RoR: Forum

This is already being discussed at Reason Magazine, Pajamas Media, Gateway Pundit, and Little Green Footballs.

Post 1

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:27pm

There are certainly a lot of cult-like growths following in the wake of the Obama campaign. Like the law enforcement people in Mississippi targeting people saying bad things about Obama.

Post 2

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:55pm

Does anyone else fear civil war may be looming?

Post 3

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:05pm

Wow.

Scott, the comments in the links you posted are just priceless!

(Edited by Teresa Summerlee Isanhart on 9/30, 3:17pm)

Post 4

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:46pm

Steve Wolfer: There are certainly a lot of cult-like growths following in the wake of the Obama campaign. Like the law enforcement people in Mississippi targeting people saying bad things about Obama.

Oh, sure. Just because a guy has groups of children singing to him as dear leader, has truth squads working on his behalf, has redesigned the flag (watch the video again), has redesigned the presidential seal, has his own gold coins minted with his image on them, wants to start a civilian security force, threatens TV stations that run ads critical of them with license revocation and Justice Dept. investigations, has his supporters flood radio stations to disrupt interviews of his critics, and threatens a Jewish group's tax-exempt status for inviting Sarah Palin to speak, you think he's some sort of messianic cult figure!

Teresa Summerlee Isanhart: Scott, the comments in the links you posted are just priceless!

I like them, too, My favorites is over at Reason: "Children of the ACORN?"

Post 5

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 5:15pm

It is time we get serious and recruit a cheer-leading team for Obama... maybe the Acornettes? That might be a little better than the Obama-Mammas.

Post 6

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 7:19pm

Rodney:

Does anyone else fear civil war may be looming?

Yes

Post 7

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 8:16am

Anyone who votes for a third party is stupid.

Post 8

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 9:36am

Rodney, we have a difference of opinion. You said that anyone who votes for a third party is stupid. I am voting for a third party. I don't think of myself as stupid. I actually have some excellent reasons for my vote.

I am voting for a third party because the practice of voting for lesser of two evils lets the parties continue to be evil and put up crappy candidates. They are not going to change that practice just by being asked. They have to feel threatened by a third party before they move to become more like that party.

The Libertarian candidates are on every state's ballot and all that is needed is for people to make that choice. The alternative is to continue the trend that got us here and will just get worse. If you want a candidate that matches your principles, but don't vote for them when they are on the ballot you are not likely to get where you want to go - certainly nothing you are doing is likely to nudge the system in that direction, even microscopically.

It is leverage. Even a small number of votes for a third party scares the major parties and causes them to make changes. Where as voting for tweddle-dee or tweeddle-dum is throwing your vote away - it will make no change in the direction the system is heading and that is the more important issue.

Post 9

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 11:59pm

If civil war were looming, it would be a good thing. It might mean that the right was willing to fight for its principles. It is not. Algor came within one Supreme Court vote of stealing the 2000 Election. In any other country there would have been riots. You guys are optimists.

Post 10

Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:16pm

If McCain wins, civil war will not come, just riots. My fear is an Obama win, at which point all kinds of it will hit the fan.

Post 11

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 5:20am

My fear is an Obama win, at which point all kinds of it will hit the fan. (Rodney, bold mine)

Apparently, even Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, agrees with this:

�Mark my words,� Mr. Biden warned at the Seattle fund-raiser, according to reports from network producers traveling with him, �It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We�re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember, I said it standing here, if you don�t remember anything else I said. Watch, we�re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.�

He added, �He�s going to have to make some really tough - I don�t know what the decision�s going to be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it�s going to happen.�

He said he could envision four or five scenarios that might arise to challenge the new president, citing Russia or the Middle East as possible sources of trouble.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/bidens-crisis-remarks-reverberate/

(Obama's campaign was not exactly happy about this prediction, by the way. Guess the muzzle will have to go back on ol' Joe, and soon.)

Post 12

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:48am