Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?

/Hypocrites

msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?



No facts please.

Nobody appreciates the power of the dumbass community like the GOP.

From TFA:

"While John McCain went to private school, he also went to public university," said Bounds. "The Naval Academy is as public as public gets," he added, noting that a four-year military commitment is required following school.

...do they really want to call to attention McCain's college career, where he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class?

And for that matter, aren't the right-wingers the same people who scream about the need for "school choice," and that public schools don't work?

msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?

/Hypocrites

Yes, but they're not the voting base. People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

Benevolent Misanthrope: People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

But if we don't show them the respect they demand then they'll make bad political decisions just to spite us... so it's really important to respect them and not point out their shortcomings.

Benevolent Misanthrope: People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

That must be why they're always voting against their own interests.

Benevolent Misanthrope: msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?

/Hypocrites

Yes, but they're not the voting base. People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

This is what's wrong with the country. Republicans are war-mongering, reactionary Neanderthals and Democrats are elitist prigs who would rather complain about the lack of support they get from the people they alienate than do something to correct it. And both work together to make sure they are the only game in town.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Yes, but they're not the voting base. People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

"It's like they take pride in being ignorant." - Barack Obama

Oh, this will play well. Especially after they fire back with all those elite Republican educations.

GOP plans to slam Obama for being Marxist indroctinated educated, which should play well with the base

FTFY

Sleeping Monkey:That must be why they're always voting against their own interests.

Could you explain this to me? I'm a little confused by the whole idea of "false consciousness" thing. I've gotten to the point where I just feel physically tired when some fellow liberal brings this up. Can't it be that the value hierarchies of people varies a bit, and some people think that some things are more important than their financial well-being?

msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?



Yep. And those slobbering idiots still haven't figured out that it's the intertubes that are killing their propaganda campaigns. You get what you pay for I suppose....

The message the GOP wants to get across is that Barack Obama is an "Uppity N?gg?r" and white real Americans don't like it when n?gg?rs get all uppity and start thinking they're better than the white common man.

He's not one of "us".

WHY IS BEING EDUCATED A TRAIT THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNELECTABLE?!?

Chariset: WHY IS BEING EDUCATED A TRAIT THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNELECTABLE?!?

Because Obama has a 'D' after his name. If it was an 'R' instead, there would not be a single word.

NeverDrunk23: If it was an 'R' instead, there would not be a single many monosyllabic words.

Fixamafied that for you

the Republican National Committee is again attempting to paint the Democrat as an out-of-touch elitist, this time in a mock "Barack Obama's Hawaii Travel Guide" tweaking the Democrat for having attended an elite prep school there.
...
"No one means to demean the academic successes of Barack Obama or the schools he attended," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.

Say what? You're mocking his attendance at elite schools, but your not demeaning his education? OK, Tucker, got it.

/Never trust a guy named "Tucker"
//or a guy named "John McCain"

Chariset: WHY IS BEING EDUCATED A TRAIT THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNELECTABLE?!?

Who is John Galt?

So what is the GOP trying to say?

'You voters out there: this Obama character is too smart for you idiots. Since you are all so stupid, please vote for McCain since being educated is a bad thing for this country.'

Damn shame if a President goes to someplace like Andover, Yale, or Harvard...

Or attends a private prep school...

Damn shame, I suppose, that Obama attended Columbia and THEN hit Harvard. You know, like how many other Presidents?

Lionel Mandrake: /Never trust a guy named "Tucker"

"Hi Tucker, I'm Todd."
"Hi Todd, I'm Tucker!"

/F*ck Tucker. Tucker sucks.
//And f*ck Tucker's friend Kyle

hubiestubert: Damn shame if a President goes to someplace like Andover, Yale, or Harvard...

Or attends a private prep school...

Damn shame, I suppose, that Obama attended Columbia and THEN hit Harvard. You know, like how many other Presidents?

The worst thing is that you know Obama wouldn't have been able to get into John McCain's class at the Episcopal High School. Y'know, because he'd have been a slave back then.

Is it November yet?

Benevolent Misanthrope: Yes, but they're not the voting base. People who vote republican are - more often than not - uneducated blue-collar workers who view education with contempt and suspicion.

Are these the ones who attended public schools?

*whistles innocently*

Bloody William: The worst thing is that you know Obama wouldn't have been able to get into John McCain's class at the Episcopal High School. Y'know, because he'd have been a slave back then.

Technically, in '51 when McCain attended, Kenya was gearing up for the Mau Mau rebellion. And Obama's father did get a scholarship to the University of Hawaii on Sidney Poitier's dime, but that was in 1959...

