Atlanta’s Kasim Reed plays well on national scene
I didn’t see this at the time — Aug. 19 — because I haven’t watched the Sunday news shows in decades. But on Meet the Press, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed appeared with Ted Cruz, the Tea Party favorite who is now the GOP nominee for Senate in Texas, and conservative columnist Peggy Noonan.
Here’s what happened:
UPDATE: For those unable to view the video, here’s a transcript of the two sections included above. The entire transcript is available here.
MR. REED: I want to push back on this notion of Paul Ryan as a serious man. He b– he voted for every budget b– busting measure under President Bush. He voted for TARP. He asked for money under the American Recovery and Investment Act. He voted for both wars. He put Medicare on a credit card, and then all of a sudden in last 24 months, he’s developing the stature as a serious guy, so I want to push back on that…
GREGORY: Well, so why…
MR. REED: …and then in terms of this week– and then in terms of this week, he has underperformed Sarah Palin. He’s contributed about a one percent bump, and according to Gallup, the Republican pick for Vice President typically performs at about five points.
GREGORY: So should that be– Mr. Cruz, should that be part of the record here? I mean, why is the Tea Party so supportive of a guy who is part of, what the Tea Party thinks, was profligate spending under his predecessor, under– under President Bush?
MR. CRUZ: Look I think the reason is simple. It’s because Paul Ryan has been serious about talking about these issues, about getting serious about solutions. You know, it’s ironic…
GREGORY: But votes– but votes matter.
MR. CRUZ: And– and I don’t– and I don’t agree with all of his votes. But– but…
GREGORY: Do we have…
MR. CRUZ: …let’s be– let’s be clear. Let’s contrast the leadership Paul Ryan
GREGORY: Sure.
MR. CRUZ: …with President Obama’s lack of leadership. The Senate for three years hasn’t had a budget. And so it’s very difficult for Democrats to complain, how dare the other side actually get serious about fixing these– these problems when they don’t even pretend to fix the problems.
MR. REED: He wasn’t serious under President Bush. Why wasn’t he serious when we were funding the war in Iraq? Why didn’t he say America should pay for the war in Afghanistan? Why didn’t he– why didn’t he say that when we have a TARP program, it needs to be available to folks on Main Street? He was for the automotive bailout.
MR. CRUZ: And, you know, I’m curious, did– did Barack Obama say any of that?
MR. REED: He– he was for that. No, no.
MR. CRUZ: Did the Democrats say any of that?
MR. REED: The Democrats did not. But I tell you what, we’re not walking around talking about a guy who has a career doing something completely different. He has a budget that doesn’t balance, and he’s– he claims that he’s a budget balancer. He’s using supply-side economics. They have a 20 percent tax policy that’s a five-trillion-dollar tax cut.
MR. CRUZ: And I agree with you.
MR. REED: That doesn’t make any sense.
MR. CRUZ: I agree with you but…
MR. REED: Doesn’t make any sense.
MR. CRUZ: …that Republicans spent too much…
MR. REED: And we’re sitting around here, acting and being polite and it doesn’t make sense.
And Reed’s comment on Joe Biden’s “chains” remark:
GREGORY: Kasim Reed, did you hear race in those remarks? Is there a racial appeal? Doug Wilder did as we showed the governors before.
MR. REED: I — I didn’t hear it. I mean, I watched the entire presentation, got a copy of the transcript. I didn’t hear it. I think that this is small ball. I think that he was talking about the Wall Street recovery, and– and that was the context of the message. When Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan stands up to Rush Limbaugh, when– when– when they’re disparaging a Georgetown law student or stands up to Ted Nugent, really stands up to anybody or stands up to Donald Trump, then I’ll be willing to have a conversation about a comment that the vice president made.
– Jay Bookman
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JamVet
August 29th, 2012
2:36 pm
Bush is gone!
But loser Republicans, like the ones on this forum, would vote his sorry, incompetent ass right back in tomorrow if they could. And not think the first thing about it.
Right?
Of course you would, Williebeblind.
That is how little credibility YOU have.
Kam. LOL at Jm’s new “disguise”.
