Don t you see that s how he get us! And in 2012 that s how they will get us again.
We don t buy products, we buy feelings. It s not the steak, it s the sizzle. How does something or someone make us ‘feel’. We all (vast majority) ‘felt’ good electing our 1st black President.
We have not lost weight, our sex drive is down (except for media at most major networks), the sizzle has long stopped and our tough steak sits in a plate of white grease.
One candidate, the honest one usually 3rd party ‘snowball s chance in hell candidate’, tell us ‘the only way to lose weight is to eat things that don t appeal to us, and exercise.
The other say s ‘I got a new diet. This one has no calorie counting, and you can eat anything you want.’ The formula is convoluted, but could work, an expert says so. And after favors are paid, friends are appointed and the nation is going to hell, it s always the ‘last guys’ fault.
While I disagree with Ralph Nader s approach to socialism, you would think he s on Obama s track.
You d be wrong. Just look at dozens of Nader interviews on You Tube. He calls Obama a weak international disgrace and a homeland economic terrorist’. Say what you will about Nader, but he has always been one of those 3rd party candidates who tell the truth as he sees it. This may explain his lack of PACS and corporate endorsement.
On the other side of the spectrum you ll find Ron Paul, a honest diet and exercise guy, same problem.
In 2012, assuming we make it there as a sovereign, solvent nation state, I will find that ‘GUY/GIRL’ who is honest, real and in line with our founders and work the fat off my ass, eat right, exercise and give blood if needed to get somebody, anybody in office based on the common sense of our founders.
This article was inspired by the attempted ‘lock-out’ of FOX news from the executive branch. A special thanks To NBC, CBS and ABC news, who would have no part of it! There is integrity left in the state media, or maybe they see themselves as ‘next’, if they go negative.
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i like the way you put the political twist on your article, but you’re right i still have not lost any weight.
DF,
I glanced at your last response, I like you may have mentiond Reagan. At the end you seemed to think I should “hold my breath and scream ” at the same time. It just caused me to gag, very much like reading that small portion of your response.
DF, that was my attempt at funzy. I read your responses, I’m no egotist or know it all. I do apologize for past stabs at your ideas, I could have politely disagreed, but let’s face it, it’s more funzy to add abit of acidic wit, or as much as can be mustered without crossing the obscenity law lines. That being said; and this is as much for my own entertainment as to make a point, a left sided wingnut is still a wingnut.
You sound identical to my buddy Rush Limbaugh in reverse. It’s good to keep a few Libs around as long as they have little influence just so we can remember what could happen again.
I suggest you argue your point with as much influence as you can, and quit being so appeasing to proper court behavior.
I think the most effective approach to influencing scanners like me is to stand right in the middle of home plate and yell “HEY PITCHER YOU GOT A RUBBER ARM”, however, if I’m pitching be sure and wear your cup.
Ah. Always brings a smile to my face.
The other people on here who use an alias aren’t attacking people and then hiding behind anonymity. Only you do that. J started using his real name…
Personal comments about me? You started personally insulting me from the very first comment you made in regard to anything I wrote. Maybe you need to look back over what you have said to me and to others, if you can do it and not feel ashamed. You lob insults at everyone who is not saying what you yourself would say or agree with and you do it in grand style. If it started as some kind of attempt to be funny or something (“Were you drinking when you wrote this”), then realize that if you have a tendency to be nasty in how you speak to and about people, when you write things like that they are not going to be seen in a humorous light.
I comment to the content of what you write all the time, but you never read that part. You only look for where you can get an insult in or where I address you directly. I have read and commented on your links, but they are usually some quote or article with a bunch of biased blog that creates a context that an objective reading of the actual quote or piece does not support. You quote and refer to propoganda most of the time, so why SHOULD I respond to it? I could find a bunch of BS quotes to support everything I say too, if I looked for them.
I don’t think there are as many of you as you think. I think your ears are so filled with the sound of your own voice (and the echoing inside your bunker) from screaming at everything else that you think that a multitude is screaming with you. And if there are- great, another reactionary electorate voting AGAINST something. Don’t you realize that’s how Obama, Kennedy and Carter got in to begin with? A winning strategy every time…
I don’t need numbers to help me sleep, I sleep well with just my conscience in the bed with me. And the wind carries… especially a voice that’s clear, out in the open, and has no shame.
Blah blah blah. I notice you don’t mind other people not using their real name. Only me you object to. Funny that. Also you never comment on my posts, links, or thoughts, only me personally. I sleep very well thank you. Knowing that there are many many more like me who will make change soon. Shout at the wind all you like. I won’t let you pigeon hole me like you do with anyone you don’t agree with. At least I can honestly agree with you without making a personal comment about you. Funny that too huh?
Maybe if you didn’t lob bombs, you wouldn’t need to hide in a bunker. Stop being so afraid and living in the dark, suspicious world you create for yourself. If you can’t do that, then stop trying to drag the rest of us into your darkness and into the bunker with you.
I don’t see through rose colored glasses, but the world is still clear, bright and full of hope to me.
Hey, I hope you can look your kids straight in the eye when you tell them that people should stand up for what they believe in. I know I can. Just as I can when I tell him that there’s nothing worse than a hypocrite and to be kind to others a la The Golden Rule.
Yes, I sleep very well. Do you?
As far as what you believe in- I know what you criticize and “call people out for,” but then you turn around and do the same thing and are proud of it, so no, I don’t know what you stand FOR, only what you are AGAINST by what you gripe about. That’s not the same thing…
Laura,
As usual you are welcome to your opinion. If you still haven’t figure out what I am for it just shows you don’t actually read my posts. Since you don’t get it I suggest you keep your eye on my next piece. Conspiracy? Really? Please. I am stating fact. Look it up in news of washington state. better yet go to mynorthwest.com Think of me how you like. As Obama said, I’m not loosing sleep over it.
D,
Read “Conservatives Without Conscience” by John Dean. think you’ll find it interesting.
Consti,
You still haven’t actually stated what you are FOR.
And nice cop out. I’m a single mom, which I have stated on here, and I stand behind what I say and use my real name. I have not been harrassed by anyone but you, nor have I been harrassed by anyone outside of this site. Someone who hides yet attacks others is a coward in my book, as I am sure it is in others. It is not name calling; it is a truthful and accurate observation and therefore is not an insult for insults name, like calling me unintelligent, or a radical or a socialist (none of which are true nor accurate, which you would know if you had a clue what they really are or took the time to read ALL I have to say instead of the minute bits you want to hear.) You took Alinsky to heart, didn’t you?
And now you call it just blogging and assert it has no importance, where before you have called it doing your duty, exercising your First Amendment rights, being a patriot- great and glorious things all. Which is it?
I have news for you-THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY! No one will come knocking on your door. I blog liberal while living in GEORGIA, where people own guns, tote Bibles and know how to use them both, for crying out loud! Don’t tell me I have more courage than you, too…
Brother J Byron:
I read your last comment and laughed . I read your stuff, I think you only scan mine.
Let me say this: Reagan was better than the small-minded men who are running the GOP now. And Goldwater was better than Reagan. And Rockerfeller was far better than Goldwater.
Yes, I am a progressive. Yes, I don’t want the conservatives in charge, and I realized that there is a need for a strong, principled conservative party. Presently, the GOP is neither strong nor principled. I shall keep writing these comments and shall posts satire, pleading for a strong principled conservative party, not for a GOP victory, or for even true conservatives to dominate the national agenda. There I go again, using the term ,”true conservatives”. The GOP has not been a party upholding true conservative principles in a long time.
And howl if you wish, brother. But before you do, at least read my comments. If you had read what I wrote, you would never have thought, not for a second, that I could support anybody who ever thought that Sarah Palin was ready to be President.
Alright, my brother, now hold your breath and scream.
