Far left ready to blow the lid off the Democratic convention, maybe literally
posted at 1:51 pm on March 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Hysterical wingnut overreaction to the “Re-create ‘68!” jackassery that’s percolating in some leftist circles? Indeed, if you count HuffPo among the hysterical wingnuts. Hope and Change from the mailbag of lefty author Rick Perlstein:
Rick, if the Machine tries to give the Clintons the victory at the convention, I swear to God, Chicago’s going to look like a Sadie Hawkins dance. People my age are going to be throwing stones. We all have transportation — cell phones — disposable income — the Internet — free time — and Seattle as our example. Part of me is scared of a riot. Part of me isn’t. The nomination belongs to Obama. Do you think we’re going to let the Democratic Leadership Council take it? “God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, fire next time.”
And:
Not to mention that there’s going to be a significant Iraq veteran contingent at the convention, ready to rock ‘n’ roll. We’ve already had planning meetings about it — we’re going about it the same way that we would plan any decent military operation.
Put it this way: if she goes for the gold in Denver, she’ll have to claim the medal somewhere other than the Pepsi Center.
And:
I can’t emphasize enough how potentially scary things could get — we’ve got folks working on the inside of the convention, and it’s all done on a cell basis, so that folks only know what they need to know.
I’m trying to keep everyone calm, as I just mentioned, but it’s getting harder and harder to do so.
Exit question: First the Times Square bombing, now this. How does Rove do it?
Update: Hard feelings are all but certain:
If black voters who have supported Obama think he lost the nomination because the rules of the contest were unfairly changed, the backlash could be damaging, some civil rights activists said.
“You would be changing the rules after you’ve had the contest,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said. “In Michigan, Obama’s name wasn’t even on the ballot. Clearly, if the name of the candidate who’s getting the African American vote isn’t on the ballot, that encourages many to stay home. . . . It would be a tremendous insult to the voters of this country.”
An Obama victory could split the party in a different way. Like Clinton, the Illinois senator is likely to need the votes of Democratic superdelegates — party activists and elected officials who are free to back any candidate. Suspicion among Clinton voters that Obama courted superdelegates through backroom deals could upset female and Latino voters loyal to the former first lady.
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I’d love to be there too.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 6, 2008 at 1:53 PM
I think it’s great. They can expose themselves for the idiots that we know they are. Maybe the rest of America will see it then.
Unfortunately, that means we’re stuck with socialist lite John McCain. What’s the fu**ing difference though?
RWLA on March 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Because he is the original magnificent bastard!
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM
That makes them richer than me. I want the government to take from them and give to me.
That IS what they are pushing for, isn’t it?
MadisonConservative on March 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Speaking of which, I’m out of popcorn. Remind me to make a run to the store later.
amerpundit on March 6, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Well, I’m off to buy stock in companies that sell CS and popcorn. (Not at the same time. Although a company that did that would be awesome.)
ReubenJCogburn on March 6, 2008 at 1:56 PM
+1
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on March 6, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Trotsky was murdered by Stalin.
These maniacs are nothing but Bolsheviks. And, of course, the way of Bolshevism is the way of the Great Purge.
OhEssYouCowboys on March 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Unfortunately, that means we’re stuck with socialist lite John McCain. What’s the fu**ing difference though?
RWLA on March 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM
As much as I despise McCain, there is a stark difference in him and Obama or Hillary.
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM
So, can we all flop at Jeff Goldstein’s house?
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM
This just in from Rush Limbaugh:
Bwahahahaha!
Doc Mike on March 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
What a naughty question!!
Well, since you asked, my guess is he does it with his hands in his pockets. Don’t ask me how. It didn’t work with me. I blew my nuts!
Indy Conservative on March 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
I hope it’s televised. Nothing like a good old fashioned hippie a$$ whoopin’ from the comfort of my own home.
Geronimo on March 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Start buying your popcorn its going to be a fun ride. Can’t happen to a better bunch of people.
jdun on March 6, 2008 at 1:59 PM
They might want to think about putting the convention on Pay-Per-View.
frankj on March 6, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Two words: Time Machine.
ScottMcC on March 6, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Somebody needs to remind them that it was the hippies that got their heads cracked, not the Man!
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I hope it’s televised. Nothing like a good old fashioned hippie a$$ whoopin’ from the comfort of my own home.
Geronimo on March 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:02 PM
“…Please come to Denver and stay forever…..”
RobCon on March 6, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Not a chance. Code Pinko’s? Marin county soccer moms? Not. A. Chance.
They might yell and scream, spray paint, and walk around in clothing optional demonstrations, but 68? LOL.
Limerick on March 6, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Too bad they don’t have jobs to occupy their time.
Yup. Jesse MacBeth will be leading the charge.
Oldnuke on March 6, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Come to think of it, I wouldn’t be surprised for some wacky stuff at the DNC convention. After all, this is Colorado we’re dealing with, cases in point: JonBenet Ramsey, Ward Churchill, Columbine, just to name a few. Sometimes I just don’t know how such a conservative like Rep Tancredo gets elected in a place like Colorado.
Then again, I live in CA and we have state senator Tom McClintock, who is a stout conservative himself.
Weebork on March 6, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I hope it’s televised. Nothing like a good old fashioned hippie a$$ whoopin’ from the comfort of my own home.
Geronimo on March 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
OOps! Lets try again. Imagine this: Several of the police officers there have just come back from serving our country. I imagine they would especially love to knock some hippie heads together!
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Well, um, so if he loses they riot so that he can be declared the winner?
Krydor on March 6, 2008 at 2:04 PM
I just talked to a guy I hadnt seen in two years. Black male hard core democrat. He use to rant to me about how evil Bush was and that 9/11 might have been an inside job.
Last night he came up to talk to me about how “evil white women” were ruining the country and offered up Hillary as proof. This from a guy who two years ago thought bill clinton were the best president he had ever seen.
There clearly is a MAJOR divide going on in democratic circles. This is just an average joe and he already feels that Obama is being “prevented” from freeing us all.
William Amos on March 6, 2008 at 2:04 PM
It’s moonbat math. Don’t even try to make sense of it, you’ll just end up more confused.
Oldnuke on March 6, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Mad,
They’re pushing for that for you ONLY if you’re of a pre-approved needy ethnic background.
OOPS I forgot they DON’T ALLOW RACIAL PROFILING.
THIS is they hypocrisy of the Democrat Party.
Race determines who’s the neediest and who needs the most redistribution of income somebody else earned. So racial profiling is allowed for that purpose…and for determining who ISN’T eligible.
But they adamantly refuse to allow profiling for security purposes.
What makes one different from the other?
Their double-standards are just SICKENING.
Shirotayama on March 6, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Also, for future reference Allah, you must also include Mr Rove’s official title: Lord of Darkness when mentioning him. It’s only proper.
Weebork on March 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM
This was just too easy to predict…
Every Clinton victory from here on out, every attack on Obama (legit or not – including Rezko) increases the likelihood of a Dem convention we will never forget.
Every likely Super I’ve heard the last few days made it perfectly clear they are prepared to follow the rules and vote the conscience, not the will of the people. Which, of coarse, is nothing but code for voting for Hillary at the convention.
At this point there is only one outcome his supporters will accept no matter what happens.
TheBigOldDog on March 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Yawn. They know yet that that most of the members of their “cell” are police informants. Kids — they think everything the do hasn’t been tried before. lol!
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Dam, I was afraid of this…
I live in South Denver, far enough to be out of the epicenter, but close enough to have to listen to the constant TV and radio blather this is going to create…
And yes, I’m stocking up on ammo…
Romeo13 on March 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Not me. 24/7 live coverage via cable news is as close as I would want to be to that carnage. Unarmed at least.
Talon on March 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Wait, this lefty is so desperate to get his guy elected that he’s threatening violence and stupidly let this slip:
Um, don’t you people usually claim that we need to elect your guy because everything is so bad? Didn’t Bush destroy the world, and Obama is going to bring the “Change” you so desperately need? So, under an Obama presidency, you will lose your transportation, cell phone, disposable income, internet, and free time? Is that the hope and change you’re looking for?
Seriously though, the cherry on top is that not only did this incredible idiot shatter his own sides chicken little nonsense, but it was only 2 days ago that Mrs. Messiah dropped this bomb on us:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/bride-of-messiah-america-is-just-downright-mean/
I mean, I think we all know what a complete moron Michelle Obama is, and I mean that in the meanest way possible, but this is just ridiculous.