He’s the blog’s Inspector Clouseau, but without any of the wit or charm…
Joe Hussein Mama
August 29th, 2012
2:37 pm
K’Chak — “Again with this presumption of authority.”
I think some of these cons think they can change around or reword what others say, claim ‘you said it, yes you did’ and not expect to be slapped down for it. RB does it a *lot* and Doom does, too.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
2:37 pm
Granny, do you still beat your husband?
Compromise
August 29th, 2012
2:39 pm
Saying Reed played well on the national scene is debatable. To me, his comments sounded like a string of rehearsed talking points that weren’t well connected.
“He wasn’t serious under President Bush. Why wasn’t he serious when we were funding the war in Iraq? Why didn’t he say America should pay for the war in Afghanistan? Why didn’t he– why didn’t he say that when we have a TARP program, it needs to be available to folks on Main Street? He was for the automotive bailout.”
These comments come off as jibber jabber if you are trying to say Ryan isn’t a serious minded person. You can be for the auto bailout and be serious. He should say that America should pay for the war in Afghanistan? Not serious when we were funding the war in Iraq? A TARP for individuals?
Not embarrassing (close) but not playing well on national level, either.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
2:43 pm
Compromise, not to mention he kept thowing around the “b” word like it was a Ludacris rap.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 29th, 2012
2:43 pm
moonbat betty
when he asks nice, dresses sharp and smells like “cool water”….
yessir ya’betcha
and he smiles…..
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
2:45 pm
So Reed skewers Ryan for supporting the $700 billion bailout of the banksters, the bailout of the loathed (by cons) General Motors, the two unfunded wars – one of choice alone, not necessity – and
Compromise thinks they are rehearsed talking points???????
Spenadholic Republicans trying to be taken seriously on economic matters.
If not so damn tragic for the republic, it would all be comical…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
2:45 pm
JHM
It’s a linguistic trick that is prevalent on talk-radio used by hosts. It works so well on listeners that it is repeated here several times a day, but unlike talk-radio where the host and producers control the message, I can and will question the erroneously presumed authority of the binary programmed to speak on my behalf to bolster whatever silly position they are promoting.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
2:45 pm
Sounds like we’re gonna need some Barry White in the blog.
B-troll
August 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
Kam 2:19
What movement?
The only thing being occupied now is your bowel system.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
Compromise — “These comments come off as jibber jabber if you are trying to say Ryan isn’t a serious minded person. You can be for the auto bailout and be serious. He should say that America should pay for the war in Afghanistan? Not serious when we were funding the war in Iraq?”
President Bush routinely funded both wars via “Emergency Supplemental Spending Measures” each year he was in office (and this continued through most of 2009), and Congress let it happen. Don’t you suppose that Congress realized that the wars were going to have to be funded? Why then, didn’t they insist on having those items in the budget instead of funded by some damnfool “emergency” measure. Did they think the wars were going to end by the last day of September each year?
I am just as upset at Democrats who went along with that douche-baggery as I am at Republicans who did.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
Geez! Thanks Granny.
I just spit my liver, onion and sauerkraut sandwich all over my monitor.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
Kam. LOL at Jm’s new “disguise”.
Brother AmVet
I’m still LOLing at she who has stomped off in a huff four times before.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 29th, 2012
2:49 pm
K’Chak — “I’m still LOLing at she who has stomped off in a huff four times before.”
Would that be LOL@@schnirtlooza?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 29th, 2012
2:50 pm
Meeting. Back later. RB, see if you can develop some ethical standards while I’m away, willya?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
2:51 pm
the b word? Someone is clearly hearing the fluttering of bats in the belfry to make up such nonsense….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
2:52 pm
Sometimes it’s b-troll, and other times it’s B-troll.
Again — if you’re gonna do the sock-puppet thingie, it’s always a good idea to check the spelling when you sign back in.
Just suggestin’.
Compromise
August 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
I think he said he wanted TARP for individuals and suggested that those who supported the auto bailout were not serious, JamVet. And it did sound like talking points gone awry as well as jibber jabber. Sorry.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
………………. and how about that African American who seconded Obama’s nomination during the 2008 Democrat Convention speaking at the Republican Convention ! Pretty cool huh !
