The Atlas Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ron Paul's focus on social issues is disturbing. We need a nominee like Rick Santorum who has made his plan for bringing jobs back to the U.S. the focal point of his campaign.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Mitt Romney will be the most right-wing major party nominee in this country's history.

Most people don't define 'right-wing' the same way you do, wormy.

Nathan, I know you are a very educated kid when it comes to history man.

Tell me please how Lief's comment is not absurd, considering the presidential nominees we've had in the past?

It's absurd but I don't think it's absurd for the reasons that wormyguy thinks it is. On many issues Romney would be the most right-wing nominee for a very long time, but certainly not in the country's history; on others, he's arguably less right-wing than not only most recent Republican nominees but some relatively recent Democrats as well.

On pocketbook issues I'd describe him as very, very rightist relative to most nominees within living memory, but Goldwater for instance might well be an exception, and if you go back to Coolidge and Harding and beyond they certainly are (but then, pre-New Deal the political structure of the country was sufficiently different that I'd caution against defining these terms the same way we now do).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

He's certainly running on an extremely right-wing platform. Just listen for a moment. Now, given that he's a politician that believes in nothing who comes from the objective class position (lol) that he does, and who has previous employment as an asset stripper, then, yeah... in practice he would be extremely right-wing as well.

[Lambsbread]

Ron Paul's focus on social issues is disturbing. We need a nominee like Rick Santorum who has made his plan for bringing jobs back to the U.S. the focal point of his campaign.

Oh boy.

[TJ in Oregon]

Ron Paul's focus on social issues is disturbing. We need a nominee like Rick Santorum who has made his plan for bringing jobs back to the U.S. the focal point of his campaign.

Oh boy.

Guys, I think that was supposed to be sarcastic.

[Lambsbread]

Ron Paul's focus on social issues is disturbing. We need a nominee like Rick Santorum who has made his plan for bringing jobs back to the U.S. the focal point of his campaign.

Oh boy.

Guys, I think that was supposed to be sarcastic.

I hope so.

[memphis]

Not bad in a swimsuit...better then I would have imagined

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Not bad in a swimsuit...better then I would have imagined

And your point is....?

[Yelnoc]

And your point is....?

By empty-quoting your post, he is signalling he agrees with you.

[minionofmidas]

There's something missing from Lief's statement though... I dunno... how about "postwar"? I mean, how is Mitt Romney to the right of James Breckinridge?

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Not bad in a swimsuit...better then I would have imagined

That's not really fair. Clarence is an old- his eyes aren't what they used to be.

[King]

Obama may be re-elected President while massively, more than any other Democrat, losing the white vote. That's gotta make him feel subpar.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I can see him pull another Morman into the race. Then the GOP fractures, and a Ron Paul led conservative/evangelical party wins.

"Morman" is the icing on the cake.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I can see him pull another Morman into the race. Then the GOP fractures, and a Ron Paul led conservative/evangelical party wins.

"Morman" is the icing on the cake.

Stop anti-Morman bigotry now!

[Lambsbread]

Morman sounds like a religion for the gays.

[Lief 🗽]

One of my proudest accomplishments on this forum is turning the spelling "Morman" into a commonly used one.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

One of my proudest accomplishments on this forum is turning the spelling "Morman" into a commonly used one.

I didn't think you'd done much here, and I see you agree with that assessment.

[Simfan34]

Morman seems like the term used to refer to a Mormon male. I shall use it that way.

[King]

I am calling shenanigans by Democrats here, especially after seeing the glee from Obama fanatics who want to turn all of America into Detroit. Very good job, but once the secret plans start leaking it is going to help Romney, especially if we can get it on record that some immature Democrats intentionally voted for Santorum because they think the Santorum Internet meme is hilarious...

Colorado will be the tell-tale sign, of course.

I hope our mods restrain themselves from pushing the ban button on Politico.  He's simply too entertaining to not keep until November--the MyPalFish of 2012.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

To celebrate his absence I'll submit this as my pick for the single most idiotic posting ever in the history of Atlas:

Canadians can not view Hulu.

It's not the only website. There are a lot of websites that Americans can visit, that Canadians can not.

Perhaps other non-autistic canadians do not get offended, but I do. Every time I hear the word "Hulu" it gets translated in my head as "F*** you canadian, I am American, thats right you f***ing Canadian, I am American and I'm better than you cause I can watch this clip and you f***ing looser can't"

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

For being a spectacular example of a failed joke:

There was a football game?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

To celebrate his absence I'll submit this as my pick for the single most idiotic posting ever in the history of Atlas:

Canadians can not view Hulu.

It's not the only website. There are a lot of websites that Americans can visit, that Canadians can not.

Perhaps other non-autistic canadians do not get offended, but I do. Every time I hear the word "Hulu" it gets translated in my head as "F*** you canadian, I am American, thats right you f***ing Canadian, I am American and I'm better than you cause I can watch this clip and you f***ing looser can't"

You're really not being very Christian about this, BRTD.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm just relieved I will no longer have to read the absurd nonsense he usually posted, and that above being a prime example. When I first read I was basically awestruck at the idiocy. It's not like political hackery where you can sort of understand why someone would post something that stupid, it's just inane beyond words. In real life I hope he gets whatever help he obviously really really needs.

[Joe Republic]

BRTD, you of all people should be able to sympathize with his psychological issues.  Now stop it.

[Lambsbread]

You know, BRTD, I'm starting to lose respect for you as the days go by. Your constant bashing of Teddy after his banning is childish and immature. You know the guy has mental issues, so he would be prone to make a post like that. In turn, that gives you no right to piss all over him like it's some kind of game. Leave the guy alone. If you hate him so much, just put him on ignore. Simple. The rest of Atlas doesn't want to see you verbally beat the sh*t out of a respected member of the forum in the eyes of many.