Laughably, GOP wants to blame divisiveness on Obama
“Republicans are seeking to portray President Obama as the divider-in-chief, arguing the presidential candidate who trumpeted hope and change four years ago is now running an increasingly negative campaign.
Their chief argument is that Obama’s attacks on the wealthy are meant to incite class warfare and a heightened us-versus-them mentality never seen before in present-day politics.
But Republicans also point to Democrats’ “war on women” and the contraception mandate in Obama’s healthcare law, which they argue is an attack on religious freedom.
Even the lead-up to the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden over the last week was used by a sharp-elbowed Obama to divide the nation, Republicans say.”
Politically speaking, it’s a smart if cynical strategy. Millions of Americans are indeed worried about how divisive our debate and rhetoric have become, and how difficult it has become to reach compromise. They understand at a gut level that it’s an unhealthy state of affairs, and that if allowed to fester it could threaten the nation’s long-term security, prosperity and unity.
Among Republicans, the fact that the divisiveness is almost entirely their own creation doesn’t faze them in the least. Like a spouse abuser who blames his violence on his victim, the Republican Party hopes to blame the whole mess all on Obama.
The truth is, Obama infuriates the Republicans simply by waking up as president each morning. Under the rubric of “taking our country back,” they have challenged his status as an American, they have impugned his faith and they have even questioned his loyalty and patriotism. From the very beginning, they have pursued a conscious strategy of refusing to compromise in any way whatsoever, to the point that they have purged any in their own camp who dare to even suggest such a course. (See Lugar, Richard)
There is no better illustration of that dynamic than what happened with the health-care debate.
When he came into office, Obama abandoned the more liberal public-option approach to health insurance that he had campaigned upon in the ‘08 race. Instead, he embraced an approach that had been pioneered by a Republican governor in Massachusetts, that had been championed for almost a decade by a former Republican speaker of the House from Georgia and that had been created by the most important conservative think tank in Washington.
But what was his reward for seeking common ground? Instead of winning bipartisan support through his embrace of the health-care mandate, Obama found himself condemned as a socialist who was out to undermine the foundation of American society. And that pattern has held throughout the course of his presidency.
Even then, it took Obama a while to come to the realization that no matter what he did, there would be no compromise. The only thing that his opponents wanted from him was his surrender and then his disappearance. That was their price for “unity,” and now they want to blame him for refusing to pay it.
– Jay Bookman
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UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:00 pm
all of us men need to push for victory on the war on women
the faster we do this the less painful it will be for them
lets end women’s suffrage
Bill the Thrill
May 3rd, 2012
4:00 pm
” The Democratic party would probably have been viewed as having integrity, and Bush would have never been President.
Funny how that works.”
Yes very funny……… See election results after two Bush terms
Almost like a bad rinse cycle, either way you look at it, uh?
Curious
May 3rd, 2012
4:04 pm
How does the US economy compare with the rest of the world?
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
4:06 pm
So Jay’s diverting attention away from Obama’s dismal economic failures again.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:07 pm
http://www.kontraband.com/videos/12474/Help-End-Womens-Suffrage/
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
“That said, he will choose his sources very carefully and will sometimes use cherrypicked data that supports his argument.”
Joe Mama,
I don’t know why you are engaging in dishonesty yet again. We’ve been over this umpteen times and yet you still engage in deception. When I used those stats to show the growth after the W tax custs I specifically used the data to show excxactly what happened when the tax cuts were fully implemented. In other words a specific set of purposely or in your words cherry picked data specifically to show what happened when the tax cuts were fully realized . It was that way on purpose to illustrate a point and with full disclosure. Why you continue to be dishonest about this in order to try and cast me in a bad light is beyond me.
Are you just mad that I busted you on the actual months of recession vs non recession months between O and W? If so you need to get over it. I was open and upfront in the use of that data to make a spedcific point and for you to continue to act as if it was dishonest is beneath contempt. Dispense with the dishonesty or just don’t bother talking to me anymore.
