Obama re-election not likely to ease GOP intransigence
Perhaps out of a forced sense of optimism, President Obama has predicted that if he wins re-election, Republicans in Congress will be more willing to work with him than they proved to be in his first term, when defeating him became their primary goal.
As he told the Associated Press:
“What I’m offering the American people is a balanced approach that the majority agrees with, including a lot of Republicans. And for me to be able to say to the Republicans, the election is over; you no longer need to be focused on trying to beat me; what you need to be focused on and what you should have been focused on from the start is how do we advance the American economy — I’m prepared to make a whole range of compromises, some of which I get criticized from the Democratic Party on, in order to make progress. But we’re going to need compromise on your side as well. And the days of viewing compromise as a dirty word need to be over because the American people are tired of it.
That’s, I think, a message that will resonate not with every Republican, but I think with a lot of fair-minded Republican legislators who probably feel somewhat discouraged about having served in one of the least productive Congresses in American history.”
Nancy Pelosi, who happens to have a ground-level view of the situation, disagrees, insisting that her Republican colleagues will be just as obstinate as ever.
“I see this president sit for hours being very respectable, but trying to find a path where there could be agreement when there is [none],” Pelosi said. “‘Never. Does never work for you?’ That’s really what they’re saying to the president.”
Conservative pundit Ramesh Ponnuru, writing in Bloomsberg, agrees with Pelosi:
“If the president believes anything like this would happen in his second term, he is kidding himself. If Obama wins re-election, the Republican Party will react by moving right, not left. It will become less likely to compromise with Obama, not more….
Republicans, especially at the grassroots level, would react to Obama’s re-election by assuming that Romney failed because he was too moderate. That’s a very widespread view among Republicans about why Senator John McCain lost in 2008. During the primaries, many of Romney’s opponents argued that he would lose because he would fail to energize conservatives. This interpretation of 2008 is probably wrong, and it will probably be the wrong explanation for a Romney defeat, if it happens. It will nonetheless be an appealing theory for conservatives.”
Pelosi and Ponnuru are probably correct. Absent a major and unexpected swing in voter sentiment, I’m doubtful that most Republicans will be any more willing to compromise and act reasonably than they have been for the past four years. A cult that defines itself by its own intransigence will not surrender that identity easily.
Sure, a few of their more responsible members — perhaps including House Speaker John Boehner and senators such as Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson of Georgia — may be willing to cut a deal with the president on spending and revenue, but the success of the ongoing Great RINO Purge probably ensures that they will be too few in number and influence to make a difference.
In other words, this game of political chicken is likely to continue for as long as a largely apathetic and ill-informed American public is willing to tolerate it. I don’t see that changing soon.
– Jay Bookman
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godless heathen
September 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Re: Ponnuru’s statement. I said months ago that I wished a kook like Santorum would get nominated by the GOP because he would get such a beat-down that the far-right wing of the GOP would be put in their place and a true conservative, small government GOP would return. Romney is likely to lose (when you have more Americans on the dole than ever before, they are going to vote for the EBT President) and the right wing whackos will claim it is because Romney was not conservative enough.
All I can say is that next spring is going to be a great time to be a FOM (friend of Michelle’s) because there are going to be some awesome globe-trotting excursions lined up. It might take every plane in the USAF and Delta Airlines to haul the entourage.
Midori
September 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Bada,
you know how silly you sound?
getalife
September 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Paul,
The gop are divided on Jerusalem too.
Not on God.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Oscar
September 5th, 2012
5:38 pm
Fred – Sorry, I misread the comment. I thought they were talking about 0311 and Recon. My mistake.
This one eyes have troble seeing the monitor. Looks a little blurry.
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Well dammit, I’ll tell you like I told my daughter then. QUIT GETTING OLDER.
Seriously though, try hitting the Ctrl key AND at the same time the + key. It will magnify your screen.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
5:46 pm
Midori
September 5th, 2012
5:39 pm
Josef/Fred,
who are you guys talking about?
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Del aka Recon.
getalife
September 5th, 2012
5:46 pm
heathen,
Ya think the Obamas will beat w’s record on vacations?
Midori
September 5th, 2012
5:47 pm
ahhhhh
Josef and Fred are meanies!!
