‘The core of the problem lies with the Republican Party’
Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, two of the most respected non-partisan political analysts in Washington, go ahead and say it:
“We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country’s challenges.”
Yup. That sums it up nicely, I’m afraid.
And as they conclude, the situation is not going to change until the Republicans are forced to pay a very heavy price for their extremism at the polls, and that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. The result is a paralyzed system of governance at a critical time in this nation’s history.
– Jay Bookman
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stevie ray..Clowns to the Left and Jokers to the Right..here I am...
April 28th, 2012
3:55 pm
KAMCHAK,
Brilliant responses…perhaps you were in school before no child was left behind?
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
3:57 pm
I don’t see big ears getting a second term….even by spending enough to feed our hungry for a few months…
I wouldn’t underestimate the opposition’s ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory….
Just sayin’
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 28th, 2012
3:58 pm
stevie-poo
It’s no doubt that you rode the short bus to school.
stevie ray..Clowns to the Left and Jokers to the Right..here I am...
April 28th, 2012
3:59 pm
THe religious zealots of the right are scary. Great example is what’s happening in TN with the legislation to remain in the stone ages…great quote the religious right should heed:
“I fear that these bills, written to give us what they think we want, will have the opposite effect. By legislating our Christianity, what they’re really doing is taking it away from us.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:05 pm
EDITORIAL: “Obama embraces Islam”
“No matter what the source of the delusion, no political movement that exalts the Koran can peaceably coexist with the concept of freedom at the root of Western governance. Islamist notions of democracy are constrained by the strictures of their religion. Radical Muslims reject the humanistic values that gave birth to modern Western government; the self-evident truths regarding everyone’s inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are just so much infidel heresy to the Islamists. There are no inalienable rights under political Islam, only submission to the will of Allah.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/25/obama-embraces-islam/
stevie ray..Clowns to the Left and Jokers to the Right..here I am...
April 28th, 2012
4:08 pm
BRO,
Couldn’t agree more..choice between a really hip and cool dude or a fuddyduddy neither of which can make a difference…I think it’s time we gave the fuddyduddy a chance..the hip cool dude’s not doing any good…at least most don’t think they are better off…of course, I forget it’s not his fault and that all those promises about hope and change assumed a willing GOP fraction who wanted to be hip and cool as well.
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
April 28th, 2012
4:10 pm
The Wahabbi Christians scare me more than radical Islamists – mainly because Glenn Beck says his guys “surround us”.
His exact phrase.
InAtl
April 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
The two institutions you mention are moderate, but the two authors are not. One of them considers himself “centrist,” which doesn’t mean much. His bio says he’s close friends with Al Franken. That says it all. The other author has done work for two different democrats, a senator and a representative. I guess mentioning that would give the reader too much information on the sources of the original article.
M
April 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
The official Republican party platform is “No, YOU are!”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:13 pm
So much for Biden’s comments about what Romney would have done. What a hypocrite !
“‘Manhunt’ details U.S. mission to find Osama bin Laden”
“When Obama met with his top aides April 28, two days before the raid, both Gates and Vice President Biden reiterated their opposition to the operation as too risky. Bergen writes that they argued that the evidence of bin Laden’s presence was circumstantial, the mission was too dangerous and relations with Pakistan would be destroyed.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manhunt-details-us-mission-to-find-osama-bin-laden/2012/04/27/gIQAuHxPmT_story_1.html
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck:
“The Wahabbi Christians scare me more than radical Islamists – mainly because Glenn Beck says his guys “surround us”.”
That’s interesting. How many people have they murdered or maimed including throwing acid in the faces of little girls who just want to go to school ?
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
I think it’s time we gave the fuddyduddy a chance..the hip cool dude’s not doing any good
I would agree with you on that i the hip cool dude actually had a fair shot at doing ANYTHING. My problem with giving the GOP control again has nothing to do with 2000 – 2008. My problem with the current GOP is that they have behaved like little spoiled b*tches since they gained control of the House. It’s one thing to make your party platform one that would make the current POTUS a one-termer. It’s completely something different when you risk ruining the country to see that happen.
Obama’s goose was cooked from the day after the election in 2010. How many administrations have gone into their 4th year missing as many appointees as this current one? Part of the blame goes to Obama himself for not being more forceful in pushing for confirmations. However, I put more blame on the GOP in damn near blocking anything that Obama tries to do.
You can not run anything effectively if you don’t have people in place to perform the basic jobs necessary. You can’t play a World Series game with 5 players on defense and expect to win or even halfway function. The Democratic Party did some of the same stuff to Bush. However, when it came to things that helped the country as a whole, the Democratic Party put the partisaned bullsh*t aside and worked with Bush to get things passed. You can’t say the same thing has happened in the past 2 years. My question would be, why would you reward the GOP with anything when they have not shown that they can put country over party?
getalife
April 28th, 2012
4:18 pm
obl is dead .
GM is alive.
Lets keep listing his accomplishments.
carlosgvv
April 28th, 2012
4:24 pm
This did not happen in a vaccum. It has required two things to happen:
1. The Republicans had to sell themselves to Big Business. By catering strictly to the needs of it’s corporate masters, it natuarly appears to be extreme, scornful of compromise, etc.
2. The core Republican electorate had to dumb down to their current state of credulity whereby they believe whatever their politicians tell them, no matter how obvious a lie it is to the rest of us.
Unfortunately, since Republicans don’t seem to be getting any smarter, an improvement in the situation is definitely “not likely to happen anytime soon”.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
4:34 pm
Obama embraces Islam
you know i saw a similiar headline from the history channel. it was detailing the activities that lead up to the internment of millions of japanese americans after pearl harbor.
its amazing — the more things change, the more they stay the same…..
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
4:48 pm
Bro @ 4:17 – Here’s something that gives the GOP obstructionism a whole new light….
revelations about a private dinner of House Republicans on inauguration day in 2009 in which they plotted a campaign of obstruction against newly installed president Barack Obama.
During a lengthy discussion, the senior GOP members worked out a plan to repeatedly block Obama over the coming four years to try to ensure he would not be re-elected.
The disclosures – described as “appalling and sad” by Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod – undermine Republican claims that the president alone is to blame for the partisan deadlock in Washington.
A detailed account of who was present at the dinner on that January 20 night and the plan they worked out to bring down Obama is provided by Robert Draper in ‘Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the US House of Representatives’, published this week.
In his book, Draper opens with the heady atmosphere in Washington on the days running up to the inauguration and the day itself, which attracted 1.8 million to the mall to witness Obama being sworn in as America’s first black president.
Those numbers contributed to a growing sense of unease among Republicans as much the defeat in the White House race the previous November. The 15 Republicans were in a sombre mood as they gathered at the Caucus Room in Washington, an upscale restaurant where a New York strip steak costs $51.
Attending the dinner were House members Eric Cantor, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra, Dan Lungren, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Pete Sessions. From the Senate were Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, Jim DeMint, John Ensign and Jon Kyl. Others present were former House Speaker and future – and failed – presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and the Republican strategist Frank Luntz, who organised the dinner and sent out the invitations.
“If you act like you’re the minority, you’re going to stay in the minority,” said Keven McCarthy, quoted by Draper. “We’ve gotta challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign.”
The Republicans have done that, bringing Washington to a near standstill several times during Obama’s first term over debt and other issues.
On the more immediate future, they discussed targets such as Charlie Rangel, chairman of the House ways and means committee, who Gingrich said was vulnerable over his personal taxes. They would also target Treasury secretary Tim Geithner, demonstrate united and unyielding opposition to the president’s economic policies, and release negative ads against vulnerable Democratic members of Congress.
Draper quotes Gingrich at the end of the meal: “You will remember this day. You’ll remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sown.”
Axelrod, who is based at Obama’s re-election campaign headquarters in Chicago, condemned the revelation as “sad, appalling but not terribly surprising”.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/democrats-gop-plot-obstruct-obama
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:55 pm
Debbie:
If you can’t see the difference then I can’t help you. By the way …….. Roosevelt was a Democrat.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
4:57 pm
The gop failed to stop our recovery but gave us our first down grade.
Our President has many accomplishments without gop.
They should disband like the whig party.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:57 pm
Two great “Nam era” protest songs. How come you libs. don’t have any good ones for Iraq/Afghanistan? Are you losing your touch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OR6HkGS11c
JohnnyReb
April 28th, 2012
5:00 pm
This subject is like a kid in a candy store; where do you start?
The most important point is the stark contrast of what makes up the two parties. This contrast is why Republicans will triumph, not just this November but to eternity. And, why the current log jam that bothers Misters Mann and Ornstein was necessary but temporary.
Republicans are bound together by a common thread – conservatism. There are varying degrees of dedication and we have our causes, but none outweigh the core principle. Plus, we are traditionalists.
Democrats however are a party of special interest groups. Each special interest group puts their goal ahead of everything else. The Environmentalists put tree hugging at the top. Gays put their quest for rights at number one. Unions put theirs ahead of the previous two, plus often totally disagree with the others. Blacks can be in any of the previous groups, but their main concern appears to be a continuing perception of discrimination and inequality.
No, Democrats are not bound together by a single core principle. They are together because they have nowhere else to turn and by themselves are not large enough to bring about the change they desire.
All the groups within the Democratic Party eventually bump up against a roadblock but it’s not Republicans. We might hinder their progress, as we have and continue to do now with Obama in office, but in the end their nemesis is the Constitution. They can’t achieve their goals without tinkering with the Constitution. And, it has been shown time and time again most Americans don’t want their tinkering.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
5:02 pm
numbers YOU are the one who doesn’t see the difference. also what difference does it make that the order came from a dem or a repub? the point is that people let fear and prejudice rule out over justice, prudence, common sense, and equality.
our constitution said ALL men were created equal — fear and ignorance has proven that, a Orwell stated in Animal Farm, (paraphrased), some men are more equal than others.
saywhat?
April 28th, 2012
5:02 pm
Scout- tell us more about those eeeevil muslims who are bombing abortion clinics in the US, or murdering US doctors in their homes, etc. Oh wait, never mind.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
5:03 pm
Figures the newt was in the middle of this unpatriotic behavior.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
5:06 pm
saywhat?
Oh, I don’t mind.
There is evil everywhere but would like to compare the numbers over the years ???
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
5:09 pm
Debbie:
Inspite of its imperfections, please name me the country that has done the most to promote liberty in the world, who has given more financial and other aid, who has sacrificed more of its military to bring freedom to the enslaved and who has done more to rid the world of evil than any other.
Hint ………. three capital letters.
TaxPayer
April 28th, 2012
5:10 pm
Republicans are the party of no. No future.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
5:15 pm
TaxPayer:
You may be right. If they don’t wake up it might be an even more conservative group.
People are getting tired.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
5:23 pm
promote liberty? wow!! you know i could take that comment sarcastically and mention Manifest Destiny, Nicaragua, the installation of “dummy” figure heads (think “Shah” of Iran), or even Hawaii………..but…. I know that you were serious so I’ll try to do the same.
Scout- are you high?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
5:25 pm
Attorney accused of trading drugs for sex with inmates
– Oh hell!! he’s a Mercer grad too…….
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/attorney-accused-of-trading-1427531.html
barking frog
April 28th, 2012
5:34 pm
DDR
Lies. No attorney would
trade drugs for sex.
Fred ™
April 28th, 2012
5:43 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck:
“The Wahabbi Christians scare me more than radical Islamists – mainly because Glenn Beck says his guys “surround us”.”
That’s interesting. How many people have they murdered or maimed including throwing acid in the faces of little girls who just want to go to school ?
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Nice scare tactics. How many faces of little girls have they thrown acid in in AMERICA? Who gives a sht what they do in their backwood countries. Glenn Beck lives HERE.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
5:46 pm
The Brookings Institute, non-partisan…please. The American Enterprise Institute, I don’t know that well but saying that the Democrats present political balance, while most know how far left the Democrat party is, is a long stretch. It’s what the definition of is, is. Jay, sure knows how to cherry pick but Obama’s fallen approval is what it is.
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
5:47 pm
Democrats however are a party of special interest groups.
Really??
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.php
8 out of 13 groups listed at that link have donated more to the GOP since 2011.
Here’s a list of the top industries contributing to members of the 112th Congress during the 2011-2012 election cycle. Out of those industries, 39 out of 50 gave more to Republicans than they did to Democrats. Also, 35 of the top 50 had a Republican as their single highest recipient.