Laura as usual you are welcome to your opinion. You call me a coward for not using my name. I say I am being responsible for my family against radicals like you. Here in Washinton state they are trying to get the names of people who signed the anti-gay marrage law so they can be hassled. Here in this state they will show up at your door in protest. I blog under a syudonymm just like Mark Twain and many, many other writers. Since I am RESPONSIBLE for my family FIRST!! Blogging a distant 8th. Again, denigrate me all you like. It doesn’t work for me. You are no better at calling names given you so easily call me a coward. I thought you were supposed to be bettter than me, apparently you are no better. And that makes me laugh. It echos in the bunker right now.
L, I’m not sure where this subject slipped in, but I love the discussion.
Because I have to be short right now, your premise has been incorrectly skewed until the last sentence. Using your 1st paragraph , your subject would be unassailable. If our fathers structured us to have no certain God, of course your pail would hold water.
However, you didn’t stumble on the truth until the last sentence, they forbid the establishment of one Church. The One God was always a given. The Judea-Christian God was never questioned as the only inspiration of our creation and structure, nobody even on the left can question that point.
The (and in my judgment ALL alleged gods) god of Islam, the god of the Aztecs, the Hindu and Eastern gods, were not only gods who required deeds over relationship and letter of the laws not presence of Spirit. As the Word of God as noted in our scripture is sooo foreign to our fathers thinking, they were note even non they compass.
As far as freedom of religion- if all men are created equal and all have religious freedom, onca a government opens the door to recognizing one god or faith, they must do the same for all. There is one way to ensure that Islam or any other religious faith does not take control of the governement while still being respectful to the tradition of religious freedom and tolerance in this country that predates our Constitution. Close the door between religion and government and lock it. Let the rule of law be free from interference by ALL religion. Because once you open that door and let someone in, then you have to let them all in. It is fair to all religious faiths and does not denigrate the rights of anyone. You would still be able to worship as you see fit. Businesses would still be able to be open or closed in accordance to their faith. They can still decorate, or not, according to the dictates of their faith. But once the government recognizes the legitimacy of one god, they must recognize the legitimacy of all and whose god should reign supreme (which should not even be a question the govenment should be entertaining.) It is a question that would eventually be answered in bloodshed, as it has elsewhere in the world where the state sanctions certain faiths in the existence of a religiously diverse population. Islamic countries who are also religious states are the perfect example of how religion and governent do not mix.
Keep church and state separate. Let the law of the land be the law of the land and the laws of the faith of your choice be laws of the faith of your choice.
Last sentence first, got me. I am just that kinda jerky guy who does take advantage of such remarks to make myself smile with a good joust. And let’s face it, if not my favorite Lib, who?
The first sentence was an honest word picture of you that made me laugh, again, had to do it.
As to sticking up for Consti, come on, he’s an ideological brother.
L, I am terribly fond of you, but not in an abusive spouse way, but a smart ass brother way, just waiting to rat you out or pull your pony tail. Or maybe more accurately, have you kidnapped from the cult and de-programmed. In any case you rightly nailed me on my last response, Brother Consti is way more than able to defend himself against the rants of silly girls.
Thank you for spelling out what you stand for. Unfortunately, I was not addressing my comments to you. You have been consistent in your beliefs and methods and do not claim a kind of moral superiority ove a group because of the tactics you use while being proud of using the same tactics. You post using your name as a form of standing behind what you believe and stand up for what you believe, even if it is not popular. You are not a dissenter just for the sake of dissenting , calling names,and making a lot of noise. That is not the mark of a coward.
The quote used in the first sentence was not from your post, and I posted a prior post to you that addressed you by name. I’m sorry you chose to take something personally that was not addressed to you. Unless it was just an excuse to make a denigrating refernce to me, which, given past comments you have made, would not be totally out of character for you.
“……………………………….. you knowingly find objectionable to trash talk and tear people down. Not only are you a hypocrite, but you are a coward to boot. ”
C’mon L, really?
I see a little girl with a thumb in each ear, fingers waiving and a tongue sticking out.
We grown ups are not so complicated. We want to have a country based on the Constitution as it was intended. Some don’t see the “right of abortion, in any amendment as a privacy issue, otherwise murder or another heinous acts could also be argued”
We don’t agree that men can marry men or other creatures and call it marriage. We don’t believe we should embrace every foreign God and treat them with respect while we do everything to hide and denigrate our (The One this country was founded on). We believe that all men were created equally as a gift from God, not government.
Basically we just believe our founders knew what they were doing and fought to preserve the foundation that was set by the inspiration of God and the blood of many generations.
I know too many that is bigotry and “our system is better”. Well there was bigotry, we overcame, there was patriotism, and thank God there still is some.
“In his first 10 months in office, he has not kept his campaign promises…”? The guy’s only been in office for 9 and you’ve been throwing bombs at the guy for 2 months, so you were giving him 7 months to complete his campaign promises. He went to high school and college, not Hogwart’s. And he’s been trying to fulfill one of his main campaign promises for 3 months now. You may have wanted to see him succeed as the first black president, but you’ve wanted him to fail as the first Democrat in 8 years, so how’s that work? How’s can anyone lead when they are deflecting bombs, most of which are full of dung?
I didn’t have an opinion about Bush one way or the other in the beginning, in fact, I wasn’t in favor of all the lawsuits that came after the 2000 election. But by 2004 the writing was on the wall as far as what kind of preident he was and I couldn’t stand the man. The fact that he did nothing but use fear to justify why he did the things he did demonstrated that he had no real, justified or positive reasons, so he resorted to the most powerful card in his deck.
And I’m finally glad that you admit to your own hypocrisy in the first sentence. The truth will set you free… Everytime you hit someone over the head with Saul Alinsky, you discredit yourself. And the fact that you are proud of it and think that means you are showing balls just enhances it. Why don’t you try doing something that takes real courage, like openly standing up FOR something instead of hiding behind a fake name and using tactics that you knowingly find objectionable to trash talk and tear people down. Not only are you a hypocrite, but you are a coward to boot.
J,
For your information, until he was willing to cave on oil drilling in protected areas and picked that woman to run with him, which showed an extreme and worrying lack of judgment, I was going to vote for McCain. Obama was not my choice for the primary, Hillary was.
It’s about time someone took the pages from the liberal progressive play book and used it against them. The republican’s don’t have the stomach for it. I do.
And I am sure you wanted BUSH to succeed eh Laura? Where was all the talk of giving the man a chance when he was elected? Or for that fact the four years he was in office. No there was no talk of giving him a chance. Yeah, when it’s your party that is in power it’s all fine and good to talk pretty. Deeds not words. And frankly the republicans are imploding because they lack the testicular fortitude to stand up to the smears. And with the press, well the cards are pretty stacked against them.
Again Laura you prove my point. Anyone who disagrees is obviously in your eyes a right wing kook. Yes I select my targets. I select the people in charge, not a talking head with an opinion. I won’t fall for your diversions. The DEMOCRATS are in power. They make the legislation. Not Glen Beck.
And I strongly suggest you check the polls again Dfunzy in fact here you go. See for yourself.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6409721/Barack-Obama-sees-worst-poll-rating-drop-in-50-years.html#
I wanted Obama to succeed as the first president of color. However, in the 10 months he’s been in office he has not kept his campaign promises. Where is the bi-partisanship when the Democrats are locking republicans out of meeting rooms? Where is the most transparent administration in history? I am glad you like the two party system Dfunzy. The only problem is there is only ONE (1) party in power now. So you can toss checks and balances right out the window. We were told unemployment wouldn’t go past 8% well it’s past 9% and close to ten. Where is the leadership we were promised? Don’t get me wrong, I wanted the man to be telling the truth. But in the end the only true thing he said on the campaign trail was to Joe the Plumber. I want to spread the wealth around.
