Do We Belong To The Government? Is Voting Equivalent To Bullying?
I watched the first night of the Democratic National Convention and was absolutely stunned by the celebration of abortion that consumed much of the first couple of hours.
There were speeches I enjoyed, including Tammy Duckworth, Deval Patrick and Michelle Obama.
But there were two moments tonight that I found quite odd. One was this portion of a video that ran early in the evening:
The government is the only thing we all belong to? We don't belong to the government! I don't doubt that this is the governing policy of many Democrats, but is this something that people enjoy hearing?
The other thing that was weird was when Deval Patrick said:
"I will not stand by and let President Obama be bullied out of office."
Do we normally consider the act of a free people choosing their leader to be bullying?
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Oct '10
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Mollie Hemingway, Ed.:
"I will not stand by and let President Obama be bullied out of office."
Do we normally consider the act of a free people choosing their leader to be bullying? · · 4 minutes ago
If the New Black Panthers weren't bullying in the last election, the poll watchers in this election could all be Klansmen and it would be fair game.
Unless, of course, there is a double standard being unfairly applied to those who do not support President Obama...but that would never happen.
Nov '10
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Of course it is. That's what racists do.
Aug '12
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"I will not stand by and let President Obama be bullied out of office." Oh my word, I cannot believe a grown man said this! That is 2nd grade on the playground whining to the recess-duty lady.
Aug '11
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I sort of enjoyed the rendition of "Sisters are Doing it For Themselves." Except for all the Julias in the audience, I suppose.
Apr '12
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It's important to understand that Leftists to not believe that there are many millions of conservatives in this country. They surround themselves with the like minded and assume everyone thinks like them.
To them the political right includes Rush, Fox News, the blondes, Newt, Rove, and a handful of others who are the willing tools of big business fascists. All those other conservatives are just mindless dupes (most still believing in religion ... *snort*), and backwoods morons.
It is Big Money fascists, those interests that perverted the Supreme Court to allow them to buy any election and bully the good guise.
I remember being a Liberal, I'm pretty sure that's the story.
Oct '10
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RT @patrickruffini Dems: "We belong to Government." GOP: "We own this country." Clear difference.
Jan '11
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It's the only thing we all belong to; the only thing we all share; the only thing that brings us together ...
... so let's elect only one party, the Democrats, and not those stinking Republicans.
Can't you just feel the unity oozing out of our pores?
Jun '12
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Yes, caugh Patrick's line. Look for the bully business to become one of the next Big Memes. I've heard the word used twice more in the past couple days, by lefties. Now I will start to pay attention. It must mean they are setting up Obama as a victim to help explain the brutal beat down that is coming his way. Obama got ‘shellacked’ in -10, and he's going to be pummeled in -12. But you don't think for a second that's his fault, do you?
Plus the sore losers can carry on with the bully line beyond the election and through the next administration – those mean Pubbies with all their spreadsheets and facts and calculators...
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Is this a bureaucrat training video? That's the only context in which "we all belong to the government" would plausibly make sense.
Oct '10
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I think this is civic nationalism, for ethnocentric people who hate civic nationalism. "You don't have to give up your old ethnic national identity, so long as we're all in the government together!"
As for bullying, nearly every president in our history was bullied out of office. Frankly, I don't think we've hit George Bush levels of derangement. This election has been relatively mild compared to the last two, if boring.
Apr '11
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"The other thing that was weird was when Deval Patrick said:
Obama as Victim in Chief
Apr '11
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Deval Patrick is not an outlier. An old coot at my fencing club this very evening (the one with the "I [heart] Pres. Obama" ball cap) said Mitch McConnell is a "traitor" for declaring that the Republicans should just do what they could to thwart BHO's plans until they could get him out of office. "That's treason", clarified Coot.
I'm going to ask him about Harry Reid's response to the announcement of The Surge--We have to do away with the failed policies of the past. Then he recommended exactly the strategic posture--the failed strategy--that The Surge was replacing. Isn't giving bad advice to the President treasonous? We'll find out on Thursday.
Dec '10
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1) We all belong -- as in, are members of and participants in -- the American nation, not the government of that nation. The notion of government of the people, by the people and for the people has been replaced by permanent political and bureaucratic classes: anyone who doubts that can get a reality check by going to a government office and asserting equal authority to the people working there.
2) Voting is democracy as long as it results in the outcome the Left desires. As we observed in 2000, if the result is not what they desire, then voting is a corrupt process that is used to give oppression the veneer of legitimacy.
Mar '11
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As Mr Eastwood might say, this country belongs to us - we don't belong to the gum mint. And we can vote the gum mint out when we like.
Thanks for watching the Dems, so I don't have to.
May '10
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I want to be President of the United States.
I didn't win the election for President.
Therefore, I am a victim of bullying.
Jun '10
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Mark Wilson: I want to be President of the United States.
I didn't win the election for President.
Therefore, I am a victim of bullying.
It's very sad, but it's a situation that President Obama inherited from the previous administration...ahh...what was your complaint again? I forget.
Apr '11
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Grendel: Deval Patrick is not an outlier. An old coot at my fencing club this very evening (the one with the "I [heart] Pres. Obama" ball cap) said Mitch McConnell is a "traitor" for declaring that the Republicans should just do what they could to thwart BHO's plans until they could get him out of office. "That's treason", clarified Coot.
I'm going to ask him about Harry Reid's response to the announcement of The Surge--We have to do away with the failed policies of the past. Then he recommended exactly the strategic posture--the failedstrategy--that The Surge was replacing. Isn't giving bad advice to the President treasonous? · 4 hours ago
If this "coot" has been alive and semi-coherent these past 4 years and STILL wears that hat, he is beyond repair mentally. I've found that life is just so much less stressful when I completely ignore these kinds of people on political subjects. Bill O'Reilly said last night that he won't even engage anyone who says we're better off now than 4 years ago because it's an insane position. He followed through with Alan Colmes. BRAVO!!
Apr '11
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Does anyone find it a little scary that all mention of God was dropped from the Dem platform, followed by the their claim that we all belong to the government? Our constitution is built on the premise that our rights come from our creator, not government. The Dems have shown their true colors by neatly dispensing with God and proclaiming government to be the only thread tying us all together. It would find it ridiculous and humorous if 45% of the population didn't blindly follow wherever the lead.
Jun '10
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2o08: 8 mentions of Obama, 1 of God.
("We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.")
2012: 133 mentions of Obama, zero God.
So, it all evens out. :)
Dec '10
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We all belong to the government and voting out a failed president is bullying? This is truly creepy coming from a major party. I'm with David Williamson on this. Thanks for watching and reporting so we don't have to.