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1 posted on 01/13/2011 9:12:46 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

Define stormie


2 posted on 01/13/2011 9:15:42 PM PST by Patrick1 ("The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: SaraJohnson

I’ve got a question for you: how can your husband see all of this and still not think that it is worth his time to take an interest in political things? It’s like seeing someone get mugged and just walking away. Except in this case, we’re ALL getting mugged.


3 posted on 01/13/2011 9:17:28 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: SaraJohnson

Nice rant! Sincerely!


4 posted on 01/13/2011 9:18:25 PM PST by Don Carlos (Don't tell mom I'm running for congress. She thinks I still play piano in a whorehouse.)
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To: SaraJohnson

Spot on. Speaker Boehner should get a copy of this. That is the reason Rush is a megastar. He knows how we feel and what we are thinking and he has that golden EIB mic to amplify our thoughts.


5 posted on 01/13/2011 9:18:47 PM PST by minespacer
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To: SaraJohnson

I’m glad I wasnt the only one who saw the campaign rally atmosphere as sacrilege. When I saw the printed teeshirts laided out it disgusted me. I dont entirely blame Obama even though his speech was so very off. Couldnt he for just a moment drop the condescending tone? The “I know everything crap?”. Listening to and reading the pundits is almost mentally painful given the degree of intellectual dishonesty on display not the mention that far too many even conservatives have gotten confused concerning the value of straight talk offerred by Sarah Palin and spin that is acceptable to the political class. I personally am tired of them. They are so dark and slimy that my soul recoils from them just watching them soil themselves publicly on tv saying crap they have to know is contrived bs. They think they can manipulate us and sometimes they do succeed but many are awake and more are awakening and those in power could only be so lucky if it were only an army of mad men that they faced.


11 posted on 01/13/2011 9:38:54 PM PST by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: SaraJohnson; LS

Any reading of quality American history such as the essential “Patriot’s History of the United States” will reveal that “stormy” political discourse is nothing new.

The current “storminess” is driven by the long overdue, but VERY healthy and encouraging pushback from conservatives against the ongoing, now deades long, move toward socialism, which has accelerated alarmingly under the racist Kenyan usurper.


12 posted on 01/13/2011 9:39:15 PM PST by EyeGuy (RaceMarxist Obama: The Politics of Vengeance)
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To: SaraJohnson

“He still has a misplaced respect and trust in the “mainstream” media, expecting them to at least go though the motions of acting as a press in a Democratic Republic.”

Man, if he still has respect for the mainstream media, love is indeed blind, for you to describe him as “smart as a whip”.

I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but those two things just seem so incongruous.


16 posted on 01/13/2011 9:50:01 PM PST by aquila48
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To: SaraJohnson

Saul Alinsky, for teaching communists how to deploy hate as a political weapon.

PS: Hillary Clinton, was a staunch follower of comrade Alinsky. Sometimes referred to as the “father of Community Organizing”.

A familiar term there. Community Organizing...


17 posted on 01/13/2011 9:55:36 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (McCarthy was Right.)
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To: SaraJohnson

I agree with your hubby.

As long as pols continue to meddle in our lives, stealing our earnings and private healthcare for generations to come...then they had better prepare for things to get worse.


18 posted on 01/13/2011 9:55:47 PM PST by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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To: SaraJohnson
The reason behind today's situation is simple. The left’s monopoly on the media is over. From the New Deal right thru Reagan's term in office the left has dominated the mass media in the name of objectivity. Growing up in the seventies every newspaper and TV news outlet was dominated by the liberals. Every story had the same meme, Democrats good, Republicans bad. Our side at the time just accepted it. The old Bob Michel Republicans were just happy to let the left run everything as long as nobody fooled with their tee times. There was no debate of the issues. The media told you to think like a good liberal. There were a few conservatives crying in the wilderness, but for the most part conservatives would apologize first for having a different opinion than the accepted one. Every interview in the media was the same. The Democrat was treated with kid gloves, while the Republican was badgered into submission. Every political scandal ended the same way, the Democrat always survived while the Republican would resign in a flash. As a conservative you felt helpless. You felt like you were the only one in the entire country who was a conservative. You never heard anyone in the media who shared your views. At the end of the 80’s, it all began to change. First Talk radio, than the internet, and finally Fox News. All of a sudden you could turn on Fox News, and find others who felt the same way, and they were treated with respect. With their large ratings you knew there were others out there just like yourself. The left found its monopoly over opinion over and they did not like it one bit. The media could no longer ignore us as in the past. In probably the dumbest business decision every made, the left media companies responded by attacking with no stops half of their past audience. This has resulted in their current death spiral, but they seem to not care. So here we are in our current situation. One the left characterizes as bad for our country, but we know differently. What we know is that our Democracy has been renewed, we now have true debate, not total conformity. For now the left will continue their temper tantrum, but when their fortunes are at there lowest they will understand they need to compete, not stamp their feet.
24 posted on 01/13/2011 10:19:21 PM PST by gusty
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To: SaraJohnson

“Anyway, he brought up how odd it was to see clapping and cheering at the memorial service last night. In fact, he had to stop watching the “show” because it upset him too much.”

