I will not be watching the debate tomorrow night.. Rant

[Peacetrain]

I will be in here relying on others for a play by play. I cannot handle Palins voice. I cannot handle the thought of Palins voice. It is that irritating. Between that and the fact that the right wing is trying to stifle Ifel, I am just plain old mad!

Now if it had been a male moderator, they would have drug that meme out they have been using lately, you better be nice to her. The one where we need to be "deferential" to the queen of the snows.

But they could not do that with Gwen, so they go on a racist bender.

Is there anyway, we can give that 25 - 30 % of the electorate, their own couple of states, build a wall around it so they can never cross over into the rest of the country to spew their hate, and let them just NASTY AWAY!

:rant:

[leftofcool]

1. "Is there anyway, we can give that 25 - 30 % of the electorate, their own couple of states",

Some of them tried that around 1862. They lost

[Peacetrain]

4. I walked into that one

:rofl: same group of people don't ya think

[leftofcool]

9. Nope, Lincoln was a Republican

who saved the Union. The Southerners were the Democrats of the day

[stillcool]

35. same old wine in a different bottle...

[backscatter712]

37. Politics were a bit different then.

Back then, it was the Republicans that were the progressives, pushing radical new ideas like ending slavery, while the Democrats were the obnoxious conservatives.

[grantcart]

2. I will nothing could stop me

That is my position the day before the debate


During the actual debate I listen to these guys for about 3 minutes and fold turn off the sound and watch the viewer response lines on CNN and then I end up back her talking with you on DU trying to not have my BP cause blood to spurt out my ears.


But for right now I plan to watch every minute lol.

[Peacetrain]

5. I fear for my tv

:).. Shoes could go right through the screen.. and I am not a person prone to throwing things, quite the opposite. Her voice reminds me of a story about entertainment tonight, when a viewer watched, one of the commentators, they would go into convulsions at the sound of their voice.


I am getting close to that

[tblue]

3. I've thought that way (about red states) for a long time.

Bill Maher just said something about that -- was it on TDS last night or his last Real Time? Anyway, it's as if that red state mentality is really an enormous drag on the rest of us in the reality based community who want to read, question, learn, appreciate the other people of the world, save the planet, feed the children. Red-state thinkers are like gum on my shoe.

[Peacetrain]

6. Red state mentality... I like that.. that is what it is..

[nancyr]

You are so correct!

I am thoroughly sick of them...in every way. I wish they could just all be herded up and shipped off to some hell-hole where they could all fight amongst themselves and leave the rest of us alone to live our lives in peace. It's as though they have yet to evolve into human beings. And they are PROUD of it. The stupider the better.

[racaulk]

24. Could those of us that live in red states be allowed to expatriate to blue states first?

I don't want wanna be stuck here with these loons!!! :scared:

[Peacetrain]

29. I will personally head up the rescue mission and come and get

you myself :).. We could never leave a good democrat alone with those looney tunes..

[racaulk]

31. Thanks peacetrain, you're a real pal.

You could be like a modern-day Harriet Tubman, rescuing good liberals under the cover of darkness from red state Hell. :hi:

[Peacetrain]

40. Sort of like Batman, instead of a bat signal.. look for a laughing

Michael Moore in the sky.. ;)

[tandot]

7. We'll watch it and might have to take off the next day to sober up.

We are trying to decide on a drinking game. What words/phrases should we use?

[Nickster]

8. "You Betchya!"

[Peacetrain]

11. "i'll get back to you on that"

[Tribetime]

10. I couldn't watch last Friday too nervous, but nothing will stop me from seeing comedy history

[Peacetrain]

13. I think I will watch the replays... as her head starts to spin

and she yells "get out of the house".. :rofl:

[eshfemme]

12. Oh fuck, I didn't think of that

I was looking forward to watching Joe but I forgot to think of the fact that I'd be subjected to Palin's voice! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK! FUCK!!!!

How am I gonna get through 90 minutes of hearing her nasal voice? I love listening to Joe but it's also sheer torture to listen to Palin's voice for prolonged periods of time. I have trouble listening to 5 minute clips of her, much less NINETY FUCKING MINUTES.

OMFG... I'll still try to watch the debates but GODDAMMIT, my ears are gonna be permanently damaged afterward.

[Peacetrain]

16. I know! it is almost more than I can handle to just think about it..NT

[JuniperLea]

14. DU is here for you, peacetrain!!

I'll be watching... I may even break my "no DU after 6:00pm rule" for this.

[Peacetrain]

18. Hey Juniperx!... If I listen to Palin for 90 minutes I will need more than DU

More like GT (gin and tonic).. love that avatar you have now.. wow..that is great!! I will look for you in here tomorrow.

[JuniperLea]

22. We drank G&T for the last debate!

I feel the need for the scent of juniper berries again:)

[Peacetrain]

28. Did you hear the latest on her commerical.. She wants to represent Joe Six Pack

You can't make this up..I can not even imagine what is going to come out of her mouth tomorrow. No one can question her except the moderator, who they are trying to stifle now, so my guess she is going to go off like anne coulter or rush limbaugh..

[JuniperLea]

32. I hope Palin is her pithy, arrogant self!

All that attitude will look mighty silly without knowing anything. Biden knows his stuff, and he's learned a lot of lessons over the past few election years.

Joe Six Pack... ugh! She is really special, isn't she?

:rofl:

[Peacetrain]

38. I must have heard the joe six pack thing 5 times since

my last post. You would think, she would at least be a jane six pack.. :rofl: Biden will be okay, he just has to keep from breaking out laughing I think

[morillon]

41. LOVE your peace sign! Gorgeous! n/t

[magdalena]

15. Some DU members set up an IRC chatroom for the

last debate. It was a lot of fun and I think (hope) they will be doing it again for the VP debate. Perhaps you could join us in there?

(edited for typo)

[Peacetrain]

19. That sounds like a deal too

[Born_A_Truman]

21. That was d_b and myself

I'm planning on having another chat tomorrow night and I hope d_b will moderate again.

mIRC
Newnet
Room #DUDebate

[Peacetrain]

27. Thanks!!!

[Born_A_Truman]

17. Ifill was chosen before they chose Palin

Seems to me the McCain camp didn't have any issues with Ifill before they selected their VP candidate, only when she turned out to be such a dunderhead.

[Peacetrain]

20. I am not getting this attack on Ifil at all..

I really think it is an attempt to keep her from doing follow up questions. That is what the republicans are good at. Intimidation, or attempting too.

[racaulk]

23. Can we get rid of the Ayn Rand libertarian types too?

Let them go try to create a little blissful utopia where capitalism reigns supreme, the markets are unfettered by silly regulations, and the government is so small as to be nonexistent, and see how long it lasts. It would be a great experiment, if nothing else.

I will try my best to look beyond her voice tomorrow night. Her voice grates on my nerves too, but I think I can take 90 minutes of it, especially if it's broken up into small chunks by Ifill and Biden. We'll see how it goes.

:hi:

[Peacetrain]

26. Oh my GOD yes,

Hand on heart, they blame the fall of America on Eisenhower and his installation of the freeway system.. I am not making that up. :hi:

[RagAss]

25. Yeh...Eight years of these Shitkickers is too long !

[MoonRiver]

30. Her voice is something between a whine and a screech.

Oh, wait, that's the sound of fingernails going down a blackboard. :hurts:

[npincus]

33. oh, come on.

Then just turn the sound off. But really, why would you want others to filter it for you?

[stillcool]

36. I don't think turning the sound off..

would work. DU gives a play by play, so you can read what they're saying rather than trying to read lips. Then you can always catch the re-airing of it later. I watch the debates, but there have been many things I've 'watched' here too.

[Overseas]

34. The 20% could secede with the King & Queen of Alaska. //nt

[Peacetrain]

39. You know I actually thought about that in my orignal post,, but then

we would have to do a raid to save the animals. Queen Sarah must have her polar bear skins.