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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts) Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:22 PM Oct 2013

A quote from Churchill.

Churchill was:

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	a pessimist
	0 (0%)
	considered an optimist by pessimists
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	correct
	9 (100%)
	a half empty glass
	0 (0%)
	a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be
	0 (0%)
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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 OP

...a piece of shit war criminal, perhaps? n/t Cal Carpenter Oct 2013 #1

just so we are clear you consider FDR a war criminal, correct? grantcart Oct 2013 #19

I see what you're trying to do there, but by contemporary standards? Sure. Posteritatis Oct 2013 #24

Just for the record... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #29

Painter! Racist! PETRUS Oct 2013 #33

Here's one vote... catnhatnh Oct 2013 #2

one might argue the man saved western civilization nt arely staircase Oct 2013 #4

Kilt the nazis, himself 'e did, right with his bare 'ands! DireStrike Oct 2013 #12

correction: discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #13

Thanks! My god that post of mine was atrocious. DireStrike Oct 2013 #14

'ho ya think that bloak was... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #15

Choose "pass." Igel Oct 2013 #5

Apparently... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #8

On some issues it takes less time than 5 minutes. gordianot Oct 2013 #7

From a rhetorical standpoint, yeah DireStrike Oct 2013 #10

I view government as... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #23

I'll pass on this ismnotwasm Oct 2013 #16

In a vote where heads are only counted... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #18

An interestng book... rrneck Oct 2013 #17

I suppose that's why we vote discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #21

OTOH... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #22

I wish you would have found a quote from a liberal LostOne4Ever Oct 2013 #26

A great FDR quote just for you: discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #27

Thank you! LostOne4Ever Oct 2013 #28

Winston would have preferred a government by a self-selected elite pampango Oct 2013 #30

While I agree... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #31

He had some other comments about democracy. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #32

Some rather useful observations. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2013 #34