The only person who can stop Rick Perry is Rick Perry
John Ellis, who among many other things is a Republican political analyst, a blogger and a cousin to former President George W. Bush, nails the state of the GOP presidential race in a Business Insider column:
The Republican “establishment,” such as it is, is quickly coming to the realization that the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is Texas Governor Rick Perry’s to lose.
That establishment would prefer someone more electable, someone more like, say, Mitt Romney. But as Ellis points out, Romney is the guy that most Republican voters will choose only if they have no other viable choice:
“Romney’s problem is four-fold: he’s politically “fungible” (to put it politely), he’s from the wrong region of the country (New England), he’s of the wrong religion (Mormonism) and he’s too closely identified with Wall Street (Bain Capital). The Republican base would prefer to nominate a strong conservative, evangelical Christian from the Sunbelt who, at the least, shares their disdain for Wall Street’s reckless stewardship of the nation’s financial system.”
Know anybody like that?
Ellis predicts that after Labor Day, the GOP establishment will launch “a sustained negative campaign to destroy Perry with the party’s base.” We’ve already seen hints of that from Karl Rove, among others. Absent some major revelation, however, that effort isn’t likely to work. Perry’s persona and background align so closely with the desires of the GOP base that it will be very difficult to drive a wedge between them. If Perry can prove that he can perform on the national stage, the nomination is all but his and there’s nothing Romney can do about it.
And as Ellis points out, Perry will get that opportunity very quickly.
“Once Labor Day has passed, there will be five debates, in quick succession, on the GOP presidential candidates’ calendars. These will be important tests for Perry. If at the end of two or three, it’s clear that he’s every bit the equal of Mitt Romney on matters of policy and politics, then the Perry juggernaut becomes all but unstoppable. Romney’s “I’m the only electable one” argument will vanish and the party’s base will nominate one of their own. If Perry stumbles badly in the debates, Romney’s campaign gets a second wind.”
I agree wholeheartedly. The only person who can snatch the nomination out of Rick Perry’s hands is Rick Perry himself.
– Jay Bookman
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Bosch
August 30th, 2011
2:43 pm
Ewwww md, I wouldn’t recommend popping it open after all these years.
md
August 30th, 2011
2:44 pm
“and if that homeless person”
I was always told that “if” is the biggest word in the English language…………….and “if” he didn’t?
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
USMC
Even after that post, I and other Blacks will still be painted as thinking as one monolithic group who’s dependent on some Democratic official to think for me. Either that, or I’ll be some thug wearing my pants halfway down my legs with my ass showing when I’m not driving my Cadillac with 24″ rims to the store to get food with the foodstamps that my girlfriend gets every month.
Go figure…
Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
2:46 pm
My personal favorite is David Vitter.
Not sure that a crazy relative can outdo wearing diapers in bed with a hooker.
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
2:46 pm
md
yep, billy was a hoot indeed…but who didn’t love Miss Lillian?
Doggone/GA
August 30th, 2011
2:47 pm
“and “if” he didn’t?”
Well, it isn’t a given that a homeless person is unemployed.
Adam
August 30th, 2011
2:48 pm
Brosephus: I don’t get the rims thing. What makes oversized rims so appealing? On smaller cars it increases drag on the vehicle raising it off the ground like that, and the tires themselves are rather thin and have to be replaced more frequently.
out of the blue
August 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
Stands .. Wasn’t Neil Bush a member of the board of directors with the failed Silverado S&L which cost the taxpayers $1.3 billion, and he waltzed away with a fine of $50,000.00…..I believe it is fact!
Dirt on the Bush crime family goingback to ole’ Prescott it could fill up Turner Field…..
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
Yeah Adam, Brosephus would know the answer to that question cause, he’s black, right?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist)
md
August 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
Bosch…..I didn’t buy it to drink……….I bought it to sell………along with my Battling Bulldog Beer.
And yes GG, Billy was a character………like the rest of us, we can choose our friends…….stuck with family. Mine is certainly quite the collection of misfits……..
