perhaps it should be cleaned up a little with "witch" [?]

"We're all equal!"
"Quit acting white!"

If we were all equal, there wouldn't be such a thing as 'acting white' or 'acting black.' Therefore, Jesse Jackson MUST think that there is a disparity. And therefore, I submit that Jesse Jackson is racist, and that he thinks white people are better suited for office. After all, running for office is a 'white' kind of thing to do, isn't it? Blacks should be stickin' it to da man, not becoming da man.

I heard about the Jesse thing...anyway, I just noticed that I should've used one asterisk instead of two, but my edit button is nowhere to be found. Thanks for the responses so far, steven, jyth, and lw. I'll be back later to respond and to read some more. I gotta go now!

Interesting question, considering, as LW stated, that Bush gets called so many names and those who somewhat follow Bush and his administration are called Bushies or Bushmen and even (like the article here states) haters.

The fact that she wants to spend 110 billion a year on healthcare that obligates me to have insurance (even when I don't want it or can't afford it) and to pay for mine and everyone else's in this country (probably including illegal immigrants) thru higher taxes does not sit well with me and kinda makes me wanna go to her face and call her a B*tch. I don't wanna have to wait 10 months to see a specialist if my needs require a visit to a specialist ASAP. I would rather pay cash, which would be worse cause now I pay for insurance, pay for visit cash and pay for everyone else's insurance as well.

No thank you. You can keep the B*tch and her ideas.

She gets referred to as a bitch because she is.  Not because she's powerful, not because she's some brilliant, or want-to-be brilliant politician, etc.  It's because she's a power hungry, conniving, pandering political opportunist bitch.

You can keep the B*tch and her ideas.

Charles, do you call the other candidates that you disagree with their proposals demeaning and ugly names or do you just save that for the female candidate?

It's because she's a power hungry, conniving, pandering political opportunist bitch.

Terp, I honestly thought you were better than that.  All of these adjectives would describe ANY political candidate that you don't support except for bitch. 

I am with you on this Rose.  It's just offensive to women.  The same leadership qualities that are admired in powerful men are condemned in powerful women.  If she is elected president, hopefully people will have more respect for the office of President and not call such demeaning names to a sitting President. 

I honestly cannot say that I "like" Hilary Clinton but it has always aggravated me to hear her bad-mouthed.  It really says more about the person hurling the insult than the one being insulted.

As far as the name-calling of Bush, I will admit that I have seen him called a liar or stupid but I haven't seen him called an a*hole or a d*ck. 

I will go with the philosophy that a bitch is a woman Being In Total Control of Herself which is in itself offensive to many.

Maybe we should ask Isiah Thomas if it is ok for white guys to call her that, but not black guys?????

You're not looking far then. Good grief! Are you talking about George W?



That might apply to some women who get called the word but in Hillary's case I think the general usage fits. There isn't anything genuine about that woman. She will say whatever she needs to say to win over whomever she's speaking to at the moment. I'm all for a woman for president, just not that one.

Terp, I honestly thought you were better than that. All of these adjectives would describe ANY political candidate that you don't support except for bitch.

You might have to forgive me then for calling people like Bill Clinton slime-ball scum-bag bastards, or for calling Nancy Pelosi some fairly evil things, or for calling some other individuals some nasty things as well -- including some words that I've tossed around at people like Jesse Helms, and others over on the 'right' side of the aisle too.

I call 'em like I see 'em.  I don't call Hillary a C U Next Tuesday (though I may think she's one of those proceeded by the word STUPID to complete the entire description/label) because, well, bitch is about the nicest of the terms I could slam her way.  Same for Nancy Pelosi really.  Same for dirty Harry Reid.  Worse for the despicable scum Murtha.

It's gone around before in long discussions here where some have gotten highly indignant at the use of terms like 'bitch' to describe females in society.  I'm sorry, but until I see another term that is equally as appropriate for the individual, I'll stick with callin' 'em like I see 'em.

Someone wrote:

I will go with the philosophy that a bitch is a woman Being In Total Control of Herself which is in itself offensive to many.

To which JillUser replied:

That might apply to some women who get called the word but in Hillary's case I think the general usage fits. There isn't anything genuine about that woman. She will say whatever she needs to say to win over whomever she's speaking to at the moment. I'm all for a woman for president, just not that one.

Exactly.

So when will Mrs. JillUser be running so I can actually vote for her?

Seriously, I vote for the *best* candidate that I see running.  In the last two elections the best candidate was most certainly not the Democrat offering.

In the coming election, begrudgingly, I may have to consider Hillary the best candidate, but it would take one heck of a loser running as her opponent to really convince me of that being the case.

I wish that there was a good --insert any minority type/category you want here-- running.  Someone that truly deserved my vote, or at least didn't leave me feeling that I was accepting the least of the evils.

Honestly, the Republican side is seriously underwhelming when it comes to minority candidates running for offices at just about every level.  But... on the other hand, the Democrat side tends to run some candidates that have platforms and views that are so out of touch with reality that they really don't deserve *any* of the votes they will inevitably take.  If people actually listened to the candidates, researched them, and found out what the candidates really stood for, many people would *run* away from liberal side as quickly as they could, but instead they are drawn in with empty promises, or promises that can only be filled by having the government pay Robbing Hood, taking money from one side and handing it to the other.

Show me a candidate that is worthy, and I might not be so harsh.

I had to read this twice to make sure I read it right.  I don't even know where to start referencing the names people have called Bush. 

Point them to These links - Dabe

wisefawn

ditto

Dr. Guy - I didn't see in any of those links a statement that a person stated a direct insult of GWB - as in "GWB is an (fill in the blank) a*hole etc. Did I miss it?



That is your opinion not fact.



Well if name calling is the best you can do, sling away. I think it is much more impressive if you can write an intelligent comment about something substantative than just hurling insults.



See yet again this is in the eye of the beholder. I think there are quality candidates in both parties. Unfortunately the candidates that I admire most likely will not win the nomination.

You sure did! read their articles! I could have sent you to du.org, dailykos, moveon.org, The Puffington Host, or Michael Moore's site, but figured if you saw it here, you would see that it is not hard to find those names.

Those are just 2 of the most notorious of the former (they were banned for other reasons) Joe Users, and this is not as bad as the list above.

Or for the Google impaired

Uh, Loca - all of it is Opinion, including yours of Bush.