One more long, miserable, fucking week

[Cyrano]

The damage done by Bush/Cheney is not yet over. Not a day passes on which they don't issue some "executive order" intended to help the haves and screw everyone else on planet earth.

No one would have believed this possible if it were not happening at this very moment.

Any American who ever again votes for the criminal enterprise called the Republican Party should be put on trial along with them.

Not that Democrats are all saints. We have plenty of scum of our own.

Nonetheless ...

"Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to relive it.": George Santayana.

[MineralMan]

1. Yes...we still have the pardons to come, along with

who knows what the hell else.

[bdamomma]

2. it's George's way of giving us a long slow screw.

hate the man.

[CrazyLate]

3. really?

"Any American who ever again votes for the criminal enterprise called the Republican Party should be put on trial along with them."

Really? Think that through for a little bit. Left wing tyranny is still tyranny. And once you start going down the road you are advocating, make no mistake, you are a tyrant and no better than those you would outlaw.

[Winterblues]

4. So you are saying criminals should not be prosecuted?

If you support Criminals isn't that called aiding and abetting and isn't that also a crime..

[CrazyLate]

6. So, lets play along

58,000,000 Americans voted for McCain. Are they all criminals?

If they are all criminals, are we going to put them on trial or summarily sentence them?

Do you advocate liquidation, jail time, a fine, or community service for these criminals?

In 2012, when Obama wins by a landslide, there will still be probably 40,000,000 criminal holdouts. Will we have enough prisons built by then?

* * *

Regardless, what you are advocating is tyranny, and it makes you something distinctly other than a liberal or a democrat. Quite frankly, it sickens me. Your ideological compatriots are the SA Brown Shirts who went around beating and killing people to make sure they voted a certain way. If I may ask, what exactly are you progressive on?

[Winterblues]

7. I am advocating nothing more than prosecuting criminals.

If there is a known criminal and you support that known criminal are you any less than a criminal yourself. I am not advocating eliminating the entire Republican Party, but I am for prosecuting criminals. Where the line gets drawn I am not sure. I feel the same whether the person is Democrat or Republican..

[CrazyLate]

9. You are guilty of "not following through".

Lets say a little old lady gets suckered in by a slick politician and votes for him. This politician, we'll call him George Bush, turns out to be the worst of the worst. He starts wars, commits war crimes, tortures detainees, and steals an election or two, and bankrupts the financial system.

Now, our little old lady has her news channel stuck on Faux, she doesn't get out much, and doesn't have the internet. So in 2004 she votes for junior again. What should her penalty be?

Or take the Repug lie about Obama raising taxes. Lets say someone who's barely making it believes them and voted for McCain. How many feet of rope should we let him hang from off the platform?

Better yet, how do we find out who voted for McCain? Do we go after just the donors or the people who filled in the bubble or pulled the lever for him? Since McCain lost, do we commute their sentences?

What happens if the Democrats lose and the other side wants to turn the table on us? Can't let that happen, so lets just abolish elections altogether...think of all the crime we will prevent then!

In case you miss my sarcasm, there's a big difference between putting a criminal like Bush on trial and putting John Q Public on trial. Symbolic bloodletting and catharsis is always better than real slaughter, and you are advocating real slaughter despite your claim of "only advocating nothing more than prosecuting criminals".

[Cyrano]

5. When they become as bad as the Republicans, I'd advocate that, they

too be put on trial.

I didn't suggest "outlawing" the Republican Party. What I am suggesting is outlawing fascism, corruption, and outright crimes against humanity.

If the Dems commit these same crimes, I'll pull out my torch and pitchfork just as quickly.

And anyone who consistently votes for them should be in the docket next to them.

Whatever a party names/calls itself, a criminal government is a criminal government.

On edit: Your reply to post #4 was so incredibly out of proportion that I can't help but be suspicious of your motives, and, given the small number of your posts, your sympathies. I hope I'm wrong, but if not, enjoy your short stay here.

[CrazyLate]

8. Sure.

You said anyone that votes for them is a criminal and should be put on trial.

If we're talking hyperbole here, fine, I don't like Republicans either and I'm awash in them. My dad voted Republican this year. God knows why, but he did. The minute, however, you start talking about putting him on trial and taking him off to some camp is the minute I pick up a gun and become your enemy, not your friend. And that's not hyperbole. Putting people in jail for how they vote is how revolutions and civil wars start.

[Cyrano]

10. You damn well know that the post was hyperbole.

It seems to me that you might have some unresolved anger problems. On the other hand, it seems you are going out of your way to initiate hostile replies.

As I indicated in my last post, it seems to me that you are intentionally trying to be divisive.

There are no rules here that prevent you from stating your opinions. But I seem to sense that you are intentionally trying to incite angry attacks against yourself. I cannot help but be suspicious of your motivations.

If I'm wrong, I apologize. If I'm right, enjoy your very short stay here.

[CrazyLate]

12. Hmm...

I tend to respond to things I disagree with more than the things I agree with. I mean, it's not much of a conversation if I say "I agree. EOM", is it?

I don't think that it's divisive. Nor am I trying to incite angry attacks on myself (and if that's the case, I've been horribly unsuccessful at it). Hopefully I won't make too big of an ass of myself to get whacked.

And no, I didn't damn well know it was hyperbole. Which is why I asked for clarification (that's what "really?" was there for...I wasn't being a smart ass, and some people really do feel that way and it isn't just hyperbole see #4 or Winterblue's response).

As for my response to #4, come on now. I asked for clarification, and Winter gave it. He stated that people who vote for criminals are criminals and are thus aiding and abetting. What in the hell are we going to do with 50 million criminals? Or even 20 million?

[Cyrano]

14. Have a martini (or whatever), calm down, and please, please try to

be more diplomatic when you disagree with other posters.

I've often been the target of those who have a need to use flame throwers to reply.

So here's some advice from my own past painful experiences on DU. Be patient with fools, hostile asses and those who are totally clueless.

I offer this advice on the condition that you are not a freeper. (And if you're not, a freeper is a wingnut who gets on DU to cause dissension.)

[CrazyLate]

15. Appreciate the tip

It's beer down here.

I'm not a "freeper". I'm late to the party, but not that one ;-). I might be a little unorthodox for here though. Progressive on economics, isolationist on foreign policy and trade, color blind on race (prefer economic based remedies rather than racially based remedies), pro-choice but personally ambivalent, atheist to agnostic, but "I do unto others"...which is why I was compelled to jump in here. Liberals won't always be in power, and what's done by us today will be done to us tomorrow.

[Cyrano]

17. Okay. Welcome to Du

[Terran]

11. All right you guys

You've all wasted a lot of bandwidth on picking apart what is nothing more or less than 8 years of frustration and anger. No one is seriously advocating arresting everyone who votes republican, so give it a rest. A smack in the face, like in that V-8 commercial, would suffice for 95% of them anyway.

[Cyrano]

13. LOL. And right on.

[DUlover2909]

16. I don't think he/she meant it literally.

Welcome to DU. :-)

But I do mean it! Kill em all! Burn them on flaming pikes a mile into the sky so that the whole world will gaze in horror!:rofl: