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Offline Nightangel8212

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Hating on a republican because WHY????
« on: January 15, 2012, 03:25:43 pm »
Tell me I'm reading this article wrong... and that liberal politicians in the states are NOT treating them this way simply because they can speak foreign languages... Too tired to remember the full details, but here's the article for you to read and see if you can figure out what I'm talking about.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/only-america-republican-candidates-hot-seat-knowing-foreign-191918068.html

Please tell me this is an example of Yahoo news pulling a horrific misrepresentation of the political left in the states... I've heard people saying that yahoo is the new faux news, right? Please tell me it's not real, because I'm sure are other things to hate on them for...
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 03:29:22 pm »
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And yet only in America, some liberal commentators are bemoaning, would a candidate's efficiency in a foreign language be regarded as a strike against him.
It's the liberals who are upset that knowing a language other than English is considered a negative trait in the minds of the right wing.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2012, 03:30:08 pm »
I watched that ad once. It seemed like a fairly conventional attack ad until "He speaks French". Then I facepalmed.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2012, 03:34:53 pm »
Quote from: Vene on January 15, 2012, 03:29:22 pm
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And yet only in America, some liberal commentators are bemoaning, would a candidate's efficiency in a foreign language be regarded as a strike against him.
It's the liberals who are upset that knowing a language other than English is considered a negative trait in the minds of the right wing.

Oh thank you! So I DID read it wrong then? PHEW!!!

It's official... when I can't make sense of a news article, I take it to mean I lost my last functioning brain cell... I'm just going to go drool and giggle incoherently in my happy place now...
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2012, 03:36:19 pm »
From what I know about both of these men, I have two things to say about all this.

1.  I have other reasons to dislike Romney.  The biggest one is that he seems to be a rich douchebag.

2.  From what I know about Huntsman, he's a pretty good, sane guy.  Of course, that's the kiss of death in the modern Republican party.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2012, 06:32:43 pm »
Huntsman is relatively cool, which I know isn't saying much but at least he supports civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2012, 06:56:10 pm »
Yeah, Huntsman is possibly the only republican from the last few elections I'd consider semi-votable.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2012, 07:27:36 pm »
I can’t even muster a coherent response to this.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 10:51:03 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on January 15, 2012, 03:30:08 pm
I watched that ad once. It seemed like a fairly conventional attack ad until "He speaks French". Then I facepalmed.

Everyone knows that Frenchies love to hate America.
That's why we had to start calling french fries freedom fries.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2012, 11:04:40 pm »
Ah, you have to love the anti-intellectualism at it's best...
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2012, 11:22:21 pm »
Quote from: thejebusfire on January 15, 2012, 10:51:03 pm
Quote from: Meshakhad on January 15, 2012, 03:30:08 pm
I watched that ad once. It seemed like a fairly conventional attack ad until "He speaks French". Then I facepalmed.

Everyone knows that Frenchies love to hate America.
That's why we had to start calling french fries freedom fries.

And they don't even believe that Iraq has WMD!
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2012, 11:26:01 pm »
We all know that if Americans learn other languages, the terrorists win.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2012, 10:15:25 am »
Does that include Programming Languages? Or Markup Languages? ‘Cause then I just contributed to the downfall.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2012, 11:24:04 am »
Screw you, Gingrich, French is awesome.
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Re: Hating on a republican because WHY????
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2012, 11:45:37 am »
Does this mean I have to stop learning Hebrew?
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