Gallup reports historic poll margin for GOP in Congress
According to the folks at Gallup, Republicans now hold a 10-point lead over Democrats in what’s called the generic ballot for Congress. (Registered voters are asked whether they would be more likely to vote for a Republican or a Democrat, with no mention of actual candidates.)
Gallup reports that the 10-point lead is the biggest it has ever found for Republicans (Democrats had a 32-point lead in 1974, during the Watergate scandal.) The finding adds to evidence that a GOP takeover of the House is likely this year, although as Gallup also cautions, “Democrats moved ahead in Gallup’s generic ballot for several weeks earlier this summer, showing that change is possible between now and Election Day.”
As I’ve noted earlier, the GOP base has made it clear that it has no interest whatsoever in any sort of compromise, and will in fact punish any of its leaders who suggest otherwise. As a result, I think we’re doomed to two of the most divisive, tumultuous years we’ve seen in American politics in a long, long time. It could make the Clinton/Gingrich years seem tame in comparison.
And come 2012, the American people will be asked to render its verdict on that approach.
Politics, like baseball, is a long game played in half-inning increments. And in this particular frame, the Republicans have the bases loaded and nobody out, with the Dems just hoping to limit the damage until their own turn at bat.
UPDATE: Someone in comments asked for an explanation for the 10-point GOP surge. I responded that people are scared and frustrated, and in their fear and frustration they want government to do something. (The demand to be saved even comes from those — in some cases ESPECIALLY from those — who claim they want government out of the economy).
As I’ve written before, though, government even under President Bush didn’t deserve the lion’s share of the blame for getting us into this mess, and nothing government can do under President Obama can turn it around quickly either. But that doesn’t stop people from wanting what they can’t have.
As supportive evidence, take a look at the Yahoo chart below of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the last three months. More specifically, look at the timing of the Dow high this summer and compare it to the timing of the Democrats’ highest advantage in the generic ballot. It lends credence to the economic explanation; as the news sunk in about a stalled recovery, the GOP poll performance began to improve considerably.
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Scout
August 31st, 2010
5:46 pm
Obama’s Economy:
Headline: “FDIC MESS: FINDS 829 BANKS AT RISK”
Jefferson
August 31st, 2010
5:47 pm
Scout your lack of respect for the president, with the cute little name calling takes away from anything you may have to say, imho. Man up, bro.
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 31st, 2010
5:47 pm
Scout
I have a cousin who is deploying to Iraq soon, with a reserve unit. It’s doubtful anybody over there will view these units as non-combat units.
AmVet
August 31st, 2010
5:47 pm
OK, duty calls. Yep even at this otherwise late hour.
Be sure and say a prayer for those on the road who are anywhere near Hairy and his big “SUV”!
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
5:48 pm
Hillbilly
That’s good! One of Unmentionable’s for when you ask what’s for supper Granpa when he’s in a foul mood…”cat sh*t and onion gravey!”
HURRICANE PAUL
@ 5:31
Aw, pshaw. I thought you were writing the law on it!
Paul
August 31st, 2010
5:49 pm
Hillbilly Deluxe
The estate tax scheduled for 2011 is going to hit a lot more families than small business types or farmers.
“The federal estate tax is scheduled to return with a vengeance on Jan. 1, 2011, imposing a levy of up to 55% on estates valued at more than $1 million. And the same congressional paralysis that allowed the tax to expire in 2010 could thwart efforts to pare it back, estate planning attorneys say.
A $1 million exemption would affect a lot of families that are well out of Steinbrenner’s league. “You take a home, an IRA or 401(k) retirement account, some other savings and you get to $1 million pretty easily,” says Richard Behrendt, senior estate planner for Robert W. Baird and a former IRS attorney.”
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2010-07-21-estatetax21_CV_N.htm
Scout
August 31st, 2010
5:53 pm
Jefferson :
But it’s o.k. if Luckovich does the same thing or worse with conservative Presidents ?
It’s called satire. Get over it.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
5:53 pm
Maybe so, but you’ve gone full throttle with it since Grand’s nod of approval.
You seem to be laboring under the misapprehension that I am seeking CommieAJC/LA/Who Dat?/Grand Forks/I’m here…’s attention.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
5:53 pm
josef nix 5:48
’tis a dream.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.concoxions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/If-I-Ran-the-Zoo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.concoxions.com/blog/2010/03/top-ten-tuesday-the-wonderful-world-of-dr-seuss/&usg=__1ivVn1YecBAYQP4XnyexQAYIhB8=&h=740&w=550&sz=249&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=p0rN1rM6G13D-M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIf%2BI%2Bran%2Bthe%2Bzoo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS343US344%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D561%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=118&vpy=40&dur=905&hovh=260&hovw=193&tx=108&ty=161&ei=lnl9TPS6AsH98Aank-HlBQ&oei=lnl9TPS6AsH98Aank-HlBQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0
Scout
August 31st, 2010
5:54 pm
josef:
What say ye about my 5:44 ? Jefferson found a way to dodge it.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
5:55 pm
Jefferson – he’s just jealous because Obama won’t give him a reacharound.
and some tongue.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
5:56 pm
PAUL
Now that’s closing in on a record for link-length…but definitely worth it!
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
Midori!
That’s just—-eeeewwwwwwwwwwww!
BTW—Hiya!
RW-(the original)
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
Allow me to clean up that mess Paul made at 5:52
/Ain’t sure its gonna work the way this comment box just blew up though….
Scout
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
Jefferson:
Are these political cartoons by Luckovich disrespectful ?
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2010/08/19/820-cartoon-mike-luckovich-on-obamas-religion/
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2009/06/ (see the one for the 23rd)
Scout
August 31st, 2010
5:59 pm
Old Chinese proverb:
Trash begets trash.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
5:59 pm
Scout
Per your 5:44…
I don’t trust anything coming out of our policies there or here…I’m still looking for Habeas Corpus/MIA
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 31st, 2010
6:00 pm
Warren Buffett has noted for years that because of the infinite loopholes, etc. his effective tax rate is lower than his secretary’s.
And yet he takes full advantage of every break and loophole, while crying crocodile tears about his secretary. And his companies got millions in tax breaks for bailing out companies during the meltdown. The man’s a grand hypocrite in my view.
Paul @ 5:49
Agreed. You’ve been taxed when you made it, you’ve been taxed when you spent it, and if you invested it, you were taxed on that, too. That’s enough.
Supper time.
Scout
August 31st, 2010
6:02 pm
josef:
I hear you but this is trying to deceive the American people. It’s just plain wrong.
But ……… there is no honor among thieves.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
6:03 pm
josef nix
Long link? Yeah, and as I read your post I thought “Sure as shootin’, RW-(the original)’s gonna pop in, hassle me, show me how to make it like six spaces long and then not share the secret handshake!
I hate it when I’m right…
Hi, RW-(the original)!
Midori
August 31st, 2010
6:04 pm
Hi Kammie
this is what Scout dreams about: http://jameswaites.ilatech.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/171-1216121412-BushKissingSaudiPrince.jpg
kayaker 71
August 31st, 2010
6:05 pm
Listening to Hannity today and he played a tape of a woman, sounded white, who threatened to kill Limbaugh and Hannity. Lots of vile words, She said that their time had come and that their time on this earth was limited. Wonder if Bernadette Dohrn has come out of retirement? Maybe she could party up with that Black Panther thug from Philadelphia. They make quite a team.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
6:05 pm
Scout
“Are these political cartoons by Luckovich disrespectful ?”
They’re editorial cartoons. They’re supposed to be disrespectful!
RW-(the original)
August 31st, 2010
6:06 pm
Good evening Paul,
Why did I even bother to make this when Jay B switched to Wordpress…
I understand the b’s work for bold again, do they?
Maybe I’ll spruce it up a little and add all the smileys.
(ISH)
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
6:08 pm
Paul
http://tinyurl.com/
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:10 pm
Scout
Go back and look at street scenes before we invaded…women looking good in style…now, draped in that blag rag…used to have gay bars in Basra, Baghdad, etc…now gay folks are leaving in an organized underground railroad…used to have a sizeable and vibrand Christian population, Christians are leaving in droves…and I sure hope the Kurds aren’t right about what’s in store for them if we don’t post those troops along the 35th…a better place? Depends on the spin and who you are…I wouldn’t want to be a gay, Kurdish, Christian woman in this “new Iraq…”
SwedeAtlanta
August 31st, 2010
6:12 pm
Scout, it was GWB who held hands and skipped down the path at his so-called “ranch” with one of the Saudi royal family. Isn’t that a bit cheesy, not to mention the deep, deep financial and strategic alignment between the Carlyle Group of which the Bush’s are members and the royal family.
If there is anyone who is promoting the interests of the Saudis it is the Republicans lead by the Bush family and not Obama.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:17 pm
Swede
And what, pray tell, is the difference between the Bush and Obama policies vis a vis Saudi Arabia?
F. Sinkwich
August 31st, 2010
6:18 pm
From Jay:
“the GOP base has made it clear that it has no interest whatsoever in any sort of compromise, and will in fact punish any of its leaders who suggest otherwise.”
I’m not sure you can point to any material compromise offered to the Repubs by the Obama/Pelosi/Reid team over the past couple of years, Jay.
Regardless, I want RINO’s out of this congress almost as much as the socialist-democrats. And by the way, our two Senators are coming dangerously close to RINO status — where is Georgia’s Jim DeMint?
And yes, compromise with socialist-democrats will be punished at the polls.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
6:20 pm
I wanna see a smackdown!!
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/11664...
Murkowski gains votes as recount begins
By Shane D’Aprile – 08/31/10 03:15 PM ET
Republican Joe Miller’s lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) shrunk slightly Tuesday as state elections officials began the counting of approximately 24,000 ballots cast in the state’s Republican Senate primary.
After the first update from the state’s Division of Elections, Miller’s lead went from 1,668 votes to 1,325.
An official from the Elections Division said she expects at least 15,000 ballots to be counted Tuesday — updates on the vote count will be posted periodically on the division’s website throughout the day.
That means by the end of the day, Murkowski and the rest of the world will have a pretty good idea of whether or not she can still overtake Miller in the Senate primary.
The counting of the ballots will not be continuous, though. After Tuesday, another count of ballots will not happen until Sept. 3.
RW-(the original)
August 31st, 2010
6:22 pm
If you encounter a link using tinyurl I would highly recommend a couple of things so you don’t get directed straight to a malicious site. If you’re using firefox there’s an addon to see the long url and know where you’re going. If you’re using something that doesn’t have this you can preview a link that comes from tinyurl by copying the link, pasting it in your address bar and putting “preview.” without the quotes in front of the tinyurl link.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
6:22 pm
RW-(the original) & Kamchak
Thanks!
Midori
August 31st, 2010
6:23 pm
F. Sinkwich – what in the world is a “socialist democrat”?
is it anything like a “lying, hypocritical, fear-mongering republican”?
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:23 pm
What Scout dreams about…
Looks que*r to me!
SwedeAtlanta
August 31st, 2010
6:24 pm
Josef Nix,
Officially there are probably few policy differences. We know we are beholden to the Saudis (large holder of U.S. debt and heavily invested in our stock market) as well as the Chinese.
But the trappings of PERSONAL connections that go back decades and intense, demonstrable intertwined financial dealings between Carlyle (with the Bush family very present) and the Saudis is renown.
Obama may have a worldview that suggests we as America need to acknowledge we aren’t perfect (which we aren’t and we are not exceptional – we are human) but want to engage honestly and fairly with the rest of the world. But he lacks the personal, financial and strategic alignment with the Saudis.
Larry
August 31st, 2010
6:25 pm
Jay that was before the doc fix and we all know how accurate CBO estimates are, especially on new spending because they are based on the assumptions of the presenter. So the presenter says they will not pass the doc fix and that represents $60 billion in savings but then congress passes docfix and the president signs the bill and poof, your 119 is now 59. Nobody, republican or democrat will hold anyone accountable for actually saving that 119 billion so it is a pipe dream and are you saying you and your fellow democrats will pony up the difference if it doesn’t come true Jay or are you just spouting meaningless “facts”. As someone in congress once said, a few billion here, a few billion there and all of a sudden we’re talking some serious money.
