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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 2 May 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)54. MORE OBAMANIA
We have the most vile and degraded political discourse in the history of the world
http://www.correntewire.com/we_have_the_most_vile_and_degraded_political_discourse_in_the_history_of_the_world#more
From Pravda, the headline:
And why, you ask?
OH GAWD! I CAN'T TAKE IT! I WANT TO CLAW OUT MY EYEBALLS!
Not that killing an unarmed man was evil, no no.
Not that killing an unarmed man was stupid, because putting him on trial would have been better, no no.
Not that killing an unarmed man is stupid and evil, because killing Bin Laden, unarmed, and then dumping his body into the ocean created more Bin Ladens and made the country less safe, no no.
NO! WHACKING OBL AND THEN TURNING IT INTO A CAMPAIGN TALKING POINT IS WRONG, BECAUSE IT ISN'T BIPARTISAN!!!!
I'm gonna have a stroke before this campaign is over, I'm tellin ya. I just hope I go quickly.
http://www.correntewire.com/we_have_the_most_vile_and_degraded_political_discourse_in_the_history_of_the_world#more
From Pravda, the headline:
Obama strategy of taking credit for Osama bin Laden killing risky, observers say
And why, you ask?
President Obama has placed the killing of Osama bin Laden at the center of his reelection effort in a way that is drawing criticism for turning what he once described as an American victory into a partisan political asset.
OH GAWD! I CAN'T TAKE IT! I WANT TO CLAW OUT MY EYEBALLS!
Not that killing an unarmed man was evil, no no.
Not that killing an unarmed man was stupid, because putting him on trial would have been better, no no.
Not that killing an unarmed man is stupid and evil, because killing Bin Laden, unarmed, and then dumping his body into the ocean created more Bin Ladens and made the country less safe, no no.
NO! WHACKING OBL AND THEN TURNING IT INTO A CAMPAIGN TALKING POINT IS WRONG, BECAUSE IT ISN'T BIPARTISAN!!!!
I'm gonna have a stroke before this campaign is over, I'm tellin ya. I just hope I go quickly.
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