Posted on 03/10/2008 7:08:49 AM PDT by Dr.Syn
Hey Doc!
This is great. Really tells it like it is.
Saving this to use in case she becomes the nominee.
Thanks for posting it.
I disagree. Some people vote with the love of their nation in their hearts.
There is a huge difference between short and long term gain and good people will do what is right even if it isn't always in their self-interest.
Unless , of course, you would wish to define unselfishness and patriotism as self-interest.
Not to forget about BO saying he was against and voted against the war from the start. He started his first US senate term in 2005. The war started in 2003. Lying libs is nothing new.
And SHE was correct. For all intent and purpose it was over for her. She just refuses to acknowledge it yet.
I don’t know how old Hillary is, but I am 54 years old, and I remember playing soccer while in Elementary School in the California East Bay Area.
However, for the life of me, I cannot remember if it was co-ed!
Are you a female? Guys played in a lot of towns with ethnic groups from Europe, but girls were way behind n picking up the sport.
No, I’m male. I can’t remember if the PE was co-ed or not. Probably not. We only played soccer at recess or during PE, not an after-school-hour sport.
We did also, but just the guys. No biggie, I was just trying to show one of her stories that are not quite provable.
Certainly patriotism is motivated by self-interest, wanting to preserve the nation for continued good times. Leftist anti-patriotism is also motivated by self-interest, wanting to loot a wealthy nation out of envy that others have more than they do. People on the right scratch their heads at some leftist proposals, "won't a new tax damage the economy?" Yes, it will, and for leftists that's actually the point, to placate their feelings of envy. They want other people to stop gaining wealth faster than they do.
Can you give me an example of someone genuinely voting unselfishly on purpose, there being nothing at all they will personally benefit from? That may occur but it is extremely rare and is not a significant driver of voter behavior.
And I’m sorry if you thought that I was somehow challenging you.
Every time a soldier jumps on a grenade to save his comrades would you say the satisfaction he received from sacrificing his life to save others was selfish because he gained satisfaction from saving his buddies?
Or the people that will vote for McCain instead of sitting it out because the alternative is so bad for the country although it will have little personal affect on them.
You can always split hairs but many people do what they do because it is the RIGHT thing to do.
I don't think it is fair to say that many people do the RIGHT things in this world because of self-interest.
I'll probably vote for McCain as a side effect of voting against 12 bond measures sure to be on the ballot but I don't feel he's worth jumping on any grenades for. I slightly prefer McCain but I'm ok if Obama wins, just not Hillary. At least Obama wears the Democrat brand. If we want another Reagan we have to take 4 years of another Carter first. Let China invade Taiwan for a few years with a pacifist at America's helm. It may just regenerate America's greatness for a generation.
Lord knows they have the support of millions in their attempt to re-make the Federal Government of the USA into another "Gleichschaltung".
Great article, Dr.Syn! You're right... how the heck is she going to run this complex country as Commander in Chief {{shudder}} when she can't even simply control her own husband...?
Hillary promotes herself as the born leader...born to lead our nation.
Yet, she: can’t control her husband; keep track of her campaign finances; voted to go to war in Iraq without even reading the 90 page National Intelligence Estimate; arrogantly assumed she would cinch the nomination by the Super Tuesday primaries and had no contingency plans for the future and, after saying “Americans are tired of the president’s efforts to play politics with national security”, is now trying to scare Americans into voting for her with a silly 3 A.M. scenario.
ping
She’s clueless...and very dangerous.
Nice blog, and excellent article, Dr.Syn.
Thank you, nutmeg!
1) named after Sir Edmund Hillary (born in ‘47, Hillary climbed the mountain in ‘53)
2) Brought peace to Ireland ... Irish Nobel Prize winner not only scoffs at her take but laughs at the Fairy Tale
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Don’t forget about when, during her run for her Senate seat, she put on a Yankees cap and claimed that she had “secretly” always been a Yankees fan.
As for your comment:
Don’t understand why the degreed women who are voting for her don’t see that she’s a Mad Hatter.
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Those women are for her because they share her disdain for men, her nasty shrillness, her anger and arrogance. For them, no matter how far they get in their careers, life will always be unfair. They will never get all that they so richly deserve as the queens they think they are — mainly because of men.
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