What makes it more ridiculous is the fact that when polled, the vast majority of the country are happy with their finances. I’ve explained this hundreds of times… Polls consistently show the vast majority happy with their own finances (because they have a jump off point for answering the question), but the vast majority are also very negative about the economy (because they aren’t economists, and their only gauge is media coverage). Now I’m not claiming that the economy has been as rosy in the past couple of months, but for years it boomed, but the media told us it sucked, leaving the majority to believe that they are some of the lucky few. And now we stand a chance of a recession because the media is screaming the R word constantly, without any context, and that will have people keeping their wallets closed which will in turn bring about a recession.
Anyway, that was a little off topic… The point was, this idiot who wants to bring “change” to a world where it sounds like he’s got it pretty damn good. Transportation, cell phone, money, free time, internet. Meanwhile he would tell the world Bush has ruined everything, just as Mrs. Obama did 2 days ago. Morons, that’s all I’m saying.
RightWinged on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Like a second Christmas for the troops. Ahh, the satisfaction.
Geronimo on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
In ‘68 I watched it all on a b&w Zenith with rabbit ears.
This time with my big flat Samsung & HD TiVo I can click back to the clubbed heads and slo-mo the crimson fountains.
Nah, probably just a bunch of don’t-tase-me-bro moments, maybe some less-lethal bean bags turned into Hacky Sacks.
Stephen M on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
I doubt these lazy juvenile delinquents will get much done. Since of course that would involve getting their fat butts out of mommy’s basement and engage in physical activity.
And the geriatric hippies? The only way these people could get violent is if they are able to run over someone in their wheelchairs or if they drool on people. Not too scary.
NoDonkey on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Nothing ever changes with these people.
JammieWearingFool on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Oh so moonbats are quoting the Bible now, eh? Precious.
baldilocks on March 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
They don’t know yet . . .
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. What they get for selecting a candidate for the wrong reasons, both factions.
Big problem for Mr. Bush 43 – he’ll have to put this thing out…messy…
Entelechy on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Rove is brillant. He’s Enstein, Newton, and Pythagoras combined
Lance Murdock on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Heh. Exactly what I was thinking.
baldilocks on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Convention watching party at my house. Beer, nachos and cheese, hot chili, pretzels and wings. This will be better than the Super Bowl Party and that was a heckuva bash.
sdd on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Lets make it happen, the remaining primary states should vote for Clinton.
jdun on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
In 2000 there was this one young woman with a huge shiner from a bean bag who was whining that she hadn’t done nothing but then let it slip that she had slugged a cop. “I didn’t do nothing wrong. I just hit him! Wah!”
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
No doubt that if I called this clown a fascist, he’d burn down my house to prove me wrong.
scatbug on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Actually I think that was pretty much on topic and a spot on analysis.
Oldnuke on March 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Yo – the wingnuts are meeting TONIGHT
WORKING MEETING
March 6th – 6:30 pm
Gypsy House Cafe, 1279 Marion St., Denver
Anyone in Denver willing to go undercover and get some hidden camera video or audio, and email it to Allah? (If you do, be CAREFUL – these people are nuttier than squirrel droppings…)
JustTruth101 on March 6, 2008 at 2:11 PM
By the way, as side note, I haven’t had the internet for about two weeks because I moved and something about having to reinstall lines to the area because of ninjas or homeless hippies (I hate being redundant). Is there anything I missed that I didn’t probably hear on talk radio?
Weebork on March 6, 2008 at 2:11 PM
I can picture Michelle Obama on stage. She might pull a “Carrie” on ‘em all.
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
If he’s out of prison by then, I doubt his parole officer would allow him to leave the state. Then again, he’s stupid enough to go and get his parole violating mug on national television.
Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Wow. How lucky for them that their candidate is friends with a domestic terrorist?
Sue on March 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Gonna be a real interesting summer.
flipflop on March 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
I hate to sound cynical, but this is better than anything I’d hoped for. Nothing could serve Truth, Justice, and the Republican party (not necessarily all the same thing, but there’s at least some overlap) better than for the Democratic party to turn on itself and tear itself to bits.
