Doc Refrains for September 14th, 2004
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We'll get right to the red meat, folks, courtesy of Republican state legislator John Pappageorge of Michigan who states - "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote," said Mr. Pappageorge, "we're going to have a tough time in this election."
Point one - Detroit's population is apparently almost eighty percent black. Draw your own conclusions as to Mr. Pappageorge's statement.
Point two - Even if there is no taint of racism in Mr. Pappageorge's intent, this is still one of the most mind bogglingly stupid things said by a political figure in recent memory.
Why?
Mr. Pappageorge, you see, is the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney ’04 Michigan Veterans Leadership Team.
I've got a bit of advice for you, Mr. Pappageorge. If you even vaguely try to suppress the Detroit vote, Detroit will very likely (as one poster on Linkfilter put it, "party like it's 1967".)
Just in case you think I'm making this up, have a look.
In my continuing feature I like to call "Kerry Got Sack!", today we hear that not only has Joh Kerry grown a pair, he is preceeding to beat George Bush around the head with them.
"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry told the Detroit Economic Club.
"His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame ... no, it's not our fault; no, there's nothing wrong; no, we can't do better; no, we haven't made a single mistake," Kerry said.
Again demonstrating that they hadn't actually listened to or read even word one of Kerry's speech, Bush-Cheney campaign Ken Mehlman said "Kerry had offered "more pessimism" about an economy that had created 1.7 million jobs in the past year and had "rehashed old, tired ideas of higher taxes, more regulation and more government control."
Let's take a look at what Kerry actually said, eh?
The only times he actually even mentioned taxes:
When Republican and Democratic governors all across the country were asking Washington for help so that they didn’t have to raise tuition, raise local taxes, take cops off the street, and shut down our schools, George Bush chose more deficits and more tax giveaways to the wealthy instead. That was the wrong choice, and middle-class families paid the price.
When George Bush saw job after job being shipped overseas, he chose to sit back and protect the tax cuts that rewarded companies who were doing so.
Our opponents see an America where more of the tax burden is paid by those who work the hardest and not those who have the most - where a fireman who works overtime to save lives pays higher tax rates than a billionaire who just inherited a fortune. We believe in an America that rewards work with lower taxes and higher incomes.
Second, we will make sure that we reward the hard work of our middle-class families by cutting their taxes and lowering their health care costs -- so they can raise the quality of their lives and get our economy moving.
To pay for all this, we make sure that 98 percent of all Americans get a tax cut, while rolling back only the tax cuts for those who make more than $200,000 a year. Those Americans will go back to paying the same taxes you paid when Bill Clinton was president. And the rest of America will get a tax cut.
There's more, but I think you get the idea.
There's also the broken record you keep hearing from the human slimemolds about how Kerry voted for the war.
The resolution authorized the President to use force if necessary. It did not authorize the President to go immediately to war, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars. "Nothing in the resolution required or recommended that the President take the nation into war when alternatives were available."
"As the President made clear earlier this week, 'Approving this resolution does not mean that military action is immediate or unavoidable'." - John Kerry from the Senate floor (10/09/2002)
(The above taken from this site.)
If you want a glimpse at exactly what the next four years are going to be like if Bush wins, try this article from the 'American Family Association' Agape Press website in response to the Log Cabin Republicans withholding their support from President Bush in a stunning development.
"For years, the Log Cabin Republicans have said, 'Oh, this isn't really about our sexuality; we're just good Republicans. Pay no attention to the homosexual aspect.' But then when it turns out that they come up against the president endorsing a Federal Marriage Amendment, they bolt the party [saying] they're not going to vote for the president," Knight says. "This shows that's the only thing of importance to them -- never mind national security, the economy, all the other issues [with which] they say they're in agreement."
Then, to cap off his stream of bilge, Knight actually said "the action by the Log Cabin Republicans proves that sex is all that matters to them."
There's also this fetid morsel from Joe Glover:
"Virginia lawmakers have passed a law saying that we don't want gay marriage here," Glover explains. "[Homosexual activists] are almost doing the state a favor in the sense that [first] there are not going to many people around here that want gay marriages -- and secondly, that's got to benefit the public health risk being lower in this area from people who want to perform homosexual sex acts going to other states."
But that's still not the biggest pile of intellectualy fecal matter I must point out tonight, oh no.
"I think some have hoped that if they kept their heads down and stayed out of the line of fire, they wouldn't get hit. I think what happened in Russia now demonstrates pretty conclusively that everybody is a target. That Russia, of course, didn't support us in Iraq, they didn't get involved in sending troops there, they've gotten hit anyway."
That, friends, was from Vice President Cheney in response to the horrible attack on the Russian school that left at least 200 dead. Nice, asshole. In other words, "See what happens when you don't do what we tell you to do?"
I close tonight with the freakish reasoning of Florida secretary of state Glenda Hood. According to Mrs. Hood, she was obliged to overrule a judge's preliminary court ruling because Hurricane Ivan might prevent the judge from holding a final hearing.
The ruling, you might be curious to know, was against allowing political spoiler and irritating prick par excellence Ralph Nader onto the Florida ballot.
That's the news and I am outta here!
We'll get right to the red meat, folks, courtesy of Republican state legislator John Pappageorge of Michigan who states - "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote," said Mr. Pappageorge, "we're going to have a tough time in this election."
Point one - Detroit's population is apparently almost eighty percent black. Draw your own conclusions as to Mr. Pappageorge's statement.
Point two - Even if there is no taint of racism in Mr. Pappageorge's intent, this is still one of the most mind bogglingly stupid things said by a political figure in recent memory.
Why?
Mr. Pappageorge, you see, is the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney ’04 Michigan Veterans Leadership Team.
