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What will you do when the impossible happens?

Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 20:50
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))
Jefferson Davisonia
23-10-2006, 20:51
i will smoke whatever you are smoking
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 20:53
i will smoke whatever you are smoking

I doubt you could give up the weed you smoke for the fresh air that I breathe.

:)
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 20:56
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

I will probably have a few beers, eat a few tacos and a few peanut butter cups and watch the Iraq debacle suck away my grandchildren's financial wellbeing while terrorists bide their time on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.

Then I'll probably try to start an American branch of CIRCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Insurgent_Rebel_Clown_Army) :)
Ashmoria
23-10-2006, 20:59
ohhhh this is an easy one

ill do the same thing i did in '04 when bush was reelected.

ill order another drink from the cabana boy and worry that i dont have quite enough sunscreen on my back.

im spending the first 2 full weeks of november in aruba. its great for soothing a disappointed soul.
Gauthier
23-10-2006, 20:59
I will be surprised at the power of mind over matter because it would mean New Mitanni was onto something when he stated "Air America's Bakruptcy = Liberals Lose Election".

"Reality has a liberal bias, but there is no spoon."
Jefferson Davisonia
23-10-2006, 21:00
I doubt you could give up the weed you smoke for the fresh air that I breathe.

:)

I don't smoke weed. that was my point. however, obviously some dangerous chemical has infiltrated the supposedly clear air you breathe, since you not only missed that but you hold onto the insane hope the republicans are not going to lose control of the legislature.

I suggest you move somewhere far away from whatever toxic dump has contaminated your breathing space
Barbaric Tribes
23-10-2006, 21:01
get plastured like everyone else.

Then finnally say enough of this bullshit and express my right of revolution.
Citizen_Patriot
23-10-2006, 21:02
I will be thankful that the correct choice has been made at a pivotal time when our freedoms are threatened by immoral terrorists abroad, immorality at home, and a wave of illegal immigration which may very well submerge our economy beneath the illusion of beneficence.
Not bad
23-10-2006, 21:07
Im more concerned that the Dems will go overboard with their newfound power after this election and get backlashed back out of power in the next arguably more important election. I dont want either party to have full control of both houses. Eapecially if they have a president in office. I prefer it immensely when neither group has too tight a grip on the reins of power.
The Psyker
23-10-2006, 21:07
I've never been of the opinion that that was an imposibility, I hope it dosen't happen and I would be a little suprised and veary disapointed if it did happen, but it wouldn't be that great a shock I've seen the possibility taken seriously in a number of places as well as the possibility that if the Dems do when they will win by a lot more than most would think, as a result of the way the system is gerrymandered to consentrate votes in a way that makes seats safe.
Barbaric Tribes
23-10-2006, 21:10
I will be thankful that the correct choice has been made at a pivotal time when our freedoms are threatened by immoral terrorists abroad, immorality at home, and a wave of illegal immigration which may very well submerge our economy beneath the illusion of beneficence.

Wow, so...what if any of those things have the republicans done?:headbang:
Enodscopia
23-10-2006, 21:12
I think its likely that the republicans will hold both houses. What will I do when they prove it, well I will probably cheer then go to sleep. If they do not I will say "Oh shit" then I will go to sleep.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 21:14
Wow, so...what if any of those things have the republicans done?:headbang:

Oh, come on. Just because not a single task has been completed in six years is no reason to think that the next two won't be an absolute delight of productiveness. ;)
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:14
I will probably have a few beers, eat a few tacos and a few peanut butter cups and watch the Iraq debacle suck away my grandchildren's financial wellbeing while terrorists bide their time on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.

Then I'll probably try to start an American branch of CIRCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Insurgent_Rebel_Clown_Army) :)

Me too. :)

Can I be Junior Leutenant RedNose in charge of the Little Clown Car..!?
Katurkalurkmurkastan
23-10-2006, 21:15
I will be thankful that the correct choice has been made at a pivotal time when our freedoms are threatened by immoral terrorists abroad, immorality at home, and a wave of illegal immigration which may very well submerge our economy beneath the illusion of beneficence.
while your politics instantly polarise me, your eloquence makes me want to be your friend! Can I be your token liberal friend?

EDIT: however, I think you should have kept the immoral theme with the immigrants. Only using immoral twice makes it sound as if you're searching for vocabulary, but three times is clearly to make a statement. Just a thought.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 21:17
Me too. :)

Can I be Junior Leutenant RedNose in charge of the Little Clown Car..!?

Does your insurance carrier cover pie damage? ;)
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:18
I don't smoke weed. that was my point. however, obviously some dangerous chemical has infiltrated the supposedly clear air you breathe, since you not only missed that but you hold onto the insane hope the republicans are not going to lose control of the legislature.

I suggest you move somewhere far away from whatever toxic dump has contaminated your breathing space

My air is quite clean, thanks for caring..!

We shall see what happens, little buckeroo..!

:)
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:19
get plastured like everyone else.

Then finnally say enough of this bullshit and express my right of revolution.

Excellent..!

Then I, or one of the other law enforcement officials, will get to shoot you!

Very nifty.


Such faith you have in America. Keep up the good work.
Farnhamia
23-10-2006, 21:20
I'll make plans for 2008. In fact, it might be better for the presidential race if the Republican Party were given as much rope as possible.

But hey, this is America, and no matter how far to one side or the other the parties swing, they always manage to swing back.
East of Eden is Nod
23-10-2006, 21:22
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

I thought you were having a depression now. :confused:
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:23
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
Me too.

Can I be Junior Leutenant RedNose in charge of the Little Clown Car..!?


Does your insurance carrier cover pie damage?


DAMN..!!

I forgot about insurance..!!

Wait a minute..! Isn't that covered by the Organization?

What kind of a BOZO Organization is this..!!!!?
Katurkalurkmurkastan
23-10-2006, 21:24
I thought you were having a depression now. :confused:
aye, but this is rightist, so it's a depression with taxes saved for later.
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:25
I'll make plans for 2008. In fact, it might be better for the presidential race if the Republican Party were given as much rope as possible.

But hey, this is America, and no matter how far to one side or the other the parties swing, they always manage to swing back.

How very true. :)

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.
The Psyker
23-10-2006, 21:27
How very true. :)

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.

Trust me we liberals are painfuly aware of that, and thats why the GOP's shity polling despite that shows just how much they have fucked up.
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:27
I thought you were having a depression now. :confused:

That's the current mass delusion of the left.

People on the right, as individuals, are thinking the left is talking about some goofball in Podunk when they talk about the "rightist base staying home".

But,.. let's keep that delusion going, as it makes the left do their usual thing, and stay home.

Especially you youngin's..! :)
Insignificantia
23-10-2006, 21:31
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
How very true.

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.


Trust me we liberals are painfuly aware of that, and thats why the GOP's shity polling despite that shows just how much they have fucked up.

Oh, the republicans have DEFINATELY fucked up,.. BIG time..!

But the choice is between Reps and Dems.

Nobody on the right is staying home,.. and no even-QUASI-rightist would vote for a Dem at this point in history.

Thus,.. we'll see..! :)
Khadgar
23-10-2006, 21:33
Well I should say the republicans holding a majority would be pretty damn impossible. Not that I relish the idea of speaker Pelosi. The right wingers are running scare ads now about the "homosexual muslim agenda". I wish I was making that up, but I heard it on the radio this morning.

I almost giggled, but then I realized someone would believe that horseshit.
East of Eden is Nod
23-10-2006, 21:33
That's the current mass delusion of the left.

People on the right, as individuals, are thinking the left is talking about some goofball in Podunk when they talk about the "rightist base staying home".

But,.. let's keep that delusion going, as it makes the left do their usual thing, and stay home.

Especially you youngin's..! :)

How old do you think I am?
And you really cannot tell me your population is better off than 6 years ago. How many jobs does one have to have to sustain a living in the US today?
The Psyker
23-10-2006, 21:36
Oh, the republicans have DEFINATELY fucked up,.. BIG time..!

But the choice is between Reps and Dems.

Nobody on the right is staying home,.. and no even-QUASI-rightist would vote for a Dem at this point in history.

Thus,.. we'll see..! :)

Really, so their horrible aproval ratings mean nothing? I think you are overestemating the Republicans at least as much as others are underestimating them.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 21:39
DAMN..!!

I forgot about insurance..!!

Wait a minute..! Isn't that covered by the Organization?

What kind of a BOZO Organization is this..!!!!?

The Best kind. :)
Wilgrove
23-10-2006, 21:39
1. Thank God there won't be a Speaker Pelosi

2. Curse America for not voting third party

3. Ask people if they voted third party, and if it's no, slap them with a dead fish.

4. Get arrested for assault with a weapon

5. Be home for Supper

6. Go to sleep.

7. Contiune my life as normal until 2008.

8. Repeat for 2008.
Citizen_Patriot
23-10-2006, 21:42
EDIT: however, I think you should have kept the immoral theme with the immigrants. Only using immoral twice makes it sound as if you're searching for vocabulary, but three times is clearly to make a statement. Just a thought.

I'm trying to make a point here, not write an aureate essay! Sure, I could have substituted "depravity," "degeneracy," "licentiousness," or even "anomy" for "immorality," but I opted for conveying my point in the clearest way possible.
Katurkalurkmurkastan
23-10-2006, 21:59
I'm trying to make a point here, not write an aureate essay! Sure, I could have substituted "depravity," "degeneracy," "licentiousness," or even "anomy" for "immorality," but I opted for conveying my point in the clearest way possible.
Yes, but the important part of being fascist is to drive home the subtle and subliminal messages. "People will believe a big lie more easily than a small one." It's all in the delivery. Someone that uses anomy in a sentence can make me believe anything.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 22:47
Yes, but the important part of being fascist is to drive home the subtle and subliminal messages. "People will believe a big lie more easily than a small one." It's all in the delivery. Someone that uses anomy in a sentence can make me believe anything.

Example: The Bible.

Look how farfetched that story is, and look how many people believe it. Why? Eloquence. *nod*
JuNii
23-10-2006, 22:50
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

Laugh my ass off while repeatedly saying "the People truely get what they deserve."


actually, i'd do that even IF the Dems gain both Senate and House.


then I'll probably find a nice mud hole somewhere and pick up a new hobby. MUDSLINGING!
CthulhuFhtagn
23-10-2006, 22:51
1. Thank God there won't be a Speaker Pelosi

2. Curse America for not voting third party

3. Ask people if they voted third party, and if it's no, slap them with a dead fish.

4. Get arrested for assault with a weapon

5. Be home for Supper

6. Go to sleep.

7. Contiune my life as normal until 2008.

8. Repeat for 2008.

You forgot the part where eventually a third party is elected, and promptly fucks everyone over like they've done every other time it's happened.
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:03
What will you do when the impossible happens?

When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))
The impossible will not happen because it is, you know, impossible.

So, whatever happens on election day, it will have been possible all along.

That should be obvious to anyone.

So what will I do when the impossible happens? Nothing, because that day will never come.

What will I do the day after election day? I will react to whatever the results are.
Zilam
23-10-2006, 23:08
I'll probably shoot someone and then go piss on the constitution, because it's going to happen anyways.
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:08
How very true. :)

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.
This might explain why you think impossible things are possible. If the center is on the right, then it's the right, not the center.

The center is not on either side. It is between the sides. Equidistant. That's what makes it the center.

There might be a little too much oxygen in that fresh air you're breathing, or maybe not enough oxygen. Whatever it is, it's making you a bit loopy.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 23:10
The impossible will not happen because it is, you know, impossible.

So, whatever happens on election day, it will have been possible all along.

That should be obvious to anyone.

So what will I do when the impossible happens? Nothing, because that day will never come.

What will I do the day after election day? I will react to whatever the results are.


I suppose that next you're gonna say that if the Impossible happens then it was never really impossible.

Silly goose. :p
Todsboro
23-10-2006, 23:10
And you really cannot tell me your population is better off than 6 years ago. How many jobs does one have to have to sustain a living in the US today?

Well, I'm not quite vain enough (almost, not quite) to speak for the entire population, so I'll only speak for myself.

I'm much better off than I was six years ago. How much of that is due to Bush et.al. is debatable, but I do love his tax cuts (and no, I'm not 'rich', at least not as it's generally defined).

I have ONE job. Six years ago, I had two (plus school). And I can not only sustain life; I'm also able to afford the electricity to power this 'puter. And as many Labatt Blues as I care to drink.
Heikoku
23-10-2006, 23:14
I'd sigh for seeing that America would be still as hell-bent in destroying itself, its freedoms, and the world as it was when it elected Dubya, then hope we'd live to see 2008, when the backlash would be VERY big over what the Republicans had done, thus generating a Democrat supermajority in both houses and a Democrat president.
Bolol
23-10-2006, 23:16
No matter what happens, someone's going to piss me off, and I'll inevitably cast a pox on both houses, and curse the ignorant electorate.

It's inevitable. You CANNOT make me happy when it comes to politicians.
CthulhuFhtagn
23-10-2006, 23:16
This might explain why you think impossible things are possible. If the center is on the right, then it's the right, not the center.

The center is not on either side. It is between the sides. Equidistant. That's what makes it the center.

There might be a little too much oxygen in that fresh air you're breathing, or maybe not enough oxygen. Whatever it is, it's making you a bit loopy.

Your logic fails. The center point of AMERICAN POLITICS is on the far right. The far right refers to the far right of all politics. If it referred to the far right of american politics, it'd have to say that.
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:17
I suppose that next you're gonna say that if the Impossible happens then it was never really impossible.

Silly goose. :p

"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)

Honk. ;)
Heikoku
23-10-2006, 23:19
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis AMATEUR Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)

Honk. ;)

;)

My record is 117. Top that!
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:22
Your logic fails. The center point of AMERICAN POLITICS is on the far right. The far right refers to the far right of all politics. If it referred to the far right of american politics, it'd have to say that.
Your sense of the geometry of spatial relationships fails. So does your sense of the conversation. We are talking about American politics, not world politics.

So, then, the center point of American politics is on the far right of what?

It cannot be on the far right of anything within itself, now can it? Because then it would be the right wing of American politics, not the center point of American politics.

I put it to you that, when determining the center of American politics, nothing outside of American politics is relevant. No matter where the center point of American politics falls in relation to anything else in the world, if it is the center point of American politics, then it is in the center, not on the right, of American politics.

Ergo, the center of American politics is NOT to the right. It is in the center. Of American politics.

Obviously.
New Mitanni
23-10-2006, 23:24
Gloat, of course :cool:
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:26
;)

My record is 117. Top that!
I wouldn't dare try. :D
Bitchkitten
23-10-2006, 23:27
I'll do what I've done for several years. Sit in a red state and bitch.
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:32
Your logic fails. The center point of AMERICAN POLITICS is on the far right. The far right refers to the far right of all politics. If it referred to the far right of american politics, it'd have to say that.
SECOND ANSWER TO THE SAME POST:

Besides which (referring to my first answer to this post), even if we were talking about world politics, which we are not, it would still be somewhat weak to say that the center point of American politics is to the right of, in this case, world politics. It would be more correct to say that American politics as a whole is to the right on the spectrum of world politics. After all, even the majority of US liberals are noticeably less liberal than the majority of European liberals. So the US as a whole is more rightish. But even with that said, the center point of American politics is still in the center of American politics.

The center point of a thing is referential only to the thing itself. No matter where you put the thing, its center will always be at the center of it.

I suppose you could put together some comparison among all the center points of all the national political spectrums in the world, placing just those center points on a global spectrum relative to each other, but why would anyone want to do that? That would be like arguing the relative spatial arrangements of people's bellybuttons while ignoring the people themselves.
Muravyets
23-10-2006, 23:36
Your logic fails. The center point of AMERICAN POLITICS is on the far right. The far right refers to the far right of all politics. If it referred to the far right of american politics, it'd have to say that.
THIRD RESPONSE TO THIS SAME POST:

By the way, I'd like to thank you for posting an argument that is so much more (relatively) interesting than the half-assed liberal-baiting of the OP. :)
Sheni
23-10-2006, 23:51
Your sense of the geometry of spatial relationships fails. So does your sense of the conversation. We are talking about American politics, not world politics.

So, then, the center point of American politics is on the far right of what?

It cannot be on the far right of anything within itself, now can it? Because then it would be the right wing of American politics, not the center point of American politics.

I put it to you that, when determining the center of American politics, nothing outside of American politics is relevant. No matter where the center point of American politics falls in relation to anything else in the world, if it is the center point of American politics, then it is in the center, not on the right, of American politics.

Ergo, the center of American politics is NOT to the right. It is in the center. Of American politics.

Obviously.

Not quite.
Take the city of Houston.
In relation to the rest of America, it's to the south.
However, in relation to the entire world, it's northward.
So, what an American would call centrist the UN would call right.
Sheni
23-10-2006, 23:56
SECOND ANSWER TO THE SAME POST:

Besides which (referring to my first answer to this post), even if we were talking about world politics, which we are not, it would still be somewhat weak to say that the center point of American politics is to the right of, in this case, world politics. It would be more correct to say that American politics as a whole is to the right on the spectrum of world politics. After all, even the majority of US liberals are noticeably less liberal than the majority of European liberals. So the US as a whole is more rightish. But even with that said, the center point of American politics is still in the center of American politics.

The center point of a thing is referential only to the thing itself. No matter where you put the thing, its center will always be at the center of it.

I suppose you could put together some comparison among all the center points of all the national political spectrums in the world, placing just those center points on a global spectrum relative to each other, but why would anyone want to do that? That would be like arguing the relative spatial arrangements of people's bellybuttons while ignoring the people themselves.

Missed this post.
Back to geography:
The center of the US would be to the north relative to the rest of the world.
The center of Brazil would be to the south.
This is used because the center of something gives a pretty good idea for where the thing itself is.
And so, even though the center of American politics is in the center of American it is still to the right of world politics.
The Black Forrest
23-10-2006, 23:59
I will probably have a few beers, eat a few tacos and a few peanut butter cups and watch the Iraq debacle suck away my grandchildren's financial wellbeing while terrorists bide their time on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.

Then I'll probably try to start an American branch of CIRCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Insurgent_Rebel_Clown_Army) :)

I like you style! :)

Can I be one of your groupies?
Desperate Measures
24-10-2006, 00:05
I'm going to peg Beezlebub with snowballs in a lake of fire.
New Granada
24-10-2006, 00:07
I would put my money on the democrats not winning control of the legislature, sad to say.
Muravyets
24-10-2006, 00:09
Missed this post.
Back to geography:
The center of the US would be to the north relative to the rest of the world.
The center of Brazil would be to the south.
This is used because the center of something gives a pretty good idea for where the thing itself is.
And so, even though the center of American politics is in the center of American it is still to the right of world politics.
But as I pointed out, we are not talking about world politics.

Who cares where the center of French politics (for instance) is relative to the center of American politics, in a discussion about the upcoming US Congressional elections?
Dragontide
24-10-2006, 03:06
Right after the republicans win, my alarm clock will go off. Then I will laugh all day at the silly dream I had. :p
Sheni
24-10-2006, 03:25
How very true. :)

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.

This is the original post that we're talking about.
Notice that he seems to be saying that the center of American politics is on the far right of general politics.
Good Lifes
24-10-2006, 04:43
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

Might be the best thing for the democrats (although not the country). With two more years in power with no one checking GW, the right won't be elected for another 50 years.
Lunatic Goofballs
24-10-2006, 08:51
I like you style! :)

Can I be one of your groupies?

:eek:

You aren't already?

My whole life has been a lie. :(
BackwoodsSquatches
24-10-2006, 08:52
:eek:

You aren't already?

My whole life has been a lie. :(

Groupies are fine.


No minions for you!

You hear?

NO MINIONS!
Lunatic Goofballs
24-10-2006, 08:55
Groupies are fine.


No minions for you!

You hear?

NO MINIONS!

What about lackeys? Can i have some lackeys? Even Skeletor had lackeys. *nod*
Cabra West
24-10-2006, 10:06
What about lackeys? Can i have some lackeys? Even Skeletor had lackeys. *nod*

But if you had to chose between Skeletor's lackeys and a bunch of groupies...?
Lunatic Goofballs
24-10-2006, 10:08
But if you had to chose between Skeletor's lackeys and a bunch of groupies...?

Groupies. I can have dirty dirty sex with groupies. Skeletor's lackeys were Beastman and Merman. ... ugh! *shudder*
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:06
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
That's the current mass delusion of the left.

People on the right, as individuals, are thinking the left is talking about some goofball in Podunk when they talk about the "rightist base staying home".

But,.. let's keep that delusion going, as it makes the left do their usual thing, and stay home.

Especially you youngin's..!


How old do you think I am?
And you really cannot tell me your population is better off than 6 years ago. How many jobs does one have to have to sustain a living in the US today?

Firstly, I wasn't necessarily talking about YOU, as one of the "youngin's".

Secondly, "youngin's" could be used, as I've used it, as a measure of "maturity" as opposed to "chronological age".

So,.. how old you are, as I have no way of verifying either your actual chrono-age or your "maturity" age, is for me to judge based on our conversation,.. or at least your use of words and ideas.

So,.. again,.. How many trips around the sun have you taken, and I'll thank you for whatever you want to offer to me as evidence of your "maturity" would be appreciated.

Oh,.. and as to your other question: How many jobs do YOU need to have to sustain a living,.. and why are you so BAD at finding well paying work?



-Iakeo
Okielahoma
24-10-2006, 20:19
celebrate:D
Dems suck
Soheran
24-10-2006, 20:20
I will start getting scared.
Gauthier
24-10-2006, 20:22
Well folks, this is just one of many threads where the NationStates Busheviks are having their own Owl Creek Bridge moments.

:D
Raggie Ralph
24-10-2006, 20:23
[QUOTE=Insignificantia;11846026]When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?

Why not capture it ourselves?
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:24
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
Oh, the republicans have DEFINATELY fucked up,.. BIG time..!

But the choice is between Reps and Dems.

Nobody on the right is staying home,.. and no even-QUASI-rightist would vote for a Dem at this point in history.

Thus,.. we'll see..!


Really, so their horrible aproval ratings mean nothing? I think you are overestemating the Republicans at least as much as others are underestimating them.

The approval ratings mean that people don't approve of what they've managed to accomplish, or what they have accompished.

But people vote for individuals (there is no "toss all republicans" choice to vote for), and when a rightist sees that the choice is between a republican (perceived as "rightist") and a democrat (perceived as "leftist") they will always ote for the republican.

Now,.. the spoiler is, of course, the so-called "independents", which are in fact rightist democrats.

They MAY identify with the "I'm not a republican!" image they have of themselves, and vote for a democrat, or, more likely, the "independent" that might be on the menu.

So, my advice to the dems is to play to the "I'm not a republican, even though I am a rightist" independents, which means that you have to smear the republicans as much as possible and minimize the dems "leftist" identification.

Thus,.. what's happenin' now..! :)

But,.. how many independents (rightists) can you (leftists) scare up?



As for the "approval rating" question: I give the Republicans VERY low approval marks, but I would never vote to increase the overall power of Democrats, even if I thought the Democrat candidate was "superior", because the Democrat "machine" is perceived by me as a direct threat to the "health" of America.

I would imagine that those on the left feel precisely the same about the Republicans, and that's perfectly fine, until such time as BOTH parties prove that they are more interested in the welfare of America than they are to their own power to create law, change constitutions, and appoint unaccountable judges.
Zagat
24-10-2006, 20:26
When you vote in a black box, nothing is impossible.

I dont expect the Republicans to get more votes than the Democrats. But I'm not confident that the number of votes a party (or candidate) gets determines who wins elections when felons (legally unfit to vote themselves) own, programe and maintain, without lawful supervision, the machines that alledgedly record and report the votes...
UpwardThrust
24-10-2006, 20:28
Really, so their horrible aproval ratings mean nothing? I think you are overestemating the Republicans at least as much as others are underestimating them.

We dont misunderestimate :p :D
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:29
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
DAMN..!!

I forgot about insurance..!!

Wait a minute..! Isn't that covered by the Organization?

What kind of a BOZO Organization is this..!!!!?


The Best kind.

Clowns without auto-insurance,.. running with scissors, juggling fire while wearing baggy flammable clothes and bulbous Manolo Blahniks without medical insurance,.. what is this world coming to..!!?

-Iakeo
Intangelon
24-10-2006, 20:31
Well folks, this is just one of many threads where the NationStates Busheviks are having their own Owl Creek Bridge moments.

:D

Spectacular reference! You win the thread!
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:33
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?

(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

Laugh my ass off while repeatedly saying "the People truely get what they deserve."

actually, i'd do that even IF the Dems gain both Senate and House.

Me too, basically..! :)


then I'll probably find a nice mud hole somewhere and pick up a new hobby. MUDSLINGING!

Heh he he he... :) Mahalo nui, kanaka. E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe.

-Iakeo
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:36
The impossible will not happen because it is, you know, impossible.

So, whatever happens on election day, it will have been possible all along.

That should be obvious to anyone.

So what will I do when the impossible happens? Nothing, because that day will never come.

What will I do the day after election day? I will react to whatever the results are.

Oooooo... deep.

Just my kind of "deepness", too.

Thank you very much for detangling my poetic license as regards my use of the word "impossible".

Peace and disambiguity to you, always. :)

-Iakeo
BorderWorldXen
24-10-2006, 20:37
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))


I probably wont care, either way. Just as long as I have my computer.
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:39
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
How very true.

Little do people realize, though, that the center point of the American political spectrum is on the far right.

This might explain why you think impossible things are possible. If the center is on the right, then it's the right, not the center.

The center is not on either side. It is between the sides. Equidistant. That's what makes it the center.

There might be a little too much oxygen in that fresh air you're breathing, or maybe not enough oxygen. Whatever it is, it's making you a bit loopy.

I love Mura,.. so very logical...! :)

Do you REALLY need me to explain what I meant, or just being clever (and you ARE VERY clever! Which I appreciate VERY very much!)..?

-Iakeo
Langenbruck
24-10-2006, 20:41
I would build some nukes and send them to the US to free the people.

I'm sure the Americans will love me for my philantrophy.
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:41
I'd sigh for seeing that America would be still as hell-bent in destroying itself, its freedoms, and the world as it was when it elected Dubya, then hope we'd live to see 2008, when the backlash would be VERY big over what the Republicans had done, thus generating a Democrat supermajority in both houses and a Democrat president.

A VERY plausible answer..!

Thank you for a great response. :)


-Iakeo
Intangelon
24-10-2006, 20:42
Let's see, what will I do...hmmm....

