GOP stocking up on not-ready-for-primetime players
“Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.
In conversations with more than two dozen party insiders, most of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly about the state of play, Democrats in and out of Washington say they are increasingly alarmed about the economic and polling data they have seen in recent weeks….
A Democratic pollster working on several key races said, “The reality is that [the House majority] is probably gone.” His data show the Democrats’ problems are only getting worse. “It’s spreading,” the pollster said.
Not all Democrats — or Republicans, for that matter — share this pessimistic assessment 68 days before the election. Republicans need to pick up 39 seats, and polls show most voters still have a downbeat view of the GOP’s ability to govern any better than Democrats. Republicans have been out-raised and outspent at the national level and in many of the key races.
I agree: There’s a decent chance that the Dems could indeed lose the House. And I think the consequences of that would be dire both for the country and, perhaps surprisingly, for the Republican Party. Here’s why:
The results of the primary season have made it clear that the GOP base will reject any candidate who in any way suggests it is possible to compromise with or cooperate with Democrats. John McCain got that message early and survived. Lisa Murkowski, Bob Bennett, Bob Inglis and Charlie Crist did not, and were rejected by their fellow Republicans. The GOP resurgence is being driven not by program or policy but by a primal scream of “NO!”
Republicans both veteran and newcomer will go to Washington in January with that message tattooed onto their brains, and will act accordingly. No cooperation, no compromise, only all-out warfare. Their base has given them no room whatsoever in which to manuever, and they know it. Under such circumstances, reaching accommodation on issues such as the budget will be impossible. The situation will make the Gingrich-Clinton standoff seem calm placid by comparison.
And in that kind of environment, Barack Obama will thrive. He may not get much done, but he will come off looking reasonable and mainstream while the Republicans make themselves look petty and extreme, setting the stage for Democratic successes in 2012.
Time will tell, of course. But at the moment, the GOP is looking like a dog that’s about to catch the car, with no idea whatsoever about what it ought to do next.
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Independent
August 26th, 2010
12:37 pm
Make that not because he was white, etc.
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
12:37 pm
“Outside of that – nothing on both sides.”
Paula Cole may have said it best, Mick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPR108kwNo4
scrappy
August 26th, 2010
12:37 pm
Leg lamp & scout –
Actually yes, support right to build a place of worship, suppport Becks right to hold a rally, support the KKK to have a rally, and support the Gay pride parade. I am not likely to ever attend any of the above, but they are still have the right to do it.
To even ask such a question shows your complete lack of understanding, one of the many things that annoys me so about the ‘conservatives’ among us.
JohnnyReb
August 26th, 2010
12:38 pm
“Anytime you and I question the schemes of the do-gooders, we’re denounced as being against their humanitarian goals. They say we’re always “against” things—we’re never “for” anything. Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” — Ronald Reagan, 45 years ago.
Paul
August 26th, 2010
12:38 pm
RW-(the original)
“It seems to me that one of the most famous pieces of compromise legislation in recent years was NCLB. I guess people who claim compromise creates unity might be right since about everybody hates that one.”
I’d bet even those who drafted it hate what it’s become once the federal and state bureaucracies got done with it. It’s a good club for funneling or withholding funding to advance a bureaucrat’s good ideas, though. //sarc//
@@
August 26th, 2010
12:38 pm
Bruno:
Given your exhilaration for being rid of Clayton County’s crime-ridden Riverdale, it’s no wonder you’d give Ron Paul a closer look.
His baggage?
Read about it here.
Talk about stereotyping!
Paul
August 26th, 2010
12:39 pm
Bruno
AmVet has a good side?
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
12:41 pm
RW. I think surveys have shown that people typically vote for the more attractive, vitalistic candidate
Bruno,
It’s been that way since the campaigns began to be waged on television. There have been several studies that take it back to the 1960 race where large majorities that heard the debates on radio thought Nixon did better and the reverse was true in Kennedy’s favor for television viewers of the debates.
If we’re going for attractiveness I’ll take a Palin/Bachman ticket, but somehow I think the shriek-fest from the left would have North America tipping over instead of just Guam.
andygrd
August 26th, 2010
12:43 pm
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
As an independent conservative, I have to tell I am not happy with either party. On the Republican side, I see no clear direction nor do I see any concrete plans. I wish a leader would emerge with clear focus. I don’t like the Tea Party Movement and the other right wing groups. It is bad for the country.
I don’t like the Democrat side either. I see no direction and no cooperation. The Democrats were elected into office, however, I don’t feel that gives them the right disregard the general populace and their opinion. And the spread of mis-information or the lack of information is a contributing factor. The distain I hold for the right wing groups I hold as well for the left wing groups..
A lot of what repeated on this site comes from either the right or the left entertainment stations. And you have to love the sources of the “facts”. A left or right media outlet, a blog, and in some cases, people make crap up…..
Where you have the former Governor Palin group on one side, you have the equally as bad Speaker of the House Pelosi side. They both scare the devil out of me…..
Watching FOX, MSNBC, CNN or the major broadcasting stations I find to be insulting to my intelligence. They are there purely for entertainment and seldom portray the actual facts. Both sides have their agenda, and they are somewhat successful selling their crap to the populace.
The really scary part, so many people believe the crap.
Okay, off my soap box and back to work….
Ivan
August 26th, 2010
12:44 pm
They’re not trying to work with them, they’re trying to defeat them. The Democrats did it in ‘06. The Republicans are doing it now. It’s nothing new.
Granny Godzilla
August 26th, 2010
12:47 pm
I though all the not ready for prime time players were waiting
on the GOP 2012 Presidential Candidate bench?
What did Arlo Guthrie call it? The “Group W” Bench?
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
12:48 pm
“Talk about stereotyping!”
I appreciate the link, @@, wasn’t up on Paul’s “racist” leanings. Of course, some spin could be put on that to say that he was simply pointing out the racial double standard that exists in our country. Not saying it would make his statements correct, but that spin could be applied.
“Given your exhilaration for being rid of Clayton County’s crime-ridden Riverdale, it’s no wonder you’d give Ron Paul a closer look.”
If you’re trying to paint me as some kind of racist myself, @@, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You seem to be ready and eager to apply that label to anyone who denigrates Clayton County. In the shopping center where I worked, there was a frightening armed robbery and an attempted carjacking.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
12:49 pm
The “Group W” bench would be better than the existing “F Troop” administration.
I loved that TV show, though.
Mick
August 26th, 2010
12:51 pm
** F Troop”*
Rat patrol was ahead of its time.
@@
August 26th, 2010
12:54 pm
Bruno:
If you’re trying to paint me as some kind of racist myself, @@…
Not at all, Bruno. jay’s left-wingers might tell you to go hide under your bed, but not me….I’m still here in Clayton County enjoying the good life. Getting to know, and learning to appreciate my neighbors.
You’re not the only one who denigrates Clayton County. We get it from both sides.
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
12:59 pm
“jay’s left-wingers might tell you to go hide under your bed, but not me….I’m still here in Clayton County enjoying the good life. Getting to know, and learning to appreciate my neighbors.”
Discretion is definitely the better part of valor.
Maybe “appreciating” folks of different ethnicities is a new experience for you, but not for me. I grew up in integrated neighborhood and schools. And you know my feelings about black women, especially those right off the boat from Africa…..
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:03 pm
RW (the original):
Not of the Amendments are absolute.
Jefferson
August 26th, 2010
1:04 pm
I don’t like a politicians that takes endorsements and runs with it. I rather see them take a stand on their own feet.
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:05 pm
Bruno:
you know my feelings about black women, especially those right off the boat from Africa…..
All too well….they’re good for one thing, and one thing only. Were I a man, it wouldn’t be something I’d boast about though. I’ve also noticed you’re big on “spreading that kinda love around.”
Whatever, Bruno. I think you fail to see the flaws within yourself. But that’s just my opinion.
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:05 pm
Scrappy:
Sure you have the right to a KKK rally but in front of a black high school?
Sure you have the right to a Gay rights march but in front of a pre-school?
Sure you have the right to Build a mosque but at Ground Zero?
As I just posted to RW ……….. none of the Amendments are absolute.
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:07 pm
Mick re: “F” Troop:
The Chief ………. “Me make funny” !
Vinny
August 26th, 2010
1:07 pm
“No cooperation, no compromise, only all-out warfare.”
Sounds exactly like standard policy in the Obama administration.
Normal
August 26th, 2010
1:12 pm
Jay,
Just got the following in an e-mail.
There are many people out there calling the Muslim Community Center in NYC as “Insensitive”. Well, I think this is highly insensitive too.
Not talking about legal rights here…both have the rights, but It’s not right to be “insensitive” about one and not the other…What do you think?
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August 28th is an important day in American history. On that day, forty-seven years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream Speech” at the Lincoln Memorial. His message gave voice to the voiceless and his vision promoted a just, equal, diverse and compassionate country.
This year, a very different message is going to be spread from the very ground on which King once stood. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin will hold a rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
The racist, raging and hate-filled tenor of Beck, Palin and the Tea Party movement is in direct contrast to the noble vision of Dr. King. We cannot sit idly by and let King’s vision and legacy be hijacked for political purposes.
Dr. King once declared that “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”.
We will not be silent on this matter. Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s struggle for a just and equal America.
Sign our pledge and leave a comment to commit to stand with his vision, and against Beck’s hate, on August 28th.
Joining us in this effort are our friends at Alternet, Credo, Celebrate the Dream, Campaign for America’s Future, Media Matters for America, True Majority, PowerPAC and Progress Now.
Let’s stand together as a collective voice against those who wish to hijack history.
Yours,
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scrappy
August 26th, 2010
1:13 pm
“Sure you have the right to a KKK rally but in front of a black high school?”
If you were part of the KKK crowd, that is probably where you would want to hold it. (but didn’t think schools were segregated anymore) As for the kids, could be a learning opportunity & appreciate the civil rights movement and be taught that they don’t have to group up to hate like those that are outside.
“Sure you have the right to a Gay rights march but in front of a pre-school?”
Not sure I get the coorelation here, unless you think that all gay people are pedophiles. Why not in front of pre-school? They are known to where rainbows and pretty colors, which stimulates the minds of youngsters. A tad young but I am sure you could explain that people wanted to celebrate with a parade and nothing more.
“Sure you have the right to Build a mosque but at Ground Zero?”
It isn’t at ground zero, it is 2 blocks away. Might not mean much here in GA, but does there. What is an acceptable distance than? If we stop someone from building a place of worship on private property just cuz we don’t like it, aren’t you afraid of the day when someone whines they don’t like it and try to prevent you from building something on private property. If enough people don’t like it, buy the property. Case closed.
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:14 pm
LIMITS ON BILL OF RIGHTS:
First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition.
Except: “Fire” in a crowded theatre.
Second Amendment – Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Except: Machine guns, tanks and mortars to name but a few regulations.
Third Amendment – Protection from quartering of troops. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Notice that the prescribed “law” can force you to quarter “troops” in “time of war”. Wouldn’t that be fun !
Fourth Amendment – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
Exeption: There are several exceptions to getting a warrant ………. safety, hot pursuit, destruction of evidence, plain view, etc.
Tillie
August 26th, 2010
1:14 pm
The economy is spiraling down to another recession. Obama is on vacation again at Martha’s Vinyard. Biden is telling us that we are in the midst of recovery summer. Is anyone in charge? I know jay is a partisan but he is quickly becoming an irrelevant partisan.
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:16 pm
President Obama has many battles to fight on the economic front: high unemployment, slowing growth, trillion dollar deficits, to name a few. Some of these issues he inherited but some he exacerbated says key members of “big business.”
This week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Jim Tisch, CEO of Loews Corp. both blamed the President’s policies for creating an environment of “uncertainty” that is crippling America’s economy.
The Obama administration is “flummoxed by their experiment in Keynesian economics not working,” Otellini said Monday in a speech in Aspen.
Higher taxes and more regulation add an additional $1 billion to building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the U.S. vs. overseas, the CEO said.
As a result, “the next big thing will not be invented here. Jobs will not be created here,” Otellini said, warning of “an inevitable erosion and shift of wealth, much like we’re seeing today in Europe…this is the bitter truth.”
Loews’ Tisch made similarly themed comments in a Bloomberg interview on Wednesday. “Part of the problem is that business has very little confidence in what’s been going on and very little visibility,” he said.
Tisch has also been highly critical of the President’s response to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and leak. Loews owns 50% of Diamond Offshore Drilling – the U.S.’s largest deep-water driller.
Don't forget
August 26th, 2010
1:17 pm
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
11:46 am
sfd–At the risk of being labeled repetitive, I need to remind you once again that no Republican votes have been needed, or even courted, these past 1 1/2 years.
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Bruno,
What are you talking about? Ted Kennedy died a year ago and the Dems haven’t had a filibuster proof majority since then. Basically, the Dems had 7 months of that majority, after that the R’s have been able to hold up anything they want and they have held up everything.
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
1:18 pm
Beck’s 8/28 rally is very much an attempt to develop unity. Too bad “progressives” would prefer to shout it down.
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:18 pm
Murkowski Weighs Her Options
Ms. Murkowski could also run a write-in campaign and has until Oct. 28 to choose that course. But such campaigns rarely work, are incredibly complicated and run the risk of being seen as a desperate sour grapes move by an incumbent not willing to bow to the will of the voters.
In the end, Ms. Murkowski would do well to reconcile herself to the vagaries of politics. Her Senate career began in 2002 as a stroke of good luck — when she was appointed to the seat by her father while he was governor. It is likely to end because she had the bad luck to run in a year when incumbency wasn’t much of an asset and her pork-barrel ways had gone out of style in Alaska.
I’m leary of any politician who will use any means available to hold their seat of power.
The party’s over Senator Murkowski….you’ve been rejected by the voters.
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:20 pm
Scrappy:
You need to get real here ………….
1) KKK March : Yes, segregation has “ended” but there are plenty of “ALL black” high schools right here in Atlanta. Where have you been? Try holding it there and see how the parents (and Al Sharpton) react which is all that is happening with the mosque ………. they just don’t want it there.
2) Gay Rights March : Just try that one with the “pre-school” parents. Go ahead ……. I double dog dare you.
3) I bet you have a convenant if you live in a subdivision that says you can’t put a “little barn” in your back yard and that you fence has to be a certain type. Accomodations are made all the time so as not to “offend” thy neighbor. The distance from Ground Zero that is permissable? Well, that is up to the New Yorkers. What ARROGANCE the mosque planners are showing to people who lost loved ones that day.
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
1:21 pm
“All too well….they’re good for one thing, and one thing only”
If that were the case, I wouldn’t be the first man to feel that way.
“Whatever, Bruno. I think you fail to see the flaws within yourself.”
In which case you would be completely wrong. Which is why I don’t go around tooting my own horn about what a great Christian I am. RW has drawn attention to the fact that I’ve boasted of my professional abilities, but that’s more in response to the frustration of having to kowtow to Johnny-come-latelies during job interviews.
Like I said to RW, you have your supporters here on the blog, and I have mine. I’m comfortable with my relationship with the vast majority of bloggers here. As far as the “real world”, who knows what each of us is like, since it’s not uncommon for folks to step out of their real world personas when seated at the keyboard.
Normal
August 26th, 2010
1:23 pm
RW,
And you think the day Beck picked for his rally was just a coincidence?
We both know better…it’s not unity he’s promoting.
Kamchak
August 26th, 2010
1:24 pm
Too bad “progressives” would prefer to shout it down.
Not this “progressive.” This “progressive” recognizes that as a U.S.citizen, GB has every right to rally on U.S. soil. Provided of course that the rally is in compliance with all applicable laws.
Palin fan
August 26th, 2010
1:24 pm
Republicans who stand in principals will not and should not cooperate with the America destroying hoppie-and changie bills from the democrats.
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:28 pm
Normal:
Who says we need unity? We will never get that ………. but we must turn this country around.
P.S. I remember studying the War Between the United (oxymoron) States of America and the Confederate States of America in high school and college. I liked it so much that reading about it became a hobby/passion as I grew older.
One thing I could never quite reconcile ……… how could things have gotten so bad that Americans would actually take up arms against each other. I would never advocate that, especially in modern times, but I now am gaining an understanding and appreciation of how that happend.
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:28 pm
Bruno:
Which is why I don’t go around tooting my own horn about what a great Christian I am.
NO? You just like telling other Christians where they fail to meet the standards set by you.
I’ve said numerous times that there’ll be no dust gathering on my sandals, but I admire Christians like Scout who will testify for their faith. I’ve never denigrated ANY religion, never having walked a mile in their sandals.
Left-wingers and YOU do it all the time.
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
1:30 pm
Normal,
Of course it’s not a coincidence. Part of the message is to actually live Dr. Kings dream of a colorblind society. You obviously don’t subscribe. He’s also made a point of not delivering his remarks from a point as high up the steps as Dr. King.
You can read more about the rally here or you can continue to be led around by your left-wing webmobs
emo
August 26th, 2010
1:30 pm
I really am afraid of the Republicans taking over again; the next time they fly this airplane into the ground, it won’t arise again, and we will be a third-world nation forever.
