[redmenace]

Originally posted by Tiara

I never said that. i just used the Reps as an example

Still I am only pointing that out. That it is on both sides of the isle.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by redmenace


Still I am only pointing that out. That it is on both sides of the isle.

Yeah, knew that. Should've given some examples of the Dems 'show' as well. Kerry's hair for example. It's a violation on it's own. A grave insult to each and every hair on this planet (including pubic hair).

[aldo_14]

Every time I see these carefully orchestrated US conferences, it reminds me more and more of the Nuremburg rallies..... the rhetoric is (thank God) different, but the orchestration, the paritsan showmanship, is there.

[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Tiara
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- Rock bands
- Pop bands
- Home-made billboards aren't allowed because they could have 'a wrong message'. Instead you get a pre-made board made by children to make it look 'real'.
- Balloons at the end. The intentionally put a few thousand more ballons in tthere to outperform the Democrat balloon show.
- Speeches are read from a television screen which are all full of blatant lies and empty promises.
 

oh great

[Ford Prefect]

I know that many people aren't going to accept this, but politics has always been this way. During the War of Independence, the most effective way that the cause for independence was popularized was to have big, flashy parades. The vast majority of any population has always been most responsive to appealing images and easy catch phrases because most people either cannot or will see issues for their real complexity. Distasteful as it may be, this is what politics is: The art of advertisement.

[ionia23]

The conventions are of little value, my humble opinion.

[Rictor]

hey, at least Churchill did his own speeches. He had wit enough to make himself a likeable figure without a $10 million PR budget.

[jdjtcagle]

Originally posted by Tiara
What the hell is up with this election ****? Its complete and utter bull****. I don't see why people even watch/come/support these 'shows'.

Seriously, this was on the news here last night about the G.W.B republican show;

- Rock bands
- Pop bands
- Home-made billboards aren't allowed because they could have 'a wrong message'. Instead you get a pre-made board made by children to make it look 'real'.
- Balloons at the end. The intentionally put a few thousand more ballons in tthere to outperform the Democrat balloon show.
- Speeches are read from a television screen which are all full of blatant lies and empty promises.

And add about another gazillion things that make it look like the ****ing MTV Video Music Awards show.

I really can't see why people even call this 'politics' anymore. I am so glad only America holds this type of 'show-politics'. I'd be embarrased to be American if I saw that happening in my country.

Discuss.

AMEN!!!

and on top of that...
There were people actually agreeing with the crap that uttered from his mouth!

[Zakalwe]

Its called a convention, designed to gather support and get across their message to swing-voters, i don't see anything overly wrong with the concept.

[Rictor]

All flash and no substance, thats the problem.

[ionia23]

kinda like a PETA rally.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Kazan
the repugnanticons.....

Bwuahaha. Sounds like a goddamn set of Transformers.

Bill Clinton could be Copulous Prime.

But I think Bush would have to be relegated to being a Gobot. ****ing rip-off series.

[Rictor]

you'll have to forgive my friend. Lacking a full grasp of the political landscape, he must make do with simple slogans and schoolyard name-calling.

But the upside is, if I twist it enough, I might actually get him to acknowledge the existance of an economic school of thought called neoliberalism.

"The Neolibericons vs The Repugnanticons: Fight for the Throne."
only on PayPerView.

[ionia23]

neoliberalism - a new variant on 'liberalism' involving getting a nose ring and pouring coffee for a living.  It's principles include making the successful feel guilty.

[an0n]

Bah. I'll wait and catch the highlights.

****ing SkyNet, always trying to rip you off with the sport.

[vyper]

First:
[q]Bill Clinton could be Copulous Prime.[/q]


[q]It's principles include making the successful feel guilty.[/q]

Actually it's principles include the state screwing it's citizens rights over and appearing to be inactive in international affairs while quietly either ensuring situations stay "static" or small nations governments are toppled.

[q]errr...being in a republic where most of the politicians are over 40 and corruption is pretty low, I can safely say that my nation's politics 0wnz you.

Although it does suck a bit too.[/q]

You live in India right? Haven't you got a little cold war going on over there right now?

[Ace]

Originally posted by Rictor
you'll have to forgive my friend. Lacking a full grasp of the political landscape, he must make do with simple slogans and schoolyard name-calling.

But the upside is, if I twist it enough, I might actually get him to acknowledge the existance of an economic school of thought called neoliberalism.

"The Neolibericons vs The Repugnanticons: Fight for the Throne."
only on PayPerView.

The Autocratbots
Led by Copulous Prime

The Repugnanticons
Led by Megalowmart

Next episode: The season finale where Megalowmart and Copulous Prime both claim to battle Usamicron!

[MatthewPapa]

Dude, dont come down on the republicans so hard. The dems are just as guilty of that stuff as the republicans are if not more so. BTW, this kind of stuff makes American politics what it is. I would much rather have the flashy showy stuff than the candidates rigging ballots, bribing government officials or intimidating the other party with armed malitias.

[an0n]

The Democrats come down on each other pretty hard.

Read into that however you see fit........

[.::Tin Can::.]

I enjoy watching the Republican Convention on TV, and not all of it is rock and pop bands. They show up as basically the intermission between segments. Instead of letting everyone stand around for 5, 10, maybe 30 minutes, they put on entertainment.

But when you compare the two conventions, Democratic ones were more of a Bush-whacking ceremony, whereas this one is not a Kerry-hating ceremony.