Posted on 08/22/2011 9:39:09 AM PDT by fanfan
Canada ping.
RIP. Hell of a way to go.
If Tea Party members are supposed to go to hell, I shutter to think what happens to a socialist.
I disagreed with his politics, but he was a good man who contributed much to his country. I was sorry to hear about his passing. He certainly looked so frail when he announced he was stepping aside—I wonder if the stress of that last election campaign hastened his death.
That was an awful, hateful post. I hope the mods delete it.
Whatever his politics were, the man was a human being with family and friends who loved and cared about him.
“...That was an awful, hateful post. I hope the mods delete it...”
You’re right. It was. Socialists are awful, hateful people.
“...Whatever his politics were, the man was a human being with family and friends who loved and cared about him...”
Socialists have destroyed many human beings, with families and friends, who loved them and cared about them.
Understand your sentiment; but it’s wasted on me when it comes to socialists. Sorry you’re offended, but it my point still stands.
One less socialist is never a bad thing.
I agree. This man was no doubt the polar opposite of what most of us believe politically. But he was still a human being who suffered a horrible, painful death. If we can’t show enough human decency in a situation like this then exactly what “values” do we claim to be fighting for?
I prefer this: “One less socialist POS. Prayers up for your family, and hope God accepts you.”
No comment.
Yer a better man than me, Laz.
Absolutely zero sympathy for any neo-marxist who worked night and day to try destroy people`s lives and unalienable rights.
Jack, being the lying politician he was, LIED right up to the end.
He lied when he said he was being “treated” (most likely just heroin to kill the pain), and LIED when he said he be back in Parliament next month.
IMAGINE ! You`re dying yet continue to bullshit the people and simply cannot tell the truth .
What next, a full Christian funeral mass in a church for him !!!???
Hitler was a socialist too. So was Stalin. And Mao. And Lenin. And Beria. And Dzershinsky. And Trotsky.
Human decency? The guy pushed the same ideology as they did. An ideology responsible for hundreds of thousands of murdered human beings and their families.
I’ll give compassion and human decency where it’s due - to the victims of that oppressive ideology, not those who spouse it and defend it and wish to propagate it.
As for “values” - I value the freedom and right to live of all human beings, and I have ZERO regard for those that wish to control and otherwise run others’ lives through socialism, communisms, liberalism, fascism, etc., etc.
Sorry we disagree Buckeye, as I believe you and I have spoken before out here. It’s just the way it is.
Spot-on Para.
I don't think so. In fact, that last campaign probably kept him alive...he still had a goal. I imagine it was the stress of the original prostrate cancer, combined with the operation for the cracked hip.
BTW, have you noticed that no one has released the type of cancer he had this time?
Agreed. I've refrained from typing some thoughts too.
OTOH, the NDP is nothing without Jack, and although I did not wish him ill, I am glad the NDP doesn't have any kind of decent leader in the wings.
99% of the rest of Free Republic doesnt agree with you scumbag.
But then, you already know that, don't you.
In Canada, the choice is left and more left—admittedly the least left of the five parties in parliament is presently in power, but outside of economic issues even the leadership of the conservatives isn’t to be trusted (and on economic issues I would trust the liberals, at least under their immediate past leader, more than I would the U.S. Senate Republicans). That said, Layton did a wonderful job crippling two other left-wing parties, and while I would not exempt him from my tag line, the line does apply to most politicians, and I think it lacking in charity to wish him in Hell. Thumbs up to Proud American from another proud American in Canada.
“Scumbag” is a bit over the top, but hey, you’re entitled to your opinion.
99.9% can follow each other off a cliff too, but that doesn’t make it the right decision, nor a smart one.
Have a great day!
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