Thoughts on Today's Political Landscape

[tslust]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Apathy is our only downfall. Just plain old laziness.

That's the biggest reason for the fall of the Roman Empire. The people stopped caring. They didn't care about the political corruption, they didn't care about their declining economy, they didn't care about illegal immigration (yes, it was a problem back then too), they didn't care about maintaining the army, they didn't care about the rule of law.

It's amazing how little people learn from history.

[TracyCoxx]

We all know how great Obama is, but did you ever realize he was THIS GOOD?

If the Republicans pick Ron Paul as their candidate (which I strongly doubt), I'm switching parties. "Insane" foreign policy, my ass—his is the most rational I've ever heard of! As for his economic views, well...regulation or not, there seems to be negligible difference. The federal government might as well itself be a Fortune 500 corporation. And as much as I'm for states' rights, I worry that it might merely result in state governments intruding on liberties instead of the federal.
I dunno, though...I smell hypocrisy on him somewhere. That's how things work on Capitol Hill. Even if he's as honest as he seems, as President, he'd be hard-pressed to get things done with Congress and the S.C. jerking him around and the media smearing him. We'd have to follow up by voting more independents into the other two branches when the midterms come 'round, and there aren't many. Cleaning house just isn't that simple. The bastards could impeach him on some trumped-up charges if they had to, but it'd be easier to just tie his hands. The greedheads aren't gonna let one guy upset the applecart, no matter how many people support him.

[Enoch Root]

Found this on youtube somehow. Thought it was funny to see Newt Gingrich get all moral:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yf_0...acFOAAAAAAACAA

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Found this on youtube somehow. Thought it was funny to see Newt Gingrich get all moral:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yf_0...acFOAAAAAAACAA

He's absolutely right. Is this the most pressing issue in the presidential race? Hardly. Why is it asked then? To take out another target liberals fear.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

He's absolutely right. Is this the most pressing issue in the presidential race? Hardly. Why is it asked then? To take out another target liberals fear.

This is the man who was cheating on his wife while leading the charge to impeach Clinton? The man who got his wife to divorce him while she was riddled and weak with cancer? The idea that this man puts on the mantle of unadulterated purity, of some kind of virtuous defender is just silly.

We all err. It's not the end of the world. And I get it: some people sometimes fall out of love and fall in love with someone else and can't figure out how to deal with the marriage that has now ended because they fell in love with someone else. But when you are a member of a party that portrays itself as "moral," as defenders of some "Christian morality" or something and then you too err, you can't expect others to just accept your act and righteous plea for privacy and understanding.

Newt is known for not exactly being chaste and going after Clinton. That's the thrust of my having posted the video. I found his act funny. It was well written. It was also cynical.

I should have been clearer about my intentions. Then again you probably surmised them but hey, anything to perpetuate the idea that conservatives are persecuted.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

This is the man who was cheating on his wife while leading the charge to impeach Clinton? The man who got his wife to divorce him while she was riddled and weak with cancer? The idea that this man puts on the mantle of unadulterated purity, of some kind of virtuous defender is just silly.

We all err. It's not the end of the world. And I get it: some people sometimes fall out of love and fall in love with someone else and can't figure out how to deal with the marriage that has now ended because they fell in love with someone else. But when you are a member of a party that portrays itself as "moral," as defenders of some "Christian morality" or something and then you too err, you can't expect others to just accept your act and righteous plea for privacy and understanding.

Newt is known for not exactly being chaste and going after Clinton. That's the thrust of my having posted the video. I found his act funny. It was well written. It was also cynical.

I should have been clearer about my intentions. Then again you probably surmised them but hey, anything to perpetuate the idea that conservatives are persecuted.

Good points. Like many other beacons of christian morality (catholic priests who sexually abuse little boys, Falwell, etc) he's a hypocrite. I knew during the Lewinsky thing that it was more about getting Clinton out of office than morals and I was against the GOP trying to impeach Clinton over BS like that. I'm not concerned with who Clinton receives sexual favors from, and I'm not concerned with who Gingrich divorces or marries. It has nothing to do with balancing the budget or my freedoms or about anything I want the government to improve on. Which, again, is why it was ridiculous to open a presidential debate over jr high bs like that. There's real issues to discuss.