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Republicans are classier than Democrats...

Yeah, raping the poor, smashing the enviriorment, and pissing all over the constitution.

Classy.

(But then again, the Dems are big on censorship...)
 
Dark Pickle said:
Yeah, raping the poor, smashing the enviriorment, and pissing all over the constitution.

Classy.

(But then again, the Dems are big on censorship...)
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...which means that when they rape the poor with taxes, smash livelihoods in the name of "the environment" and piss all over the constitution... you don't get to hear about it. Or talk about it.
 
In a first-past-the-post system in a mostly homogeneous country, it's virtually guaranteed that the two parties that form will be incredibly similar in both rhetoric and actual policy. Discuss.
 
FBI parte due said:
In a first-past-the-post system in a mostly homogeneous country, it's virtually guaranteed that the two parties that form will be incredibly similar in both rhetoric and actual policy. Discuss.
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Politics will converge towards the Median voter, IMO!
Actually, that's not my opinion but I read that on some economics blog so it's probably true.
 
If the person you were voting for lost, what would you have to be ashamed of?

(Unless you were voting for Zombie Stalin or something.)
 
Exhibit B: When the Clintons left the White House, Bush staffers discovered that they'd pried the "W" key off many of the White House computers. When Obama moved in, the "O" key (and all the other keys) were right where they should be. :yes:
 
Of course, all the actual computers went missing along with the billion or so e-mails that the administration claimed to have 'lost'. :P
 
I think they're both hysterical. In that, so nervous you can only laugh and pray you don't die screaming like a girl, kind of way.
 
Volpone said:
Exhibit B: When the Clintons left the White House, Bush staffers discovered that they'd pried the "W" key off many of the White House computers. When Obama moved in, the "O" key (and all the other keys) were right where they should be. :yes:
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"Source?" indeed. I heard most if not all those "Clintons trash the White House" stories were total hogwash.
 
Archibald Nixon said:
"Source?" indeed. I heard most if not all those "Clintons trash the White House" stories were total hogwash.
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:rofl: I love it. The Deny, dodge, and belittle gamut. "Well, most of those stories were exaggerated and anyway you can't prove it!"

It's a bit of a challenge to find a link to a story that ran eight years ago, but leftist media site Salon.com took the same tack you did--spending about 3 pages dancing around and obfuscating the subject, happily erecting straw men in hopes that the reader would forget the initial claim. Go find that link yourself if you want. Google should work as well for you as it does for me. But essentially the story ran a bit like this: "Some people claimed that Clinton staffers removed the W keys from many of the White House computers. Later stories escalated and claimed that they had actually burned the White House to the ground. It turns out that they did not, in fact, burn the White House to the ground."

But I digress. For the story itself, you need to go get yourself the January 2001 copy of the "Houston Chronicle" (or any other paper that picked up the story from Reuters). Barring that, here's some dude that quoted the story:
Houston Chronicle -- Jan. 23, 2001, 11:19AM
Hey, buddy, can you spare a W?
Reuters
WASHINGTON
Call it the strange case of the missing Ws.

President George W. Bush has lost his middle initial from many computer keyboards at the Old Executive Office Building in the White House complex. In an apparent prank carried out by departing Clinton administration staffers, Bush aides discovered that dozens of computer keyboards were missing the "W" key. Bush aides said today that the W was marked out in some cases but often the key had been removed -- and sometimes taped on top of doorways -- or damaged with the spring broken.

The new team was studying whether any of the keyboards could be salvaged, but it appeared in many cases they would simply have to be replaced. In the West Wing, the computers seemed not to have been vandalized. "I have my W," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

Bush made a big deal out of his middle initial during campaign rallies, often holding up the middle three fingers of his hand to form a W. He is often popularly referred to as "Dubya." Bush's middle name is Walker. He would joke to crowds that if his Democratic presidential rival, Al Gore, was so smart, why did every Internet address start with a W. "And not just one W -- three Ws!" he would exult.

Bush aides were working to repair or replace the keys.
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So, to recap, when Clinton left office after two terms, his people acted like junior high schoolers who's football team lost. When Bush left office, he gave Obama a smooth transition. :cylon:
 
While Tony Snow was giving reports to the press that Air Force One had been completely trashed and stripped of everything that wasn't bolted down.

Get over it.
 
Volpone said:
:rofl: I love it. The Deny, dodge, and belittle gamut. "Well, most of those stories were exaggerated and anyway you can't prove it!"

It's a bit of a challenge to find a link to a story that ran eight years ago, but leftist media site Salon.com took the same tack you did--spending about 3 pages dancing around and obfuscating the subject, happily erecting straw men in hopes that the reader would forget the initial claim. Go find that link yourself if you want. Google should work as well for you as it does for me. But essentially the story ran a bit like this: "Some people claimed that Clinton staffers removed the W keys from many of the White House computers. Later stories escalated and claimed that they had actually burned the White House to the ground. It turns out that they did not, in fact, burn the White House to the ground."

But I digress. For the story itself, you need to go get yourself the January 2001 copy of the "Houston Chronicle" (or any other paper that picked up the story from Reuters). Barring that, here's some dude that quoted the story:

Houston Chronicle -- Jan. 23, 2001, 11:19AM
Hey, buddy, can you spare a W?
Reuters
WASHINGTON
Call it the strange case of the missing Ws.

President George W. Bush has lost his middle initial from many computer keyboards at the Old Executive Office Building in the White House complex. In an apparent prank carried out by departing Clinton administration staffers, Bush aides discovered that dozens of computer keyboards were missing the "W" key. Bush aides said today that the W was marked out in some cases but often the key had been removed -- and sometimes taped on top of doorways -- or damaged with the spring broken.

The new team was studying whether any of the keyboards could be salvaged, but it appeared in many cases they would simply have to be replaced. In the West Wing, the computers seemed not to have been vandalized. "I have my W," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

Bush made a big deal out of his middle initial during campaign rallies, often holding up the middle three fingers of his hand to form a W. He is often popularly referred to as "Dubya." Bush's middle name is Walker. He would joke to crowds that if his Democratic presidential rival, Al Gore, was so smart, why did every Internet address start with a W. "And not just one W -- three Ws!" he would exult.

Bush aides were working to repair or replace the keys.
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So, to recap, when Clinton left office after two terms, his people acted like junior high schoolers who's football team lost. When Bush left office, he gave Obama a smooth transition. :cylon:
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Goodness Gracious. All this preening & hollow bravado from one lil' ol'...

Archibald Nixon said:
"Source?" indeed. I heard most if not all those "Clintons trash the White House" stories were total hogwash.
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I especially love the part at the beginning where you label the above with a "gamut" of attributes, and then --just in case we don't know what the fuck you're talking about-- supply your very own revision just to fit your interpretation!

As for the rest...seriously? You've managed to overturn that pesky burden-of-proof cornerstone of logic just because you'd rather not appear to be bothered? Tall order. Of course, you totally cave a second later and provide the source all by yourself. Mad skills, yo.

Yes, I'm sure the devastating prank of removing some keyboard keys sent many a discombobulated tyro Bush staffer running to late-night clandestine meetings with Matt Drudge in parking garages --at least I hope that's the reason why any such meeting would take place. Either way, I'm sure none of these horrible, horrible shenanigans interfered with the important job of thoroughly UV scanning of the underside of the Oval Office desk.

It seems Aesop's tale of the sour grapes involved a fox for a reason.
 
Yeah, I really just wanted a source to make sure it wasn't an urban legend. Volp, ya didn't have to go on such a tyrade.

Well-said arch.
 
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