GOP weekly address nukes the stimulus: “Where are the jobs?”
posted at 4:42 pm on June 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Submitted for your approval, a preview of the line of attack Republicans far and wide will be using next year in the midterms distilled to three crystalline minutes. It’s all here: The gigantic stimulus waste, the travesty of cap-and-trade, and (soon) the unholy bloat of ObamaCare. Toss in Heritage’s now-famous graph of Obama’s deficits and Innocent Bystanders’ chart of how dismally the stimulus has failed to stem unemployment and you’re 90 percent of the way towards a generic GOP congressional campaign commercial for spring 2010.
Sure would be nice if we had a spokesman on the Republican side with Obama’s confidence and charisma, but this’ll do. Boehner’s having a good week, huh?
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Not bad, but I wonder if Boehner’s push for Republican Greenism is really in demand among the average American.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I agree with Boehner, but how can the Republicans build any credibility when 8 of them go and vote YES on Cap & Trade?
If these 8 republicans would have voted NO then Cap & Trade would have been dead in it’s tracks. 3 here, 8 there, soon it is 11 then 15 then 32…..
Boehner did a piss poor job in holding the line.
Pretty soon there will not be a next time.
What will it take?
Another Great Depression so the Republicans can point at Obama and say “I told you so?”
Where is Michael Steele?
The politicians have failed us.
It’s time to take to the streets, we can’t wait until the next election.
The congress people that are in session need a wake-up call.
They can’t say the people have requested me to vote NO and then vote YES. What kind of representation is that?
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 4:51 PM
The Republicans just don’t know how to be a majority party. So long as they aren’t the blue-blood country club, go-along-to-get-along types, they do a pretty good job when they’re in the minority. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot you can do, or stop, when you’re in the minority. Put em in charge, and you get Democrat behavior. Something tickles my memory chips about power, and corruption…they should make a saying about that!
bikermailman on June 27, 2009 at 4:52 PM
They need to enlarge both of those and just kind of point to them a couple times in every other news conference.
BadgerHawk on June 27, 2009 at 4:53 PM
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Even another Depression won’t change people’s attitudes, or the way history looks at things. Look at the First Great Depression, and the things we were taught in school: FDR saved us from the depression, Hoover was a do-nothing type, FDR was almost god.
bikermailman on June 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I’m beginning to think you do this on purpose to piss off Palin drones. Seriously. :o)
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Not bad, but I wonder if Boehner’s push for Republican Greenism is really in demand among the average American.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I would say Boehner is doing the best he can against the unholiest of trinities Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.
fourdeucer on June 27, 2009 at 4:56 PM
give them a dominant, complicit press, and they’d look pretty damn good. The incompetent nincompoops running the Dem party get all the cover they need. It’s gonna have to be the Reps in office plus the people vs. the dems and the press.
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Im sure the question will be ignored and if addressed at all will be blamed om Bush is all.
tx2654 on June 27, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I know, I know – the old saying “History repeating itself”
I guess that is Obama’s goal – to be a black FDR that
will lead us out of the depression that HE created…..
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 4:58 PM
She doesn’t have the crossover appeal of Obama. Maybe she can fix that, but it will be a lot of hard work.
pedestrian on June 27, 2009 at 4:58 PM
wow. I actually remember the days when we elected men like Boehner. sigh.
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 4:58 PM
No, I’ve got to give him credit. But in the end people will be driven by money, jobs, and security. People will be willing to “sacrifice” the environment if that means they can still drive a car instead of walking 2 miles to work every day. He was right about rural America getting hit hard.
Oh, and when I say “sacrifice the environment,” I mean most people won’t give a rats pattutee what Nancy, Al, and Obama say when gas is $12/gal.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 4:59 PM
The simple argument on the Cap and Trade travesty is:
Energy efficiency is a good thing. Improved efficiency is something all businesses seek to lower costs and help the bottom line. Smarter practices are good, but quasi religious penance through self sacrifice will achieve nothing. But, since the Democrats aren’t satisfied achieving nothing, they’re going to make things exponentially worse by creating a derivitives market based on Carbon usage. Someone remind me, how did the derivitives market on Mortgages work out for us?
