GOP leaders steering for the iceberg
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. (AP photo)
Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, is chairman of the House Republican Conference and is the third highest ranking Republican in the House. Yesterday, in a visit to Florida, he discussed his plans should the GOP take control of the House of Representatives.
TAMPA – Indiana Congressman Mike Pence, a likely 2012 presidential contender, told a gathering of local Republicans Thursday night that Republicans will refuse to compromise with the Obama administration on health care, the economy or anything else if they win the House majority back Nov. 2.
Pence also told the crowd of several hundred Republicans that the nation’s future is at risk, and the country could become a failed power if Republicans don’t win….
“The last Republican Congress didn’t suffer from too little compromise, it suffered too much,” he said. If they retake the majority, he said, there can be “no compromise that allows more borrowing, more spending, more deficits and more debt … no compromise on stopping their government takeover of health care.”
“If I didn’t make myself clear, no compromise,” he said. “We didn’t come this far to … seek consensus with the political liberal elite in Washington.”
Pence’s comments about “no compromise that allows more borrowing, more spending, more deficits and more debt” are particularly interesting, given that sometime next spring, Congress will be required to raise the nation’s debt ceiling or face a shutdown of the government.
I think it’s pretty clear where we’re headed, which is directly into the iceberg. In fact, a good portion of the GOP seems downright giddy at the prospect of hearing the popping of rivets, the shearing of metal, the inrush of water and the cries of those trapped below deck.
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Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:12 pm
Doggone/GA
October 22nd, 2010
4:08 pm
“Says he who has been here boring us with HIS POV since before 11:00 this morning.”
If it bores you don’t read it or reply to it, sport.
Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:14 pm
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
Harry Callahan,
My, aren’t you quite the narcissist.
Go back, re-read all of AmVet’s posts, and tell us who you think is the bigger narcissist. If your answer is “Harry”, I thinkn you better go look up the word “narcissist” in a dictionary.
John
October 22nd, 2010
4:14 pm
Bosch,
LOL…thanks for letting me know.
Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:16 pm
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:12 pm
“Harry Callahan,
“…or, stated another way, if AmVet spent as much time working at a job as he does reading all this corporate conspiracy nonsense he bores us with daily, even HE might make it to the top 20%.”
And your excuse?”
I’m already in the top 20%, and not asking for any handouts or government intervention. Therefore, I do not need an excuse. But thanks for playing.
MarkT
October 22nd, 2010
4:17 pm
larry@10:47
Thats funny I dont see the democrats moving up in the polls at all
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:20 pm
Harry Callahan,
“I thinkn you better go look up the word “narcissist” in a dictionary.”
Perhaps narcissist is the wrong word…maybe “pitiable” would be more apt…As in Harry’s continued begging for AmVet to come back to respond to him is “pitiable”
“I’m already in the top 20%, and not asking for any handouts or government intervention. Therefore, I do not need an excuse. But thanks for playing.”
I’m always amazed how many super wealthy people spend hours on this blog… this place must be an advertisers dream.
David
October 22nd, 2010
4:23 pm
I don’t know what everyone is so worked up about. Jay Bookman is only happy when the government, run by a democrat, is in complete control of every detail of every person’s life. Compromise to someone like Jay Bookman and those who think like him is “Agree with me 100% you fool” I find it laughable to think that the Democrats were trying to compromise with the Republicans for the last 2 years, it was do it my way or we will do it anyway. So why not be honest and say why should be comprimise now.
MarkT
October 22nd, 2010
4:24 pm
Getalife @3:11
and remember the unions own the democratic party
@@
October 22nd, 2010
4:26 pm
Union:
I would have defended you..
Feel free to do so now. ’twas I, who was being mean to Bosch or so he claims.
UNION! You should have been here yesterday, people were picking on me.
All throughout school, I went to bat for kids in special-ed. They would come to me with that same plea….”They’re picking on me”.
Bosch, are you intellectually or developmentally delayed. Have you received a diagnosis that places you in the category of disabled on either score? If so, I’ll be the first to come to your defense. If not, then it’s ridiculous for one man to appeal to another with this:
UNION! You should have been here yesterday, people were picking on me.
If you’re a woman trapped in a man’s body, just say so. ‘Cause if you’re representative of today’s male species, we’re living in a no man’s land.
Stop the world…I want to disembark.
Un-be-liev-a-ble!!!!
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:28 pm
“Wet licks for payment.”
You know it! There’s nothing that brightens my day to look out the door, see those two little talls wagging waiting for me to open it, and then the reception I get when I do — it reminds me when my kids were little and they used to do the same thing, only they wouldn’t lick me on the face.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:28 pm
Dusty,
Make that “tails” not “talls”
Scout
October 22nd, 2010
4:31 pm
Bosch:
Have a GREAT weekend and God bless !
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:31 pm
Union,
See what I mean? @@’s calling me retarded.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:31 pm
Thanks Scout!
Dusty
October 22nd, 2010
4:33 pm
Bosch tells tall tales about puppy dog tails. Awww…they are so cute.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
4:34 pm
Bosch:
Please point to where I used the word “retarded”. I never use that word, Rahm Emanuel does when describing people like you.
John
October 22nd, 2010
4:37 pm
Here’s something interesting…for those complaining about the socialist Health Care Law and want to repeal it. Here’s what the top lobbyist for Cigna Corp has to say about repealing just the mandate for coverage.
“If you ended up repealing that one provision, the whole thing blows up,” said Bill Hoagland, the top lobbyist for Cigna Corp. “It doesn’t work. The cost would explode.”
Health insurers flirted with Democrats, supported them with money and got what they wanted: a federal mandate that most Americans carry health care coverage. Now they’re backing Republicans, hoping a GOP Congress will mean friendlier regulations.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:37 pm
@@,
You know, my mother told me once that a word is just a word, so when I have referred to you as a bitch in the past, it was just meant as a word — a hurtful word, yes, it can be, but it’s just a word. There are words which aren’t considered “cuss” words or “inappropriate” words on their own, but when phrased together, can also be inappropriate and meant to belittle and hurt others, which is the approach you take because, I’m assuming you consider that is somehow acceptable, or you simply do not care. But it is still hateful and mean spirited and socially unacceptable, and you demonstrate such behavior on a daily basis.
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:38 pm
“I never use that word”
Uh-oh…the pc police are here to make themselves feel morally superior…
Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:38 pm
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:20 pm
“Perhaps narcissist is the wrong word…maybe “pitiable” would be more apt…As in Harry’s continued begging for AmVet to come back to respond to him is “pitiable”
“I’m already in the top 20%, and not asking for any handouts or government intervention. Therefore, I do not need an excuse. But thanks for playing.”
I’m always amazed how many super wealthy people spend hours on this blog… this place must be an advertisers dream.”
Two things, Mr. Cowboy…
1) I’m afraid Mr. AmVet’s miserable failure to back up all his voluminous cut-and-pastes and superior-than-thou rantings about how smart he is and how aloof and above it all he is, with even ONE logical statement of what he wants from government, in his own words, is pitiable.
2) I never said I was super wealthy. I said I was in the top 20%. Liberals like to bash the top 10% or 20% or whatever as the uber-wealthy who live in big mansions and get rich by scamming the poor, but the simple truth of the matter is that you can be a very ordinary upper-middle-class American and be in the top 20%.
Also, it’s not like there’s a 20% that’s “them” and an 80% of “us” who will never get there. Most anybody can eventually make he top 20% by working and saving their money. You start out in the bottom 20%, you go to college, get a job, get promotions, save some money, etc, then like magic you wake up one day and your 50 years old and you’re in the top 20%.
Now, I know this is contrary to liberal teaching (brainwashing) which says that you’re either born rich or you aren’t, and if you aren’t, it sucks because those that are spend their entire life scheming ways to keep the rest down, but I’m afraid that’s not true, and believing it is really more your problem than it is mine.
Abrazos
October 22nd, 2010
4:39 pm
“If your answer is “Harry”, I thinkn you better go look up the word “narcissist” in a dictionary.”
Whoops, Harry, probably shouldn’t have opened that can of worms. Don’t know what you’re like outside this blog, but your posts show more than 5 symptoms for sure.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the diagnostic classification system used in the United States, as “a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.”[1]
In order for a person to be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) they must meet five or more of the following symptoms:
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).
4. Rarely acknowledges mistakes and/or imperfections
5. Requires excessive admiration
6. Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling or unable to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitude.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:39 pm
Dusty,
“Bosch tells tall tales about puppy dog tails. Awww…they are so cute.”
They are — I really had no idea how blessed we were a few months ago when those little critters found us.
Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:43 pm
Abrazos, apply those 9 standards to AmVet and get back to us with your analysis.
Harry Callahan
October 22nd, 2010
4:44 pm
Anybody seen little Ammy this afternoon? We know he’s lurking…
jewcowboy
October 22nd, 2010
4:44 pm
“You start out in the bottom 20%, you go to college, get a job, get promotions, save some money, etc, then like magic you wake up one day and your 50 years old and you’re in the top 20%.”
And then you spend 6 hours on the internet bloviating on how special you are while trying to bully someone to respond to your posts who obviously had more important things.
Anyway, have a good evening…my butt is out of here to go have a maker’s manhattan (or 3) with some friends.
(you don’t need to waste time responding, b/c I won’t see it)
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
4:55 pm
In other words @@,
Which is better?
“Bosch, are you intellectually or developmentally delayed. Have you received a diagnosis that places you in the category of disabled on either score?”
Or to just call me retarded? Because the definition of “retarded” is to be intellectually or developmentally delayed.
Or this, which is better?
To call someone a bitch, or say that I consider you to be a mean and spiteful woman?
Is one approach really better than the other? Are you somehow morally superior?
@@
October 22nd, 2010
4:57 pm
Bosch:
This may come as a shock to you, but I wasn’t offended when you called me a bitch. It actually made me laugh to see you lose control so easily. You can call me whatever you want. I may point it out on occasion but it NEVER offends me.
Cowboy:
There’s a reason I don’t use the word “retarded”. It would be insulting to the children I’ve been working with for 12 years. I don’t even put the disability before the child….such as Downs child. To me, they’re a child who has Downs Syndrome.
To put it in a way you SHOULD understand…in my world, the child defines the disability. The disability does not define the child.
Somehow I’m thinking you’ll understand. Your gayness doesn’t define you…you define your gayness.
Sheesh!
Brittanicus
October 22nd, 2010
4:57 pm
OUT–Out–ALL–Incumbents
.Harry Reid is a liar and has been involved in questionable practices. Hey Harry, your state has the worst unemployment and the most foreclosures in the country. Many legislators have protected illegal aliens including Reid, Sen.Barney Frank that forced through the legislation forcing banks to lend to high-risk borrowers (Low Income mortgagees) which has destroyed our housing market. U.S. Senate candidate who were able to get low or no payment mortgages from HUD, with limited paperwork to qualify them. Out with the Democrat Incumbents, more so the Liberal extremist politicians.
Doggone/GA
October 22nd, 2010
5:02 pm
“If it bores you don’t read it or reply to it, sport”
Generally, that’s exactly what I do…but every now and then something tickles my funny bone.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
5:02 pm
And Bosch? I’ve never considered myself superior. You see something in me that I don’t see in myself.
Have you ever asked yourself why that is?
Union
October 22nd, 2010
5:04 pm
@ bosch.. thank god for for gogo.. im back.. dang plane was late leaving.. sorry..
@@ you more or less called him retarded.. it was “implied” by your post..
@ jc.. dang.. i saw that sitting in the club waiting for my plane.. leave it to someone to bring a dang crocodile on plane.. then you see the part about people stampeding.. with only 19 pax and crew on the plane.. the question comes to mind.. where the hell were they planning on going?