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
“Wasn’t Neil Bush a member of the board of directors with the failed Silverado S&L which cost the taxpayers $1.3 billion, and he waltzed away with a fine of $50,000.00″
Why, yes, out of the blue, yes, I think he was!! Good friend of mine got his first job out of college cleaning up that mess.
JOE C00L
August 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
“Cadillac with 24″”
24’s??? I thought you had 30’s
Adam
August 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
Bosch: He brought it up and I’m on food coma. No offense is intended.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
“Bosch…..I didn’t buy it to drink”
OhthankGod. I’ve always been partial to you and were concerned for you safety and well being.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
Not sure that a crazy relative can outdo wearing diapers in bed with a hooker.
Well, there you go again, slamming a godly Republican. He never wore the diapers to bed. He just wanted the woman to change them and spank him for messing them.
Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself for telling a big lie?
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
2:52 pm
Adam,
Joke. I’m in food coma too. Did you see that post of mine where I just randomly stopped typing and then posted? Geez.
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
2:52 pm
md — “And I don’t call myself anything”
Can I call you a double-taxer, then?
Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
2:53 pm
Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself for telling a big lie?
Not nearly as ashamed as Vitter.
Matti's critical eye
August 30th, 2011
2:53 pm
USMC,
Bless your heart.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
2:54 pm
“Even after that post, I and other Blacks will still be painted as thinking as one monolithic group who’s dependent on some Democratic official to think for me…”-BROCEPHUS
While perhaps true, voting results have confirmed some of this.
However, it DRIVES me crazy when I see black OR white kids/adults wearing saggy pants.
It sends a HORRIBLE message to the world.
And before someone says “you shouldn’t judge!”… WE ALL JUDGE PEOPLE, all of us do!
I’m with you, Brocephus!
out of the blue
August 30th, 2011
2:55 pm
Bosch…….”Why, yes, out of the blue, yes, I think he was!! Good friend of mine got his first job out of college cleaning up that mess.
Who’d a known Neil was creating jobs?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
2:55 pm
I am glad to hear you say that you THINK for yourself and don’t need
Al and JessieLimbaugh, Coulter, Faux News and Beck telling the world what you think.Isn’t it odd that a group of elected officials identifies themselves by the
color of their skinlarge rear end of an elephant with a tea bag on its head and shouts to the world that THEY speak for those with the samecolor of skinpolitical crudeness? Bizarre… andRacistridiculous by definition.Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
2:55 pm
Kamchak — “My personal favorite is David Vitter. Not sure that a crazy relative can outdo wearing diapers in bed with a hooker.”
How about if you’re a member of Vitter’s extended family? Then you have a crazy Congressman relative who wears diapers in bed with hookers.”
That ought to win the ‘freakiest true story’ bar bet every time.
md
August 30th, 2011
2:56 pm
Joe…..this is an anonymous blog, you can call me whatever you want………it’s not like I can do much about it
godless heathen
August 30th, 2011
2:56 pm
So someone at Salon magazine takes a slam at one of the Bush’s. I imagine that “dim bulb”, Neil Bush could buy the Salon “reporter” and sfd many times over.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
2:56 pm
Adam
I think the rim thing now is the same as the gold chain thing was in the 80’s. It’s all about size, the bigger they are, the more people fawn over them.
I don’t think many people stop to realize how much those rims negatively affect their cars. When you have heavier wheels on a vehicle than what was originally designed, it does many things to the mechanics of the car itself. First, brakes wear out faster because it takes more brakes to stop the inertia of heavier wheels. The transmission has the potential to wear out faster because of the heavier load placed on it. The speedometer has to be recalibrated because of the larger diameter of the wheel. The suspension of the vehicle takes a beating because it works much harder because of the loss of cushioning effect from the tires.
I’ve never put aftermarket rims on any vehicle I’ve ever owned. If I did, they would be as closely matched to the original specifications in relation to diameter, weight, and offset as possible to keep my car from premature breakdown. Unless it’s a car that I’m using for competition to earn prize money or something I’m restoring just for show, I think the aftermarket rim industry is a complete waste of money.
Bosch
USMC
August 30th, 2011
2:57 pm
“Bless your heart.”–MATTI
Oh, thanks Matti. May be we can all pitch in and help get you a date with Rick Perry…
(you know, like It Takes a Village
Thomas
August 30th, 2011
2:58 pm
Exxon Wins Prized Access to Arctic With Russia Deal
Putin/Russia/Exxon- the Arctic- just ducky- what could go wrong here?
Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
How about if you’re a member of Vitter’s extended family?
I would give serious thought about legally changing my name if I shared the same surname with Vitter.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
Kammie:
Semantics ……….. everyone uses the term ……… liberal and conservativie alike. You “fire” them.
P.S.
You forgot Billy Boy Clinton.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
Rick@2:55
The Truth hurts, doesn’t it Brother?
JOE C00L
August 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
TEA PARTY MITTENS?
Mitt Romney attending his first major Tea Party rally:
On Labor Day the Republican presidential candidate will join the Tea Party Express’ “Reclaiming America” bus tour in Manchester, New Hampshire, organizers tell CNN.
Guess ole Mittens knew he had to get in bed to gain some in the polls.
SN: Is “Reclaiming America” one of those code words?
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
“Who’d a known Neil was creating jobs?”
Why yes out of the blue, never really thought of it like that. But he’s done more to create jobs than John WATB Boehner!!
BADA BING
August 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
Md…….I have a case of Billy Beer and a case of Battlin bulldog, that I bought for resale. I also have a case of JR beer , named after the “Dallas” character. It has a pic of a bullet hole in the can and the side says…”If you have to ask how much my beer costs, You can’t afford it’. Have you seen it? I have hundreds more cans. Do you collect?
godless heathen
August 30th, 2011
3:01 pm
See Clinton, Roger.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:01 pm
24’s??? I thought you had 30’s
I think the latest rage is the 30’s and larger. I’d rather waste money on beer and strippers. I’d get much more enjoyment from my money that way.
USMC: While perhaps true, voting results have confirmed some of this.
Only if that’s the perception you get from viewing the results. It’s all in perception. There’s many Blacks who would vote GOP in a minute if the GOP put forth a candidate that didn’t either belittle Blacks or agree with those who do that. Put forth a common sense candidate that doesn’t hint around with the bigoted crap and actually does things that benefits the Black community, and you will see many Blacks vote GOP.
Simply telling someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps doesn’t benefit a community where hardly anyone wears boots, if you catch what I’m saying. The message AND actions have to be beneficial to the group you wish to get votes from.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
3:02 pm
Well, back to helping Comrade Obama fix his HORRIBLE economy.. Out.
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
3:04 pm
heathen
“Neil Bush could buy the Salon “reporter” and sfd many times over.”
could be. so what.
the $$$$ must be cold comfort for the loss of one’s honor.
he sold that on the cheap
USMC
August 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
Brocephus, I know what you are saying with regard to “perception”, but the numbers don’t lie.
Obama got 95% of the BLACK vote:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_blacks_voted_for_Obama
Adam
August 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
Brosephus: I saw an Impala that was modified to have 24″ wheels, and doors that swing UP rather than out. I had to marvel at the “why!” of it all.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
Brosephus – RE “STFU”
A. I don’t think anyone in this country has to STFU. This is America with that free speech thing.
B. I think black americans and politicians have the right to petition, lobby, harass, whatever, the POTUS on their issues no matter whether the sitting president is white purple blue green or any other color.
In short, I disagree with parts of your previous statement. Yes, the POTUS has to represent everyone and look out for our collective interests, not one interest over another. But that doesn’t mean he can’t do things to help out minorities.
Must be opposite day. I have no idea how we so often end up on the opposite side of issues.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
3:07 pm
“Brocephus, I know what you are saying with regard to “perception”, but the numbers don’t lie.
Obama got 95% of the BLACK vote:”
So what? So did John Kerry.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:07 pm
Reclaiming America” one of those code words?
Yep — good one too. They can use that line, after they put another repub in the big house, when they have to pawn their stuff to buy groceries.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
“I had to marvel at the “why!” of it all.”
Adam sounds like an upper class yuppie. Why do people buy Ferrari’s? Why do people die their hair blue or blond? Why is Lady Gaga famous?
Same answer.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:09 pm
Off topic:
For today’s edition of headlines that reek of “No Sh*t Sherlock”, I present GOP Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney…
Mitt Romney: U.S. near ‘profound economic misery’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-us-near-profound-economic-misery/2011/08/30/gIQAocHrpJ_story_1.html
While trying to blame Obama for America’s economic woes, if elected, Romney will not fare much better. There’s pretty much nothing the government can do to help our economy right now. With the GOP firmly entrenched in not increasing taxes or spending, we’re dependent on the private sector to do things that would feed demand in order to get the economy going again.
from that link:
Romney criticized Obama’s plan to cut military spending by $400 billion over the next 12 years, as well as a budget trigger established in the debt deal reached this summer that could result in defense spending being cut by $850 billion.
Romney also talked about the “enormous waste” he says is in the Pentagon budget.
“As a conservative businessman who spent most his life in the private sector, I look at that kind of inefficiency and bloat and I say, ‘Let me at it,’ ” Romney said. “I will slice billions of dollars in waste and inefficiency and bureaucracy from the defense budget. And I’ll use the money we save for modern ships and planes, and for more troops. And I’ll spend it to ensure that veterans have the care they deserve.”
Only in America can you criticize somebody for doing something, and in the next breath, state that you will do the same damn thing. When will primary voters in both parties hold their candidates responsible for speaking the truth. I guess this is a case of Romney being against defense cuts before he’s for them.
Adam
August 30th, 2011
3:10 pm
Bosch: So what? So did John Kerry.
OH SNAP!
High five on that one Bosch. FINALLY someone pointed out that the black vote doesn’t just “vote black.”
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:10 pm
Obama got 95% of the BLACK vote
I’m always interested in things like that. You know I’ve been voting for years, registerd when I was 18, and no one has EVER asked me info on the color of my skin! So how can someone say, with impunity, and expect to be correct, how a person voted?
Did they take a poll in Essence magazine or something?
Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
Obama got 95% of the BLACK vote:
Democrats generally get +90% of the black vote.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
“Mitt Romney: U.S. near ‘profound economic misery’”
whatever. stock market was doing awesome yesterday. good spending #’s. no shutdown of NYC. no huge insurance losses. one good day does not a trend make, but I think the US is going to be just fine in the long run with some different leadership (I mean any leadership).
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
Adam,
Yeah, I wonder how much of the “old fart white guy” vote John McCain got?
Dusty
August 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
BROCEPHEUS,
Is Perry considered a racist? (This is not a trick question.) You mentioned blacks might vote for someone who does not belittle blacks or agree with those that do that. I don’t know what is considered the record of Perry on such matters.
godless heathen
August 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
so what, Granny? So what that salon reporter thinks Neil Bush is a dim bulb. Said reporter doesn’t have much to do.
Butch Cassidy
August 30th, 2011
3:14 pm
Oh man, being as how the last several elections have been narrowed down to the”lesser of two evils”, what are we left with now, just evil?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:15 pm
And I’ll use the money we save for modern ships and planes, and for more troops.
More troops? More wars. More blood. That’s the GOP Way to create jobs.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:16 pm
Adam
If it’s not for show competition, I wonder myself. In the grand scheme of things though, it’s private sector consumption which helps the economy. Frivolous spending is still considered consumption when it comes to GDP.
jm
If an elected official claims to speak for me just because we share the same skin color, then they DO need to STFU as they do not speak for me just because of that. If they want to speak on THEIR behalf, they have all the right in the world to do so. However, if I didn’t vote for them to speak for me, they don’t have the right to claim to do so.