While everyone says they’ll have to put forth proposals to actually run the country, it will just be more eternal tax breaks for the rich and blame the deficit on Obama.
Whatever happened to the entrepreneurial spirit in America? All I hear is that business is sitting on two trillion dollars in cash, and they are afraid to spend it because they aren’t guaranteed a good profit. It used to be that people would take a risk for a return, but no longer.
As for the Republicans and compromise, I seem to remember Boehner saying that they were going to vote no on everything, long before anything even came to the floor.
Matti
August 26th, 2010
1:31 pm
Bruno,
I’ve heard you boast of other things. heh….
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:31 pm
POLL: Voters Now Trust Republicans More On All 10 Key Issues…
Polls are controlled by a bunch of dangerous right wing extremists, right?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:32 pm
Tea Party Group Hit With Death Threats…
Riiiiight, the tea partiers are the ones to be feared?
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:32 pm
Matti:
Look ………… there goes a mongrel puppy !
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
1:32 pm
“Bruno, What are you talking about? Ted Kennedy died a year ago and the Dems haven’t had a filibuster proof majority since then.”
C’mon, DF, you wouldn’t expect me to let facts get in the way of a good blog, would you?? If we’re going to be technical, though, Brown didn’t win Kennedy’s seat until January, so it’s only been 8 months since the balance of power shifted slightly back to the Repubs. Of course, once you throw RINO Olympia Snow into the mix, you’ve got your majority back.
BTW, I saw your alternative energy blog from last night this AM. I don’t have the technical expertise to comment on the relative cost-effectiveness of wind and solar power, but I think the slow rate at which they are being implemented isn’t purely politics as you seem to think.
Matti
August 26th, 2010
1:32 pm
Scout,
Dog is love!
Scout
August 26th, 2010
1:33 pm
The Leg Lamp is a “major award” much like Cynthia Tucker’s Pulitzer and Obama’s Nobel. :
You know the mainstream media is not going to pick any of that up. It’s not in their agenda.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:33 pm
emo
August 26th, 2010
1:30 pm
After reading your post I’d say you chose the perfect name.
Matti
August 26th, 2010
1:34 pm
Whatever happened to the entrepreneurial spirit in America?
Big business killed it.
Normal
August 26th, 2010
1:34 pm
Scout,
The problem I have is that he was spouting about the insensitivity of the Muslims wanting to build a “Mosque” at Ground Zero and yet he will use the day and site of one of the greatest speeches ever made by an even greater man, to spew his …hatred. Glen Beck is a sorry SOB
Kamchak
August 26th, 2010
1:34 pm
Daddy, why does that man try to lure young girls with puppies?
godless heathen
August 26th, 2010
1:34 pm
“August 28th is an important day in American history.”
I check all the calendars I have available. The anniversary date of Kings speech is not shown on there. I bet if you did a street survey of the significance of the date, 99 out of 100 would not know this bit of information.
Why didn’t the park service have the venue reserved if it was such a momentus time and place?
Sounds like some folks trying to find an excuse to whine about something. Much like the not a mosque that’s not at ground zero.
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:36 pm
Stop the roller-coaster, I wanna get off.
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks erased gains, turning little changed on Thursday as a modest improvement seen in a jobs data was not enough to keep markets up.
Weekly jobless claims declined more than expected last week, briefly sending stocks higher, but the four-week average of new claims, a measure regarded as better reflecting labor market trends, rose to a nine-month high, offsetting the enthusiasm.
Normal
August 26th, 2010
1:37 pm
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
1:30 pm
I’ll agree with that if you’ll agree that all that “insensitivity” talk about the Muslim Community is just that, talk.
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:37 pm
Leg Lamp Bulb blown?
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:38 pm
Leg Lamp Unplugged?
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
1:39 pm
“You just like telling other Christians where they fail to meet the standards set by you.”
I didn’t write Ephesians 5:15-20, the Apostle Paul did.
“I’ve never denigrated ANY religion, never having walked a mile in their sandals.”
And I don’t denigrate religion either, unless you feel that pointing out that they are all based on mythology is a form of denigration. Now, as far as denigrating individuals who CLAIM to follow a certain faith when they really don’t, I am guilty as charged.
“I admire Christians like Scout who will testify for their faith.”
Not picking on Scout in particular, I focus on the walk, not the talk. And since we’re only talking here, we can only take it “on faith” how folks conduct themselves in the real world.
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:39 pm
Leg Lamp Power outage?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:40 pm
barking frog all bark, no bite?
