Shameless U.S. liberalism/progressivism thread

[damngrumpy]

The Republicans have committed political suicide, They joined the throng of political
crazies in embracing the Tea Party that turned out not to be a grass roots party they
are a special interest group without anything else except, we shouldn't have to pay
taxes and most important we should destroy Obama at all costs regardless of what
happens to ordinary Americans or the economy.
They have done themselves in and people are waking up and it won't be pretty for
them either.

 

[Walter]

The Republicans have committed political suicide, They joined the throng of political
crazies in embracing the Tea Party that turned out not to be a grass roots party they
are a special interest group without anything else except, we shouldn't have to pay
taxes and most important we should destroy Obama at all costs regardless of what
happens to ordinary Americans or the economy.
They have done themselves in and people are waking up and it won't be pretty for
them either.

The 2010 midterm election invalidates your post.

 

[mentalfloss]

The 2010 midterm election invalidates your post.

Repubs made much less ground than they should have. If anything, the midterm validates his post.

 

[gopher]

I don't see abortion as a right/left issue.

Liberal Democrats have given me hell for being a pro lifer on democraticunderground.

 

[Cliffy]

Liberal Democrats have given me hell for being a pro lifer on democraticunderground.

Abort Pro Lifers!

 

[gopher]

^ that's pretty much what they say !

 

[Walter]

Another Liberal-Created Failure
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/walter-e-williams/2018/02/28/another-liberal-created-failure

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The Occupy Wall Street movement has higher favorability ratings among Americans than the Republican Party, the Tea Party movement, and 2012 Republican candidates Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Ron Paul, according to a Nov. 2-5, 2011 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

"Now I'm going to read you the names of several public figures, and groups and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please just say so."

The combined "very positive" and "somewhat positive" for each:

Occupy Wall Street Movement: 32%
Republican Party: 30%
Tea Party Movement: 27%
Mitt Romney: 26%
Herman Cain: 23%
Rick Perry: 16%
Ron Paul: 19%


For further perspective (and so that I don't be accused of conveniently leaving out the ratings for other liberal/progressive people and organizations), here's the same ratings for others:

Barack Obama: 45%
Democratic Party: 40%
Hillary Clinton: 55%
Michelle Obama: 51%

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/November_Poll.pdf

Its fun to see stuff posted years ago and find out how wrong people were.
LOL at OccupyWallSteet movement. Where is it now? First bout of cold weather and it was gone.
LOL at ratings of Hillary Clinton.

 

[pgs]

Its fun to see stuff posted years ago and find out how wrong people were.
LOL at OccupyWallSteet movement. Where is it now? First bout of cold weather and it was gone.
LOL at ratings of Hillary Clinton.

I wonder how Icarus likes Trump ?

 

[Danbones]

The polls said he would have.

 

[Walter]

The Nihilistic Dead End of the Religion of Leftism
https://spectator.org/the-nihilistic-dead-end-of-the-religion-of-leftism/

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”

― G.K. Chesterton

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The Nihilistic Dead End of the Religion of Leftism
https://spectator.org/the-nihilistic-dead-end-of-the-religion-of-leftism/
“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.”
― G.K. Chesterton

Was the Roman Empire great, Walter? Did it achieve great things and make vast strides in science, medicine, architecture, and governance? How about Periclean Athens, the birthplace of democracy?

Neither of them believed in your Great Big Invisible Sky Daddy.

 

[pgs]

Was the Roman Empire great, Walter? Did it achieve great things and make vast strides in science, medicine, architecture, and governance? How about Periclean Athens, the birthplace of democracy?

Neither of them believed in your Great Big Invisible Sky Daddy.

No they believed in different gods for different things , but it came down invisible sky daddies. And a Roman emperor who made the Church of Jesus the state religion .

 

[Cliffy]

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Isaac Asimov

 

[Cliffy]

 

[pgs]

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Isaac Asimov

Maybe you should have read Isaac’s message before trying to outrun a skidded .