As far as helping out minorities, as soon as Obama does the first thing to aid Blacks, he’ll be tarred, feathered, drawn, and quartered by the GOP. You and others would join in at the first opportunity to say, “I told you so” that he would be the “Blacks first” president. I can only speak for myself, but I do not wish to hear that sh*t at all.
USMC
Most every Democratic Presidential candidate will pull about 90% of the Black vote. Until the GOP puts forth a candidate that appeals to the needs of the Black community instead of the opposite, it will remain that way. Perception is a very powerful thing.
JOE C00L
August 30th, 2011
3:17 pm
“There’s many Blacks who would vote GOP in a minute if the GOP put forth a candidate that didn’t either belittle Blacks or agree with those who do that. Put forth a common sense candidate that doesn’t hint around with the bigoted crap and actually does things that benefits the Black community, and you will see many Blacks vote GOP. ”
As I was telling Woodstock, as one of my co-workers said, until you see a Republican walking thru black communities looking for support, they aint gonna get it.
usmc-”Brocephus, I know what you are saying with regard to “perception”, but the numbers don’t lie.
Obama got 95% of the BLACK vote:”
USMC, you’re apart of the problem stating stuff like that because Blacks vote Democrat 90 plus percent of the time anyway. Let just be frank about things, Republicans do not “court” the Black vote and as long as they live by that arrogance Blacks will continue to vote Democratic.
Jay
August 30th, 2011
3:20 pm
Isn’t it interesting how Laura Bush took five trips to Africa, and it never became an issue?
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:20 pm
Bro 3:16 – when you help the poor, you’re also helping a lot of minorities. You don’t have to have a (reverse) racist type of agenda to help those who are disadvantaged. You just have to do things to help the poor, regardless of race, creed, or color.
And for the record, I’d say Obama has done that in spades. As a matter of fact, there’s a point of diminishing returns. And I think we’ve reached it on unemployment benefits, as well as food stamps (perhaps). In contrast, he has done nothing to revamp Medicaid, which is desperate need of redesign.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
“Laura Bush took five trips to Africa”
I remember those trips distinctly and was very irate about those. (entirely kidding)
What was she up to? Elephant hunting?
(For the record, Laura Bush is pretty awesome. Don’t know how this is linked to the Obama’s. Have they even been to Africa during the administration? I though they only went to Martha’s Vineyard or swanky palaces in Europe.)
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
In contrast, he has done nothing to revamp Medicaid, which is desperate need of redesign.
Obamacare, if it was done the way that Congress wanted to do it, (before Obama dumbed it down for the repubs), would’ve addressed that.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
“Isn’t it interesting how Laura Bush took five trips to Africa, and it never became an issue?”
–JAY
YOU sound ANTI-Africa, Jay
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
“Obamacare, if it was done the way that Congress wanted to do it, (before Obama dumbed it down for the repubs), would’ve addressed that.”
Shoulda woulda couldas…. whatever
Republicans didn’t stop reform of Medicaid.
DBCOOPER
August 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
If Perry’s’s uncle got a DUI. Would Bookman report it?
If Perry’s uncle was an illegal would Bookman write about it?
HMMMMM?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
Don’t know how this is linked to the Obama’s. Have they even been to Africa during the administration? I though they only went to Martha’s Vineyard or swanky palaces in Europe.)
Everytime AirForce 1 pulls off the runway, for whatever reason, the Obama’s are crictized for:
1. Wasting tax payers money.
2. Wasting fuel.
3. Whatever lunacy the looney tunes dream up.
His point, I think, was that there’s a double standard here. Are you surprised?
stands for decibels
August 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
For everyone who la-la-LOVES to gripe about 92% or 95% or 99% (or whatever exit polling you’re claiming to believe) of African Americans voting for the first black guy who ran for President on a major party ticket after 43 all-white affairs?