Southern Comfort
October 22nd, 2010
5:06 pm
Harry @ #:42
What you describe as socialism in the health care area, other Conservative/Republicans describe as subsidies when it pertains to gas, sugar, corn, etc… You can’t have it both ways. Either it’s subsidies or socialism. I didn’t know the two were interchangable like that.
When government collects taxes and give money to the oil companies to keep gas prices low, is that socialism? When government collects taxes and gives that money to Dixie Crystal so you can purchase cheap sugar, is that socialism? When your government collects taxes and gives them to insurance companies so that you can purchase insurance cheaper, is that socialism? They are all the same action, yet you only cry socialism when it pertains to healthcare. Maybe I’m not the only one who needs to check their information…
Doggone/GA
October 22nd, 2010
5:09 pm
Verry good, SoCo! I’m going to have to remember those examples!
John
October 22nd, 2010
5:15 pm
“Or this, which is better?
To call someone a bitch, or say that I consider you to be a mean and spiteful woman? ”
This one can be tricky. Of course, it could they’re calling you a dog….a female dog actually. Which then could mean they’re calling you ugly. If you’re male, does than mean they’re calling you out as being a drag queen. So taken together, could they be calling you an ugly drag queen?
Hmmmm…have to think about that one more.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
5:25 pm
Union:
I did not use the word retarded. Bosch is like the little kid that hangs around adult conversations. He sits here all day waiting to beg the question “Why?” When you answer him he offers another “But why?” He has no intention of acknowledging a valid point. He just wants to hinder any progressive discussion.
In the world of special education, delays are measured in relation to age development….ergo “delayed”.
I equate the use of retarded with retard which is used offensively.
I’m not a big fan of the word “disabled”. To me that word closes off any opportunity to meet challenges. People aren’t disabled…they have a challenge to overcome.
So now you’ve come to Bosch’s defense and I’ve responded.
We done?
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 22nd, 2010
5:26 pm
Man Fired for Wearing Bush Sweatshirt at Obama Rally
(USC) — Don’t try wearing a Bush hat or sweatshirt at an Obama rally. Duane Hammond says it’s what got him fired. Hammond is a union stagehand who was part of the crew that built the platform for the Obama event on campus.
He came to work early this morning wearing clothing that says “George H. W. Bush”. Hammond’s son is in the Navy, currently serving on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George H. W. Bush.
————————–
Yet another example of libbtard intolerance.
And a really nice example of how Democrats honor and respect our troops.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
5:27 pm
Sorry, that should’ve been “any progress in discussion”.
Southern Comfort
October 22nd, 2010
5:32 pm
Doggone
If my memory serves right, that was the gist of the health care subsidies. I thought they were going to be used to make insurance more affordable and not just outright pay for insurance policies. I could be wrong. If I’m right, then the subsidies in health care are no different than any other corporate subsidy. Therefore, if one is socialism, then they all are socialism.
Doggone/GA
October 22nd, 2010
5:36 pm
SoCo – I won’t pretend to be an expert on the healthcare bill, but my understanding is that the subsidies are going to be avaliable on a sliding scale of inability to pay. The lower you are on the economic scale, the more towards your healthcare policy you might be elgible to get.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
5:38 pm
@@,
Yes, I do ask “why?” alot because I know I do not have all the answers, I do not speak in absolutes.
But I will question your intention. To me, it’s all about the intention of your words. Do you mean to belittle me when you infer that I am retarded or somehow not adequate as a man because you consider me a “wimp” or a “girly” man? Do you think it’s morally more acceptable to skip around your intent to ask if I’ve ever been diagnosed as retarded?
A coward will justify their intent to say they didn’t actually SAY that or WRITE that, but the reader can certainly make their own call, and if your intent is to belittle and be spiteful, then your words are no different than mine except that you are too cowardly to just say what you mean, I’m not.
Is that valid enough for you?
John
October 22nd, 2010
5:40 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout
While you’re on the subject of rallies…don’t forget to mention about the reporter who was handcuffed and detained at Tea Partier Joe Miller’s rally by his security guards. Joe Miller then didn’t show up for the debate sponsored by the reporter’s employer and refuses to answer questions subjected to political candidates.
How’s that intolerance for you? Especially after all the months we’ve had of tea partiers overtaking, yelling and screaming at Democrat town hall meetings.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
5:41 pm
@@,
Also, you should note that included in special education are those at the right end of the learning curve, those that are above average intelligence, so in that case, yes, I have been diagnosed as being special and grew up in special education classes, as I was diagnosed with being on the right hand side of the learning curve. Not that I’m bragging, but you asked.
Union
October 22nd, 2010
5:57 pm
@ @@.. never done.. my daughter suffers from a form of epilepsy.. she is developmentally delayed.. according to the pc school system.. her quarterly evals from the medical drs list her as mentally retarded.. so.. same thing to me and my wife..
John
October 22nd, 2010
5:58 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout…you didn’t complete the story. He was sent home by a supervisor on the job…here’s the rest.
Hammond says he was told to take off the sweatshirt, or he would have to go home.
He refused. They told him he was fired from the job.
“James Wright, a business representative from IATSE Local 33, says the union is still investigating what happened.
“If he was sent home because of the sweatshirt, he will be paid for the day,” he said.”
@@
October 22nd, 2010
6:03 pm
Bosch:
I just put the words out there. How you let them affect you is within your control, not mine.
I don’t have time to coddle you, Bosch. I’m more than happy to let others do that.
Enjoy your weekend.
Union
October 22nd, 2010
6:03 pm
@ john.. funny thing unions.. like in california.. its cheaper to keep paying a teacher instead of firing them.. la unified has spent over 2 million dollars trying to fire a convicted pedophile who accosted children he was teaching… great things those unions..
@@
October 22nd, 2010
6:06 pm
Union:
Real quick…didn’t know about your daughter. Physicians take a clinical approach to children facing challenges. I choose the more personal approach.
In front of the disability stands a child, not a diagnosis.
Union
October 22nd, 2010
6:08 pm
@@ thank you.. this we know.
md
October 22nd, 2010
6:10 pm
“Hammond says he was told to take off the sweatshirt, or he would have to go home.
He refused. They told him he was fired from the job.”
I guess the question would then be “was anybody else wearing any kind of similar sweatshirt such as an Obama sweatshirt and if so, was the same action taken?”.
If yes to above, sue the pants off them……….
John
October 22nd, 2010
6:21 pm
Union.
Can you provide where you got your information? I found one article but it says he allegedly harassed teenage students and colleagues. It doesn’t say he was convicted of anything and it doesn’t say anything about sexual harassment or pedophilia. So you think allegations should not be investigated?
From the LA Times…
n the jargon of the school district, Kim is being “housed” while his fitness to teach is under review. A special education teacher, he was removed from Grant High School in Van Nuys and assigned to a district office in 2002 after the school board voted to fire him for allegedly harassing teenage students and colleagues. In the meantime, the district has spent more than $2 million on him in salary and legal costs.
Last week, Kim was ordered to continue this daily routine at home. District officials said the offices for “housed” employees were becoming too crowded.
About 160 teachers and other staff sit idly in buildings scattered around the sprawling district, waiting for allegations of misconduct to be resolved.
The housed are accused, among other things, of sexual contact with students, harassment, theft or drug possession. Nearly all are being paid. All told, they collect about $10 million in salaries per year — even as the district is contemplating widespread layoffs of teachers because of a financial shortfall.
Most cases take months to adjudicate, but some take years.
Kim, 41, has persisted the longest.
Bosch
October 22nd, 2010
6:27 pm
@@,
And I put the words out there as well. I know it is in my control to let them effect me or not, and your words are just words to me. If anything, your words are much more telling. Funny how you think your words affect me when I react to them rarely, but you can’t let anything go, you even go so far as you did today to try and bait me in a most childish way when you previously state, like you did yesterday, your desire to not converse with me. So, for you to say they do not affect you does not equate to your action.