P.S. if this goes through, there will be fortunes made counterfeiting carbon credits. It’ll be great for money laundering, though, so it’s got that going for it.
trubble on June 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I really just want to know why any of the 8 “republicans” voted for this. I’m still sickened by it.
deidre on June 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Boehner 2012?
aebloo on June 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Um, perhaps if she had a fawning press to overlook natural character flaws and slips, perhaps we wouldn’t be having this conversation. The only reason why Obama isn’t in Palin’s shoes is because the press didn’t do their jobs.
Obama is a good actor. He reads his lines well from a clear screen and is in semi good shape. So, yeah. His politics are polarizing in the extreme and the only reason why he skated was because of negligent press. Period.
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Yeah, especially given that 44 Donks were willing to cross party lines. That is really, really sad.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Is that you JetBoy?
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
izoneguy:
What about the 168 Republicans who voted no on that bill? It seems to me that Boehner did a better job of holding the line than Pelosi did. And btw, the Republicans have done a pretty good job of standing together. Every now and then they will get a handful of defectors but by and large the overwhelming majority of Republicans have said no to Obama on spending and cap and trade and other issues as well.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I was kinda hoping that the impeachment procedings would begin on Jan 21, 2011 – when gas is only about $9 a gal. and a loaf of bread is $12
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
bikermailman:
The Republicans were in the majority for several years before they lost out recently and for most of that time they did pretty good. I think that what happens a lot is that once a party is in the majority for awhile they get too comfortable. But I have to say that when I look at Pelosi and Reid and their majority in Congress today I can not help but think that maybe the Republicans were not so bad after all.
When the Democrats took over the deficit was $170 billion…look at it now.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Obama grabbed the comet’s tail. It can’t end good.
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Although I don’t anticipate any major Donk gains in 2010 (probably more R’s), I don’t think the Republicans could take back the House that soon, and let’s face it, no Blue Dogs are going to push to Impeach Obama.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:06 PM
I have both of these graphs, in color, on the door to my office. The good thing about graphs is that no words are necessary. These two speak volumes.
SoldiersMom on June 27, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Good message, lousy delivery. Very wooden, pedantic phraseology, and with that Tom Cruise Scientology lamp-in-the-office background. It cements the perception that republicans are just old, square white guys in suits. Then he pays homage to the green liar about CO2, and “cleaning up the environment”, whatever that means. I just looked outside. Aside from some weeds I can see, the environment looks pretty clean.
We can’t win with suits like this delivering soft talking points from C-Span. We need style and charisma to sell the conservative message and expose the socialist lie, because as we all know, image, not substance, sells.
Perhaps Boehner can put on one white glove.
keep the change on June 27, 2009 at 5:08 PM
deirdre:
There were things put in the bill to benefit certain states, and those Republicans just happened to be from those states.
But someone said something that I think is true, even if the Republicans had all voted against the bill Nancy Pelosi might well have gotten 8 more Democrats to vote for it. Chances are she knew had the votes one or another before she ever brought the bill to the floor.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Good question..I haven’t heard a peep out of him in what seems like months….not that theres anything wrong with that.
If he’s busy reinventing himself, I hope he doesn’t reappear with a dew rag and undershorts sticking out of his baggy pants.. or a sombrero and a lawnmower.
Itchee Dryback on June 27, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I think mentioning the environment is okay. A lot of people do care about it. I think the environment is cleaner than it was 30 years ago. I can actually remember dead fish floating in nasty rivers and even more smog over cities. It is possible to be responsible in terms of the environment without being some self destructive delusional zealot.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:12 PM
right, because when she was elected governor in 2006 she got by on a GOP majority of 51%.
The Republican party in Alaska was really supporting her.
/sarc
joey24007 on June 27, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Eh… McHugh (R-NY) voted for the bill (and he’s not representing the City), whereas Massa (D-NY) didn’t.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Where is Steele? I received some stuff in my email about calling into Reps to vote against cap and trade a few days ago. I get a lot of those kinds of messages from Steele and Co.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:14 PM
True, people want to live in a clean world, but when times get tough, I don’t think the environment is a vote winner. It is always about money.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:14 PM
I’m just curious – and no, I’m not trying to start an argument, I just really want to know.
