Cory Booker to run for New Jersey Governer (maybe)/Senator (probably) - Now with More Dead Senators

[Kuya]

Saying gays should have the same rights as everyone else isn't really the same as being complely offended by the idea of people voting on the rights of others.

Unless it is.

Well i'm glad he's capable of being offended.

Anyway, you're right about the second thing you posted. If dems reduce spending in one place more than they increase in another, the net result could be an overall decrease in the federal budget. Of course, that doesn't mean you've created economic growth, it means you've reduced the federal budget.

Do you see where i'm getting here? You can't prioritize both at the same time and expect results to be satisfactory. Reducing the budget and the deficit necessarily limit how you can tackle the economy, and vice versa. What democrats should have done was argue that stimulating the economy first will lead to more revenue in the long term and thus a reduction in deficit and debt, but instead, they've absorbed the republican canard about spending. Democrats, fearful of being called the tax and spend party, have become the party of tax cuts and spending cuts. You've ceded so much ground to your enemy, that the entire debate is now framed in the terms of your opponents, the republicans.

[Byrthnoth]

Cory Booker is a passionate politician that doesn't fit the typical "sniveling" Democrat stereotype and looks vaguely like The Rock. That is why he is loved.

[RKenshin]

I'm sure you know that tax & spending cuts in unison are an even bigger proponent of the Republican platform, right? It's in no way exclusive to or even pushed as hard by Democrats, and was hardly even part of the main platform until recent (although, a similar point could be made for the GOP... but still not as much).

[quannum]

wall street democrat, lifesaver, mayor of newark new jersey

did you miss this part kuya?

[archibaldcrane]

I hope people in this thread don't actually think that Republicans want to reduce the federal budget.

[hey]

I hope people in this thread don't actually think that Republicans want to reduce the federal budget.

They so it so often, it must be true!

[Pirian]

They so it so often, it must be true!

Despite the saying, you don't always reap what you so

[Kuya]

Democrats, fearful of being called the tax and spend party, have become the party of tax cuts and spending cuts.

Related:

Democrats have hurriedly restored language in their party platform declaring Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel after Republicans accused them of showing weak support for the country.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americ...028950655.html

[archibaldcrane]

Is Jerusalem not the capital currently? Or is this another Jew land grab?

[Kuya]

Internationally, the capital is Tel Aviv, even though Israel claims Jerusalem is it's capital.

Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, West Jerusalem was among the areas captured and later annexed by Israel while East Jerusalem, including the Old City, was captured by Jordan. Israel captured East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and subsequently annexed it. Currently, Israel's Basic Law refers to Jerusalem as the country's "undivided capital". The international community has rejected the latter annexation as illegal and treats East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory held by Israel under military occupation.[20][21][22][23] The international community does not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and the city hosts no foreign embassies.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 208,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, which is sought by the Palestinian Authority as a future capital of a future Palestinian state.[24][25][26]

so yes, land grab

[archibaldcrane]

Figured. Why do Jews love land so much? Are there gold mines there?

[Kuya]

I dunno, i suppose because every non jew is a potential hitler waiting to strike so they need a large enough buffer zone from the rest of the human species

[archibaldcrane]

Godwinning at life.

[ringthree]

I dunno, i suppose because every non jew is a potential hitler waiting to strike so they need a large enough buffer zone from the rest of the human species

Yep, because Israel has never been invaded and is just being paranoid.

Jesus fucking Christ, at least be balanced on this shit.

As for Cory Booker, I heard him on NPR this morning. His voice gives me a hard-on.

[Plow]

Yep, because Israel has never been invaded and is just being paranoid.

Jesus fucking Christ, at least be balanced on this shit.

As for Cory Booker, I heard him on NPR this morning. His voice gives me a hard-on.

you do realize pointing out that Palestinian terrorism is also bad is what made this forum decide that there can never possibly be more than one legitimate viewpoint on any issue, ever, right?

[BaneTheBrawler]

And none of this should factor into a Cory Booker thread. Until he punches a nuke out of the sky and saves both countries, bringing about the long awaited peace.

[Dimmauk]

This was from another thread, but it works here too.

[Dimmauk]

This was from another thread, but it works here too.

[Sera]

Personally I think that the point isn't really that gay people can't get married, it's that a society shouldn't be able to vote regarding other people's civil rights and personal choices. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what offends Mayor Booker as well (from the previous video). Sure I'm upset that there are still places gay people can't get married, but I get more angry when I see people acting like they have a right to tell someone else what to do regarding a personal choice.

[Jer]

Personally I think that the point isn't really that gay people can't get married, it's that a society shouldn't be able to vote regarding other people's civil rights and personal choices. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what offends Mayor Booker as well (from the previous video). Sure I'm upset that there are still places gay people can't get married, but I get more angry when I see people acting like they have a right to tell someone else what to do regarding a personal choice.

Reminds me of this: