Don't think McCain will be using this as a slogan...

Christine N. · Oct 22, 2008

McCain: The President Al-Qaida wants!

You know that's just me being hyperbolic. Here's the link for discussion:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/al_qaida_us_election_2

whistlelock · Oct 22, 2008

How do you spin that as a postive?

donroc · Oct 22, 2008

Now if they are financing him ....

Christine N. · Oct 22, 2008

Obviously it isn't easy to prove if what these websites say is true or just an attempt to destabilize something or other. They're also obviously not financing him. It is an interesting study in psychology, though.

kuwisdelu · Oct 22, 2008

whistlelock said:
How do you spin that as a postive?

"Obviously, the terrorists know their endorsement will be seen as a negative by the American public. They're scared of John McCain, and that's why they're supporting him."

Dale Emery · Oct 22, 2008

donroc said:
Now if they are financing him ....

... or vice versa ;-)

Dale

Bartholomew · Oct 22, 2008

We've officially stepped into the absurd.

whistlelock · Oct 22, 2008

kuwisdelu said:
"Obviously, the terrorists know their endorsement will be seen as a negative by the American public. They're scared of John McCain, and that's why they're supporting him."

I thought about that, but their follow up on that would be "We want that infidel McCain to be the president so he will drag the great Satan America further into Iraq. They will collapse under their own economic weight."

Dale Emery · Oct 22, 2008

kuwisdelu said:
"Obviously, the terrorists know their endorsement will be seen as a negative by the American public. They're scared of John McCain, and that's why they're supporting him."

Ahh, but they knew we'd think they were scared of John McCain and that we'd elect him, which is just what they really want! ;-)

Dale

donroc · Oct 22, 2008

Dale Emery said:
Ahh, but they knew we'd think they were scared of John McCain and that we'd elect him, which is just what they really want! ;-)

Dale

Ah, but we knew they would really want and ... damn, caught myself in time. I was about to plagiarize the classic poison scene from The Princess Bride.

Nivarion · Oct 22, 2008

if they do then i hope they implement my plan shinning mirror.

which is where we turn the middle east into a shinning mirror of radioactive glass.

kuwisdelu · Oct 22, 2008

donroc said:
Ah, but we knew they would really want and ... damn, caught myself in time. I was about to plagiarize the classic poison scene from The Princess Bride.

John McCain's spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder?

Nivarion said:
if they do then i hope they implement my plan shinning mirror.

which is where we turn the middle east into a shinning mirror of radioactive glass.

And I'd prefer we didn't commit genocide.

Nivarion · Oct 22, 2008

aye me too, but how else do you teach someone to quit messing with you if they think that nothing bad comes for them.

it'll never happen though.

kuwisdelu · Oct 22, 2008

Nivarion said:
aye me too, but how else do you teach someone to quit messing with you if they think that nothing bad comes for them.

it'll never happen though.

Not everyone in the Middle East is a terrorist.

MacAllister · Oct 22, 2008

Nivarion said:
aye me too, but how else do you teach someone to quit messing with you if they think that nothing bad comes for them.

it'll never happen though.

Who is "they" in this equation, Nivarion? People raising their kids, going to work, hoping they have enough money to send those kids to college? People trying to make better lives for themselves and their loved ones?

You'd really slag an entire region because of a handful of radical fundamentalists? We might do better to look at the system that produced Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski, then, quite honestly.

If you're willing to turn the one region into glass over violent acts against Americans, then you're a damned hypocrite if you aren't willing to slag the other, as well.

Dale Emery · Oct 22, 2008

Hey, don't nuke Iran. They're for Obama: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3611840,00.html

Or maybe they just want us to think they're for Obama...

Dale

Bartholomew · Oct 22, 2008

Nivarion said:
if they do then i hope they implement my plan shinning mirror.

which is where we turn the middle east into a shinning mirror of radioactive glass.

... wow. That would make our government worse than Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Hussien Regime combined.

kuwisdelu · Oct 22, 2008

I'm not sure about combined. The Nazis and Soviets didn't only kill a godawful lot of people, they tortured the hell out of them, far more than Gitmo, too.

EriRae · Oct 22, 2008

[derail for clarification] What's a shinning mirror? Is that one of those mirrors they have in the shoe stores, that only show your feet and shins? [/derail]

Bartholomew · Oct 22, 2008

kuwisdelu said:
I'm not sure about combined. The Nazis and Soviets didn't only kill a godawful lot of people, they tortured the hell out of them, far more than Gitmo, too.

Dying of radiation poisoning after your family in the next city over got vaporized seems like torture to me.

The middle east is home to about 197,090,443, according to http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm.

The Nazis killed an estimated 11 million (11,000,000) people in their death camps.

The Soviets (and Stalin, specifically) killed between 16 and 18 million people, depending on who you listen to.

Taking the high estimates in both cases, the Hitler-Stalin ticket killed 29 million. (29,000,000)

They would have to repeat their death tolls seven times to match the number of people living currently in the Middle East.

kuwisdelu · Oct 22, 2008

Bartholomew said:
Dying of radiation poisoning after your family in the next city over got vaporized seems like torture to me.

The middle east is home to about 197,090,443, according to http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm.

The Nazis killed an estimated 11 million (11,000,000) people in their death camps.

The Soviets (and Stalin, specifically) killed between 16 and 18 million people, depending on who you listen to.

Taking the high estimates in both cases, the Hitler-Stalin ticket killed 29 million. (29,000,000)

They would have to repeat their death tolls seven times to match the number of people living currently in the Middle East.

Ah. Wasn't sure of the numbers. You're right, then.

Although, as far as the torture goes, I'd have to hand the prize to the Nazi and Japanese vivisections.

Bartholomew · Oct 22, 2008

kuwisdelu said:
Ah. Wasn't sure of the numbers. You're right, then.

To be fair, a shitload and a shitload squared are both still a shitload.

aruna · Oct 23, 2008

spin: "It's all smoke and mirrors. By saying they support McCain, they hope to drive people into voting for Obama, their secret terrorist ally. Be scared. Be VERY scared."

EriRae · Oct 23, 2008

Bartholomew said:
To be fair, a shitload and a shitload squared are both still a shitload.

Yes, but how many shitloads make a shinning mirror?

Sorry. Couldn't resist. :e2zipped:

Bartholomew · Oct 23, 2008

EriRae said:
Yes, but how many shitloads make a shinning mirror?

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

A mirror that removes shins, or a mirror that adds shins?

The former requires seventeen shitloads, the latter, only three.

This information brought to you by the SWAG research team.

Don't think McCain will be using this as a slogan...

haz a shiny new book cover

Whiskey Rebel

Historicals and Horror rule

haz a shiny new book cover

Revolutionize the World

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Comic guy

Whiskey Rebel

is way off topic

Historicals and Horror rule

Brony level >9000

Revolutionize the World

Brony level >9000

Revolutionize the World

'Twas but a dream of thee

is way off topic

Comic guy

Revolutionize the World

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Comic guy

Revolutionize the World

Comic guy

On a wing and a prayer

:P

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