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Post by FreeBall on Mar 25, 2004 22:19:23 GMT -5
I received a telephone call this evening that might provide a glimpse of the breadth of the effort to re-elect Bush.
As I stated previously in another thread, I am a lifelong registered Republican, yet I can't clearly recall the last time I voted for a Republican candidate in a state or national election. Furthermore, I have never donated any money to the RNC or a Republican candidate.
My telephone call this evening was from the RNC in Washington, DC. The caller thanked me for my past support of the party (that would probably be a vote for Gerald Ford in 1976!), and then asked the following question (paraphrased by me): "On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being not at all and 10 being very high, how important to you is it to have the Republicans retain control of the White House in this year's election?" After having the gentleman repeat the scale so that there was not any doubt in my mind, I gave him an emphatic answer of "1". When he asked me why, I told him that I cannot stand the man. He stated that he would make a note of this and then he ended the call.
I'm sure that a more positive response on my part would have led to a request for a contribution to the RNC to help with their efforts on behalf of Bush. I knew that Bush and the RNC were going to great lengths to raise obscene amounts of money to spend prior to the general election campaign. Now I'm wondering if it is possible that they are calling every registered Republican nationwide as part of their campaign strategy. If so, I find that to be a tad bit scary.
This whole episode may motivate me to make a sizable (by my standards) contribution to the Kerry campaign.
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Post by georgia(pacific)girl on Mar 26, 2004 1:07:01 GMT -5
Make a contribution and you'll get even more phone calls to make more contributions. Those fund-raisers are tireless in their endeavors to get $$
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 26, 2004 5:30:21 GMT -5
As I stated previously in another thread, I am a lifelong registered Republican, yet I can't clearly recall the last time I voted for a Republican candidate in a state or national election. Furthermore, I have never donated any money to the RNC or a Republican candidate. And I'm a lifelong democrat who cannot clearly recall the last time I voted for a democrat in a State or National election.  |
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Post by itsallaboutme on Mar 26, 2004 8:47:02 GMT -5
I don't have that kind of confusion because I'm a solid Independent. I'm a proud "open-minded" Liberal. However, I don't fall under the liberal label according to Rush, infact I don't know anyone that does, since he tries to associated the liberal label with criminals. The far left would probably consider me a moderate. Unfortunately, the religious far right has control of this president & thats a very scary thing. Republicans say they want less government in our lives, I agree with that but they don't have any problem trying to legislate their morals on everyone else. I don't want gov in religion, my personal life or in anybody's body, Stay the hell out of my life you zealots!!!.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2004 11:50:05 GMT -5
BiK, Rummy's looking a little squished. Must be the weight of all those lies...  |
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Post by Gorf on Mar 26, 2004 20:27:46 GMT -5
Could the squishyness have been caused by the Hawaii Seal of Approval bouncing a ball off of Rummy's head a few too many times?
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Post by IdahoBoy on Mar 26, 2004 20:30:13 GMT -5
>-(Gorf)-<[} link=board=news&thread=1080271163&start=5#0 date=1080350866]Could the squishyness have been caused by the Hawaii Seal of Approval bouncing a ball off of Rummy's head a few too many times? The great thing about that is that the Hawaiian Monk Seals are endangered... so you can't retaliate if he bounces a ball or two off your head without dire consequences.  |
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Post by Lwood on Mar 30, 2004 12:29:19 GMT -5
I don't have that kind of confusion because I'm a solid Independent. I'm a proud "open-minded" Liberal. However, I don't fall under the liberal label according to Rush, infact I don't know anyone that does, since he tries to associated the liberal label with criminals. The far left would probably consider me a moderate. Unfortunately, the religious far right has control of this president & thats a very scary thing. Republicans say they want less government in our lives, I agree with that but they don't have any problem trying to legislate their morals on everyone else. I don't want gov in religion, my personal life or in anybody's body, Stay the hell out of my life you zealots!!!. I'm making a note right now to tell all my zealot friends to stay the hell out of one Mr. John Q. ItsAllAboutMe's life. One quick question. Since you don't want anyone to legislate morality does that mean it will be okay for 40 year old men to sleep with 16 year old girls? Will it be okay to smoke crack? How about prostitution? Child pornography? I want to get all of this straight, so me and my zealot friends don't legislate our morals on everyone else. |
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Post by itsallaboutme on Mar 30, 2004 17:10:40 GMT -5
Lwood, Thanks for not twisting my stance on the morality police. Thanks for not posting an extreme view on my feelings. I'm talking about morality & not criminality. There is a difference. I agree that child porn is despicable & should be punished. I don't think porn involving consenting adults is a crime. If an adult wants to watch porn that does not involve minors thats his/her business. If a person does not want to watch it no one is forcing them to. Now, where I draw the line is when someone who is against porn decides they need to put a stop to it because they feel they need to be telling other people what they should & should not be watching. Now, thats just one example. Watching porn is not a crime. If you like to watch fine, if you don't fine. Ok, Lwood I'm ready for your exaggerated response to and about my post.
