tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4775665632380949832..comments2024-03-30T01:31:39.335-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The Democrats have total control."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71905903666010924752009-07-08T21:55:29.384-05:002009-07-08T21:55:29.384-05:00Jim -- I'd like to nominate your last one for ...Jim -- I'd like to nominate your last one for "comment of the year".Pastafarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008215139954260401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83439145166008927812009-07-08T20:03:12.307-05:002009-07-08T20:03:12.307-05:00Being a Republican by nature means just being agai...<b>Being a Republican by nature means just being against some thing. Anything. They haven't had a new idea the 44 years I've been alive.</b><br /><br />...as opposed to the Dems' persistent "Let's do the New Deal...AGAIN!" brand of new ideas.<br /><br /><b>What's worse is that the Repugs ruled with a iron fist when they were in the majority.</b><br /><br />Funny, the Dems passed new rules that limit what the minority is allowed to do. The GOP have the minority quite a bit of a voice.<br /><br />...don't worry, they won't make that mistake twice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83604201576374466992009-07-08T13:29:20.796-05:002009-07-08T13:29:20.796-05:00iaintbob -
Your story of girls, jobs and election...iaintbob -<br /><br />Your story of girls, jobs and elections reminds me of a joke I read recently:<br /><br />I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ' <br /> <br />She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' <br /> <br />Her parents beamed. <br /> <br />'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that.. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. <br /> <br />Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house. ' <br /> <br />She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ' Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? <br /> <br />I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89712859540253965422009-07-08T12:59:00.791-05:002009-07-08T12:59:00.791-05:00Hey, everyone who voted for Obama raise your hand ...Hey, everyone who voted for Obama raise your hand ...<br /><br />how's that working out for you now?"<br /><br /><br />both my nieces who campaigned for Obama have lost their jobs, and totally upset about it - I told them that elections have consequences, and this is 100% proof. Welcome to the real world girls, hope you enjoy the "change"iaintbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13689278881544150111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4268209969247392082009-07-08T11:54:08.278-05:002009-07-08T11:54:08.278-05:00That's cute. It almost implies Republican poli...<i>That's cute. It almost implies Republican politicians care about Big Government spending</i>.<br /><br />Some don't, but many do. You are deluding yourself if you think that DeLay, Hastart, Lott, Stevens, and either President Bush are the soul of the party. They aren't, and haven't been, at least since Reagan. And note one thing - that most of the most egregious of them are gone. <br /><br />As Jim pointed out, those who "get it" are going to get support. Those who don't, will just have to buy it like a Democrat does, with tax dollars.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46891848064640367532009-07-08T11:49:52.211-05:002009-07-08T11:49:52.211-05:00paul -
"how's that working out for you ...paul - <br /><br />"how's that working out for you now?"<br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history" rel="nofollow">latest Rasmussen numbers</a>, not so well.<br /><br />He's completely lost any "I'll give him the benefit of the doubt" people who didn't actually vote for him in November, and now he's even losing those who did.<br /><br />Give it a couple more months after unemployment goes over 10% while Democrats are still arguing over which taxes should be raised the most to pay for their latest brainchild.<br /><br />You ain't seen nothing yet. I've been predicting for months that Obama would be at a net negative by Labor Day, but it looks like he's bound and determined to make my prediction look conservative.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76680197876941197592009-07-08T11:45:05.029-05:002009-07-08T11:45:05.029-05:00Invisible -
"The nerds who want the "Fo...Invisible -<br /><br />"The nerds who want the "Force" to be acknowleged as an official state religion have a better chance."<br /><br />You keep believing that if that's what gets you to sleep at night. But don't come crying in November 2010 and asking where it all went wrong with the perpetual majority that Leftists seem to think they now enjoy.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24854452100952298222009-07-08T11:19:35.588-05:002009-07-08T11:19:35.588-05:00I repeatedly hear this idea that conservatives/Rep...I repeatedly hear this idea that conservatives/Republicans "have no ideas".<br /><br />In one sense that is correct ...<br /><br />... unlike the elitists in Washington, we don't presume to have the solutions to every problem mankind faces, but instead realize that it is We the People who will ultimately solve the vast majority of them ... <br /><br />... and will do so quicker and better if the elitists quit trying to solve these problems for them, in the process watching the very resources needed to solve those problems get yanked from their hands as the elitists tax, try and fail.<br /><br />Maybe it is those who HAVE "ideas" who are the bigger problem?Rich Casebolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878168059213555416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44686075002904226842009-07-08T09:59:14.005-05:002009-07-08T09:59:14.005-05:00"We have nothing to offer but fear itself.&qu..."We have nothing to offer but fear itself." -- The National Republican Committee.<br /><br />The ad would be more effective, perhaps, if it ran on television instead of just YouTube.<br /><br />The cap and trade legislation has been deemed "the largest tax increase in American history," by no less than Rich Glennie of the McLeod County Chronicle, of Glencoe, MN -- circulation 3300.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20298005245040674342009-07-08T09:04:37.512-05:002009-07-08T09:04:37.512-05:00Hey, everyone who voted for Obama raise your hand ...Hey, everyone who voted for Obama raise your hand ...<br /><br />how's that working out for you now?paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8451750511929899612009-07-08T09:03:54.406-05:002009-07-08T09:03:54.406-05:00The Dems are just the slightly less nutty, slightl...<i>The Dems are just the slightly less nutty, slightly less monomaniacal,slightly more PRUDENT(!) version of the Republicans.</i>.<br /><br />Wow. Just Wow.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28413548351212422112009-07-08T09:01:06.436-05:002009-07-08T09:01:06.436-05:00I also liked the music. Anyone know what it is?I also liked the music. Anyone know what it is?Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61206155290799647642009-07-08T07:36:14.687-05:002009-07-08T07:36:14.687-05:00I also agree with Jim's point about the TEA pa...<i>I also agree with Jim's point about the TEA parties. This is a grass roots movement towards smaller government and much lower government spending, directly in response to the prolific ways of the Democrats in power right now. </i><br /><br />A nationwide grass roots movement that probably couldn't russle up enough people to change the socialist/fascist/pro-grey poupon policies of Alberquerque. The nerds who want the "Force" to be acknowleged as an official state religion have a better chance.Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997622762325284939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30299450255112268602009-07-08T06:36:30.233-05:002009-07-08T06:36:30.233-05:00Yes, the Democrats have total control. I think tha...Yes, the Democrats have total control. I think that the stock market realizes this too.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45383765950225900402009-07-08T05:25:18.971-05:002009-07-08T05:25:18.971-05:00Bush's economy?
It's Frank and Chris Dodd...Bush's economy?<br /><br />It's <b>Frank and Chris Dodd's</b> economy thank you very much...Occasional Blog Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781314726458750351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82461238425411690722009-07-08T02:01:07.498-05:002009-07-08T02:01:07.498-05:00I liked the use of Franken. His grinning and feve...I liked the use of Franken. His grinning and fevered gesturing seems to embody the reckless Dem arrogance that the subtitles are calling attention to.New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799493668420550166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79512217643015980252009-07-08T00:26:06.140-05:002009-07-08T00:26:06.140-05:00obama is whipping his side into a frenzy just to k...obama is whipping his side into a frenzy just to kill the economy, and dems still blame bush? for the stimulus, and faulty national health care?<br /><br />the democrats just aren't paying attention anymore, it really is like that onion article about the obama supporter zombiespatriarchal landminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099811875832338022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45517653764768506492009-07-07T23:58:22.022-05:002009-07-07T23:58:22.022-05:00jmatt -
"That's cute. It almost implies...jmatt - <br /><br />"That's cute. It almost implies Republican politicians care about Big Government spending."<br /><br />That's cute. It almost implies that you didn't understand a single word that either Bruce or I wrote. <br /><br />Try reading for comprehension next time.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42830818811127163922009-07-07T23:50:36.924-05:002009-07-07T23:50:36.924-05:00That's cute. It almost implies Republican pol...That's cute. It almost implies Republican politicians care about Big Government spending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52503950477352139932009-07-07T23:43:01.912-05:002009-07-07T23:43:01.912-05:00"The problem is that the TEA party people can..."The problem is that the TEA party people cannot win on their own. It has been most of a century since a third party candidate really did anything more than run as a spoiler. The Republicans who have not been tarnished by trying to be Democrats Lite need to jump on this bandwagon fast and honestly."<br /><br />I don't think that the majority of TEA partiers are looking to form third parties, but they are looking for candidates that share their beliefs.<br /><br />I attended one on the 4th with my wife, and there was a potential Republican candidate speaking there who "got it." (And he was black - so much for that "racist, redneck teabaggers" meme, huh?) A very charismatic guy who spoke powerfully and earnestly about core principles: the kind of earnestness that's hard to fake.<br /><br />My wife and I got home and checked out more information on his policy positions on his website and promptly sent an email telling him that we would be willing to do what we could to help his candidacy.<br /><br />That's the power of TEA parties. The candidates who "get it" will show up, and they're the ones who will carry the momentum into 2010 and beyond. Hopefully more candidates figure out how to harness the energy that's there for the taking.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42520058344898946612009-07-07T23:34:24.132-05:002009-07-07T23:34:24.132-05:00I also agree with Jim's point about the TEA pa...I also agree with Jim's point about the TEA parties. This is a grass roots movement towards smaller government and much lower government spending, directly in response to the prolific ways of the Democrats in power right now. <br /><br />The problem is that the TEA party people cannot win on their own. It has been most of a century since a third party candidate really did anything more than run as a spoiler. The Republicans who have not been tarnished by trying to be Democrats Lite need to jump on this bandwagon fast and honestly.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3455283421253241382009-07-07T23:33:21.733-05:002009-07-07T23:33:21.733-05:00And what Bruce said too :)And what Bruce said too :)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-316424133068174292009-07-07T23:32:52.673-05:002009-07-07T23:32:52.673-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18970474600131389622009-07-07T23:29:45.906-05:002009-07-07T23:29:45.906-05:00The problem is the Republicans don't care very...<i>The problem is the Republicans don't care very much about the policies the Democrats are advancing. They are for the same things, just not quite as much: spending, taxes, intrusive, reach-into-everything government. Who enacted the last, big entitlement? the Republicans</i>.<br /><br />I don't deny that the Republicans who came to power last time around became, to some extent, Democrats lite. But that is not what will win elections now. Tom DeLay is gone. So is George W. Bush, etc. What will sell is small government, lower government spending, less corruption, and a strong defense. Obama is making it easy for them on all fronts - screwing up the economy with massive spending and likely massive tax increases; massively increasing the level of corruption, as evidenced most recently by firing the IG investigating one of his campaign contributors; cozening up to the bad people in the world while spitting on our friends, etc.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92090635652561355392009-07-07T23:26:33.920-05:002009-07-07T23:26:33.920-05:00peter and Father -
If you're talking about t...peter and Father - <br /><br />If you're talking about the current crop of Republicans residing inside the Beltway, I wouldn't necessarily disagree with your assessment of the majority of them.<br /><br />As I keep explaining over and over to people who think the current low approval ratings for Republicans have anything to do with support for Democratic policies. The discontent is coming from Republicans (and former Republicans) who are disgusted with the Democrat-Lite policies coming from these clowns.<br /><br />That's what the TEA parties are all about and why it's such a ludicrously uninformed and asinine accusation that the GOP and/or FoxNews had anything to do with them. If you'd ever attended one, you'd know that there is as much vitriol directed at elected Republicans as there is at Democrats.<br /><br />People forget that the reason that social issues rose to such prominence in elections during the last 20 years or so is because the parties had grown so closely together in the policies they espoused - each trying to outrace the other to the public trough - that the parties had to find a different avenue to motivate voters to choose them over the other guy.<br /><br />If the Republican party listens to its rank-and-file and returns to being the party of small government, low taxes and a strong national defense then social issues will fall away. There will be a clear line of delineation between the two.<br /><br />This is why I keep telling Leftists that they dismiss TEA parties at their own peril. Already they are producing their own candidates for local offices, and they're winning. They're influencing the current crop of candidates for 2010, and I'll bet you money that whoever the Republican candidate is for 2012 will have an agenda which is a lot heavier on these core issues than the more divisive social ones. The country is still center-right and - according to Gallup - increasingly so. The only question that remains to be answered is when the Republican party will start listening.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143782473850677784noreply@blogger.com