Aha. I will trumpet that the Democrats MEANT to lose the election and that anyone who said they were trying to win is a shameful, mudslinging negative campaigner. No, wait. That's what the Right does. I've noticed that lately.

2005: "Stay the course!"
2006: "We never said that, and you're a Muslim-humping, gay-marriage-touting, baby-killing, tax-happy, activist judge to say we did...and, uh...those recordings you have of us saying it are fakes."

Come on, folks, the vast majority of politicians are, in the words of Randy Pan, the Goat-Boy, "lying cocksuckers." I plan to stay home and jerk off on election day. At least when I'm done masturbating, I'll have a little something to show for it.
Intangelon
24-10-2006, 20:43
A VERY plausible answer..!

Thank you for a great response. :)


-Iakeo

I agree (and you suck at sarcasm, dude).
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 20:47
Quote:
Originally Posted by CthulhuFhtagn
Your logic fails. The center point of AMERICAN POLITICS is on the far right. The far right refers to the far right of all politics. If it referred to the far right of american politics, it'd have to say that.

THIRD RESPONSE TO THIS SAME POST:

By the way, I'd like to thank you for posting an argument that is so much more (relatively) interesting than the half-assed liberal-baiting of the OP.

Yes,.. it was baiting.

It did it's job in getting the conversation going, which was the point.

How exactly was it "half-assed",.. other than a product of someone with whom you disagree?


-Iakeo
UpwardThrust
24-10-2006, 20:50
Yes,.. it was baiting.

It did it's job in getting the conversation going, which was the point.

How exactly was it "half-assed",.. other than a product of someone with whom you disagree?


-Iakeo

your right it was full assed baiting
East Canuck
24-10-2006, 20:57
Yes,.. it was baiting.

It did it's job in getting the conversation going, which was the point.

How exactly was it "half-assed",.. other than a product of someone with whom you disagree?


COLOR="White"] -Iakeo /COLOR]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Iakeo one of the select few on the "Delete On Sight" list?
Insignificantia
24-10-2006, 21:00
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
A VERY plausible answer..!

Thank you for a great response.

I agree (and you suck at sarcasm, dude).

I *DO*,... I REALLY really am TERRIBLE at sarcasm..!

I don't have a sarcastic bone in my body,.. which is an AWFUL thing when you're trying to actually BE sarcastic..!

You, know,.. may I farm out all my sarcasm to you, for tweaking and approval, before my lame attempts embarrass me beyond any hope of recovery in the eyes of my not overly adoring audience...?

I'd REALLY like you to either help me out here yourself, or at least, depending on your sense of commitment to generously helping others, suggest a few books, tapes or inspirational speakers that I can buy REALLY expensive seminar tickets from.

Would'ja do that for me,.. eh boobie..?


-Iakeo
Drunk commies deleted
24-10-2006, 21:04
When the US house and senate are not captured by the Democrats,..

..what will you do?



(( Will we indeed have another wave of leftist depression, or will they do something else this time? ))

I'll join People for the American Way (http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/), contribute as much money as possible to liberal causes, and see if I can find a way to convince voters to vote in their best interests, not for a party that thrives on fear and hate. Luckily the Democrats are looking pretty strong, so I probably won't have to do all that.
UpwardThrust
24-10-2006, 21:07
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Iakeo one of the select few on the "Delete On Sight" list?

Thought so too
Smallishania
24-10-2006, 21:12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Insignificantia
Yes,.. it was baiting.

It did it's job in getting the conversation going, which was the point.

How exactly was it "half-assed",.. other than a product of someone with whom you disagree?

COLOR="White"] -Iakeo /COLOR]


Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Iakeo one of the select few on the "Delete On Sight" list?

Oh my GOD...!!!!!!

<< Mods are fascists, as usual... >>


:)
HotRodia
24-10-2006, 21:22
This particular show's over. If it restarts, I'd appreciate it if y'all would let me know.

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