Originally Posted By disneydad109 The whoppie meter is way up on the right hand side. Where are the Bill Clintons of tomorrow when we need them.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I don't have a dog in the fight in any case. I just hate to see one side get so far ahead in the "caught with my pants down" race.We can only hope that both sides will get in the game and score one for the gipper .
Originally Posted By Mr X I don't give a flying crap about what ANYONE does in their free time, so long as they don't try at the same time to preach/promote/legislate "values" of whatever kind they're trying to enforce on the rest of us.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I do enjoy watching them wiggle and try to lie about it when these things come to light.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Cause they are BIG OLD FABBERS and that's Bozo no-no ! If you will lie to your wife and family how can you expect anyone else to trust you ?
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Maybe enjoy was the wrong word. But I would have liked to have known before he was elected that Nixon had the morals of a sewer rat and would do anything except stick up a 7-11. The good old USA would have missed out on many years of trouble ( and Jerry Ford) if we had but been aware.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I got to thiking about it and I do enjoy watching the stores unfold,the tale change in the telling, the different twist that they try to put on things. It's all great theater and you coold not make up some of the wild and odd acts these folks get into. I mean a Tiger suit ,now thats funny.How can you not enjoy it,I only wish he had taken it to the extreeme .
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<But I would have liked to have known before he was elected that Nixon had the morals of a sewer rat and would do anything except stick up a 7-11>> If you couldn't figure out Nixon before the election, it was your own fault for not paying attention. We knew all about Tricky Dick long before he ran against Kennedy: <a href="http://www.history.com/videos/the-checkers-speech#the-checkers-speech" target="_blank">http://www.history.com/videos/...s-speech</a>
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I was very young,in the service and not a reader of any news at the time.Just hoping I stayed alive.My bad !
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Then why bother voting, if you don't read the news to try and understand the world around you? This is the stuff that ticks me off the most. Failing to have a basic grasp of major events in the country and the world, then walking into the voting booth. How the heck does that serve your best interests or the interests of the nation? The scandal Nixon was embroiled in, back in the fifties, was major. The Checkers speech was a carefully staged TV event designed to reverse the negative public opinion that threatened to sink his entire political career. And unfortunately, a gullible and easily manipulated public bought it hook, line, and sinker. Voting for any candidate without knowing the basic history of that candidate is irresponsible. That's why I'm shaking my head over the Wisconsinites who cannot fathom what a scumbag Walker has turned out to be! Really? Did you even bother checking this man's political and professional background first? Where his campaign contributions came from? Obviously not. If they had, I doubt they would have voted for him. It's like a previous poster here on WE, who hated the lobbyists and their involvement in politics. So what did he do? Vote against the incumbent who's made a career of trying to rid Washington of lobbyist influence. Instead, the poster voted for the incumbent's opponent, who made an infamous D.C. lobbyist his chief of staff, and who took several million in campaign contributions from lobbyists and the corporations they serve. Voting ignorant is worse than not voting at all.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Did I forget to post that I was young,plus he ran saying he would end the war in southest asia. That was something I had a passing interest in seeing happen.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <That's a personal matter as was Clinton's scandal. " > Except that the Republicans (especially DeLay) made sure Clinton's scandal became anything but a personal matter.
Originally Posted By Labuda Youth is not an excuse for ignorance. If you're ignorant, don't vote. Educate yourself then vote.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I think there are people who are young not very worldly and people who are ignorant. We can out grow one but not the other.I don't beleive that we are allowed to give IQ tests to see who can vote and who can't .
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I think Scott Walker has clearly demonstrated the need for IQ tests for elected officials.
Originally Posted By Labuda I am by no means advocating IQ testing for voters. I just wish that only people who knew about the candidates they're voting for would vote.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I warm myself with the love & respect of my fellow LP'ers. Thats why I do not mock them or try to belittle them.Good night dear posters.
