Steele to Rush: I’m sorry; Update: Beck, Coulter knock Steele; Update: DNC chair hits Steele
posted at 6:36 pm on March 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
Rahm Emanuel yesterday:
Mr. Limbaugh has “called for President Obama to fail. That’s his view,” Mr. Emanuel said. “And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood.”
Michael Steele today:
“My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele said in a telephone interview. “I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”…
“I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren’t what I was thinking,” Steele said…
“He brings a very important message to the American people to wake up and pay attention to what the administration is doing,” Steele said. “Number two, there are those out there who want to look at what he’s saying as incendiary and divisive and ugly. That’s what I was trying to say. It didn’t come out that way. … He does what he does best, which is provoke: He provokes thought, he provokes the left. And they’re clearly the ones who are most excited about him.”
Asked if he planned to apologize, Steele said: “I wasn’t trying to offend anybody. So, yeah, if he’s offended, I’d say: Look, I’m not in the business of hurting people’s feelings here. … My job is to try to bring us all together.”
Rush’s fans will hold Steele in contempt for criticizing him in the first place and Rush’s critics will hold him in contempt for apologizing now. Well played, sir. Exit question: Whose contrition was more groveling, Steele’s or Phil Gingrey’s?
Update: Coulter repeats the boss’s point from earlier today about how it’s perfectly okay to criticize Rush. Since when? Did CPAC pass a resolution?
Update: Rod Dreher skewers Steele: “Please Rush, don’t hurt me!”
Update: Tim Kaine seizes the moment:
“I was briefly encouraged by the courageous comments made my counterpart in the Republican Party over the weekend challenging Rush Limbaugh as the leader of the Republican Party and referring to his show as ‘incendiary’ and ‘ugly.’ However, Chairman Steele’s reversal this evening and his apology to Limbaugh proves the unfortunate point that Limbaugh is the leading force behind the Republican Party, its politics and its obstruction of President Obama’s agenda in Washington.”
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That is the dumbest thing I have read in a post on a forum anywhere on the Internet including the DU and the Daily KOS.
You sir are a tool!!
Dreadnought223 on March 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM
You’re trying your best to give Atlanta a bad name, aren’t you?
notropis on March 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM
What are you babbling about?
Rush rarely says he’s a Republican;
in point of fact, he said on the air before the election, that he was endorsing McCain as the Republican candidate (big hold your nose for Rush!) and giving money to the RNC for the first time ever because he knew that Obama’s election would be such a disaster.
He doesn’t make verbal stumbles or ill-thought out phrases that he has to take back; after 20+ years on the air, 20-30 million listeners and a $400 million contract, his shows are almost flawless.
Don’t you ever listen to him?
Jenfidel on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
That’s disappointing to say the least. That was a golden opportunity missed.
If he can’t recognize a hanging curve, how can he be expected to carry the team.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I like Rush but I think I’m closer to a Buckley-conservative. On issues where I disagree with Rush I’d probably be in agreement with Buckley on the matter.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
We Georgians who don’t live in Atlanta pretty much consider it another state.
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
The generosity of some women never ceases to amaze me.
thomasaur on March 2, 2009 at 8:16 PM
There is a difference in disagreeing with someone and calling them divisive and ugly. And I don’t consider him the head of the party but I do consider him the person who gives the best explanation of conservatism. I realize he is unfettered by the need to be reelected and that gives him a lot of freedom but politicians should be better at making their arguments.
Cindy Munford on March 2, 2009 at 8:17 PM
No kidding…I’m sitting here eating chocolate ice cream and wondering if I should be ashamed or not…
JohnTant on March 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Oh come on!
I’ve seen you post better than this.
Please expound. An example or two would be nice.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Atlanta will be fine. We’re growing at a brisk rate, as are all urban areas. We’re the capital of the South.
Atlanta Voter on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
I think it would be wrong to compare Obama to a turd.
Joe Biden is a much better fit.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Yep, both managed to destroy a superpower. Reagan took down the Soviets, and Obama…
Laura in Maryland on March 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Be ashamed. Be very ashamed!
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM
True.
Obama gave us Biden to oversee the economy, which is why I have these hip boots on.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:24 PM
WINNER!!!
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM
We’re the capital of the South.
Atlanta Voter on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
No, you’re not. Only in your own mind. And, last I heard, Dixie is not seceding.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Laura in Maryland on March 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Obama.
The UN-Reagan.
Remember those commercials?
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Black but inarticulate! Wrong for America!
radiofreevillage on March 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM
If MM were not the “Boss” their would be as many grenades thrown her way as well.
It is very rare that MM disagrees with Rush or Vice versa.
Its not because of a secret decoder ring club that AP is not allowed to attend. It’s simply a thought process.
AP lacks Testicular Fortitude and that bloodline is the problem in the RNC. At one time he was pushing McCain down our throats then switched sides when it was convenient. A conservative he is not. I do find his writing style and Puns quite entertaining but strangely similar to Jim….hmmm
Amadeus on March 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Not yet at least.
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Just when I’ve had my gift from the gop for the day, it just keeps getting better and better!
benny shakar on March 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Try green, in this context.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM
I also notice a disturbing pattern of him routinely misrepresenting the core principles of Marxism-Leninism. I think the Party should take a very close look at this. I nominate Comrade TheBigOldDog to lead an investigation into the matter.
radiofreevillage on March 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Here’s an idea:
Steele goes on Limbaugh tomorrow, they both give a good chuckle, talk about how “their plan” worked — and how they knew that stooge DL Hughely would play right into their hands — and that NOW THAT THE ENTIRE NATION IS LISTENING, Michael Steele has a few things to say about Barack Obama’s childish war with Rush Limbaugh — and his epically disasterous plans for the nation. Then, Steele says what he should have said when those moronic left wing Obamabots were interviewing him.
Then Limbaugh and Steele banter a little more, talk about how they can’t believe even the president’s imbecilic press secretary played right into their hands — making certain that when Steele spoke, people would be listening.
Sound like a plan?
Rational Thought on March 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Michael Steele just proved Rahm Emmanual’s point, IN REAL TIME.
Everytime the GOP says something bad about Rush, they run to Rush and apologize HOURS later.
Hilarious!
Let’s see here. Palin’s too busy, Jindal flops, and now even Steele concedes to Rush.
You guys are NOT looking forward to 2010-2012 are you?
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
J
I wouldn’t celebrate just yet, sparky!
You should worry more about the building tsunami of outrage against Ogabe from the American public as Middle America watches their 401(k)s tank.
There will be more Tea Parties and other tax protests and if that doesn’t work, massive crowds with pitchforks and torches will descend on Washington and it won’t be pretty.
Jenfidel on March 2, 2009 at 8:35 PM
no i’m not. Feel better?
Amadeus on March 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
But you don’t understand. It’s Teh Lef7 and Teh M2M that tries to tie together the GOP and Rush.
radiofreevillage on March 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
While it would indeed be an excellent scenerio, even the rise of the argument that Obama and the Demos are destroying capitalism make it all worth the discourse.
Rovin on March 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Slightly OT, but since he’s linked in an update…
Rod Dreher is still peddling that Cruncy Con fraud…? Man.
JohnTant on March 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
How about that constantly dropping Dow. That’s a gift that just keeps taking and taking.
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Funny the left is crowing about Rush bashing. But it wont be Rush that the American people blame for the failing economy but rather President lackluster and his stoolies.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
The truth?
The white liberal elite, the ones that never admit that they’re “liberals” around election time, the ones that always cloak their true socialist goals when they speak to the people, the ones that want to shred the Constitution while they take an oath to protect it…
are hiding behind a black man so he can take the fall when it all comes tumbling down.
They truly are reprehensible racist snakes.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Also I find it hillarious that President Obama is AFRAID od Rush Limbaugh to the point he is focused like a lazer on him.
Shows how really weak Obama is that an “entertainer” has him worried.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Let’s see here. People are protesting the fact that the government is taking action to help fix the economy by actually doing something instead of playing it off like Bush did for years.
Uh-huh. Those tea-parties are just small-time campaign rallies that makes you look dumb.
Why would any independantly thinking American protest the government trying to make things better? The housing bill HELPS the American by making sure he/she is not going to get kicked out of his/her home because of crashing home values.
The Reinvestment act INCREASES unemployment insurance AND Medicare benifits for the unemployed.
Ask yourself this. Why weren’t there any “tea parties” when President Bush passed the first TARP act?
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
JIm Cramer is already blasting Mr. President and he works for the NBC Networks. Brave man.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
We shouldn’t. Obama will be unstoppable in 2012. Look at what he did from a standing-start with the Clinton machine in 18 months. Next time he’ll have Air Force One and the full power of the presidency. And he’ll raise over a billion dollars without breaking a sweat.
Atlanta Voter on March 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Why not? Hope and change, baby, hope and change. (sarc)
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Just a disagreement between the grown-ups, it doesn’t concern you. Now, you and your buddies, Rham & Gibbs go get started on your homework; there is a test tommorrow in math. Be sure y’all count all the earmarks in the new $410 spending bill. Oh, and count all the babies new HHS Seibus is going to kill.
TN Mom on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Interesting point. I thought it was odd that anyone from the President’s office would get involved with talk radio but I guess any diversion is welcome. The economic talking heads are not being kind to the new administration.
Cindy Munford on March 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
It’s not as easy to do as it sounds since my disagreements arise over time and I don’t recall many of them, and some that I do recall would probably divert the the discussion. They’ve come up in other threads, though.
Also I’m listening to Levin so am a bit distracted.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
True, but you are not doing anything about it. Every sane GOP/Conservative should be DENOUNCING Rush for his comments.
Separates you from him and helps you move forward.
The main unspoken point is that you are just letting it slide thinking this is not a big deal.
Trust me, having Rush as the spokesperson for the GOP is NOT pretty.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
If Obama has done the right thing then why is the Economy still crashing ?
You would think the DOW would rally if they thought this plan was so good.
But instead we hear the giant sucking sound of the failing Obama Economy instead.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Ask yourself this. WHO THE HELL IS GONNA PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? Thank you.
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
TN Mom on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
You forgot one, ma’am.
Hey, Atlanta, quit trying to pass yourself off as a Conservative. No one is buying it.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
As if on cue, the RNC calls here looking for a “stimulus.”
I think they got the message that my money is going to SarahPac until the Chairman stops going after the conservative base (and Rush) and starts going after Obama.
Nat Hound on March 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
He comes on in 15 minutes where I am.
Have his book, and feel he is the best one on radio.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
This is just stupid. Obama has been POTUS for six weeks. Many of his plans won’t come into affect for at least six months and everyone knows that.
You can’t tie Bushes failure with the economy to Obama trying to repair it.
The reason why the economy is failing is because banks are still posting losses. Had Bush attempted to do more than just some BS TARP and some half-baked rebates we might have been on an upswing with a recovery.
You must really assume that American people are that dumb.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Rush is the conservative with a megaphone. Conservatism needs his voice, as well as the voices of Levin, Beck, Hannity, Ingraham, Coulter, Malkin et al.
Steele and Republican politicos need to heed these voices, for they speak to more Americans than they imagine.
onlineanalyst on March 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
The problem is, that you cannot reform the RNC or the GOP from the _inside_ Steele, who was once a good conservative choice, is now on the inside, and cannot do what needs to be done.
seanrobins on March 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Sooooo…..
Let the economy crash and look at each other when unemployment is at 20-30% and the companies that have money are barely struggling?
If the majority of people wanted inaction the majority would have voted for McCain.
You don’t get it that Barack Obama is doing EXACTLY what he said he was going to do when he got elected?
Why would people protest what they have voted for?
His approval rate has stayed 50% (most times above 50%) this whole time!
Your protests don’t match with what the majority of Americans feel about Obama!
That;s why the protests are dumb.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
No your guy is in charge now and everything that happens is on him. Bashing Bush is no longer an option for the left. You can keep trying to live on that but its shelf life is ending. Its now all Obama’s baby he wanted it he got it.
Hope and change !
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
What comment is that?
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM
AP, I don’t know if you’re still reading this thread, but I’m a little surprised that you think that fellow conservatives have never criticized Rush and lived. Many over at NRO have, and have never apologized for it. Hundreds thought he was wrong on Dubai Ports. In fact, I remember when I was living in Orlando around 2004, Beck himself lighting into Rush for accepting Bush policies that he would have never accepted during the Clinton years (I think it was about a Free Trade issue). Rush gets criticized by the Far Left, the MSM, the Blue Dog Dems., the RINO Republicans, and the Libertarians. I’ve also read criticisms from RedState, Hugh Hewitt, The Weekly Standard, and as I mentioned before NRO. He is quite possibly the most criticized man in modern politics, and yes I’m including Bush. So what do you want? Do you just want the spectacle of an elected official “standing up to” Rush? Just so you feel like the movement reaches beyond the stereotype some have accepted about Rush and his audience?
Weight of Glory on March 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
You’re kidding, right? Or are you just a plain ol’ fool?
Obambi can never be the solution, because he and his ilk (like Acorn, Reid, Pelosi, Barney Franks, and so on) are the problem. They caused the mortgage mess by making a free home another welfare right for their constituents… which caused banks and investors in that mortgage slop to go south. Everything else just follows downhill. This goes back to Clinton and all the moronic, let-me-bribe-you-with-free-welfare crap Dimmocrats, trying to bribe their way into power.
And to answer your question ^^^ Yeah! Judging by the inescapable nightmare that is the O’Bambi presidency, the 52 or so million Americans who voted for him ARE that dumb.
seanrobins on March 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Because Chinese, Russian, and Iranian money will be so appealing to the citizens of this country.
Rovin on March 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Dear Atlanta Voter. Your accusations of racism are both false and reprehensible, and I, for one, am done putting up with it. The comparison of Obama to feces had absolutely ZERO to do with the supposed color of his skin, and EVERTHING to do with his ruinous plans, policies and anti-constitutional philosophies.
Do you, perchance, have a family member on the Dallas City Council? You know, the MENSA candidate who took umbrage at the use of the term ‘black-hole,’ because he thought it was a pejoritive to black people…
Shame on you.
CaptFlood on March 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM
That is just hopeful sillyness from the GOP/Coservatives. No sane American assumed that as soon Obama got into office everything would get better. He repeatedly said this was going to be a tough year.
On top of that, people notice that he is constantly trying to do things to turn the economy around.
People are not blaming Obama for the current downturn. People ARE blaming the GOP/Conservatives for not even trying to work with him to get things done.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Americans understand that the market reacts to the future, not the past.
Apparently, you’re from the camp that believes you can fool them.
Saltysam on March 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
That‘s nonsense. The market looks to the future and Obama has constructed nothing to warrant optimism. Obama and his gaggle of incompetents and tax evaders are absolutely inept and the country will eventually collapse under its own weight. Do we really believe the American people are “that” stupid? The last presidential election should provide some insight into that interrogatory.
rplat on March 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Atlanta Voter on March 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I’ve heard that if Rush continues in this sort of thing, he runs the risk of destroying the Republican party as it stands today.
I don’t know this to be a fact, but if that’s what Rush is doing, I’m all for it. “AS it stands”, the Republican Party NEEDS being destroyed so that REAL conservatives and once again speak with authority on what is right for this country.
44Magnum on March 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
At least 52% of the people that cast ballots in Nov. ’08 are.
thomasaur on March 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
A year from now you’ll be saying, “WAIT, wait! It’s gonna take another 12 months!”
The Right is not going to work with this administration to ruin the economy. Dream on sucker.
DrStock on March 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
The American people are the ones voting with their dollars and selling off the markets. The markets are forward looking and this is why they are selling off, because investors don’t have any confidence in Obama’s punitive policies. If they did, the market’s would be doing better even if they didn’t rally back into a bull market.
This is Obama’s market crash, but I don’t think he cares. If he did he wouldn’t be continually penalizing investment and savings in the face of it. I don’t think he values capitalism and hopes to replace it with something else, and many investors, the American people, are clearly of a similar opinion.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Yes, and your better than everyone else. Who are the REAL elitists?
As for the economy, the original response was in people blaming Obama for the current mess.
Obama done more work on the economy in six weeks than Bush did in years! The GOP has spent the majority of their time (1) nagging Obama, (2) praying and hoping for someone to lead them, and (3) listening to Rush.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
This is your brain. This is your brain on hope
Any Questions ?
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Ah yes, the government is doing a *wonderful* job of fixing up the economy. You know what will really help get American business roaring again? Dramatically increasing energy costs with an idiotic cap-and-trade scheme. That should get the economic motor purring, until the gigantic tax increases kick in next year, and then watch out, baby! I’ll bet Obama will have created or saved 4,000 points of market value by the time he’s done!
I have the increasing sense that liberals not only don’t understand economics… they don’t even understand what an economy *is.* They think the economy is a bunch of shadowy fat cats sitting on top of huge piles of money, which they spend all day gleefully counting until the IRS comes to pry it from their sweaty fingers. The painful lesson of 2009 will be the difference between spending money and creating wealth. The total amount of goods, industrial capital, and productive labor in the country did not increase a bit, just because Obama waved his magic wand and conjured up a geyser of stimulus dollars. The only thing deficit spending of that magnitude does is devalue every existing dollar, and forcibly divert the energies of capitalism away from productive endeavors to non-productive ones. The buggy whip industry suffered terribly from the introduction of the automobile, and those working Americans impoverished by the sudden collapse of their buggy-whip-factory employers would certainly have appreciated a billion dollar bailout.
Whatever makes you think increasing unemployment insurance is going to *stimulate* the economy? The only thing it’s going to do is provide a bigger safety net to people blown out of the market by Obama’s disastrous policies. People don’t become productive until they climb *out* of the safety net. Productivity is what drives economic growth. You’re boasting about the wonders of a leaky derelict ship because it’s got an impressive assortment of high-quality lifeboats.
We’ve got a few trillion more reasons to have a tea party now than we did after the first TARP act, which was passed in the bygone era of several months ago, when a hundred billion dollars was a huge sum that we had to think carefully about spending. Assuming they’re not clinging to life with those expanded Medicare benefits and waiting for FCCER to pull the plug on them, there might be a few more unemployed people at next years’ tea parties.
Doctor Zero on March 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I get it!
Let’s sit on the sidelines and do nothing. People will vote for us then!
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Yes, oppose his agenda with all your might.
It will ruin your children and grandchildren’s opportunities and lives.
It will ruin this country and drive the world into mediocrity.
It will reward mooching.
It will punish honesty, hard work, ingenuity and success.
It will encourage cheating and milking the system.
All of it for one purpose, to establish the mooching party in power, forever.
Only utter fools, the media in O’s crotch included, don’t see this.
In this regard I’m 100% with Rush – live, breathe, and fight for O’s failure because it will keep your country from failing.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
“It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.” Fielding Mellish
DrStock on March 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Do you admit that the economy is worse since Obama took office ?
If the economy is still crappy in 6 months will you blame Obama ?
In six months will Rush Limbaugh or Obama be more popular ?
Come back then and lets chat since you are stuck on Obama promises and think they mean something. Because that is all you are pushing right now is Obama promises as there is no evidence that what he is doing is working.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I would not argue against that.
Spirit of 1776 on March 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
People are not blaming Obama for the current downturn. People ARE blaming the GOP/Conservatives for not even trying to work with him to get things done.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Yeah, on MSNBC and in the New York times they do. In the rest of the country, people are waking up to the goals of the President. Everytime he speaks, the stock Market goes in the tank a little more. His ratings are steadily declining. People are throwing “tea parties”. Even Jim Cramer was blasting him tonight on his “Mad Money” show and he works for the NBC Networks. Now…you need to hurry. Daily KOS has slashed their pricing on the Obama Honorary Inaugural Plate Collection. They had to. The collection’s value is diminishing every day.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
What’s wrong with this exactly? Do we want that ‘agenda’ to succeed? A trillion in new spending, most of which won’t create a single job this year, repeated bailouts of failed corporations and irresponsible people…WE WANT TO OPPOSE THIS. In 1212, people will be applauding Limbaugh and others, and Obama will have fully earned the scorn he deserves.
Richard Romano on March 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Reagan also destroyed part of his own.
If Wall Street keeps on wanting to deliver pain, then it deserves any pain it receives until it stops.
sethstorm on March 2, 2009 at 9:07 PM
That would be OUR country E..
thomasaur on March 2, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Too little, too late?
PrincipledPilgrim on March 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Straight out of the Democrat talking points playbook! Republicans DID DO SOMETHING — they proposed tax cuts and other incentives, and voted against pork and useless spending initiatives.
You Obamaites are so unoriginal it’s scary.
Richard Romano on March 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
In this regard I’m 100% with Rush – live, breathe, and fight for O’s failure because it will keep your country from failing.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
And also pray for his failure.
OmahaConservative on March 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Hilarious, isn’t it?
These people would whine that the fire department got their couch wet after their juvenile delinquent son burned their house to the ground.
benny shakar on March 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
momof2 on March 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
…and Tim Geithner is missing. No one has heard from him in 19 days! Obama said Geithner was the only one to fix the Street…Ginormous Sucking Sound, indeed!!!!!!
TN Mom on March 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
When I could not afford a house, I didn’t buy one. If you can’t grasp this, you are a gnat, and I don’t care which party you belong to. Consider the size of a gnat’s brain.
Because most were in an inseparable dog-like coitus with yours Obama by then…most, you too, are still there. Enjoy the suffocation, plankton.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM
As usual, nothing constructive to offer, just rhetoric and spin.
Thanks for your contribution benny jackass.
Richard Romano on March 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Dear thomasaur, you are absolutely correct. Emotion is never good over rational thinking.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Geithner and Benny boy will be testifying tomorrow, so hold on to your seats…I mean stocks…no no don’t hold, sell sell sell!
Weight of Glory on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
That cap-and-trade tax will do more to get us off of oil than any of these tax incentives proposed. We ALREADY HAVE a lot of tax credits/incentives for alternative energy. Why aren’t businesses taking advantage?
Because the cost of polluting the environment is so low. The high price of gas/oil was one of the BEST things to happen to America because it RAISED our awareness.
You can only see as far as today. Putting the cap tax will get us moving to alternative energy faster than any of your tax credits that has been around for years.
As for the economy, your entire statement only focuses on the people who have money already. Let’s give them more money!
You want growth! How about giving everyone a chance to succeed? Not everyone comes from the “nuclear” family making $120,000 a year minimum and has savings to go to college already stashed up. Most people DON’T WANT A HANDOUT. They just want a FAIR SHOT.
The entire conservative ideology revolves around me, me, me.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Easy. Answer is here.
Spirit of 1776 on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
So much for them having an independent voice. Disagree with Rush “Jim Jones” Limbaugh, get put out of your misery.
So much for the Democrats having a monopoly on thuggery.
sethstorm on March 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Limbaugh isn’t the symbol of real conservatism. It’s two people: Thomas Jefferson in the 18th century, and Ron Paul now.
Steele should say “Yo what up homiez, our party is listening to Dr. P now that has conservative policies shizzle neizzle”.
“Non-interventionism is the new black”
The Dean on March 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
I really hope that the obamites are stupid enough to continue to attack Wall Street. If it keeps crashing dont look for a GOP landslide in 2012 look instead for the American people to cheer for an Obama Impeachment.
I really hope the democrats are that stupid.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Heh, nice phrase. I believe we’ve moved on to coprophagia by now. Obama secretes, the media eats and repeats.
Spirit of 1776 on March 2, 2009 at 9:15 PM
dean you need to see a doctor. the nut ron paul will NEVER, EVER get over 10% in any GOP primary. Stop wasting your time supporting him
ousoonerfan15 on March 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Good God you are clueless. Just read a few of the ACORN threats in this blog. Or better yet the Obama people who show up at his rallies expecting homes and cars and jobs.
Talk about the ME ME ME attitude its a way of life for the left.
William Amos on March 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM
The only thing that Jefferson and Paul had in common is slanderous newsletters/papers. Paul couldn’t tie Jefferson’s shoes.
Spirit of 1776 on March 2, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Many of the people that the housing plan is designed to help had their homes for 20+ years, for starters. Part of the problem is that a lot of homes’ values are dropping and as such homes that are nearby are being affected. Comments about gnats and planktons are just dumb, btw.
ckoeber on March 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
For the liberals in here, please try to defend your points by logical precise arguments, instead of touting party lines. For better guidance, please look into some of the quotes posted by DeathToMediaHacks, who is also a liberal, and posts regularly, but with more cogent arguments.
The overall intentions voiced by some of the liberals sound good, but till date I have not found one who can answer the very simple question : how do you intend to pay for it? Give me any coherent financial plan, so that we can at least debate over concrete points.
peter_griffin on March 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
So that’s where Geithner’s been, brushing up on his speaking skills. Good thing, I guess, his last outing was a disaster!
TN Mom on March 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
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