We should be ALL be "Principled at heart" regardless of partisanship

[g5000]

But no one seems to refute that in just 3 weeks an average of 83 Christie bridge stories a week but Benghazi only 58 per week!
Seems to prove Rove statement explicitly!

Nope. It proves that you aren't too bright, which is exactly what Rove depends upon.

How many stories in the news about Benghazi three weeks after Benghazi? Huh? I bet a lot more than there are about New Jersey right now.

It has been well over a year since Benghazi, so of course the coverage of that event has waned.

New Jersey is fresh.


THAT is how you make a comparison. Apples to apples.

 

[itfitzme]

There was a thread on the board titled "We're All Bipartisan at Heart".

"Bipartisanship" should be secondary though as we've had "bipartisanship" on issues that weren't principled.

Principled defined as using fundamental rules of behavior that have over the centuries have shown to be positive guidelines as to how to advance a
civilized and beneficial society.

For example, the bill regarding unemployment extension certainly appears on the surface as legislation that needs "bipartisanship".

But is it principled?

The basic principle to be used is will the extension harm the country?

The extension is based on paying people NOT to work.
The harm done to the country comes from:
1) increased taxes PAID by employers which again millions don't seem to comprehend that FUTA is a tax paid by employers.
2) If the unemployed continue to receive money they don't pay taxes or SS/Medicare on the unemployment. This means lower tax revenue.
3) This lower tax revenue means continued dependence on the largest lender China an avowed enemy that wants to see USA destroyed.

Fed Approves First Communist Chinese Takeover of U.S. Bank China take over American Banks –
The Federal Reserve Private Banking Families Allowed the Sale CHINA TAKES OVER BOISE IDAHO Idaho to be first Chinese State A Soft Invasion of America?
Fed Approves First Communist Chinese Takeover of U.S. Bank China take over American Banks - The Federal Reserve Private Banking Families Allowed the Sale CHINA TAKES OVER BOISE IDAHO Idaho to be first Chinese State A Soft Invasion of America? | Beyon

Is that against the principle of protecting the USA from all invaders?

It isn't "paying people not to work." It is paying people to find work. It is providing them with the bare minimum of nessesary income so they can eat, sleep comfortably, pay for gasoline, stamps, phone service, and other things necessary to find employment. And, in fact, looking for work is a requirment of collecting unemployment.

So, from the outset, you're entire line of reasoning is flawed.

 

[itfitzme]

The BLS has stats on the average and median length of time on unemployment. *The Dec 2012 and 2013 durations are;

Average (mean) duration, in weeks____37.0 _36.2
Median duration, in weeks__________18.1 _17.5

The duration on unemploymemt has fallen, ever so slighlty, in the past year.

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment