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So, Taiga's banishment just proves my Leelee's point. It's all about your popularity. I'm a draw, so I wasn't thrown in there immediately. Taiga, apparently, isn't, so she was. Like Tom said: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

I don't need to. She was put in there just for asking the same question I asked. That's bullshit.

RIP.

Nah. Just lame.

I hereby ask to be transferred to the Gulag myself, at least until such time as Taiga is let out. After all, I had the same initial reaction: Oh.

I doubt very much that Dan f'n Senor, of all people, has any insight into Republican politics. The First Lady was talking up a Condi run a few years ago, but last I heard Dr Rice had ruled it out. All her behavior since then has been entirely consistent with what I saw back when I worked for her.

Czech's response doesn't really address her point, though. More people should listen to my Leelee.

I second the motion.

Mockery of Andrew Sullivan: the truly bipartisan cause.

No, seriously.

I think my Leelee summed it up fairly well.

Whoa. I object to that. I'd like a girls-only group called "Board Princess" if you're going to change it again.

It's very amusing that Ripper, of all people, is the one who actually gets this.

I'm entirely too tired to respond right now. Wait. When the hell did I become a mod. And why. <blinking> <looks around a bit more> Oh.

No. Whether Wright is "EVIL and HORRIBLE" is entirely irrelevant to the question of whether or not I am a racist. I am not arguing "for argument's sake." I am stating that the person whom B.O. Hussein called his mentor, his spiritual advisor, the person who performed the ceremony which married him to his wife, the person who baptized his children and dedicated his house, the person whose church he has attended for the past two decades, is a racist. Whatever I may or may not be, that does not alter these facts. Thank you.

Mmm.

Mmm. I suppose it wasn't a question as much as an insult. I meant to imply that practically everyone on the current staff, if they hadn't been a "PBP," should have been. At one point or another. They've all been assholes. Most of them have abused their mod powers and explicitly stated that they'd be willing to abuse them again. They've all disrupted threads in the past. They've all started, aggravated, and prolonged flamewars. For them to condemn Mike for any one of these offenses is utterly ridiculous.

But it's really all you're likely to get (at least from one side) for the foreseeable future. As this thread has made evident.

While I can't really be bothered to give a damn about you.

You didn't understand the question.

I really don't give a flying fuck. Deal with the substance, or don't bother to post.

No. Once more, YOU are missing the point. Whether or not Wright is a racist is the point at issue. I can freely bring it up regardless of anything I have said in the past and it has ZERO bearing on the facts, because the ONLY facts which are relevant are Wright's sermons, lectures, and expressed opinions. MY opinions about any race have nothing to do with Wright. Even granting that, your lack thereof makes you seem even less adept at discussing politics than you are. You consider this an advantage why, precisely? You are being an idiot. Speer, Fritszche, and von Schirach condemned fellow Nazis for their anti-Semitic policies - were their points invalid because they'd served under Hitler?

You're correct; it has no bearing on whether Jeremiah Wright is a racist or not. However, it does have a bearing in the validity of your using the term racist in a derogatory manner against the Rev. Wright. Your attempt at creating a distinguishing point is ridiculous: il messaggero non è importante Either Wright is a racist or he isn't. Whether I am or not is not the issue. I haven't counseled any candidate for 20 years.

Well, for starters, they killed 3000 of my brothers and sisters on 9/11. Didn't say that I couldn't vote without that knowledge. But it IS a FACT that B.O. Hussein's father was a polygamist and that B.O. Hussein himself is a bastard. It IS a FACT that B.O. Hussein's father took him to mosques on more than one occasion and that he registered him as a Mohammedan at a Catholic school. There's simply no dispute on these points. I'm not saying that any of the points cited requires all Americans to vote against B.O. Hussein. I'm just saying that it's not unreasonable to consider them. Along with his real-estate friend's dealings. Along with his pastor's sermons. Along with his wife's anti-American comments. Along with his deliberately ostentatious refusal to wear a flag lapel pin. Hello. His father was a Kenyan. He has no slave ancestry that I know of. I have more of a slave ancestry than B.O. Hussein.

Also, entirely irrelevant. Try again. With something which isn't self-referential.