The DREADED Politics Thread: (Political Opinion - Enter at your own Peril)

This is where I point out that the members of the winning party were all cheers and good will to the losing party. The losing party booed the candidate of the winning party at the concession speech.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled broadcast. That is all.

 

And you're telling me that had McCain won, you woudn't have heard boos or worse from the crowd at Obama's concression speech. Please. You know they would have. Just because a few people boo'd doesn't mean a bloody thing. Things have been civil (well, in most places at any rate), and that's a good thing. It proves that so far, we are having a peaceful transition of power from one party to another. That's the way it should work.

The simple fact is that Obama won, and the dems as a party did get additional seats in the house and senate. Considering how poorly Bush & company have done over the last 8 years, and add the financial crisis, AND how poorly McCain ran his campaign, I'm surprised the dems didn't gain more ground. Naturally, I'm happy they didn't, but that's me.

It is painfully clear that there are two extremely diametrically opposed camps in this country. Pick a topic, and it is polarizing: Roe V Wade, gun control, foreign policy, the environment, gay marriage, whatever --this country is split in two, almost but not quite 50/50. Either people learn to start living with eachother, relatively peacefully, or this country will rip itself apart.

In the same fashion, this group could rip itself apart --if things get much more out of hand, and words fly any faster and more furious than they already have.

I would highly encourage folks to calm down a bit. Dems, enjoy your victory --Obama won, and you gained seats. Good on you. Bush is on his way out, and I won't shed too many tears on that, either. But please, keep things civil, and remember that we all should be, were, and are friends with a communal love of Star Wars.

I may disagree with many of your personal politics, but I still care for you as friends and hope that eventually this crap will die down, and we can go about our usual zaniness. Because quite honestly, this has not been a very fun place the last few weeks and months. And that's sad, because I consider you my friends and family. We've been together as a group for about 8 years now, and it's sad to see the drama, bickering and attacks that are happening. Yes, the thread title warns that this is a minefield, and that thick skin is needed but those mines are having repercussions that are moving beyond the walls of this thread.

So, dems, celebrate your victory, enjoy it, and please don't cause too much trouble. And please know that those of us who are Republicans (or Conservatives) are not Bush. We did not personally cause the holocaust, tap your phones or personally didn't take your rights away. Yes, Bush was a bad president, but his reign is coming to an end, and I expect you to celebrate in the same way I was when Clinton's terms came to an end. But try not to take your hatred of Bush & his policies out on your friends.

 

Actually, I think had there been booing at Obama's rally, he would have addressed it. That sort of response isn't what he seems to be about. He came to speak on my campus earlier this year and responded to that very kind of attitude by asking for fairness from his audience.

The booing is fine. It's people expressing themselves. I'm just using it as an example of the varying attitudes of the two candidates.

 

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This thread used to be the last thread on this board with any kind of intelligent discussion in it.

Seriously, if people can't grow thicker skins and not freak out at the first sign of a controversial subject or different political view, they need to limit their responses to posting pictures of LOLcats.

 

I like LOLCats.

 

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This just in: The Reagan Era is over.

Also in the news: Palin's to blame for the death threats against President-elect Obama. Says who? Says the Secret Service, that's who.

We need to keep that whack-job diva bisnatch as far away from power as possible. I'm not sure Alaska is far enough. Abu Dhabi and Siberia sound great. Gulag ftw.

Why? She whipped the radical racist/white-supremacists into a frenzy and then let them loose. And she's the victim, right.

 

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The Book of Sarah (Palin)

 

Detailed interview with Obama on his faith March 27, 2004

 

Fascinating...his views are so similar to my own. Interesting to read the comments at the end of the article. I dont get people.

 

i agree with the praying thing...i am going to go read the end of the article...i got sidetracked.

Thanks Jyn i thought this was the Bash Palin thread for a bit.

 

Which praying thing? The article is 14 pages long.


I printed it so I could read it again later.

 

let me get it for you....

 

*jeopardy music*

 

lol his response to "Do you pray?" I believe is the one she's referring to

 

FALSANI:
Do you pray often?

OBAMA:
Uh, yeah, I guess I do.

Its' not formal, me getting on my knees. I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I'm constantly asking myself questions about what I'm doing, why am I doing it.

 

thats what I do...thats what I call "praying".

 

Liked the article, and I too have a bunch of those same beliefs but parts of the article bothered me super bad. Kind of like the nick picking that goes on between posters here.

My thoughts:

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Falsani is one of the most gifted interviews on matters of Faith

That's a pretty strong statement, IMO.
Then she asks a question, that to me just doesn't sound like proper english

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FALSANI:
So you got yourself born again?

 

me too...i talk to God.

 

I loved his response to that...I myself have always found the dogma of faith the most difficult part to swallow. Religion shouldnt have secret handshakes and gang signs, imo.

 

I feel I have a constant dialog going on inside me with God...I think of it as the little piece of God that lives in me and listens to me whine.

 

Your God must be patient j/k I had too.