You got to be careful with people like that, they may be "Brokeback Trolls".
Posted on 11/08/2006 2:53:58 PM PST by landeraepi
Full disclosure, I'm a democrat, so get over it. I'm not here to insult you, and I'm certainly not here to gloat. I'm not here to trade barbs, undermine Free Republic, or infiltrate your ranks. I'll be honest — I disagree with most FReepers on almost every issue.
So, why am I posting a new thread?
Because I — we — need you. We at Democratic Underground and Daily Kos, and all of the lefty blogs you love to hate, and who love to hate you. We need you to acknowledge that if there's one thing we're learning about our country's political system, it's that there's way too much corruption. Too much greed. Cronyism. Lying. It's on both sides, folks — I'm no apologist.
Yes, the Democrats won. Yes, we're very happy about that. It means we get to put the emergency brake on what we see as runaway irresponsibility in our government. Some of you FReepers see it, too — the Bush administration is spending like Paris Hilton on a bender and Harry Reid is spending his afternoons thinking about how to double his real estate money instead of how to lead his minority majority. Result? America's losing its ethical center.
Indulge me for a moment: we at Daily Kos and Democratic Underground are ecstatic for one particular reason that it may be difficult for FReepers to understand. Candidates like Jon Tester, Jerry McNerney, Paul Hodes, and Jim Webb were all relative political unknowns — guys with great ideas who just had no "street cred" at all. The lefty blogs — dKos and DU, chiefly, coordinated the fundraising and did the canvassing, calling, and late-night video posting on YouTube.
We wanted this one like rabid dogs, and we got it. You guys will win again, and win big, but this time it was the democrats. If Jon Tester and Jerry McNerney begin taking money from lobbyists and accepting flights on Learjets, do you know what we'd do?
We'd castrate them. We'd end them. Ask a DUer — if these guys let Washington's corruption get under their skin, we'll vote against them.
But the truth is that they won't. I know this because that's why we picked them. They're committed to bringing some civility and dignity back to our country's political system — and so am I.
And, hopefully, so are you.
So, today, I'm reaching across the aisle, in earnest, and in what I hope you will realize is good faith. America isn't America without all of us, and I'm not about to let this election force us to self-segregate and turn into the epitome of what we hate. This country wasn't founded on ideological differences. America was founded as a place for people with unpopular beliefs. That's why the Puritans came here — and why everyone else followed.
Disagreement is no justification for acrimony.
If Free Republic joined with Daily Kos and DU to denounce corruption, cronyism, and dishonesty in government — regardless of our political stripes — we'll all be better for it.
I'm cross-posting a similar thread to dKos and DU in the hopes that the netroots on both sides can come together to reorient our government's ethical compass. Let's agree to disagree, but let's do it in an American way — in a way that helps all of us. We can (and should!) continue to fight for our personal morals, beliefs, and ideas — but we must ensure that our government, no matter which party controls it, is still a government of, by, and for the people.
So, come on, FReepers. Let's fix this country. Concentrate on common ground instead of ideological divisions. What do we all believe, and how can we leverage the immense power and respect of the blogosphere to do the most good?
I wish you all the best, and I'm sorry if I've ruined your day.
On the other thread he asked if I would take his hand or spit in it. My reply: "nah, I'll sh*t in it"
You got to be careful with people like that, they may be "Brokeback Trolls".
I can think of a lot of things I'd rather do than work with dems. Like shoving a pencil in my eye. That could be fun...
Yes if what he said were true it would be ideal, unforunately we live in a world so divided by politics, religion, culture, moral values, who's right who's wrong
Divine Intervention will be the only time this world and the people in it will be united.....
We extended a hand across the isle before and had it handed to us, not again. We tried to get the dims to realize we are all in this struggle together, what we got was obstructionism, defeatism, and outright lies.
Ask George Bush Sr. about extending a hand to democrats, that one cost him his second term! Oh, as for this,"If our guys are crooks we'll throw them out", routine........well we've been waiting for a long time but they just keep recycleing them. Alcee Hastings a case in point!
Like any terrorist liberals are my sworn enemy. I wouldn't spit on your hand because I'd stab you in the heart first. Take that back to your viper pits.
Of course you are.
There is no common ground, you are the enemy.
"Brokeback Trolls".
He was kind of irate when someone implied he was a brokeback (or was that broke wind?)
Go away
We'll Be Back!
And now we return you to channel cut & run.
I admit corruption
you guys couldn't win without it
*sigh* Too bad for him. I gave him points for trying. He's a noob on DU too (though I think he's been lurking for a while). I wonder if he can stay alive there.
I know you are not here to respond. While there are some decent Ds, they are Federalists to the max, not democratic at all, not interested in the several States. Federal Government can do everything, they say. Over here in R land we would prefer to see Government kept to a minimum. It's a serious issue when the Ds claim to be Liberal yet try to shut down one thing after another, such as free speech, the 2nd Amendment and smoking and even regulate seatbelts and where to drill for oil--and do it on the National level. That is Fascism. The Rs are supposedly Conservative, yet what they wish to conserve is this very thing--personal freedom and the smaller Government and smaller taxation we used to have. Rs wish to conserve liberty and promote democracy; Ds wish to restrict liberty and restrict democracy. Say what you want about this, it is what is.
Thank you for sharing that. Don't forget to pick up your lovely parting gifts on the way out.
I don't even think he is a real DUer - they don't call themselves "lefties."
Well, looks like you have a spitkake on your hands landeraepi...
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