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27 Jul 2009, 5:41 pm

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Hold on--that article was from the Washington Post, and everyone knows that the Washington Post has a liberal bias, and is therefore wrong.

You never hear of Fox news or Rush Limbaugh taking issue with Colbert.

Again, just because he isn't bitter, angry and grossly overweight doesn't mean that he can't be a conservative.

Stephen Colbert presents himself as a nice, witty conservative commentator--which is the absolute opposite of all of the other conservative commentators out there--but he is still conservative.

And, anyway, the other conservative commentators must be putting on an act when they are on the air--Michael Steele once characterized Rush Limbaugh as a mere "entertainer"--although Mr. Steele did promptly and obsequiously apologize for his comment. Can Rush Limbaugh maintain his bitter, angry persona 24 hours per day? Even he must take a rest once in a while--although, granted, he has been through three marriages.


Are you joking? I think you are, but it is hard for me to tell.



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27 Jul 2009, 10:50 pm

You're from Australia. Don't Australians have a tradition of leg-pulling?



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27 Jul 2009, 11:13 pm

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You're from Australia. Don't Australians have a tradition of leg-pulling?


I don't know about Australian traditions. Also in general, I do not realise if someone is joking or not.



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28 Jul 2009, 12:05 am

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I do not recall anybody saying "Stephen Colbert is intelligent, witty, charming and not grossly overweight, therefore he cannot be a conservative". He is a political satirist according to how he describes himself. The Colbert Report is a satirical news show (satiring shows such as The O'Reilly Show and so on). If he was, in fact, a conservative then he would not be an intelligent one as he is often showing the flaws in conservative arguments by appearing to be so strongly in favour of them. He is a Democrat according to his own words.

Here, read this article and you will know his intentions with the Stephen Colbert character: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01551.html


Hold on--that article was from the Washington Post, and everyone knows that the Washington Post has a liberal bias, and is therefore wrong.


Assumptive and biased in your assessment; your own comments invalidate your point.

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You never hear of Fox news or Rush Limbaugh taking issue with Colbert.

Again, just because he isn't bitter, angry and grossly overweight doesn't mean that he can't be a conservative.

Stephen Colbert presents himself as a nice, witty conservative commentator--which is the absolute opposite of all of the other conservative commentators out there--but he is still conservative.

And, anyway, the other conservative commentators must be putting on an act when they are on the air--Michael Steele once characterized Rush Limbaugh as a mere "entertainer"--although Mr. Steele did promptly and obsequiously apologize for his comment. Can Rush Limbaugh maintain his bitter, angry persona 24 hours per day? Even he must take a rest once in a while--although, granted, he has been through three marriages.


My apologies, but while Colbert may not be what is considered a traditional liberal, he is far from being a conservative talking head.


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28 Jul 2009, 9:55 am

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You're from Australia. Don't Australians have a tradition of leg-pulling?


I don't know about Australian traditions. Also in general, I do not realise if someone is joking or not.


Okay. I confess. I was joking.



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28 Jul 2009, 12:34 pm

For anyone who is confused: The Colbert Report is satire, it mocks conservative punditry. Colbert's self-titled fictional character was modeled after Bill O'Reilly. Colbert had described the character as "a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot". In real life, Colbert is a Democrat.

(Can't post links, but all of this can be verified with the third-party sources on Wikipedia.)



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28 Jul 2009, 3:19 pm

...and I was just joining in with satire of my own...satirizing conservative forum posters...I actually voted for President Obama... :twisted:



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28 Jul 2009, 3:20 pm

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I actually voted for President Obama... :twisted:



That's nothing to be proud of.


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28 Jul 2009, 3:47 pm

Oh yes it is. Compared to the abysmal shame associated with voting Republican.



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28 Jul 2009, 5:22 pm

pandabear wrote:
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You're from Australia. Don't Australians have a tradition of leg-pulling?


I don't know about Australian traditions. Also in general, I do not realise if someone is joking or not.


Okay. I confess. I was joking.


Yea I figured from your leg pulling comment :wink:



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28 Jul 2009, 6:00 pm

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Oh yes it is. Compared to the abysmal shame associated with voting Republican.



Compared to the insanity of actually believing the brainwashing of the myth of the "two party" system. Yes, it is something to be ashamed of.