Here are the top 25 GOP gifters. The total contributed by the top 25 runs in excess of $148.1 Million.
Here’s the top 25 Dem gifters. The total contributed by the top 25 is more than $125.6
Based on the contributions, one would be hard pressed to say that the Democratic Party is comprised more of special interest groups than the GOP. However, a person with a partisaned slant would have no problem at stating such non-factual stuff.
E tu
April 28th, 2012
5:47 pm
Johnny Reb’s 5:00 is undeniable.
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
5:48 pm
*$125.6 Milion…
Fred ™
April 28th, 2012
5:48 pm
In number boy’s post you see the problem (0311/8541/5811/1811/1801, I forget which shot out marine that is, Del or Scout). They take actions from somewhere else and use them as “reasons” here. They can’t argue facts HERE they argue……… I dunno WHAT they argue. They are F’ing crazy………
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
5:49 pm
All the groups within the Democratic Party eventually bump up against a roadblock but it’s not Republicans. We might hinder their progress, as we have and continue to do now with Obama in office, but in the end their nemesis is the Constitution. They can’t achieve their goals without tinkering with the Constitution.
Well, what do you know…. All this time it’s been the Democratic Party putting up the roadblocks to someone exercising their right to vote. Well I’ll be damned…
Fred ™
April 28th, 2012
5:50 pm
Ya’ll have fun with this one. The insane ass holes are going to try to explain how they AREN’T, and those who aren’t are wasting their time.
I’m gonna do something productive like watch grass grow or something………
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 28th, 2012
5:50 pm
Johnny Reb’s 5:00 is undeniable.
Undeniably hilarious.
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
5:52 pm
Fred
That’s just wrong!!!!
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
5:56 pm
“In number boy’s post you see the problem (0311/8541/5811/1811/1801, I forget which shot out marine that is, Del or Scout).”
Have another drink of loud mouth and then you might even believe others believe what you think you believe. Just a typical delusional day of self importance, right Fred.
Fred ™
April 28th, 2012
6:00 pm
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
5:56 pm
“In number boy’s post you see the problem (0311/8541/5811/1811/1801, I forget which shot out marine that is, Del or Scout).”
Have another drink of loud mouth and then you might even believe others believe what you think you believe. Just a typical delusional day of self importance, right Fred.
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Ahh…. Got an answer. The holy sanctimonious Baptist is apparently the OTHER shot out number boy.
Yawn. Yet another hate filled post from the fine Christian man. Jesus and his mom are SO proud of him. Everyone else here sees his hypocrisy lol.
Let’s hear some more about morality and all that Del lol. I wanna hear about the mote in someone’s eye or something REALLY Jesus like such as that. Have you any tales to regale us with where you show your Jesus like actions?
ROFL
euler
April 28th, 2012
6:07 pm
“while most know how far left the Democrat (sic) party is”
The problem with conservatives is that they know so many things that aren’t so.
The Democratic (not Democrat) party is center-right. The problem is that the Republican party is far right. Wake me up when we have a progressive party.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
6:08 pm
Fred, the self described out of shape fat boy searching for left wing blog friends. Really pathetic.
M
April 28th, 2012
6:11 pm
I love the smell of conservative butthurt in the late afternoon.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
6:16 pm
DDR
Lies. No attorney would
trade drugs for sex.
dude. you must be very young. google Fred Tokars for me.
Normal Free, plain and simple
April 28th, 2012
6:19 pm
Scout, Del…
I don’t get it. Your fear of Islam is really weird. I didn’t think Marines feared anything but Gunnery Sergeants…
getalife
April 28th, 2012
6:23 pm
Our President should use this story in his campaign..
Mick
April 28th, 2012
6:23 pm
This guy looks like a true independent-
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/frog-relaxes-world-goes-wild-211337903.html
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
6:24 pm
Normal, you sure are a presumptuous old man ,aren’t you. BTW…how are the kidneys? Hope you’re doing well.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
6:26 pm
Fred Tokars…worse than Charles Manson. Hope he rots in prison and continues rotting in hell for eternity.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
6:30 pm
Normal,
Did they catch it with a blood test?
barking frog
April 28th, 2012
6:32 pm
Enter your comments here
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
6:34 pm
as a matter of act recon, tokars is actually OUT and in Witness protection!! he turned evidence against the racketeers and was released! God bless America huh! Gotta love the fact that a woman’s life is worth less than a man’s big mouth!
barking frog
April 28th, 2012
6:37 pm
DDR
Fred was why Cheney
started shooting lawyers
in the face
F. Sinkwich
April 28th, 2012
6:38 pm
“During a lengthy discussion, the senior GOP members worked out a plan to repeatedly block Obama over the coming four years to try to ensure he would not be re-elected.”
They are patriots.
O’bozo’s euro-socialist Marxist agenda must be stopped at every turn.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
6:40 pm
Debbie, Oh No! Please tell me you’re kidding me. I guess you wouldn’t kid me about something like that. Seriously, I didn’t know that occurred. The family must be devastated. The man is pure evil.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
6:44 pm
“O’bozo’s euro-socialist Marxist agenda must be stopped at every turn.”
That is some patriotism after you collapsed our economy.
Moderate Line
April 28th, 2012
6:44 pm
The system we have allows the minority party to obstruct the majority party especially in the Senate. It even allows one person whether it be a Senator or a President to obstruct everyone else by the use of the filibuster or the veto. But if you blame the Democrats or Republicans for being obstructionist remember if we had a parliamentary government the Republicans would be in complete control after the 2010 elections. The Democrats would have been in control after the 2006 election. With our system complete control is rare. The system was set up to make it very difficult for anyone to gain complete control.
Even the governments where there are multiple parties typically they form coalitions with parties on the same side of the spectrum. Rarely do the parties on the left and right have to cooperate.
Not only does the veto and the filibuster impede control but the three separate branches of government impedes control also. You need to win the Presidency, House and 60 people in the Senate and have a Supreme Court which agrees with you.
As far as the Republicans paying heavily in the poles, I thought they did in 2008. The Democrats had 60 votes in the Senate, the House and the Presidency but they lost it.
The only constant in politics is change. The leading party in Canada is now the conservative party and the liberal government party which was the prime party for years in Canada is now a third party.
barking frog
April 28th, 2012
6:47 pm
If Turkey combines with
Greece the euro will
go from the fire into the
frying pan.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
6:48 pm
frog: DDR
Fred was why Cheney
started shooting lawyers
in the face
too funny!!! BTW – I know for a fact that when cheney shot his lawyer friend in the face it was Lawyer Hunting Season so thats why Cheney got off without a fine!
recon – I read that he was out a few years ago – I’ll try and find it again.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
6:49 pm
Time for cooking on the grill. Later
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
6:49 pm
Fred:
Good to see you are here. This is from a few nights ago. Try to remain calm.
“Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School is already on the record opining that the arrest affidavit filed against George Zimmerman for the alleged second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin is “so thin that it won’t make it past a judge on a second-degree murder charge … everything in the affidavit is completely consistent with a defense of self-defense.”
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Trayvon-Martin-Zimmerman-killing/2012/04/20/id/436616
P.S.
Many disagree with your assessment of this incident. What will you do if a judge, jury and/or appellate court also disagree with you?
Remember, this is a nation of laws ………… not “Freds” !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
6:51 pm
Normal Free, plain and simple:
“I don’t get it. Your fear of Islam is really weird. I didn’t think Marines feared anything but Gunnery Sergeants…”
I’m sure you don’t but you should fear for your grandchildren (if you have any).
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
6:54 pm
Debbie:
For you comments today and you lack of knowledge of what you country has done for you and others, you are hereby recipient of the “Samuel Adams Quote Award” :
“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say ‘what should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ … If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
7:00 pm
back off scout — my family paid for their freedom in blood from the civil war to Afghanistan. don’t talk to ME about sacrifice. my father’s side, black americans, went to war for a country who didn’t even recognize them as FULL citizens. they went to war in countries to fight for “freedom” in someone else’s land, but couldn’t even take a sip of water out of a “white” drinking fountain
before you dare to lecture me about freedom, you’d better check your arrogance and ignorance at the door.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
7:05 pm
oh and one more thing scout, i’m not in the “bash black people or TrayVon Martin” mood today. if you want to wallow in your self delusional manifestations of grandeur of the great George Zimmerman, at least have the common decency to keep the sh##t to yourself.
