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I was living in New York in 2008.

I remember picking up a copy of Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post days before the election, and reading the op-ed page.

There were two pieces that particular day. One said a vote for Obama was a waste, because he was just a warmed over neoliberal who’d push conservative ideas weakly. The writer thought that instead of a wishy-washy softy it was better to have a real conservative.

The other writer, on the same page, felt that Obama was a fire breathing leftist; a revolutionary who’d destroy America if he had half a chance.

The GOP was throwing everything it had at Obama, regardless of whether it made any sense whatever.

2008 is 17 years ago.

You gotta be pretty young if your parents don’t remember that.

GOP in 2008. We can’t elect Obama, the world will laugh at us.

GOP in 2025. Who cares what the rest of the world thinks??

99% of Right wing propaganda is “We have a right to our feelings and you don’t.”

In another thread I mentioned the Tulsa massacre. I was told that people shouldn’t be forced to feel guilty about things they had no control over. I asked if they felt they had a right to celebrate July 4th, because they had nothing to do with that either. No reply yet.

To repeat.

People consider late term abortions because there are terrible complications that can arise.

If you think this is a lie, talk to any medical professional. Most student nurses or EMTs have seen some examples.

Banning late term abortions isn’t about protecting life, it’s about making parents who are already suffering have a worse time of it.

You proved that you can’t handle adult issues without running away.

I worked in public health and I can tell you stories that would make you cry.

If a child is going to be born with severe problems that would cause the child to have a very short life full of pain and suffering, why shouldn’t the parents have that option?

Have you ever talked to a medical professional about what really severe defects they’ve seen? Kids born with the heart on the outside of the body? Kids who have to be on opiates from birth because they are in pain all the time? Kids whose bones won’t grow, but the rest of them will, so they literally strangle themselves?

At best, you’re arguing from ignorance.

You really think that all medical conditions can be fixed?

They can’t be.

Explain, in detail please, what’s wrong with late term abortions?

If a woman has carried a child for over 8 months, isn’t that a demonstration of her desire to have that child? If her doctor advises her that carrying the child to full term is dangerous to her health, doesn’t she have the right to make that choice?

If a child is going to be born with severe problems that would cause the child to have a very short life full of pain and suffering, why shouldn’t the parents have that option?

Who is the model?

The main thing now is to get these people working against Trump. They are the ones who are most likely to get those who still support him to change their minds.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Roast chicken.

Cook a bird on Sunday afternoon and pick on the remains all week.

Almost as if letting people have different opinions leads to conflict.

Are they stopping you from getting a transfusion?

I never heard about them stopping vaccinations.

That’s how freedom is supposed to work.

What’s obnoxious to one is holy writ to someone else.

I thank all the people who actually look at Trump and listen to his speeches.

I can’t handle it. It’s like listening to a baboon playing bagpipes

Scary book written in 1970 has proved to be incredibly prescient.

“Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler predicted that as the Digital Age moved forward, a lot of people would begin to lose their minds because they couldn’t/wouldn’t keep up with all the changes.

It’s easy for bad people to offer an easy solution to people who have no idea how to handle it.

Pfft, AskJeeves for the win.