McCain is old, but let's keep it in perspective here was born in 1936. Mind you, he hasn't ever held a job in the public sector, in all that time, but he mustered out in 1981--so he's not doing too badly for someone who's never had to deal with real market forces...

hubiestubert: Bloody William: The worst thing is that you know Obama wouldn't have been able to get into John McCain's class at the Episcopal High School. Y'know, because he'd have been a slave back then.

Technically, in '51 when McCain attended, Kenya was gearing up for the Mau Mau rebellion. And Obama's father did get a scholarship to the University of Hawaii on Sidney Poitier's dime, but that was in 1959...

McCain is old, but let's keep it in perspective here was born in 1936. Mind you, he hasn't ever held a job in the public sector, in all that time, but he mustered out in 1981--so he's not doing too badly for someone who's never had to deal with real market forces...

Yes, I realize that. I was joking.

msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?

/Hypocrites

And they somehow manage to be anti-intellectual. At least they pretend to be to appeal to their base.

Mugato: msannomalley: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't most of the members of the RNC go to posh, prestigious private schools, too?

/Hypocrites

And they somehow manage to be anti-intellectual. At least they pretend to be to appeal to their base.

They don't go to Yale to get an education. They go to Yale to get a degree.

Chariset: They don't go to Yale to get an education. They go to Yale to get a degree.

They go to Yale for the connections.

The bottom line is that the Republican is the party of the rich. They counter that by managing to appeal to racists, jingoists and anti-intellectuals. Otherwise, only rich people who care only about their taxes would vote for them. Simple, really.

Bloody William: hubiestubert: Bloody William: The worst thing is that you know Obama wouldn't have been able to get into John McCain's class at the Episcopal High School. Y'know, because he'd have been a slave back then.

Technically, in '51 when McCain attended, Kenya was gearing up for the Mau Mau rebellion. And Obama's father did get a scholarship to the University of Hawaii on Sidney Poitier's dime, but that was in 1959...

McCain is old, but let's keep it in perspective here was born in 1936. Mind you, he hasn't ever held a job in the public sector, in all that time, but he mustered out in 1981--so he's not doing too badly for someone who's never had to deal with real market forces...

Yes, I realize that. I was joking.

I know. But, I wanted to take a dig at the "Common Joe" who's never pulled a paycheck away from the government. Again, he's not done bad for someone who's never had to fill out an I9...

Weaver95: And those slobbering idiots still haven't figured out that it's the intertubes that are killing their propaganda campaigns. You get what you pay for I suppose....



applicable in so many ways...

co-conspirator: Chariset: They don't go to Yale to get an education. They go to Yale to get a degree.

They go to Yale for the connections.

That too

I see a lot of people here at SMU who are pretty much here for the connections, the degree, and possibly a "good match"

more pathetic bullshiat from "maverick" mccain.

Apparently the RNC is ignoring George W Bush's educational background since he's a republican.

Mugato: The bottom line is that the Republican is the party of the rich. They counter that by managing to appeal to racists, jingoists and anti-intellectuals. Otherwise, only rich people who care only about their taxes would vote for them. Simple, really.

I think we have a winner.

stop arguing and go outside. it's gonna be mccain vs hillary. barack soetero isn't eligible to be president.

Well...a few more months until November. That means more time for the GOP to crank out shiat like this.

robsul82: "It's like they take pride in being ignorant." - Barack Obama

this will play well with the 68% of people who want us to drill, and NOW.

GaryPDX: FTFY

No you didn't. Like many congressional republicans, all you did was claim the headline said something that it didn't and then took responsibility for fixing it by not changing a single thing. Nice job.

I've never attended college. Does that mean I'm a favorite for the GOP in 2012?

captain_napalm: stop arguing and go outside. it's gonna be mccain vs hillary. barack soetero isn't eligible to be president.

Does the Klan still hold their meetings outdoors?

Ace Attorney: Does the Klan still hold their meetings outdoors?

I don't know - why don't you have barry ask harry reid? he wouldn't even have to cross the aisle and hurt his brain talking to intelligent people.

To quote a buddy of mine:

"I don't get why the GOP is attacking Obama over this, when it's spent years screaming about how public schools don't work, that parents should have the "choice" (read: funding funneled into religious schools) to go to private schools, and that private schools are more effective. Is this really an issue they want to bring up?"

Anti-intellectualism is for tards.

Frank N Stein: I've never attended college. Does that mean I'm a favorite for the GOP in 2012?

No, it means your a favorite to vote for the son of a multi-millionaire politician that thinks you care more about flag pins than the fact that the dollar is on par in value with pocket lint.

captain_napalm: I don't know - why don't you have barry ask harry reid? he wouldn't even have to cross the aisle and hurt his brain talking to intelligent people.

You are stupider than SmarterChild

/congratulations! :D
//not really D: