I have a great response to anyone who calls me a cut and runner.

[Philosoraptor]

Fuck you. That's it. An obscenity, cause that's what the term cut and runner is, an obscenity, they throw one, I throw one back.

What if you heard a Democratic leader on the house floor respond to being called a coward or a traitor or a supporter of terrorism just look across the aisle and say, "Fuck You sir, at long last, Fuck you".

I know that using obscenities is the sign of a weak mind, I know a person who says fuck you has run out of things to say, but still I say fuck them who think that.

This IS the perfect comeback to an obvious insult, if someone obscenely suggests that you are a coward, he gets told fuck you.

Liberals support Al Qaeda? Fuck you. Liberals want to pull out because they're cowards? Fuck you. Liberals have no ideas? Fuck you.

What good will this do? Not a lot I guess, but it is a good re joiner these days, if it's good enough for Big Dick Cheney, it's good enough for me.

[bowens43]

1. That's real close to my response !

Mine is 'fuck you asshole'.

[pat_k]

2. Offense is the best defense. Impeachment is not just a moral imperative,

. . .it is a "great response" -- the most effective way to steamroll their propaganda.

Posted the following on this thread, but it is relevant here too.
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Like a battered spouse, we are so focused on what our abusers are thinking, feeling, might do next, that we are incapable of taking any steps that allow us to escape.

Direct response, defense or denial, is NEVER an effective way to advance because we are playing their game. Until we learn to stop playing their game, and make them play ours, we will continue to be victimized by their abuse -- at best, we "hold the line."

When we stop pussy-footing around and go after them, no holds barred, and demand Impeachment, we are doing what we must to defend our constitutional democracy, we are accusing them of REAL crimes, and we are ignoring them and their threats of "backlash" and their bogus accusations ("cut and run" just being the latest).

The most effective way to fight them is to get on the Impeachment bus -- full speed ahead.

Ignoring their propaganda, and doing what morality and principle demand of us is the ONLY effective way to defeat their propaganda and move forward, grounded in truth and reality.

Impeachment IS Our Positive Agenda. Committment to True American Principle is Our Turf and Impeachment takes us there (for more, see 22-Apr post and 25-Jun post).

from 22-Apr post

. .A rogue regime seized the power of the American presidency on January 6th, 2001. The people of other nations have long known that they can no longer appeal to good will of the American people because we surrendered the sovereignty of We the People.

Every day, more of our fellow citizens are seeing the truth about this regime, but far to few understand that as long as we leave governing power in the hands of men who are a law onto themselves, options that would be available to a legitimate American President will remain closed.

The conflict and chaos that is spreading inhumanity and destroying lives in the Middle East is not inevitable. There is only one way out - Impeachment. We can transform resignation into hope right now by reasserting our collective sovereignty, forcing Bush and Cheney out of power, and turning them over to the Hague to answer for their war crimes.

If we restore legitimate leadership in the White House, the doors of possibility that are closed to the fascist war criminals will open

Legitimate American power can be transformed into a force for good overnight. We can commit our nation to the task of engaging the critical players (Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish blocs, ourselves, the EU, Turkey, Russia, China, the Arab League. . . ) and helping them to find solutions that can work because all the parties have a stake in making them work.

If, because of our complicity in the horrors committed by this regime our continued involvement is rejected, we must get out of the way, withdraw our troops, and begin to redeem ourselves by setting aside reparations that would be paid as negotiated milestones and conditions are met. . .

[Philosoraptor]

7. Our Democratic leaders, bless em', need to get a bit meaner.

I break their _____ a lot but, I wish some of them would get a bit more outraged like we are out here.

[w8liftinglady]

16. that would mirror most of the country

most of the country,i feel,wants to say a big "fuck you" to the administration who is screwing everyone's lives up.

