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How to Enrage a Democrat
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5-17-08 | Editorial

Posted on 05/16/2008 9:44:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing

How to Enrage a Democrat

May 17, 2008

If nothing else, we now know what it takes to make a Democrat go nuts. One word: "appeasement."

Notwithstanding that President Bush named no names in his speech to Israel's Knesset on Thursday, Barack Obama instantly called it a "false political attack." On him, of course.

To House Speaker Nancy Pelosi it was "beneath the dignity of the office of the President."

"Offensive and outrageous," thundered Hillary Clinton from somewhere in South Dakota, followed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "reckless and irresponsible."

When the party's top four Democrats come roaring out of the blocks in unison, something has hit a nerve.....

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2008; angryleft; appeasement; bush; hillary; mccain; obama; presbushknesset08; wot
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1 posted on 05/16/2008 9:44:33 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.
2 posted on 05/16/2008 9:49:20 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: smoothsailing
Did Pelosi make a comment on her trip to Syria and her meetings there?? I thought not. The Dems go nuclear when anyone tells the truth about them. They are going to fall apart before the November election
3 posted on 05/16/2008 9:50:32 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: smoothsailing

President Bush should denounce “dickless wonders who crap themselves in the face of any opposition and both look and smell like a baboon’s butt” and see if any Democrats get angry saying Bush was talking about them.—Frank J.


4 posted on 05/16/2008 9:52:02 PM PDT by Patrick1
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To: smoothsailing

appeaser: It takes one to know one.


5 posted on 05/16/2008 9:52:49 PM PDT by reg45
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To: pnh102
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.

Yep. Shining the light of truth on Democrats is like shining a spotlight on a nest of cockroaches. Today's multiple tantrums demonstrates that perfectly.

6 posted on 05/16/2008 9:54:06 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Patrick1

LOL


7 posted on 05/16/2008 9:54:20 PM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. - Optimus Prime)
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To: smoothsailing
To House Speaker Nancy Pelosi it was "beneath the dignity of the office of the President."

Hey Bela,that reminds me, how is Monica these days?

8 posted on 05/16/2008 9:54:39 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: smoothsailing
What it takes to make a Democrat go nuts:

Is Bush an idiot? How come he controls the world?

How much do you pay in gas taxes? Where does oil come from and is it easy to get? How much does oil really cost to locate, drill, transport, refine and market? Do you use any product that is derived from petroleum?

9 posted on 05/16/2008 9:56:35 PM PDT by endthematrix (Now that we use our corn for fuel, when do we eat coal for dinner?)
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To: smoothsailing

“If the tempest over his indelicate words causes the Democratic presidential nominee to think twice about the political cost of trafficking with Tehran or Damascus, uttering “appeasement” will have been worth it.”

Dream on.


10 posted on 05/16/2008 9:58:50 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: smoothsailing

The President has been saying these same things for almost 8 years now. They just noticed?


11 posted on 05/16/2008 9:59:53 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: smoothsailing

I thought Bush was slamming Jimmy Karter...


12 posted on 05/16/2008 10:00:01 PM PDT by ASOC (Training Storungen werden auf Papier notiert. Taktische Storungen werden im Stein geatzt. Gen Rommel)
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To: smoothsailing

I heard on Brian Sussman’s show that W was quoting a 2006 speech given by Don Rumsfeld - that American Senator in 1939 was an isolationist Republican senator, wishing he could have spoken to Hitler.

And W was talking about Carter.

I think Obama’s spring-loaded to take stuff like this personally. He is not a serious man.


13 posted on 05/16/2008 10:00:32 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again. And Always Act.)
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To: pnh102

I did that to a few of them today and it felt good to watch them flee like mice.


14 posted on 05/16/2008 10:01:26 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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To: pnh102
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.

Truth is to a Liberal as Holy Water is to a Vampire.

15 posted on 05/16/2008 10:08:59 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: bootless

Next, the President should talk about people who get attacked by rabbits while fishing.

Obama would go nuts. Pelosi would demand an apology, etc.


