The Bucknuts Hot Spot

I always enjoy when Republicans who never served tell me how I am suppose to think, act, or vote. In 2004 I was called a traitor by MANY Republicans and nearly got into several fist fight because I went to the John Kerry rally on campus. I wasn't particularly a John Kerry fan, but I was going to make a protest vote. My service only seems to matter on the right when I think and act like them.

Was John Kerry's service respected by the Republicans in 2004 RNC when they were wearing purple heart band-aids to mock his war wounds?

Here is a little insight into elite soldiers. We make fun of support soldiers all the time. We laugh at Air Force soldiers who were allowed 1 airman to a room and given a housing stipend because our barracks were sub-standard housing to the Air Force. We had 3 army infantry soldiers to a room. We got paid the same amount as a person who did accounting in an air-conditioned tent and who got a shower with hot water in the field.

We respect those who put up as opposed to running their mouths. We respect people who gave blood, sweat, and tears for their country for little in return. The most I made during my service was about 28,000 per year and still paid my taxes. We respect both Democrats and Republicans who served. THis guy said I had no integrity and didn't serve. Bad move, buddy.

Even soldiers who were fortunate enough to never have to fight in combat risk their lives everyday. My roommate was killed in training and we were like brothers. Other buddies of mine died during my enlistment and it was devastating. I was nearly killed on multiple occasions from M60 rounds on a live fire range and from a mortar shell dropped by our assistant gunner while my head was over the mortar tube.

I've earned my right to speak my opinion. But the beauty is my service and the service of others guarantees your right to speak your opinion, service or not. This is the nation I want to be a part of.

Wall street gives to who they think will win. They don't care about Ideology, they care about friendly legislation. And Wall street gave big to Obama in 2008 because they knew he was going to win.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A man who gets it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You didn't bother to cite your source. In college that means you fail. Also Obama ran against McCain, not Bush.

Obama won the youth vote by 34% making up 18% of the electorate. If you review the results you will see he won all non-white categories including Asian and Latino. Did they tell all their friends to vote for Obama without knowing what he stood for, too? All non-whites only make up 26% of the electorate and Obama dominated all non-white categories. He lost college educated whites by 4% and non-college whites by 18%.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=USP00p1

Now here's an interpretation from WSJ that shows it was won by the youth vote.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203733504577023931037152266.html

The experts agree this election came down to the youth vote and whether or not Obama could carry the Latino vote. He won both big.

Okay, so he won the youth vote by 34%. He won the black vote by 80 something %. What else needs to be said. He received the majority of his votes from people who were voting for a cause and or people who voted just to vote(teenagers.) Hopefully this time around people will educate themselves before they go to the poles. I'm done going back and forth with you. Neither one of us thinks we are wrong. This would never end so I'll end it.

Edit: Let's just agree to disagree. One thing I think we can agree on is that the Bucks are going to kick some serious ass next season. Can't wait for it to get started.

Agreed. Go Buckeyes. I respect you for ending this thread. +1 for you.

Thanks man....I appreciate that and let's have a great new year and rally around our troops and our team.....Have a great 2012.

Coming from the party of Palin that means a lot.

It was me. FAIL!
To all others If anyone else is still reading this thread: I took all of ericgobucks posts and pulled select quotes out of it to form this lovely statement about him. When you read it picture it with auto tune similiar to you tube videos. And remember these are his comments not mine.

He has a giant gay crush on Obama.
Yes idiot.
He has a giant gay crush on Obama.
So YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a man who gets it rammed in his ass-hole
So YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a man who gets it rammed in his ass-hole
Do you want his address?
To sublimate the sexual energy in your balls
Place your ball on his perfect 5th grade ass-hole
Place your ball on his perfect 5th grade ass-hole
Or
Go away and get your panties all twisted.
Or
Go away and get your panties all twisted.

First, thanks for your service... My dad was in the military but I never had the distinction of serving myself. I agree that everyone should respect your sacrifice and patriotism, and that you've earned the right to express your opinions more than most (including my own).

I also concur that the youth vote was critical to Obama's election and a demographic that he still must court heavily to win. However, therein is some pivotal insight into exactly who he is and how he tries to go about getting his real agenda implemented... There is no question Obama is an intelligent person. As a matter of fact, he is savvy enough to realize that his liberal ideology will not play with the broader electorate, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71385.html . Platitudes work well with either an uninformed or inexperienced base... I'm not trying to insult young people, but the truth of the matter is few have genuine experience in maintaining a household, raising a family, and/or being an integral member of the business community. There is a substantive difference between intelligence and wisdom which explains why many smart people skew left when then are younger but then migrate to the right as they get older and gain more life experience. Unfortunately, our educational system has also become a primary tool for the left to impose their views on impressionable minds... That statement is not an attack on the many educators who do not participate in this behavior, but let's be honest in recognizing that union influence in public education creates an unhealthy bias. Additionally, academia in general is a bastion for liberalism as it is an environment where theory and idealism often trump substance and reality.

Like most liberals, Obama paints idealistic pictures of how he thinks things should be as opposed to how they really are. Socialism fails every time that it is tried but yet arrogant liberals like Obama always feel they are the one smart enough to pull it off the next time. Of course, he wouldn't dare attach these labels to his stated policies and nor is he able to implement his ultimate goals in singular pieces of legislation. However, make no mistake about it that he is the most liberal president we've had in our history, and that is not what the majority of Americans support.

That's because Bush was too busy clearing brush at his fake ranch and tumbling over bikes on trails. Do we have to get all of Bush's screw-ups out? I mean, he is legendary, and that doesn't even count his policy blunders.