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Post by Lwood on Mar 30, 2004 21:49:43 GMT -5
Lwood, Thanks for not twisting my stance on the morality police. Thanks for not posting an extreme view on my feelings. I'm talking about morality & not criminality. There is a difference. I agree that child porn is despicable & should be punished. I don't think porn involving consenting adults is a crime. If an adult wants to watch porn that does not involve minors thats his/her business. If a person does not want to watch it no one is forcing them to. Now, where I draw the line is when someone who is against porn decides they need to put a stop to it because they feel they need to be telling other people what they should & should not be watching. Now, thats just one example. Watching porn is not a crime. If you like to watch fine, if you don't fine. Ok, Lwood I'm ready for your exaggerated response to and about my post. You're right that my response was over the top. It's called humor. The fact that it irritated you makes me think that your original post was sincere. Scary. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2004 21:58:36 GMT -5
Lwood, let me get this straight. You want to outlaw mittens?
I sort of skimmed through the thread. Let me know if I missed the gist.
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(Its, you need to go see "Sunshine" again. You can't really have been bored.)
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Post by itsallaboutme on Mar 31, 2004 8:37:13 GMT -5
I don't believe for one minute your original post was for humor purposes. I doubt anyone would have thought that was a sarcastic post.
As far as my post about religious zealots staying the hell out of my life they should be scared because I will fight like hell before I let anyone tell me how I should live.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2004 9:47:36 GMT -5
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Post by itsallaboutme on Mar 31, 2004 10:04:08 GMT -5
I promise I wont go see it again but I will likely watch
"A Mighty Wind" again even though I've seen it several times + it seems like its the only movie playing on HBO.
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Post by Lwood on Mar 31, 2004 10:28:55 GMT -5
I don't believe for one minute your original post was for humor purposes. I doubt anyone would have thought that was a sarcastic post. As far as my post about religious zealots staying the hell out of my life they should be scared because I will fight like hell before I let anyone tell me how I should live. There are other forms of humor other than sarcasm. I said my post was humorous not sarcastic. I particularly enjoyed the John Q. ItsAllAboutMe thing and the me and all my zealot friends quip. You're right that the rest of what I wrote took your comment about legislating morality to an extreme. Exagerating someone else's points is an effective way of demonstrating that they are simplifying an issue. Morality and criminality are quite often the same thing. In this country drug use is a criminal act. In some countries drug use is a moral issue left to the individual. In most places in America prositution is a criminal act. In many parts of the world it is a moral issue left up to the individual. At one point in our society girls married as young teens usually to older men. Today we view a relationship like that to be immoral and illegal. However in other parts of the world it is still a common practice. Polygamy is both a moral and criminal issue. Smoking in public and the sale of tobacco has become both a moral and criminal issue. The sale of alcohol is both a moral and criminal issue. I want to know if you are truly an open minded liberal or not. If you are then live and let live. What other people do is their business and let's get rid of some of these pesky laws. |
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