Reminds me of the endings of the Screwtape Letters and That Hideous Strength (both by CS Lewis), where the demons turn on each other and destroy each other because it’s in their nature to do so. It’s said truly that every false idea holds within itself the seeds of its own destruction…
I’m not going to say I approve of Democrats planning disruption at their convention, but speaking candidly, I don’t have to work very hard to prevent myself from trying to stop them.
(Unrelated to this topic, please visit my political blog, “Plumb Bob Blog: Squaring the Culture,” at http://www.plumbbobblog.com. Thanks.)
philwynk on March 6, 2008 at 2:13 PM
I almost spit out my coffee when I read the first line.
And, yes, lately I’ve had several “told ya so” moments also with black Democrats regarding the Clintons. They’ve brought me no joy, though.
baldilocks on March 6, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Holy crap! These people have disposable incomes???
WE’RE F***ED!
Chuck Schick on March 6, 2008 at 2:13 PM
“Re-create 68!”
I love it!
The Clintons were part and parcel of the mindset of 1968. This is what goes around, comes around with a vengeance!
Then it was on to Yale after graduating from Wellesley:
If you’ve never read Hillary Rodham Clinton: Her Career and Agendas over at Front Page Magazine, you really should.
INC on March 6, 2008 at 2:14 PM
What lovely people they are…
mimi1220 on March 6, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Lance,
If Rove has a bit of Pythagoras in him, what do you think his secret symbol is that he has tattooed on him to signify his membership to the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy? (Pythagoras used a pentagram.)
Weebork on March 6, 2008 at 2:15 PM
You magnificent bastard! God, I love Rove.
MarkoMancuso on March 6, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Yeah, daddy writes them a check to ‘dispose’ of them.
Oldnuke on March 6, 2008 at 2:16 PM
http://recreate68.org/album1_dnc_005.htm
Days of Resistance
August 24-28, 2008
During the Convention, there will be five major protest, one each day. Each protest will focus on a symptom of the disease of an Imperialist, Capitalist, Racist system as seen in our communities. Some of the proposed themes are as follows:
Sunday – End All Occupations at Home and Abroad
Monday – Human Rights/Free All Political Prisoners
Tuesday – No Warming
Wednesday – No Borders
Thursday – No Racism/Imperialism
ninjapirate on March 6, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Yea, all ten of them.
labrat on March 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Because he is the original magnificent bastard!
This made me smile. I called Rove a magnificent bastard during an appearance on Fox the other night and my husband said hey, I like him, I thought you did too. He doesn’t do political blogs. ::grin::
Sue on March 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM
-The Democratic race will be extended for at least another 2 months, but possibly to the convention.
-FISA may never come to a vote in the House.
-Michelle Obama’s mouth is a gift that keeps on giving.
-Tony Rezko could be a big problem for Barack.
-The IAEA had a revalation that Iran could be behaving less-than-truthful over its nuke program.
amerpundit on March 6, 2008 at 2:18 PM
This is going to be farking awesome!
The Dems have spent the last seven years chanting “selected not elected” and denying the legitimacy of a President that they don’t feel was elected properly and the left has created an anti-everything protesting beast that throws public tantrums when it doesn’t get its way. When you teach a child not to respect other’s authority eventually the quit respecing your authority.
If Obama wins the popular vote and Clinton takes the nomination with superdelegates or Clintonesque slight-of-hand, this could be the perfect storm.
I can’t wait to see Cindy Sheehan throw a bag of poo at a Denver cop. Time to drill out those nightsticks boys and start pouring in the lead.
I’m buyin’ me a case of Orville Redenbacher, settin’ TiVo to record Fox News & C-SPAN durring all daylight hours and waiting for the chaos.
29Victor on March 6, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Talk about being hoist with your own petard. This unfolding of how someone’s earlier life sowed seeds of destruction for her later ambitions is almost Shakespearean.
INC on March 6, 2008 at 2:18 PM
No need to get the government involved. Just bet them each $10k that in five years the average global temperature will be no hotter than it was in 2006. Now that’s what I call income redistribution.
smellthecoffee on March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
From the link you provided:
Good thing they have a virtual convergence center (or is it virtual activists?), since these stoners will be too lazy to actually show up.
flipflop on March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
“I can’t emphasize enough how potentially scary things could get — we’ve got folks working on the inside of the convention, and it’s all done on a cell basis, so that folks only know what they need to know.
I’m trying to keep everyone calm, as I just mentioned, but it’s getting harder and harder to do so.”
Is it just me, or are these kids being led by the Mall Ninja? http://www.imao.us/archives/009719.html/#comments
RedMindBlueState on March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
So the ONLY possible solution which will restore peace and tranquility to the Republic is make Hillary, and Obama co-presidents.
Odd/even days? Alternate weeks, months? Divide the country at the Mississippi?
rockhauler on March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
They have money, they have time, they should be out working for the homeless shelters, etc., instead of making mischief. If they really believed all their dribble, that’s what they would be doing. Kumbaya and all…
Sue on March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
I hear seminars will also be held at the same time, such as “The Wonders of Wearing No Deodorant”, “How To Have An Election in the Bag, But Still Lose”, and “Why Hugo Chavez is Kool”.
amerpundit on March 6, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Remember! Those of you residing in states yet to vote, go support Hillary! We need her close to make this happen.
I’ve already invested in popcorn futures; looks like the Obama camp will really be coming after my ‘obscene profits’ after the Denver convention.
michaelo on March 6, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Ain’t gonna happen. There will be a deal wayyyy before then.
This is just wishful thinking on our part. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind seeing the cat fight, but they will have a regular love-in with each other before Denver.
Limerick on March 6, 2008 at 2:20 PM
TEAR IT ALL DOWN MAN.
labrat on March 6, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Hey! Quit harshing my buzz. I have hope! keep your reality to yourself.
29Victor on March 6, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Obama’s name was not on the MI ballot because Obama withdrew it from the ballot. He did that to try to force everyone’s focus back on IA, where he was already heavily invested.
My name was not on any of the Dem ballots, so perhaps I should be the nominee by acclimation.
Karl on March 6, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Sue on March 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM
I think Rove is a political genius. And he looks so…innocent. That helps : )
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:22 PM
If I may quote my favorite saltwater food fish, “This is going to be great!”
Hucklebuck on March 6, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Obama will be magnanimous and offer to run as an Independent and take MoveOn, black voters, millions $$$, and the wingnuts with him.
faraway on March 6, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Thanks!
I laughed at the “gift that keeps on giving” part.
True that.
Weebork on March 6, 2008 at 2:23 PM
This DNC convention has so much potential for so much entertaining awesomeness.
doubleplusundead on March 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Someone needs to “leak” that Rove is working for the Clintons, that would get things going.
This is like watching a dog fight, except with Democrats instead of dogs.
29Victor on March 6, 2008 at 2:25 PM
The events of 1968 elected Nixon. These morons never, ever learn, do they?
WasatchMan on March 6, 2008 at 2:25 PM
They talk about forcing a ‘dream ticket’ of Hillary and Barack. Odds are, with the way they feel about each other at this point, that would make Pelosi president.
My suggestion to solve this would be…. Thunderdome!
michaelo on March 6, 2008 at 2:25 PM
What happened to giving peace a chance?
el hombre on March 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Agreed. McCain is the only one who sued the FEC to try to regulate communications on the internet; and is the only one who has spend half a decade attacking free speech.
So there is a stark difference. McCain is much worse on the Constitution and Constitutional freedoms than the Democrats are.
Aside from that, not much. He wants U.S. Courts for terrorists, and to give them access to our intel as evidence (not just their lawyers). He wants open borders, amnesty, 50 cent gas taxes, he’s spoken about Bush’s “tax cuts for the rich”… so the differences otherwise are slim margins at best.
But maybe something else is more important. The economy rebounded after Carter, the military rebounded after Vietnam, and after the reinterpretation of the “Commerce Clause” from the Fair Deal; the 9th Amendment is still dead.
So the only damage I can see that doesn’t get better after several years is damage to the Constitution. Which candidate will damage the Constitution? Oh yeah, the “lesser” evil. Are you sure you are using the correct criteria for “lesser”?
20 years from now, its unlikely to matter to Foreign policy or the Economy who was president. But as far as what the First Amendment protects, it may make a significant difference.
So, taking the long view; we still agree. The is a “stark difference”. McCain is worse.
gekkobear on March 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM
My suggestion to solve this would be…. Thunderdome!
michaelo on March 6, 2008 at 2:25 PM
LOL! That may be what we see on convention night!
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM
The Demopsychotic party is so ready to run this country.