Bill the Thrill
May 3rd, 2012
4:09 pm
“So Jay’s diverting attention away from Obama’s dismal economic failures again.”
Just another day in JB land
Thanks for keeping the heat on him
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
4:09 pm
I just heard some economics professor say that since Obama took office in 2009, there are now over 2 million less jobs. That is 2 million jobs that are gone, vanished, never coming back. He said of course the unemployment numbers are going to drop because folks have dropped off the unemployment list, and just given up looking. This is his opinion, but I agree with him. He said that those folks will start looking again once the economy turns around, but he doesn’t see that happening during Obama’s term. The business sector is too nervous to start hiring folks because of the uncertainty of this Obama economy.
He also said that Obama knows that no president has ever been re-elected with the unemployment at 8% or higher. The numbers will start to drop as we get closer to November. He also said that the employment number that is reported always gets revised, and that number is always higher then what was reported, but the revised number never gets reported. This week, AP had the following headline, “US Applications for Unemployment Aid Drop Sharply”. The AP goes on to say that hiring COULD pick up in the coming months. Then ADP comes out and says that new jobs added were a “paltry” 119,000. The estimates were around 175,000 by the ‘experts’ in his administration.
Another AP headline states “AP Survey: Steady Job Gains to Sustain US Recovery.” What job gains are they talking about? What recovery are they talking about? The economy has grown at the slowest rate after a recession ever.
The media is in the back pocket of this administration. The folks that the left accuse of lying are actually reporting what is really happening, and thank God for them.
Obama 2012 – Hype & Blame
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:11 pm
“That’s not pretzel logic. That is, quite simply, exposing your hypocrisy.”
Before we talk about my hypocrisy (alleged by you), why don’t you disprove your own first – you know the couple times I have directly challenged you to substantiate your claims about me by using the directly accessible *evidence* (as you might put it) on this very blog? Otherwise, shift out of reverse because I think a turn is coming up and your driving skills don’t impress me. And when you do actually get off your butt to either validate or substantiate the specific evidentiary claims of spitting upon and throwing things at veterans over and against the claims of Lembcke slavishly followed by you, let us all know – okay?
CharlesKayeMBA
May 3rd, 2012
4:12 pm
What a joke. The dems are in the business of labeling people based on income, race, gender, religion and sexual orientation. They love to divide Americans, make up fake “wars” and bolster envy and hatred… Then they make empty promises or hope and change, but NEVER deliver!
Haven’t you ever wondered why cities and states that have been run by liberal democrats for 40+ years are still the worst places to live? You’d think that in all that time, they’d have eliminated poverty, ended racism, and built the promised land… So, why hasn’t that happened? Maybe because their policies don’t work? Ever think of that?
Oh, you think they do? That’s what the socialists in the EU thought and now look at Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, etc… That’s the destiny of liberalism… It THAT your idea of the promised land?
paulo 977
May 3rd, 2012
4:12 pm
Jay
That kind of thing is very new and very dangerous
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Indeed , but remember it is very new that we have a black president!!!!
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:13 pm
“I don’t know why you are engaging in dishonesty yet again. We’ve been over this umpteen times and yet you still engage in deception.”
No….say it isn’t so! JHM?
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:13 pm
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
Thulsa Doom: Lemme know when you can actually use some researched links or some factual points to prove one of them thar lies that you accuse me of.
Shifting the burden of proof, AKA “I need not prove my claim true, you must prove it false.” Ten yard penalty.
Adam,
If you don’t know what’s going on you should just STFU. Becky keeps making generalized statements about con lies- just the usual generalized propoganda with no specifics. I simply asked her to point out exactly what LIE I am stating. She can’t. And then you come in not knowing what the hell you are talking about. No surprise there. BTW have you produced that link yet to back up your charge that the Rs were “constantly investigating Clinton for murder”?