Fading Obama Poster
September 5th, 2012
5:48 pm
And now for a little “balance”:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/315861/clinton-s-nostalgianomics-editors
TaxPayer
September 5th, 2012
5:49 pm
“Okay, Chuck. Here’s what I’m going to do and you know what. There’s not a thing you can do to stop it. I’m going to take my left foot and plant it against the right side of your head and then you are going to go on public tv and warn everyone about the 1000 years of darkness if Obama is re-elected.” – Billy Jack
Morality?
September 5th, 2012
5:49 pm
Ostrich land – where all good Dems go to die. You rant and rave and call me a liar, etc. etc. etc. but have not shown me ONE instance where Obama and Nanny compromised with the Repubs. At least make up something that sounds half real. Still waiting. Obama Care is the greatest underfunded PONZI scheme in history. Brain dead zombies for Obama depend on the gub’ment to think for them. Just keep sending the plantation owners (Harry Weed & Nanny Pelosi) your vote and let them think for you – there you go – played again – S U C K E R S.
They BOTH suck
September 5th, 2012
5:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgAFoyIgskY&playnext=1&list=PLD30FF5E72672F67D&feature=results_video
getalife
September 5th, 2012
5:50 pm
I don’t think cons that focused on getting our President after a collapse are worthy of one post about them.
Midori
September 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
that wasn’t “balance”
that was vomit
getalife
September 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
“Harry Weed”
How about that? A con came up with something new.
Congrats liar.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
5:52 pm
Jamvet@5:37 – I was in Administration, Security, and Flight Scheduling, cross -trained several times during my 4 yrs.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
5:40 pm
Ok Fred, I’ll play. If your income is 3 or 4 times what the average(like mine is), either you were successful in your business or inherited wealth. Perhaps you are college educated and it payed off for you, I am not one bit jealous of your success. good for you. that should be what this country is all about. I appauld your success but just because a person is wealthy does not make him a good person, especially if he has a habit of being crude and attempting to talk down to others!
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So what has this to do with you spouting the talk radio bumper sticker lies? Or YOU a slackard? Did you sit around and cheat YOUR employer out of money because you were a loser?
Apparently you were because you call OTHER “high achievers.” I mean by saying that you are saying you didn’t work hard. You didn’t achieve. and I’M talking down to YOU? YOU are talking down to yourself. The amount of money you make pal is not a measure of your hard work. Mother Theresa lived a life of poverty, ye tI would call HER a high achiever. Your hero Neal Boortz makes a crap load of money since he sold out to the Republican party, I would merely call him an asshat. A hundred years from now, hell 10, who will be remembered? Neal? Or Mother Theresa.
At 60 years old, one would have thought you would be wiser. I don’t have a boot in your neck, Boortz does. He LOVES you toting the mail for him, keep it up he’s gonna give you……… nothing but disdain. He MAY sya thanks if you park his car but don’t count on it. He’s important and you are a peon. I however see you as a person. A DELUDED person, but a person nonetheless.
Free your mind. It’s not too late. I have hope for you.
Oscar
September 5th, 2012
5:54 pm
Fred – Thanks, that helped.
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Ostrich land.
Yep, if the foo sh*Its, wear it.
The COMPROMISE that President Obama offered last Friday to Catholic leaders regarding the religious exemption for contraception coverage is not only a reasonable solution to the situation, it is also a political win for Obama.
Obama announced last Friday that he would make an “accommodation” to nonprofit religious-affiliated organizations such as hospitals and universities, permitting them to be exempt from the requirement in his health-care law that says contraception must be included in all health-insurance plans. Female employees could obtain it directly from the insurance companies, with no increase in their premium.
One of many, Oliver the ostrich…
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Midori
September 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
Bada,
you know how silly you sound?
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You only give him “silly” lol? i give him hilarious. That Limbaugh sponsors comment was great. Laugh with him.
godless heathen
September 5th, 2012
5:55 pm
Ya think the Obamas will beat w’s record on vacations?
get: You will not find a post of mine where I faulted President Obama for taking vacations, because I don’t think you get a vacation from that job. Communication and responsibility is 24/7 whether you are on Martha’s Vineyard or the Crawford Ranch. I do think Michelle’s junkets, and “Date Night in New York” were a bit excessive, especially considering the economic mess that the country was in at the time. You notice that they cooled on that stuff after the first year in office, because it gave a bad impression, and rightfully so, in my opinion.
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
5:56 pm
Tom, wee you one of those guys who used crayons to mark on the plexiglass boards?
I always liked the looks of that stuff!
josef
September 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
THOMAS
@ 5:18
You’re dumb as dirt. That didn’t fly the first time around with good reason. If you knew anything about Tsa-la-gi history, you’d know just what you sound like…
ZamVet, midori
I can’t call him by name, but our melt down man from earlier who was gonna go down to tell his bosom buddies in high places at the AJC just how mean Fred was to him….
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Morality?
September 5th, 2012
5:49 pm
Ostrich land – where all good Dems go to die. You rant and rave and call me a liar, etc. etc. etc. but have not shown me ONE instance where Obama and Nanny compromised with the Repubs. At least make up something that sounds half real. Still waiting. Obama Care is the greatest underfunded PONZI scheme in history. Brain dead zombies for Obama depend on the gub’ment to think for them. Just keep sending the plantation owners (Harry Weed & Nanny Pelosi) your vote and let them think for you – there you go – played again – S U C K E R S.
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Really? You missed my 5:43? Or does ignoring the truth and claiming victory make it so lol? Just like Bush eh, “mission accomplished.”
Donovan
September 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Jewcowboy @ 5:23
Is that all you have? I am sitting here having a cocktail reading all this liberal drival and thinking how ridiculous all you Bookman myrmidons rally around a loser and a losing cause.
I used to take the Economist as one of my reading assignments. It didn’t take me long to figure out that this magazine was a liberal United Kingdom entity that still blames the colonies for its demise. Give me a break! You sound like Bookman referencing the New York Times, Washington Post, and the LA Times as gospel info.
I eat your “astute” reference news rag for breakfast each morning and visit the water closet shortly thereafter.
Fading Obama Poster
September 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
More balance:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/315956/not-so-fast-fact-checkers-robert-rector
n
September 5th, 2012
5:59 pm
These old white men want war. They want to orchestrate chaos, death on a massive scale, endless rivers of blood. Every 30-50 years this social pathology of conquest and destruction erupts in war on a massive scale.
No rational being can stand up against the tide of unreason that is overtaking the U.S. It won’t stop until we wage war against Arab countries and China and reinstate the draft to do so.
Obama’s flaw is that he is a rational being. He tries to reason with men who are beyond reason and possessed by blood lust. They don’t hear him. All they hear is the siren song of war and death.
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
can’t do that Fred, because his premise is just another bald faced lie packaged to appear as fact.
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
Josef
and why does another posting keep posting vomit calling it “balance”??
Fading Obama Poster
September 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
An article with charts – ya’ll should love this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/315779/better-question-patrick-brennan
godless heathen
September 5th, 2012
6:03 pm
“n” is posting during a break at the convention.
kayaker 71
September 5th, 2012
6:03 pm
We’ve heard this old song and dance before. Last time, the statement was, “We won….. go sit in the back of the bus”, or words to that effect. No one with half a brain trusts this buffoon to do what he says he will do. He is not only untrustworthy, he lies……. over and over and over again. We never fell off the turnip truck, liberals, and we are not about to start now. Trust Pelosi? If that were not so pathetic, it would be funny. Trust Harry Reid? You must be kidding. We don’t trust any of them. No one in their right mind does.
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
josef, I see.
Too bad, I always kinda liked the guy and even stood up for him once when some drive by troll spit on him (so to speak.)
But then something happened to him. Not once, not twice but thrice he personally insulted me for making my generalized lunatic rantings that had nothing at all to do with him.
At that point, I pretty much told him to p*ss off.
Sadly, he never manned up and that was that.
C’est le guerre…
td
September 5th, 2012
6:06 pm
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
5:40 pm
…Jerusalem back into the platform.
td, how come American Jews never vote for Republicans in more than miniscule percentages?
Just curious…
This is because Harry Truman happened to be President when Israel was formed and was one of the first heads of state to recognize the nation.
