Comments on: Duly Noted http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anderson http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/comment-page-1/#comment-74002 Anderson Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:14:07 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/#comment-74002 Bob, what aggravates me the most are the morons who go by election politics. During election years, politicians sell their souls to the masses. What they stand for is not what they preach, because not everyone will buy into it. However, the emptier the message, the less likely it will anger someone. For me, it comes down to two things: 1) The Cheney Energy Bill which Obama tried to tag on McCain. Obama signed it, McCain didn't. Obama signed it because of the renewables, even though he said that Cheney and Bush didn't do anything for renewables. McCain didn't because of the pork attached (a good reason to vote for McCain). And yet, the Obama drones defended him... I still don't know how or why. (This isn't an attack on the bill, just on Obama's credibility.) 2) BAIPA, or at least the version that he refused to sign in Illinois. I am pro-life/anti-abortion/anti-choice, whatever you prefer to call it. Taking the life of the most defenseless is despicable. However, there are those who argue when it truly is a life. I guess that twisted logic could pass for some people. But once the child is born, the logic cannot be twisted anymore... or so I thought. Apparently, BAIPA-type legislation would be a blow to Roe v. Wade, even though this bill assumes a legalized abortion. This kind of logic hurts my brain. I know there are more things he has said, voted for, done, etc. that I found repulsive and his reasoning inane. These two are the biggest ones so far. Bob, what aggravates me the most are the morons who go by election politics. During election years, politicians sell their souls to the masses. What they stand for is not what they preach, because not everyone will buy into it. However, the emptier the message, the less likely it will anger someone.

For me, it comes down to two things:
1) The Cheney Energy Bill which Obama tried to tag on McCain. Obama signed it, McCain didn’t. Obama signed it because of the renewables, even though he said that Cheney and Bush didn’t do anything for renewables. McCain didn’t because of the pork attached (a good reason to vote for McCain). And yet, the Obama drones defended him… I still don’t know how or why. (This isn’t an attack on the bill, just on Obama’s credibility.)

2) BAIPA, or at least the version that he refused to sign in Illinois. I am pro-life/anti-abortion/anti-choice, whatever you prefer to call it. Taking the life of the most defenseless is despicable. However, there are those who argue when it truly is a life. I guess that twisted logic could pass for some people. But once the child is born, the logic cannot be twisted anymore… or so I thought. Apparently, BAIPA-type legislation would be a blow to Roe v. Wade, even though this bill assumes a legalized abortion. This kind of logic hurts my brain.

I know there are more things he has said, voted for, done, etc. that I found repulsive and his reasoning inane. These two are the biggest ones so far.

]]> By: Bob Stapler http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/comment-page-1/#comment-74000 Bob Stapler Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:47:57 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/#comment-74000 “He [Obama] is wanted for traits attributed and because these are assumed to be the opposites of McCain's. Ironically, Obama is trying to convince his electorate that these traits do not represent his values and his program.” Suggesting Obama’s constituency knows more about whom and what he is than he does. Either that or they’re blithering idiots who buy the Kool-Aid no matter how it’s parsed and he’s a complete fraud. Average Obama supporter: But, how can that be? (considering he’s part of the party that purged Washington of all corruption). But, if he isn’t corrupt, that means he must be stupid. No, no, no ... that can’t be right. It must be he’s so smart he’s muting the radicalism until he gets elected ... but that would be corrupt and means he’s lying to us. No, that can’t be, so it must mean he’s ... only pretending to be stupid and giving us nice but ultimately meaningless phrases to lull right-wingnuts into complacency thinking he has no real program they should worry about. Yeah, that sounds more like it. Oh, the denial! “He [Obama] is wanted for traits attributed and because these are assumed to be the opposites of McCain’s. Ironically, Obama is trying to convince his electorate that these traits do not represent his values and his program.”

Suggesting Obama’s constituency knows more about whom and what he is than he does. Either that or they’re blithering idiots who buy the Kool-Aid no matter how it’s parsed and he’s a complete fraud.

Average Obama supporter: But, how can that be? (considering he’s part of the party that purged Washington of all corruption). But, if he isn’t corrupt, that means he must be stupid. No, no, no … that can’t be right. It must be he’s so smart he’s muting the radicalism until he gets elected … but that would be corrupt and means he’s lying to us. No, that can’t be, so it must mean he’s … only pretending to be stupid and giving us nice but ultimately meaningless phrases to lull right-wingnuts into complacency thinking he has no real program they should worry about. Yeah, that sounds more like it.

Oh, the denial!

]]> By: johnny12 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/comment-page-1/#comment-73952 johnny12 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:33:19 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/09/21/duly-noted-32/#comment-73952 It seems as if the Russian bear of old is back on the world stage, and we are going to have to confront the situation hopefully with president McCain not president Obama. It seems as if the Russian bear of old is back on the world stage, and we are going to have to confront the situation hopefully with president McCain not president Obama.

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