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
4:14 pm
It’s been reported that the jobless claims number headlines that we see don’t provide accuracy because they’re continually being revised upward after these reports have been made.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:14 pm
“The business sector is too nervous to start hiring folks because of the uncertainty of this Obama economy”
Are you implying that there are companies who have known or projected demand that out paces their current capacity and they are not hiring or investing in infrastructure?
If this is the case at all, unless there are contractual requirements or some sort of propriety material or service required, why would the client stay with that company?
If there is no demand for said product or service that is another story, but I doubt that their are companies turning away good business because of who is in office
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:14 pm
Greatest losses on American soil…?
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarbattles/tp/civil_war_battles.htm
This is not to mention the swath of absolute destruction which devasted an entire quarter of the nation’s land…
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:16 pm
Adam,
Furthermore I never made any claims to Becky to prove. She simply came out spouting nonsense that I’m lying but offered no specifics. I can’t prove a claim to her that I never made son. If you knew what was going on between us rather than speaking out of pure, unadulterated ignorance you woulda known that. But you chose the route of ignorance. Unfortunate but not unexpected.
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:17 pm
I’m arriving 7 pages into this one, so I guess stating Jay’s piece to be ridiculous would be redundant.
Obama is, however, the most divisive president in my lifetime and that includes back to Ike.
Why would Republicans compromise on policies where even the smallest compromise is diametrically opposed to their idiology?
The most outrageous part of this is how the healthcare bill was passed. And after that, you really think we are going to play nice?
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:18 pm
on the war on women
remember men
the rules of the geneva convention do not apply
we can use GAS
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:18 pm
The unemployment rate is already down to 8.2% even without any help from the Party of No.
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:18 pm
“Greatest losses on American soil…?”
Civil war was not in view, Josef, but an attack from without.
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:20 pm
JohnnyReb
Have to disagree…I remember Johnson and Nixon and the divisiveness that threatened the collapse of society…the closest we have come to revolution since 1861. Obama is no where near those two…
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:20 pm
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:18 pm
The unemployment rate is already down to 8.2% even without any help from the Party of No.
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Not to worry, the prostitute media and White House number magic will have it down below 8 before November.
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:22 pm
Crier
That depends on how you define attack from without, now, doesn’t it…?
And, then, there’s still that little set-to in 1812…not to mention the Goliad events of the 1830s…
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:22 pm
A friend of mine in the residential housing industry said his business is BOOMing. He’s having to turn away work. Of course, he only works for Democrats because they pay their bills.
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
4:23 pm
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
4:14 pm
It’s been reported that the jobless claims number headlines that we see don’t provide accuracy because they’re continually being revised upward after these reports have been made.
The economics professor on the radio was talking about that exact same point. The unemployment numbers that are reported are lower then they actually are. His point is that the media is helping to get the employment numbers below 8% by November to give Obama a chance at being re-elected. Of course, 95% of the Bookman Brigade will disagree, and make ridiculous comments, but I have come to expect that from the folks who grovel at the feet of the democratic party and Jay Bookman.
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:24 pm
Not to worry, the prostitute media and White House number magic will have it down below 8 before November.
Yep. Those secret service agents are helping to bring down global unemployment, aren’t they. Someone should tell them that they need to spend that cash here in the states though.
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:25 pm
” Someone should tell them that they need to spend that cash here in the states though.”
In Nevada, are you thinking?
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:25 pm
Greetings and Best Wishes, josef. Let me please expand my comment. On Obama it’s not just his policies, as I believe was the case with LBJ and Trickie. Obama has set a path to reelection that depends a large part on class warfare. He talks about it, his minons promote it.
Matti
May 3rd, 2012
4:27 pm
Uncle @ 4:18,
Try that dutch oven on a woman who’s ready for it, and you might just get broiled in a whole new way. Heh…
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:27 pm
“Of course, he only works for Democrats because they pay their bills.”
Not intended to be a factual statement.
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:27 pm
“Obama has set a path to reelection that depends a large part on class warfare. He talks about it, his minons promote it.”