16 posted on 05/16/2008 10:09:54 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: smoothsailing
With the Ivy League education that BO has it is really hard to believe how politically stupid he is. To make an issue out of this when the president didn't even use his name is ridiculous.

It's also clear that when his teleprompter or cue cards are non existent he speaks like a bumbling idiot as he did today when taking questions.

Obama, Clinton, Pelosi and Reid are all nuts for making an issue of this, the president is right and the majority of people in our country know it.

17 posted on 05/16/2008 10:09:56 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: smoothsailing

When my oldest son was three he was in a private pre-school where the teachers “punished” kids who were “bad” by making them sit in the kitchen for 15 - 20 minutes, until they calmed down. One day I picked up my son and on the drive home I happened to ask him, “So, did you have to sit in the kitchen today?” He looked at me wide-eyed and replied, “No! I didn’t stick my tongue out at Joey!”

Today’s Democrat tantrums brought back that old memory. Bush simply stated long-held American policy and never even mentioned the Democrats or any individual Democrat by name, yet the Democrats “responded” en masse like three-year-olds, exclaiming, “I didn’t stick my tongue out at Joey!”

Obama and the rest of those morons are pathetic.


18 posted on 05/16/2008 10:14:49 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: pnh102
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.

Or say the word "macaca".

19 posted on 05/16/2008 10:17:26 PM PDT by taxesareforever (We'll never forget Matt Maupin and his service to our country.)
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To: Tex Pete

heh heh


20 posted on 05/16/2008 10:19:03 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again. And Always Act.)
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To: Patrick1
"“dickless wonders who crap themselves in the face of any opposition and both look and smell like a baboon’s butt” "

That's a keeper!

21 posted on 05/16/2008 10:21:53 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Alleged Rev./Marine Wright is BHO's "designated drunk" to hide Ayers/Dorhn.)
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To: taxesareforever

“Or say the word “macaca”. “

...or Hussein.


22 posted on 05/16/2008 10:25:29 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: smoothsailing
Excerpting Hardball’s Chris Matthews and radio talk show host Kevin James disagreed over the definition of appeasement.

Matthews: “I wanna do a little history check on you” ...

Matthews: “what did Wili- Chamberlain do wrong, Neville Chamberlain do wrong in 1939, what did he do wrong?”

Matthews: “What did Chamberlain do in ‘39, tell me...’38”

Matthews: “WHAT DID CHAMERLAND DO!”

James: “’38, ‘39 Chris, what year do you want?”

Matthews: “You don't know what your talking about.”...”We're talking with people with blank slates in terms of history here.”

James: “What do you mean, ‘blank slate’?”

James: “...we were attacked in ‘93 in the (USS) Cole, attacked in our foreign embassies. And what happened? We ended up with 9/11.

Matthews: “Wasn't the USS Cole under Bush? I don't know what we're talking about here. The first Bush.”

23 posted on 05/16/2008 10:30:29 PM PDT by endthematrix (Now that we use our corn for fuel, when do we eat coal for dinner?)
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To: smoothsailing

Gee, they ARE very touchy about that...I wonder why?


24 posted on 05/16/2008 10:30:45 PM PDT by rlmorel (Clinging bitterly to Guns and God in Massachusetts...:)
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To: smoothsailing

Being pigeon-holed as “Weak” on National Security is the Democrats greatest fear this year.

Which is why they have been pushing the theme that it’s PATRIOTIC to be against the troops, and fighting terrorists.


25 posted on 05/16/2008 10:32:00 PM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: smoothsailing

I find it interesting that Obama hussain and the rest of the Dems would assume George W. was talking about him. If they believe this comment was directed at him, then maybe “osama” I mean obama gave the “rats” this impression as well. reality check for the “rats” out there. If the terrorist want the USA out of Iraq and obama says he will pull the troops out of Iraq, would that not be appeasing them.


26 posted on 05/16/2008 10:38:10 PM PDT by The Illuminatus (Save a seal CLUB a liberal!!!)
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To: taxesareforever
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.

