ROFL @ Weiner showing his Weiner

[mrplunkey]

1) I support a lower tax rate/closed loophole plan, much like the one that was included in the recent Ryan budget (which essentially was just the Bowles/Simpson tax plan). That works for me.

That can be a conservative or liberal issue. Once all the dust settles, would it result in less or more taxpayer money flowing into the government? Being a proud conservative, I'd support the plan if it resulted in less money being available for the government to waste. There are legitimate versions of tax reform and others that are just a thinly veiled way of increasing taxes overall.

2) The recent drug tests for welfare recipients proposal in Florida. Should be expanded nationwide. I dont think the recipients should have to pay for the test out of pocket, though. The amount of money saved by denying benefits will be more than enough to pay for the costs of the tests.

Arguably a conservative issue, but liberals jump on board because they realize it's virtually impossible to oppose. With the economy in the state it's in, who would ever support giving taxpayer money for people to buy/use drugs?

3) I've said from the start that quantitative easing is bullshit, the stimulus was bunk, and both cause more harm them good.

Opposing the stimulus is clearly a conservative position. QE isn't really a conservative versus liberal issue; It's more of an issue among those who truly understand it's simply printing (electronically) more money so we can spend more.

 

[75th]

Where are all the socialist issues I'm trying to ram down peoples throats?

For a pinko liberal that I apparently am in spades, I should ask you to come up with a list of 10.

 

[mrplunkey]

Why dont you list three "socialist" positions I believe in since I'm responding to your query.

Here's one obvious socialist issue. You support the nationalization of health insurance.

And supporting Wiener is clearly a liberal position. You'd be hard pressed to find a single conservative who is a "big fan" of him.

 

[mrplunkey]

Oh... and how did you feel about the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the upper income brackets? I'm sure you were all for that, correct? And should we extend them after 2012?

 

[75th]

Here's one obvious socialist issue. You support the nationalization of health insurance.

And supporting Wiener is clearly a liberal position. You'd be hard pressed to find a single conservative who is a "big fan" of him.

So you dont have a list? Not really surprising. Being a borderline communist, I figured that you would be able to come up with more than 1 "leftist" position I support. I would repeat that I support health care reform mainly due to economic reasons, but there's no point getting into that again.

And back to the whole "missing the point" photo on the other page; it's not that I support Weiner's positions (or his weiners position), but I would think that anybody would respect a politician who sticks to his guns and doesnt automatically fall in line with his respective party's talking points of the day. The guy had no trouble going after Obama before it was fashionable to do so, and has been one of his most vocal critics since he was elected. Do I agree with all of his positions? Hells no, but the way he did things was a breath of fresh air.

I respect him as a politician for the same reasons I respect Ron Paul as a politician. I dont necessarily agree with all of Paul's positions, but the man gives a shit about "falling in line."

 

[Redrocker13]

I notice you didn't say the same thing to the Republican't also claiming moral high ground...

Plunkey was making a point about the aftermath of these debacles and he was right. Conservatives usually deal more swiftly with these things. Lower tolerance for stupidity. Hmmmm?!?!?

 

[mrplunkey]

So you dont have a list? Not really surprising. Being a borderline communist, I figured that you would be able to come up with more than 1 "leftist" position I support. I would repeat that I support health care reform mainly due to economic reasons, but there's no point getting into that again.

And back to the whole "missing the point" photo on the other page; it's not that I support Weiner's positions (or his weiners position), but I would think that anybody would respect a politician who sticks to his guns and doesnt automatically fall in line with his respective party's talking points of the day. The guy had no trouble going after Obama before it was fashionable to do so, and has been one of his most vocal critics since he was elected. Do I agree with all of his positions? Hells no, but the way he did things was a breath of fresh air.

I respect him as a politician for the same reasons I respect Ron Paul as a politician. I dont necessarily agree with all of Paul's positions, but the man gives a shit about "falling in line."

We're developing our list together.

1) You are for nationalization of health care insurance.

2) Opposing Bush tax cuts for upper brackets.

I'm sure there's more to come ...

This is fun. It's like debating pick3 on how many dudes have to nail him in the butt before it makes him geigh.

 

[75th]

Oh... and how did you feel about the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the upper income brackets? I'm sure you were all for that, correct? And should we extend them after 2012?

No, that was a horrible idea.

For someone who probably fancies them self as a "deficit hawk" Im surprised you dont agree.

But since I know you, I'm not surprised at all really.

 

[75th]

We're developing our list together.

Seems like you should have had this list prepared already, no?

After all, you were the first to notice how I've been trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the C&C board for almost a decade now. All those articles I posted from Ann Coulter or Ron Paul back in the day was all part of my ruse.

The jig is up on my end.

 

[mrplunkey]

What about alternative energy? Should we subsidize it in any way or should we let the chips fall where they may? Should we stick to fossil fuels for as long as absolutely feasible?