My mother was gleefully watching this the other night when I stopped by. I said the exact same thing to her. I think I spoiled her mood as she a light clicked on that maybe I was right. The clapping a cheering was so disrespectful. It was a political speech- plain as day.


30 posted on 01/13/2011 11:48:54 PM PST by Revel
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To: SaraJohnson
The past 50 years? The genesis imho began with the left's hatred of Nixon. (I realize I am speaking as probably one of the few on the board who remember RMN AND that I am only thinking of the history in my lifetime...which is of course not always accurate.)

Think about it though: Nixon was a pretty liberal guy on domestic policy...EPA, price controls, etc. but the liberals HATED HIM with a passion.

The Bork episode also engendered a lot of turmoil...and, in retrospect, one might even say the Republican pursuit of the Bent One, William J. Blythe Clinton, caused a lot of angst on the other side.

Obviously the blind and insane hatred for Dubya is the most recent example.

I am sad and angry we have allowed a Marxist like Hussein to take his teleprompter and pretend to lead the executive branch. Hopefully we'll correct that mess in 2012, and this will be a short Jimmy Carter-length span in our history.

31 posted on 01/14/2011 12:35:36 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: SaraJohnson
The tyrannical implementation of the socialist model upon a free society over the protests of the American citizens.

Pure and simple.

34 posted on 01/14/2011 4:10:07 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SaraJohnson

If the politicians and bureaucrats want civility, they need to stop attacking the Peoples liberty! I think you are correct with your analysis. Also when they act like Nancy Pelosi, and demean the public when asked about the Constitutionality of the health care takeover. Nancy, are you kidding me? The People don’t like it when you act like you are above the law!


35 posted on 01/14/2011 4:30:20 AM PST by government is the beast (In the last century, an estimated 262 million people have been murderd by their own government)
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To: SaraJohnson

The left started all this in the 1960’s and 1970’s, with their confrontational politics. They hate it when it’s turned against them, which is why they are whining about it now.


39 posted on 01/14/2011 5:18:03 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: SaraJohnson

We must watch out for the MSM to now start with the mantra that ANY dissent from the policies of Obama or even Congress behaviour somehow makes Americans EXTREMIST.

The American People are NOT the enemy. We must remember that and hold strong. We must push back on the media and Dumocrat plan to portray anyone that disagrees with the “State” as dangerous and must be investigated, harassed.
As far as Congress is concerned, where was the outrage when Eric Cantors office was being attacked? He is Jewish. Oh that’s right, he’s a REPUBLICAN, nevermind.

The vultures in the media and Congress believe that the “illiterate, reactionary, racist” American Public are not capable of mounting a sustained National movement to force all of them to adher to the Constitution and the WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
This is perceived as a direct threat to their agenda. The Tea Party has stated that new Congress members are being watched and are on Probation. although the Tea Party Members of Congress understand the purpose of the statement. Those that have been there for years and the Dums consider this a Threat. The People have been “watching” congress forever, thus their abysmal polling numbers.
The remarks of Nancy Pelosi on the passing of HCR were quite telling. She stated with a smirk and laugh that only a true despot could muster: We had to pass the bill (sniff sniff) so that the people (read the herd) could see what was in it”
We must not allow some members of Congress to paint the AMERICAN PEOPLE as dangerous. Sending FBI agents to innocent citizens homes to intimidate them, just for having the audacity to ask their Congressperson a question. This behaviour is not healthy for a Republic and must not be allowed to proceed to the next step.
One thing we all must realize is that the anti-Republic minions populating the American electorate are without imagination. They live in a stagnant cesspool of ideas. ie: the use of “Together We Thrive” is a recycled Zero Campaign slogan.
Many are to young to even understand that all the Left is rolling out now, has been said and done before. Interestingly, these are the very same people and ideas that led to riots and deaths in the late 60’s and 70’s.

Sorry for the rant, but it needed to be said.


40 posted on 01/14/2011 6:25:31 AM PST by Marty62 (Marty 60)
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To: SaraJohnson

It will take many years for the freaks to forget the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Everything has been about revenge since that moment.


41 posted on 01/14/2011 6:29:36 AM PST by Toespi
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Who caused it? The media. Let's look at the last 10 years...


Tried to sway the results of the 2000 election by calling Florida early for Gore.

Ripped the country apart trying to steal the 2000 election for Gore.

Brainwashed many in the country that Bush was basically a criminal.

Has no interest in investigating the cause of the economic collapse since it will implicate Democrats.

Heavily promoted a strange, angry figure with no experience for President as the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Does all it can to blame the Tucson shooting on Palin, then blames Palin for inserting herself into the mess.

43 posted on 01/14/2011 6:36:33 AM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: SaraJohnson
Actually, it goes much further.
The Federal Government has accumulated so much power that it it intrudes in virtually every aspect of your daily life. If it were shoved back within “Constitutional” boundaries, it could be safely ignored, but not as it exists today.
44 posted on 01/14/2011 6:39:42 AM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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