As to your direct response to me, yes you did get it. The writing I must say was both entertaining, VERY well crafted and by the end misguided. Yes you gave a great response, but just as you suggested, at the end just dark sky.
Regarding your most recent entry, I love the fact that you “claim” to love the two party system, as long as the opposition is hobbled and lightly heard.
By your logic, you should have been working hard for former mrdia darling and middle of the roader John McCain. I suspect you did not.
If I am right, then stop all the BS about wanting middle of the road moderation. Your just another Socialist in sheeps clothing.
D,
I too believe in the system of checks and balances and was not thrilled about the Dems having a filibuster-proof majority with a Dem in the White House. But they are in office because we put them there and they want to be proactive, so I think we should give them the chance to create the change we elected them for. Trashing the President achieves nothing- all it’s done is put him on the defensive and make it harder for him to get anything done. Especially when the dissent is for dissent’s sake, with no positive alternatives being presented- The Party of NO. EVERYONE recognizes that things need to change, but when someone tries to do it, everyone gets scared and stands in the way, which is fine if they had alternatives or even a direction, but they don’t. All they do is guarantee that NOTHING is going to change, not for the worse, but also not for the better. And there are those who don’t want change- they have control over things they way they currently are and want things to stay that way.
I worry about the shortsightedness, with the only long views being taken are ones that look fondly back through a rose colored rear view mirror. If things had stayed the way they were since the days of the Founding Fathers, anyone who was not white, male and a property owner would not have the right to vote. Blacks and women would still be second class citizens, both in society AND in the eyes of the law. We would all, children included, be working 6-7 days a week, with 12-14 hour days being the norm. The air and water of this planet would be toxic with soot and pollution. We would not have to worry about retirement and old age, which would be entirely up to us to fund and manage, because we wouldn’t live long enough to retire. We would be paying exactly what monopolies, syndicates and trusts collaberatively agreed is the maximum they can get for every product we need. Since corporations would be deciding where we live, what hours we work, how much we were paid, how far we could get ahead with that money because they decided how much things cost and therefore how much we would get to keep, this nation- the vast majority of us all; white, black, male, female, young, old- would be little more than slaves in all but name only. Going to heaven would be the primary concern and desire for us all because we would have already sent our time in hell.
I’m sure I am going to be accused of “telling stories” but it’s all right there in the past, easily seen with a clear colored rear view mirror. I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t want to go back to being a second class citizen in my own country, while being worked to death (as well as my son) for one-third to one-half the wages of a man just to live in base conditions, breathing and drinking filth and pollution. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy, but there are those that look fondly back and want things to return to “the way they were.” They would not only wish that on their enemies, but on everyone.
The programs created to protect us for that were meant to be temporary, to end when society caught up and properly monitored and policed the situation itself. That has not happened, so here we are. If society will not take the steps to stand up for itself and its rights against all foes, foreign and domestic, corporate and military, then the government is left to do it, because these protections cannot go undone.
2012 and 2010 are a ways off. Any thing can happen between now and then that can change everything. If you take a snapshot of where the country is this weekend, it is with the Dems and as is seriously leery of the GOP.
Obama’s numbers were driven down by a fear and smear campaign, and it took him a moment to answer those smearing him. He has and his poll numbers are rising, and his accusers numbers are falling. Next week, things could change. However, I doubt that they will change much. Many in GOP are in denial that their party is facing collapse. I am not suggesting that this collapse will occur with a certainty. Anything can happen and the GOP’s fortunes could change. There is a battle going on within the GOP to decide which direction it should take. Whether it should expand its reach and make a serious attempt at winning elections again, or whether it should become a narrow focused party that places ideological purity over electoral victories.
One more thing: I support Obama for now, because I believe he offers better solutions than the GOP. I am not a Dem but an independent. I want the country to work. The Dems offer the better solutions. I will repeat another point in my previous post. I strongly believe in the checks and the balance of a two party system. A strong principled conservative party and a strong principled progressive party. We need two parties to keep the state from moving to far right or left. I will say this: I want to see the progressives in charge, and the conservatives offering vigorous and principled dissent and alternatives.
