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(Wall Street Journal)   If Nancy Pelosi says Bush is helping al Qaida, that's criticizing his policy. If Dick Cheney, on the other hand, says a Democratic proposal would help al Qaida, he's not criticizing their policy--he's questioning their patriotism   (opinionjournal.com) divider line
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Code_Archeologist
2007-02-22 1:51:56 PM  
How does, "President Bush should read the intelligence carefully before giving another misleading speech about progress in the war on terrorism." equate to "Bush is helping the terrorists" exactly?

I thought you had to have some basic skills in reading comprehension to be a writer for the WSJ.
 
willywanka
2007-02-22 2:11:46 PM  
Code_Archeologist: I thought you had to have some basic skills in reading comprehension to be a writer for the WSJ.

Opinion Journal is, for all intensive purposes, a completely separate entity than the WSJ editorial division.
 
PirateKing [BareFark] [OhFark]
2007-02-22 2:16:08 PM  
Patriotism is the tinfoil hat morons use to keep reality out of their brainwaves.
 
mancheese
2007-02-22 2:42:47 PM  
img.fark.net???

[image from cartoonstock.com too old to be available]

/I love double standards
 
FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2007-02-22 3:07:35 PM  
let me guess: the wsj opinion page? if so, it's about on the same level as newsmax or worldnetdaily - so hardly unsurprising.


/didn't rtfa
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 3:11:26 PM  
Oh, my. This thread should go well.
 
Gahbrone
2007-02-22 3:13:46 PM  
*ding*

Popcorn is ready!
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-02-22 3:14:24 PM  
ElVee: Oh, my. This thread should go well.

Why are you questioning Submitter's patriotism?
 
flaEsq
2007-02-22 3:14:52 PM  
Code_Archeologist: I thought you had to have some basic skills in reading comprehension to be a writer for the WSJ.

Not if you're on their opinion page and carried on Slopinion Journal, our admin's most favored wingnut cesspool
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2007-02-22 3:18:22 PM  
ElVee: Oh, my.

Hey! Good to see you in the deep end again!

This thread should go well.

No doubt.
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2007-02-22 3:22:12 PM  
Code_Archeologist: I thought you had to have some basic skills in reading comprehension to be a writer for the WSJ

flaEsq: Not if you're on their opinion page and carried on Slopinion Journal, our admin's most favored wingnut cesspool

Captains of the debate team at Our Lady of Perpetual Motion HS
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 3:25:00 PM  
D_I_A

Good to see you in the deep end again!

It's good to be back swimming with the sharks.


Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi and Cheney are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.


Somebody tell me I'm wrong.
 
muck4doo
2007-02-22 3:29:48 PM  
It's better than getting shot in the face.
 
mamoru [OhFark]
2007-02-22 3:33:57 PM  
willywanka: for all intensive purposes

what are intensive purposes?
 
Locke3k
2007-02-22 3:35:59 PM  
mamoru
what are intensive purposes?

They're "intents and purposes" for retards.

/no holes bard
 
Tanqueray [TotalFark]
2007-02-22 3:36:26 PM  
Those are purposes that are really, really intense.
 
Goldsfool
2007-02-22 3:36:45 PM  
willywanka: for all intensive purposes

what are intensive purposes?

You know, strong devotion. Gumption.
 
Mr. Anon
2007-02-22 3:37:30 PM  


Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi and Cheney are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.



Why is Pelosi evil? Is it her 'San Fransisco Liberal Values'?
 
grytpype-thynne
2007-02-22 3:41:50 PM  
Bush let bin Laden go, and then took our their enemy Saddam, and then gave them Iraq for a playground, and helped recruit terrorists all over the world.

If he was INTENDING to help al Qaeda he could hardly have done a better job.

And I AM questioning his patriotism, his intelligence, and his sanity.
 
vernonFL
2007-02-22 3:42:04 PM  
for all intensive purposes


reminds me of...

We get 'fringe' benefits, not 'french' benefits.

Steely Dan is a band, not a person.
 
cltbuilder
2007-02-22 3:42:15 PM  
Locke3k /no holes bard

Shakespeare had a butt.
 
Befuddled
2007-02-22 3:42:19 PM  
ElVee: Somebody tell me I'm wrong.

You're wrong.
 
vernonFL
2007-02-22 3:45:25 PM  
Why is Pelosi evil? Is it her 'San Fransisco Liberal Values'?


Pelosi is from Baltimore. Her family was/is a big deal here.
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 3:48:11 PM  
Mr. Anon

Why is Pelosi evil?

I note with much interest that you didn't ask the same question about Mr. Cheney.

Ms. Pelosi is evil for the same reasons Mr. Cheney is evil. They both kowtow to special interests. They're both after their own ends to gain political power, regardless of what it does to the country in the long term.

