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"maff" |
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29 Aug 2005 03:33:41 PM |
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OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
Andrew Gumbel: All I did was say they can't run a fair election
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article308783.ece
'He caters to a British sensibility that sees us as an errant colony
run by a gang of thugs'
Published: 29 August 2005
I've got bad news for anyone already made queasy by the marathon length
of American presidential elections. Not only is the 2008 race already
concentrating political minds, it is becoming ever clearer the country
has not recovered from the infamous mano a mano between Al Gore and
George W Bush in Florida in 2000. In fact, in many important - and
depressing - ways, the battle over Florida is still raging.
I've learned this the hard way, by becoming part of the battle myself.
This past week, a posse of internet screamers who clearly don't like
the idea of an uppity Brit questioning the legitimacy of George W
Bush's first election took it upon themselves to denounce me as a
"conspiracy journalist", a "left-wing hack" and a bare-faced liar.
Andrew Gumbel
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/e6ebbe6876aafddd
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
30 Aug 2005 06:47:17 AM |
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maff wrote:
Andrew Gumbel: All I did was say they can't run a fair election
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article308783.ece
'He caters to a British sensibility that sees us as an errant colony
run by a gang of thugs'
Published: 29 August 2005
I've got bad news for anyone already made queasy by the marathon length
of American presidential elections. Not only is the 2008 race already
concentrating political minds, it is becoming ever clearer the country
has not recovered from the infamous mano a mano between Al Gore and
George W Bush in Florida in 2000. In fact, in many important - and
depressing - ways, the battle over Florida is still raging.
I've learned this the hard way, by becoming part of the battle myself.
This past week, a posse of internet screamers who clearly don't like
the idea of an uppity Brit questioning the legitimacy of George W
Bush's first election took it upon themselves to denounce me as a
"conspiracy journalist", a "left-wing hack" and a bare-faced liar.
Andrew Gumbel
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/e6ebbe6876aafddd
What do the Limeys know about democracy anyway? 9_9
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Dubh Ghall" |
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| Title: Re: OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
31 Aug 2005 04:29:46 PM |
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On 30 Aug 2005 04:47:17 -0700, wrote:
What do the Limeys know about democracy anyway? 9_9
Well, they have had more practice and experience at fucking it up than you have,
but even I have to admit that they have never reached the dizzy hights of fucked
up democracy, that America seem to have currently attained.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
02 Sep 2005 04:31:54 AM |
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Dubh Ghall wrote:
On 30 Aug 2005 04:47:17 -0700, wrote:
What do the Limeys know about democracy anyway? 9_9
Well, they have had more practice and experience at fucking it up than you have,
but even I have to admit that they have never reached the dizzy hights of fucked
up democracy, that America seem to have currently attained.
1. You're not adroit enough to check my nationality.
2. You're not adroit enough to detect sarcasm.
And by the way, that is *not* sarcasm, since you're unable to
recognize it.
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
-----
"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Dubh Ghall" |
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| Title: Re: OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
02 Sep 2005 04:47:12 AM |
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On 2 Sep 2005 02:31:54 -0700, wrote:
Dubh Ghall wrote:
On 30 Aug 2005 04:47:17 -0700, wrote:
What do the Limeys know about democracy anyway? 9_9
Well, they have had more practice and experience at fucking it up than you have,
but even I have to admit that they have never reached the dizzy hights of fucked
up democracy, that America seem to have currently attained.
1. You're not adroit enough to check my nationality.
2. You're not adroit enough to detect sarcasm.
And by the way, that is *not* sarcasm, since you're unable to
recognize it.
Oooo! There's touchy.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: All I did was say they can't run a fair election |
07 Sep 2005 07:04:54 PM |
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:47:12 GMT, Dubh Ghall <puck@pooks.hill.fey>
wrote:
On 2 Sep 2005 02:31:54 -0700, wrote:
Dubh Ghall wrote:
On 30 Aug 2005 04:47:17 -0700, wrote:
What do the Limeys know about democracy anyway? 9_9
Well, they have had more practice and experience at fucking it up than you have,
but even I have to admit that they have never reached the dizzy hights of fucked
up democracy, that America seem to have currently attained.
1. You're not adroit enough to check my nationality.
2. You're not adroit enough to detect sarcasm.
And by the way, that is *not* sarcasm, since you're unable to
recognize it.
Oooo! There's touchy.
/smartass protest
But you left out Feeley!
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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