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ORIGINAL: Owner59

So you`re apologizing for all the "slick willie"name calling?
You`re apologies are accepted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/burton090598.htm
Burton is one of the House's most conservative Republicans and, as chairman of the House committee that has been investigating campaign finance abuses, one of Clinton's most dogged pursuers. In April, he called the president "a scumbag" and said that was why he was "out to get" Clinton.
Burton began his statement acknowledging his out-of-wedlock child by referring to his role in the campaign fund-raising investigation, which he said had brought him "under attack from people inside and outside the Clinton administration. I was prepared for this, and I made a promise to the American people that I would never allow these attacks to deter my efforts to uncover the truth."

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

I think that attacking a name, as a last resort to anything else 'un-attackable' is lame. If you want to call a guy's ideas lame or say he has no clue, grand. But at least say something useful. Simply making fun of a name, when that's all you've got, is just embarassing. People need to grow up.

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what if Bush set up some kind of national crisis and made some law that said he would be our president until he decided otherwise?

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ORIGINAL: MmeGigs

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

I think that attacking a name, as a last resort to anything else 'un-attackable' is lame. If you want to call a guy's ideas lame or say he has no clue, grand. But at least say something useful. Simply making fun of a name, when that's all you've got, is just embarassing. People need to grow up.

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite quote-makers addresses this -
"If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names."   Elbert Hubbard

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

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ORIGINAL: MmeGigs

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

I think that attacking a name, as a last resort to anything else 'un-attackable' is lame. If you want to call a guy's ideas lame or say he has no clue, grand. But at least say something useful. Simply making fun of a name, when that's all you've got, is just embarassing. People need to grow up.

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite quote-makers addresses this -
"If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names."   Elbert Hubbard

Heh. I like that. In this election, I let *my* candidate answer his opponent's arguments.....and quite well, I might add. I stick to calling her a gash simply because I don't like her and think she has no business in the race. Therefore, everyone wins. I can't remember a time when I disliked a candidate as much as I do Hillary.

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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what if Bush set up some kind of national crisis and made some law that said he would be our president until he decided otherwise?

That would require suspending the Constitution.  It's never impossible, but, barring some Jericho-style consipiracy, I don't see it happening.

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

I would guess anyone with an ounce of sense might think that the last Republican candidate was really, really despicable.

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What Constitutional Limit on Government Authority has Bush respected yet? He Lies, He spies, He tortures, what else does it take?

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ORIGINAL: TracyTaken

Wow.  As a Dem, I have much worse nightmares! 

Not about McCain mind you ... what if Bush set up some kind of national crisis and made some law that said he would be our president until he decided otherwise?

I'm not afraid of McCain.  I'm not even slightly worried that he will win.

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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What Constitutional Limit on Government Authority has Bush respected yet? He Lies, He spies, He tortures, what else does it take?

Without disputing the substance of what you say, it goes without saying Bush and the neocons would interpret their actions differently.

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In the end, it's less about him respecting Constitutional authority and more about him lacking the personal power to disrespect Constitutional authority to that extreme.

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Do you know how OATHS and LAWS work?

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Why does the DOJ prosecute Eliot Spitzer and not George Bush?

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

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ORIGINAL: MmeGigs

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

I think that attacking a name, as a last resort to anything else 'un-attackable' is lame. If you want to call a guy's ideas lame or say he has no clue, grand. But at least say something useful. Simply making fun of a name, when that's all you've got, is just embarassing. People need to grow up.

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite quote-makers addresses this -
"If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names."   Elbert Hubbard

Heh. I like that. In this election, I let *my* candidate answer his opponent's arguments.....and quite well, I might add. I stick to calling her a gash simply because I don't like her and think she has no business in the race. Therefore, everyone wins. I can't remember a time when I disliked a candidate as much as I do Hillary.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

I only wish people would start thinking in terms of rescuing this country out of the shit it's in, instead of playing petty partisan politics. But the competitive spirit seems to win over everything, even common sense.

I find all the cheerleading really, really sad.

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ORIGINAL: philosophy

........its the old competition/co-operation dichotomy. Problem for some in the USA is that co-operation is dangerously close to socialism.......