Let’s say Sarah Palin manages to win the GOP nomination in 2012. If the only two choices are Palin and The One, is there anyone here who won’t vote either a) for Palin or b) against The O?
uncivilized on June 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Boehner’s always been a insider party man and certainly has never been the face of the GOP. The fact that he is doing this himself is impressive, and he did hit all the right issues, but obviously most Americans don’t know who he is and just see a fake-and-baking chain smoker.
Boehner is more or less doing the best he can in the face of tyrannical opposition from the Dems, but you’re right that we need people that are more charismatic and willing to do real damage to the Dems’ policies.
Sarah Palin is one nationally known figure that could do it (the media can’t ignore her), but we need several leaders like her willing to punch the statist agenda in the face with no apologies.
fiatboomer on June 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM
If the GOP bought ad time on the most popular channels and showed the Heritage chart with just a little voice-over, I think public opinion would change REALLY fast, and pressure would mount to stop this idiocy.
Daggett on June 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Upstater:
I thought this was an interesting map about the cap and trade and who pays and who gets what.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:21 PM
While Boehner’s message was good, the GOP needs to employ someone the likes of Susan Powter.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 27, 2009 at 5:22 PM
what does cap n trade have to do with the environment?
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Good question. And, I honestly believe that her “outsider” appeal will only strengthen the more that the Liberals overreach. The more our economy and morale decline and the more that liberals are held to that, the more appeal she will have. She isn’t CONNECTED to the corruption. More and more people are upset with this…and she truly IS change. We’ll see how good her handlers are in conveying that fact.
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Everyone reading this message needs to go get off his/her butt and go join a local activist group.
Stop sitting on your computer and GO DO SOMETHING.
There’s a ton of groups out there that need the donation of your time and money. Some ideas:
*Your local tea party group
*Your local 9.12 project group
*Campaign for Liberty
*Independence Caucus
*GOOOH
*Americans for Prosperity
…the list goes on and on.
Stop being an armchair bystander and GET IN THE GAME.
A voice of reason on June 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Yep. That’s why Mitch Daniels gave the Weekly Address a few weeks ago. Us Hoosiers are going to be royally screwed.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Most of us would vote for Larry Craig if he was running against Obama.
Speedwagon82 on June 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Well, let’s put it this way, unlike with McCain, if I still hold reservations about Palin come 2012, I think I’ll still be voting for her.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Upstater:
No doubt the economy will always win out over the environment. At least I think so, but it does not help to point out that it is possible to protect the environment and the economy. They are not mutually exclusive.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Good question…
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:25 PM
So what does this mean? Massa (a Donk) had more backbone than McHugh?
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:26 PM
If they put a yellow dog on that ticket, I will vote for it. A yellow dog Republican.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Maybe someone can find some non-white people who think the Const. is cool, and that the US doesn’t suck, and send them on tour. Oh yeah, the military can’t do that inside the US. We’ll just have to wait until they’re forced to take over in that case.
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Upstate:
It might not mean anything. Or it might mean that there was some deal making in some of those districts.
I don’t understand how any rational person could vote for it myself.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Perhaps, but if I were Boehner, I wouldn’t even waste 5 seconds talking about the environment. In some ways it might even “justify” the Donk message… Just come out swinging about jobs, the economy, prices, &c and leave the environmental concerns for a forum that is really about the environment.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM
oh my. throwback.
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Here is a good question for the enviromentalists. If I drive up to a gas station and buy a gallon of gas, whose business is it if I put it in a new corvette, or a new prious? That gallon of gas that I pay for is mine. When I heat my home who should tell me I can’t set the thermostat where I want it. When I turn on my lights whose business is it how bright they are or how long they are on? The honest objective of the radical enviromentalists is to reduce our way of life, not carbon emissions.
fourdeucer on June 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Wish he could read his cue cards/teleprompter better.
Midas on June 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Yep – frame the message correctly, *not* respond in the context of the way the Dems have framed it.
Midas on June 27, 2009 at 5:30 PM
I understand. I favor the theory that there was some deal making (by McHugh). If he’s from the 23rd, that’s not exactly the most Pro-Cape-n-trade district. Sure, there’s the more liberal college towns like Potsdam and Plattsburgh. Then you have Watertown with Fort Drum.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Here’s a map that gives a clue. Doesn’t explain IL or DE though.
IrishEi on June 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Is it really yours? I think it’s OURS… ;)
Seriously, this is Progressive Mindset.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:33 PM
DR. Cwac Cwac:
I wrote Ellsworth, called Ellsworth, emailed Ellsworth and in general acted like a crazy person with a grudge when it came to that vote. I think those self deluded hoosiers who voted for Obama are going to regret that vote. Some of them anyway.
Do you think Mitch Daniels might be considered for 2012?
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:33 PM
He hasn’t done too shabby of a job… It would be interesting to see him more on the national stage.
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:33 PM
So no more Newts and Nancys sharing a bench? Yuck, blech, vomit. all of these pols are so freaking weird.
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Oops. I should finish all the comments first.
IrishEi on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Obama doesn’t have much crossover appeal, either. His ideology represents that of at most about 15% of the public; he’s utterly polarizing. He won on the basis of Lehman Brothers and dissatisfaction with 8 years of Bush and a Republican Congress.
ddrintn on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Winning strategy for the GOP is to hold the filthy liar in the White House and his party who voted for this crap to account.
We were told we had to spend those trillions on “stimulus” to save and create jobs as the unemployment rate is creeping up to double digits. The Congress rushed through that legislation on a party line vote (minus the RINO traitors). Why shouldn’t the GOP really hold the filthy liar and Democrats responsible???
highhopes on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Enough people suffer long enough without jobs, won’t matter what their ‘messages’ are. They’ll vote for the ‘other guy’
bridgetown on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Yes, Terry already showed me this. I’d say it doesn’t explain NY. My Donk rep voted no where as McHugh (R) voted yes. Both from non-NYC NY…
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Quit whining about the stimulus when you can’t block cap and trade. Boehner, you better line up the Senate opposition!
alliebobbitt on June 27, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Upstater:
And the deal making might even have something to do with some other vote sometime down the road. I also wonder if the fact that people think it will die in the Senate had some bearing on this vote? These Republicans might already know there will be filibuster or something.
Terrye on June 27, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Mostly, though, he won on the basis of his race and the fact that the media for the most part is in that 15% moonbat demographic.
ddrintn on June 27, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I would really expect that anyone with a (R) by their name should vote NO on all of these Pelosi-Obama piles of crap.
Voting with the libs is a sure fire way to get your ass kicked out….
Or kick your own ass out – just ask Arlen.
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Heh, this fall Boehner can make a video whining about Cap & Trade after National Health Care gets passed.
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:44 PM
um. we are. I know I am. Many times over.
Mommypundit on June 27, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I would really expect that anyone with a (R) by their name should vote NO on all of these Pelosi-Obama piles of crap.
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM
We can’t even be called the opposition party when some of our members don’t oppose the Dems.
fourdeucer on June 27, 2009 at 5:48 PM
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM
If they run all industry out of the US, then there will be fewer emissions.Also more people out of work means fewer cars on hwy. Twisted i know but there you go.
LSUMama on June 27, 2009 at 5:55 PM
BINGO!! and the dems will use this vote in spades – just like they did on Porkulus. I wonder which of the 8 (R) reps who voted YES will come out on Monday and switch to the democratic party?
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Heh, I wish they would run GM & The UAW out of the country.
izoneguy on June 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Two problems with your vitriol.
First, only eight Republicans voted for the legislation while 44 Democrats voted against. Eight leakers is pretty damned good compared to Pelosi’s side of the equation.
Secondly, and more significantly, Boehner is in the house. Senate Republicans are led by Mitch McConnell.
highhopes on June 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Or this means that even though 44 Donks could see the insanity of Cap-N-Trade, we still had 8 insane Elephants claiming to be on our side…
Upstater85 on June 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
I agree with the thrust of this post. Matter of fact, I think everyone should agree and take to heart the seriousness of this rhetorical question/point. If Palin manages to win the nomination…even if you don’t like her…you’d better get the F— over it and vote for her anyways (speaking to Republicans). In this last election 7 MILLION ‘Conservatives’ sat at home and didn’t vote…which resulted not only in the President we now have, but the lopsided Congress we now have. If we, as Republicans, haven’t learned the SERIOUS consequences of putting aside our ambivalences and voting our party into power than we deserve what we get and there’s no one to blame but ourselves.
I’m a committed Palin supporter, so I’ll gleefully vote for her. But if she doesn’t win the nomination, and it goes to someone else (even someone awful like Romney or Huckabee), I’ll vote for em!!! F— it!! I’ll take ANY Republican over the current President we now have to endure for 3+ more years.
LiquidH2O on June 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM
highhopes on June 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I agree that the margin was small but if was just one republican that voted yes on the bill the liberals would be screaming it was bi-partisan.
fourdeucer on June 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I finally figured out who John Boehner reminds me of in looks and perhaps voice: Gary Cooper. Not bad.
onlineanalyst on June 27, 2009 at 6:04 PM
What are you talking about? The Precedent only has as much charisma and confidence as the script the MSM writes for him. If we had a real press, his stupidity and lack of speaking skills would ahve been exposed long ago. I bet you think that actors really are like the roles they play and that what happens in movies represents reality well.
At least you’ve stopped calling the idiot messiah “smart”. I guess that’s a move in the right direction, though you’re still woefully behind the curve.
He’s an idiot without any discernible skills, at all. ALl he has is a nice voice.
progressoverpeace on June 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
After yesterday’s vote where Congress had, once again, not even bothered to read, I have given up on republicans. The good ones are ineffectual and the bad ones (8 yesterday) are bought and will stay bought until fired. I am now flying my flag at half staff in remembrance of our once great country. It will remain there until someone gets angry enough to fight back….
JIMV on June 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
I’m not so sure. Many democrats waited to see how it came out. As soon as enough votes were there to pass it, they were safe to vote against it and save their butts back home. But without those repubican votes, it probably would have passed anyway.
darwin-t on June 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Maybe the Midnight Cowboy could do a week long acting seminar for Republican wannabe political types. ALL the issues are working for us. We just need to hang on for 3 more years of bho’s fecklessness.
Mojave Mark on June 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM
I’m a committed Palin supporter, so I’ll gleefully vote for her. But if she doesn’t win the nomination, and it goes to someone else (even someone awful like Romney or Huckabee), I’ll vote for em!!! F— it!! I’ll take ANY Republican over the current President we now have to endure for 3+ more years.
LiquidH2O on June 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I agree but I have to say it .If I have to vote for anyone from Massactaxsetts its going against every instinct I have.
LSUMama on June 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM
As long as academia and its “historians” remain dedicated Leftists, Chimpy Bush will never get any credit for keeping America safe after the attacks he inherited from Clinton. It will take a yet-unborn generation of scholars to see what really happened in the first decade of the 21st century.
Del Dolemonte on June 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Obama won because minorities who usually could care a less about politics voted in mass. That’s why I think 2010 will be good for the Republicans. Most minorities will have no reason to go to the voting booth since Bozo won’t be on the ticket.
- SP couldn’t win in 2012. Not because I don’t think she’s great but the press has already done a number on her and that will never change. Too many people have a negative view of her by no fault of her own.
- Boehner’s message is good but his delivery is terrible.
- The Republicans need someone with carisma who can deliver our message loud, clear, and concisely WITHOUT BACKING DOWN.
- The Republicans should hire a PR firm STAT. We have enough material to be running commercials on the SRM every day. I think most people would be shocked to know what’s really going on.
txag92 on June 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM
At least they had an excuse, this time, in that there was no complete bill to read :)
I’m still trying to figure out how any of this was legal.
progressoverpeace on June 27, 2009 at 6:15 PM
That’s very true. Less than 20 years after the fall of the USSR and less than 8 years after 9/11, morons voted in a marxist named Hussein. It doesn’t get much worse than that.
progressoverpeace on June 27, 2009 at 6:17 PM
“Massactaxsetts”…priceless. Well, here’s hoping that during the primaries, a Republican candidate (*cough* Palin *cough*) brings up the massive taxes and socialized health care and flip-flopping and everything else so we don’t end up HAVING to vote for Mr. Nice Hair in the general election. ;)
LiquidH2O on June 27, 2009 at 6:19 PM
I don’t think you can blame Boehner for 8 repubs breaking ranks, even on a peace of shit bill like this. I know Reichert wins by the skin of his teeth every 2 years, in a district full of tree huggers, and he needs at least some of them to vote for him. I don’t know the other districts as well but I assume they have similar situations and have all determined they are doomed if they don’t vote “for the environment”. Ultimately they are going to vote for their political survival, especially if they think the Senate is going to rescue them.
I know most people here say “we don’t need them anyway then”. But every single one of them voted against the stimulus. We can only have so many line-in-the-sand votes where we cast out anyone who strays from the party line.
BuzzCrutcher on June 27, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Actually the press did do their job, which was simple-brainwash Americans into voting for a Democrat for President.
They did the same thing in 1992-they totally ignored the economic recovery that according to the Fed started in March of 1991, and enabled an unknown Governor from Arkansas to defeat an incumbent by lying about the economy.
They tried their best to elect a Democrat in 2000 and 2004, but in both cases their choisen candidate was obviously inferior to the man they both ran against (Gore lost his own home state). Despite the fact that both candidates were empty suits, with the press’s “help” they nearly won.
Josef Goebbels would be proud of today’s American media. And that’s a fact.
Del Dolemonte on June 27, 2009 at 6:20 PM
On a happy note just found out all of the Reps from Louisiana voted no. Now if we can only get Mary Landrieu to do the right thing.She is for Drill Baby Drill so I hope she lands on the right side of this issue.
LSUMama on June 27, 2009 at 6:21 PM
The Porkulus was peanuts compared to Crap&Trade. Crap&Trade is a real economy killer, the certification of junk science, and a total capitulation of the American government. The Porkulus was just a waste of money.
progressoverpeace on June 27, 2009 at 6:24 PM
My personal thoughts are, that these 8 are from mostly liberal states, and they believe in this global warming farce. It didn’t matter what their constituents want…all they see now, is how they will be hailed as hero’s for saving the environment, from the evils of man.
I believe on conserving, and recycling, but to put into total upheaval, the way we live, and thrive, and succeed, and prosper, is insane. This comes on the heels of those, who right now, don’t have to worry about being laid off, or putting food on the table. They tax the hell out of us, and eat on our dime, and keep their job. As far as I’m concerned, if I lived in any of the states these 8 come from, I’d be calling first thing Monday, and letting them know exactly what I think, and letting them know, their pink slip is coming.
capejasmine on June 27, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Not twisted at all. Why does Gaia need people? And if there are to be any, they really ought to be the right sort.
JiangxiDad on June 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM
The GOP must not confuse the Democrat agenda with what is needed, or what the American public wants. The GOP acts as if people are in love with the Green movement, when nothing could be farther from the truth. We are for Drill Here and NOW. We want to be off Saudi oil, and realize free markets will eventually bring other technologies to support other fuel sources. But it is not a driving issue as the Dems have framed it.
The same can be said about health care. Anyone with half a brain knows tort reform must come first. There are many other ways to lower health care costs, and none of them require spending one dime. Americans really do not want any government insurance. Insuring the uninsured is not an issue with most Americans.
The elephant in the room, and something which crosses all areas across the board is illegals. Not one of the issues being brought up by the Dems, and GOP is not tainted by the illegal problem.
From health care to jobs, to demands on energy sources; illegals are a factor. If the GOP would just insist the laws of this land were to be enforced, much of our problems would ease, or disappear with nary one tax dollar, or taxes being raised. Build the damn fence!
As to defeating President Death Star, his skin is thin. The last presser demonstrated that in a big way. If the GOP would combine their criticisms with his words, bad policy decisions on his part, and clear alternative answers, the President nor any of his Administration will be able to control themselves. Quite frankly, I have yet to see anyone truly intelligent enough to deal with any of our possible POTUS nominees. Navel lint has more intelligence than what we currently have running this country.
freeus on June 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Where are you solutions repblicans blah blah blah is what we will hear.
tomas on June 27, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Levin said on Friday that those 8 Repubelicans were promised their states would be benefit from the bill. I do not believe any of them are Greenies at heart, but they believed for some insane reason this bill would provide their states cover, and in addition, would profit from this muck.
freeus on June 27, 2009 at 6:36 PM
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