F. Sinkwich
August 31st, 2010
6:26 pm
Thanks RW-to. What is the Firefox add-on called?
F. Sinkwich
August 31st, 2010
6:28 pm
Midori:
“F. Sinkwich – what in the world is a “socialist democrat”?”
I apologize, sometimes I’m redundant.
But before Obama there was a distinction to be made there.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:29 pm
Swede
Oh, I agree on the personal connections there…one of the reasons I wouldn’t vote for Bush…and we still support that murderous, medieval thug and that’s one of the reasons I wouldn’t vote for Obama…
RW-(the original)
August 31st, 2010
6:31 pm
F. Sinkwich,
It’s called LongURLplease
Normal
August 31st, 2010
6:32 pm
Hey y’all,
Is this a song about November?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-5g78Nr6Q
Paul
August 31st, 2010
6:34 pm
SwedeAtlanta
“But he lacks the personal, financial and strategic alignment with the Saudis.”
Strikes me it really doesn’t matter. Pres Bush leaves, a liberal Democratic president with no personal, financial or ’strategic alignment’ replaces him and…
nothing changes.
So one is close because of some family business, another continues it.
oh well -
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:35 pm
Fresh meat (well, leftovers) upstairs…
Normal
August 31st, 2010
6:35 pm
Or will it be this one? Ha, ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmt0DmiRhTw&feature=related
Normal
August 31st, 2010
6:36 pm
Or will it be this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmt0DmiRhTw&feature=related
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:36 pm
PAUL
Translation, change you can believe in?
RW-(the original)
August 31st, 2010
6:36 pm
Here’s a write-up of how it works and why you should use it
neopatetic
August 31st, 2010
6:40 pm
It isn’t just the generic ballot. There’s the enthusiasm gap. There’s President Obama’s low job approval. There’s the large edge Republicans have demonstrated so far this time around in voter turnout. There’s the fact that the folks in the middle, the independents, have turned sharply and decidedly against this President and his Party. Republicans are behind in fundraising, one should note, though as business sees more and likes less, they are switching their backing to the Republicans.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:43 pm
neopatetic
Pretty apt summation though I would say that business just wants to be on the side that’s winning…
Scout
August 31st, 2010
6:43 pm
Paul:
Exactly !
F. Sinkwich
August 31st, 2010
6:44 pm
Thanks, RW-(to)!
Scout
August 31st, 2010
6:45 pm
SwedeAtlanta :
There is some truth in what you say and Bush did it for our oil security. Kind of like being allied with Russia in WWII. You do what you have to do.
Obama is doing it to change our culture and to me that is much more sinister.
Scout
August 31st, 2010
6:47 pm
josef @ 6:10
The worst thing is what we allowed them to put in their Constitution (note: Two U.S. Army legat captains wrote the Japanese Constitution under McArhtur’s orders).
“Nothing in this Constitution shall violate the tenets of Islam”
That’s why those groups are leaving.
@@
August 31st, 2010
6:48 pm
Paul:
If the Fair or Flat Tax minus the loopholes will end the class warfare under construction by our illustrious few, then yeah….I’ll go with it.
I’m sick to death of us being pitted one against the other.
I know a lot of Republicans aren’t on board, YET. I like Congressman Ryan’s tax approach.
I really don’t grasp economics, but something’s gotta give.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
6:49 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Washington (CNN) – In twin speeches laced with heavy doses of “I-told-you-so,” Republican leaders in the House and Senate tried to convince voters Tuesday that America’s success in Iraq is not because of President Barack Obama, but in spite of him.
“Some leaders who opposed, criticized, and fought tooth-and-nail to stop the surge strategy now proudly claim credit for the results,” said House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, in prepared remarks for the American Legion convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“One lawmaker rejected the idea that the surge would reduce violence in Iraq, saying – and again I’m quoting – ‘in fact, I think it will do the reverse.’”
The lawmaker Boehner is referring to is then-Sen. Barack Obama. Boehner aides said he was reluctant to criticize the commander-in-chief by name in front of a roomful of veterans, but insisted it would be clear who he was talking about.
Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/31/gop-cla... /
Scout
August 31st, 2010
6:50 pm
Someone is being infantile again.
This is supposed to be an adult blog where the issues are debated and everyone gets their say.
On another note:
I bet if someone will check the Atlanta Police reports that burglaries in the Grant Park area were substantially down while “old rattler” was loose ………………
Maybe that’s not a bad ideas elsewhere in the city ?
F. Sinkwich
August 31st, 2010
6:50 pm
“Bush did it too” is a losing strategy, lefties.
If Bush did X and it was bad, why is Obama doing 4X good?
Conservatives believe if X is bad, it’s bad regardless. And if an elected official does X, whether R or D, the official will pay at the polls.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:51 pm
Scout
You know you and I come to disagreement frequently on Islam, but in this case we have sold those groups down the river (the Kurds are overwhelmingly those moderates we keep looking for) and turned it over to the fundamentalists and calling it “mission accomplished” ( or whatever catch phrase THIS adminstration comes up with)…
neopatetic
August 31st, 2010
6:53 pm
@ josef nix:
You are absolutely correct as to their modus operandi. This time around, though, what we are witnessing is actual animus in the business community directed at an administration they feel views them, not as fellow Americans, but their very enemy. In truth, business doesn’t mind a lot of what this President, his administration and their Party in control of Congress has done, but they have reached their limit, and then some.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
6:57 pm
neopatetic
Agreed…except, of course, those who got their bail out shekels…
Rev Al Sharptongue
August 31st, 2010
7:02 pm
Look who’s back, back again…
Rev Al Sharptongue
August 31st, 2010
7:04 pm
Seriously Jay,
Your propaganda is ridiculous. Your op-eds are more like remnants of Stalin’s work in the early 20th century. Face it, people are upset at the way your liberal president is running this country into the ground.
BTW why do you hate your own race?
Rev Al Sharptongue
August 31st, 2010
7:05 pm
Lets see, I didn’t use profanity or call you names. Lets see how fast you ban me this time. Censorship is un-American right?
neopatetic
August 31st, 2010
7:05 pm
Again, I agree to a great extent. Let us recall too, however, what strictures were placed on those institutions that were unwillingly dragooned into that misadventure, how extremely unconstitutional it all was, and how quickly they got out as soon as they were let out. Except for AIG, where much of the crisis originated, the TARP money made money for the government. That money came from people who worked at and owned part of the other institutions who would have preferred not to be made to accept the bailout, like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo, as well as others who repaid all of the TARP funds they had foisted upon them with interest.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
7:09 pm
neopatetic
Again, much agreed…especially the “dragooned…”
SwedeAtlanta
August 31st, 2010
7:19 pm
Josef Nix and Paul,
JN – agree on the issue of the despots. Unfortunately with our financial debts we are beholden to the royal family. We have aligned ourselves all too often with the worst of the worst from Allende to Marcos to the Shah of Iran. Talk about expediency rather than principle.
Paul, you are right from a policy level but when you have personal, financial interests the policy decisions became less opaque.
Jack
August 31st, 2010
7:24 pm
Palin for president.
khc
August 31st, 2010
7:34 pm
holy cow, palin for prez, the repubs started us into this depression, obama has not helped much because he is scared to tell folks the truth, the rich b!tch about a tax hike and are devoid of any real ideas what to do and they clamour for palin……the party of limpbaugh,pannity and becster…..all skillful carnys preying on many good but scared senseless folks…..and to think palin has support of 47% of repubs is so disturbing for the future of this country…..there must be a sign out that says “idiots need apply”
Midori
August 31st, 2010
7:47 pm
Someone is being infantile again.
so why don’t you stop it?
Midori
August 31st, 2010
7:49 pm
why is it when you are slinging your dumb crumbs around, it’s adult, but when people sling your hypocrisy and stupidity back in your face, it’s infantile?
and so Scout bowed.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
7:52 pm
“Bush did it too” is a losing strategy, lefties.
