rule of Law, both of which are not Republican ideals. Republicans are about LIMITING those things.

I was pointing out the bias in what gets greenlit, whether it has merit or not. 11 out of 21 threads against GOP, with zero against the Democrats. If it's damning to Republicans, it will get greenlit.

Yesterday, a FARKer asserted that the ratio of Democrats to Republicans posting on these political boards was equal, "maybe a few more liberals" was her quote. I counted and the ratio of left vs. right posters was 13 to 1. Later that evening the ratio had worsened to 20 to 1.

Frank N Stein:
Yeah. Thats not going to happen. Bush will leave office and go on and have a library named after him, or something and retire in Crawford, TX. End of story.

Sorry to break it to you.

Yea, I know, the rich don't get punished, they just scatter to their mansions and get replaced. See, there's no reason to get mad anyway...

Crosshair: SusanIvanova: January 20 can't get here soon enough.

You talk as if the replacement is going to be any better.

How could they POSSIBLY be any worse?

dahmers love zombie: JQPublic: Frank N Stein: Can we please stop green lighting Daily Kos articles?

Please?

No kidding. Two in a row?

21 threads greenlit today in the politics tab. 11 slanted against Republicans, 0 slanted against Democrats.

Someone wiser than me once noted that reality tends to have a liberal bias.

The backwash are usually too stupid to understand.