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:40 pm
Granny Godzilla aka ctucker,
Remind me to never take a vacation with you.
I like to enjoy peace and quiet mixed in with a little par-tay on my vacations.
Shawny
August 26th, 2010
1:40 pm
I think you miss the boat a bit in understanding what is driving the resurgence. It isn’t simply “NO”, but rather, no expansion of the federal govt, its powers, its reach, and more importantly, its excessive spending. No to that, but not no to compromise.
You mention the Gingrich-Clinton standoff…. a static government, one that is predictable even if non-functional, is good for business and the economy. The Gringrich-Clinton years were very good.
Businesses today are hording cash. Why? Uncertainty. Uncertainty with how new tax legislation, healthcare costs, and so on are going to impact them. Business hates uncertainty. Dems in control with Obama at the helm is driving all this “Change”, and albeit a bit reckless, it scares the heck out of businesses and they are afraid to hire or expand.
Bring on another standoff. Keep the change.
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:42 pm
Normal
How many women did MLK screw while married? 10, 20, 30 or more?
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
1:42 pm
“Bruno, I’ve heard you boast of other things. heh….”
I’ll have to leave it to your imagination whether those other boasts are true or not, Matti. No unhappy customers so far, though. Of course, you may be more of a demanding consumer than most…..
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:43 pm
I’m Here From The Government And I’m Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:42 pm
I don’t know, but I guess none wore blue dresses.
mm
August 26th, 2010
1:43 pm
Yes, the rightwing media has been peddling this BS for a year now that the republicans might take over the house and senate. Two reasons:
1. To give the badly beaten (last 2 election cycles) republican voters a reason to get out and vote in November.
2. To try to convince the democratic voters to stay home in November since they would have no chance of winning.
The polls are as misleading now as they were in 2008 before the election. They were wrong about Obama then. They are wrong about the dems now. Many young people in the US have a cell phone, but not a landline. Polls are taken on landlines, therefore missing a nice percentage of the young population, which tends to vote democratic.
Secondly, all the craziness coming from the right might fire up the GOP base, but it is scaring the heck out of a majority of Americans (the majority that elected Obama).
You wingnuts can dream on about the election, but having a majority ain’t gonna happen. The tea party will prevent that.
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:43 pm
Leg Lamp No teeth, long tongue.
Rightwing Troll
August 26th, 2010
1:43 pm
Anybody would be hard pressed to make the hate baggers seem any more petty and mean.
We’ll see…
harvey
August 26th, 2010
1:45 pm
Don’t slam those “not for prime time” people. They are just honest people stepping up to the plate to try to rid Washington of the infestation of career politicos that are so entrenched they have forgotten that they are Americans first. I am hopeful that when conservatives take over there is still something left to salvage, and I am also hopeful that when that happens the American public will stay fired up, and hold their feet to the fire to ensure we don’t allow them to run away with any more of our children’s future than they already have.
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
1:45 pm
Normal,
I’m sure some of the talk is just talk, but I highly doubt it all is.
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:45 pm
How’s the ghetto changed under Obama?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:45 pm
barking frog all talk, no balls.
BADA BING
August 26th, 2010
1:46 pm
Having trouble with the date that Beck chose? Do you have any trouble with a black bail bonds company that goes by the name of “Free At Last” bail bonds. It is in the phone book, look it up. Doesn’t that make it seem that jail is a ‘black’ thing, something that comes natural? Why aren’t black people outraged at that?
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:46 pm
mm
Polls are also taken during normal business hours. Who’s at home more the employed or unemployed?
joe
August 26th, 2010
1:48 pm
The GOP will take the house and elect reps who reject big govt, spending out the ying yang, and a quasi socialist position for our country. Homey don’t play dat. The only reason BO was elected was everyone wanted a change. Well boy did we ever get one…spending like we’ve never seen it, zero illegal immigration enforcement, bailouts for all who would rather sit on their behinds with their hands held out for the latest “gimme gimme nanny nanny.” We are tired of the direction our country in going and until the GOP is back in charge, unemployment will not improve because company’s are sitting on their profits and not hiring because business have no idea what BO will come up with next. You want jobs, vote GOP.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award" much like Cynthia Tucker's Pulitzer and Obama's Nobel.
August 26th, 2010
1:49 pm
WIRE: It’s starting to feel like another recession…
One in 10 mortgage holders face foreclosure…
barking frog sees this as good.
