[tmason]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/18/go...-explodes/

The Left sure is getting really bold these days.

[Matt Forney]

Il Duce Cuomo has a point in that the SAFE Act would not have passed without GOP approval (as the State Senate is controlled by the Republicans in coalition with a group of moderate Democrats), but considering he championed the bill in a spate of naked demagoguery, the buck stops with him. (Seriously: he justified the gun-grabbing bill by pointing to Sandy Hook, even though Adam Lanza committed the killings with guns he stole from his mother, and it happened in a whole other state.)

But really, the idiots in this state don't deserve any better than a psychopath like Cuomo. He's going to win reelection in a landslide because even with all the shit he's pulled in regards to crime, killing jobs (the SAFE Act has resulted in something like 2,000 jobs lost in upstate NY) and catering to illegal aliens, New Yorkers just swallow that shit sandwich and beg for seconds. And it's not like the GOP would be any better, seeing as it was George Pataki who got the ball rolling on surcharges, property taxes, Thruway tolls, gun control and half of the other reasons why New York is such a shit place to live nowadays.

My ancestors emigrated to New York from Canada in the 1850's. My family has been based in upstate for generations. I'm a productive, self-supporting entrepreneur: the kind of person that you WANT living in your state. And in a few months, I'll be packing my bags and decamping out West permanently. I'll even be putting my book publishing operations into a Nevada-based LLC, just to ensure that New York doesn't get another penny from me in taxes.

Fuck you very much, Cuomo. Maybe after New York loses even MORE electoral votes and Congressional seats to Texas and Florida, your retarded constituents will actually figure out how to make the state livable again. But I seriously doubt it.

The only silver lining in Il Duce's reign is the coming bitchslap that reality is going to give him (as well as Bill de Blasio, to a lesser extent). Cuomo is actually deluded enough to think he has a shot at the presidency, even though New York hasn't produced a relevant national figure since FDR (carpetbaggers like Hillary Clinton and Bobby Kennedy don't count). I will derive at least some pleasure from watching him get curbstomped Giuliani-style (speaking of assholes who still think New York is the center of the world) in 2016.

[Yeti]

(01-19-2014 05:46 PM)tmason Wrote:  

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/18/go...-explodes/

The Left sure is getting really bold these days.

Andrew Cuomo, as NY state's governor, runs the gamut of the political spectrum.

For example, NY politicians are considering legislation that would legalize marijuana-related actions, to varying degrees.

It's understood that he'll not sign such legislation as he has 2016 presidential ambitions. This despite that a softening of draconian anti-marijuana laws in the U.S. is the clear trend.

It's not a question of if, but when, it will be legal to buy, grow, and consume marijuana in the U.S.

I don't see Andrew Cuomo as the American president.

[Aer]

Did anyone actually read this article? The right seems to be very reactionary in cases such as this, but if you read into what he says, it's merely;

Quote:

You’re seeing that play out in New York. … The Republican Party candidates are running against the SAFE Act — it was voted for by moderate Republicans who run the Senate! Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and they’re the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.

Read into it more. He's actually rallying for more moderate Republicans to become stronger in their beliefs, because in truth Cuomo is a solid leader who has done a lot for New York, and I've lived here all my life.

Read the full text before you judge. Moderation is key to everything, gents, and even though you're right wing, stop picking and choosing like your enemies. It makes you seem less educated than they are, and that's what they like. It's further bolstering the party's reputation as redneck and uneducated.

So for the Republican Party's sake, read the full text. http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archi...-new-york/

[MrXY]

(01-19-2014 07:24 PM)Aer Wrote:  

Read the full text before you judge. Moderation is key to everything, gents, and even though you're right wing, stop picking and choosing like your enemies. It makes you seem less educated than they are, and that's what they like. It's further bolstering the party's reputation as redneck and uneducated.



So for the Republican Party's sake, read the full text. http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archi...-new-york/

That "reputation" is created by the Cultural Marxists who control the media and use it to endlessly propagandize against their enemies;and as with almost all Leftist beliefs it is the opposite of reality.

Quote:

Surveys: Republicans more open-minded, better informed than Democrats
4:35 PM 04/22/2012
[Pin It]
Yet another new survey shows that Republican supporters know more about politics and political history than Democrats.

On eight of 13 questions about politics, Republicans outscored Democrats by an average of 18 percentage points, according to a new Pew survey titled “Partisan Differences in Knowledge.”

The Pew survey adds to a wave of surveys and studies showing that GOP-sympathizers are better informed, more intellectually consistent, more open-minded, more empathetic and more receptive to criticism than their fellow Americans who support the Democratic Party.

“Republicans fare substantially better than Democrats on several questions in the survey, as is typically the case in surveys about political knowledge,” said the study, which noted that Democrats outscored Republicans on five questions by an average of 4.6 percent.

The widest partisan gap in the survey came in at 30 points when only 46 percent of Democrats — but 76 percent of Republicans —- correctly described the GOP as “the party generally more supportive of reducing the size of federal government.”

The widest difference that favored Democrats was only 8 percent, when 59 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Democrats recognized the liberal party as “more [supportive] of reducing the defense budget.”

The survey quizzed 1,000 people, including 239 Republicans and 334 Democrats.