I guess his former supporter Jon Lovitz has been none too happy about it.
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:28 pm
TaxPayer – Limbaugh spent quite some time today on this very subject. I was distracted by of all things work, but there was sometthing about, I think, AP having an article on the rate being down in time to boost Obama. Apparently with nothing but speculation to back it up.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:28 pm
CASUAL
you missed it yesterday when i pointed out to jay how the liberal media was hiding the jobs numbers report from wed because they came in way lower than expected
he nearly wet himself trying to dismiss they #’s saying that you can’t go by those cause the REVISE them
yet when he sees a # to TRY to prove his point he wets himself trying to post it and becomes a hippo-crit by trying to use #’s he claimed you can’t go by
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
Pretty.
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
on the war on women
remember men
the rules of the geneva convention do not apply
we can use GAS
Well, Uncle Samantha, at least you can find comfort in the arms of another man
) Good for you!
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
“His point is that the media is helping to get the employment numbers below 8% by November to give Obama a chance at being re-elected”
I will personally write a letter to the President, every Democratic Senator as well as Congressmen condemning their actions if you can prove that the unemployment number equation is any different before Obama took office and how it is calculated today………..
The media now has the power to assist in changing the unemployment numbers???
hahahahahahahahhahahah
Crank up the Doobie Bros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7-BBADPAvE
And it is the “Bookman Brigade” making ridiculous statements?
You either heard the man incorrectly, you are interpreting incorrectly, lying or just lost in space………..
Either way enjoy the tune
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
think about this men
there was a time when
women could not vote
were considered property
they were seen and not heard
the good ole days
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:32 pm
JohnnyReb
Not to put too fine a point on the semantics here, but by class warfare are you referring just to economic class? The reason I say that goes back to the Johnson-Nixon years when the society was polarized into two classes…the pros and the contras…not so much economic as ideological…
And I will grant that today’s polarization is much more ideological than economic…
Imauo, it’s a clash between the two wings of the centrists at the election of president level…Harvey Milquetoast Romeny vs Harvey Milquetoast Obama…
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:33 pm
think about this men
there was a time when
women could not vote
were considered property
they were seen and not heard
the good ole days
It is good that you find such comfort in arms and company of other men. And I think it’s wonderful that you don’t have any problems admitting it.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:34 pm
and remember this men
the war on women includes LIBERAL MEN
they are more female than anybody
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:36 pm
and remember this men
the war on women includes LIBERAL MEN
they are more female than anybody
Ahh, Uncle Samantha, so you prefer twinks. I would have guessed you as more of a bear man.
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
4:36 pm
C.O., That might also explain why Obama’s campaign managers don’t want to go there boldly in an attempt to sell improving jobless numbers because they’re afraid that might cause the inconvenient truth to come out. They’re content to allow the media to build a false perception of improvement.
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:36 pm
UNCLE SAMANTHA
“were considered property”
The good ole days, eh? Guess we gotta get back to Mississippi 1839 to reinstitute that one, eh? And then to Louisiana, 1810… Them d*mned Indians and French!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
May 3rd, 2012
4:36 pm
Well, when we get in the White House there ain’t going to be any of this divisiveness. We’ll just run rough-shod over the librul Democrats and pretent they’re not there. You can’t have feuding if there’s nobody to feud with.
Anyways, just tell me whose butt to smooch and when. I’m so low on the totem pole I’d need a stepladder to touch a snake’s belly. It’s all the same to me but if I can just see the freeloaders get their comeuppance I’ll be a happy man. Politics are all about sticking it to somebody you don’t like. And I want to stick it to the welfare mamas, the geezers, and the Gays real bad. And I’m overdue for another Tax Cut.
Have a good night everybody.
