The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier

[Priceless]

Translation: I protect those I like and with whom I agree, and will slap you down, newb, without a second thought.

Translation: In almost three years I have only had to ban a couple people and suspend a handful more and really don't want to again. I think this community is in large part able to police itself.

One person I banned, BTW, was a troll going after OP. If I really wanted to, I would have banned OP instead

 

[dxmnkd316]

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For the record, I know I'm not the only person who does that. But I (and the other person) only do it when the situation is appropriate.

 

[burd]

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Yah, then the Court will stop making so many liberal-leaning decisions, as the court largely has done in recent decades.

This analysis I gotta hear.

 

[theprofromdover]

McCain was a solid opponent, until the steamrover started that rumor about him and the colored child, and going nuts in the Hanoi Hilton. If he had won South Carolina, history would have been much, much different.

McCain was a solid opponent, and getting my vote, until he picked Palin. Horrible judgment.

 

[FreshFish]

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puppets [like us] are adorable[, aren't we?]

People tend to be most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most uncomfortable in themselves, you know.....

 

[FreshFish]

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You shouldn't do that because if people keep eluding the censors while one of the censors is reading and posting in the same thread, the censor might decide he has to do something about it before he starts to look bad.

well, how about the idea to censor t - a - r - d? Now we cannot mention Dr. Who's time ship nor discuss clothing that is imbued with chemicals to keep it from burning. Some censorship is just dopey.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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well, how about the idea to censor t - a - r - d? Now we cannot mention Dr. Who's time ship nor discuss clothing that is imbued with chemicals to keep it from burning. Some censorship is just dopey.

This.

 

[unofan]

well, how about the idea to censor t - a - r - d? Now we cannot mention Dr. Who's time ship nor discuss clothing that is imbued with chemicals to keep it from burning. Some censorship is just dopey.

Says the guy who gets squeamish at the use of the term "death penalty."

How about instead of blaming the moderator, you blame the farking poster who created the need for said moderation?

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Says the guy who gets squeamish at the use of the term "death penalty."

How about instead of blaming the moderator, you blame the farking poster who created the need for said moderation?

A fair point. But wouldn't it have been a better choice to ban lib**** as opposed to the last four letters?

 

[Kepler]

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A fair point. But wouldn't it have been a better choice to ban lib**** as opposed to the last four letters?

It seems excessive. Try not to be late. It is rude to be ****y.

 

[Kepler]

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McCain was a solid opponent, and getting my vote, until he picked Palin. Horrible judgment.

McCain was a solid opponent in 2000. By 2008 he was a whipped pup, done in by his own party and Rove's skullduggery. The humiliation of having to go back hat in hand and beg the nomination from the same party that had shivved him a few years before was too much; it made him the hot mess he is today.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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McCain was a solid opponent in 2000. By 2008 he was a whipped pup, done in by his own party and Rove's skullduggery. The humiliation of having to go back hat in hand and beg the nomination from the same party that had shivved him a few years before was too much; it made him the hot mess he is today.

Yeah, I remember talking about the upcoming election back in 2008 with my dad. I think we were talking about people under 30 and my dad made a comment about most people that age don't know their *** from their elbow. I said half-joking, "Don't you have an issue that one of Obama's largest pools of support are people under 30?" He paused for a minute and eventually said, "You know, that's the first thing someone has said to make me question voting for him."

 

[Bob Gray]

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McCain was a solid opponent in 2000. By 2008 he was a whipped pup, done in by his own party and Rove's skullduggery. The humiliation of having to go back hat in hand and beg the nomination from the same party that had shivved him a few years before was too much; it made him the hot mess he is today.

I disagree. McCain, more than most politicians, hasn't changed much over the years, except getting older of course, but 2000 to 2008 isn't a massive difference. And I'm someone who is not a big fan of his. But I'll give him credit that he at least doesn't flip flop around on things like a lot of Dems do when the poll numbers change. McCain will give his opinion, whether it's popular or not.

 

[GrinCDXX]

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I disagree. McCain, more than most politicians, hasn't changed much over the years, except getting older of course, but 2000 to 2008 isn't a massive difference. And I'm someone who is not a big fan of his. But I'll give him credit that he at least doesn't flip flop around on things like a lot of Dems do when the poll numbers change. McCain will give his opinion, whether it's popular or not.

It's true, McCain doesn't flip flop, so long as you ignore when he does. Immigration. Climate change. Prisoner exchanges.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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I disagree. McCain, more than most politicians, hasn't changed much over the years, except getting older of course, but 2000 to 2008 isn't a massive difference. And I'm someone who is not a big fan of his. But I'll give him credit that he at least doesn't flip flop around on things like a lot of Dems do when the poll numbers change. McCain will give his opinion, whether it's popular or not.

McCain doesn't flip flop?

I've seen Crappies do less of it after I catch them and throw them on the floor of the boat.

 

[FreshFish]

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A fair point. But wouldn't it have been a better choice to ban lib**** as opposed to the last four letters?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to dxmnkd316 again.

 

[Kepler]

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I disagree. McCain, more than most politicians, hasn't changed much over the years, except getting older of course, but 2000 to 2008 isn't a massive difference. And I'm someone who is not a big fan of his. But I'll give him credit that he at least doesn't flip flop around on things like a lot of Dems do when the poll numbers change. McCain will give his opinion, whether it's popular or not.

This just isn't true. McCain is as slippery a politician as any out there. The only thing that makes him seem like a straight shooter is he has a personal anger management problem. Stories about McCain exploding on the Hill and ripping young staffers, women Members, capitol support staff could fill multiple volumes -- anybody he thinks he can bully he does; as soon as he's intimidated, he walks it back as a joke. He's not a maverick; he's just a jerk.

 

[Rover]

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McCain doesn't flip flop?

I've seen Crappies do less of it after I catch them and throw them on the floor of the boat.

McCain is a shell of his former self. Seems to me he hasn't gotten over getting blown out in the 2008 election. He went from maverick to lap dog for the far right of his party. McCain 2000 to 2008 may have been the same person. McCain (R-Sunday Talk Shows) 2008-present is a joke politically.

 

[Kepler]

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McCain is a shell of his former self. Seems to me he hasn't gotten over getting blown out in the 2008 election. He went from maverick to lap dog for the far right of his party. McCain 2000 to 2008 may have been the same person. McCain 2008-present is a joke politically.

His choice of Palin was his grace note. His "shoot from the gut" style burned him personally and not the country. We should be grateful.

 

[Carter]

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McCain was a solid opponent in 2000. By 2008 he was a whipped pup, done in by his own party and Rove's skullduggery. The humiliation of having to go back hat in hand and beg the nomination from the same party that had shivved him a few years before was too much; it made him the hot mess he is today.

This is exactly what sank McCain for me. I didn't always agree with him, but I sure thought of him as an honest straight-shooter. What I could never forgive was his crawling back between W's legs after the way Rove effed him over. That made him the most whipped pathetic politician I can remember. Jeez, Nixon had more pride when he crawled out of the White House and onto the helicopter.