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As I said, I'm being overly dramatic somewhat, but:

Religious Fanaticism + Absolute Conviction that you are right + No appreciation of your own ignorance or shortcomings + Demonization of Political Opponents + Militant Patriotism

What's that spell?

by rae on Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:39:01 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Bush?
by BooMan on Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:45:01 PM EST
[ Parent ]
:) :)

Share. Share resources, share delight, share burdens, share the healing. Sharing will bring us back from mass suicide. www.share-international.org
by Isis on Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:47:34 PM EST
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Yeah, true.  But there's one thing...all the talk about Bush being religions is just crap...ultimately he isn't.  But she's a true believer.  

I guess that clip of her speaking in her church kinda freaked me out.

by rae on Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 at 11:56:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I'm not discounting your visceral reaction but I didn't share it.

She didn't creep me out at all.  She mildly annoyed me.  

by BooMan on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:13:47 AM EST
[ Parent ]
One of the most depressing comments of the night.  (Yours, that is.)

We felt sick listening to her.  She represents close to the worst this country has to offer.  She blatantly lied.  She was nasty.  She used her family as props.  She got big cheers for suggesting that supposed terrorists shouldn't have rights.  Which I took as code for torture is ok and only weak-kneed traitors would stand up for their rights.  I agree that the ridicule of Obama's being a community worker was code for helping welfare recipients.  Black welfare recipients.

by Heart of the Rockies on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:47:28 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I'm used to it.  The kids as props did make me ill. The rest of it?  It's been that way all day everyday for at least six and a half years.  It doesn't phase me and a lot of it is very effective.
by BooMan on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:01:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Effective?  Could you expand on what you mean by that?
by Heart of the Rockies on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:09:24 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Expand on it?

Well, the politics of hate and fear and American pride and nationalism is all very effective in winning elections.  And I look at these performances somewhat dispassionately in an effort to assess how well they may be working.  Tonight was pretty good.  Not great.  But better than average.  

by BooMan on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:30:40 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Gotcha.  I thought that was what you meant, but I wasn't certain.
by Heart of the Rockies on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 10:13:40 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Your comment sums up my feelings very well.  She is perfect for the Repubican ticket.
by CabinGirl on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 01:02:39 AM EST
[ Parent ]
RFACNDPOMP?
by foucaultfan on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:06:30 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Huh?!

 Come ON folks, don't use odd acronyms without defining them for us dummies.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 02:15:50 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I was actually cringing at that myself, and wondering hat my dad would think of that if he were still around.

ick.

by CabinGirl on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:38:08 AM EST
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