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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 533376" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>Even with military and CIA background, during his campaign bid, there were many in the GOP and Media who opposed GHW Bush and categorized Senior with "fighting the wimp facter". Same went for Presidential hopefuls Kerry and Dukakis. Swaggering machismo, as Republicans tried to appropriate not just patriotism but also masculinity as a GOP virtue. Attacking the manhood of the opposition has become a signature tactic of the GOP. So it isn't surprising that presidential election cycles have been played out over masculinity since the Reagan days. Be it Obama's "apologetic sensitivity" on American arrogance during the Bush era, or the war on terror, or "girlie-man" preoccupation with the lack of jobs, health care, and education, Obama has no need to defend himself from a barrage of rhetoric but to expose the GOP of carefully designing to cast him, and the entire Democratic slate as the party of weakness to sway public opinion back in their corner.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>We can not ignore that a bulk of the torturing was allegedly for tying Al Qeada with Iraq. If true, that hardly had anything to do with saving lives, but saving one's own administration's hide. And w/o classified documents released, to the public, we don't know for sure whether detainee's confessions were done before enhanced torture or by SOP methods. You post as if you have inside information....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>The other way around my friend....GOP wants all eyes focused on Pelosi as a distraction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 533376, member: 9859"] Even with military and CIA background, during his campaign bid, there were many in the GOP and Media who opposed GHW Bush and categorized Senior with "fighting the wimp facter". Same went for Presidential hopefuls Kerry and Dukakis. Swaggering machismo, as Republicans tried to appropriate not just patriotism but also masculinity as a GOP virtue. Attacking the manhood of the opposition has become a signature tactic of the GOP. So it isn't surprising that presidential election cycles have been played out over masculinity since the Reagan days. Be it Obama's "apologetic sensitivity" on American arrogance during the Bush era, or the war on terror, or "girlie-man" preoccupation with the lack of jobs, health care, and education, Obama has no need to defend himself from a barrage of rhetoric but to expose the GOP of carefully designing to cast him, and the entire Democratic slate as the party of weakness to sway public opinion back in their corner. We can not ignore that a bulk of the torturing was allegedly for tying Al Qeada with Iraq. If true, that hardly had anything to do with saving lives, but saving one's own administration's hide. And w/o classified documents released, to the public, we don't know for sure whether detainee's confessions were done before enhanced torture or by SOP methods. You post as if you have inside information.... The other way around my friend....GOP wants all eyes focused on Pelosi as a distraction. [/QUOTE]
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