With ‘Taxby’ gone, Tea Party tacks new RINO hide to wall
As my colleague Jim Galloway first reported, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will soon announce that he will not seek re-election in 2014.
Georgia conservatives are already taking credit for the decision, arguing that they pushed “Taxby” into retirement. And they probably did. The senator has a very conservative voting record, but not conservative enough for many in his party. His admission that maybe, just maybe, the Republicans would have to accept higher taxes as a necessary evil made him unacceptable in their eyes, guaranteeing a bitter primary fight.
I doubt Chambliss will admit that internal party dissent played a role in his decision. He might say that by announcing so early, he allows himself to devote the next two years to trying to solve problems in Washington. He’ll probably also tell us that if he had wanted to run again, he’s certain that he would have won.
However, few will believe him, and his departure marks another step in his party’s inexorable march to the right.
The announcement also sets off a free-for-all among Georgia congressmen, who are all too aware that an open Senate seat doesn’t come along very often. As they give up their seats to run, that in turn will create ripples in the Georgia General Assembly, as legislators position themselves to fill those vacancies. It promises to be quite the scene, with GOP Senate hopefuls competing with each other for the title of most-diehard-conservative-ever-ever-ever.
And as an added attraction? As the AJC’s Dan Malloy tweets from Washington, a spokesman for Newt Gingrich may be cracking the door open a bit, observing that “Newt might be on Medicare, but he is not ready for the retirement home.” As you recall, Gingrich won the Georgia presidential primary by 20 percentage points. He had ruled out running in a primary against Chambliss, but this could change things.
(Personally, I think a Gingrich run is unlikely. But in a second tweet, Malloy reports that “Expecting a statement from @NewtGingrich on #GASen today after he speaks with his wife.” UPDATE 12:34: A Gingrich spokesman now says that the former speaker “will not be a candidate in the 2014 GOP Senate primary.”)
On the Democratic side, the promise of a hard-fought, expensive, blood-letting GOP primary, with the process almost certain to produce a candidate much more conservative than the conservative Chambliss, may create a small window of opportunity.
No, the timing isn’t perfect. The demographics of the state may be changing, but they haven’t quite changed enough. The political fortunes of Democrats in general are improving, but they haven’t improved quite enough in Georgia. And the party infrastructure in much of the state is abysmal. Nonetheless, the right Democratic candidate, with the right campaign and message and against the right opponent, could potentially accelerate the process by a cycle or two.
And who might fit the bill as the “right Democratic candidate”? The list is pretty short. U.S. Rep. John Barrow, the only white southern Democrat remaining in the House, has already announced he won’t run for Senate. State Sen. Jason Carter of Decatur has a bright future, but youth and relative inexperience would make victory difficult. And while Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is probably the party’s best hope in a statewide race, it would be a big political risk even for him.
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Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2013
12:42 pm
Jay — “Newt’s spokesman now saying he will NOT be candidate.”
Callista decided that she didn’t like the proles criticizing Newt’s jewelry purchases for her.
Some kinda thing as with Mrs. Romney; our patricians don’t like it when “you people” presume to question them.
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
“Lib ilks need not apply…”
Not even the esteemed Cynthia McKinney?
GT
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
Please run Newt the left will contribute to your war crest! Newt has never won a statewide general election and has had to move around Georgia to capture the right light ,even as speaker, to win reelection to the congress.
The Democratics need to get excited about this. Obama needs to bring his machines and ground people to Georgia. The right is bound to run a weak character candidate it is all they have. This could be the crack we need for the south to finally join the union instead of fighting it.
Vet
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
Why don’t you name calling liberals get Jane Fonda but we know you love Cynthia Mckinnney more!
Jerome Horwitz
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
This is Saxby’s reward for forsaking partinship and attempting to be a legislator.
TBS
January 25th, 2013
12:45 pm
DIA
Not sure if you ever go to Kyle’s, but check in from time to time. Not many opinions that don’t meet the right leaning narrative accepted over there. While there is certainly name calling and bs at this blog, their is still much more civil discourse than ever occurs next door.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
12:46 pm
When i hear or read anything about Newtie, all I can think of is: “Yeah but that alternative Civil War History trilogy he co-wrote was AWESOME.”
I wonder why he doesn’t do more writing?
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
12:47 pm
“If Menendez were a Republican, we’d be learning that he was sleeping with underage male prostitutes, no doubt.”
Ooops…looks like somebody hit a nerve. Perhaps you are thinking more of a one Barney Frank – you know, the guy who let a his “boyfriend” male hooker run a bisexual prostitution service out of his apartment.
LIBERAL Progressive and damn proud of it.
January 25th, 2013
12:48 pm
Don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in Hell that I’ll ever see a Democratic Senator from Georgia.
The only thing that bothers me about Saxby is the prospect of something worse, and that’s exactly what I expect. Most Georgia voters have proven themselves to be political morons.
K Conway
January 25th, 2013
12:48 pm
Right Paul but nobody would cares if Atlanta burns this time
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2013
12:48 pm
Obama’s Georgia supporters are mostly in the metro area. The others who voted for him are low information voters who will have awakened and have a bad case of buyer’s remorse by the mid-term, much less the next presidential.
Where do you pull this stuff, JReb?
I mean, if you had actual election or polling results to back any of this up I might be inclined to listen, but it’s pure conjecture, and a whole lot of nasty, judgmental crap hurled at your fellow residents. I mean, “low information?” If you really want to get into a pissing match on whose constituents are more clueless, I suggest you look elsewhere.
and as for your dismissive “mostly in the metro area,” erm, that’s where most of GA lives. The nation, the world, is becoming more urbanized, not less.
getalife
January 25th, 2013
12:49 pm
The newt should start a cult like beck and call it newtown.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
12:49 pm
Vet
January 25th, 2013
12:43 pm
Why don’t you name calling liberals get Jane Fonda but we know you love Cynthia Mckinnney more!
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Wow, talk about stupid……………
Steve
January 25th, 2013
12:50 pm
RB, are you serious? Dems and progressives would love to see a cut in military spending, immediately. Our military spending has increased steadily since 2001 with no end in sight.
We’d also like to see cuts in corporate welfare.
So what were you saying again?
Joe Hussein Mama
January 25th, 2013
12:50 pm
Fred — “I wonder why he doesn’t do more writing?”
Because he won’t make any money from it unless cons start doing more *reading.*
Steve
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
@Towncrier – hardly … Vitter dealt with prostitutes and is still married and proudly serves his religious right wing conservative voters in Louisianna.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Because he won’t make any money from it unless cons start doing more *reading.*
But those books had nothing to do with today’s politics, they were based on actual events from the Civil War.
vinny
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Fred – are you suffering from rectal-cranial inversion? Just cause your boy barry got his hand slapped, you libs always come after the messenger. It’s pure Alinsky style.
Your just a good little bed-wetting libby, aren’t you?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Well, it’s real sad the average member handicap at Congressional Country Club will go up by a couple points after Saxby leaves. It would go up more than that if it wasn’t for the bum knee that kept Saxby from being a rootin’-tootin’ fighting soldier in the Vietnam war. Makes it harder to turn on the backswing, you know.
Jeffrey
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
Sam nunn would beat any of the hysterical fanatics from the out of touch party, but he’s probably too old. Jason carter too young. John Lewis would be cool. Anyone but the most die-hard conservative ever ever ever. Please.
TaxPayer
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
If anyone could pull off a win for the Democrats in Georgia, it would be Reed.
Paul
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
K Conway
That’s a bit extreme, don’t you think?
Let’s just stick with the metaphors, shall we?
Just Saying..
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
Running off a two term Senator because he is open to bipartisan solutions?
Death spiral.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
Hey TownCrier, here’s a little Snoop Dog for ya…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qkP8SvHvaU
td
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
Oscar
January 25th, 2013
12:06 pm
” – a blue dog or moderate democrat can win in Georgia”
No such animal exist in Georgia any longer. Barrow only acts like a Blue dog to get elected in rural Georgia.
Vet
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
fred… you have proven how low iq liberals like to name call! You don’t have nothingelse!
TaxPayer
January 25th, 2013
12:58 pm
And the debates! The debates could become classics:
Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect “unborn persons,” and Catholic Health’s lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments. Instead, they are arguing state law protects doctors from liability concerning unborn fetuses on grounds that those fetuses are not persons with legal rights.
Let’s start with you Mr. Broun, Are the Catholics correct in ther claim that the unborn fetus is not a person?
td
January 25th, 2013
12:58 pm
Jeffrey
January 25th, 2013
12:53 pm
Sam nunn would beat any of the hysterical fanatics from the out of touch party, but he’s probably too old. Jason carter too young. John Lewis would be cool. Anyone but the most die-hard conservative ever ever ever. Please.
Please, please run John Lewis. It would be worse then the beating Thurmond took 3 years ago.
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2013
12:59 pm
Fred, I tried all afternnon yesterday to engage in a civil discussion with Stands. All he would do was call me a liar. He wouldn’t respond to my request to show me where I lied. 3 or 4 times I asked that he do so
DIA, what are you talking about? Not a snarky question; I’m unclear on what discussion you had in mind.
Honestly, I’ve found you to be one of the more honest, reasonable conservatives posting here, and I can’t imagine why I would’ve accused you of outright lying, and if I had, I’m pretty sure I’d remember doing it.
I just had a look in that “Foxhole” thread, and I think you might have me confused with “Keep Up the Good Fight,” a poster with whom you were exchanging some heated words.
td
January 25th, 2013
1:00 pm
I personally like Jack Kingston. He would make a good conservative Senator from Georgia.
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:00 pm
“And you won’t. This talk of spending cuts from the left is complete BS. They will whine like little fat children begging for a cookie every time somebody suggests cutting money for anything they care about (see Jindal post from yesterday). They won’t accept cuts to anything but the military. PERIOD.”
That seems to be the case, RB. I also have yet to see a column from Jay on wasteful and fraudulent government spending. You know, when something isn’t really working at some point you have to say “Maybe we should try a different approach”. All of the money the federal government has spent to help the disadvantaged in our inner cities doesn’t seem to have done much. Maybe money per se isn’t the solution. Maybe it’s something else. Maybe those in gubmint should listen to people like Bill Cosby and figure out how it might apply his common sense and wise counsel to once and for all help people out of the decades old rut they are in. But I am not at all convinced Democrats want to do anything more than throw money at people.
At one time, buying votes was considered illegal. I guess it all depends on what the definition if “is” is.
Recon 0311 2533
January 25th, 2013
1:02 pm
Meanwhile some other tidbits, Menendez may be in a heap of trouble for patronizing under age hookers in the Dominican Republic and Obama get’s his recess appointments to the NLRB shot down by a federal court.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:03 pm
vinny
January 25th, 2013
12:52 pm
Fred – are you suffering from rectal-cranial inversion? Just cause your boy barry got his hand slapped, you libs always come after the messenger. It’s pure Alinsky style.
Your just a good little bed-wetting libby, aren’t you?
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More stupidity. Wow. Going through some SERIOUS Neal withdrawals aren’t you?
Well if you ever have an original thought or something on subject I’ll respond but other than that? You post drivel and nothing of relevance.
You aren’t even bright enough to know an independent from a “libby.” That’s probably why you LOST the election.
Steve
January 25th, 2013
1:03 pm
Towncrier – do you want to put your ailing parents on private health insurance and scrap Medicare? Do you want to give up the social security you paid into? I think you should. Actions, not mere words my friend.
MiltonMan
January 25th, 2013
1:03 pm
“State Sen. Jason Carter of Decatur has a bright future, but youth and relative inexperience would make victory difficult. And while Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is probably the party’s best hope in a statewide race, it would be a big political risk even for him.”
That right there is hialrious. For Democrats, the name Carter is synonymous to the name Bush for the Republicans = kiss of death. Carter would not carry more than 30% of the general vote. Reed “I just love me some TSPLOST” has about much chance of Roy Barnes.
td
January 25th, 2013
1:04 pm
A little off topic:
The DC court of appeals just laid a smack down on Obama about recess appointments.
“The dearth of intrasession appointments in the years and decades following the ratification of the Constitution speaks far more impressively than the history of recent presidential exercise of a supposed power to make such appointments,” the judges wrote.
“Recent presidents are doing no more than interpreting the Constitution. While we recognize that all branches of government must of necessity exercise their understanding of the Constitution in order to perform their duties faithfully thereto, ultimately it is our role to discern the authoritative meaning of the supreme law.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court-obama-broke-law-recess-appointments/
Erwin's cat
January 25th, 2013
1:06 pm
spinning the wheel of 2014 anticipation….a waste of time
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:06 pm
“Hey TownCrier, here’s a little Snoop Dog for ya…”
Yup. As I said, only in America. Having him teach kids about pot is like having Al Capone teach people about gun control. I mean, really – WTH?
getalife
January 25th, 2013
1:07 pm
The party of stupid will say the stupidest things and try to out crazy each other.
It will be fun to watch and laugh.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:08 pm
Vet
January 25th, 2013
12:56 pm
fred… you have proven how low iq liberals like to name call! You don’t have nothingelse!
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LOL your hypocrisy is astounding. I didn’t call you a damn thing. I said your post was stupid. And it is. You are the only one here calling names, but I doubt you will admit that. Doing so would require honor, integrity, and character.
The only one who like Cynthia McKinney is talk radio hosts and their listeners like yourself. no one here that shows a left leaning persuasion has mentioned her as a possible Senatorial candidate.
But boy howdy you are at least the 3rd talk radio listener to do so.
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:09 pm
“Towncrier – do you want to put your ailing parents on private health insurance and scrap Medicare? Do you want to give up the social security you paid into? I think you should. Actions, not mere words my friend.”
If you’d put down your violin for just a little while, you might be able to see beyond your sheer emotionalism and think more rationally. But that’s up to you…
TiredOfIt
January 25th, 2013
1:10 pm
Maybe some of the locals from deliverance are available.
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:11 pm
JAY – you LOVE the TAX and SPEND Party. I asked you a question earlier that I got no response to so I shall ask again. If something is legal is it cheating? I mean it can be LEGAL yet immoral – such as the current abortion law – but is it cheating if it is within the legal rules? As for Chambliss – he started out with good intentions and slowly fell under the influence of the lobbyists as most in D.C. do. That is why we need TERM LIMITS for Congress.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:11 pm
51 minutes until DP weekend for COD Black Ops II starts. Since I won’t be here for FNM I got this one just for you Redneck Convert, an early tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVHP7jR8_8o
Jay
January 25th, 2013
1:11 pm
td, I think the courts are probably correct.
Obama acted out of frustration with a Senate that refused to even act on important appointments, but his solution was, as the court concluded, unconstitutional.
RB from Gwinnett
January 25th, 2013
1:12 pm
Steve, work on your reading and comprehension skills a bit there, dude.
What corporate welfare are you talking about? Be specific with dollars.
JohnnyReb
January 25th, 2013
1:12 pm
stands – please be reminded this is a “opinion” blog, but nonetheless here’s some numbers.
Georgia population 9.9 million.
10 county Atlanta area population 4.1 million
So, you are correct the Atlanta area has a larger share of the total population. However, you are assuming the majority in the metro would support a Dem candidate. All outside the metro won’t support a repub, but history shows the majority will.
No, we are a long ways away from the state being blue.
Susan
January 25th, 2013
1:14 pm
Ken Hodges, DuBose Porter, or Cathy Cox would be great Democratic candidates!
Steve
January 25th, 2013
1:16 pm
@RB: http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2012/09/21/study-u-s-spends-59-billion-on-social-welfare-92-billion-on-corporate-welfare/
STUDY: U.S. Spends $59 Billion on Social Welfare…$92 Billion on Corporate Welfare
So…and???
@Towncrier
well that was a poorly dodged non-answer to my question
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:16 pm
TC: Snoop wasn’t teaching them “pot control’ he was teaching them how to smoke it as far as I read in the article lol. He was going to show them how not to OD . I stopped reading there……..
Jay: Didn’t Clinton get around that issue by “temporarily” appointing folks or making them “acting head” and then just keep renewing it every so often?
I also find it funny how this ‘guy” finds it acceptable for an obstructionist House to cripple our Government and compromise our safety but it’s not ok for our President to try to do something about it…….. typical of the Republican mindset.
Jay
January 25th, 2013
1:17 pm
Morality, with a name like “Morality,” you should already know the answer to your question.
Yes, something that is technically legal can be cheating. Is legality the only basis for determining right and wrong? (And again, the legality of this particular approach is itself uncertain.)
When slugger Mark McGuire was taking the steroid androstenedione back in the late ’90s, was he cheating? It wasn’t on baseball’s list of proscribed drugs at the time.
Steve
January 25th, 2013
1:17 pm
The Cato Institute estimated that, in 2002, $93 billion were devoted to corporate welfare. This is about 5 percent of the federal budget.To clarify what is and isn’t corporate welfare, a “no-bid” Iraq contract for the prestigious Halliburton, would not be considered corporate welfare because the government technically directly receives some good or service in exchange for this expenditure. Based on the Pentagon’s Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) findings of $1.4 billion of overcharging and fraud, I suppose the primary service they provide could be considered to be repeatedly violating the American taxpayer.On the other hand, the $15 billion in subsidies contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to the oil, gas, and coal industries, would be considered corporate welfare because no goods or services are directly returned to the government in exchange for these expenditures.
thebob.bob
January 25th, 2013
1:19 pm
A perfect opportunity for the Party of Stupid to bring in another TEA-party Senator. Stick to your guns, boys!! Prepare for the Tyranny of Democratic elections and Government for The People and by The People.
deegee
January 25th, 2013
1:19 pm
Why do people think that democrats are against spending cuts? The defense department is a great place to look for spending cuts. Unfortunately for us, the pentagon is a sacred ox that won’t be gored.
