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MMO 360° » Blog Archive » Change? In politics? — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:01:12 +0000

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Psychochild’s Blog » Change? In politics? — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:24:10 +0000

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By: TPRJones

TPRJones — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:05:02 +0000

I like Huckabee. Well, not exactly. He’s an ignorant facist who speeks well, but he’s my current favorite. He’s offered the VP slot to Stephen Colbert several times, and if he does well there’s a slight chance that Colbert will take him up on it. Then we’re just one bullet away from an excellent Presidency.

By: 3 Stacked Midgets

3 Stacked Midgets — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:01:45 +0000

I don’t understand how so many former libertarians can have positive feelings towards Obama. He’s pro-war, pro-(some form of UHC borg) and voted to re-authorize PATRIOT. He clearly favors a Clintonian interventionist foreign policy, particularly in the case of Darfur. I can’t listen to the man speak for more than five seconds – his rhetoric just sounds empty. Not to mention his utter silence on the drug war issue despite his admitted past use. I can’t support anyone who holds those positions, no matter how often they blather about “change.”

By: Mortarion

Mortarion — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:33:20 +0000

@43: I’m from Canada, actually, so parliamentary democracy.

Don’t mistake my comment as ragging on Americans as a people, by any means. I think this is a great place to live and have a lot of respect for what the US has accomplished. Perhaps I should have removed the ‘US’ from my ‘US partisan politics = VNboards’ comment, but I was specifically referring to the two-party system here.

I guess I was mostly commenting on how silly it is that people seem to always stereotype the parties, when the people within those parties can vary wildly on issues (See VNboards – “Hibs always zerg, Mids always gank, anyone who plays a Bainshee is an ass, etc.”). But I’m also a very laid-back, nonreligious, common sense kind of person, and being new here, I’m trying to figure out where I politically fit. I didn’t mean to imply that my country’s political system was better than the US’; it was more an observation about human nature.

By: krones

krones — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:45:55 +0000

Richardson drops out. He would’ve won it all, but Lum had to ruin his future by reading the stars with Mrs. Cleo.

By: IanB

IanB — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:39:57 +0000

@#43: He may come from one of the (many) countries with more than 2 parties. Thus it would be more like us vs. them vs. them with the help of these other guys sometimes, but not when we’re talking about this other subject, when its us. vs. them vs. them vs. some other people etc.

When you distill everything down to just two parties, it is really pretty different.

By: Merkwurdigliebe

Merkwurdigliebe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:20:11 +0000

I imagine Obama’s resolution to the war in Iraq is the same as Hillary’s: Reduce troops to the level just barely enough to protect themselves in the green zone, then pull them all out a few months or years later when a large number of them get killed by a dramatic suicide attack that creates a public outcry in the US. Leaving the Iraqis fending for themselves. The alternatives are: The same except pull all troops out immediately, or let the next administration do it.

By: heartless_

heartless_ — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:19:01 +0000

Mortarion I would like to know where you hail from, because every corner of this planet that I have investigated has the exact same type of people. It’s just cool to rag on Americans. It’s Us vs Them in every single part of the world.

By: John Maisenhelder

John Maisenhelder — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:33:10 +0000

Basically what we need is someone who can find a resolution to the war instead of dragging it on to make himself feel or look important…So far that seems to make Obama our best bet.