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[Dr.House]

Based on the experience under Republican control from 2000 to 2006, and in control of the White House for two additional years, I'd say that's a good rationale to vote Dem.

The way things are going now, you extremist leftists won't be controlling much of anything for a LONG while... That suits me just fine....

The "rule from the left" experiment has shown to be an epic failure...

Rule from the left?
*continue Bush policies in Iraq and Afghanistan - including doing a double-down of Bush policies in Afghanistan.
*continue the bailout scheme devised by the Bush administration.
*Pass a health care reform bill so milquetoast that it doesn't even provide for public health care expansion, a bill based on principles supported by the RNC and the Heritage Foundation circa 1994.
*pass a financial reform bill that still relies on the market to accurately price risk and measure their own capital needs.
*keep the Bush-era privacy policies in place.
*keep GITMO open.

If that's "rule from the left" I'd hate to see what rule from the right might look like.

Sounds like you're pissed he couldn't get all his D's to agree with his extreme leftist intentions....

The R's are currently powerless...

 

[MaggieMae]

i keep reading about how the tea party is all about *fiscal responsibility* and that any repub who isn't for *fiscal responsibility* shoiuld be drummed out of the party.

i've thought about it and i can't think of any candidate, of any party, who claimed to be anything other than *fiscally responsible* and yet i've never seen anything resembling that once they get elected.

why should i believe that the tea party backed candidates will be any different?

o'donnell is the latest candidate that the tea party has put forward as an exemplar of fiscal rectitude, but she doesn't pay her own bills, including her mortgage and taxes.

But while she was courting voters, she amassed thousands of dollars in campaign debt, was confronted by the IRS about unpaid income taxes and sold her Wilmington home to a campaign staffer to avoid a sheriff's sale ordered to settle mortgage claims, a News Journal investigation shows

Delaware politics: O'Donnell faces campaign debt, back-tax issues | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

can someone 'splain this to me?

thanks

Do as I say, not as I do. Sarah Palin herself is another case in point. Her biggest following are people she has convinced have been left out, talked down to, pointed at as not being smart enough. Sarah once whined that she had to quit her governor's job and write a book so she could pay her legal fees in defense of erroneous charges. Poor Sarah. Does she feel their pain? Really? Now she flies by private jet, drives an Escalade ESV, is waiting for completion of a television studio financed by NewsCorp so she doesn't have to leave the confines of her new 6,000 suare foot chateau that will include an airplane hanger for Todd's new Piper Cub, two private apartments, and a separate office.

 

[MaggieMae]

Preaching responsibility while failing to pay her own bills?

perfect Republican candidate.

Just like the dimocrats who want to raise taxes but don't pay their own.

Face it, all politicians fucking suck which is why we should not keep voting the same fucking idiots back into office.

Truth....

The only resource is to weed out the inside-the-beltway, long-term, establisment, career politicians and hope the new blood practies what they preach....

They won't know where to begin. For one thing, none of these "new" people actually have a platform, no policy statements specifying how they would get the government into fiscally conservative condition. Well, I suppose Mr. Paladino can TRY some of his ideas, and Mr. Miller can TRY to eliminate Social Security. But where do you think they'll land? My guess is quickly out of office.

 

[MaggieMae]

hope in one hand, then shit in the other

which one fills up first?

Shit. Lobbyists will soon be knocking at their doors.

 

[MaggieMae]

You voted for Rangel (or would have), right?

I don't even live in NY, nevermind Harlem.

You missed the "would have"?

Meaning if you didn't live in VT, you "would have if you could have"....

Ahem...I live in VT, and I would NOT have voted for Rangel if I could have. Ever. Don't get me started on him. He and others like him I believe are the reason why some black people think they're owed something more than white people in the same predicaments.

 

[Trajan]

i keep reading about how the tea party is all about *fiscal responsibility* and that any repub who isn't for *fiscal responsibility* shoiuld be drummed out of the party.

i've thought about it and i can't think of any candidate, of any party, who claimed to be anything other than *fiscally responsible* and yet i've never seen anything resembling that once they get elected.

why should i believe that the tea party backed candidates will be any different?

o'donnell is the latest candidate that the tea party has put forward as an exemplar of fiscal rectitude, but she doesn't pay her own bills, including her mortgage and taxes.

But while she was courting voters, she amassed thousands of dollars in campaign debt, was confronted by the IRS about unpaid income taxes and sold her Wilmington home to a campaign staffer to avoid a sheriff's sale ordered to settle mortgage claims, a News Journal investigation shows

Delaware politics: O'Donnell faces campaign debt, back-tax issues | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

can someone 'splain this to me?

thanks

I am not sure how this rates on the "be afraid be very afraid meter"... the IRS sent her a letter saying they, the IRS, had made an error ( that link is from March ) ...as far as the previous camp. debt...when you lose, you take the loss in dollars too, she didn't have a national org. to back her up and pay it off as others apparently do.

Mortgage problems? seriously? ? Considering the housing market who got hurt and when and how, well, she didn't have a "friend of Anglo" ( Hello Chris Dodd) apparently either, I would have hoped she had learned something she can actually use in office, practical experience, unlike the career pols who never have to worry about it, I don't see this as some big gotcha(?) ...

If we are going to conflate this to mean she'd be a spendthrift in office, I am not sure I see that.

We KNOW the regime we have there now blows, rep or dem...any change has got to be step in the the right direction and if she sux, well have her out next time round.

 

[Dr.House]

I don't even live in NY, nevermind Harlem.