Is the motivation for this garbage so they can get access to taxpayer money for their hippy dreams or is it just raw racism/sexism to get one of their own into the ultimate position of power?
pedestrian on March 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM
I predicted this when Denver was given the convention. Oh and way to to dems for holding your convention in a non-union hall
With the testicless SNAG mayor Hippielooper you can expect this to be a real fiasco. He is too concerned with getting the homeless off the streets near the convention center.
But the recreate 68 guys here are a bunch of pussies who only accost old Italian ladies on Columbus day. And Churchill is a mega-pussy.
But if a bunch of outside instigators really get going I hope they bone up on our Make My Day Law.
I’m Just saying. A lot of us homeowners who live in LODO might not want a bunch of activists damaging our property.
400lb Gorilla on March 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM
I can see I’m going to get tired of answering this one, and will have to save a template for the unending repetitions.
Here’s the “fu**ing difference,” my friend:
We can be 100% certain that one of those two closet radicals plants their butt in the Oval Office chair, the US will hand its sovereignty over to the UN in at least 4 areas:
1) We’ll give away US territorial waters to the UN through the Law of the Sea treaty;
2) We’ll grant jurisdiction over US armed forces to the World Court;
3) We’ll permit international treaty to determine our total carbon output, essentially allowing foreigners to cap our national production.
4) We’ll allow the UN to determine the minimum amount of foreign aid we can spend, and be forced to allow the UN to spend the money as they choose.
That’s for certain. We’ll also very likely:
5) Allow foreign governments to set our pharmaceutical prices by permitting re-importation of price-controlled drugs;
6) Permit UN oversight of US elections.
We don’t know precisely what McCain will do with those treaties, but I’m willing to bet money he will not support 1, 2, or 6, and he might not support the rest in practice.
These are matters affecting our ability to govern ourselves. The wrong position on these issues spells the end of the American experiment in self-government.
Important enough a distinction for you?
And that’s not considering the judges. The next President will appoint two Supreme Court justices in the first 4 years. Both Clinton and Obama will appoint radicals. Imagine SCOTUS judges to the left of Ruth Ginsburg. McCain will probably appoint moderates.
Yeah, he’s “socialist lite,” but that’s better than “closet theoretical Marxist,” which is what the other two are.
(Unrelated to this topic, please visit my political blog, “Plumb Bob Blog: Squaring the Culture,” at http://www.plumbbobblog.com. Thanks.)
philwynk on March 6, 2008 at 2:29 PM
gekkobear on March 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Thanks… I was just starting to climb out of my depression from the realization that McCain was going to get the nomination….sigh : (
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:29 PM
philwynk on March 6, 2008 at 2:29 PM
…I feel a little better…but not much..
kcd on March 6, 2008 at 2:31 PM
All the DNC needs to do is set up some sort of WOW video game event that weekend, and all the hippies will be too distracted to leave their parent’s basement.
Stormy70 on March 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Well this guy works for a company where most of his bosses are… You guessed it white women.
I think some in the black community expect a black man to be beaten by a white man its been hammered into them for a long time. But the idea that a white woman would best a black man does rancour some of them. Add to it rappers like Will I am and thier treatment of women and you have a explosive situation.
Femminists stood silent when the rappers started bashing women in their lyrics saying that was “Blacks just venting their rage” now when it targets a white feminist that same message reeks to them and they counter attack.
And still stay silent when a conservative woman is trashed by the left.
William Amos on March 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM
So, if the dimmies even hate and despise each other, doesn’t that kind of take away from Rove’s mystique?
“Hope and change” indeed, I hope they never change, the nasty little bast-rds deserve each other.
leanright on March 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM
I really doubt this scenario happens. We will be running against an Obama-Clinton ticket. Clinton will be willing to take the VP position.
ninjapirate on March 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM
They can’t answer the question…
Which is better?
1. Dem House
2. Dem Senate
3. Dem President
4. 2 Dem SCOTUS noms
5. No Veto.
or
1. Dem House
2. Dem Senate
3. Rep President
4. 2 Rep SCOTUS noms
5. Veto power
I give up too….the hand sitters will talk about 2012. They’ll take it back. Of course it will only take until 2032 to undo all the damage, but hey, they will have stood on principle.
Limerick on March 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM
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