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
1:49 pm
Not picking on Scout in particular, I focus on the walk, not the talk. And since we’re only talking here, we can only take it “on faith” how folks conduct themselves in the real world.
That’s BS, Bruno.
If that statement were true you’d have no way to keep calling @@ a bad Christian based strictly on talk. You’d also be right up there with the leftists chastising her for bragging about her “walk” if she did talk about it.
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:49 pm
Leg Lamp barking frog all talk, no balls needed.
I'm Here From The Government And I'm Here To Help
August 26th, 2010
1:50 pm
Here we are some 45 years after the Civil Rights Act and what has changed in the black communities? Not much if you believe all the whining from the left. Wonder why? Even the Latino’s have progressed further than the blacks. Wonder why?
mike
August 26th, 2010
1:52 pm
LOL. Considering that Jay thought that Obama was “ready for prime time”.
Liberal pundits are all bleating this same desperate refrain They are stunningly uncreative. Jay’s column and EJ Dionne’s column to day are almost identical.
Don't forget
August 26th, 2010
1:52 pm
Bruno,
As soon as Ted Kennedy died, the dems only had 59 votes and lost the filibuster proof majority. Brown had nothing to do with it.
As for the alternative energy thing you kind of missed the point.
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:53 pm
Now, as far as denigrating individuals who CLAIM to follow a certain faith when they really don’t, I am guilty as charged.
And I’m not, but let’s look at your next statement:
I focus on the walk, not the talk. And since we’re only talking here, we can only take it “on faith” how folks conduct themselves in the real world.
On the one hand you seem to know “they really don’t”, and on the other, you say you have no way of knowing how they conduct themselves in the real world.
I know that you “know”, I’m a hypocrite.
Weird, dude!
barking frog
August 26th, 2010
1:54 pm
leg lamp 1:49 rental poperty gets rented, investor gets bargain property,
lawyers handle foreclosure, courts handle process, bank gets tax deduction,
what’s not good?
Jonathan
August 26th, 2010
1:54 pm
I stay under my bed all day for fear that the hate mongering tea partiers will hit me in the head with a skillet.
Seriously, not a tea partier myself (no time- having to work hard to keep ahead of taxes and bills) but can the left stop the garbage- makes you look moronic-
@@
August 26th, 2010
1:58 pm
Come to think of it, I’ve never talked about what I, as a Christian, do on a personal level. I do recall giving credit to my church congregation.
Any sacrifices I make as a teacher, have NOTHING to do with my faith. I was drawn to special-ed schoolmates as a child. I considered it a privilege to work with them as an adult. There’s a kinship that I can’t explain.
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
2:03 pm
“If that statement were true you’d have no way to keep calling @@ a bad Christian based strictly on talk. You’d also be right up there with the leftists chastising her for bragging about her “walk” if she did talk about it.”
RW–I made a qualifying statement that none of us knows what the others here are like in the real world unless we’ve met outside the blog. Even then, it’s difficult to know what is in other’s hearts unless you spend a great deal of time with them.
Having said that, however, it is a fact that @@ demeans other bloggers here on a regular basis, everyone from myself, to Matti, to Granny Godzilla, to USinUK, to Bosch, even to Jay. Which I wouldn’t have a problem with except for the fact that she wants to wrap herself in holy robes at other times. I’m likely just as abrasive, just as sfd, AmVet and some others are, but those of us in that second group aren’t claiming to be representatives of Christ.
But, I’ll tell you what, I’ll slap my WWHDD bracelet on and let the subject drop. You and @@ are welcome to have the last word.
jm
August 26th, 2010
2:03 pm
Obviously the democrats have never done this. Ahem, sorry, Obama doesn’t count of course.
Paul
August 26th, 2010
2:04 pm
Normal – RW
“And you think the day Beck picked for his rally was just a coincidence?”
I had heard – but have been unable to verify – that it wasn’t so much Beck picking a day as the National Park Service saying ‘you can have this day.”
Anyone can confirm or refute?
Typical Tea Partying Republican
August 26th, 2010
2:08 pm
Nah-uh. All we have to do it stop Obama and we will be heroes, just like the U.S. troops were treated by the Iraqis.
scrappy
August 26th, 2010
2:10 pm
Scout –
I learned early on that it is easier to deal with Students than Parents, which is why I never became a teacher & which is how I answered your questions.
