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My God, can we can the negativity??? (Vanity)

Posted on 10/03/2008 2:18:04 PM PDT by jeffo

Dear Lord, can we cut the negative crap around here? If our conservative ideology has taught us anything its that you and I, the private sector people, can withstand and fix anything in our economy. We (or our fathers/grandfathers) beat the depression, Hitler, scandal, Malaise, Carter, Clinton, Soros (oh yes, George, some of us see your hand trying to slap Adam Smith's away from time to time) and by God the free market will even be able to fix this mess and the bigger messes the bailout may cause. That is, unless we bury our heads in the sand and cry woe is us, this time the problem is too big.

I'm sorry, but thats not how we do things. That 777 point thud we heard the other day was a lot of the cowards leaving the market and good riddance to them. Unreasoned panic is the only thing that can make this a truly cataclysmic event, and unfortunately its in huge supply here on FR!


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KEYWORDS: bailout; economy; no0b; optimism; vanity
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To: jddqr

Palin is the only one sparking any optimism among conservatives so give it up. She did so well even the Libs are having trouble denying it.

To the Op: No.

We just got screwed by our representatives in D.C. and we have Mccain as a presidential nominee with Obama on the other side. These circumstances do not lend themselves to optimism.

Can I be optimistic that in the future we can overcome the corrupt political class? Certainly. And I still do have optimism about the future. The problem is that I have no optimism about the next 2-4 years so that tends to lead me to be a little moody until circumstances give me reason to be otherwise.


41 posted on 10/03/2008 2:38:25 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: jeffo

You can’t be for a conservative ideology and be for the Socialist Bailout that just occured.

The are logical opposites.


42 posted on 10/03/2008 2:42:10 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: jeffo

43 posted on 10/03/2008 2:44:22 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
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To: jddqr

WHAT?


44 posted on 10/03/2008 2:45:28 PM PDT by CanadianMusherinMI (Mrs. Musher here!)
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To: jeffo

Palin did great last night... Maybe others like her will stand up and run for office.... America is tired of Washington politics... Our forefathers gave us a system where anyone can be the best they can be.... Right now Palin fits that bill...


45 posted on 10/03/2008 2:51:09 PM PDT by just me (Looks like the MSM moonbats have been infected with rabies..)
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To: altura

“Noli nothis permittere te terere.” which translates as “Do not let the bastards wear you down”.


46 posted on 10/03/2008 2:53:33 PM PDT by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: jeffo

Yahoooo! You hit the nail on the head...LET THE WHINNING STOP!

So many uf us have our underwear in a knot....where is HOPE!
Where is the CAN-DO attitude?

McCain/Palin will WIN this election...we have our EYE on Congress and we’ll find the crooks and make them pay!

Great post!!!!!


47 posted on 10/03/2008 2:53:42 PM PDT by HappyinAZ
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To: jddqr

Kool-Aid must be on sale where you live.


48 posted on 10/03/2008 2:56:25 PM PDT by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: jeffo

49 posted on 10/03/2008 3:00:01 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
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To: jddqr
Biden mopped the floor with her when it came to facts and details (which might be proved false eventually, but the public won’t hear that ‘retraction’).

LOL. So you prefer to be lied to. That's just creepy.

50 posted on 10/03/2008 3:02:01 PM PDT by new cruelty (I don't want my daughters punished with obama.)
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To: ari-freedom
Yeah, Liden had all the facts, the wrong ones. Anyway, the last thing I want is these “experienced” hacks. What has that gotten us into anyway?
51 posted on 10/03/2008 3:08:56 PM PDT by Jay Thomas (A DUmmie I ain't)
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To: HappyinAZ

yep.. I’ll give it a rest also.. that’s what the libs want.. a discouraged Republican base.


52 posted on 10/03/2008 3:09:21 PM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Jay Thomas

numbers don’t work because

1) people can’t evaluate them when the debater is talking too fast
2) nobody seriously memorizes numbers. It can’t be real.
3) people care about your philosophy and principles. leave the numbers to your staff


53 posted on 10/03/2008 3:14:36 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Betcha they're good. Why shouldn't they be? Their one mistake was giving up me!)
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To: dragonblustar
Heeeeeeere's Biden!

54 posted on 10/03/2008 3:16:15 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Betcha they're good. Why shouldn't they be? Their one mistake was giving up me!)
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To: TheWasteLand

***There has been a lot of (non-Troll) whining and hand-wringing. It’s disappointing to see from conservatives. We are better than that.***

Some of those trolls have been around since the site was founded.


55 posted on 10/03/2008 3:16:21 PM PDT by kitkat (EX DEO LIBERTAS (From God, liberty))
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To: SoConPubbie

I am not for the socialist bailout. But PEOPLE... thats what government does! It takes a problem and does its darndest to make it worse! We knew that going in, and thats what my original post is all about. This is just another skirmish in the wider war in which we have almost always WON.


56 posted on 10/03/2008 3:16:57 PM PDT by jeffo (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1372399/posts)
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To: jeffo

If it’ll stop the endless flogging of needless vanities, I’ll gladly fake a cheerful grin from ear to ear.


57 posted on 10/03/2008 3:17:02 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg ("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
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To: Revolting cat!

And thanks for the dog treats


58 posted on 10/03/2008 3:23:07 PM PDT by jeffo (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1372399/posts)
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To: TheWasteLand

“I looked at your previous posts, and they’re nothing but whining about Palin. Someone here isn’t a credit to conservatism, but I don’t think it’s me.”

Hey jerk, do a better job of research next time.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2071941/posts?page=28#28

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2072160/posts?page=2#2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2072211/posts?page=23#23

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2072211/posts?page=25#25

among others


59 posted on 10/03/2008 3:24:27 PM PDT by jddqr
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To: NoGrayZone

I didn’t say she dodged every question. I said she dodged almost every question.

A perfect example was when she was asked about bankruptcy and started talking about energy.


60 posted on 10/03/2008 3:26:25 PM PDT by jddqr
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