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"Pie and chips"???!! Those *** Brits!!!
>John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> writes:
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>: What specifically have Rush and O'Reilly said that you take issue
>: with, and why? Let's have some details and a bit of elucidation.
>
>> Sitting on their fat asses in an air-conditioned room far away from
>> the action in Iraq saying "we don't cut and run" as if that makes
>> them look like tough guys.
>
>Uh, what does their sitting in an air-conditioned room, or their
>weight (O'Reilly is actually pretty slender) have to do with the
>merit of their positions Iraq? I've long been struck by how
>often liberals attack Limbaugh for being overweight instead of
>rebutting what he says. That's pretty damned childish, I have to
>say. If a conservative attacked a liberal pundit for a physical
>shortcoming, he'd be derided as a bigot in a metric heartbeat.
>
>But then, these are the same people so much of whose political
>rhetoric boils down to "Yer stupid," so maybe I shouldn't be so
>surprised.
>
>And as far as their "looking like tough guys" is concerned, what
>makes you so certain that has anything to do with their position?
>You seem to be a bit conflicted where masculinity is concerned.
>Not surprising, really, since liberalism is based on feminine
>emotionalism rather than on masculine rationality.
>
>
>: Or are you just doing the standard, brainless liberal _ad hominem_
>: thing?
>
>> I could have guessed you like that expression, you're just a troll
>> talking tough on the Internet.
>
>Liberals often use accusations of trolling as a pretext to avoid
>substantive debate. The assumption is that no one would actually
>hold certain positions sincerely. Which is an interesting idea,
>seeing as how liberals _know_ that people who hold those ideas
>are Out There -- so why wouldn't they encounter them on Usenet
>now and again?
In article >, lid
wrote:
>A troll who apparently has nothing better to do than sit on his fat
>ass all day pretending to be a tough guy on the Internet.
Wow, thanks for making Geoff's points in one sentence.
BTW, do learn how to properly quote articles before following up on any more,
mmkay?
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the liberal
media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military victory in
Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's failing.
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