Republican Convention

[VaticanAssassin]

What no threads?!


I watched his wife, Christie, and Mia Love. Caught bits and pieces of some others. I think the three I mentioned did a great job overall, not that this pep rally crap means shit. Does not seem like anyone went negative. Wonder if the same will be able to be said of at the lib tards convention.

 

[Recidiva]

You don't find it ironic to have a sentence about not going negative right next to a sentence that says lib tards?

 

[Adre]

You don't find it ironic to have a sentence about not going negative right next to a sentence that says lib tards?

Vette in training

 

[VaticanAssassin]

You don't find it ironic to have a sentence about not going negative right next to a sentence that says lib tards?

Nah..I am pretty much consistent in using the term lib tard as well as conserv tards.

Plus I am giving my take on what they said, not what I said.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Vette in training

See typical LibTard response^^^

 

[Recidiva]

It just gets funnier.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

It just gets funnier.

So no opinion other than your panties being in a bunch over the term Libtard?

Do not worry so much. As soon as Jen and or Coach shows up I will call them Conservtards.

 

[Adre]

See typical LibTard response^^^

See previous comment.

 

[Recidiva]

So no opinion other than your panties being in a bunch over the term Libtard?

Do not worry so much. As soon as Jen and or Coach shows up I will call them Conservtards.

My panties aren't in a bunch, I just think it's ironic and progressively ramping up the funny.

The only offense is that it's ridiculously childish, and defending it even more so. Saying you're going to do it to the other side, there's more ramp.

 

[phrodeau]

The Republicans are pissing into the wind, but at least they're aiming high.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

My panties aren't in a bunch, I just think it's ironic and progressively ramping up the funny.

The only offense is that it's ridiculously childish, and defending it even more so. Saying you're going to do it to the other side, there's more ramp.

I have always seen little difference in people like Jen, Coach, Rory, Merc....

The list goes on. Pure partisan with little thought. All tards. If their party says the sky is purple they will defend that with their dying breath. I lean conservative as most people in my field do. But I also do not follow the party line.

Overall the RC did not have a negative tone. Agree or disagree?

 

[CHNOPS]

1) There have been other threads on it.

2) Of COURSE it's negative. The only idea unifying the GOOP is the need to get Obama out of the White House. Not only that, but it SHOULD be negative, and if it's not, it would be an unprecedented disaster. You don't go to war bringing pizza and six packs to the enemy.

3) You have not yet come to grips with your inner partisan. The reason you don't think it was negative is simply that you agree with them. You and AJ should get together some time and talk about how you're really, truly not Republicans or anything.

 

[Recidiva]

I have always seen little difference in people like Jen, Coach, Rory, Merc....

The list goes on. Pure partisan with little thought. All tards. If their party says the sky is purple they will defend that with their dying breath. I lean conservative as most people in my field do. But I also do not follow the party line.

Overall the RC did not have a negative tone. Agree or disagree?

Okay, well, a little perspective. "Retard" is generally considered a pejorative of mentally handicapped. For my part I don't use the word because it's hurtful to that group. For your part it just shows a willingness to compare a group that does have choices to a group that doesn't. I don't see you insulting political partisans, I see you insulting the kids at Special Olympics. That's why I think it's childish and ineffectual. Those kids deserve better than to be compared to partisans. Their parents deserve to not have to read it in a political conversation.

If you're going to use a word, own it, that's fine. If you disagree with me seeing it as childish and undermining your entire point, that's fine too.

I'm suggesting that a better choice of wording would reflect your tone as well as your intended purpose: If you admire and wish to uphold "not going negative" as a good thing, don't do the thing yourself. Doing so within the same breath adds extra irony points.

"Lib Tards Convention" reads Democratic Convention in this context, not "Lit Partisan Group"

Didn't watch.

 

[zipman]

I didn't watch any of it but I did read a transcript of Chris Christie's remarks which I found to be very interesting. To be honest, it sounded as though he was trying to make the case for his nomination in 2016 more than trying to make the case for Romney in 2012.

 

[zipman]

Nah..I am pretty much consistent in using the term lib tard as well as conserv tards.

Plus I am giving my take on what they said, not what I said.

The truth is you're not nearly as objective and unbiased as you think you are.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

1) There have been other threads on it.

2) Of COURSE it's negative. The only idea unifying the GOOP is the need to get Obama out of the White House. Not only that, but it SHOULD be negative, and if it's not, it would be an unprecedented disaster. You don't go to war bringing pizza and six packs to the enemy.

