I'm in a purgin' mood, who should we purge from the Democratic Party

[Anarcho-Socialist]

Poll question: I'm in a purgin' mood, who should we purge from the Democratic Party

[Random_Australian]

1. Trapeze artists for SURE.

If you need a replacement, get pole dancers, they're much straighter!

BOOM BOOM!

So, who liked my double joke?

[Glorfindel]

3. Good one! Noted and appreciated.

nt

[Random_Australian]

9. I recognise that name, faintly. Is it Tolkein?

[Glorfindel]

33. Yes...Glorfindel was the elf lord who rescued Frodo

from the nine ringwraiths at Weathertop. He was replaced by Liv Tyler in the movie version.

[Random_Australian]

35. Oh yeah! That's right!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

6. You make a strong argument

I have felt for a while that the Trapeze Artists' lobby has been too powerful in the party. If they weren't so busy jumpin' around and not voting, Kerry would have carried Iowa in the electoral college in 2004. Not being against trapeze artists marrying certainly hurt us there.

[Random_Australian]

8. And if they were that good then why aren't ourchildren learning math good?

HUH?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

14. How dare you, sir!

This denigration of the valuable contribution of trapeze artist-Americans to the circus of American political life is, alas, all too typical and widespread.

Imagine the outrage this would spark if you replaced the words "trapeze artists" with "clowns" or "bareback riders"! Such blatantly actist comments are only tolerated when directed against trapeze artists for some reason.

In an age when nearly all forms of circus performers are tolerated and respected for who they are, discrimination against trapeze artists seems to be the last acceptable form of discrimination.

Trapeze artists contribute as much as any of us, and we should value and encourage their participation. If we're going to take on the ringmasters, we need all the help we can get, and such blatantly actist comments as yours only harm that cause!

Remember, neither the Democratic party nor a circus is anything without a big tent. You should be ashamed of yourself!

[Random_Australian]

18. Harrumph! You are a trapezist yourself, I think! What's more, there

are bound to be some loony trapeze artists. People, who just from bieng a trapeze artist, are complete batshit babyeatingbishopofbathandwales.

So we should shoot them all.

How can you look into a child's eyes and allow trapeze artists in this world?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

28. Trapeze artists are élitists

I demand that they come down to the same level as everyone else.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

31. It's people like you who get the Party a bad name.

We should be aiming to raise everybody to the level of the trapeze artists, not dragging them down to earth!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

38. Why would any true progressive want to be a trapeze artist?

It's no way to be. The way obtainable height is distributed under the gravitist system, means that those born with the sufficient dexterity are much more likely to become trapeze artists than everyone else (offspring of trapeze artists become trapeze artists, perpetuating the current system). That is why trapeze artists should be abolished and merged into a truly revolutionary clown proletariat on the ground.

[Random_Australian]

39. Trapeze artists don't believe in earth. They defy gravity don't they?

Of course they do. So we should shoot them.

I've yet to hear you admit that you are a trapeze artist. Are trapeze artists cowardly as well as extremely angry?

[Random_Australian]

34. Hah! Trapeze apologist! They should be shot! I notice you have not

answered my question: How can you look into a child's eyes and allow trapeze artists in this world?

I'm not saying this about all trapeze artists mind you yes I am but I want my batshit philosophy to sound reasonable, just the few. Can you deny that there are some trapeze extremists?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

43. Read what I said!

I've already answered your question, and I see no cause to do so again.

I'll ask *you* again: can you deny that what you're saying would be unacceptable if said about clowns or bareback riders?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

46. They're not comparable

and to compare would be a generalisation, which is not epistemologically acceptable. I'm sick of everyone who make sweeping generalisations about people all the time.

[Random_Australian]

47. Your post in asinine. We would never post unreasonable stuff

because we have the Source Of All Knowledge, as in the ringmasters general upkeep manual.

If we were, somehow, to hypothetically say that, it would be unreasonable. Yes, I know the Clown Pie-Preferers say stuff like that, but thet are not real circus folk.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

52. How dair you call me a clown pie-preferre!

This kind of baseleaa alut is typical of the the anti-rtrapeze bigottry here on DU!

Sopt trying t o define my preference is circus acts for me!

Without trapeze artists, the audiecen would have to spend all their time looking down, and their necks would develope cricks.