Consti,
And how you refer to the President and Dems is not a perfect example of “pick a target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it?” Your level of hypocrisy used to astound me, now it’s just old hat. I’m sure you’re next statement, as you’ve said it before, is “Well they did it first.” So? If you are willing and able to do the same, then you are no better and have no right to criticize. At that point it comes off as nothing but sour grapes tinged with envy.
You’ve shown that you would rather selectively choose your targets with a certain agenda in mind while claiming to be objective, that you ignore any solid argument or fact that trumps your narrow focus and that you would rather focus your attention railing AGAINST things instead of FOR anything while criticizing people who are trying to be proactive, misguided or not.
Look in the mirror. If that’s what a “patriot” looks like at this point in time, then I am not a patriot. I am however a faithful American who believes that this nation can and should be better, lead by its citizenry to achieve the democratic principles this nation was founded on. Just what DO you believe in, because it seems to me that you believe IN nothing.
“pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” And Perhaps you should look at the polls again. Congress and the house have the LOWEST numbers in its history, and Obama has the sharpest drop of any president in the last 50 years. If you are going to make a point I suggest you use the correct numbers. Check the recent news if you don’t believe me. Numbers don’t lie. And when the tables are turned in 2010 are you going to cry that it was FOX news that did you in? Whining is still whining and obfuscation is still lying. Not to mention the fact that ABC, CBS, MSNBC defended fox news by refusing to go along with the lockout of FOX. Try facts not fiction my friend.
My blogging brother J Byron, I do not know how I should respond to your response to my comment, or whether I should. I did not understand any of it, other than it is your belief that you are brilliant and I’m not. Well, I wish you had used more mental candle power, and shown more light. I admire brilliance. I’m not here for fireworks. They are loud and noisy, and when they are gone, they leave nothing but a dark sky.
Interesting angle L. Defender of the faith? I’ll take that label and thank you.
You see the Constitution of our founders as a “living document”, so it changes with every significant wind. I see our Constitution as idea which must be defended. “All men were created equally”, “Our rights are inalienable and given by God”, unchangeable tenants. The document follows as that the way we see it. Principles unchangeable by circumstance.
As to the Patriot Act, we are in agreement. I was absolutely livid, still am. Obama, who promised to get rid of it, has expanded it and now wishes to regulate the internet and the real horror which you did not adequately address, shut down opposing views!
ONE of those radical ideas I AM A DEFENDER OF THE FAITH about.
J,
I think you need to reread the Constitution and the definition of what it means to be a true Conservative. There was nothing conservative about the actions and writings of the Founding Fathers. They were liberals through and through, and radical ones to boot. They did not take the status quo and sit on it ,or nip and tuck it with “improvements.” They scrapped the WHOLE thing and came up with something that had never existed before based on a blend of philospohy and history. I can only imagine what you would be saying if someone tried to do that now…wait a minute, I’ve seen you all screaming about far less.
I love how the Conservatives try to hijack the liberal tradition of this nation and try to make it seem as if the liberals of this country are acting outside the traditions of this country as established by the Founding Fathers. If anything, the opposite is true. You are trying to lay claim to a document and an ideal that would NEVER have fit within your current ideology, and, especially with your views on religion and the state, does not even fit within your CURRENT philosophy. When the Patriot Act was passed by a one party Republican system, a nail was placed in the coffin of any claim by the Conservative movement and the Republican Party as far as being the defenders of the Constitution and the guardians of the ideals of the Founding Fathers. They rolled in their graves, or went into cinvulsions in heaven, whichever fits your beliefs.
Try something else, but do not label yourself anything other than a “defender of the faith” and leave it at that. Then you can decide for yourself what that faith is and explain it to us, because it will have very little to do with the Constitution.
Dear L,
Your instincts are “I hate to say it” Reaganest and wise beyond the liberal virus that you hopefully someday will recognize.
