An honest Republican?

[Synthaholic]

That doesn't make him honest, it just makes him a political wind sock with an (R) by his name...Which he has a reputation for being.

Dewey Bartlett the pseudo-Republican nominee for Tulsa Mayor - Tulsa freethought | Examiner.com

Remember all the Con governors who protested the stimulus, but not only took the money, but in the case of Jindal passed out the checks with his own name on them.

Since conservatives are paying for it, I see no reason why they shouldn't take the money. It is OUR money you're giving out. Fucking idiot.

Well, we can hope that conservatives are contributing their part, but they love their loopholes, so I don't think we can assume it.

I agree that they should take the money and use it for projects which create jobs. That was it's purpose. They are only hypocrites for railing against it while taking it.

But you knew that already.

 

[Synthaholic]

Looks like we've found one!

Republican Mayor: The Stimulus Package ‘Worked,’ It’s ‘Unfair’ For House GOP To Attack It

Yesterday, the House GOP lawmakers quickly manufactured an unwieldy proposal to axe $2.5 trillion from the federal budget. In a tribute to zeal, Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) new Spending Reduction Act not only scraps 15 percent of federal jobs but also eliminates “all remaining stimulus funding.” Because, as they say, this is what the American people want.
Unfortunately for Republicans, the American people don’t live in their delusion. They live in states and cities — both of which depend on the Recovery Act and will get hosed by this repeal. Bristling under the GOP’s out-of-touch demonization of the Recovery Act, even Republican mayors like Tulsa, OK Mayor Dewey Bartlett are pointing out just how “unfair” a repeal of the Act would be. Speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in DC yesterday, Bartlett”it worked“:

“I would prefer them to at least give us an opportunity to use them for another reasonably supportive project,” Bartlett said.
In Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Bartlett again made positive comments about the impact of the 2009 stimulus package, which was opposed by every Oklahoma Republican in Congress.
“It worked,” said the mayor, who is also a Republican.[...]
Bartlett conceded he did not know whether any of Tulsa’s funding would be covered by the proposal but made it clear he did not favor a repeal.
“To me, that seems a little unfair,” he said.
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Bartlett pointed to specific Recovery projects — “crime, public safety, energy and environment, poverty and infrastructure projects” — and the “Inner Dispersal Loop state project to improve access to downtown Tulsa” that helped Tulsa “come out of the recession.”







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What Bartlertt and you Obamarrhoidal Dipshits don't realize is that it was absolutely necessary to spend mebbe 1/4 to a 1/2 of a $ trillion for the "stimulus to have worked ! "

Which is ~ what Bush recommended.

What these same Dipshits don't realize that anything ABOVE THAT 1/4 - 1/2 $ trillion ........... WOULD STILL have made the "stimulus to have worked" ........ BUT IT WAS A FUCKING WASTE OF MONEY !!!

40% of the stimulus was tax cuts, moron.

 

[Synthaholic]

Newsflash for Ssimpleholic:

Agreeing with YOU doesn't make the Mayor of Tulsa "honest;" it merely reflects that, like you, he is not capable of intelligent thought.

Yet he is smart enough to take and use those stimulus funds to create jobs in his community, for his citizens. And I'm smart enough to recognize it and praise it.

You, OTOH, continue to post drivel and 4th grade insults. It seems to be all you have.

 

[rdean]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

 

[westwall]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Yep it's al;l those filthy Repubs running Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland.....oh wait, I made a mistake!!!! Those are all SOCIALIST countries tanking! OOOPPPS!

 

[rdean]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Yep it's al;l those filthy Repubs running Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland.....oh wait, I made a mistake!!!! Those are all SOCIALIST countries tanking! OOOPPPS!

Germany enjoyed its fastest economic expansion in two decades last year as booming exports spurred hiring and consumer spending.

German Economy Expands at Fastest Pace in Two Decades Amid Export Demand - Bloomberg

Oops.

 

[rdean]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Yep it's al;l those filthy Repubs running Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland.....oh wait, I made a mistake!!!! Those are all SOCIALIST countries tanking! OOOPPPS!

You know what's especially funny? None of those countries have Republicans moving American jobs to China like they do here. China, the ultimate "socialist" country. Isn't that funny?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It worked? 2 years later and unemployment is still nowhere near under 8%? Wow Imagine if it didn't work!

 

[The T]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Yep it's al;l those filthy Repubs running Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland.....oh wait, I made a mistake!!!! Those are all SOCIALIST countries tanking! OOOPPPS!

You know what's especially funny? None of those countries have Republicans moving American jobs to China like they do here. China, the ultimate "socialist" country. Isn't that funny?

Republicans are? Really deany?

 

[The T]

It worked? 2 years later and unemployment is still nowhere near under 8%? Wow Imagine if it didn't work!

Still and YET the Republicans are doing this all according to deany.

WOW to assign such power when they don't have it...

 

[MarcATL]

A RWer called him a "political wind sock" shut down the thread.

Case closed.

 

[Avatar4321]

So you quote a guy who is obviously lying as an honest Republican?

There isnt a single person who has family or friends facing this unemployment economy that is going to believe that garbage.

 

[westwall]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Yep it's al;l those filthy Repubs running Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland.....oh wait, I made a mistake!!!! Those are all SOCIALIST countries tanking! OOOPPPS!

Germany enjoyed its fastest economic expansion in two decades last year as booming exports spurred hiring and consumer spending.

German Economy Expands at Fastest Pace in Two Decades Amid Export Demand - Bloomberg

Oops.

You might want to look a little deeper to figure out what the Germans are doing there deanie. Their currency was devalued by 20% and they doubled the governemnts debt to 3.5% of GDP. The economic "boom" is a fiction...

"The policy that Germany has gotten most right is the one that has kept its unemployment rate (currently 7.0 percent) at or below pre-recession levels despite a steeper decline in output (4.6 percent) for 2009 than the U.S. experienced. This is the policy of subsidizing employers to keep workers on the job at reduced hours, instead of laying them off. This has saved hundreds of thousands of jobs in Germany, and could save millions in the United States, if only we had some political leadership with the courage to take these modest but obvious steps.

Ironically, however, the reforms that Spain is being pressured to adopt are in the opposite direction – the European authorities want Spain to make it easier for employers to get rid of workers.

Another flaw in the argument: Germany’s record second quarter growth – 2.2 percent over the previous quarter, or 9 percent at an annual rate – was driven mostly by exports, which grew 8.2 percent over the previous quarter, or 37 percent annualized. As the South Centre has noted, for 2002-2007, exports accounted for 143 percent of Germany’s growth – meaning that the German economy would have actually contracted over these years if not for export growth."


Wrong Lessons Drawn From Germany’s Recovery Real-World Economics Review Blog


ooops right back at ya!

 

[FA_Q2]

No, not honest just too dumb to see what is really happening. But then again, so is the OP.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Synthaholic another paraquat drinker.

 

[Synthaholic]

No, not honest just too dumb to see what is really happening. But then again, so is the OP.

Burnsville, MN Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, also a Republican, said “We are in the middle of a ‘jobs emergency’ that demands decisive and swift action.” “We need the Senate to pass a Main Street jobs package now,” she insisted.

The 4.5 million people kept out of poverty and the millions employed because of the Recovery Act might be inclined to agree. So would the numerous GOP governors who used these funds to balance their budgets if they weren’t so wedded to hypocrisy. And at least 114 of the GOP lawmakers who wanted to eliminate this “wasteful” stimulus package were only too happy to take credit for its successes. But, it seems the House GOP is hellbent on marching forward in their delusion, even if it means trampling on the economic recovery to do so.
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[jgarden]

What are we talking about here? Tulsa, OK's unemploymnent was less than 3% when Obama was elected. It rose to 7% during the "stimulous'. You can't count on federal dollars to fund public safety. Paying Police and Fire personnel is an ongoing process. The dirty little secret is that the Trillion dollars we spent in "porkulous" was doled out to buy votes for democrat politicians and fund lavish union pensions. Obama's economic agenda flat out didn't work. When are you lefties going to let go of the false "hope" you bought into?

With all due respect, our conservative "friends" should be aware that there is only 1 "red" state in the whole Union that actually contributes more in federal taxes than it receives - and it isn't Oklahoma!

The reality is that conservative "red" states have been more than willing ride on the financial backs of their "blue" neighbors while proceeding to lecture them on the benefits of "limited" government.

For decades, "red" states have been the recipients of a massive "redistribution" of wealth from their "blue" counterparts without so much as a "thank you!"

And to think that all this time, conservative politicians from these "red" states were creating the impression that they violently opposed to any governmental redistribution of wealth!

FY 2005 RANKINGS: THE RATIO OF FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED AS COMPARED TO FEDERAL FUNDS SENT

Ranking - State - Outlay to Tax Ratio
*****************************************************
states contributing as much or more in federal funds than they receive

33. Rhode Island - $1.00

34. Florida - $0.97

35. Texas - $0.94

36. Oregon - $0.93

37. Michigan - $0.92

38. Washington - $0.88

39. Wisconsin - $0.86

40. Massachusetts - $0.82

41. Colorado - $0.81

42. New York - $0.79

43. California - $0.78

44. Delaware - $0.77

45. Illinois - $0.75

46. Minnesota - $0.72

47. New Hampshire - $0.71

48. Connecticut - $0.69

49. Nevada - $0.65

50. New Jersey - $0.61

http://www.taxfoundation.org/press/show/22659.html

 

[whitehall]

Republicans, first they nearly destroyed not only the US economy, but almost the entire world economy. Now they want to cut the legs off any recovery. I say, "Let them do it". America has to learn. They voted twice for the Bush administration. Then when Democrats couldn't fix Republican mess fast enough, they voted Republican back into office to do even more damage.

They've already shown their priorities. I don't know. Maybe they see America as too big a threat to the growing Chinese economy so they just want to protect their investment. What else could it be? Even they can't name a single one of their policies designed to do anything good for the country.

Fannie Mae collapsed during a democrat majority in congress. The chair of the banking committee confessed that he had "ideological blinders on" while Fannie was going under. Translated that means democrats wanted an economic collapse to be the mother of all October surprises. Barney Frank admitted it. Frank Raines is one of Obama's financial advisors. He is alleged to have cooked the books to show a profit which was tied to his bonus money and walked away with 90 Million dollars for three years work. The former democrat majority ignored the mess in Fannie while they waited for the statute of limitations to expire and the blamed Bush. Obama squandered two years with a substantial majority in congress and spent money like a community activist with a stolen ATM card. Democrats had no intention of fixing the economy. All they wanted was a blank check to pay the poverty pimps and the union thugs to guarantee them another term in office.

 

[jgarden]

Fannie Mae collapsed during a democrat majority in congress. The chair of the banking committee confessed that he had "ideological blinders on" while Fannie was going under. Translated that means democrats wanted an economic collapse to be the mother of all October surprises. Barney Frank admitted it. Frank Raines is one of Obama's financial advisors. He is alleged to have cooked the books to show a profit which was tied to his bonus money and walked away with 90 Million dollars for three years work. The former democrat majority ignored the mess in Fannie while they waited for the statute of limitations to expire and the blamed Bush. Obama squandered two years with a substantial majority in congress and spent money like a community activist with a stolen ATM card. Democrats had no intention of fixing the economy. All they wanted was a blank check to pay the poverty pimps and the union thugs to guarantee them another term in office.

2004 George W. Bush's Republican Convention Acceptance Speech
(This speech was delivered at the 2004 Republican National Convention on September 2, 2004 when George W. Bush officially accepted the Republican nomination to run for President.)


..... Another priority for a new term is to build an ownership society, because ownership brings security, and dignity, and independence. Thanks to our policies, homeownership in America is at an all-time high. Tonight we set a new goal: seven million more affordable homes in the next 10 years so more American families will be able to open the door and say welcome to my home .....

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/2004_George_W._Bush's_Republican_Convention_Acceptance_Speech

Perhaps "whitehall" should "can" the rhetoric and go back to familiarize himself with George W. Bush's 2004 Republican Convention Acceptance Speech in which he promised "to build an ownership society ..... seven million more affordable homes in the next 10 years so more American families will be able to open the door and say welcome to my home ....."

Just what agencies does "whitehall" think Bush was relying on to "build an ownership society" and provide the mortgages required to finance these "seven million more affordable homes?"

If the Bush Administration and the Republicans didn't know what was going on concerning "subprime mortgages" and the activities of Fannie May, its because they didn't want to know!

 

[Flaylo]

That doesn't make him honest, it just makes him a political wind sock with an (R) by his name...Which he has a reputation for being.

Dewey Bartlett the pseudo-Republican nominee for Tulsa Mayor - Tulsa freethought | Examiner.com

It makes you focking rightwing partisan hack that sounds very pissy, is that why you're attacking him a person and not his claim?