Personal invective and ad hominaem attack is no substitute for reasoned debte, you pathetic excuse fro a juniro-league blackshirt apoloigist. YOur resoting to such tactics onlu highlights your lack of reasoned arguments against trapeze-artistry.

[Random_Australian]

56. Simple. Trapezism is a causing factor in non-funniness.

(Would you mind not doing the spelling again? It is way to hard to follow)

I know that to some trapezists the idea that any trapezist could be wrong about anything ever is something they cannot accept, but I must say that I like parsley. An that you are wrong.

Well, for all I know there may well be many trapezists that have escaped the clutches of the inherit evil of trapism, but we cannot deny that trapsim is a problem and a menace.Trapism/ensnareism cost us the election and made adam eat the apple (for which recent archeological evidence has been discovered), and I find your defense of snareism reprehensible. Why? Because I use a completely arbitrary system. because it is self evident.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

66. That does it.

I'm putting you on my ignore list, leaving DU for good, and emigrating to Guyana. I hope you're satisfied with the ideological purity you have brought to the party, and that you enjoy your long years in oppostion at dull fetes in tiny villages while political parties with trapeze artists in them are hitting the big time!

[Random_Australian]

70. F*ck off snareist.

I am really tired - caution - engage in conversation at own risk.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

20. I see from your trapeze-apologism...

...that you refuse to see how the trapeze artists cost the party in 2004. Some of my best friends are clowns, and they agree with me that trapeze artists are "too uppity" for their own good.

I have nothing against trapeze artists per se, but they come across as extremist whackjobs, out of touch with mainstream America (possibly due to how high up they are).

[Nimrod2005]

54. Brilliant...

[Random_Australian]

57. Thankyou! *takes bow*

[SidDithers]

87. It's not the Trapeze Artists per se...

just the Trapeze Artists Whackjob Extremists that need to be purged. You know which ones... it's them rabid trapeze artists that are always forcing us ground-based people into death-defying feats of skill and strength, hanging upside down by our knees, wearing sequined tights and growing ridiculous handlebar moustaches. Those are the ones who are causing irreparable harm to the progressive movement.

Sid

[Anarcho-Socialist]

109. An interesting point

...but why do we need trapeze artists at all? I don't think the party has benefited from them.

[Glorfindel]

2. I voted for lumberjacks...

but only the ones who cut old-growth forests. Those who harvest planted tree farms are OK...plus they smell good at the end of the day. The combination of pine sawdust and masculine sweat is extremely pleasant (to me at least).

[SidDithers]

91. But I'm a lumberjack...

and I'm OK.

(I sleep all night and I work all day :))

Sid

[Blue_Tires]

112. LOL at that!

[etherealtruth]

4. Pirates

People with birds on their shoulders freak me out.

[rucky]

25. Then who will spread the gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? nt

[Anarcho-Socialist]

30. FSM is evil extremism. Do you really know what it's really about?

If you want to know, see here: http://www.neuralgourmet.com/1969/12/31/the_fsms_own_nutty_wankjobs

[rucky]

40. Who knew?

They dance on the groin of mainstream religion - probably with peg legs, too. Ouch.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

42. Indeed

They're the reason why Kerry didn't carry Florida in 2004, due to all those pirates. They were out to sea on polling day and did not vote. You would have thought they would have learned their lesson from 2000.

[Pirate Smile]

26. Awwwww.

:evilfrown:

[LisaLynne]

36. Don't take it personally, Pirate Smile.

It's for the good of the party, after all -- so we can win elections again!

[Pirate Smile]

63. It's enough to make a Pirate go marauding and pillaging.

[etherealtruth]

80. I'm so sorry

Maybe you can stay (but, the parrot can't) if you don't say anything and let us ignore your rights.

I repeat ... no parrot


:sarcasm:

[Pirate Smile]

85. Well, the cat just took care of that.

RIP Pirate Polly

[etherealtruth]

86. LMAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[wakeme2008]

5. Lounge Lizards

:rofl: and :hide:

[rucky]

7. The Anarcho-Socialists, of course! n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

10. ...

:P

[Donald Ian Rankin]

55. Now what I want

Is an option to add posters to DU to my "purge" list, along with "buddy" and "ignore"...

[Anarcho-Socialist]

79. If everyone had such a facility

This would be a quiet place indeed.

[acmejack]

11. You may purge me

I am sure I deserve it, lately I have found myself secretly (ok, not so secretly) questioning truth, justice, and the American way...