As to the attempt to shut down any effective (no matter how little) dissent, is a totalitarian move ALL Americans should see as dangerous and far more devious than a slanted view on conservative government, which has and should always be here, if for no other reason than preventing dictatorial order.
Wake and smell the coffee is a far too trite and understated warning.
You colleagues in the state liberal machine media see that, why are there so many in your spectrum so willing to silence a counter point of the body politic. Your spectrum have called us mind numbed robots, and much worse, yet we shoot our corrupt and you merely for all appearance make excuses for yours.
Shutting down dissent because of a contrary view has become acceptable to so many who call us slanderers and liars to justify your shutting any “real” dissent.
Do you really feel I and Consti and so many others invest this kind of time in this forum to debate your honest and heartfelt views because we are paid advocates, contrary, I have a novel to write which has in portion been paid for, I have business to run which profits all, I have re-runs of Monk to watch. That leaves us as evil deceivers or brain dead robots of any talking head we happen on.
I think, therefore I am. I simply and honestly believe in the principles of our founding fathers, and don’t care to change them based on your “agreeably” distressful circumstances.
We firmly hold that principle will change circumstance, not that circumstance should change principles.
Dear L, Our founders would without question let GM and AIG fall.
They would not have spent TRILLIONS in untraceable paper.
Some guy named Gates or Mobley would have become a replacement engine, a new industry, a principle in business that would make us stronger. My views are only dangerous to the machine, the man.
Not to the people, if not why the concentrated, coordinated effort by the POWER to shut us up and down?
If I were Obama, I would play it smart and act as if Fox News does not exist. By giving them attention and making them the enemy, he is giving them power. Until he did that, the people who were watching and taking what the Fox guys said seriously went looking for those voices and would never have supported Obama to begin with. Now he has made Fox News the destination for anyone who is unhappy with them and has given them the mandate to be the standard bearers for all things anti-Obama. They may have been all along, but they have now been crowned and legitimized in that role.
Not too smart, President Obama. You just leveled the playing field and put a bunch of talking heads with no responsibility to anyone or to playing fair on par with you. What’s the opposite of love? Apathy…You should give it a try.
My God Dfunzy, are you in some bizzaro world where everything is backwards.
Let s start with your intelligence. A most non partisan article poking a stick at all major parties and candidates, has become in your mind (thingy inside cranium) just seems a DEM hit piece.
Is your issue non worship of our current miscreant?
Is it the fact that I stand for our founding fathers principles?
Perhaps, as my instinct suggests, your desire to be funny is just that. Like the comedian who stands on stage saying nothing, waiting, hoping the audience will see the irony and humor.
Brilliant rebuttal for you, as usual, and I get it, really.
Here I go again. First. Any Dem who got the nomination in 2008 was going to win that election. It wasn’t as much of an Obama win as a GOP loss. If Hilary had gotten it, she would have won by a bigger margin. You should see the new polls numbers out this weekend that show that the GOP popularity is declining, rapidly. Fox News, Glenn Beck, The TeaBaggers and don’t forget Old Rush, have their fans, but they are turning off most Americans, and since the GOP leaders have tied themselves to these extremists (and yes, I include Fox News in this group), the GOP has been on a steady slide. Sarah Palin is beginning to make noises, signaling that she wants to lead the party purists in a fight against the GOP leadership for control of the party . Jeb Bush resurfaced this weekend making noises that he is ready to join in the fight to return the GOP to its more moderate and therefore winning roots.
The GOP chairman, Mr. Steele, seems confused and unready for the big time. The GOP Senate leader is frustrated. The GOP 1996 standard bearer and former Senate Majority leader told reporters that the current GOP leader called him up and cursed him out, when he suggested a changed in the GOP’s tactics in dealing with the Dems. At this point, with all the chaos in the GOP and with every sign that more internal chaos will follow, the Dems are going to have an easy time in 2012, and may even pick up House and Senate seats in 2010.