In 1861, there was Lincoln, the most loved US president of all time (see Historical Ranking of Presidents).
In 2001, there was Bush.
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[speechless]
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[head shaking]
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How did this party reach this low point?
In 1861, there was Lincoln, the most loved US president of all time (see Historical Ranking of Presidents).
In 2001, there was Bush.
[.....]
[speechless]
[.....]
[head shaking]
[.....]
How did this party reach this low point?
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
The strange paradox is that they might be unpopular, but somehow, they're gaining seats in Congress. Just today, a Republican took Edward Kennedy's old Senate seat, which the Democrats had held for decades.
This is not an isolated incident. Scarcely a year after the Democrats' supposed big triumph, the Republicans are taking back a lot of ground.
Americans always amaze me with its eternal damning conservatism.
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It’s mostly the south to blame. Obviously there are many reasonable and intelligent people in the south too, but there are just more people on the other side down there. (the southern folks I have to talk to on my job are incredible)
Democrats should be blamed to for their incompetence and the lack of ability to appeal to idiots. I mean, look at Sarah Palin, how the hell is she a legitimate politician? Yet she is damn popular as a presidential candidate among the far right. Basically, idiots want “folksy” and the “everyman” or “everywoman” in charge. Wouldn’t you want somebody smart and rational on the job?
Republicans are good at one thing. They are good at appealing to emotion (e.g. lying the health care reform will give illegal immigrants healthcare, it will kill grandmothers, etc.). Democrats, quite stupidly, try to appeal to voters’ intellect with truth and reason, more often. In the game of politics, the truth doesn’t matter, you just want the votes.
It’s not surprising that most academic people are Democrats. Smarter people go for ideas of equality, but at the same time, they aren’t as good at appealing to the masses. (Are nerds popular? It’s the jocks and goofballs who are more popular)
Last edited by jiang bao; 01-20-10 at 03:38 PM.
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More than before, I see that the future belongs to China, and the US will likely decline from now on. The ignorance of the US general population will only help ensure its decline by hindering capable leaders and their directions.
The leadership pipeline in China has been getting more and more robust, while the US has... Sarah Palin, among other mediocrities.
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忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
I am not surprise that this is coming from a typical liberal. It's always other people fault if they fail to get what they want.
Are you sure about this? China is growing rapidly in the short term, but if you look at the big picture it doesn't look good. Environmental problems will bring china down.
China is beginning to tighten credit too so they don't have the real estate bubble that brought the USA down.
China has weapons and more economic power, but the majority of it's citizens are still poor farmers.
LOL. Can you for once read the whole damn message instead of highlighting one sentence and then responding to it with a non-sense reply that completely misses the core of the original message? Have you been awake in the last decade? Have you paid attention to voting patterns? Do you understand what electoral votes and what states are?
Is your brain not sophisticated enough to respond to an entire argument? I have never seen you shown any ability to digest someone’s argument and then respond with a good counter-argument. It’s always highlighting one sentence and doing the typical TC off-the-mark reply.
So glad you are a conservative.
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Yep typical TC response. Highlight one sentence of a post, replying to it with a irrelevant post, that ignores the whole jist of the debate.
If anything, his reply only strengthens JB's arguement.
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Oh yeah, because it's a fair comparison between Roosevelt, Truman and Obama.
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jiang bao, if I see one more personal attack a la "your brain is not sophisticated", I will hand out a one month ban, minimum. Another offense after that, and you will be looking at a half-year ban. This is getting beyond stupid. It has been repeatedly stated that making personal attacks on others is NOT OKAY. You may wholly disagree with TC, and he might be unpopular, but that is not an excuse to launch personal attacks.
If there's someone on the forum whom you can't stand, block them. If you want to have a dialogue with them, you will have a non-insulting one.
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Cultural pride speaking, it's about time China bounced back from 100 years of hell.
Objectively speaking, there are probably as many detractors in Chinese politics as there are in American politics. By that I mean people who want to steer the country in a misguided direction. The difference is that detractors in China are mostly greedy politicians who have ties to the booming economy, so they advocate economic growth at the expense of social equality. On the other hand, detractors in America care more about "God" than the well-being and equality of their people, and that sad thing is, they give "God" and its religion a bad image.
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
If by "God" you mean "money" then yes.
And just to think, while the US had to put up with Bush, China had to tolerate Jiang Zeming for a good 13 years, who was fairly incompetent by all means. Thankfully, Jiang wasn't as radical as Bush, and he definitely had better supporting staff than Bush that helped run and grow China, and that is why the whole time China was on the rise and the US was... not.
Here's a question, if Lincoln could see his party today, would he vomit blood?
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
He'd just be happy he accomplished his goal.
It is because of him that us Americans refer to our country as THE Union instead of A Union.
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