GOP = National Embarrassment

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Well I'm actually not sure but help me out...what are my other options?

And how will conversations about dick sizes affect policy or us as a country?

Keep being obtuse

 

[TheComebackKid]

Keep being obtuse

I just don't find that embarrassing. I find Obama bowing to world leaders and apologizing for America to be embarrassing. I find Hillary barking like a fucking dog to be embarrassing.

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[Throttlehead]

I just don't find that embarrassing. I find Obama bowing to world leaders and apologizing for America to be embarrassing. I find Hillary barking like a fucking dog to be embarrassing.

Different strokes for different folks.

There is nothing about the Republican Party that I would say that I'm proud of but then again that is not my party.

Did you happen to attend Trump University? The bullshit smells the same.

 

[trident]

in other words, without mentioning the embarrassments of those on the left (those don't count) tell us why you guys don't suck too

While democrats are pretty worthless you republicans are straight up toddlers.

You people literally employ the "they hit me first" and "they got a toy why not me" excuses constantly.

You cant expect a bunch of greedy bible thumping nitwits to act any different.

 

[ProBoxingInsidr]

While democrats are pretty worthless you republicans are straight up toddlers.

You people literally employ the "they hit me first" and "they got a toy why not me" excuses constantly.

You cant expect a bunch of greedy bible thumping nitwits to act any different.

so your reasoning as to why the left is better is to say that the right calls each other mean names, while you call the right mean names? that makes sense.

obviously trump is unlike anyone we have seen before. he is much more the exception than the rule. so i would not exactly count him. otherwise, both sides act very similar. there are dignified members, and those who are not so much. the thing is that whichever side you fall on, you tend to overlook the flaws on your side. just like you are right now.

 

[Thurisaz]

Apt handle name.

 

[Skip Reming]

The GOP is making our country look like a bunch of idiots, wackos, and morons. The two front-runners in the race are literately talking about each other wives! How can anyone in the GOP be proud of these two?

Here’s the challenge to Republicans on this site. Without mentioning Obama, Hillary, Bernie, or any other democrat, explain how you can be proud of your party and the people you are electing.

Obama standing in front of the ministry of the interior building where political dissidents are being jailed for Obama's visit
Che Guevara painting, who begged the Soviet Union to nuke New York or Washington or Los Angeles and bring about the end of the world.

Now, what were you saying about embarrassing the usa??

 

[trident]

so your reasoning as to why the left is better is to say that the right calls each other mean names, while you call the right mean names? that makes sense.

obviously trump is unlike anyone we have seen before. he is much more the exception than the rule. so i would not exactly count him. otherwise, both sides act very similar. there are dignified members, and those who are not so much. the thing is that whichever side you fall on, you tend to overlook the flaws on your side. just like you are right now.

I dont have a side here. Im watching a bunch of clowns from the seats.

 

[KILL KILL]

Obama standing in front of the ministry of the interior building where political dissidents are being jailed for Obama's visit
Che Guevara painting, who begged the Soviet Union to nuke New York or Washington or Los Angeles and bring about the end of the world.

Now, what were you saying about embarrassing the usa??

The nerve of that guy! Oh wait...

 

[Tekk]

The nerve of that guy! Oh wait...

 

[Fatchops]

 

[Skip Reming]

The nerve of that guy! Oh wait...

Are any of these in front of buildings where dissidents are imprisoned? Are any of these in front of pictures of people who begged to have america nuked?

If you look at the pics of bush they are just hanging out. Reagan is giving a speech and anyone would give a speech there.
Everyone hates Nixon. I don't think any republicans are coming to defend him on china.

As far as handshaking, yes you meet leaders from countries you hate. No doubt. This is not bad.

Look at the Obama picture, they were positioned to make a nice propaganda photo for Castro.
Castro locked up cubans who dissented just for Obama's visit.

Also, no one is saying that republicans did nothing embarrassing. The thing is, I am worried about now not 30 years ago. You should do the same.

Now, here is why Obama going to cuba was so horrible. Make sure you do the same for the pics you posted. There was more to it than just photographs....you do know this? sure you do

Here are five reasons Obama’s trip to Cuba is one of the worst acts of his presidency.

Imprisonment Of Dissidents. Just before Obama’s arrival, the Cuban government started rounding up those who disagree with the regime. According to The New York Times:

[H]ours before Air Force One landed at José Martí International Airport, the challenges inherent in normalizing relations with a Communist police state were laid bare, as dozens of arrests were made at the weekly march of Ladies in White, a prominent dissident group…the arrests confirmed that Cuba was maintaining its long history of repressive tactics, if not intensifying their reach….The baseball game where Mr. Obama will watch Cuba’s national team play the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday is an invitation-only event, with most seats going to government loyalists. Some of the Old Havana shops near where Mr. Obama strolled on Sunday evening had been ordered to stay closed. The police have been sweeping up prostitutes from nightclubs and beggars from the streets….No matter what Mr. Obama says about freedom during his three-day stay, the Cuban government has made it clear that Cubans of all ideologies will be expected to behave.

Re-Enshrinement Of The Castros. Raul Castro couldn’t be happier about any of this. The American media, seeking to defend the honor of their beloved Obama, have fallen in love with the Castros all over again. ESPN, for example, tweeted, “Savior and scourge, Fidel Castro was many things to many people. One thing all can agree on: He loved his sports.”
Fidel a savoir???? lol, who did he save?

