Heâs out of politics.
Soon to star in ads for some bottled water company?
In response to the various replies (and due to the fact that my sense of humour is obviously defective), I will leave it at this (okay, Iâll desperately try to leave it at this.)
The reason I do not (okay, try not to) indulge in certain actions is not that the victim do not deserve harm⌠It is that I do damage to myself in performing such actions.
Iâm not an opponent of the death penalty because there is no-one who I believe deserves it. I am certain that such cases exist. I am opponent of the death penalty is because it harms me (and society as a whole) to execute human beings.
The sentiment is the same, but writ small here.
Besides, I like to think that âthe problem with them is that theyâre boorish name-callersâ, rather than âactually, itâs fine to be a boorish name-callers. The problem with them is theyâre boorish name-callers to the wrong people.â
Shouldnât this drastically reduce the chances of a real surprise via a brokered convention? In a two man (plus Kasich) race the range of outcomes that donât produce a clear winner is much smaller.
Why do you ask questions about your feelings about BoingBoing?
Which one of us is the therapist?
The difficulty is that Republicans are always willing to call their opponents âevilâ, and non-Republicans have a range of views from âtout comprendre câest tout pardonnerâ to âthree thousand years of philosophy and theology and we still canât agree on a definition of evilâ. But an awful lot of people out there only understand very, very simplistic arguments.
âŚthis is the party that courts racists, seeks to curtail womenâs reproductive rights, end marriagecivil rights for LBGQT peopleâŚ
Sorry, but I felt a correction was warranted there. Even before the Obergefell decision Republican-led state legislatures across the country were pushing âreligious freedomâ laws that would allow businesses to deny service to LGBTQ people and nullifying local anti-discrimination measures.
Republicans, on the whole, want to take away a lot more from LGBTQ people than just the freedom to marry.
If history is any guide then his future in advertising is bright.
I believe Dole is considered a caching nameserver, so putting Rubio nearby might actually give him some guidance, even though Dole is just reporting what heâs told.
I respect your position. I will still call rubio an asshat because he is one, but I do respect your position.
There was quite a lot of grief given to Obama by Republicans because he had only been in the Senate for 4 years before becoming President. But I certainly havenât heard anyone complaining that Rubio and Cruz are first-term senators running for president. And one of Trumpâs big selling points is he has no political experience at all.
Calling Rubio even a first time senator is generous, since he barely even shows up to do that job.
Absolutely. I never said other wise, but the gay marriage issue was the most prominent aspect of a whole heap of homophobic actions on their part. Itâs, in fact, an incredibly low bar, IMHO, saying that two people in love can marry, regardless of their gender. The fact that they canât even bring themselves to support this rather conservative and staid institution for our LGBQT citizens is telling.
Rubio isnât willing to put in the legwork that Nixon was during his time in the wilderness. Even so, he probably would not have won the first time without the Democratic train wreck over Vietnam.
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