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
4:37 pm
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:22 pm
If his business is booming, like you say it is, it is because of the record amount of foreclosures on the market today, thanks to Barney Franks and Chris Dodd. By offering ‘cash for keys’ and other options to help home owners get out of their homes, I am sure that realtors are really cleaning up on these below market value homes whose values have decreased by some 40%. I can assure you, he may be selling a boat load of these, but he is not making any money.
But I am sure Obama will come up with another stimulus plan that will really help your friend.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:37 pm
wow
listen to the the PROGRESSIVEs who are HOMOPHOBIC
HIPPO-CRITS
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:38 pm
Homsexuals don’t scare me. But that’s really rich comimng from a woman hater
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:39 pm
war on women
men
let us shut down production of feminine hygiene products………….. let them make, distribute and stock them themselves
stop importing shoes and purses
let them work the longshoreman docks to bring in those items from china
I'm a "con" and a vet. STOP SPITTING ON ME!!! (That Black Guy)
May 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
Thulsa Doom: Lemme know when you can actually use some researched links or some factual points to prove one of them thar lies that you accuse me of.
Shifting the burden of proof, AKA “I need not prove my claim true, you must prove it false.” Ten yard penalty.
________________________________________________________________
Adam, you do realize she called Doomy a liar and he was asking her for proof of his “lie”, right?
Of course you did.
You wouldn’t wanna be a kneejerk, partisan hack would you?
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
LMW1964
“Ahh, Uncle Samantha, so you prefer twinks. I would have guessed you as more of a bear man”
Oooooo! You didn’t say that!
263 more days
May 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
Will someone please tell me how a less than 2% growth rate is good. Hell after the GREAT DEPRESSION the growth rate was over 7%……………Great job, O’Bama
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
i hope you know i am happily engaged to the beautiful and loving Ms. Ana Gystic
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
The media is in the back pocket of this administration. The folks that the left accuse of lying are actually reporting what is really happening, and thank God for them.
Obama 2012 – Hype & Blame
Yup, GNN, the Goebbels News Network!
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
men
let us shut down production of feminine hygiene products………….. let them make, distribute and stock them themselves
Have at it. Do you think that tampons and feminine napkins have always been in existence? We did something before that, didn’t we? How about just give us one of your shirts to wad up? That’ll work just fine.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
Casual
You must have gotten busy………. I am prepared to write those letters………. lets drop the talk and lets see the walk
Take care now
Mighty Righty
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
Jay you are defending the indefenseable. I can’t believe you think we are this stupid. This president has not offered one policy that will reduce the size of government, not one policy that will reduce the cost of government, not one suggestion that will increase our liberty and freedom or reduce our tax burden, not one suggestion to improve the economic enviroinment for business. All of his policies and statements have been focused on and directed against business, banks, corporations, oil comapanies, stock traders, wall street, and any financially success of any kind. Before this president, has anyone ever heard of a United States President accuse so many Americaqns and businesses of GREED! Never! His method has been to create a we they atmosphere of rich versus poor by blaming the current temporary economic problems many of which his policies have made worse, on a phony enemy to enable him to increase regulatons and control by the very government that has caused the mess we are in. His method of creating class warfare and unrest is straight from the socialist handbook on how to bring down capitalism. His regulations are designed to keep business afraid. His recent decision to keep an enemies list of corporations that donate to Republicans is an example of the kind of leader is is. If Republicans standing up for the Constitution, Capitalism, Free Enterprise, Freedom and the rule of law is divisive, so be it.
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
“let us shut down production of feminine hygiene products………….. let them make, distribute and stock them themselves”
Easy to make at home.
“stop importing shoes and purses let them work the longshoreman docks to bring in those items from china”
Easy to make at home.
That’s all you got? REALLY?
Matti
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
Uncle,
Disposing of the evidence will be easy, since nobody will miss you or come looking for you for… probably EVER.