a kid is dead. zimmerman isn’t. he’s lied more than Nixon, Cheney, Rove and Dubya combined. I dont want to hear one word about what you think shoulda woulda couda happened. your logic, as well as your apathy towards a dead teenager, is skewered, dubious and bordering on insanity.
you know less than dick about the law; don’t even deign to lecture me or anyone else on it. and keep your hateful race baiting opinions to your damn self.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
April 28th, 2012
7:08 pm
Well, I’m getting ready for Saturday night at Billy Bob’s and don’t have time to say much. I’ll just let this Frank Sinkus speak for me. Our problem is we go too easy on the libruls and the Communists. We need to start using some of the weapons the 2nd Amenment gives us. I mean, that Amenment don’t say nothing about using the weapons for just self-defense. So let’s just open up and start blasting the people that don’t want what we want. Heck with this voting stuff. We tried that and you can see what that got us. Picking these libruls off as they walk into the polls would be a good start. We could drag their bodies out onto the grass and make a path for ourselfs.
I’ll be sure and drink a PBR or 10 for the good Conservatives on here. The rest of you can set around and worry about what we’re going to do. I say we all pull a Dick Cheney and invite a librul to go hunting with us.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
7:13 pm
Debbie @ 7:00pm
Then you should know better. Sad that you don’t.
Debbie @ 7:05pm
Then don’t read my posts.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
7:14 pm
Redneck Convert (R–and proud of it) :
Only if they start it first …………………………….
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
7:17 pm
i know that you’re spewing propaganda and ignorance. and don’t tell me what to do.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
7:19 pm
Crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”
you have the audacity to quote a man who had slaves. probably in chains. such ignorance is astounding.
Orange 12
April 28th, 2012
7:29 pm
UGA puts seven in the NFL. They didn’t go as high as I thought they would. But they are in.
JamVet
April 28th, 2012
7:38 pm
While the Democrats may have moved from their 40-yard line to their 25, the Republicans have gone from their 40 to somewhere behind their goal post.
I’m not sure that the hyper-intolerant neocons are even in the stadium anymore.
McCarthyism is still VERY strong in the Republican Party! Is that not right out of science fiction?
And other than the USA, only one country in the entire industrialized world has a lower percentage of people who believe in evolution. THAT is the staggering level of insanity, intransigence and intentional ignorance in the GOP.
We are officially and royally screwed.
Orange 12
April 28th, 2012
7:41 pm
Opinions vary.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
7:41 pm
Debbie @ 7:19
You know you really need to calm down but that said I see that you view history from the prism of today and not from the time in which it happened.
In other words, flaws and all our founding fathers were able to set up a system of government unparalleled in the history of the world …….. one that in time was structured to grant freedom to all men and women and get us to where we are today ……… the envy of the world.
By the way, I assume you were aware of this:
“Slavery was officially established in Virginia in 1654, when Anthony Johnson (a black man) convinced a court that his servant (also a black man), John Casor, was his for life. Johnson himself had been brought to Virginia some years earlier as an indentured servant (a contracted person who must work from five to seven years for no wages in exchange for food and shelter before being freed) but he had saved enough money to buy out the remainder of his contract and that of his wife.
The court ruling in Johnson’s favor resulted in Casor becoming the first state-recognized slave in Virginia.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(American_Colonial)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casor
There will be a test tomorrow.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
Debbie @ 7:17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM&feature=related
JamVet
April 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
12, how may did they put behind bars this year? I know that in the past few they’ve had some bumper crops of jailbirds in Athens…
getalife
April 28th, 2012
7:43 pm
“Top Romney Aide: Auto Bailout Was Mitt’s Idea” Aol.
Too funny,
You cons have to leave la la land and join reality in this election.
G Mare 71( got the living' the red state BLUES!)
April 28th, 2012
7:44 pm
Keep up the great work, Debbie, and if, in the end, we can’t beat the nutjobs, we can at least slow ‘em way down!