I do rather think it’s telling how you think I lose control when I express my opinions as to how I feel about your moral character, but when you do the same — if your intent is the same, as to belittle and be spiteful, then that is you losing control as well.
We all justify our actions in order to sleep at night — some are just more honest.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
6:27 pm
Oh, and Bosch?
I didn’t use the word retarded for professional reasons.
I called you a wimp outright. No coward here.
@@
October 22nd, 2010
6:32 pm
Goodnight, Gracie, whoever you are.
Schnirt!
Will the GOP Compromise After the Election? Well, Why Should They?
October 22nd, 2010
11:02 pm
[...] comes around to our way of thinking”.They both amount to the same thing — the MSM desperately wants to cast Republicans as the bad guys should they take over the House, Senate, or both. Of course, [...]
ODDOWL
October 23rd, 2010
3:29 am
Repuklican debt ====> $11 trillion dollars… Repuklican deficit ====> $1.3 trillion dollars yearly deficit… Democrat debt ====> 3 trillion dollars… Democrat deficit ====> $300 billion dollars a year… We Democrats are not going to allow you debt ridden Repuklicans to drag your problems to our doorstep… Pay your bills… The Repuklican’s are in a panic and their rhetoric has reached shrill tones as they watch it all slip away… October surprise !!!
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 23rd, 2010
6:52 am
Sorry to spoil your fun ODDOWL, but it’s the Idiot Messiah who PROPOSED trillion-dollar deficits the last couple of years and for the next decade.
Watch the GOP house cut spending when they do next year’s budget, including some of your favorite handout programs. You might then decide that it’s time to get a job.
When Americans vote, Democrats lose.
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 23rd, 2010
8:41 am
Reagan debt ====> $1.7 trillion
Clinton debt ====> $1.6 trillion
G.W. Bush debt ====> $4.4 trillion (8 years)
Idiot Messiah debt ====> $1.7 trillion (1 year, 2010, Idiot Messiah’s first budget)
Left wing management
October 23rd, 2010
12:40 pm
When Americans vote, Democrats lose.
Is there supposed to be some second layer to this statement? Like for example that the 2008 electorate wasn’t made up of actual ‘Americans’ or something?
Interesting claim, there.
Drumngymn
October 23rd, 2010
3:23 pm
Representing both men and women, koi fish tattoos are a really unperturbed and good-looking tattoo map to get.
Instead of some reason people file to purchase indeed strapping koi fish tattoos, spread all over and beyond their repudiate,exclude or arm.
The looker with a tattoo is that you can elect exactly where you scarceness it and how big you lack it.
Steal a look at the above dead ringer, personaly I think that is an absolutely grand koi fish tattoo design.
It lately looks so courtly and classy.
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 23rd, 2010
8:14 pm
A lot of America-haters and parasites voted in 2008, yes. The GOP nominated someone who didn’t energize their base (i.e. Americans).
America lost.
Yoda
October 23rd, 2010
8:29 pm
Enter your comments here
Mike
October 24th, 2010
7:22 pm
Oooooooooooh Jay,
That sounds soooooooo scary.
I’ll bring the popcorn.
boots
October 24th, 2010
8:04 pm
Jay, are you always stoned or does that picture just look that way?
Love Those Hypocrites
October 24th, 2010
8:21 pm
“The last Republican Congress didn’t suffer from too little compromise, it suffered too much,” he said. If they retake the majority, he said, there can be “no compromise that allows more borrowing, more spending, more deficits and more debt … no compromise on stopping their government takeover of health care.”
The last Republican Congress served alongside a Republican President, so everything that happened from 2001 to 2007 (including the groundwork for our Recession) didn’t involve any compromise. Did he forget that small fact or pretending it didn’t happen?