Humiliation Of America. The Cuban government has for generations pushed the narrative that the United States is a brutal colonial power hell-bent on world domination. Now they’ve got pictures of the President of the United States visiting all their favorite memorials and standing in front of buildings emblazoned with murals of Marxist murderer Che Guevara.
Obama’s about to get the same treatment in Cuba. Upon touching down in Cuba, Cuban dictator Raul Castro didn’t even show up to greet him. He did for former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That’s no coincidence. That’s how propaganda works. Now Cubans will be treated to the spectacle of an American president kowtowing to a communist dictator.

Pretend Changes. Obama has pledged “change.” For example, said Obama, Google will be making a deal with the Cuban government to expand Cuba’s wifi. Well, no. Cuba restricts internet access to prevent people in Cuba from reading outside information that would debunk their propaganda. But Obama’s appearance in Cuba gives the Cuban government propaganda to suggest that Cubans are free.

Romanticization Of Poverty. The left constantly romanticizes poverty. But they’ll kick it into high gear with Obama in Cuba. Two days ago, The New York Times described the impoverished citizenry this way: “Cuba at times can feel like a nation abandoned. The aching disrepair of its cities, the untamed foliage of its countryside, the orphaned coastlines – a half-century of isolation has wrapped the country in decay. Yet few places in the world brim with as much life as Cuba, a contrast drawn sharper amid its faded grandeur.”
People living in abject poverty, their access to basic information restricted, their speech shut down – those people ought not be patronized with idiot myths about the glory of poverty.


waiting for your rebuttal. I am sure it will not be as bad as just leaving some stupid pics. Lol. pathetic

 

[Skip Reming]

Lol, the pic is not even of a handshake I posted and no one is mad about a handshake. At least fucking pretend you know shit about what is upsetting about obama. Read my previous post and get learned.

here is some more
This week, President Obama visited Cuba. There, he was snubbed on the tarmac by tin-pot dictator Raul Castro; he took a staged photo before a massive building-sized mural of genocidal murderer Che Guevara; he smiled and bowed to Castro when they met. Castro treated Obama to a harangue about America's moral inferiority, blustering, "We defend human rights." He adds, "Actually, we find it inconceivable that a government does not defend and ensure the right to health care, any patient, social security, food provision and development, equal pay and the rights of children." Obama nodded along, then stated placidly, "I personally would not disagree with that." He then added, idiotically, "The goal of the human rights dialogue is not for the United States to dictate to Cuba how they should govern themselves, but to make sure that we are having a frank and candid conversation around this issue. And hopefully that we can learn from each other."
Then, hours later in a press briefing, the State Department did not directly say anything about the crackdown on hundreds of dissidents who were jailed just before his arrival. The Cubans arrested one of the dissidents' leaders scheduled to meet with Obama. Ben Rhodes, Obama's national security advisor, shrugged all of that off, stating that the United States understands that the Cuban government sees these political prisoners as criminals under Cuban law. Obama himself did not directly say whether he would give Castro a list of political prisoners for release.

 

[kpt018]

Yeah that was terrible. But in terms of intellectual dishonesty and embarrassment, I see Rs as light years ahead.

 

[TheComebackKid]

Yeah that was terrible. But in terms of intellectual dishonesty and embarrassment, I see Rs as light years ahead.

I wholly disagree. I think its kind of splitting partisan hairs at this point.

 

[kpt018]

I wholly disagree. I think its kind of splitting partisan hairs at this point.

Barking like a dog during a speech is definitely embarrassing. But Rs, during a debate, were comparing dick sizes and attacking each others wives. That of course instead of discussing the issues (which Bernie & Hillary do in every debate). We are not seeing Bernie and Hillary stoop to the level of dirty politics that Trump and Cruz are engaged in.

 

[UpaLoompa]

Barking like a dog during a speech is definitely embarrassing. But Rs, during a debate, were comparing dick sizes and attacking each others wives. That of course instead of discussing the issues (which Bernie & Hillary do in every debate). We are not seeing Bernie and Hillary stoop to the level of dirty politics that Trump and Cruz are engaged in.

Look, you're not supposed to pretend that the two groups aren't the same.

 

[kpt018]

Look, you're not supposed to pretend that the two groups aren't the same.

Yeah really. False equivalence bullshit is one of the most common things I see in these threads.

Why can't people just admit that seeing "their guy" argue about dick size is embarrassing? It really says a lot about the types that support Trump.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I find Hillary Clinton quite wretched, but the GOP has been a complete fucking embarrassment since the GWB era.

it's very difficult to defend the GOP when they are committed to ignorance, lies, corporate interests and religious fucktardery.

Now before you GOP fan boys get all perturbed like you dipshits did during the Terry Schiavo fiasco, I feel the same way about Dems.

How any one can say, "I'm a proud Republican" is beyond me.

 

[Grok]

It's not just Hillary and Bernie that are decent, every other (serious) nomination candidate in the last decade have been the same. Edwards, Kerry, Dean, Kucinich, Bradley, they've all carried themselves like adults and have serious proposals.

Meanwhile, the Republicans have had gems like Perry, Bachmann, Cain, Palin (she counts), Huckabee, Santorum. Holy fucking shit. Religious fanatics, a secessionist, one more outrageous than the other. It started with Dubya, and it's just been getting worse every election since for them



I agree but I keep trying to think of actual scenarios where that would happen.

The GOP is ripe for splitting. Their two factions simply cannot be together anymore. If the moderate, sane faction splits and forms an entirely new party, they'd need to bring over some Democrats. If not, it's just handing Congress majority to the Democrats. I guess the most realistic option would be for this new 3rd party to lose these elections but over the years, slowly, try to draw in Democrats in order to get a more or less 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 scenario.

My favorite was during 2004 when Kerry says "how can a man be anti-gay marriage with a gay child." and Cheney and republicans acted all offended and outraged. But it was cool getting a bunch of kooks to outright lie and slander Kerry's war record.