In other words, they're both professional, inside-the-beltway politicos both blinded and driven by their personal ideologies and desire for power.

Just because someone is a "Liberal" or "Democrat" doesn't make them immune from being evil. It's not a purely Republican trait, contrary to what the moveon.org crowd thinks.
 
Magruda
2007-02-22 3:48:13 PM  
Pelosi is evil because she is part of the machine.

They are all a part of the machine.
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 3:50:01 PM  
Befuddled

You're wrong.

Nuh uh, you are.

Now let's see you wriggle out of the grip of that crushing logic.
 
Lackofname
2007-02-22 3:51:18 PM  
You know, when one side says, almost verbatim, "If that party wins, the terrorists will hit us again/win", and the other says, "The actions that the President has taken have lead to more terrorist activity, as shown by and this and this ," calling them the same is monstrously asinine.
 
Bad_Seed
2007-02-22 3:51:34 PM  
ElVee

They're both after their own ends to gain political power, regardless of what it does to the country in the long term.

Congratulations. You've successfully defined "politician".
 
RevLovejoy
2007-02-22 3:52:34 PM  
Steely Dan is a band, not a person.


Maybe so, but Molly Hatchet...now SHE was hot!
 
PeopleFirst
2007-02-22 3:53:39 PM  
ElVee: Just because someone is a "Liberal" or "Democrat" doesn't make them immune from being evil. It's not a purely Republican trait, contrary to what the moveon.org crowd thinks.

Way to out yourself as a freeper. How's the trailer park, guns and Nascar doing?
 
paradroid
2007-02-22 3:57:08 PM  
The difference is that the Cheney talk always suggests that the Democrats secretly love terrorists. The Dems never go there. Losers.
 
HumbleGod
2007-02-22 3:57:44 PM  
Lackofname: You know, when one side says, almost verbatim, "If that party wins, the terrorists will hit us again/win", and the other says, "The actions that the President has taken have lead to more terrorist activity, as shown by and this and this ," calling them the same is monstrously asinine.

QFT
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2007-02-22 3:59:23 PM  
PeopleFirst: Way to out yourself as a freeper. How's the trailer park, guns and Nascar doing?


ElVee is a FREEPER! OMGWTFBBQ!!!ONE11ELEVENTY!
 
2wheeljunkie
2007-02-22 4:02:13 PM  
Mr. Anon: Is it her 'San Fransisco Liberal Values'?

Haven't you heard? Representing your constituents is now treason.
 
mild7
2007-02-22 4:03:05 PM  
The Vice President is just pointing out the obvious. The democratic plan and terrorist plan for Iraq are the same.

If the democratic plan is enacted the terrorists will claim a major victory and will have all the arms and power to turn Iraq into a haven for every terrorist in the world.

Pulling out of Iraq will cost more lives, Iraqi and American, than it will save. Democrats need to pull their heads out of their asses and see that the terrorists need to be killed in Iraq, not handed a victory.

The Vice President didn't call out Pelosi on her patriotism, but I do. Terrorists hate America, if you side with the terrorists, what does that make you??
 
Lackofname
2007-02-22 4:03:34 PM  
Haven't you heard? Representing your constituents is now treason.

If that's the case, we need to arrest a good chunk of our representatives for being loudmout morons.

/Notice how I didn't specify party or location.
 
rppp01a
2007-02-22 4:04:58 PM  
Pelosi is like Princess Leia. Sure she was hot when young, and helped to lead a rebellion, but she couldn't run an empire. She's obviously underqualified and therefore a terrorist sympathiser.

How'd I do?
 
Manic_Repressive
2007-02-22 4:04:59 PM  
RevLovejoy: Maybe so, but Molly Hatchet...now SHE was hot!

Yeah, but who'd touch her after Jethro Tull was hitting it for all those years?
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 4:05:36 PM  
PeopleFirst

Way to out yourself as a freeper.

Please read my original post a little more carefully. There's that little part about Dick Cheney that you seem to have overlooked.

My opinions are hardly welcome on Free Republic anymore. Funny that they used to be, but it isn't my positions that have changed with the wind.

My opinions were never welcome on Democratic Underground, however.

If one doesn't drink the Kool-Aid, apparently one is not allowed in anybody's club anymore.
 
gilgigamesh
2007-02-22 4:05:48 PM  
ElVee

Mr. Anon

Why is Pelosi evil?

I note with much interest that you didn't ask the same question about Mr. Cheney.

Ms. Pelosi is evil for the same reasons Mr. Cheney is evil. They both kowtow to special interests. They're both after their own ends to gain political power, regardless of what it does to the country in the long term.

