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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:53 AM Original message |
Poll question: Which presidential candidate was MORE insane? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Remember, if the U.S. ever DID obliterate Iran, it goes without saying |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Which means Iran will never attack Israel, which means |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not flamebait. A valid point about the insanity of threatening to obliterate anybody |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Then why the hysteria if her comment is a moot point since it will never happen? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. We all know Iran was never actually going to attack Israel. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Because it is the same irresponsible rhetoric that Bush uses |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Why is your candidate making moot points? Hmmmm... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's not a valid point, since it will never happen. |
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sushi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I don't think |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. On several occasions in the Cold War, we almost did attack each other. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Hillary never said she would use nuclear weapons |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. In another post in this thread, I said I do have a problem with Obama's threats against Pakistan |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. As do I |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yup |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. So you think it's ok to sound like a militarist wacko for short-term political gain? |
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sushi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I agree |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Iran wasn't ever going to attack Israel anyway, and everyone knew it. |
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sushi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. She answered |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yea Ken.....as Sushi said, she didn't bring it up. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Russia won't lose Moscow for Tehran. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. I voted for UFO. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, Kooch was the only actual, true to the ideals Democrat running. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. I agree and lament his departure from the race |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Fun fact: |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. Perhaps we should inconveniently remember Obama's remarks on Pakistan |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. That's not the same at threatening obliteration. Obama was talking surgical strikes. |
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sushi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Do you really think |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Ask a Pakistani how they feel about his remarks... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Difference between |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I see no difference in their policies on Israel |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You're awfully trusting of the idea that hawkish rhetoric doesn't doom us to hawkish policy. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And how is Obama NOT hawkish on Israel? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Actually, Michael Lerner of TIKKUN has had to repeatedly defend Obama |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. What? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. We aren't sure he would've withdrawn from Vietnam. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That deserves a National Security Squirrel |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Um, yes we are. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. Foolish earthlings--too dumb to see that a threat is not possible in a hypothetical sitation! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. So you're saying if Iran nuked Israel |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. If you nuked Iran back, you'd just make everything worse and it wouldn't do Israel any good. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The point of the threat |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. They'd have done a despicable thing. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
37. What's insane |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. granted. I was a Kucinich supporter too. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I don't have the same confidence you do. |
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