[Random_Australian]

13. Consider yourself purged. *presses big red button*. Simple. Now

we deny it ever took place.

You never existed, Jewish revisionist! (WTF is with people using 'Jewish' as an insult? Some people are pretty f'ed up, mate)

[Clark2008]

12. Now, come on - you know the answer is "those who

drink in moderation."

Anyone who's ever been to a Dem rally KNOWS only those who may be Republicans are the ones who DON'T get shitfaced.

:evilgrin:

[Random_Australian]

15. I'm a non-drinker. I despise Liberals.

They are the RW party in Australia, OK?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

19. That's nothing.

I'm English, and as such most of my best friends are Republicans.

[Random_Australian]

Oh yeah? Well, as an Aussie, My fellow Labor aligned people endorsed

a mandatory immigrant detention scheme that makes your pale in comparison. Worse than gitmo!

If you make it to them alive.....

[Clark2008]

29. LOL...

I was teasing, you know.

:hi:

[Sweet Home Alabama]

16. Cynthia McKinney

Too weird.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

That's it. I've HAD it!

Time to purge the purgers!

[Random_Australian]

22. Right, consider yourself purged, purger! Don't think you are getting out

of this! I'm coming along with you, purging scum like I am! AHa!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

23. I feel like I've walked into the middle of a meeting of the...

...Green party.

[Random_Australian]

27. YOU SAID GREEN! BURN THE WITCH!

We have an excellent selection of boiling, broiling, baking, roasting, shallow frying, braising, deep frying and steaming.

Take your pick!

[Hubert Flottz]

17. DINOS!

EVERY ONE OF THEM!

[goddess40]

32. but they count for us when we look at majority numbers

otherwise my vote would go for Joe-mentum!!

[Hubert Flottz]

41. They Gotta' Go!

They ruin the party! If they want to be Repigs let them join the GOP...I've HAD IT!

[goddess40]

60. You're right but lets get a strong lead and then boot them

I'm hoping that joe-mentum gets the boot this year!!

[Hubert Flottz]

65. Yes we need to save our country this election coming up, but

we need to weed out the demopubs once and for all. Republican lite, is STILL Republican!

[ArbustoBuster]

95. We need to keep the tyrannosaurs, though!

They can be trained to bite the heads off of mimes, cartoon voice actors, and Republicans.

And those damnable bimetallic yahoos.

[0007]

21. Let's start with Ben Nelson and Joseph Lieberman.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

24. Only if they're part of one of the options above(at least for this thread)

Personally, I find pirates and ex-Fear Factor contestants to be the most dangerous. Whichever category gets the most votes is ejected from the party.

[LisaLynne]

37. But I think they are important to keep in the party because

they're dangerous! You do NOT want ex-Fear Factor contestants getting mad at you. Trust me. :scared:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

44. Oh pleeeeeeease

I'm tired of them putting forward their sell-out agenda within the party. Ex-Fear Factor contestants are not worth keeping in the Democratic Party.

[DrGonzoLives]

45. Steely Dan

n/t

[Random_Australian]

48. Consider it done *presses big red button*.

[Buns_of_Fire]

49. Mimes

...who drink in moderation.

[Random_Australian]

50. Done. *presses bug red button*

Flush!

LEARN THE WORDS OR GET OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

[NoPasaran]

51. Gold bugs

Free silver or barter economy for me!

[Random_Australian]

53. I have no idea what gold bugs are. Please enlighten.

[NoPasaran]

68. Advocates of the gold standard

The fight between gold bugs, greenbackers, free silver advocates and bimetallists was one of the big political issues in the late Nineteenth Century---kind of the gay marriage of its day.

[Canuckistanian]

83. I'm a rabid bimetallist myself

And my family going back several generations, all the way to back to the Whig Rebellion.

Bimetallists Will Rise Again!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

84. Extremist! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

88. How DARE you question my Heritage, sir!

Bimetallists were hounded and persecuted at every step!

"War on Cristianity"? Pfeh! My great-great-great uncle's stepfather was shot, stabbed, hanged, drawn, quartered, and short-sheeted after a barroom brawl about the remonetization of silver.

He barely made it out alive.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

96. Single-minded bimetallists like you

...are the reason why voter turnout is depressed, because people are put-off by your extremism.

[moggie]

111. Or fall

Depending on the temperature.