If such folks, 43 opportunities later, are still as “brand loyal” so to speak as, say, Southern white folks? 68% of whom went for the white ticket, in 2008?
Maybe then there will be occasion to think something’s kinda fishy.
Until then I think that big heaping cup of STFU our Bros was talking about earlier might be in order.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
Republicans didn’t stop reform of Medicaid
Oh really?
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
“Obamacare, if it was done the way that Congress wanted to do it, (before Obama dumbed it down for the repubs), would’ve addressed that.”
I knew there was something else that was Bush’s fault that I hadn’t heard of yet. He’s a rascally dude. Amazing that he could pull off stopping Medicaid reform when Democrats controlled the legislative and executive branches in entirety.
Cry me a river. Puhhhleazzze.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
This is wayyy off topic, but I just saw this movie was coming out and the book is excellent:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2617613337
I highly recommend it.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:26 pm
Dusty
I don’t know enough about Perry, nor have I heard anything that would point to him being racist. From what I’ve read about him, I’d put him in the same category that I put many others in that he’s a populist and opportunist. If popular rhetoric was based in racial overtones, he’d try to ride that into office. He’s been riding the anti-DC sentiment while accepting fed money and using it to his advantage while Gov of TX. Time will reveal whether he harbors any bigotries or not.
jm
It’s one thing to aid the poor. It’s completely different to do things to aid Blacks. Not all Blacks are poor, so doing things to aid Blacks will not be something that’s just aiding the poor.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
“Isn’t it interesting how Laura Bush took five trips to Africa, and it never became an issue?”–JAY
Yeah, I think Laura Bush was HELPING starving and HIV infected Africans, or something
Adam
August 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
Bosch: Yeah, I wonder how much of the “old fart white guy” vote John McCain got?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
If Perry’s’s uncle got a DUI. Would Bookman report it?
Better yet, if Joe Biden shot his best “friend” in the face while “hunting”; would he go to jail?
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
dB
DBCOOPER
August 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
Those mean Republicans are at it again. They are telling Hurricane Irene victims they’re not getting help. Thank GODNESS!! President Obama saved them. We know George Bush hates black people and caused Katrina AND blew up those Levee’s. In order to kill black folks.
Mick
August 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
Sooner or later, rick perry is going to have to confront the truth and facts about texas. The “failed” stimulus of which he claims to be “fed up”, saved his sorry, seceding, rear end. The truth will cut through the fog of the lone star, the governor has no clothes – go get him granny….
JOE C00L
August 30th, 2011
3:29 pm
Funny how USMC hasn’t replied to ppl pulling his card about “obama got 95 % of the Black vote” BS…lol
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:29 pm
Bro – “Not all Blacks are poor, so doing things to aid Blacks will not be something that’s just aiding the poor.”
Uh, yeah. I get that. I’m not worried about rich black folks very much. Incidentally, the supersoaker guy is amazing and awesome. I’d say he’s doing more for Atlanta in the long run than just about anyone else short of Blank or Woodruff (foundations) right now.
Adam
August 30th, 2011
3:30 pm
jm: Republicans didn’t stop reform of Medicaid.
Wishful thinking.
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
3:30 pm
godless heathen
“If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.”
Neil is threadbare.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
3:31 pm
“Funny how USMC hasn’t replied to ppl pulling his card about “obama got 95 % of the Black vote” BS…lol”–Joe Cool
Joe, you need more laughter in your life, buddy
Adam
August 30th, 2011
3:31 pm
jm: Amazing that he could pull off stopping Medicaid reform when Democrats controlled the legislative and executive branches in entirety.
There’s that lie again!
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
3:32 pm
“old fart white guy” What out there!
getalife
August 30th, 2011
3:32 pm
Ask the gop about hurricane Katia.
JOE C00L
August 30th, 2011
3:32 pm
“Joe, you need more laughter in your life, buddy”
Deflect MUCH?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:33 pm
knew there was something else that was Bush’s fault that I hadn’t heard of yet. He’s a rascally dude. Amazing that he could pull off stopping Medicaid reform when Democrats controlled the legislative and executive branches in entirety
jm suffers from revisionist history, among other things.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
3:34 pm
jm
That’s why I don’t agree with the calls from the Black community castigating Obama for not helping Blacks. Obama should not have to do anything specifically to aid Blacks. If he’s doing something to aid the poor, then the Black community that really needs the help will still be helped. Others need to get off their asses and do for themselves instead of waiting on someone to do something for them.
The Black community, as a whole, has a lot of spending power. It’s evident in the sales of shoes, rims, and other things. If the Black community pooled resources in the same manner that other communities have done and continue to do, there would be much less need for Obama to do anything.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:34 pm
Adam 3:30 – you guys love to eat sand.
Democrats have stopped block granting Medicaid every step of the way. Block grants would result in significantly improving the allocation of funds to help more people better. In addition, it would result in some program and policy experimentation which would be hugely helpful.
How do you turkeys think the jobs program idea that Obama may propose shortly. It is all based on Georgia Works. GA Works (while not a bad idea, but I’m not an expert) came about in violation of federal law. A Democrat chose to say FU to federal law and did it anyway. I think its a pretty good idea. State experimentation with policy is part of the beauty of this country, but the Feds stamp it out all the time. Oy, libs will never learn.
Joe The Plumber too.
August 30th, 2011
3:35 pm
libs are too funny, if urkle was a Republican sitting President there would be demands of an answer as to why with knowledge of ongoing criminal activity in his family ( his aunt, his uncle) he did nothing.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:36 pm
Bro 3:34 – ah. I think we’re in agreement.
getalife
August 30th, 2011
3:36 pm
perry can only get the con vote.
He can’t win the general.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
If the Black community pooled resources in the same manner that other communities have done and continue to do, there would be much less need for Obama to do anything.
Blacks have suffered in this economy — they are the last hired and first fired, OR as in most cases, no matter what their seniority is they are let go. However, in the Atlanta area, more black-owned businesses have been started since the recession begun. Blacks have not waited for corporate america to save them, they’ve started saving themselves.
jm
August 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
Bro “pooled resources”
Though I don’t know what that’s about. I think the poor (and minorities who are poor) are suffering because of education issues (which have a long history behind them), not because of pooled resources issues.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
Does anybody speak Joe the Plumber too – ese? I have absolutely no idea what the hell that 3:35 means.
md
August 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
“Have you seen it? I have hundreds more cans. Do you collect?”
Haven’t seen that one Bada………..and my “collection” consists of 4 six packs……I lost a few during my last move……..before that, I had a lot of beer cans, but collecting wasn’t the motive…………
Joe The Plumber too.
August 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
Perry/Rubio will blow the urkle/biden ticket out of the water. Landslide, libs get your excuses ready, urkle’s done, four and out.
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
getalife – hurricane Katia has not formed yet but is expected to do so soon. What has that to do with the GOP?
“He (Perry) can’t win the general.” That’s your Progressive opinion, of course.
getalife
August 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
jr,
They will not support the victims.
Over reach.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
a sitting President there would be demands of an answer as to why with knowledge of ongoing criminal activity in his family ( his aunt, his uncle) he did nothing.
Exactly WHAT was he supposed to do? Since you’re such a legal scholar please explain the Preisdent’s legal obligation in this instance. Thanks.
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
Bosch – first Obama’s aunt, now his uncle are illegal immigrants. His uncle has been here 19 years and has a fake SS card, so the story goes.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
Well, I learned something here today. Brocephus is one of Those People! I always thought he was White. At least his posts were almost as good as White posts. Now I got to rethink alot of things about him and what he says. At the very least Bookman ought to make posters say if they’re White or Those People. That way we’d know which ones to skip without reading them. And you can tell I’m White. I make it very clear in my blog name I’m a Republican.