Yes, I am sure Al would whine and cause a fuss, just like he always does. And most of us will ignore both the KKK rally and the rantings of Al. If you say the same thing is happening, than the only real difference here is that we have all learned to ignore Al and the KKK, yet can’t seem to ignore the building of mosque or the ranting of those opposed to it, say like Beck.
So, there you have it, ignore it and it will go away. (or at least cease to matter)
Jimmy62
August 26th, 2010
2:12 pm
We’re just asking for people who will stick to limited government principles, as outlined in the Constitution. People who will look at the Interstate Commerce Clause, and it see as a limit on Congressional power, rather than twist the wording to make it so they can do anything they want. Why the heck would that clause even be in the Constitution if not to limit the power of government?
All we ask for is candidates that will follow the Constitution, the supreme law of the land. And, among other things, nowhere does it say that Congress can force Americans to buy health insurance. That’s only possible by going against the obvious intent of the framers, as well as the plain writing of the Constitution.
Democrats (and most incumbents) can’t say the same. They don’t care about the Constitution, as evidenced on their calls for things like The Fairness Doctrine, and willingness to pass laws that force Americans to buy products from private corporations, and their support for Congress to do anything they want threough the Interstate Commerce Clause.
Bruno
August 26th, 2010
2:12 pm
“As soon as Ted Kennedy died, the dems only had 59 votes and lost the filibuster proof majority. Brown had nothing to do with it.
As for the alternative energy thing you kind of missed the point.”
DF–We can pick up the debate later, gotta run. For now, your points stand.
Harry Callahan
August 26th, 2010
2:13 pm
Liberals are so funny. Calling Republicans “the party of no”…like saying no to massive deficit spending, to a government-run healthcare that a majority rejects, to reckless foreign policy, or to a massive increase of big-government socialism would be a bad thing…
Rightwing Troll
August 26th, 2010
2:13 pm
What, exactly, will “conservatives” do when they take over?
Harry Callahan
August 26th, 2010
2:14 pm
Oh, almost forgot…
Kamchak…SQUIRREL!!!
Matti
August 26th, 2010
2:15 pm
I hate to jump into this line of discussion (again) because I don’t think talking about it makes any difference, but I have to agree w/Bruno on the hypocrite thing. I’ve been visiting the AJC blogs for years, and the meanest, nastiest personal attacks seem to come from those who claim a piece of the way, truth, and light. Y’all know who you are, and if you really DO act like Jesus and follow his example, then we’re not talking about you, and bless you for taking the higher ground!
Doggone/GA
August 26th, 2010
2:15 pm
“like saying no to massive deficit spending”
But not when THEY do it
“to a government-run healthcare that a majority rejects”
That they were for, before they were against it
“to reckless foreign policy,”
But not when THEY do it
“or to a massive increase of big-government”
But not when THEY do it
Harry Callahan
August 26th, 2010
2:17 pm
Doggone, nice try, but as alwqays, you make no coherent points, and your post is pretty much irrelevant.
chuck
August 26th, 2010
2:18 pm
Who you talking about, Matti??
(Just kidding you, hon)
Doggone/GA
August 26th, 2010
2:19 pm
“and your post is pretty much irrelevant.”
Truth hurts, doesn’t it?
@@
August 26th, 2010
2:19 pm
Bruno:
I’ve had one encounter with Matti. She made the assumption that I was putting Michelle Obama down. She was wrong. I was simply curious as to what cause she had adopted as first-lady. She actually has two. I wish the media would focus a bit more on what she does with the families of our troops. I know ’cause I keep tabs.
I have every reason to be suspicious of Granny. She went after me with a vengeance and exacted that vengeance in a way which I found unacceptable.
Can’t recall any over-the-top encounters with USUK. Not saying there weren’t any, just saying they weren’t blatant enough to be memorable.
Bosch is no angel. He’s gone after me personally and I like to return the favor. He’s like a gnat…always buzzing around my posts. I’ve warned him to steer clear. He won’t listen. I’ll give as good as I get from him. I will say I find him extremely boring.
And jay???? The day he can’t hold his own will be the day left-wingers have to step up in his defense.
Puhleeeeze. Enough with your tales of “whoooaaaaa”.
RW-(the original)
August 26th, 2010
2:20 pm
RW–I made a qualifying statement…
Bruno,
Yes you did and most people would have realized there was no reason to finish or post the comment at that point. At least if the qualifier wasn’t just something to hide behind later.