Say “ I think George Bush was a great President “
“ Barak Hussein obama”
“Karl Rove didn't do anything illegal”
“Bush is a kind and understanding “
“Bush is not an idiot”

27 posted on 05/16/2008 10:38:13 PM PDT by The Illuminatus (Save a seal CLUB a liberal!!!)
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To: smoothsailing

Demorats have proven themselves to be Traitors and to Aid and Abet the Terrorists in Iraq. The Demorats have proven themselves to be Appeasers to the Terrorists in Iraq. No Wonder Demorats scream like scalded Babboons when confronted
with their Traitorous and Cowardly Actions in Iraq during Time of War!


28 posted on 05/16/2008 10:45:22 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (God Bless America and The Republicans)
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To: bootless

It is now painfully clear, Obama is NOT a Man!
Obama is a case of Arrested Development.
Mentally and Emotionally, Obama is a spoiled BRAT of a
Teenaged Boy.....:-)


29 posted on 05/16/2008 10:53:21 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (God Bless America and The Republicans)
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To: ASOC
I thought Bush was slamming Jimmy Karter...

Who thanked him for the compliment.

30 posted on 05/16/2008 10:56:31 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (You must choose! Death, or Bulunga!)
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To: smoothsailing

“How to Enrage a Democrat”

Tell them that Global Warming is a myth. Oh...wait a minute.

I know, tell them that amnesty for illegals will destroy this nation!.....oops, can’t use that one either.

Tell them that tax cuts are a great thing for the economy!

Dang, can’t use that one either.

Tell them that idiots that took out home loans that they could not repay ought to lose those homes and not have Daddy Gubmint come save them.....

Darn it! Can’t use that one either!

Tell them that Hillary! would be a horrible POTUS!

Nope, no good either.

Well there’s GOT to be SOMETHING!


31 posted on 05/16/2008 10:59:06 PM PDT by Grunthor (Juan agrees with Ted Kennedy on Amnesty, Gore on GW & says Hillary'd be a good POTUS)
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To: taxesareforever

We laugh at the word “ Macaca “ now!
But We Lost a Great Senator George Allen
and Control of the Senate because of the
Demorats over Corruption of that Word.
Instead a Village Idiot named Webb was Elected!


32 posted on 05/16/2008 11:04:22 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (God Bless America and The Republicans)
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To: Lancey Howard
Ask any Democrat: why and how is this Iraqi girl free to blow bubbles?


33 posted on 05/16/2008 11:06:49 PM PDT by txflake
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To: True Republican Patriot
Democrats scream like scalded baboons

So those people I see on music videos are Democrats?

34 posted on 05/16/2008 11:45:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been banned or suspended.)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Yep.


35 posted on 05/16/2008 11:54:45 PM PDT by taxesareforever (We'll never forget Matt Maupin and his service to our country.)
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To: smoothsailing

I’ll bet a one word bumper sticker that said “Appeasers!” would be enough to start all kinds of trouble. lol I want one.


36 posted on 05/16/2008 11:58:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: Patrick1

LOL Exactly! Make a new non-specific denouncement every day of ass clowns, surrender monkeys, spork weasels, crack heads and anything else that comes to mind. The term ‘phony patriot’ attached to no one in particular ought to throw up quite a howling.


37 posted on 05/17/2008 12:12:35 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: smoothsailing

tell a democrat that Barak Obama has thin skin and cant tolerate critisism.


38 posted on 05/17/2008 12:17:31 AM PDT by truemiester ((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
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To: ASOC
Democrats are in Damascus and Tehran so often they ought to think about buying a townhouse or leasing an apartment for whichever appeaser is in town that week.
39 posted on 05/17/2008 12:47:57 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
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To: smoothsailing

The libs doth protest too much, methinks.


40 posted on 05/17/2008 1:00:44 AM PDT by Free Bee
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To: pnh102
Easist way to enrage any Democrat is to speak the truth.

Took all the way to the 2nd post to get the answer.