I've got a bit of advice for you, Mr. Pappageorge. If you even vaguely try to suppress the Detroit vote, Detroit will very likely (as one poster on Linkfilter put it, "party like it's 1967".)
Just in case you think I'm making this up, have a look.
In my continuing feature I like to call "Kerry Got Sack!", today we hear that not only has Joh Kerry grown a pair, he is preceeding to beat George Bush around the head with them.
"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry told the Detroit Economic Club.
"His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame ... no, it's not our fault; no, there's nothing wrong; no, we can't do better; no, we haven't made a single mistake," Kerry said.
Again demonstrating that they hadn't actually listened to or read even word one of Kerry's speech, Bush-Cheney campaign Ken Mehlman said "Kerry had offered "more pessimism" about an economy that had created 1.7 million jobs in the past year and had "rehashed old, tired ideas of higher taxes, more regulation and more government control."
Let's take a look at what Kerry actually said, eh?
The only times he actually even mentioned taxes:
When Republican and Democratic governors all across the country were asking Washington for help so that they didn’t have to raise tuition, raise local taxes, take cops off the street, and shut down our schools, George Bush chose more deficits and more tax giveaways to the wealthy instead. That was the wrong choice, and middle-class families paid the price.
When George Bush saw job after job being shipped overseas, he chose to sit back and protect the tax cuts that rewarded companies who were doing so.
Our opponents see an America where more of the tax burden is paid by those who work the hardest and not those who have the most - where a fireman who works overtime to save lives pays higher tax rates than a billionaire who just inherited a fortune. We believe in an America that rewards work with lower taxes and higher incomes.
Second, we will make sure that we reward the hard work of our middle-class families by cutting their taxes and lowering their health care costs -- so they can raise the quality of their lives and get our economy moving.
To pay for all this, we make sure that 98 percent of all Americans get a tax cut, while rolling back only the tax cuts for those who make more than $200,000 a year. Those Americans will go back to paying the same taxes you paid when Bill Clinton was president. And the rest of America will get a tax cut.
There's more, but I think you get the idea.
There's also the broken record you keep hearing from the human slimemolds about how Kerry voted for the war.
The resolution authorized the President to use force if necessary. It did not authorize the President to go immediately to war, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars. "Nothing in the resolution required or recommended that the President take the nation into war when alternatives were available."
"As the President made clear earlier this week, 'Approving this resolution does not mean that military action is immediate or unavoidable'." - John Kerry from the Senate floor (10/09/2002)
(The above taken from this site.)
If you want a glimpse at exactly what the next four years are going to be like if Bush wins, try this article from the 'American Family Association' Agape Press website in response to the Log Cabin Republicans withholding their support from President Bush in a stunning development.
"For years, the Log Cabin Republicans have said, 'Oh, this isn't really about our sexuality; we're just good Republicans. Pay no attention to the homosexual aspect.' But then when it turns out that they come up against the president endorsing a Federal Marriage Amendment, they bolt the party [saying] they're not going to vote for the president," Knight says. "This shows that's the only thing of importance to them -- never mind national security, the economy, all the other issues [with which] they say they're in agreement."
Then, to cap off his stream of bilge, Knight actually said "the action by the Log Cabin Republicans proves that sex is all that matters to them."
There's also this fetid morsel from Joe Glover:
"Virginia lawmakers have passed a law saying that we don't want gay marriage here," Glover explains. "[Homosexual activists] are almost doing the state a favor in the sense that [first] there are not going to many people around here that want gay marriages -- and secondly, that's got to benefit the public health risk being lower in this area from people who want to perform homosexual sex acts going to other states."
But that's still not the biggest pile of intellectualy fecal matter I must point out tonight, oh no.
"I think some have hoped that if they kept their heads down and stayed out of the line of fire, they wouldn't get hit. I think what happened in Russia now demonstrates pretty conclusively that everybody is a target. That Russia, of course, didn't support us in Iraq, they didn't get involved in sending troops there, they've gotten hit anyway."
That, friends, was from Vice President Cheney in response to the horrible attack on the Russian school that left at least 200 dead. Nice, asshole. In other words, "See what happens when you don't do what we tell you to do?"
I close tonight with the freakish reasoning of Florida secretary of state Glenda Hood. According to Mrs. Hood, she was obliged to overrule a judge's preliminary court ruling because Hurricane Ivan might prevent the judge from holding a final hearing.
The ruling, you might be curious to know, was against allowing political spoiler and irritating prick par excellence Ralph Nader onto the Florida ballot.
That's the news and I am outta here!
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Date: 2004-09-16 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-16 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-17 01:43 am (UTC)Just a point of info, being a resident of Michigan, take it as you will...
Wayne county (where Detroit is, predominantly black) and Oakland county(the northern suburbs, predominantly white) have a history of voting Democrat. The rest of the state tend to vote Republican (with small areas(towns) of Democrats elsewhere in the state).
So, his statement is not so much a condemnation of Detroit as a statement of the bleeding f'in' obvious for a Republican in Michigan.
If'n a Republican wants to win Michigan, they need to either keep the number of voters in Wayne and Oakland counties low. Or, Ghu forbid, actually get a clue and ignore both "parties" and listen to what the people (of both sides) want, finding a compromise as needed.
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Date: 2004-09-17 01:47 am (UTC)No, I'll rephrase - it was a mind bogglingly stupid way to *phrase* it.
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Date: 2004-09-17 02:01 am (UTC)No agrument. But then I can't think of a politician that's not made a whopper or two.
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Date: 2004-09-17 02:04 am (UTC)This bilge.
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Date: 2004-09-17 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-17 02:04 am (UTC)Sad to say, none. :-/ Need to fix that.