[QC]

58. Everyone but me.

I am the only truly pure Democrat--the rest of you are all DINOs of some sort.

Sure, this will make for a very small party, but moral purity is more important, right?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

59. The logical extension of democracy: One man, one party.

That way, everyone can be sure of a representative who shares their views.

[Strong Atheist]

101. I think I saw this about a year ago, but well done anyway! nt.

[Zynx]

61. All celebrities.

I'm actually serious about this one. They really hurt our image as a party of the people horribly.

[Beelzebud]

62. Ex Fear Factor contestants.

They want to eat shit? Let them join the republican party! :D

[Jeffersons Ghost]

64. KLINGONS... purge the war-monger Klingons

[NNN0LHI]

67. We are currently letting the bigots in our party purge the Latino vote n/t

[NoPasaran]

69. There are NO BIGOTS in the Democratic Party!

I hate anyone who claims otherwise!

[paparush]

71. Two Words.... JOE LIEBERMAN

[Anarcho-Socialist]

73. Which of the original categories does he fit in?

If he isn't any of the above then you can't vote for him in this thread.

[Touchdown]

72. Albino gay cowboys in bondage.

That should eliminate about 3.;)

[Arugula Latte]

74. Anyone with the name "Joe Lieberman."

:eyes:

On edit: You know, like Paparush said!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

82. He wasn't on Fear Factor by any chance? n/t

[Swede]

75. Can't we just all get along?

Us trapeze artists have bigger fish to fry.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

78. No!

Our party must have its feet firmly on the ground.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

76. ***Posters please read***

You're voting for one of the above ten choices to be ejected from the party. You can't write your own in, or well you could... but it won't count.

Early on it looked like trapeze artists or pirates...

...now it's ex-Fear Factor contestants and moderate drinkers who are in front.

But only one can be dumped in the name of ideological purity. YOU must decide </announcer voice>

[bigtree]

77. purgers

[jsamuel]

81. Realize that those of you who are voting for pirates will face the wrath

of FSM!!!

[NNadir]

89. Joe Lieberman?

Well, we have to say that he probably wouldn't vote for Frist as Majority Leader.

You never know though.

[Marie26]

90. Everybody but me

I am the only true Democrat, everyone else is a poser/traitor/DLC'er/Nadarite/DINO.

[TexasLawyer]

92. mimes and carnival barkers and bears

the first two scare me. The "bears" suggestion is in honor of Steven Colbert.

[insane_cratic_gal]

93. Cartoon voice actors!!

only because there wasn't a single vote for them yet.. had to be different (shrug)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

94. We are grateful for your contribution to the poll

I don't trust cartoon voice actors, I say a purge is in order. Although trapeze artists need to be reckoned with first.

[Warren DeMontague]

97. CANADIANS!

Dammit.

[salvorhardin]

98. Cartoon voice actors

You never know where you stand with them, and besides, they talk funny. And wasn't Mel Blanc a serial pedophile? I'm pretty sure I heard that somewhere. Possibly inside my head just now when I made it up.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

99. Nooo! Stephen Colbert is a cartoon voice actor

He voices Reducto on Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. I think he does the boss guy too.

Yes that's true about Mel Blanc, but Dawes Butler was a member of the Chicago 7 back when it was the Chicago 8 (he got out before the trial), June Foray was Secretary of Housing & Development during Jimmy Carter's administration, and Paul Frees was the real Deep Throat. Save our cartoon voice actors! :cry:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

108. You make a strong case

I always thought there was something sinister about those people.

[incapsulated]

100. Any of them, and can I steal your avatar?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

106. Sure!

:)

[Ladyhawk]

102. Concerning choice 1...what do you have against Pastafarians? n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

107. They're extremists and they're way out of the mainstream

For an article on this see: http://www.neuralgourmet.com/1969/12/31/the_fsms_own_nutty_wankjobs

[NMMNG]

103. Anyone who displeases the right wing,

thereby losing votes for the Democratic party.

(I suppose that doesn't leave anybody, but what are you gonna do? :shrug:)

[JeffR]

104. Mimes!

Isn't it about damn time to get rid of the mimes?

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

105. None of the above. The Banned should be

The Spellcheckers. They're going to hell!:evilgrin:

[Caretha]

110. Johnny Depp is a pirate

and if "we" purge Johnny Depp, I'm turning in my certified yellow dog democrat decoder ring and you can color me GONE!