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
I don’t think we can afford the Republican approach to bringing jobs to us. Looking at Deal’s approach, he spent 750 million in tax revenue to get 6000 jobs and that still leaves Georgia with almost 240,000 still unemployed. At that rate, he would have to give up another 30 billion in state and local tax revenue to get the remaining unemployed jobs. Those are some pricey jobs and if you assume that the jobs average out to the national average of about $48,000 in annual wages and that even if the state collected six percent on the whole amount, it would take over 40 years to recoup the lost tax revenue from those new workers.
Towncrier
May 3rd, 2012
4:44 pm
Out guys. Good day.
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:44 pm
LMW1964
Purdah maybe?
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:44 pm
If MR had to prove that 4:42 with facts, well, that would be… how you say… a miracle.
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:45 pm
LMW1964,
I think I knows what you mean in this war on women. I just looked out the window and saw a pack of middle aged white men, ostensibly conservatives, chasing down and shooting women in the streets. I think Eric Holder sold them the guns.
These crazy cons are worse than the rampaging band of telephone pole thieves that hit the county a few weeks ago.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
May 3rd, 2012
4:45 pm
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
think about this men
there was a time when
women could not vote
were considered property
they were seen and not heard
the good ole days
You have to admire the muslim world!
I'm a "con" and a vet. STOP SPITTING ON ME!!! (That Black Guy)
May 3rd, 2012
4:45 pm
Where’s My Party?
May 3rd, 2012
3:49 pm
“You do recall that GWB “won” the presidency via a SCOTUS ruling, do you not? And you do recall that there was a great amount of animosity towards Bush because of that, do you not?”
I have said on here before and will say it again, this was where it all started. The left lost their collective crap after Bush won the election over Gore (however you think it was won) and it has been all downhill ever since. Both parties are guilty. The fringe on both sides took over and and both are to blame. It ebbs and flows with which side is the bigger fool, but it is laughable at best to point your finger at the other side while saying “not our fault, it’s their fault”. The political landscape is horrifically damaged with both sides so entrenched that it may not be possible for us to come out of it. This country needs a statesman and a leader, not a politician.
Obama and Romney are neither. I don’t have an answer for who is.
____________________________________________________________________________
^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2 Snaps in a circle for that!
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:46 pm
i hope you know i am happily engaged to the beautiful and loving Ms. Ana Gystic
Sounds like an inflated claim to me.
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
4:46 pm
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:30 pm
I really don’t care what you do as far as writing letters, calling folks, wetting your pants, etc. But yes, the media has the power to control what is being reported. Remember Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, 60 Minutes? They reported a story on GWB as news using a fake document.
Now, looks like a few others here on this blog heard the same person on the radio as I did. I do not know your credentials, but this guy seemed to know what he was talking about, and he is not a parrot for either party like you are for the dems and the Bookman Brigade.
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:47 pm
josef – both Johnson and Nixon had groups disagreeing with what they wanted to do, but I don’t recall either LBJ or Nixon making speeches other than to try and bring the sides together. Whereas Obama is pitting groups against each other. Maybe I was asleep at the wheel with Johnson and Nixon, but that is my recollection.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
May 3rd, 2012
4:48 pm
Obama a divider? Never seen so many libs so vociferously attack the haves. It sucks to be an arts major or try finding a job with a history degree in this economy eh?
JamVet
May 3rd, 2012
4:48 pm
Their chief argument is that Obama’s attacks on the wealthy are meant to incite class warfare and a heightened us-versus-them mentality never seen before in present-day politics.
ATTACKS on the wealthy?
Attack me, please! Attack me with some of that endless welfare!
That these lower middle class members of the Ostrich Party are programmed to kiss wealthy asses and fervently pray for some of that trickle down, is interesting, but not useful.
There is and has been a devastating class war against the middle class in this country.
And our lower middle class Republicans?
They not only lost the war, they helped kill their own.
Inexplicable…
Steve Atl
May 3rd, 2012
4:48 pm
“You can come along for the ride…but you have to be in the back seat” – Barack Obama (the “Bridge Builder” to Republicans).
Jay – You are in the early stages of dementia…seek professional help.
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:48 pm
“he spent 750 million in tax revenue to get 6000 jobs and that still leaves Georgia with almost 240,000 still unemployed.”
Reminds me a whole lot of the stimulus that the libs still seem to think worked wonders. Except that the stimulus was near a trillion dollars.
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
If his business is booming, like you say it is, it is because of the record amount of foreclosures on the market today
Nope. He’s not doing any foreclosures. Most of his work is additions and remodeling for people looking to upgrade.
josef
May 3rd, 2012
4:51 pm
JohnnyReb
I will agree to a certain extent on LBJ and Trickie not making a lot of speeches…they let their surrogates do it for them. Who can ever forget Agnew?
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:52 pm
Casual
Once again, produce the facts for what you assert……… which was the media is working to get the unemployment numbers down?
Can you prove that or not?
I’m sure that nice fellow on the radio might have a website, the host of the show might have a website, etc
Should not be hard for you to prove, right?
Don’t worry about CNN, CBS, MSNCB, FOX, WSB, WGN……..
back with facts what you said or say you cant do it because it isn’t true but it sounded good to you so you ran with it…….
If you don’t like Obama or his policies there is plenty to go after, but to post your usual factless bull$hit is meaningless…………
JamVet
May 3rd, 2012
4:52 pm
All of his policies and statements have been focused on and directed against business, banks, corporations, oil comapanies, stock traders, wall street, and any financially success of any kind.
Again, I say.
PLEASE, direct some of those policies at me!
I’ll suffer through every one of them!
I'm a "con" and a vet. STOP SPITTING ON ME!!! (That Black Guy)
May 3rd, 2012
4:53 pm
Towncrier, did you bring your dance shoes?
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
4:53 pm
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
4:42 pm
I don’t think we can afford the Republican approach to bringing jobs to us. Looking at Deal’s approach, he spent 750 million in tax revenue to get 6000 jobs and that still leaves Georgia with
almost 240,000 still unemployed.
If you think that is bad, I would recommend you not look up what Obama did with all that stimulus money. And where are all those ’shovel ready jobs’ he promised?
LMW1964
May 3rd, 2012
4:54 pm
That’s right, Thula, there is nothing at ALL wrong with lawmakers trying to make women carry dead babies inside of them until the dead baby become septic and puts the womans life at immediate risk. It’s good for her, right? Builds character? You know what else would build character? If they started doing men’s protate exams with a trans-vaginal ultrasound wand. I’d just love to see that.
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
4:56 pm
263 more days
May 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
Will someone please tell me how a less than 2% growth rate is good.
Its easy really. In this brave new world of doubletalk 3% growth during W’s middle years was bad, bad, bad. And nevermind Reagan’s 7% growth 2 1/2 years into his presidency after the horrible 81-81 recession- it was bad, bad, bad. Now 2% under O in his 4th year in office is blistering economic growth that knocks your socks off.
Now about that 5 trillion in new debt that O added in only a little over 3 years? The Dems say- What debt?
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:57 pm
“His point is that the media is helping to get the employment numbers below 8% by November to give Obama a chance at being re-elected.”
You have the info that the media is working with the Obama Administration to do has you stated or that the unemployment calculations have been changed by the Administration, right?
Post it……….
hahahahahahahah
Blame others for what you can’t back up…….. what a riot
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:57 pm
the fresh prince is wise
women are to walk behind men
and we get to cheat and they have to be faithful
and if they do cheat
stone them to death
mohamed was a brilliant man
Jefferson
May 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
If the GOP policies were so good, they would still be in power.
JohnnyReb
May 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
josef – the truth is, I’m a Johnny come lately to politics. I did not give it the attention then as I do now. That is one of my failings in life.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
May 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
a new minority
democratic homophobes
JamVet
May 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
So the Republicans have grown sensitive over the widely disseminated phrase War on Women.
To take their feelings into consideration, I’ll henceforth refer to it as the more cumbersome, Full Scale GOP Legislative Assault on Women’s Rights.
Now that is a name that even the Republicans themselves can agree with!
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
May 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
If you think that is bad, I would recommend you not look up what Obama did with all that stimulus money. And where are all those ’shovel ready jobs’ he promised?
The shovel ready jobs are going to be planting your own food because you can’t afford to buy it after O’buffoon gets done raising taxes on EVERYONE to pay for his spendaholic policies…
I'm a "con" and a vet. STOP SPITTING ON ME!!! (That Black Guy)
May 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
josef, what do you think of Mz Warrens “cheekbones” statement?
josef
May 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
JohnnyReb
No problem there. I was “politicized” early on…! That is one of MY failings in life…
josef
May 3rd, 2012
5:01 pm
Black Guy
Fill me in…
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
5:02 pm
TBG
I know would say that comment was pretty lame to say the least………
Mass gets to keep a RINO or a left of center Dem………. They will be ok either way
Thulsa Doom
May 3rd, 2012
5:02 pm
LMW1964,
SO how long do they got to carry the dead fetus around? A couple minutes? A week ? Month? Year? How long the cons gonna make them carry it? I can only surmise that if cons are making women carry around dead fetuses its to slow them down with “dead weight” so to speak. It makes them slower, easier targets to shoot in their war on women. I just looked out the window and theose conservative men shot shot another woman. Heck I think that one is even wearing a vote Romney button.
Makes me long for the days of the rampaging telephone pole thieves instead. They were a treacherous and barbarous lot indeed but they weren’t waging war on women- just telphone poles.
USMC
May 3rd, 2012
5:07 pm
Laughably,
ELIZABETH WARREN: I called myself Native American to make friends…
http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20220502warren_i_used_minority_listing_to_make_friends
It’s the new Vogue in DemocRat circles… you claim you are a minority to make friends! Now that’s intelligent!
LOL! What a JOKE!
Casual Observer
May 3rd, 2012
5:07 pm
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
4:52 pm
His name was Stuart Varney. Unfortunately, I can’t pull a transcript down for you, or post a link to what he said. Besides, you wouldn’t agree with anything he said anyway, so what is the point. I googled his name, and he is on Fox Business, which to a lefty is nothing but lies anyway
All I can tell you is what I heard. You can either believe him or not. As for me, I really don’t give a dam# what you think or believe. The jobs number comes out on major networks, then a few days later, you will see an obscure piece somewhere on line that revises the numbers that were reported, and that number is always higher then what was originally reported on. Go find it yourself. I have neither the time or the effort to do your work for you.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
5:08 pm
TBG
How was the ride this past weekend?
Lupus walk went pretty well……… Good day hanging out at the park
barking frog
May 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
Romney now has endorsement from all
primary losers/quitters.
That should put him over
the top.
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
5:11 pm
“jobs number comes out on major networks, then a few days later, you will see an obscure piece somewhere on line that revises the numbers that were reported, and that number is always higher then what was originally reported on”
And that has been happening since the inception of keep those job numbers. It’s not unique to this administration. And despite your blatant lie about it, no they don’t ALWAYS change to a higher number.
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
5:12 pm
TBS, I think CO is saying that when the jobless claim numbers get reported as headlines and then when they typically get revised upward, there’s no reporting of the uptick because the real truth is that we’re not seeing necessary improvement, which constitutes a job recovery. It’s kind of suspicious.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
5:12 pm
Casual
Just as I thought……….. You and those others on here who you stated heard the man haven’t backed up your assertion……
Why? Because you have nothing, nada, zero, zilch
It is that simple. It is ok
You were challenged and couldn’t back it up..
It happens man…… to the best of us
The guy sold you a bill of goods and you bit, hook, line and sinker…….. didn’t even require a net to get you in the boat……. you just jumped in
But anytime between now and the election if you can back up that assertion, please post the info regardless of the current topic being discussed.
Thanks and have a great night