[cyberpj]

3. AND the elephant you rode in on........! nt

[pnwmom]

4. The shock value diminishes pretty quickly.

[Philosoraptor]

5. Yeah, when Dick Cheney said it, it barely made the news.

I agree, its silly. Its ALL just so silly.

[Rocknrule]

8. Hell, Dick can shoot someone in the face and get away with it

If everyone was Republican, we'd have total anarchy since they are above the law

[Pastiche423]

9. What shock value?

The OP did not mention "shock" or "value" in his post.

Methinks that comes from your own mind.

You want to be a wuss, fine! Go right ahead and watch how far that takes the left.

[PurityOfEssence]

6. Call them thieves and looters

Anyone who's the least bit sincere about wanting to bring the sweet gift of liberty via a forcible regime change would by definition want to eventually leave the country. With permanent bases and that fortress of an embassy, it's obvious that we're there as imperial occupiers for as long as we damn well please.

Anybody who thinks he/she knows what would happen if we made an immediate withdrawal or announced a timetable and stuck to it is arrogant in the extreme. The same cocksure hotheads who got us there in the first place obviously didn't have a clue about how it would develop.

Maybe it would be best to leave immediately, but I sure as hell don't know. I also don't know what I'd do if I was in charge; those who constantly claim that they have the solution are quite annoying.

As for your stock response, I totally understand, but rather than an obscenity to annoy them, why not accuse the offending idiot of being greedy, dishonest, xenophobic and a simplistic blockhead? Make it personal.

[Justice Is Comin]

10. I don't believe I'm familiar with that term.

Do you mean--is it like, when you were eligibile to be in the military and able to be in combat, you were checking out the temperatures in Canada and having your daddy call in every favor he possibly could for ya to keep you out?

Is it something like that?

[doc mercer]

11. Response

Go fuck your Coulter blow up doll as I dont interface with Traitors

[mbee]

12. Cut and Run is a great one to backfire big time on the pugs.

CUT Taxes on Billionaires and RUN up deficits for those pesky little people to pay is their mantra!

[calimary]

13. DUer Jefferson's Ghost had a GREAT response to this:

"Cut and Run" to him equals CUT services and RUN over vets.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1504481&mesg_id=1504628


Or, there's always the one from some caller to the Ed Schultz Show, which I just LOVED - "Stay and DIE."

"Sitting Ducks" is also good, simply because it's a "three-bee" - three syllables in this case, which qualifies it as a good swift kick for the short-attention-span freeper-types who "don't do nuance" any better than their precious bush.

What's MOST important of all, in all this, is THE RESPONSE. PERIOD. It's most important of all - not to let them get the last word. WE need to have that last word, ourselves. The brainless, mindless, soul-less conditioned parrot-like response "cut and run" needs to be answered, smacked back, and smacked DOWN. Don't EVER let that one go unchallenged or uncontested.

[deaniac21]

14. Important stuff here.

[Philosoraptor]

15. Yes, thanks for your support.

[deaniac21]

18. welcome.

[Swamp Rat]

17. "How come you aren't in Iraq?"

"No excuses for prior service or age! I'll be happy to drive you to a recruiter right now and watch you sign enlistment papers!"

"Why do you hate the troops? Why aren't you in Iraq supporting the troops? Let's go to the recruiter right now, I'll drive you!"

"Why do you hate America?"

[Ksec]

19. I just agree

Yep, thats what I want.

We cant keep dying over your failed mission so its time to cut our losses and get the Hell out of Dodge.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

20. I Always Respond With Simply: "SQUAWKKKKK!!!"

Cause after all, they're just parrot heads anyway...

[Ksec]

21. The country is on our side here

Fear not the sloganeering trap they set.

Just agree and ask them do they want to continue with same failed policy and throw a billion a day into Iraq?

[pnwmom]

22. You could tell them that you'd rather be called a "cut and runner" than

a chickenhawk, one of the raiders and crusaders who are behind this war.

Or. . . that you'd rather be called a "cut and runner" than . . . dumb and dumber.