In other words, they're both professional, inside-the-beltway politicos both blinded and driven by their personal ideologies and desire for power.

That makes her no more or less evil than every single person in Washington politics.

Cheney:

1. Lied us into a pointless war, and continues to lie us into an ongoing and equally pointless occupation which is costing thousands upon thousands of lives,

2. Is helping his buddies profit obscenely from said war and occupation,

3. Uses his power and influence to crush those who try to oppose his efforts, even at the expense of national security interests.

I could go on, but think I will let you respond first. Your turn.
 
scratched
2007-02-22 4:07:25 PM  
mild7: The Vice President is just pointing out the obvious. The democratic plan and terrorist plan for Iraq are the same.

If the democratic plan is enacted the terrorists will claim a major victory and will have all the arms and power to turn Iraq into a haven for every terrorist in the world.

Pulling out of Iraq will cost more lives, Iraqi and American, than it will save. Democrats need to pull their heads out of their asses and see that the terrorists need to be killed in Iraq, not handed a victory.

The Vice President didn't call out Pelosi on her patriotism, but I do. Terrorists hate America, if you side with the terrorists, what does that make you??

You're absolutely right.
I hereby apologize for anytime that I have stated that sending our troops to Iraq was a mistake and thereby emboldening the terrorists and causing our troops to lose. I love my country and therefore will follow my Republican leaders unquestioningly from now on.

Thank you, mild7, for opening my eyes to the horrors I have attempted to unleash upon my fellow man.
 
WalkingCarpet [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-02-22 4:07:37 PM  
mild7:

The Vice President is just pointing out the obvious. The democratic plan and terrorist plan for Iraq are the same.

If the democratic plan is enacted the terrorists will claim a major victory and will have all the arms and power to turn Iraq into a haven for every terrorist in the world.

Pulling out of Iraq will cost more lives, Iraqi and American, than it will save. Democrats need to pull their heads out of their asses and see that the terrorists need to be killed in Iraq, not handed a victory.

The Vice President didn't call out Pelosi on her patriotism, but I do. Terrorists hate America, if you side with the terrorists, what does that make you??

[image from img1.vunct.net too old to be available]
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 4:08:46 PM  
gilgamesh

That makes her no more or less evil than every single person in Washington politics.

I'm not disagreeing with that in the least. From my original post, which everyone seems to have magically lost the ability to read:

Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi and Cheney are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.
 
WalkingCarpet [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-02-22 4:11:15 PM  
ElVee:

My opinions are hardly welcome on Free Republic anymore. Funny that they used to be, but it isn't my positions that have changed with the wind.

You say that as if there was a point when Free Republic wasn't a haven for lunacy.
 
Lackofname
2007-02-22 4:11:43 PM  
Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi and Cheney are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.

If your claim that evil = politician and thereore should not run anything, then nothing would ever be run. Congratulations: Anarchy!
 
scratched
2007-02-22 4:11:51 PM  
ElVee: I'm not disagreeing with that in the least. From my original post, which everyone seems to have magically lost the ability to read:

Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.

Why do you hate Democrats so much?
 
Headso
2007-02-22 4:11:57 PM  
submitter: If Nancy Pelosi says Bush is helping al Qaida, that's criticizing his policy. If Dick Cheney, on the other hand, says a Democratic proposal would help al Qaida, he's not criticizing their policy--he's questioning their patriotism

I am surprised the wall street journal would take such a stance...
 
gilgigamesh
2007-02-22 4:12:25 PM  
ElVee

gilgamesh

That makes her no more or less evil than every single person in Washington politics.

I'm not disagreeing with that in the least. From my original post, which everyone seems to have magically lost the ability to read:

Let me just state, for the record, that both Pelosi and Cheney are evil doodoo heads and neither should be allowed to run anything more important than a fruit stand.

Right.

And I am asking you to provide specific examples of things pelosi has done that make her more evil than your garden variety washington politician.

You know, things like kill-40,000-people-so-your-buddies-can-reap-a-profit kind of evil.
 
ElVee
2007-02-22 4:12:53 PM  
WalkingCarpet

You say that as if there was a point when Free Republic wasn't a haven for lunacy.

And Democratic Underground is just a different wing of the same insane asylum.
 
OriginalGamer
2007-02-22 4:12:57 PM  
Well, since the vast majority of 'insurgents' in Iraq are Iraqi's, and not foreign terrorists, I would say they are just defending their country against an invasion of their land and way of life, and have every right to do so.

Remember, if an Iraqi defends against an invasion, it's terrorism!

When an American does the same, it's "Red Dawn" and uber patriotic!

/No, I don't like seeing American troops killed. I also don't like seeing 5 year olds killed, but if you play in traffic ...
 
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