RB from Gwinnett
August 29th, 2012
2:54 pm
Sorry Joe. Everybody can read what you posted and knows you once again got busted for lying. No amount of your silliness changes that.
If you’d still like to back up your claim about Bush, go ahead.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 29th, 2012
2:56 pm
moonbat betty
liver onions and sauerkraut….
Of german ancestry?
B-troll
August 29th, 2012
3:01 pm
“disguise”?
You twerps were the ones that came up with the name
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
3:01 pm
Could there be a better example of super-rich arrogance than the image of millionaire Romney donors partying on a mega-yacht registered — for tax avoidance reasons — in the Cayman islands… during the Republican convention? Come on — simply as metaphor, the very notion reeks so egregiously of entitlement and elitism that one can’t imagine Romney’s campaign managers allowing such a thing to happen. Right? But ABC News has the scoop, and it’s a good one:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/romney-party-yacht-flies-cayman-islands-flag/story?id=17105028#.UD5nC8EiZ8H
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:02 pm
Scout
Pretty good I guess, but I do not watch either convention so I will be missing all of the speakers.
To me Davis is a scorned lover, just like Christie from FL, who ran from the Republicans when he didn’t get the support they felt they deserved from their respective parties.
Both now claim to see the light after losing elections.
Coincidence?
Not hardly
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:04 pm
Brave Brave Sir Digits, I am always glad to hope for the parties embracing more diversity. Hopefully the GOP will make this a real opportunity to truly consider diversity. The GOP’s record is not good as your post clearly recognizes.
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:05 pm
Scout
What I’m saying is that neither one of those guys is going to move the polls one iota. However they do have the right to feign outrage after the fact and run to the other side to speak at the conventions.
Pretty silly on both accounts in my opinion.
I would thing different of either or both had they left after winning an election.
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
3:05 pm
Compromise, countless hard working, tax paying, play by the rules, patriotic American citizens – some of them veterans who were also Occupy protesters – asked the question, “Why a bailout for Wall Street? When they CAUSED the meltdown. And where is the bailout for the people on main street and the victims of those crimes?”
As for the not serious part, it was pretty obvious that Reed was damning Paul and his willfully ignorant acolytes for NOT being serious about fiscal responsibility.
The GOP’s disgraceful, documented track record over the past thirty years or more speaks for itself.
And it is much louder that the endlessly echoed claptrap contending otherwise.
Yep Kam, fortunately that one is done for good over here.
Now if the always valorous Jm will just self-immolate in support!
jcinnga
August 29th, 2012
3:06 pm
Unfortunately, Mayor Reed makes these decisions that illustrate his true capabilities.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/special-events-director-in-atlanta-mayors-office-r/nRMfM/
I’m sure that somehow, this is Bush’s fault too.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:06 pm
They BOTH suck:
I have to disagree with your analysis and prefer to say he “saw the light” !
That said, I can’t watch much of the Conventions either. Both sides tell you want they think you want to hear ………….. there is little pure honesty.
I would love to see a presidential candidate stand up and say, “this is what I believe ……………… and if you don’t like that don’t vote for me” ………….. and mean it !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:08 pm
JamVet:
You’re back !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:08 pm
Good Fight:
Never (NEVER) substitute random diversity for truth ………….. not matter the cost.
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:09 pm
Keep
I will say that the Republicans have been slow with the diversity issue but are waking up to the fact. Heartfelt or just demographic reality, maybe both, I do not know. However it is a good thing.
Heck, they even had the Virgin Islands on the front row yesterday to show a little color.
Have to start somewhere
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:09 pm
Yep Kam, fortunately that one is done for good over here.
Au contraire, brother AmVet. She has returned.
Janney
August 29th, 2012
3:09 pm
Haven’t read the comments here yet, just the blog. My friend told me about this last week. She was very impressed with Mayor Reed, and now I understand why.
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:11 pm
Scout
We will just agree to disagree. They both just so happened to “see the light” after being pushed to the back by their respective parties.
Of course I do not know either one, however the timing is a little strange for me.
Thanks for the exchange
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:12 pm
Kerry is replacing Hillary cons.
Bernie
August 29th, 2012
3:12 pm
Will someone Please tell Me why it took ” BIG BOY” last night (18) eighteen whole minutes before he even said “MITT”. if I did not know any better the incarnate of the Republican Elephant Christie, was speaking for HIMSELF!
Then to see Mitt sitting to the left of Condi ” I see Mushroom Clouds ” Rice sitting there as if she was extremely CONSTIPATED. Which I have no doubt that she WAS!
That Photo was worth a THOUSAND WORDS of them together!
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:13 pm
Keep – “b” word:
“He b– he voted for every budget b– busting measure under President Bush. ”
.
That is not very nice thing to say (at least for some people).
And certainly not very “mayoral like” language.
Of course, the libs will soon be calling on him to become president.
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
3:15 pm
I was never gone, Francis.
Talk about having zero powers of observation.
So the B-Grade actor/troll Jm took on this dufus new name because people were making fun of him?
Jeez, I have seen it all now.
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:15 pm
Scout
You ever listen to Mike Gallagher?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:15 pm
The BOTH suck:
You’re welcome sir.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:16 pm
They BOTH suck:
Yes, but he gets on my nerves after awhile.
I prefer Dennis Prager.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:16 pm
and why do you guys always call each other “brother blogger name”?
Are ya’ll in some kind of religious cult or something?
Mick
August 29th, 2012
3:16 pm
taxpayer
Yes, the rolling stone article on romney is damning to hell; cons out there, read it please and then explain why it is not accurate about bain and the way it profitted at the expense of the middle class worker…
Bernie
August 29th, 2012
3:17 pm
Jay You would not Be “PIMPING” your Readers OUT on this article Today, would you?
A Pimp will tell the street walkers anything he wants them to believe.
There are many here, who remain silent but are paying Very Close attention to what is being reported and said “Here”.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:18 pm
Batty, do you comprehend that there was no b word…just a b sound as he changed mid-sentence?
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
3:19 pm
Kam, true but her visits here are as short as her intellectual honesty is small.
She is now relegated to the putrid world of Lil BB, Tibbydave and the other enraged sociopaths.
I did LMAO when the host recently told Dusty that he was gonna help her keep her word about never coming back her and kicked her out…
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:19 pm
Another levee failed and water up to the roofs.
Here we go again but this time, it is the middle class white folks.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:19 pm
Keep – “b” word:
“He b– he voted for every budget b– busting measure under President Bush. ”
.
That is not very nice thing to say (at least for some people).
Perhaps you should watch the video before making up stupid sh*t
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
3:20 pm
Brother betty, what’s your point?
LOL!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:21 pm
Kam, I would say its a bunch of whale vomit…but it turns out, whale vomit has real value. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/charlie-naysmith-whale-vomit_n_1837241.html
Not sure how that impacts the value of lox vomit.
Ahem
August 29th, 2012
3:21 pm
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August 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
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August 29th, 2012
11:57 am
Okay, we all remember Todd Akin making the stupid comments and many on the left declaring that his comments defined the Republican Party and conservatives in general. So I ask those same people if they agree that the hack job on Wikipedia of this young black woman’s profile is indicative of the left? If not, why not?
Tuesday night after rising GOP star Mia Love brought down the house with her inspiring convention speech, the stomach-turning Left labeled the black conservative a “token” and an “Aunt Tom.”
Meanwhile, revoltingly racist, woman-hating Wikipedia vandals were hard at work updating her entry with disgusting slurs like “House N**ger” and “dirty, worthless wh*re.” The page called her a “total sell-out to the Right Wing Hate machine and the greedy bigots who control the GOP.”
http://twitchy.com/2012/08/29/sick-wikipedia-entry-calls-mia-love-dirty-worthless-wh*re-and-house-n**ger/
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 29th, 2012
3:21 pm
just a “b” sound…..
Puts me in mind of Rick “bla” people Santorum.
Classic.
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:21 pm
Scout
I ask because I was listening to him this morning. He was talking about Cardinal Dolan who will be speaking at the convention.
He wasn’t to keen on the Cardinal speaking before the Democrats because many Catholic Democrats are pro choice, which of course is against the teaching of the Catholic Church.
I can understand his concern, however he didn’t mention that many of the Catholics at the Republican convention are for the death penalty (for the record I am as well). That is also against the teachings of the Catholic Church.
His selective condemnation and feigned outrage was actually comical.
After 15 minutes or so, I had more than my fill for at least a month.
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:22 pm
“Are ya’ll in some kind of religious cult or something?”
Blog power!
They BOTH suck
August 29th, 2012
3:23 pm
speaking at both conventions
Excuse me
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:24 pm
Keep and Kam,
It was the auto-censor, b- brothers.
You know the blue nosed b- bot.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:24 pm
and why do you guys always call each other “brother blogger name”?
Not long after I first came here I was honored to be accused of being AmVet’s brother by She Who Stomped Her Foot And Left In A Huff.
Post your phone number here and I’ll call and ask for your permission next time, OK?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:27 pm
They BOTH suck:
I hear you but I believe they leave an opening for extreme cases:
“Paul J. Surlis writes that Church teaching on the death penalty has been in transition.[1] The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the death penalty is permissible in cases of extreme gravity. The Church teaches that capital punishment is allowed if the “guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined” and if the death penalty is the only way to defend others against the guilty party.
However, if there are other means available to defend people from the “unjust aggressor”, these means are preferred to the death penalty because they are considered to be more respectful of the dignity of the person and in keeping with the common good.[2](2267)
Because today’s society makes possible effective means for preventing crime without execution, the Catechism declares that “the cases in which execution of the offender is an absolute necessity ‘are very rare, if practically nonexistent.’”[2]
In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae published in 1995, Pope John Paul II removed this public safety qualification and declared that, in today’s modern society, capital punishment can scarcely ever be condoned.[1]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_capital_punishment
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 29th, 2012
3:28 pm
“She Who Stomped Her Foot And Left In A Huff.”
is that who I think it is? or the other one?
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
3:28 pm
getalife, oh no!
Terrible, terrible news.
At least we have a competent, morally sound president in office this time…
Ahem, as depraved and disgusting as those comments are, they are NOT the words of a longstanding United States Congressman who has enormous power and influence in this country.
They are more typical of bloggers – including MANY Republicans at Cynthia Tucker’s and even here and Wingfield’s.
That is the difference.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:28 pm
They BOTH suck:
Also known as “wiggle room”.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:29 pm
is that who I think it is?
Yes, and she has returned.
Bernie
August 29th, 2012
3:30 pm
Poor Gabby Douglas has had to find out the hard way about How poorly Americans treat one another, just because you appear to be different. Just like the Republicans treatment pf the CNN camerawoman by throwing peanuts at her saying ” This is How We feed the animals.”
Then when African Americans are asked by The Republicans with a long heartfelt and pitiful look asking “Why is that you will not join our Political Party?”
The only response can be replied with is …ARE YOU CRAZY?
TaxPayer
August 29th, 2012
3:30 pm
is that who I think it is?
Sounds like (#-1)(#-1)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
3:35 pm
(CBS News) : “Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said that it’s time to change leadership in the White House in order to restore American leadership on the world stage.”
Well, there you go.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Ruh, roh.
After repeatedly touting his business experience as an asset towards reviving the U.S. economy, Mitt Romney has been put on the defensive by Bain Capital workers who are fighting back against the outsourcing of their jobs. One hundred seventy workers at a Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Illinois — of which Bain is the majority owner — are calling on Romney to help save their jobs from being shipped to China. The factory manufactures sensors and controls that are used in aircraft and automobiles, but has been dismantling and shipping the plant to China piece by piece — even as it requires the workers to train personally their Chinese replacements, who have been flown in by management.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Kam:
“Post your phone number here and I’ll call and ask for your permission next time, OK?”
