The Answer to the Question

[CuteOldGuy]

“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”

George Orwell, 1984

[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

The Answer to the Question

Answer-------->The thread starter is a StupidOldFart!

There you have it folks, BT scored a 100!

[i'va biggen]

Both parties are like that,if we had a third party would it be any different?

[CuteOldGuy]

Let's give it try, Mikey, and find out. Can't get any worse.

[i'va biggen]

don't call me Mikey the other guys will think I;m getting blow jobs from you...

[CuteOldGuy]

They must know you better than me.

[Yssup Rider]

ASSWIPE!

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

They must know you better than me.

14,0000+ posts no I think they have known you longer....

[CuteOldGuy]

That's why they wouldn't think that way unless they were closer to you, Mikey. And no matter how much you wish, you ain't gettin' any of this.

[timpage]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”

George Orwell, 1984

And, could any statement, by any politician, more accurately illustrate this proposition than Mitch McConnell's statement that he wanted to ensure that President Obama was a one-term President? Pure power, that is all that matters to the repukes, the hell with the country.

[CuteOldGuy]

The problem is, Timmy, that there are plenty of examples on both sides. McConnell's is certainly one of them. They all care about concentrating their power and influence more than they are about solving problems.

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

That's why they wouldn't think that way unless they were closer to you, Mikey. And no matter how much you wish, you ain't gettin' any of this.

Gramps I don't want any of that whatever it might be.See a MD.