41 posted on 05/17/2008 1:40:28 AM PDT by highlander_UW (illegal alien is to an undocumented worker as a drug dealer is to an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: smoothsailing
Obama's rant was a major blunder!

If he had remained quiet, President Bush's speech would have been quietly been sweeped under the rug by the media and no one would have ever heard the comments again.

Now it's the leading story of the mainstream media : "Obama the appeaser takes comment personally"

What a complete child he is! Well, the entire DNC for that matter. It's like their head all exploded at once the moment they were revealed.

Oh, to have an actual leader in the race...

42 posted on 05/17/2008 2:49:43 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: smoothsailing

it was written...truth shall set you free.....

lib/dems always rant about freedom...

the words spoke by President Bush...ALL TRUTH...should be embraced by the lib/dems....

it will set them free!!!!


43 posted on 05/17/2008 3:05:39 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: smoothsailing

If one wants to enrage a democrat ask specifically how B. Hussein Obama is as or more qualified than the Dan Quayle they all laughed at 20 years ago.


44 posted on 05/17/2008 3:28:10 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: smoothsailing

At the far edge of the topic, perhaps, but it’s about the Dims being thin-skinned, etc.

MSNBC (don’t blame me for this) was on the TV this morning. The talking heads were showing the Repub commercial with MsHell Obamination saying her bit about how this was the first time she was ever proud of her country, and it was interspersed with folks who said they had always loved this country, and then MO again, and so on.

So these MSNBC pasty wimps started the conversation with one guy describing the ad and Michelle being “used” in this way, by asking the other pansy, “Is this fair?”

That’s what caught my attention, and I saw the MSNBC logo and was flabbergasted at the incoherency of it all.


45 posted on 05/17/2008 4:30:58 AM PDT by Randy Papadoo (HRC/BHMO/JMc........Which pile of doggy poop will you step in?)
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hold my spot until I get back


46 posted on 05/17/2008 4:40:04 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude () ......Pelosi + Reed = $ 4.00 per gallon......()
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To: muir_redwoods

Give all of the liberal dems a free plane ride to Iran and let them see how far they get with the gay marriage/abortion/tax increases/gun control/education/religion/and other political issues. Their heads would explode within the first hour there.


47 posted on 05/17/2008 4:40:27 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: smoothsailing
Image hosted by Photobucket.com throw a rock into a pack of dogs, and the one that got hit yelps... or the ones that think they got it as it were
48 posted on 05/17/2008 4:44:34 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: ASOC

“I thought Bush was slamming Jimmy Karter...”

According to Matt Drudge this a.m., he was.


49 posted on 05/17/2008 5:17:46 AM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Chode

To be a self-identified Democrat these days you must have some of these traits:

1) Authority issues - Stems from “Why don’t you love me Daddy?”. The government is ‘big brother’ paranoia. ‘You can’t tell me to say the Pledge of Allegiance”, etc. The government is “censoring me”.

2) Intelligence issues - Liberals argue based on emotion rather than logic or reason. When corned in debate, they automatically attack the messenger or ignore the facts when confronted with reality.

3) Hatred issues - many liberals Hate — with a capital H. They hate the USA, they hate the military, they hate corporations - you know ... the things that made America into the most free, most successful country on Earth.

4) Faith issues - many Democrats don’t believe in God. They view religious people as hicks with a mythology fixation. If you don’t believe in God then there is no consequence for your actions.

5) Moral Relevance issues - Hey, you don’t question my perverse lifestyle and I won’t question yours. They believe the USA is ‘occupier’, an ‘empire’, and equate our troops as terrorists and terrorists as ‘freedom fighters’.

6) Racial Issues- Democrats tend to be racists. They believe that minorities NEED their help and incapable of bettering themselves without public assistance. They then take minority groups for granted in elections by demanding party loyalty for the trillions in public welfare programs they lavished on them over the past 4 decades.

7) Lastly, and most sadly; Democrats only provide criticism and not solutions to issues affecting Americans.


50 posted on 05/17/2008 5:26:35 AM PDT by ktime
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