Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2004 10:55:21 AM new
What I am saying is that I don't really think people are "hating" or wanting to see others "dead".
I couldn't disagree more. People who would find this opening pic hateful wouldn't have posted it to begin with if that were true. They too would have seen hanging our Pres. & VP as inappropriate and wouldn't have used that pic at all.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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gtootie
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posted on March 26, 2004 11:10:40 AM new
I'm sure lots are posted just to see the reaction they get.
Exactly! And we don't know what that reaction will be. A sane person will not look at those pictures and do something crazy. But there are mentally ill people out there who just might get the idea to assassinate the President or Senator Kerry. And their reasoning will make no sense to any of us. That is why we have to behave in a responsible way. And it has to start somewhere. We can't all just sit back and say "Well, every one else does it. You see it all over the Internet."
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logansdad
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posted on March 26, 2004 11:19:37 AM new
How do we know what the initial picture actually is supopsed to represent.
Is it supposed to be a picture of Bush and Cheney being hung? Is it saying Bush and Cheney will hang Kerry and his running mate?
Is it supposed to represent Bush's stand on capital punishment?
We don't know because there is no other wording on it other than Bush - Cheney 2004.
The posting requires us to draw our own conclusions.
Frankly, while the picture may be disturbing, it is only a picture. What I find more appauling is that some people are still put to death by barbic methods ie the electric chair and the gas chamber.
Impeach Bush
Marriage is a Human Right not a Heterosexual Privledge.
Bigotry and hate will not be tolerated.
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gtootie
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posted on March 26, 2004 11:24:19 AM new
The posting requires us to draw our own conclusions
That's the point!
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kraftdinner
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posted on March 26, 2004 12:20:40 PM new
Gtootie, I've read your posts here but to be honest with you I'm not sure what YOUR point is. (??)
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kiara
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posted on March 26, 2004 12:30:29 PM new
Linda said
By listening only to what the candidates *themselves* say, not how someone else may be twisting what they said.
Candidates are mostly mere puppets who have their speeches written for them and most only say what they think the voting public wants to hear. And they can rest assured that there will be many who fall for it, hook, line and sinker just because the words came from their mouth. And I don't care what party they are.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2004 12:40:49 PM new
Again I disagree, kiara
When I listen to/watch this President speak on the issues off-the-cuff so to say....I find he does very well at expressing his views on the issues and making it clear where he stands. I find he appears sincere in the issues he speaks about....like he has always held those same beliefs/positions.
On the other hand I find when Kerry's not giving a speech, but is asked a direct question on an issue he rattles on for so long and then never does really ever answer the question that was directed at him. OR he just avoids the question all together and changes the subject. I don't find him sincere in his statements, but rather changing his positions/views on the issues to the crowd he's currently speaking to.
Bush has trouble articulating his 'prepared speeches' but anyone can see he gives honest answers when asked directly.
kerry is a good public speaker and does well when reading from a prepared statement. But he's not good on his own in answering questions put to him.
Re-elect President Bush!!
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kiara
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posted on March 26, 2004 12:52:38 PM new
I will judge when they have a face to face debate. IF President Bush ever agrees to do that. 
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logansdad
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posted on March 26, 2004 01:16:10 PM new
I will judge when they have a face to face debate. If President Bush ever agrees to do that.
It all depends on whether Bush believes it will help his cause or not. First he will be aginst it, then he will be for it.
Impeach Bush
Marriage is a Human Right not a Heterosexual Privledge.
Bigotry and hate will not be tolerated.
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logansdad
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posted on March 26, 2004 01:53:22 PM new
Is there a reason why the campaign season is something like 18 months??
It is March and we still have less than 8 months to go before the election is held. Frankly I am sick of the election process already and wish we could pick the next "liar" as President.
Politicians wonder why there is such a low voter turn out. Perhaps they should look how dirty and low they sink during the campaign process.
Impeach Bush
Marriage is a Human Right not a Heterosexual Privledge.
Bigotry and hate will not be tolerated.
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logansdad
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posted on March 26, 2004 02:01:20 PM new
Hibbertst, what was your intent when you posted your picture?
To the ones that have objected to the original picture, how is that different than Bush using the pictures of dead from the 9/11 attacks to get his point across?
Impeach Bush
Marriage is a Human Right not a Heterosexual Privledge.
Bigotry and hate will not be tolerated.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2004 02:40:11 PM new
logansdad - To the ones that have objected to the original picture, how is that different than Bush using the pictures of dead from the 9/11 attacks to get his point across?
So the pic poster was trying to get exactly WHAT point across to you logansdad? That he'd like to see Bush/Cheney hanging from a rope? OR ????
Re-elect President Bush!!
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Helenjw
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posted on March 26, 2004 02:53:27 PM new
The picture is inappropriate of course - similar in effect to some pictures, emails and text posted by the little right wingers.
I would interpret it as a wish that the Buch/Cheney administration would end, not at the end of a rope but in a legitimate election.
Helen
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kraftdinner
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posted on March 26, 2004 02:58:07 PM new
I thought it meant that they've (Bush & Cheney) hung themselves as far as the next election goes. Then I thought about how sad it is that people are still hanged liked that.
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Helenjw
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posted on March 26, 2004 03:06:35 PM new
Actually, that's the first thought that I had -- a lynching of blacks in the south. It certainly is an emotionally charged picture.
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logansdad
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posted on March 29, 2004 06:35:34 AM new
So the pic poster was trying to get exactly WHAT point across to you logansdad? That he'd like to see Bush/Cheney hanging from a rope? OR ????
The first thought that went through my mind was that this election season is only going to get worse..now we are really at the bottom of the barrel with these pictures and postings and it is not even April yet.
My initial view of the picture that Bush and Cheney were trying to hang their competition.
Impeach Bush
Marriage is a Human Right not a Heterosexual Privledge.
Bigotry and hate will not be tolerated.
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hibbertst
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posted on March 29, 2004 05:37:31 PM new
Why does this relatively benign picture of the execution of two men elicit such outrage from the same people who roundly applaud the wanton slaughter of thousands of innocent men, women and children by the murderous George Bush and his gang of sanguineous
Jacobins.
I am not implying that Bush and Cheney, or anyone else for that matter, should be hanged. When they do die, hopefully soon and of natural causes (whatever that means), then the world will be a far better place.
I certainly do not wish to pee on their graves, I loathe standing in line for anything.
Furthermore, I am not suggesting that the Bush - Cheney administration should terminate at the end of a rope. Boiling them in Texas crude would be more appropriate.
Linda and ptootie appear to be striking exceptions to Darwin's theory.
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