Now why Obama had the Jerusalem taken out is beyond me but he quickly had it put back in when many Jewish American leaders went on air at Fox today raising h3ll.
Jack
September 5th, 2012
6:07 pm
A Romney election not likely to ease the donkey party intransigence.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Donovan
September 5th, 2012
5:58 pm
Jewcowboy @ 5:23
Is that all you have? I am sitting here having a cocktail reading all this liberal drival and thinking how ridiculous all you Bookman myrmidons………….
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And right there at THAT word you know you have a “Boortz Myrmidon.” As such no more reading is needed. I’ve already heard Boortz so I don’t need to read the translation from his myrmidon.
DebbieDoRight - A DoRight Woman
September 5th, 2012
6:08 pm
Debbie, he has never lost his adopted chi-town roots, he is as big a crook and thug as Capone ever was. Lot of simular things there, including both of gangsters had a mayor of chicago in pocket. Only difference is barry’s army is much bigger than Al’s was.
Dude seriously? Isn’t it too early to start drinking?
Thomas Heyward Jr
September 5th, 2012
6:10 pm
NeoCons cracking the whip——————–
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After sharp criticism from Mitt Romney and Republicans, the Democrats have reinstated the language into their party platform that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as the words “God-given” that were removed in this year’s platform.”
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LOL.
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:10 pm
On Obama and Israel,..an interesting read…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/opinion/the-truth-about-obama-and-israel.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120905
MIDORI
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
ZamVet
I’ve had it in for that closet case drunken swine for a while now…no respect for him whatsoever…none, zero, zilch, nada, rien…pig penis he…
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
Jack,
it’s also not likely to ease the elephant party’s penchant to effing lie about every thing under the sun.
fact checkers???
we don’t need no steekin fact checkers!!!
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
Fading Obama Poster
September 5th, 2012
6:01 pm
An article with charts – ya’ll should love this:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/315779/better-question-patrick-brennan
Nice link pal. All I get is this over and over again.
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Jay
September 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
So are the Republicans going to go back and fix THEIR platform too, re: Jerusalem and the embassy, etc.?
http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2012/09/05/3106056/the-gops-jerusalem-platform-omissions
tireofit
September 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
Shirley Lasseter another great Gwinnett republican goes to jail.
tireofit
September 5th, 2012
6:11 pm
Shirley Lasseter another great Gwinnett republican goes to jail.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:12 pm
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:00 pm
can’t do that Fred, because his premise is just another bald faced lie packaged to appear as fact.
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You think? I think it’s sarcasm posted as humor.
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:12 pm
lol
remind me not to piss Josef off
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:14 pm
Donovan
“thinking how ridiculous all you Bookman myrmidons ”
You really need to work on your insults. Calling people by the name of the personal troops commanded by one of the greatest warriors in Greek mythology ain’t exactly an insult.
Maybe it’s a Freudian thing. Deep down, you admire them.
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:14 pm
It’s amateur hour! To wit:
The decision to move the speech from Bank of America Stadium to the smaller indoor arena. Doofusses should have known they couldn’t fill that venue long ago.
Doofusses have to change their platform back to recognizing Jerusalem as Isreal’s capital. Did they really think taking that out would help with Jewish voters?
Doofusses have to put God back into the platform. Did they think no one would notice that extraction?
How about a new blog, Jay, about the O’bozo well-oiled campaign machine?
bwaahahahahahahaha!
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:15 pm
td, you gotta be sh*tting me!
Harry Truman was elected president 64 years ago!!!
So you are saying that American Jews are so damn clueless that they voted for the Democrat in the next sixteen presidential elections because of “Give “em hell” Harry?
OMG!
THAT is the most bizarre explanation (out of numerous others) that I have ever heard! Seriously!
Try again! (But this time at least try to incorporate American right wing neofascism and hyper-bigotry into your “explanation”!)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 5th, 2012
6:15 pm
Say what you will about Del, but I think it’s important to note that he walked away under his own power, and did not do the suicide by Jay thingie as at least four others over there did.
Thomas Heyward Jr
September 5th, 2012
6:15 pm
“He didn’t come to me for help, of course,” Kristol said. “I’m not going to acknowledge that. He came to me to make sure I was supporting his sound policies. Of course, since his sound policies are more like the policies people like me have been advocating for quite a while, I’m happy to support them. He’s a born-again neo-con.”
Bill Kristol………………………………………….Obama Neocon Handler.
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LOL.
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:16 pm
td
Jewish loyalty to the Democrats goes way back beyond that…from the very earliest days of the republic, the party of Jefferson has been the party of choice of American Jews, as reflected not just in the voting patterns, but in the election of Jews to public office and appointment to positions of importance in the foreign service as well as the national governing bodies…The GOP does not have a very good record in Jewish matters,,,
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:16 pm
“So are the Republicans going to go back and fix THEIR platform too, re: Jerusalem and the embassy, etc.?”
I’m guessing not.
That would mean they’re wrong and the need to fix it.
Next step, they’ll start compromising, and we just couldn’t have that!
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
6:16 pm
Jamvet – Not nice and I always thought the libs were the ones who liked the crayon thing. About my AFSC’s, never said I was John Wayne or Audie Murphy but my wife calls me Spartacus, for a good reason!
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:16 pm
ZamVet
I’ve had it in for that closet case drunken swine for a while now…no respect for him whatsoever…none, zero, zilch, nada, rien…pig penis he…
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Damn Josef. Et je pensais que nous étions amis
(and for those of you who don’t speak the devils tongue: Damn Josef. And I thought we were friends)
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
6:17 pm
“So are the Republicans going to go back and fix THEIR platform too, re: Jerusalem and the embassy, etc.?”
I’m wondering if the Republicans are going to put God back in their platform. Will they end their war on the poor and sick and stop worshiping the rich?
They BOTH suck
September 5th, 2012
6:17 pm
josef @ 6:10
Amen……….. And you know it is big when I say “AMEN”.
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:19 pm
BTW, td, I do at least respect you for trying to answer that question. Even if it is WILDLY off the mark!
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:19 pm
midori
I gotta start being nice now, though, Big Daddy’s home…
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:22 pm
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:19 pm
midori
I gotta start being nice now, though, Big Daddy’s home…
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If things are so bad that you have to be nice then I have to LEAVE lol. I’m in his cross hairs. I LIVE in his cross hairs. I’m just one Jack and coke (his not mine) away from permanent banishment at ALL times……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqcL0mjMjw
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:22 pm
Tom, no disrespect intended!
I love my USAF brothers.
Even if they are misguided Republicans! (grin!)
Though I couldn’t really see it at the time (hell I was just a teenager for most of it!), those were some of the most exciting times in my life!
Great people, a fantastic job (avionics) and tons of great memories and WILD times!
Aim high, baby!
tireofit
September 5th, 2012
6:23 pm
If the republicans are so against socialism please explain your support of the most socialist system in America. The military.
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:24 pm
Can’t wait for Slick Willie’s sermon tonight.
Will he reprise his “the era of big government is over” meme?
Bwaahahahahahahaha!
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:24 pm
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:22 pm
Tom, no disrespect intended!
I love my USAF brothers.
Even if they are misguided Republicans! (grin!)
Though I couldn’t really see it at the time (hell I was just a teenager for most of it!), those were some of the most exciting times in my life!
Great people, a fantastic job (avionics) and tons of great memories and WILD times!
Aim high, baby!
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Hell yeah, Air force personal are as close to being in the military as you can get.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
6:25 pm
Jamvet & Fred – I’ll admit it, sometimes I unwisely come over to Jay’s site, instead of staying on Kyle’s more friendly cons site. I guess I am just curious about other people. You two do have a way of getting under people’s skin, instead of trying to win them over to your side. Of course that is your call. Never thought I would agree with Fred on anything but he is right, it does not matter who is elected or re-elected this country is still headed for some hard times down the road. No way any President, House or Senate agrees on anything unless they are all from the same party. Perhaps we can agree on that?
Jhunt163
September 5th, 2012
6:25 pm
Talk about hilarious, the Dems could have the best night in the world and the headlines are going to be about the phony two thirds vote to put God back in the platform. There’s your sign!
kayaker 71
September 5th, 2012
6:25 pm
Weather in Charlotte, NC tomorrow. Scattered thunderstorms with only a 20% chance of rain. Something tells me that the buses that they sent to every hamlet in NC were not successful in bringing back enough people to hear the Annointed One speak. Something tells me that they were just not interested in coming. What makes this clown think that he can fill a 74K person stadium with enough people from North Carolina, a definite swing state. Even the college students apparently are not interested. Great planning liberals. But don’t fill us full of that BS that it’s the fault of the weather. He should have had the convention in San Francisco. He could have filled two stadiums, complete with styrofoam Greek columns and ferns.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:25 pm
Damn, forgot the smiley face.
For the post above:
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:26 pm
Tom
“my wife calls me Spartacus, for a good reason!”
Ummmm….. you sure about that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhePEs4IL8w&feature=related#t=02m45s
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:26 pm
ok, so now we have 4 posters claiming the venue was moved because “obama couldn’t fill the stadium”, one for “God’s angry” and one poster quoting the weather.
and somewhere within all the lunacy the truth lies.
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:26 pm
“Can’t wait for Slick Willie’s sermon tonight.”
Oh, wait.
Is there football on tonight?
If so, never mind…
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:27 pm
Will he reprise his “the era of big government is over” meme?
wrong convention.
we all know govt. is best served when it is in the form of a vaginal probe, silly.
Thomas Heyward Jr
September 5th, 2012
6:28 pm
Karl Rove-approved Cracking–
“US Aircraft Carrier Stennis Is Now En Route To Join Enterprise And Eisenhower Off Iranian Coast”
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:29 pm
No way any President, House or Senate agrees on anything unless they are all from the same party. Perhaps we can agree on that?
Nope sorry. I have more faith than that. At SOME point people have to learn to get along. Free your mind bro.
As I said in my post to you, you ARE a high achiever. I can see it in your posts. Why do you let Boortz and the other cons say you aren’t? Why do you put up with that kind of crap? I won’t. Anyway, I bear you no ill will. I don’t hold grudges. Come back more often, not that my permission is needed, hell I may be banned tomorrow, one never knows…….
Orange12
September 5th, 2012
6:29 pm
“I love my USAF brothers.”
How about the sisters?
tireofit
September 5th, 2012
6:31 pm
Jesus, if he exists, is certainly not a republican.
Beyond the Middle of the Road
September 5th, 2012
6:31 pm
Both parties only pay lip service to the capital of Israel issue. Actually move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and then I’ll really believe you’re sincere.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
6:32 pm
Paul – Good one, you are on your game. Not that Spartacus though. Maybe she is just being the good wife or maybe not?
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:34 pm
“Charlotte, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather. “Thursday night will likely be the best weather of the entire week,” Brad Panovich of WCNC-NBC TV wrote…”
I’m guessing the DNC ran out of cigarette packs, $20 bills, and pints of vodka.
Or maybe takers.
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
6:34 pm
“Can’t wait for Slick Willie’s sermon tonight.”
Me too F. Sinkwich, Willie is very popular, new Gallup has his favorability rating at 69%, an all time high for Clinton, he will help Obama get a bump in the polls.
George W Bush wasn’t allowed to speak at the Republican convention. Imagine if he did? Romney’s negative Gallup convention bump would’ve been worse. Btw, is it still called a bump when you lose support during a convention? Is the correct term dump?
Romney convention dump, -1%
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:36 pm
Tom
See, we have more fun over here than those sticks-in-the-mud at Kyle’s place.
I’m sure she’s the good wife, with an entirely different Spartacus in mind!
Maybe the great rebel against the Romans, or maybe just a play on words and she means these guys?
http://tinyurl.com/96kvqp4
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:37 pm
FRED
Sois sage, Mec. Tu sais si tu parles la langue du diable, ça signifie que tu es un sympathisant communiste!
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:38 pm
LOOKS LIKE YOU GUESSED WRONG.
Where did you get your info? Rush’s blog???
Andre Sayegh, a Paterson councilman, is literally lobbying, sitting in the lobby of a hotel here, making calls, talking to fellow conventioneers, trying to find a way to get to see President Obama on Thursday night. He is one of more than 60,000 who won’t get to see the president because his planned open-air appearance has been moved inside.
