Posted on 10/25/2004 7:14:35 AM PDT by Lucretia Borgia
So I'm in the local Blockbuster the other night, returning some DVDs. It was a slow night, and the clerks were ignoring me and talking with each other while I was popping open cases and making sure my kids had put the right discs back in the right boxes. As I snapped the last case shut and dropped it down the return chute, I began to pay some minor attention to the clerks' conversation, and that is when I heard one of them utter the most absolutely amazing statement:
"No, dude, I cannot vote for George Bush, 'cause, like, I am so much smarter than him."This, I must admit, caused a moment of sheer stunned silence on my part. I wondered: should I just shake my head and go off to look at the new releases? Bite my tongue and quietly leave the store? Or should I slap that little turd down without the slightest hint of mercy?
"Ah, I see. You're smarter than a Harvard MBA. That must be why you're a fat, pimply guy with a greasy pony-tail who works for minimum wage at Blockbuster."Maybe I should have done that. Maybe it was a teachable moment. But I've worked in education, and I've been a TA, and I have found that the Socratic method is completely wasted on people who are beyond irony. So, at that moment, I chose to take a deep breath, shake my head, and wander off, to mind my own business.
But the moment has stayed with me, for several days now, and I've continued to wonder: just why do liberals insist on characterizing President Bush as being stupid? After all, the man flew supersonic jet fighters for the Texas Air National Guard. He received an MBA from Harvard. While I've met a few arrogant gonzo lunatic fighter jocks, and more than a few ethically repellent MBAs, I have yet to meet one of either group that I would consider "stupid."
No, the more I think about it, the more firmly I come to believe that the real problem lies in the nature of modern liberalism. It must be hard to be a liberal these days; there is so little ammunition left in the can. You see, as nearly as I can determine it, the key reason why liberals insist on calling President Bush "stupid" is that that is the only insult they have left. Any other perjorative term they might use could offend an important liberal constituency. I mean, before they could even start to think about calling him, say --
-- an amoral skirt-chasing, commie-loving, draft-dodging, race-baiting, baby-killing, bribe-taking, pill-popping, coke-snorting, pot-smoking, crack-smoking, pole-smoking, boy-buggering, lesbian-licking, sheep-sodomizing, promiscuity-promoting, ambulance-chasing, morbidly obese America-hating alcoholic traitor --
-- why, they'd have to repudiate John Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, Barney Frank, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, NARAL, NOW, PETA, and NAMBLA, just for starters.
So, like I said, the painfully circumscribed vocabulary for invective that is permitted to modern liberals --
Why, it's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the poor dumb bastards.
Indeed Zot his liberal a$$
"I cannot post an alternate opinion?"
NO.
He cut them before 9/11. Additionally, raising taxes during a recession deepens and prolongs it.
Donate your entire paycheck to the IRS. (Happy now?)
No country has ever taxed itself into wealth and success, that requires capitalism, and capitalism requires tax breaks and incentives to grow the economy and tax base.
Do you think conservative opinions would be allowed at DU?
Post it on the "alternate" web site.
Well I don't think that's right either. Nothing will get done unless both parties can work together. Both parties want the same things. They just disagree about how to get to that point.
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Ah, yes. "French" is a pretty vile name.
In post #14 you said you were going to vote for Kerry. What is "right" about that?
It is when the country is so upset with the French that they changed the name of french fries to freedom fries. It certainly carries a negative feeling.
Do you voluntarily pay extra taxes? You know, to "help out."
My daughter is in 8th grade at a suburban Catholic school. She told me about a recent discussion in their class about the election. One girl raised her hand and said, word for word, "I would never, like, vote for Bush because he isn't even, like, smart enough to put together a, like, complete sentence." My daughter said she laughed out loud at the time.
Oh come on. If the only reason this guy's voting for Kerry is that Bush cut taxes during a time of war, he's pretty close to the Conservative position. He admits there IS a war, which is a start.
And feelings are very important, aren't they?
If that is true, than why does Kerry just want to increase taxes on those who earn more than 200K, yet he promises to give more tax breaks to the middle class? Kerry is promising more tax breaks in time of war. Why doesn't Kerry propose rescinding the whole Bush tax cut?
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