Comments Posted By Drongo
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"They want peace."
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 2.06.2008 @ 20:23
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, NO SUCH THING AS A 'CULT OF OBAMA'
"Why do you bother to post on this site and try to argue with these morons????"
(a) I enjoy it
(b) What's the point of talking with people who agree with you? Once you've all agreed it gets a bit dull
(c) You get some interesting commenters here, and Mr Moran's posts are always well argued (if often flawed, and in this Obamamessiah series, frankly, weak).
(d) You get some great nutcases here who are always good for a laugh.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 13:15
"It is rank dishonesty and I’ve banned him for it once already. Getting close to being a second time."
Have you? So that was why I couldn't post. Nice of you to let me back.
" Drongo has yet to respond to 99% of the arguments people makes against him."
There's only one of me.
"His trick is to open an entirely new line of attack with his following comment without even acknowledging any of responses to his original points."
The nightmare that I have is that at least 50% of my posts get lost, either in ther filter, or due to the repeated "404 forbidden" erros, possibly driven by my proxy server. That and the fact that, presumably due to the moderation system, the order of my replies often gets mixed up.
With regard to this thread, I made only three points;
1) The post is based on a posting criticising a joke posting of a joke picture based on the "Obamessia" talking point, which is a bit of a stretch.
2) There is no sign of Obama related thuggery, nor any hint of it in his supporters that I have seen.
3) The absurd and mutually exclusive list of talking points Re:Obama are just hilarious. Look, on this thread we have people who actually think that he is a Muslim secret agent! You couldn't make it up.
In response to the various responses I would have to write several essays to cover them all. For example one of your readers believes that Obama is a muslim. And, apparently that anyone who disagrees with him/her (not clear on that) desires to be homosexually raped. How exactly are you supposed to respond to that?
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 13:12
"Drongo, I have very little confidence that BHO will be defeated in November, but its not because of who he is or what he stands for as much as how f*cked up the Republican party currently is."
That is certainly true. Obama is essentially presenting himself as the anti-Bush-years candidate.
"Muslim Obama- I don’t believe this"
I didn't think that anyone did anymore, but this thread proves me wrong in deeply comic ways.
I don't carry any water for Obama. He's another politician like the rest, he can't change the world, only fiddle around the edges. He'll raise taxes on this, fund this scheme or that, change this or that law, appoint this or that functionary to this or that position.
However, I judge him much less likely to start stupid wars than the alternatives, as well as less likely to endorse torture as official policy. These things alone make him vastly preferable as an option.
Where people get the idea that he thinks that he could persuade Bin Laden to lay down his AK is beyond me. As far as I can tell he is simply saying that, as Churchill said, "To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war". I find that hard to dispute. I also find it hard to imagine how you could derive from that quote that Churchill was an appeasing surrender-monkey.
(On a seperate note, to someone else, on the "They came for the band and stayed for the speech" have you got any idea what sort of crowds that band usually draws? No, I thought not. But are you saying that Obama supporters aren't deranged cultists but instead are just drifting along for the music and then being bored by the speeches by the roadie?)
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 08:47
"I NEVER, NOT ONCE, NOT EVER, said anything, at all, EVER, about Obama being incapable of winning the election!"
Never said you did. I wasn't talking to you.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 08:33
"Refute that, Nutbag!"
That was the funniest thing I've read all day. Genuine thanks. Always good to have a smile.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 05:43
Since your issue was that Obama is incapable of winning the election because of who he is and what he stands for, I don't see what you wanted to address.
"why because you can’t, can you?"
Issue : "...whom without he is not going to win. "
Apart from the obvious "without whom" correction, I was just wondering how confident you were in your prediction. I think that you're wrong. You're obviously not that confident.
Hardly a surprise, really.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 23.05.2008 @ 02:02
"as Michael B and Dale have mentioned, none of them have been refuted, and more importantly none of them have passed the independent, middle america, and of course conservative american voters whom without he is not going to win. thanks for your emotion… i mean opinion on the matter though."
Care to take a $100 bet on who is the next president?
Comment Posted By Drongo On 22.05.2008 @ 17:45
"“...Muslim Obama, Scary Black Church Going Obama, Unpatriotic Obama, Crook Obama, Terrorist Lover Obama, Irresponsible Bombing Pakistan Obama, Pacifist Obama, Henpecked Obama, Marxist Obama, Chamberlin Obama, Empty Suit Obama, Stupid Policy Obama and now we seem to be at Jonestown Cult Leader Obama with a hint of Dictator Obama.”
The problem with your attempt, to downplay Rick’s analysis by reciting the list above, is that you overlook the basic FACT that they are ALL TRUE!"
All, of them? He's a Marxist in the pockets of the oil corporations? He's a Muslim Christian? He is a policyless empty suit who has stupid policies? He is a misogynist who is controlled by his wife? He is a pacifist who wants to bomb Pakistan?
You can't even see how ridiculous this scatter gun approach is, can you?
Comment Posted By Drongo On 22.05.2008 @ 14:00
"THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, A ‘CULT OF OBAMA’"
And I prove it with a bit of dubious linking from people who are mocking the perception that Obama's campaign is primarily driven by people who just want a Messiah.
From the original site, "Don’t count us among the dewy-eyed who are infatuated with Obama and have conferred upon him celestial qualities: He is not divine. But do count us among those who believe he can inspire the best in each of us, begin to realign America’s international image, restore our civil liberties and expel the criminals and plunderers that have had an all-access pass to the White House since 2001."
So, you link to a picture presented as a jokey comment on people who are over enthusiastic about Obama (which seems to be gone from the site) which was commented on by someone else who was pointing out the risks of putting that sort of joke up (Namely that some people would present it as some sort of evidence of an Obama cult), and present it as evidence of an Obama cult.
Nice.
When your politicians are popular, they are just being wise, when the other side's are popular, they are creepy cults.
"The temptation to thuggery can get almost irresistible."
Yes, just look at those viscious Obama supporting Gathering of Eagles types.
In fact, the last 8 years have seen little more than consistent violent political campaigns from Democrats. Before you know it those crowds will be sacrificing babies and storming the Whitehouse.
So, we've been through Muslim Obama, Scary Black Church Going Obama, Unpatriotic Obama, Crook Obama, Terrorist Lover Obama, Irresponsible Bombing Pakistan Obama, Pacifist Obama, Henpecked Obama, Marxist Obama, Chamberlin Obama, Empty Suit Obama, Stupid Policy Obama and now we seem to be at Jonestown Cult Leader Obama with a hint of Dictator Obama.
If you keep running through these creations so fast you're going to run out come the election you know. Try to keep a few in store for when it matters.
And try to keep them from being mutually exclusive if at all possible.
Comment Posted By Drongo On 22.05.2008 @ 08:51