And last I checked, Obama hasn't done anything to reverse any of Bush's major policies. The healthcare reform that they're touting right now isn't even government reform for healthcare so much as it is government bailout for private insurance companies. He's also kept the Faith Based Initiatives running. He hasn't done a good job of establishing a clear vision and goal for the war in Afghanistan. He's left open "Fortress America" as the permanent US military base in Iraq. He's still giving bailouts to corporations who should have just gone into bankruptcy and gone through a traditional reorganization and liquidation. He's allowed the Goldman Sachs swindle to continue on (and they're back to giving themselves egregiously large bonuses). He's been giving weak lip service to the Palestinian crisis but is yet to take any action despite the continued building of settlements in land that isn't Israel's. He's also still continuing the practice of rendition and torture but it's to third party countries where we can simply get our names separated from the actual torture. Guantanamo Bay's prison might be closing but that's just a slight of hand move to distract from the fact that we haven't changed our policies in how we're dealing with most of these people.


What kind of suckers still believe the two major parties are actually DIFFERENT parties? Our domestic and foreign policies haven't changed much more than on a cosmetic level since the 70's.

But don't dare vote for someone else because that'd be throwing away a vote because no one else would ever vote for them because they also know it's just throwing away a vote. A self-supported myth. :roll:


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29 Jul 2009, 1:14 am

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pandabear wrote:
Oh yes it is. Compared to the abysmal shame associated with voting Republican.



Compared to the insanity of actually believing the brainwashing of the myth of the "two party" system. Yes, it is something to be ashamed of.

And last I checked, Obama hasn't done anything to reverse any of Bush's major policies. The healthcare reform that they're touting right now isn't even government reform for healthcare so much as it is government bailout for private insurance companies. He's also kept the Faith Based Initiatives running. He hasn't done a good job of establishing a clear vision and goal for the war in Afghanistan. He's left open "Fortress America" as the permanent US military base in Iraq. He's still giving bailouts to corporations who should have just gone into bankruptcy and gone through a traditional reorganization and liquidation. He's allowed the Goldman Sachs swindle to continue on (and they're back to giving themselves egregiously large bonuses). He's been giving weak lip service to the Palestinian crisis but is yet to take any action despite the continued building of settlements in land that isn't Israel's. He's also still continuing the practice of rendition and torture but it's to third party countries where we can simply get our names separated from the actual torture. Guantanamo Bay's prison might be closing but that's just a slight of hand move to distract from the fact that we haven't changed our policies in how we're dealing with most of these people.


What kind of suckers still believe the two major parties are actually DIFFERENT parties? Our domestic and foreign policies haven't changed much more than on a cosmetic level since the 70's.

But don't dare vote for someone else because that'd be throwing away a vote because no one else would ever vote for them because they also know it's just throwing away a vote. A self-supported myth. :roll:


As you say, Obama is a rather more sophisticated front than Bush for the same crowd that supplies the funding to put candidates into office in the USA. I am delighted he is black and he is not as offensive as Clarence Thomas but that does not say a hell of a lot and his sophistication in presenting himself is more disturbing than the blatant brutal idiocies of Bush.



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29 Jul 2009, 4:12 am

You B**tard Panda I was getting all hot under the collar and had a great satircial and sarcastic reply which involved those gender based nappies, the new world order, and urine from pregnant mares and the urine of human males with enlarged prostate. Then you have the audacity to tell us you were joking. Bugger

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Oh BTW the Obama thing, sorry mate that's nothing to be proud of! Just look at his record re war, Detainees, medical reform, social welfare etc. All in all he is just an eloquent mouthpiece for the same masters that Bush et al had


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29 Jul 2009, 9:26 am

Well, okay. Maybe nothing to be "proud" of. But, compared to President Bush, well, a toad could handle the job better than President Bush.

Speaking of which--we may be able to blame President Bush, and the sluggish ridiculous Washington bureaucracy and the Pentagon, on the fact that everyone in Washington is drinking lady pee. It seems like a reasonable explanation to me.

Chicago's drinking water comes from Lake Michigan, and Chicago carefully discharges its sewage into a canal that leads to the Mississippi River. Which may explain some things about New Orleans. But, prior to moving to Washington, President Obama was drinking clear Lake Michigan water--relatively free of lady pee. This may help to explain why President Obama seemed more intelligent, erudite and coherent than President Bush.



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29 Jul 2009, 1:29 pm

...and, how do you explain Senator Craig and Congressman Foley? Both were strong, committed heterosexuals, until they moved to Washington and started drinking lady pee. Everyone knows that there aren't any homosexuals in Idaho (Alan Craig's home state).



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29 Jul 2009, 1:40 pm

President Obama is more eloquent a speaker because he's not a hick-wanna be like Bush and he didn't have nearly as bad of a coke problem as Bush or is as brain damaged from so much alcohol abuse.

Bush became president just to spite his dad, not because he has any real interest in politics.

Kinda like how Palin will become president just because she loves the spotlight and attention...not because she has any real interest in politics...just the competition. She's a former beauty queen, afterall....and a failed sports anchor.


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