Now this is just plain dumb

[luckydog71]

I actually liked this guy for his stance on illegal immigration. He has been pushing the Bush administration to tighten up the border.

But this is dumb.

BTW - I cut and pasted this from the Fox News site (you know the fair and balanced news channel). I was going to post the link, but I did not think many would follow it.

Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

"Well, what if you said something like — if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

 

[georgebushmoron]

But this is dumb.
...."You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.
"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

Dumb and dangerous. That idiot Tancredo just played into the hands of those who want to recruit more suicide killers, themselves stupid. You can thank him and those like him for contributing to the body count on the War on Terror.

 

[luckydog71]

I agree westwoody, some people just like to stir the shit.

I have heard this guy before and he did not strike me as a shit disturber. He normally talks a lot of sense.

In this instance, I think he just had a brain fart. He was asked a hypothetical question and he gave this extremely stupid answer.

It sounds like something I would say in the heat of the moment, an emotional answer instead of a reasoned response. If the guy wants to continue his political career he will need to know when to shut the fuck up.

 

[Herb_The_Perb]

Faux News' objective is not to inform or educate, it is to make money.

That's only part of it,
They also have a clear ideological agenda -- to misinform, to spin, to distract, to obfuscate, to confuse, to mislead, and to promulgate far-right-wing ruling-class propaganda wherever possible.
Ruppert Murdoch is not a nice man, and certainly is not a believer in true journalism.

 

[luckydog71]

But FOX is the most watch cable news show by far......

So just think if they are as bad as you say the others (CNN / MSNBS) must be stinkers......

But then I listen to Rush....the most listen to talk show....so WTF do I know...

 

[luckydog71]

Boing I am a conservative and I am right leaning….actually most Americans are.

My struggle is there is no conservative party in the US. Most of the time the GOP is closer to me than the DEMS, but I really struggle with both of them.

Both parties are big spenders…the DEMS want to raise my taxes to pay for their big spending…..the GOP wants to lower my taxes but still have the big expenditures, which raises the debt.

Macro economics is no different the micro economics…..When my check book says I have no money left from my last pay day….I stop spending…..the government needs to do the same….

The number of laws in effect continues to accelerate. We are at the point that no one knows what our laws really are. We need to get back to smaller government….less intrusive government….my government needs to get the fuck out of the way.

 

[HankQuinlan]

If audience numbers was the determiner of truth, taste, or quality, we would be living in a different world. No one would eat at McDonalds, Brittany Spears would be a great artist, those reality shows on TV would actually be entertaining, the current box office champion would be a good movie, and FOX would be a good source of news.

By the way, LD, for once I agree wholeheartedly with your original post....

Have you investigated the libertarians? You may have a lot in common.

 

[luckydog71]

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By the way, LD, for once I agree wholeheartedly with your original post....

Have you investigated the libertarians? You may have a lot in common.

Hank...I did have a brief look at them...unfortunately we are a 2 party system and it is people like me that make us a 2 party system.

So here is how I decide how to vote. I pick the candidate that sounds as close to my thinking as I can find. I don't really care if he is a DEM or GOP.

About 80% of the time it is GOP because they are closer to a conservative than most DEM candidates. Rick Larsen is my representative and I voted for him. He is a hard working politician and you never hear a bunch of BS from him.

I would like to see a third party emerge and with such a divided country, it would only take a few senators from the 3rd party to have a lot of power.