Sure, here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968
1-800-E#&-S###
Ahem
August 29th, 2012
3:40 pm
NEWSFLASH–NEWSFLASH–NEWSFLASH
Another Libtard chokes to death on filet of sole. The bodies stack up as these loons come unhinged at the prospect of Obama’s defeat and the rise of a more conservative America. And as we know from statisical data; more Americans identify with being conservative than any other ilk.
David Chalian, the Yahoo News Washington Bureau chief, has been fired after getting caught claiming that “they” — Mitt Romney and his fellow Republicans — “are happy to have a party with black people drowning.”
The implication: that Republicans’ decision to continue with their convention despite the hurricane hitting New Orleans means they don’t care about black people.
Chalian’s words were first caught by the conservative media criticism site Newsbusters. Yahoo! has released a statement apologizing for the comment and announcing that Chalian had been terminated.
“David Chalian’s statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!. He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended.”
But as we all know from the Todd Akin episode, this is clear proof that the entire Yahoo organization feels exactly the same as the idiot that made the remark, which Yahoo is trying to pass off as an off color joke.
Don Abernethy
August 29th, 2012
3:41 pm
He plays well to the liberals but not conservatives.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:43 pm
Thanks betty.
Now,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUlU105lkgs
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
Oy vey, the conned sure do not comprehend someone violating policy vs someone speaking about the actual policy of the GOP.
But then again, they are the party of liars and false equivalents.
Ewrin's cat
August 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
DAWG POUND – …The profits made from Wall Street banks and the Car industry specifically are in the 10s of billions which far covers the losses…
umm… GM stock has to about dbl for the govt to break even on that deal.
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
Jam,
Yup, just like Katrina but they did not have to wait for help for days.
They are ready this time.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:46 pm
lol, Kam!
“The Jags”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:46 pm
Today on CBS’s morning show, former Bush administration Secretary of State and top Mitt Romney surrogate Condoleezza Rice could not offer any specific foreign policy failures made by President Obama. Romney’s allies, led by Rice and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), are expected to attack Obama on national security grounds tonight in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
But when asked to offer specifics this morning on CBS, all Rice could come up with was some vague attack on Obama’s Syria policy, which, host Norah O’Donnell noted, the president himself might agree with
Well there ya go.
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:47 pm
Behave moonbat.
This blog needs at least one moonbat.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
3:48 pm
So despite the fact that the GOP plans to attack Obama’s foreign policy, Rice has no interest in “looking back.” Instead, she said, she wants to “look forward,” yet she doesn’t have any idea what Romney’s international agenda is either. And on Syria, it turns out that the policy Romney has articulated thus far isn’t much different from the Obama administration’s.
But as far as attacking Obama on foreign policy grounds goes, the Republicans are going to have a tough time. Poll after poll shows that Americans favor Obama over Romney in handling international issues. And the Wall Street Journal noted today that their recent poll “found 54% of voters approve of Mr. Obama’s handling of foreign policy, his highest score in more than a year and far better than what either George W. Bush or Bill Clinton fetched as they sought re-election.”
Well there ya go.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:48 pm
get, Kam knows I’m just kidding.
We’re b- brothers.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
Scout,
Is that the same Condi Rice who called George Bush her husband and refused to testify under oath?
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/04/condis_inner_life.html
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
Well, at least Obama can add, “Saved New Orleans from destruction” to his resume (hopefully).
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:50 pm
moonbat,
You forgot:
Blog power!
b-troll
August 29th, 2012
3:50 pm
If Eastwood is guest speaker at GOP convention, all I can say is: awesome
getalife
August 29th, 2012
3:53 pm
The last person our President will take advice from is a bushie “mushroom cloud” rice.
She should be booed off the stage.
DannyX
August 29th, 2012
3:57 pm
““Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said that it’s time to change leadership in the White House in order to restore American leadership on the world stage.””
Lol, by all means restore American leadership to the world stage Bush and Condi enjoyed.
The world was so thrilled to see Bush and Condi leave the world stage they gave Obama a Nobel Peace prize just for not being Bush.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 29th, 2012
3:59 pm
Keep
Getting back to your whale theme — http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/08/28/the-outlaw-jersey-whale/
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
4:02 pm
Seems not many are happy with Christie’s performance, Kam…. Chris Wallace especially.
moonbat betty
August 29th, 2012
4:02 pm
Let’s see. firedoglake and alternet
can we get a http://www.moonbatsrus.com ?