3) You have not yet come to grips with your inner partisan. The reason you don't think it was negative is simply that you agree with them. You and AJ should get together some time and talk about how you're really, truly not Republicans or anything.

You mean how:

I am Pro Choice?
Anti religion?
Believe gays should be able to get married?

That kind of thing?

Did they talk more about what they would do different or more about everything Obama did wrong?

You do know there is a difference right?

The three I mentioned did not use Obama's name once.

 

[zipman]

I have always seen little difference in people like Jen, Coach, Rory, Merc....

The list goes on. Pure partisan with little thought. All tards. If their party says the sky is purple they will defend that with their dying breath. I lean conservative as most people in my field do. But I also do not follow the party line.

Overall the RC did not have a negative tone. Agree or disagree?

I think the following comment is certainly negative. The fact that it doesn't mention Obama by name doesn't make it any less negative.

“It is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the Oval Office and send real leaders back to the White House."

 

[Adre]

Tard is just a lazy word. Why not find meaningful descriptors?

 

[zipman]

Okay, well, a little perspective. "Retard" is generally considered a pejorative of mentally handicapped. For my part I don't use the word because it's hurtful to that group. For your part it just shows a willingness to compare a group that does have choices to a group that doesn't. I don't see you insulting political partisans, I see you insulting the kids at Special Olympics. That's why I think it's childish and ineffectual. Those kids deserve better than to be compared to partisans. Their parents deserve to not have to read it in a political conversation.

If you're going to use a word, own it, that's fine. If you disagree with me seeing it as childish and undermining your entire point, that's fine too.

I'm suggesting that a better choice of wording would reflect your tone as well as your intended purpose: If you admire and wish to uphold "not going negative" as a good thing, don't do the thing yourself. Doing so within the same breath adds extra irony points.

"Lib Tards Convention" reads Democratic Convention in this context, not "Lit Partisan Group"

Didn't watch.

Excellent points.

 

[CHNOPS]

You mean how:

I am Pro Choice?
Anti religion?
Believe gays should be able to get married?

That kind of thing?

Did they talk more about what they would do different or more about everything Obama did wrong?

You do know there is a difference right?

The three I mentioned did not use Obama's name once.

Really?

From Mia Love's speech. It accounts for about a quarter to a third of her speech, depending how you slice such things:

President Obama’s version of America is a divided one --
often pitting us against each other bases on our income level, gender, and social status.
His policies have failed us!
We're NOT better off than we were 4 years ago,
and NO rhetoric, bumper sticker, or Hollywood campaign ad can change that.

Mr. President,
I'm here to tell you the American People are awake
and we're not buying what you're selling in 2012.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Excellent points.

Funny thing is I do not think I have used the term prior to Lit. It does seem to be the descriptor of choice for both sides...

 

[Recidiva]

You mean how:

I am Pro Choice?
Anti religion?
Believe gays should be able to get married?

That kind of thing?

Did they talk more about what they would do different or more about everything Obama did wrong?

You do know there is a difference right?

The three I mentioned did not use Obama's name once.

I did hear that the concept "You didn't build that" became a theme of the day. I find that to be pretty damned petty.

I'm Pro choice, but not anti religion, I'm just pro separation of Church and State. I do believe gays should be allowed to get married with equal rights, but that churches should not be compelled to perform those services unless they do so voluntarily. Justice of the Peace is just fine.

I like Christie, I like Marco Rubio.

I think Romney is a cipher and would probably make a decent president who followed polling data and accomplished very little, but fucked up very little.

I didn't watch the convention because I can't imagine there's any more to say that I haven't heard before.

 

[CHNOPS]

From Christie's speech:

Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to
end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care system in
the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats
between an American citizen and her doctor.

I am here to tell you tonight, it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders to the White House.

I know we can be the men and women our country calls on us
to be tonight. I believe in America and her history, and
there's only one thing missing now. Leadership. It takes
leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. You see, Mr.
President, real leaders do not follow polls. Real leaders
change polls.

 

[Recidiva]

Funny thing is I do not think I have used the term prior to Lit. It does seem to be the descriptor of choice for both sides...

Well, whatever my side is, I don't use it and I think less of those who do.

 

[zipman]

Funny thing is I do not think I have used the term prior to Lit. It does seem to be the descriptor of choice for both sides...

Perhaps among the least articulate and most partisan members of both sides.

The question is are you capable of doing better and do you want to have more meaningful conversations?