By the way, interesting read in The Washington Post. Corporations and Banks that received bailouts are donating large sums of cash to political campaigns. Mostly Republicans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Tired of BS
October 24th, 2010
8:26 pm
Soooo….. just who the hell has been controlling the house and senate since 2006…. that would be the dems. Who won the WH in 2008…. that would be the dems. George Bush has been out of office for 2 years people.
It’s time to put the blame where it belongs…. that would be with the dems. Good grief…..
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 24th, 2010
9:25 pm
Democrats couldn’t manage to pass a budget because they were too busy passing the blame, led by their little emperor Barry Blame-Game Hussein.
Atlanta 1
October 24th, 2010
9:33 pm
Get off the Crack Pipe
Bubba
October 24th, 2010
9:36 pm
Our two party political system, choked on unlimited anonymous corporate money, is broken. I pray it is not unfixable. With the parties so polarized and irreconcilable, there is little space for common sense pragmatic moderate conservatives to work together to solve problems.
Maybe it’s time to bring back the Whigs.
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 24th, 2010
9:50 pm
Have another glass of Koolaid, Bubba. “Unlimited anyonymous corporate money” doesn’t vote–people do.
techengineer
October 24th, 2010
10:05 pm
The Constitution is no longer worth the paper it is written on.. Time for a Revolution to take this country back to a Constitutional Republic. Probably will have to eradicate all Marxists and this Bookman clown but hey they are enemies of the Republic anyway. jmho
techengineer
October 24th, 2010
10:09 pm
Time for the US Congress to get off of the credit “crack”! Pay your bills! Don’t pass on to the next generation… That is about as evil as it gets..
winston
October 24th, 2010
10:10 pm
Only a fool would believe that Republicans would be any better that Democrats when it comes to: ballancing the budget; reducing the debt; and deminishing government intrusion in our lives. I am not a Libertarian, but I will vote Libertarian this year because that is the only party that is truly committed to addressing our No. 1 problem – our staggering and debilitating debt. We have to eliminate the debt before we can get back to our trivial liberal vs conservative debates.
JustMe
October 24th, 2010
10:22 pm
I have one word that aptly describes the GOP right now … a-holes.
JustMe
October 24th, 2010
10:26 pm
The GOP nominated someone who didn’t energize their base (i.e. Americans).
Sorry Lil Barry Bailout, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the Republicans base is the hard right and ONLY the hard right.
zeke
October 24th, 2010
11:01 pm
If sailing into an iceberg means the removal of all democrat liberals, socialist and indeed communist from elected office, THEN SAIL FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!!
itpdude
October 24th, 2010
11:21 pm
I say vote the GOP in and let the rivets pop. Perhaps then the people will unify and charge the gates and take some heads off.
The GOP seriously needs to understand why income disparity is a bad thing. Maybe some angry people rioting will do the trick.
Julia Kuree
October 25th, 2010
5:29 am
Rather nice place you’ve got here. Thanx for it. I like such themes and anything that is connected to them. I would like to read a bit more soon.
Don’t you think design should be changed every few months?
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Lil' Barry Bailout
October 25th, 2010
5:48 am
Income disparity is a good thing. If we all received the same income, there would be no incentive to innovate, work, and grow the economy. Ever heard of the Soviet Union? They tried your theories out there.
Fail.
You Distort/We Deride
October 25th, 2010
7:14 am
Days That Republics Lead: The word “taxpayer” is seldom mentioned and war, patriotism, and blind allegiance to God and country are the buzzwords du jour.
Days That Democrats Lead: Taxpayer, taxpayer, taxpayer, taxpayer.
God I detest the Republicans. Charlatans and liars.
Greg
October 25th, 2010
1:05 pm
In a democracy, you get the government you deserve.
RobRoka
October 26th, 2010
12:03 pm
Question for the liberals commenting on this article- Since when are tax cuts considered spending? We’re talking about the government NOT taking the people’s resources away. Tax cuts are a preventative measure against spending. How in the world are tax cuts spending if they result in the government having less to spend. Basic comprehension of reality has flown the coop. Maybe sanity will come home to roost on Tuesday.