Paul
August 29th, 2012
4:06 pm
Cruz is pathetic. His responses would be right at home on this blog. Maybe that’s why so many conservatives identify with him.
“Paul Ryan was part of the profligate spending under Pres Bush, Mr. Cruz, so why does the Tea Party adore him when he was part of the problem?”
Cruz’s thoughtful response, “Well, Obama….”
eyeroll, eyeroll, eyeroll.
Followed by “the Senate, for three years, hasn’t had a budget.”
This guy’s gonna be my senator. I wonder if he’ll ever get around to reading the Constitution? I’m surprised Gregory let that one slip by.
So when Cruz kept asking “did Obama do any of that?” Reed should have said “No. So you’re happy with a VP who in your mind is just like Obama, eh?”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 29th, 2012
4:09 pm
Normal Free…Pro Human Rights Thug…And liking it! :
Careful now ………… under Democrat standards you could be labeled a racist for that remark.
St Simons - he-ne-ha
August 29th, 2012
4:12 pm
Now HERE’s the Rpeublican Convention we all expected –
finally something typical happened at the Inclusion Illusion –
from AP & CNN
Two people were ejected from the Republican National Convention when
attendees threw nuts at a black CNN camera woman and said “this is
how we feed animals,” the network said Wednesday.
stay classy, Republicans
Union
August 29th, 2012
4:12 pm
dont know what all the fuss is.. all obama needs to do is lay out his accomplishments and achievements and he will be a shoe in…
funny thing is.. bush got re-elected as bad as he was..
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
4:17 pm
During Tuesday’s trial [SC trial regarding voting right act], critics who charge that [SC] voter ID is designed to disenfranchise minority voters appeared to have scored an important victory when they presented the law’s author state Rep. Alan Clemmons (R), with racist emails he received while drafting the legislation:
Garrard Beeney, who represented the civil rights groups, presented emails sent to and from Clemmons’ personal account between 2009 and 2011, when he was working on the law.
One, from a man named Ed Koziol, used racially charged rhetoric to denounce the idea that poor, black voters might lack transportation or other resources necessary to obtain photo ID. If the legislature offered a reward for identification cards, “it would be like a swarm of bees going after a watermelon,” Koziol wrote.
Beeney asked Clemmons how he had replied to this email. Clemmons hesitated a moment before answering, “It was a poorly considered response when I said, ‘Amen, Ed, thank you for your support.’”
Now Brave Brave Sir Digits, this is what will get you labled a racist.
josef
August 29th, 2012
4:17 pm
You don’t hear much from or about Mayor Reed. And that’s a good thing.
DannyX
August 29th, 2012
4:22 pm
“If Eastwood is guest speaker at GOP convention, all I can say is: awesome”
Funny how Republicans hate, hate hate, Hollywood.
That is of course when its not Ronald Reagan, Fred Thompson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sonny Bono, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Donald Trump, or Charlton Heston, .
I hear Honey Bo Bo will be speaking after Eastwood.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2012
4:24 pm
Danny, don’t forget Chuck Norris.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 29th, 2012
4:28 pm
RB — “Sorry Joe. Everybody can read what you posted and knows you once again got busted for lying.”
Nope. Once again you misrepresented what I said. It’s a shame that you can’t be honest about what I actually posted.
“No amount of your silliness changes that.”
No amount of your dissembling and dishonesty changes the fact that what I said was different from what you asked me to defend.
“If you’d still like to back up your claim about Bush, go ahead.”
Already did that ahead of you and already referred you to it. See my 1:49.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 29th, 2012
4:30 pm
or that one Baldwin brother….
getalife
August 29th, 2012
4:31 pm
” bush got re-elected as bad as he was..”
Yes, he destroyed our country and cons voted for it.
Not too bright are they union?
josef
August 29th, 2012
4:31 pm
Whazzamattuh here…has Big Daddy yellow/red carded folks…? Where are the partisan rangers?