You missed the "would have"?

Meaning if you didn't live in VT, you "would have if you could have"....

Ahem...I live in VT, and I would NOT have voted for Rangel if I could have. Ever. Don't get me started on him. He and others like him I believe are the reason why some black people think they're owed something more than white people in the same predicaments.

Good for you... Too bad Charlie's peeps don't agree with you...

 

[johnrocks]

i keep reading about how the tea party is all about *fiscal responsibility* and that any repub who isn't for *fiscal responsibility* shoiuld be drummed out of the party.

i've thought about it and i can't think of any candidate, of any party, who claimed to be anything other than *fiscally responsible* and yet i've never seen anything resembling that once they get elected.

Google Ron Paul

Of course he's dismissed by many who "claim" to be fiscal conservative.

 

[Big Black Dog]

When it comes to politicians, any politician, you should think of a salesman, i.e., let the buyer beware.

If only we could afford to buy politicians.

if only they'd stay bought

 

[Annie]

i keep reading about how the tea party is all about *fiscal responsibility* and that any repub who isn't for *fiscal responsibility* shoiuld be drummed out of the party.

i've thought about it and i can't think of any candidate, of any party, who claimed to be anything other than *fiscally responsible* and yet i've never seen anything resembling that once they get elected.

Google Ron Paul

Of course he's dismissed by many who "claim" to be fiscal conservative.

Ron Paul has a good fiscal record, no debate there. He has a lot of other issues that would preclude my ever backing him, for any office. Oh, if you want my reasons, search in USMB for Ron Paul/Annie. I'm not going over all those posts.

 

[Toro]

There is one Republican Congressman who I believe is from Arizona who I think hasn't taken any pork. I forget his name but I was impressed with the guy.

 

[MaggieMae]

There is one Republican Congressman who I believe is from Arizona who I think hasn't taken any pork. I forget his name but I was impressed with the guy.

Jeff Flake? He's an earmark chaser. I like him, but he rarely takes center stage. I think I've only seen him on C-Span.

 

[NYcarbineer]

IMO, the teaparty is just the new term for social conservatives.

Yes, they're the fundies and the homophobes and nativists and the anti-abortionists trying to hide in a costume of fiscal conservatism.

 

[Meister]

IMO, the teaparty is just the new term for social conservatives.

Yes, they're the fundies and the homophobes and nativists and the anti-abortionists trying to hide in a costume of fiscal conservatism.

go back to school. You haven't a clue what what the tea party is.

 

[The Infidel]

Preaching responsibility while failing to pay her own bills?

perfect Republican candidate.

Hmmm.... really?

The Associated Press: NY Rep Rangel wins primary, despite ethics charges

 

[The Infidel]

IMO, the teaparty is just the new term for social conservatives.

Yes, they're the fundies and the homophobes and nativists and the anti-abortionists trying to hide in a costume of fiscal conservatism.

go back to school. You haven't a clue what what the tea party is.

I like it that way..... They wont know what hit them!

 

[Modbert]

go back to school. You haven't a clue what what the tea party is.

Seems neither do the people who are having tea parties.

Glenn Beck and the Tea Party Ghost - Paul J. O'Rourke - Open Salon

It took a moment for Glenn to grasp the meaning of it all. “Let me get this straight. We’re on an American ship destroying a private company’s legally purchased product, even after they have, through tax cuts and market innovation, trimmed their overhead, eliminated the middleman, and brought you quality tea at a low price. George, I’m sure you think yourself a patriot, but you are attacking the very engine of liberty!”

George was not pleased with Glenn’s accusation. “I have no more desire to be taxed without representation by Parliament and King than I do to be ruled by an incorporation! First a monopoly on tea, then who knows what next? Will they control everything we…”

“Socialist!” Glenn shouted as he pushed George over the rail into the cold water below.

Somebody cried out -- “Man overboard, get a rope!” As three men attended to rescuing George, the rest began surrounding Beck. Glenn dropped to his knees and started stuffing the loose tea in his pockets, then his pants. “This is private property. It must be returned. You don’t understand what you’re doing. You’re not following free market principles!”

 

[Titanic Sailor]

Now the Democrats are FOR tax cuts for all, I shit you not. Pressure is on for November, and some people here STILL back Democrats. Hilarious the amount of hypocrisy we have witnessed from the left.

The Tea Party is too much for ewe people to grasp, so go watch Oprah for your politics.

 

[Trajan]

Now the Democrats are FOR tax cuts for all, I shit you not. Pressure is on for November, and some people here STILL back Democrats. Hilarious the amount of hypocrisy we have witnessed from the left.

The Tea Party is too much for ewe people to grasp, so go watch Oprah for your politics.

well its not really a cut, it aint there money, they don't have it...."yet", that is.
But calling a cut is, well the semantics are dicey. IF the bush plan expires it will sure as hell raise taxes though.

 

[gautama]

Preaching responsibility while failing to pay her own bills?

perfect Republican candidate.

Just like the dimocrats who want to raise taxes but don't pay their own.

Face all politicians fucking suck which is why we should not keep voting the same fucking idiots back into office.

Yep. I don't know if we need to vote out all of them, but flushing a bunch would help.

Start with Obami Salaami.... The MODEL of FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY IN THE WHOLE OF AMERICAN HISTORY....more than the TOTAL of all the Presidents put together.....THEN his Obamarrhoidal LIEbturd Stooges...finally the faulty Republicans the WORST of whom at least have the alibi that they yowled about the FLAGRANT Obamarrhoidal LIEbturds.