[Rhodes22-list] Politics - chicken

[Herb Parsons]

So, you've submitted a bunch of opinions, most of which have no basis in 
reality, but you've basically said nothing.

Robert Skinner wrote:
> Herb Parsons wrote:
>   
>> ...
>> What you REALLY have is a deep resentment that in spite of what you see
>> as a dangerous man, you couldn't muster the wherewithall to defeat him.
>> So, how about producing some real concrete facts, or just admitting that
>> it's just your left-wing propaganda.
>>     
>
> Herb - 
>
> Bush has been very happy to risk the country over 
> and over again in the political equivalent of a 
> teenager's game of chicken.  Time after time, he 
> has shown himself willing to destroy our economy 
> if he doesn't get his way.  Now he is succeeding, 
> despite some YouTube propaganda.
>
> What the Democrats have is a collection of 
> congressmen and senators who decided to put the 
> country's needs ahead of their own preferences.  
> In the process, they allowed many things to 
> become law that are repugnant to a civilized 
> people.  (Yes, torture is uncivilized!)
>
> They have witnessed, accepted, and presided over 
> the trashing of the social contract embodied in 
> our constitution and bill of rights, voiding the 
> mandate that put them in office.
>
> This willingness to back down in the face of 
> superior bullheadedness and corporate bribes has 
> fueled youth's disgust with "establishment" 
> lawmakers of every stripe.
>
> What a revolting development!  The people who 
> will put the older generation into retirement 
> homes (read: jails for the unproductive) are 
> making themselves heard and seen.
>
> To paraphrase that reprehensible mayor of 
> Washington, DC:  "Get used to it, oldster."
>
> /Robert (a young oldster)
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