However, Pew’s data suggests that the Democrats’ low average rating likely is a consequence of its bipolar political coalition, which combines well-credentialed post-graduate progressives who score well in quizzes with a much larger number of poorly educated supporters, who score badly.

For example, the survey reported that 90 percent of college grads recognized the GOP as the party most supportive of cutting the federal government. But that number fell to 54 percent of people with a high-school education or less.

In contrast, the Republican party coalition is more consistent, and has few poorly educated people and fewer post-graduates.

Pew’s new study echoes the results of many other reports and studies that show GOP supporters are better educated, more empathetic and more open to criticism than Democrats.

A March 12 Pew study showed that Democrats are far more likely that conservatives to disconnect from people who disagree with them.

“In all, 28% of liberals have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on SNS [social networking sites] because of one of these reasons, compared with 16% of conservatives and 14% of moderates,” said the report, tiled “Social networking sites and politics.”

The report also noted that 11 percent of liberals, but only 4 percent of conservatives, deleted friends from their social networks after disagreeing with their politics.

A March Washington Post poll showed that Democrats were more willing to change their views about a subject to make their team look good. For example, in 2006, 73 percent of Democrats said the GOP-controlled White House could lower gas prices, but that number fell by more than half to 33 percent in 2012 once a Democrat was in the White House.

In contrast, the opinions of GOP supporters were more consistent. Their collective opinion shifted by only a third, according to the data. In 2006, 47 percent in believed the White House could influence gas prices. By 2012, that number had risen to 65 percent up 17 points compared to the Democrats’ 40 point shift.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/22/scienc...z2qtbnuafq

[Aer]

(01-19-2014 08:06 PM)MrXY Wrote:  

(01-19-2014 07:24 PM)Aer Wrote:  

Read the full text before you judge. Moderation is key to everything, gents, and even though you're right wing, stop picking and choosing like your enemies. It makes you seem less educated than they are, and that's what they like. It's further bolstering the party's reputation as redneck and uneducated.



So for the Republican Party's sake, read the full text. http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archi...-new-york/

That "reputation" is created by the Cultural Marxists who control the media and use it to endlessly propagandize against their enemies;and as with almost all Leftist beliefs it is the opposite of reality.

Quote:

Surveys: Republicans more open-minded, better informed than Democrats
4:35 PM 04/22/2012
[Pin It]
Yet another new survey shows that Republican supporters know more about politics and political history than Democrats.

On eight of 13 questions about politics, Republicans outscored Democrats by an average of 18 percentage points, according to a new Pew survey titled “Partisan Differences in Knowledge.”

The Pew survey adds to a wave of surveys and studies showing that GOP-sympathizers are better informed, more intellectually consistent, more open-minded, more empathetic and more receptive to criticism than their fellow Americans who support the Democratic Party.

“Republicans fare substantially better than Democrats on several questions in the survey, as is typically the case in surveys about political knowledge,” said the study, which noted that Democrats outscored Republicans on five questions by an average of 4.6 percent.

The widest partisan gap in the survey came in at 30 points when only 46 percent of Democrats — but 76 percent of Republicans —- correctly described the GOP as “the party generally more supportive of reducing the size of federal government.”

The widest difference that favored Democrats was only 8 percent, when 59 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Democrats recognized the liberal party as “more [supportive] of reducing the defense budget.”

The survey quizzed 1,000 people, including 239 Republicans and 334 Democrats.

However, Pew’s data suggests that the Democrats’ low average rating likely is a consequence of its bipolar political coalition, which combines well-credentialed post-graduate progressives who score well in quizzes with a much larger number of poorly educated supporters, who score badly.

For example, the survey reported that 90 percent of college grads recognized the GOP as the party most supportive of cutting the federal government. But that number fell to 54 percent of people with a high-school education or less.

In contrast, the Republican party coalition is more consistent, and has few poorly educated people and fewer post-graduates.

Pew’s new study echoes the results of many other reports and studies that show GOP supporters are better educated, more empathetic and more open to criticism than Democrats.

A March 12 Pew study showed that Democrats are far more likely that conservatives to disconnect from people who disagree with them.

“In all, 28% of liberals have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on SNS [social networking sites] because of one of these reasons, compared with 16% of conservatives and 14% of moderates,” said the report, tiled “Social networking sites and politics.”

The report also noted that 11 percent of liberals, but only 4 percent of conservatives, deleted friends from their social networks after disagreeing with their politics.

A March Washington Post poll showed that Democrats were more willing to change their views about a subject to make their team look good. For example, in 2006, 73 percent of Democrats said the GOP-controlled White House could lower gas prices, but that number fell by more than half to 33 percent in 2012 once a Democrat was in the White House.

In contrast, the opinions of GOP supporters were more consistent. Their collective opinion shifted by only a third, according to the data. In 2006, 47 percent in believed the White House could influence gas prices. By 2012, that number had risen to 65 percent up 17 points compared to the Democrats’ 40 point shift.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/22/scienc...z2qtbnuafq

None of this matters when 90% of the population follows party lines to a T. I'm saying don't be one of those, it's not even close to a personal attack on Republicans. Data from flawed surveys that don't account for information streams (in your survey on information, they did not account for the fact that even though they were more educated, they were more educated by streams which only bolstered their ideology) are statistically irrelevant.