Vice Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Yes, I guess one has to put their faith in the American public to realise that the Republicans have been hampering the economy for their own political gains for the last four years. The fact that the Republican front runner is a man who left his wife with cancer for a younger, healthier woman, along with preaching for the "sanctity of marriage" whilst asking for an open relationship, is worrying to say the least. He is a vile human being. What's really unnerving is that he's seemingly managed to counteract that in the eyes of the Republican base by playing the right-wing-victim-of-the-media card and by coming out with absurdly offensive stuff like "blacks should demand pay cheques instead of food stamps" and "Andrew Jackson knew how to deal with his enemies." And it's been especially beneficial for him ahead of a Southern primary. It really shows have far to the right the Republican base has swung, if not US politics generally. Edited January 26, 2012 by Vice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 If you were scared about the prospect of him becoming the Republican candidate before, Vice, wait until you read this article from the Guardian's Chris McGreal: Â With Obama, though, it is different to any other president. The undercurrent is not only that Obama does not know his own country but that he is not a real American. Â The attempts to claim that the president was not born in the US - led by bits of Fox News, right wing radio talk show hosts and an East European immigrant dentist in California - have largely been put to rest. Â But the implication of otherness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 26, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 26, 2012 Did anyone here every play that Evil X* game "The Politically Incorrect Adventures of Newt Gingrich"? It was fun. I remember one level was all about clubbing as many seals as you could. Â Â * the guys who made Ganja Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Bring him on. He may appeal to the crazed Republican right, but his utterly insane policies and racist stumps will put the swaying voters right off, and they're the people who decide who's President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyV.2 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yeah can't see him getting in. When the debates come around, the cool, well spoken forward thinking President will wipe the floor with the nutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I hate Gingrich. He's one of those guys for whom the ends always justify the means, just like Dick Cheney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 26, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 Oh, Rod Liddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Oh, Rod Liddle  "I'm amazed that Rod Liddle is still being published. I thought he slunk off in shame when he realised the role of Jeremy Clarkson was taken."   Seriously though what slime but it's hardly suprising coming from The Scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueknowzit Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 everyone should pay their fair share unless your an Obama aid  A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama's executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven't paid any share, let alone their fair share.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 So, Abu Qatada.  He's getting let out  As shit as it is that this guy is being released, it's the right thing to do. If they actually had anything substantial on him then they needed to produce it in court. They clearly don't. We're not a country that detains its citizens indefinitely, habeus corpus is a fundamental of our legal system. So he has to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ronnie Posted February 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yep. From what I'm given to understand, the Government has around three months to get some form of guarantee from Jordan that he won't be tortured if he's deported and that torture-derived information won't be used against him. If they don't then he can't be deported and his bail conditions over here will have passed, making him a free man. They'd better get to work. Â As a side issue, isn't it odd that a Jordanian gets to appeal to the European Court to overturn the decision of the UK authorities? I'm sure UKIP and co will have fun with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiffy Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 It's not that odd, he's in Europe, so he'll be dealt with under european law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 My Brother was thumping his chest over this earlier and like I told him if the government wanted Abu Qatada out of the country that bad he would be long gone by now regardless of what the EU courts had to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbins Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yep. From what I'm given to understand, the Government has around three months to get some form of guarantee from Jordan that he won't be tortured if he's deported and that torture-derived information won't be used against him. If they don't then he can't be deported and his bail conditions over here will have passed, making him a free man. They'd better get to work. I think the judge said he would "relax" the bail conditions after 3 months. I'm sure that means he'd still be under whatever they're calling control orders now. Curfew, very limited communication, heavily monitored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Did anyone see Newsnight last night? There was a good discussion about the whole PIP implants fiasco. Naomi Wolf totally shredded Anne Milton, the health minister, showing her up as either a liar or completely out of her depth. Actually, it's probably both. Katie Price was quite interesting on it too. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/tv/episode/b01by5cl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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