“I drove 10 hours to see him,” says Sayegh, whose wife Farhanna is a delegate and will get to see Obama’s acceptance speech. It was moved inside the Time Warner Cable Arena because of forecasts of severe thunderstorms.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet,USAF)
September 5th, 2012
6:38 pm
Jamvet@6:22 – I am not a registered Republican, I am an Independent. Open to best choices from either party. I like Bill Clinton and John Kennedy and Reagan and Bush. I started liking Bush when he stood up at the site of 9-11 and stated we will get those responsible for that. I think his approval rating was about 95% that day. I was proud for him to be the POTUS that day. I almost re-enlisted but quicky came to my senses understanding my age.
stands for decibels
September 5th, 2012
6:39 pm
Boy you Romneyites or whatever you call yourselves
Kind of sad, they haven’t even bothered to come up with a cute way to identify as Those Who Will Vote For The Robot.
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:40 pm
12, I don’t write of it very often (for obvious reasons) but when I got to boot camp in San Antonio in October of 1972, I was the only guy picked out of my flight of 55 men to go to Colorado Springs. (I watched a movie (LOL!) about the USAFA and had to make a decision on the spot.) I was only 17 and I declined, and have agonized over that decision for forty years. But overall, I still think that it was the right choice for me.
Sure, I could have retired long ago, probably as a full bird colonel or higher, but I could also be dead in the sands of Iran. Who the hell knows, how things are gonna turn out?!
Ironically, that class of 1972 was the very first to have female cadets…
We go up in fame or down in flames
Nothing can stop the US Air Force
Oscar
September 5th, 2012
6:40 pm
No way any President, House or Senate agrees on anything unless they are all from the same party. Perhaps we can agree on that?
__________
Not even those in the same party agree. Just ask the Speaker of the House about the tea party that came to the house in 2010. The right wing has kept him awake at night, and forced him to recant of some of the agreements he had made with the President.
And then there are, or were, the Blue Dog Dems.
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:40 pm
“we all know govt. is best served when it is in the form of a vaginal probe, silly.”
Gee, Midori, never heard about that in Tampa, from the Mittster, from Ryan, from the RNC, from the republican platform, from any US Senator, etc.
Please provide a link citing any such a thing from any nationally elected republican.
Bogus. Just like Moochelle.
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:41 pm
PAUL
Spartacus…heh, heh…took the words out of my mouth…
Jm
September 5th, 2012
6:42 pm
Schumer: fuggehdaboutit
What a dbag
Btw kasim reed on PBS
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:43 pm
F. Sinkwich
September 5th, 2012
6:40 pm
Bogus. Just like Moochelle.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cool making racist disparaging remarks toward FLOTUS makes you a REAL man. I’m so impressed with you now big boy. I think I’m getting hot……..
JamVet
September 5th, 2012
6:43 pm
Schumer did get it spot on about Ms. Obama’s speech last night – a knockout!
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:43 pm
Anybody heard from Huh? today…hope you mean old geezers didn’t run him off!
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
6:43 pm
supper. later
Midori
September 5th, 2012
6:44 pm
well Sinkwich,
you know bogus well don’t you?
pot meet kettle.
and the reason you haven’t heard of it is perhaps — just maybe, your choice of news outlets suck to high heaven?
Oscar
September 5th, 2012
6:44 pm
josep – I think he’s still trying to tell if he is tetchy, irritated or bad tempered, and if is, is that good.
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:46 pm
josef
Huh? was in earlier. Had some nice exchanges. I think he’ll be back.
The Force is strong with him. He’s ripe for persuasion to the Dark Side…..
Orange12
September 5th, 2012
6:46 pm
Jamvet,
I don’t blame you for not writing about it. Heck, I almost hung myself by just reading it!
josef
September 5th, 2012
6:46 pm
The A-gi-a A-gua-s-do may have retreated to other front porches, but at least we’ve still got Sinkwich…
Jm
September 5th, 2012
6:47 pm
Cheerleading
No substance
Paul
September 5th, 2012
6:48 pm
I’m off.
Pleasant evening, all -