HDB
January 25th, 2013
1:21 pm
What I’d like to see is a Republican candidate who would come INTO the inner city and actuall CAMPAIGN and ASK for my vote, consider me as a CONSTITUENT, and state policies that I could AGREE WITH!! Sine the preponderance of the GOP tends to IGNORE voters like me…the question that I ask is this: Why should I consider them….since they persistently ignore ME??
Erwin's cat
January 25th, 2013
1:21 pm
When slugger Mark McGuire was taking the steroid androstenedione back in the late ’90s, was he cheating? It wasn’t on baseball’s list of proscribed drugs at the time.
In short…NO..everyone else in baseball had the same opportunity to juice
HDB
January 25th, 2013
1:21 pm
What I’d like to see is a Republican candidate who would come INTO the inner city and actually CAMPAIGN and ASK for my vote, consider me as a CONSTITUENT, and state policies that I could AGREE WITH!! Sine the preponderance of the GOP tends to IGNORE voters like me…the question that I ask is this: Why should I consider them….since they persistently ignore ME??
bookman parrot
January 25th, 2013
1:23 pm
jay, an epiphany
liberal Democrats can sign up to pay higher taxes, so that they get their wish of higher taxes and the ability for gov’t to spend more … and the rest of us, stay as is… a great win-win compromise for all. you just gotta start thinking outside the lib box
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:25 pm
vinny @ 12:09: Your boy obammy just got the smack down for his non-recess appointments……….
td@ 1:04: The DC court of appeals just laid a smack down on Obama about recess appointments.
Rush starts at noon. We have two “fine American right wingers” using the exact same phrase ona blog not even related to what they are saying, but they didn’t “hear” it somewhere else. Naw, they just thunk it up on their own exactly the same way.
What are the bets we hear the exact same thing by at least 2 more folks.
talk radio/FOXBOT puppets parroting or the same guy with an alt? Should we take a vote?
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:25 pm
Indigo – there you go! Jay has brought forth another unconstitutional act by Obama. Obama over rode the right s of Congress by appointing his on people and that was unconstitutional. Just one of MANY examples. Some time the Prez does not have the power to give an executive order – and he knows it – but that doesn’t keep him from trying. With his party in power he know that he is safe from any impeachment proceedings. (Jay – did the partisan label you have been getting get to your conscience allowing this brief lapse to honesty?)
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:27 pm
“@Towncrier well that was a poorly dodged non-answer to my question”
Your “question[s]” were absurd and deserved no answer from me. If you don’t that the federal government is now spending money at a percentage of the GDP that is considerably above the historic norm – a good part of which is devoted to paying an almost 17T dollar debt, then I don’t know what to tell you. The only prayer Obama has of us getting out of this huge hole we are in without substantial spending cuts is if the economy recovers to a good state. If that does not happen, and cuts are not made, our situation will not be better. It will not even be the same. It will be worse – perhaps much so.
Here is a question for you: are you willing to take such a gamble?
Jhunt163
January 25th, 2013
1:27 pm
When slugger Mark McGuire was taking the steroid androstenedione back in the late ’90s, was he cheating? It wasn’t on baseball’s list of proscribed drugs at the time.
Also reminds me of the time Tiger Woods hit that shot behind a boulder and some young men rolled it out of the way. They considered it a loose impediment.
Paul
January 25th, 2013
1:29 pm
TaxPayer 12:58
Thanks for that. I just lifted it and used in in a Facebook reply where there’s all sort of ‘unborn babies are murdered’ posts. Told one poster that according to the Republican platform, she’d probably be prosecuted, given she used in vitro and the docs made a few embryos. Her reply was a ‘I didn’t know that..” See? There is hope. Give some conservatives real-world implications on the ideology and they can jettison their old views and progress!
weetamoe
January 25th, 2013
1:30 pm
I think maybe the court of appeals smackdown of Obama is sort of relevant adding to the slow but steady bits of evidence that he is no constitutional scholar. Let’s see, Laurence Tribe, two Chicago Law School deans….
How about Hank Johnson as a Saxby replacement? He will keep Guam stable and protect the *little people* he inadvertently offended by making any reference to midgets *hate speech.* In fact his comments explaining what moves *little people* is a classic and could be woven into his campaign speeches.
Obama could no doubt match Broun in a dinosaur wrangling contest, since in April 2008 Obama gave essentially the same opinion about creation as Broun did.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:31 pm
With his party in power he know that he is safe from any impeachment proceedings.
Wow. “Impeachment” has become as meaningless a phrase as “racism” and “sexual harassment.” It gets bandied back and forth so much like the little boy crying wolf that no one believes it when it’s real. Nowadays if the President jiggles and whizzes on the floor, some ass clown wants to take him to court or try to impeach him.
Just look what those idiots let out of the bag when they impeached Clinton for a triviality. Even Newt told them not to…………….
td
January 25th, 2013
1:31 pm
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:25 pm
vinny @ 12:09: Your boy obammy just got the smack down for his non-recess appointments……….
td@ 1:04: The DC court of appeals just laid a smack down on Obama about recess appointments.
Rush starts at noon. We have two “fine American right wingers” using the exact same phrase ona blog not even related to what they are saying, but they didn’t “hear” it somewhere else. Naw, they just thunk it up on their own exactly the same way.
What are the bets we hear the exact same thing by at least 2 more folks.
talk radio/FOXBOT puppets parroting or the same guy with an alt? Should we take a vote?
There you go ASSuming things again. I have not listened to Rush in about 3 weeks and I will bet you $1 thousand that the word “smack down” has not been used on the Meagan Kelly show since I got back to the office.
Don’t you just feel like an A$$ now?
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2013
1:32 pm
For Democrats, the name Carter is synonymous to the name Bush for the Republicans = kiss of death
Is the name “Bush” is necessarily a bad one in the GOP? Isn’t Jeb Bush, at 59, still a potential national-level candidate?
As for Carter’s name, you might want to look outside your bubble–the former President is beloved by many, it’s mostly the hardcore right who still have a bone to pick with him.
TBS
January 25th, 2013
1:34 pm
“Don’t you just feel like an A$$ now?”
Well if you saying that Romney could be up by as much as 10 pts because theblaze, brietbart and redstate ran articles about some polling conspiracy didn’t make you feel like an ass, why worry if Fred feels like one?
Jhunt163
January 25th, 2013
1:34 pm
“Just look what those idiots let out of the bag when they impeached Clinton for a triviality. Even Newt told them not to..”
Since when is lying under oath to prevent someone else due process a triviality?? I mean it was serious enough that it got him disbarred or have you forgotten that.
weetamoe
January 25th, 2013
1:34 pm
Hey, I did not hear Rush and had no idea that the word *smackdown* had been copyrighted by Fox radio. The response *foxbots* to every comment one disagrees with is the equivalent of one covering ears with hands and chanting la la la
td
January 25th, 2013
1:35 pm
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:25 pm
BTW: Did Rush use the word smack down today on his show? If he did then maybe I need to ask for my PHd from the EIB network of conservative thought.
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:36 pm
JAY – The law is the law is the law……. that is what they teach in lawyer school. If it is legal for everyone to do it – legally it is not cheating. If it had gone to court he would have been found innocent of cheating. Don’t confuse morality with law. Two completely and unrelated things. If the drug was not on the banned list it wasn’t cheating because they all could do it (as Cat said). It should have been on the list but wasn’t. Like I said abortion is legal but in my opinion, and God’s, immoral. Though Shalt Not Kill.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:36 pm
Don’t you just feel like an A$$ now?
I might if I knew what an “A$$” was? Waht is it? A high dollar ass?
Grow some balls and speak like a man. If you want to call me an ass, man up and call me an ass. Don’t try to hide it like a 9 year old little girl. Do you squat when you pee too?
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:36 pm
“Talk radio/FOXBOT puppets parroting or the same guy with an alt? Should we take a vote?”
Fred, you should conduct an Internet search on the topics Jay writes about to see how often the EXACT same story is being covered by the Huffington Post, Mother Jones and various other liberal media sites. You know – just to get some more perspective about the political “echo chamber” you seem to be condemning. It happens on both the right and the left. If it’s not finger pointing, it’s name calling. Almost all of the “talking heads” do it to some extent. The ironically funny thing is that pointing out the failings or immorality or hypocrisy of the other side seldom get those on that side to reflect and perhaps decide maybe they shouldn’t be in the business of defending politicians, but (instead) their own personal beliefs.
RB from Gwinnett
January 25th, 2013
1:37 pm
Steve, “The Cato Institute estimated that, in 2002, $93 billion were devoted to corporate welfare. This is about 5 percent of the federal budget.”
OK Steve. Ignoring that 2002 data is 10 years old, I’d be happy to cut every bit of this 5% of the budget, including all of it being given to the Solyndra’s of the world, IF you’ll tell me where we’re going to get the other $907B to get us out of deficit spending. In Steve’s world, what gets cut?
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
1:38 pm
Desenting (sic) opinions are not welcome here.
Redact to read – outrageous lies and wholesale, fact free Republican stupidity does not go unchallenged here…
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:40 pm
BTW: Did Rush use the word smack down today on his show? If he did then maybe I need to ask for my PHd from the EIB network of conservative thought.
I don’t know, I can’t stand to listen to him. I just made an educated guess from the fact that within an hour of his show start time 2 people use the exact same phrasology on an issue not under discussion here.
Although, I think THAT would be a good little topic to take us into FNM. Jay could do a quick little piece on the obstructionism that had Oama trying that, and maybe explain how Clinton dealt with the same obstructionism.
(well take YA’LL, I’m headed off to play COD lol).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8kPPwGHEI
td
January 25th, 2013
1:40 pm
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:36 pm
Don’t you just feel like an A$$ now?
I might if I knew what an “A$$” was? Waht is it? A high dollar ass?
Grow some balls and speak like a man. If you want to call me an ass, man up and call me an ass. Don’t try to hide it like a 9 year old little girl. Do you squat when you pee too?
Yep, you just proved without a shadow of a doubt that you feel like as A$$ now after I laid that SMACK DOWN up side your head.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2013
1:42 pm
Oy vey, our blog self-proclaimed “constitutional scholars” talking about how Obama may not know the constitution.
Were they concerned when the House Reps were forming a plan to withhold paychecks as part of their plans in direct violation of the constitution? These are the same “constitutional scholars” who also support waterboarding as “constitutional” 
Or told us how Obamacare was clearly unconstitutional in all aspects. 
The question is still whether for example: The mere fact that the Senate has stated it is in a ‘pro forma’ session at which no business shall be conducted does not change the fact the Senate is unable to perform it constitutional role in the confirmation process
Some of you clownish wannabes really have no concept of the legal system in your black/white absolute worlds or how things move through court systems.
MANGLER
January 25th, 2013
1:42 pm
You know what … if the GOP wants to completely screw the system (with the Gerrymandering of the future and the voter intimidation of the past), let’s do away with elections. Since everyone seems to have a pretty good idea (to themselves) of how to better run things, let’s have a lottery. Your name gets picked, you run the city/county/state/country. How does that sound? It would completely obliterate the special interests groups and lobbyists. The less the person wanted the job, the better they would be at it.
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
Good riddance to bad trash.
Alas the swiftboating scumbag and never-served coward will simply be replaced by another gutless Republican feigning to be a conservative…
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
Fred (TM) – I wasn’t calling for the impeachment of Obama and thought that impeaching Clinton for being a liar under oath over his immorality a big waste of tax payer money and stupid. However what Obama is doing is as Jay say’s a “technical” impeachable offense. Obama should quit skirting the power of Congress and the Constitution. Lack of patience is a poor excuse to violate the law.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:44 pm
Yep, you just proved without a shadow of a doubt that you feel like as A$$ now after I laid that SMACK DOWN up side your head.
Nope. Not in the least. The odds of you two using the exact same phraseology AND the same off topic subject without being the same person of hearing it elsewhere is astronomical.
Nice try though. I know thta after the SMACK DOWN you recieved in the last elections that you silly little guys have to try to lie and claim ANY victory you can to bolster your low self esteem…….
Paul
January 25th, 2013
1:44 pm
weetamoe
“I think maybe the court of appeals smackdown of Obama is sort of relevant adding to the slow but steady bits of evidence that he is no constitutional scholar. ”
Would it sound silly if I said “Every Supreme Court justice who’s on the losing side in a 5-4 decision is no constitutional scholar”?
New issues come up and are resolved. Pres Obama’s role is now that of president – not university instructor. One of those duties is to push gray areas in favor of the Executive. It’s pretty much the same as what the appeals court did with their opinion – the asserted the prerogatives of the Judiciary.
Towncrier
January 25th, 2013
1:45 pm
“Yes, something that is technically legal can be cheating. Is legality the only basis for determining right and wrong? (And again, the legality of this particular approach is itself uncertain.)”
I agree, but apart from some widely accepted moral code, what other basis might that be? Only that is another topic altogether.
Redcoat
January 25th, 2013
1:45 pm
Now if a Democrat Senator came out and made his admission that maybe, just maybe, the Democrats would have to accept spending cuts as a necessary evil to jump start the economy…… ?
Peadawg
January 25th, 2013
1:46 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2013
1:42 pm
Obama going over Congress’s head and appointing people = bad.
Withholding Congress’s pay until they do their damn job = good
Pretty simple
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 25th, 2013
1:46 pm
JamVet
January 25th, 2013
1:43 pm
Stop pickin nits and tell us how you really feel!
williebkind
January 25th, 2013
1:47 pm
SPEAKING OF TACKING A HIDE TO THE WALL!
Appeals court rules Obama appointments invalid!!
What that pesky constitution again? King Obama must be very upset.
Fred ™
January 25th, 2013
1:47 pm
An interesting aside: Unless I’m mistaken on that last video I posted (the COD one) the guy towards the end who says, :surprise pretty horse lady” in the Russian accent is the same guy who got murdered here in Georgia a couple of weeks ago. He made videos about weapons, his youtube name was FPSRUSSIAN………. lol Here he is with the “fake” weapon he was using in the COD video.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:48 pm
JV “gutless and never served”. Refresh my memory please? In what branch of the service has Obama served? Let’s not be a hypocrite here. Neither one served.
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2013
1:48 pm
the court of appeals smackdown of Obama
Trifecta!
Hollywould
January 25th, 2013
1:49 pm
Must suck to live your life waiting on Jay’s daily bashing of the repubs. I assume yall write down your new quips for the next day to see who can outdo who. Nothing you write on these blogs means anything. Same ole crap each day. As your esteemed Hillary said ” What does it matter?” Also, as Bobby “blue” Bland sang, ” I pity the fool.”
td
January 25th, 2013
1:49 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 25th, 2013
1:42 pm
Oy vey, our blog self-proclaimed “constitutional scholars” talking about how Obama may not know the constitution.
Were they concerned when the House Reps were forming a plan to withhold paychecks as part of their plans in direct violation of the constitution? These are the same “constitutional scholars” who also support waterboarding as “constitutional” 
Or told us how Obamacare was clearly unconstitutional in all aspects.
The problem with your whole thesis is that the Senate agreed to and voted to withhold their own pay if they did not come up with a budget. This makes it Constitutional. As far as Obamacare, the SCOTUS said the way the bill was sold to the American people “penalty” was unconstitutional. Obama’s lawyers came up with the tax argument at the last minute to do an end run and Roberts bought the argument. The court did strike down as Unconstitutional the parts about holding the states hostage unless they increased Medicaid and set up the exchanges.
stands for decibels
January 25th, 2013
1:50 pm
Ok, so for any hard-right guys who HAVEN’T posted some gratuitous off-topic comment about the court decision, please turn in your Man Card.
Mick
January 25th, 2013
1:50 pm
morality
High crimes and misdemeanors, like taking us to war based on a lie???
jconservative
January 25th, 2013
1:50 pm
I would remind Republican voters that the best candidate is not necessarily the onew who tells you what you want to hear, but the one who tells you the truth. As evidence I offer the following:
Sharon Angle of Nevada
Christine O’Donnell of Delaware
Linda McMahon of Connecticut
Todd Akin of Missouri
Richard Mourdock of Indiana
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 25th, 2013
1:51 pm
RB from Gwinnett
January 25th, 2013
1:37 pm
A CATO institute “scholar” I served on a panel with also told a group that no physician or nurse shortage existed and went further to say CATO thinks we can eliminate a third of those in existence..
Nothing could be further from the truth but any thinktanks that claim to be bipartisan, suggest y’all turn and run..
Morality?
January 25th, 2013
1:53 pm
Withholding Congress’s pay until they actually do their job would be a partial solution to reducing this Fed Debt and should be considered seriously. Then we wouldn’t need TERM LIMITS because the RATS would b abandoning the sinking ship faster than the lobbyists chasing them!
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 25th, 2013
1:53 pm
KASIM REED 2014