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Originally Posted by militec1
Y'all lost the election, live with it.
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I won't attack you personally, but I will generalize:
I wasn't in an election. I am neither Republican nor Democrat, but it's nice that you assumed I wasn't a republican. As for "losing"...tell me...how does one lose an election when one garners more of the populations votes? And it just so happens that ONE state made a big SNAFU on the process allowing for such an error. Coincidence that G's brother was governor? I don't think so.
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Originally Posted by militec1
Someone had to lose, and I for one am happy that Gore's retarded ass didn't make it into the White House. Y'all seem to want to bad mouth my country, and the President.
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But it's okay to bad mouth the then vice president? Interesting logic. I assume you learn that in basic training? Maybe not, but I still think it's interesting. Okay not really. It's not interesting at all to me.
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Originally Posted by militec1
However, as this country was founded on the fact that we have certain rights given to us by our Creator, I have no problem with that; you have a right to speak your mind. However, if it's that bad here, why don't you leave? I'm obviously not talking to those who are in other countries, but to those who do live here; Do you think that the world would be a better place without the United States?
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I love that ignorant line - "If it's so bad here, why don't you leave?" That's one of my favorite lines from what I affectionately refer to as "redneck politics". I won't assume where you're from, but I mostly have heard that sentiment from people in the south. I'm not saying all southerners are rednecks. I know some nice ones. I'm just saying that when I see/hear that phrase all I can think of is some yokel with some bib overalls and bare feet chewing on a corn cob pipe.
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Originally Posted by militec1
As for the war in Iraq, okay so what if it's fought over oil?
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My point was that they LIED about why they went there. So there's your good old commander in chief, sending people off to die and not even having the common decency to tell them why. He's a good ol' boy!
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Al Gore sold the strategic oil reserves to Occidental Petroleum Company when he was vice president. So what you say? Al Gore's father was a board member of Occidental Petroleum, and Al Gore was heavily invested in it so that he directly profited from the sale. Oh wait, he's a democrat, he gets a pass.
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No he gets a pass because he didn't tell us that we were selling oil to "combat terrorism" or "to liberate your automobiles"! And can you please back up your facts? Maybe some links I could click on where I could read about this. I do like to keep well informed.
I won't quote any more of your post, but I'll sum it up as "Yes, Rex. I agree Bush is corrupt. I'm concerned that if people in other countries find out we don't like our president or what our country is doing, they won't think we're powerful and/or in control of everything. I don't agree with what is going on in Iraq, but I feel I need to defend my president out of a sense of patriotism."
Don't bring Stalin into this if you're trying to make a point. He was our ally in WW2...
I think that about sums it up.