tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post6573999477797407592..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-56611804772909544062012-03-02T10:02:36.661-05:002012-03-02T10:02:36.661-05:00While I assume Barb and others are posting in good...While I assume Barb and others are posting in good faith, what drives me nuts about the "moderates" and "independents" and "oh god just stop the BS and admit that you don't care" crowd is that when confronted with irrefutable evidence that Republicans are nuts, dangerous, cruel, etc., they find some way to ignore it.<br /><br />Here we have a post about irrefutable Republican extremism, and the first response to that is about how "it doesn't matter" and...term limits. That attitude only emboldens them. Pretending "it doesn't matter" year after year after year is how we go from Roe v. Wade being accepted in our country to having a fight over contraceptives. Or how we go from being the land of opportunity to the land of SuperJobCreators versus moochers/looters/etc. Or how we go from (fill in the blank on and on and on).<br /><br />To all you independents who like to elevate yourselves "above" all this dirty "partisan rancor:" get your heads out of the sand and get over yourselves, because you're not helping. These people are dangerous, and some of you have voted for them, thus making our problems worse. Cowboy/girl up, admit that you were wrong, and NEVER vote Republican again.cfaller96https://www.blogger.com/profile/15417003134046992615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-20294223703049196382012-03-02T07:01:58.922-05:002012-03-02T07:01:58.922-05:00Yeah, I know. I posted about that elsewhere, but I...Yeah, I know. I posted about that elsewhere, but I left it out here because he's not exactly at the center of the Republican/right-wing universe. These other people are.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79556606165748355212012-03-01T23:40:30.474-05:002012-03-01T23:40:30.474-05:00You left out the fact that we learned this week th...You left out the fact that we learned this week that Montana Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull forwarded a blatantly racist e-mail joke about Obama's mother.Joshua Caplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12633768084672573909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63303605672198280052012-03-01T22:31:04.411-05:002012-03-01T22:31:04.411-05:00Well, the thing is, though - you'd still end u...Well, the thing is, though - you'd still end up with a "dirty old boys club" on both sides of the aisle, unless instituting term limits somehow improved the electorate. The only diff would be that the members would change faces more often, and probably be even more clownishly inept.<br /><br />Back when term limits was the new GOPanacea in the early 90's, it struck me that for an electorate to embrace term limits seemed awfully close to saying "stop me before I vote again!". Rather pathetic in a way. And, of course, many if not most of those who swept into office bawling about term limits ended up finding a way to stay in office well past the limits for which they had bawled.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-70863983931091542322012-03-01T19:57:36.603-05:002012-03-01T19:57:36.603-05:00It doesn't matter who gets elected. The only t...It doesn't matter who gets elected. The only thing I will support is TERM LIMITS on both the House & the Senate. Until that happens, it doesn't matter which party gets control, it's a dirty old boys club on both sides of the aisle. That's the bottom line.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234931028910239675noreply@blogger.com