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Originally Posted by gimpy117
on the subject of the obama thing:
yes, this is a VERY right leaning board. it's par for the course here. Im used to Steamwake, armalike, tater and company ganging up on me.
FUnny
and a pic to start it off |
Funny, albeit completely and grossly inaccurate.
Besides, what's most entertaining is how clearly this graphic illustrates the odd Democrat belief that ANY debt spending would "save" the economy. It would be far more poignant to suggest, "1 trillion in spending cuts to save it." Instead this graphic suggests that, in one year, Obama spends 20% of what Bush did in *EIGHT* and that somehow is better.
Great point, if your audience is comprised of morons that haven't bothered with an attempt at understanding economics.
By the way, true story - Obama's committed us to far more spending than this graphic represents. His spending hasn't "Saved" a freakin' thing - government spending never does.
And finally, despite your claims, this board is quite down the middle as far as politcal leanings go. Just because you're faced with stiff arguments by certain individuals the board doesn't "lean" that way. I can think of as many liberals I respect as conservatives you don't. Mookie, antikristuseke, Stealth Hunter, I could go on. There are also plenty of centrists, such as Sailor Steve, Skybird, Takeda, etc. Finally, there are plenty of conservatives I disagree with, but the philosophy of "if you can't say something nice..." prevents me from naming names.
Back on topic, that pic makes the best case for fiscally conservative Republicans I've ever seen - fine, under Bush we spent a ton. What on Earth makes anyone think that means that Democrats, who are CONSTANTLY spending, would be more conservative? All that graphic does is illustrate the mindset of "well, they did it, why can't we?".
But here's the problem - if the Dems are opposed to spending, then they would be conservatives and this would be no issues. Instead, they are FOR spending and are pandering to the newly fiscally conservative nation that further spending is okay because Republicans did it, but that spending under Republicans was wrong because Republicans did it.
As such, they are going to be destroyed in the elections tomorrow because most people know frauds when they see them. Frankly I think Dems would have done far better if they ran on being spend-happy Dems. While in reality, the average Dem is attempting to stand for the principles of your average Rep, and the public is siding with the right because the left is going up against their own votes.