'I Am Not a Democratic Socialist'

[Earl]

Seems Earl doesn't have the cojones to debate any information that can't be pressed into a slogan, talking point or mantra. OPINION seems to be Earl's strong point....avoidance of contrary information his forte.

Your post is an opinion, sin huevos.

[Truth Detector]

Seems Earl doesn't have the cojones to debate any information that can't be pressed into a slogan, talking point or mantra. OPINION seems to be Earl's strong point....avoidance of contrary information his forte.

You think you are debating? Moron, all you are doing here is lying. Earl is mopping the floor with your dumb, empty head. I do wish liberals had brains.

[Earl]

^^^ As political scientist John Pitney (a professor at Claremont McKenna College with a fine scholarly record and experience in Republican politics) notes, this quote is bogus. He never said it.

"Fried is Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. Her views do not reflect those of her employer or any group to which she belongs"

LOL!.

[Earl]

At Vanderbilt, de Toqueville was a non-elective. I found him to be a bit dry. I now realize that he was a clairvoyant.

[Cypress]

"Fried is Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. Her views do not reflect those of her employer or any group to which she belongs"

LOL!.

You pulled a fake, bogus quote of De Toqueville out of your ass, and now nothing you post can be trusted.

What you claim de Toqueville said is irrelevant. The burden is on you to point to the original and verifiable source material where de Toqueville actually wrote that.

[Earl]

You think you are debating? Moron, all you are doing here is lying. Earl is mopping the floor with your dumb, empty head. I do wish liberals had brains.

Perhaps Taichiliberal is hiding under his desk...or on his way down to my small pueblo to determine who has huevos and who doesn't. Lol.

[Earl]

You pulled a fake, bogus quote of De Toqueville out of your ass, and now nothing you post can be trusted.

What you claim de Toqueville said is irrelevant. The burden is on you to point to the original and verifiable source material where de Toqueville actually wrote that.

You pulled an OPINION out of your culo and now, nothing you post can be trusted.

[Earl]

" I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. As far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion more to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.'
Alexis de Tocqueville

[Earl]

“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers – and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce – and it was not there . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution – and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

[Sailor]

^^^ As political scientist John Pitney (a professor at Claremont McKenna College with a fine scholarly record and experience in Republican politics) notes, this quote is bogus. He never said it.

Here is what your link is using for that reference. An opinion. Zero to back it up. Dear God, educate yourself. http://www.bessettepitney.net/2011/0...cqueville.html

[Cypress]

You pulled an OPINION out of your culo and now, nothing you post can be trusted.

So your position is that we have to trust what you claim de Toqueville said is actually true?

Why won't you provide the original and verifiable source where de Toqueville actually wrote that. It was your claim, burden is on you to verify your assertion.

The alternative is for you to admit you have no idea if de Toqueville actually wrote that - you just saw it claimed on a wingnut blog

[Taichiliberal]

Come on down to my pueblo, Fayetteville, Ga,. and we will find out who has cajones and who doesn't.

I don't jump when you say jump, sin huevos.

translation: Earl is just another intellectually impotent MAGA joker who doesn't have the intellectual courage to debate facts that fall outside his belief system. But hope springs eternal. Here's a primer for Earl's education: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-int...t-early-2000s/

If he can't debate, I'll just ignore him and move on.

[TTQ64]

Ask the people of Venezuela if Socialism is evil.

Take food if you go.

What the fuck does that have to do with my question?

[Taichiliberal]

Perhaps Taichiliberal is hiding under his desk...or on his way down to my small pueblo to determine who has huevos and who doesn't. Lol.

Tweedle dumb getting comfort from Tweedle dumber. Pathetic. TD is already on IA because of his idiocy and his following me around like a dog in heat wanting attention. Ignoring Earl's stupidity might warrant similar action. Let's watch.

[Cypress]

You pulled an OPINION out of your culo and now, nothing you post can be trusted.

You attempted to pass off lofty sounding fake quote of de Touqeville, now you refuse to show me the original and verifiable source where de Toqueville wrote that.
Nothing you post can be trusted now - your claims need to be backed up with verifiable and reputable original source material.

Fake Quotes Misattributed to de Toqueville

Spend three minutes surfing the conservative web today, and you're likely to come across variants of this quote, usually attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville:

"A democracy can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury."

Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham dropped it on her blog, with the insight "Alexis de Tocqueville called it 200 years ago." The instigators of the Free Republic message boards are rallying around the sentiment. The lurkers over at pro-gun forum GlockTalk are big fans. Fundamentalist Christian non-profits are using it as their Facebook status. Even real professors from real colleges are invoking the bogus quote. Top conservatives on Twitter also agree that it's a delicious quote, but they can't seem to agree on who uttered it

Back in the real world—a world where voters aren't looting the Fed and proper attribution matters—none of the men cited above wrote these words. In trying to track down the origin of this quote, we found that it's a perennial favorite amongst post-election gripers.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ection/321393/