I do my best to behave, and remain focused, and enter my IMHO comments, addressing the original article.
Now, if someone coments on my comment, I might agree, disagree, or remind that commenter about “this fact”.
I do NOT make it a policy to ‘bonk the mole in the hole’, when someone writes anything, springing from their mind.
Y’all’s Point-of-View ain’t mine, and mine ain’t Y’all’s!!
WE each have that uniqueness, and might be good to read the whole thing, first.
OK Mr. Boehner.
Pound sand nOObie. You got the FNG treatment.
Jus cuz you spout stuff we agree with doesn’t mean you aren’t going to get the once or twice over look.
Consider it a bit of ribbing on the one hand, on the other, you came to our little enclave and demand respect?
I would respect you if your name was Jimmy. Perservering lil plick thathe is.
Get a thicker skin or get use to being walked on.
Did someone give you a humorectomy?
Laugh a little, live a little but, don’t prattle on and snivel.
You’re batting practice for most of us and if you break through our boredom we’ll swing away.
Hang in there baby. If’n you is what yooz says yoos is den don’t start none and won’t be none.
I await your more polite tone, now that you woke the neighbors.
BTW, if I came to your neighborhood with this snivelling BS what would your response be?
Think about that as if it happens in real life.
It’s gonna get the same response here in the digital world.
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I was blocked from posting recently for a while because I disagreed with most here on Geo. Zimmaman. I am shocked that FR has become what it is.
hi, ash, welcome back.
I’d have thought more of you if you had excerpted this from your blog.
As I’m not blessed to be from Texas I’ll defer to Ya’ll on matters of viability but, a Primary challenge from the right is a courageous act, imho, and one to be considered fully.
In Navy lingo, it’s known as “A Plank Owner”
I am one of his consitutents, and a supporter of his at the house level. I have known the guy since 1988, when we discussed a Dole challenge to GHWB. I think the guy is a good conservative, but is not a serious challenge to the RINO Cornyn. He just doesn't have it at various critical competentcies that will ring with voters. The Cruz challenge to Dewhurst is an apples and oranges scenario as far as I am concerned.
It is not our fault that a viable candidate didn't emerge, and I hope my fellow Freepers choose their battles wisely. Don't get me wrong, I will vote for him, but it is a lost cause.
Some people just can't seem to disagree without being disagreeable and calling names and saying other stuff that is not really relevant to the discussion. I guess it makes them feel better to be rude.
I try not to sink to that level, but must admit that sometimes I respond in kind. Rarely do I start such catcalling. The fact is that sometimes you just need to take the heat or get out of the kitchen. Or at least switch to another thread.
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Flaming n00Bs is not the only reprehensible behavior around here. There are certain FReepers who can't resist the temptation to hijack the thread and start posting something entirely off-topic, rattling on and on about something that simply isn't appropriate to the matter at hand. This has been going on for quite awhile now, at least since the Mariners had Ken Griffey Jr. He departed to his Dad's old team and never really got it together - injuries, mostly. It's done a lot of take-no-prisoners players in. When he came back he really wasn't the same player. Now the M's have lured Robinson Cano away from the Yankees and appear to building something around him although this is really pretty hard to do in only one year. Good couple of front-end starters, but I think they probably could add a third and a couple of right-handed bats to protect Cano a little. Their outfield isn't really much to write home about but Cano's a second baseman so no help there. I know they're trying the free agent market but after dumping 240 million buckadingdongs on one player it's a little hard to see who they can afford. They could use a couple of relief pitchers too, wouldn't you agree?
skip the attacks on any position of yours that are mere vitriol; they do not represent arguments where a reasoned response will help produce a reasoned dialogue - something i never seem to admit often enough myself
if an opposing response represents a reasoned argument, whether you agree or not, jou have a chance for dialogue though that is no guarantee of changing anyone’s mind
as far as the stockman candidacy itself goes, you cannot stick your head in the sand on the facts of the current climate in the GOP, where the GOP elites have declared war on the GOP conservative base, openly, as if THEY - the elected incumbents ARE the party and everyone else should just go along, in spite of the grass roots base of the party seeing their votes elect folks who do not go out and fight for the Conservative principles they get elected on, but fight to stay in office just to make deals and compromises on expanding the federal government with Dims
in that atmosphere, the GOP base has a right to question the conservative veracity of the party’s incumbants, and the incumbants and the party leaders have no right to expect the grass roots to bow and defer to them just because they hold office now
is that an argument for Stockmand per se?
No. But it is an argument for why Cornyn is maybe one of the incumbants that does not deserve election without a good challenge in a primary. If that is true then is Stockman the best challenger for Cornyn? I’m not one to answer that.
But, your position seems to be that you don’t like what you see as kneejerk reactions to your opposition on Stockman, but what others took from your position might have been that they viewed it as an unthinking kneejerk support for Cornyn; and as I said, the GOP elite has NOT offered any reason at all for kneejerk support of GOP incumbants in general, given their record in the last session of Congress.
I’m with you on the childish vitriol thrown your way. It’s stupid. But, on the main topic you started this thread for that may be the only support I can give you.
The case for Cornyn has to be made, pro and con, on his votes in Congress, which should be the same basis as any case against him. As far as who is the best one to make a case against Cornyn, to the extent there is one, the GOP voters will have to decide.
If you think you have case in favor of Cornyn, state it, without thinking their cannot be valid arguments opposing it.
If you have been lurking, you should have known what was coming your way. If you like Cornyn and not Stockman, that is your personal preference. However, just because it’s your personal preference does not
mean it’s the preference of a lot of posters here. If you post in an open forum, don’t be shocked when others who do not share your views, post their opinions, as well. That is why it is an open forum.
Really, the tone of this site has changed over the years.
You need tougher skin.
Or, like me, just don't post threads.
Post only comments TO the threads if you can't handle having it.
Then again, if your not to the right of Reagan, you should just resign your membership now!
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Thanks for the links in FR mail..Gotta say, congrats on getting a thread past 350 posts, and for attracting some great FR names to it.
Now that the thread has baseball and Civil War overtones added to it, this could go past 1,000.