If Bush did X and it was bad, why is Obama doing 4X good?
Conservatives believe if X is bad, it’s bad regardless. And if an elected official does X, whether R or D, the official will pay at the polls.
and how many times did the left say the exact same to you when Bush was in office, and you “justified” each and every one of his boneheaded and misguided blusters with “Clinton did it, too”???????
Now all of a sudden you discover it’s “bad strategy”.
Yeah.
Right.
It only works when your guys are in office, is that correct?
Is that the only time that “tactic” can be employed?
Mick
August 31st, 2010
7:54 pm
scout
Midori has got you there. I have agreed with some of your views about islam but we are on different tracks with your obama islam conspiracy. You keep quoting andrew mccarthy as if he is some kind of guru. Remember, fdr said it best, “the only thing you have to fear is fear itself”. I do not see any imminent muslim takeover. On the other hand the cubans have conquered miami and nobody seems to care.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
8:01 pm
better break out the smelling salts, Mick – I do believe Scout will develop the “vapors”
Obama is about to come on television.
neopatetic
August 31st, 2010
8:01 pm
@ khc:
Please allow me to offer assistance:
There is a difference between this …
http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/AsianWildAss.jpg
… and this …
http://www.ohmartha.com/roadtrip/rt10.JPG
Capisce?
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August 31st, 2010
8:10 pm
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I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 31st, 2010
8:16 pm
“In the face of voter anger some Democratic candidates are now trying to make a cosmetic retreat, calling for minor modifications or pretending they are opposed to government-run medicine. Once the election is over, however, they will vote with their party bosses against repealing this bill.”
Just like they always do…
AmVet
August 31st, 2010
9:19 pm
HD, regarding Buffett, yes he does.
BUT… he advocates that the laws be changed such that welfare for the wealthy is not so onerous and pecuniary on middle class Americans.
But Congress of course, no longer represents nor protects we the people.
It just ain’t profitable enough…
Scout
August 31st, 2010
9:31 pm
Mick:
You do know who McCarthy was? He certainly knows more than you or I.
The Islamist threat is not for us as much as it is for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They are the ones most liable to suffer under their continued attempt at changing America.
Scout
August 31st, 2010
9:34 pm
Mick:
“Very simply, the purpose of jihad is not violence for its own sake. It is to pave the way for the imposition of sharia ………….”
“The disposition that we must not critically examine Islam is both unneccessary and self-defeating. It is unneccessary because the Framers gave us a Constitution that guarantees freedom of conscience, not freedom from examination. You can believe whatever you wish to believe, but you do not foreclose your beliefs from inspection by labeling them ‘religion’ – even if the label is accurate.”
Andrew McCarthy
Scout
August 31st, 2010
9:40 pm
“This was my pledge to the American people as a candidate for this office. Last February, I announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen Iraq’s Security Forces and support its government and people. That is what we have done.”
He said it ………….. but seven combat brigades and two combat aviation brigades remain. They were just given new names.
Kind of like having a Third Marine Regiment one day and a Third Marienette Division the next with the same people.
Smoke and mirrors from the Commander in Chief.
AmVet
August 31st, 2010
9:57 pm
Hey Scout, some of us were having a discussion earlier that revolved around you.
To redact it, the gist of it is, where is the list of liberals here who hate America? Or was it hate the troops?
I’m sure you remember it…
jewcowboy2
August 31st, 2010
11:27 pm
@ jewcowboy
What a stupid comment…. specially coming from a minority as well. Why not a fruit stand in Israel ? Too much of a risk to be eliminated by Mossar or the right-wing goverment ?
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neopatetic
September 2nd, 2010
3:02 am
@ AmVet:
We could start a lot of places, but let’s start here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5ixmT83JE
neopatetic
September 2nd, 2010
3:05 am
More?
Okay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eudy7hy940Y
Gallup reports historic poll margin for GOP in Congress – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) | Gamble Costa Rica
September 2nd, 2010
11:30 am
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