Alabama Senate election

[Sapidus]

That's a good question, a question that I wanted to ask that Alabama Roy Moore voters focus group that they did recently. The summation of the group's conclusion, "No matter what he did, we still need a Republican in the Senate"....

Yeah and then Vrail accuses me of divisive dialogue when I mentioned something similar. But she has nothing to say to the people who put party over country an the welfare of children.

 

[GURPS]

You point to Venezuela as your example of socialism, they'll point to some Scandawegian country that appears to have its trains running on time, meatballs in every pot, new Volvos in every driveway, and most of its citizens having good teeth, slim waists, and blonde eyelashes, as proof-positive that Socialism works just fine.

I'm not buying any such assertions .... that Venezuela and Norwegian Socialism are anything similar

Hugo nationalized most industries [especially OIL] and had massive giveaways

 

[vraiblonde]

Yeah and then Vrail accuses me of divisive dialogue when I mentioned something similar. But she has nothing to say to the people who put party over country an the welfare of children.

"It's for the children! THE CHILDREN, DAMN IT!!!"



"Because Republicans are trying to KILL THEM! KILL!!!! WHY do you want CHILDREN KILLED?????"

 

[GURPS]

So would you let him hang out at say the mall with your teenage daughters?

I would not let you near my 12 yr old, she'd kick you ass up one end of the mall and down the other ...

 

[Merlin99]

That didn't take long...

Chuckey S has proposed to hold-off voting on the tax bill until the new Alabama senator is seated.

Kind of like when they held off voting for Obamacare until Scott Brown was seated?

 

[Merlin99]

There is no "due process". The statute of limitations ran the hell out over 40 years ago. So there is nothing to be done. You far-right bible thumpers keep talking about this "due process", also knowing about these limitations. I guess some will believe it.....

There was due process, that they didn't try to avail themselves of it several decades ago tells me that they weren't credible.

 

[Sapidus]

"It's for the children! THE CHILDREN, DAMN IT!!!"



"Because Republicans are trying to KILL THEM! KILL!!!! WHY do you want CHILDREN KILLED?????"

Keep finding ways to defend voting for an accused pedophile rather than cross party lines.

It's a good look for you

 

[Sapidus]

There was due process, that they didn't try to avail themselves of it several decades ago tells me that they weren't credible.

What about the fact that he worked for the attorney general in the district they would have reported the crimes in?

Might that have had a some impact on their hesitation?

 

[Toxick]

I'm not buying any such assertions .... that Venezuela and Norwegian Socialism are anything similar

Hugo nationalized most industries [especially OIL] and had massive giveaways

I believe what you said was "Socialism is not tenable. Just look at Venezuela. When will progressives learn?".
So that's what I'm responding to.

You did not allow for a context where Socialism does not turn a country into a cesspit of violence.

You did not say "Sometimes it works, if the conditions are right".

 

[GURPS]

It's a good look for you

keep defending a known rapist and his wife ... see how that works

 

[Merlin99]

What about the fact that he worked for the attorney general in the district they would have reported the crimes in?

Might that have had a some impact on their hesitation?

If they had any convictions at all they should of spoke up, think of the children that would have been saved. People who dream up charges just when it's politically expedient are just political whores. Actually they're less than that, I'd trust a whore over those political hacks.

 

[GURPS]

I believe what you said was "Socialism is not tenable. Just look at Venezuela. When will progressives learn?".
So that's what I'm responding to.

You did not allow for a context where Socialism does not turn a country into a cesspit of violence.

You did not say "Sometimes it works, if the conditions are right".

fair enough ....

IMHO the two are completely different

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/

Democratic socialism purports to combine majority rule with state control of the means of production. However, the Scandinavian countries are not good examples of democratic socialism in action because they aren’t socialist.

In the Scandinavian countries, like all other developed nations, the means of production are primarily owned by private individuals, not the community or the government, and resources are allocated to their respective uses by the market, not government or community planning.

While it is true that the Scandinavian countries provide things like a generous social safety net and universal healthcare, an extensive welfare state is not the same thing as socialism. What Sanders and his supporters confuse as socialism is actually social democracy, a system in which the government aims to promote the public welfare through heavy taxation and spending, within the framework of a capitalist economy. This is what the Scandinavians practice.

In response to Americans frequently referring to his country as socialist, the prime minister of Denmark recently remarked in a lecture at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government,

 

[Sapidus]

keep defending a known rapist and his wife ... see how that works

What are you talking about?

 

[Sapidus]

If they had any convictions at all they should of spoke up, think of the children that would have been saved. People who dream up charges just when it's politically expedient are just political whores. Actually they're less than that, I'd trust a whore over those political hacks.

So now you are saying the children he sexually assaulted are to blame ? Not the person who did the assaulting? Wow. You are a special kind of crap. You probably would have been head of his campaign if you loved in Alabama

 

[GURPS]

no one has been proven to have been assaulted ... only some vapid accusations spurned on by Gloria Aldred a know vapid accuser



oh and about the woman outed for doctoring the yearbook - proof positive the whole thing was a lie

 

[vraiblonde]

So now you are saying the children he sexually assaulted are to blame ?

What children? All I've heard about is teenagers.

 

[steppinthrax]

If they had any convictions at all they should of spoke up, think of the children that would have been saved. People who dream up charges just when it's politically expedient are just political whores. Actually they're less than that, I'd trust a whore over those political hacks.

You do realize.

A). This was Alabama.
B). He was an assistant district attorney
C). Back then women who spoke out against these type of things might have been given the boot or told to STFU in the worst ways possible. There's a good tactic (even used today) by attorneys to defend against those who claim sexual assault/rape. "Make the appear either as a whore, mentally unstable, or a man hater"....
D). They are children.
E). Oh and this was Alabama....

In terms of sexual crimes, many women don't speak out until much later, it's a common trend. And I'm sure many on here who are speaking FOR Moore will speak against Cosby, Lauer, Al Franklin etc.. When in those cases the circumstances are the same as in Moore. Gotta love the ole conservative hypocrisy.

 

[steppinthrax]

I would not let you near my 12 yr old, she'd kick you ass up one end of the mall and down the other ...

Are you going to answer his question, other than diverting to joking etc? It's a fair question.

Would you let him babysit your daughter etc? Assuming you have children (and that's a stretch)....

 

[Gilligan]

You do realize.

A). This was Alabama.
B). He was an assistant district attorney
C). Back then women who spoke out against these type of things might have been given the boot or told to STFU in the worst ways possible. There's a good tactic (even used today) by attorneys to defend against those who claim sexual assault/rape. "Make the appear either as a whore, mentally unstable, or a man hater"....
D). They are children.
E). Oh and this was Alabama....

In terms of sexual crimes, many women don't speak out until much later, it's a common trend. And I'm sure many on here who are speaking FOR Moore will speak against Cosby, Lauer, Al Franklin etc.. When in those cases the circumstances are the same as in Moore. Gotta love the ole conservative hypocrisy.

Do you sell any of the many straw men you constantly build? Or just let people burn them?

 

[steppinthrax]

Do you sell any of the many straw men you constantly build? Or just let people burn them?

No,

I'm getting happier the longer I see Trump in office. Realizing how worse it's becoming as time drags on....