Posted on 08/16/2005 12:57:52 PM PDT by areafiftyone
I think it's just another point to screech about when he doesn't. Setting up another media episode for next week. Apparently that's what you have to do to keep the media spotlight -- think in terms of episodes.
Ouch!! OW! Oh ow!! Ow, ow, ow!
Can't handle dissidence, can you? Folks, that's groupthink in a nutshell.
This is too funny. THIS from a Freeper who has posted NOTHING but personal attacks and self lauditory verbal pap.
Talk about your GROUP think. All you have done is regurgitate the Hysterical Leftist talking points.
Groupthink is a term coined by psychologist Irving Janis in 1972 to describe a process by which a group can make bad or irrational decisions. In a groupthink situation, each member of the group attempts to conform his or her opinions to what they believe to be the consensus of the group. In a general sense this seems to be a very rationalistic way to approach the situation. However this results in a situation in which the group ultimately agrees upon an action which each member might individually consider to be unwise (the risky shift).
Mr. C, I'll say it again...
The White House doesn't have to meet with her. They have to shut her up somehow.
Now, put your knee back under your desk.
Isn't the "Gold Star" a military award which is controlled like any other military award/medal?
seems the military can very quickly say the "gold star" is not to be used as a partisan political tool.
There is nothing the president could do or say that would satisfy this woman or her followers. So why should he flip flop and grovel at the feet of one loon to appease the left. He already met with her, you know, before she realized how wrong the war was. What right does she have to waste any more of the country's time with this stunt? I'd like to sit down with the president and talk about illegal immigration. However, I'm a sane individual who understands that he can't have private one on ones with every citizen to address their concerns.
Could you please cite evidence for this?
Answer questions. Don't lecture.
You have spent this threads asserting your intelligence without demonstrating it. Yes, we understand, you claim to be a professor and you hear from hundreds of people a day, but that doesn't matter here, what matters is what's on the page. A super genius should know that merely asserting one's knowledge is worthless in what is supposed to be a substantive debate.
And really, for someone who keeps dodging and making these magnificent, original, insightful comments like "I never said meeet with her. I said shut her up. Read. Don't react." you really need to work to actually prove your mental abilities, not just tell us about them:
post 22 from warchild 9:
let's just skip the high school clichees...Most people, when they see one of those clichees ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464453/posts
Now, I know that you're all-knowing and all powerful, Professor Oz, and we all make typing errors, but when someone claiming to be a professor with hundreds of students spells the word "clichees" TWICE, I have to say I wouldn't trust your "knowledge" on much.
My PhD is in history. I know WWII lore.
I mention my PhD to tease people. I've met too many stupid PhD's to do anything other than joke about it.
Then they go out and buy $3 a gallon gasoline. What is the accumulated effect, do you think?
Nothing. It is clear you have no Economics background. Go look up Supply and Demand.
You are big on bets. I will bet you $1000.00 that Gas will be cheaper on Aug 15, 2006 then it is right now. I just payed $2.65 a gallon for us to use as the bench mark
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did I say MEET WITH HER.
I said SHUT HER UP.
Or suffer harm in the media circus. And it's happening.
"Ehh...who's got the PhD in this field and who learns their political science from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. "
LMFAO...Some Phd, your phrase:"FDR's approach to dissidents was to invite them to the White House and treat them to a barrage of charm and awe"
was just proven a lie, and you have yet to address #102.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464570/posts?page=102#102
Buzz off troll
Whatever. Spelling police are uusually insecure. I'm trying to keep up with too many posters...while doing something else entirely on the computer.
I'm talking about public perception; quit trying to attack me.
A boob who's putting $50 into a tankful of gas is not thinking kindly about the Federal Government.
Name-calling is another sign of high school groupthink.
Read my posts UNEMOTIONALLY, if you can.
And you still have a cool handle.
He also stays long after the cameras have left. Great comments, btw.
I never said you said "Meet with her" did I? I'm glad you admit, finally, that the National Security Advisor coming out to her dusty little roadside in NOT "stick-your-finger-in-your-ears-and-she'll-go-away" strategy though. There's hope for you yet.
Usurped I believe is the word you are looking for.
And from the REAL American Gold Star Mothers' home page:
Cindy Sheehan is currently in the news. She and her organization have no connection whatever with American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. We are a 501 C(3) organization and, as such, do not engage in political activities. We do support our troops. After all, they are our children. More on gold star mothers vs American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
http://www.goldstarmoms.com/agsm/Home/index.htm
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