Mick
April 28th, 2012
7:48 pm
We’re all looking for the answers-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrO4_nyamZs
E tu
April 28th, 2012
7:49 pm
The problem with Democrats is their binging habits. Republicans will always be there to purge them of their abundant appetites.
Orange 12
April 28th, 2012
7:51 pm
Jam,
It wasn’t as bad as last year. No felonies that I know of. A few got kicked off the team and a whole slew got suspended for the first three games. All starters. Good thing they have a lax schedule, al- though the Missouri game might come back to bite them as this is their first year in the SEC/first SEC game and they will be trying to make themselves somewhat accountable
Orange 12
April 28th, 2012
8:02 pm
Correction, a couple of starters
F. Sinkwich
April 28th, 2012
8:05 pm
Oh, good.
Convert is here to advocate bigoted violence.
But luvs him.
So he stays.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
8:20 pm
Scout: You know you really need to calm down but that said I see that you view history from the prism of today and not from the time in which it happened.
Oh really? I guess the word HISTORY is what gave me away huh?
In other words, flaws and all our founding fathers were able to set up a system of government……………..blahblahblah………blah blah………………..By the way, I assume you were aware of this: “Slavery was officially established in Virginia in 1654, when Anthony Johnson (a black man) convinced a court that his servant (also a black man), John Casor, was his for life. …………..blah blah blah ……….The court ruling in Johnson’s favor resulted in Casor becoming the first state-recognized slave in Virginia.”
There will be a test tomorrow.
I’m always amused that some people think they are the only ones who know anything on this blog. Yes, scout, I KNOW my black history. I also know that Johnson paid by way of Karma for what he did to Casor.
PS: I also know that Johnson would’ve been called Clarence Thomas in today’s “prism”
I remember
April 28th, 2012
8:34 pm
Ah, the usual race to the Nazi analogy. Bookman gets all wee-weed up when you call a liberal a facist. Off course he forgets his own use of the Analogy when Bush was president. Sad that such a hypocrite sits on the AJC editorial board. You would think they could fine one intelligent progressive and not have to prop up this clown.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
April 28th, 2012
8:35 pm
Keep up the great work, Debbie, and if, in the end, we can’t beat the nutjobs, we can at least slow ‘em way down!
too funny! Thanks!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 28th, 2012
8:37 pm
There will be a test tomorrow.
How to hate Muslims 101.
Normal Free, plain and simple
April 28th, 2012
8:42 pm
Getalife and Del.
Kidney problem was caused by an allergic reaction to a med. The prognosis is good but I’m still in “healing” mode. Thanks for asking.
_________________
Scout,
Yep I got Grand Kids…and three Great Grand Kids. I’m more worried about clean air and water than the Islamic “Boogie Man” getting them.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
8:43 pm
I don’t have a real sweet tooth most of the time but every now and then I’ll get a bag of bite sized Hershey chocolate with almonds. I really enjoy Hershey chocolate with almonds. I mean I really enjoy Hershey chocolate with almonds.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
8:44 pm
I remember has bushnesia.
Ge cleaned up your clown’s mess con..
getalife
April 28th, 2012
8:45 pm
He.
Orange 12
April 28th, 2012
8:46 pm
When is Obama going to clean up Holder’s mess?
getalife
April 28th, 2012
8:47 pm
Normal,
A triglyceride lowering med caused mine.
Recon 0311 2533
April 28th, 2012
8:48 pm
Normal, good to hear. Keep up the good work and listen to your doc.
getalife
April 28th, 2012
8:48 pm
Orange,
What mess?
Mighty Righty
April 28th, 2012
8:49 pm
Not to worry. When the Republicans take over the White House and the Senate as well as the house, Jay will have the co-operation he desires. Once the Socialist Communists are gone things will be well. When the regressive party is stopped from implementing the failed polices of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Pelosi, Reid and Obama, we will get the government out of free enterprise and again move this country forward into the twenty first century. They say you can’t fix stupid, but we can vote it out in November.
Brosephus™
April 28th, 2012
8:50 pm
Off course he forgets his own use of the Analogy when Bush was president.
Got proof? Or are you the one off course?
Normal Free, plain and simple
April 28th, 2012
8:50 pm
Getalife…Metformin?