Amalek's Comments (3806)

“Boehner was right to reject the invitation. He would not have fit in.”

“Its true. How many gays become republicans and rail against homosexuality?”

“He is just running up some lines on the resume to haul out later when they claim he does not reach out to hispanics. They should not have even given him the chance unless the first thing he said was, I was wrong.”

“Would he be the first man to hate his wife, or at least everything she stands for?”

“That has become the mantra - everything pre 2010 is old news: the Wasilla days, the failed governorship, the failed campaign for VP. Those are the old Sarah. The book has put those stories to bed. Time to move on. She has learned and now is so much more shiny.”

“You are correct, however, she is also not prepared. She does not care about any issues, so she does not bother to prepare on any of them.

You underestimate her, and the capacity of Americans to support her. Her candidacy is all about personality. While she does not care about issues, her supporters don't either; all they want is a celebrity to whom they can attach their aspirations. She talks like them so they think she must be like them. These people don't care about issues and she will connect with them because of her megawatt personality. That could be enough to make her viable.

Remember, these people voted for W twice, despite his failure to connect with their issues. The republicans connected with Christians for several election cycles now, despite rejecting every Christian value but for abortion and gay bashing. I can see you are a thinking man, but your fellow citizens by and large are not.”

“It is a Canadian company so the Republicans have no need to defend them.”

“That's our system, so we either find a way to make it work, or watch the Communists kick our asses into the third world.

We might get a better health care system if the Republicans quit trying so hard to just kill it to make Obama look bad and instead started helping to find away to make the best reforms.”

“You nailed him.”

“That is for a jury to determine, not you.”

“Naw, just another log cabin republican looking for love.”

“In what would otherwise likely be a republican landslide in 2010, Palin and Beck seem to be on a path to split the republican vote in as many districts as possible. Beck appears to be getting serious about his program to start a third party. Hopefully this third party takes out the remaining sane republicans leaving them only on the far right.”

“I felt that way about W.”

“Pay attention to what Glenn Beck is doing.

Over the past week he has taken his game up a notch. He is now pretty openly talking about organizing a third political party, using the same populist hokum that Palin spews. He is going on tour and even doing live shows broadcast to movie theatres. His people are fanatical about him and Sarah. I am hoping that people can see through them, but charismatic leaders have risen to power around the world many times - often with disastrous consequences.

I suggest we do not underestimate the ability of people to make foolish decisions.”

“Go back and look at your bank deposits Joe, it will refresh your memory.”

“America loves celebrities. We love to elect actors, athletes, astronauts, musicians and comedians to public office. Statesmen like Roosevelt, Lincoln, Jefferson would never stand a chance in today's elections.

I think America will decide that Sarah Palin is totally unqualified to be president, and elect her anyway. Is she any worse than the last mistake - W?”

“And you provide conclusive evidence yourself.”

“I think the Chinese are scared to death. You know how much money they have invested in this country?”

“She is an evangelical. Timothy is not in their version of the bible. The evangelical Bible ends at Leviticus and picks up again with Revelation.”

“She is our Eva Peron. A personality, no, personal institution. They will sing songs to her for the millennium. She is Lady Liberty, Mary, mother of Jesus and Joan of Arc all wrapped up in one. She will sweep to power in an emotional upswelling of hope and love, and then, tragically, be unable to lead, and will cry from the windows of the white house as this great nation crumbles into the sea.”

“We might even consider hiring Al Qaeda mercenaries, since they appear to be pretty effective against the most powerful army in the world. They could squash themselves.”

“Eisenhower warned it would come to this. We created the military industrial beast, and now the beast must be fed.”

“No time to write this novel, so I give away the plot for free:

2005: Cheney realizes the republicans are headed out of office, sets up secret task force of assassins reporting to him. Operation is funded for 20 years, Cheney is in charge until replaced by the president - and continues indefinitely unless the new president makes a change. It is all very hush hush, only Cheney and Rummy know the details. Bush signs off oblivious to the meaning, as usual.

And then they never tell Obama. What they continue to do - assassinate, take over oil producing countries, is completely legal and can only be stopped by the President - but the president does not know. But Cheney slips - the young log cabin republican aide his daughter convinces him to hire figures out the plan, but then must go on the run when Cheney realizes the man has discovered his evil intent. Running through the gay bars of Washington, can the man find his way to Barney Frank before Blackwater waterboards the truth from him? In the shocking final chapter, we learn that......­.”

“This is all about color - Red and white vs. Blue and gold. Long live the rivalry.”

“Cal fans have never had any class. It's a government run school. Even worse, they have the torture king, John Yoo, on the faculty. There are also secret government labs where they torture little animals to create new ways to waterboard. Back in the 60s they had so much free love on campus you can get herpes today just from walking on the grass.”