Comments on: AIP Column: How to create fiscal conservatives

By: xblade

xblade — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:23:36 +0000

The opportunity we have now is to show people the bill.

Wishful thinking. Folks can’t be bothered with that political stuff. What them politicians do in Washington ain’t got nothing to do with them.

By: boomer

boomer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Folks in Colorado are getting so sick of higher taxes that the DMV offices are starting to hire security gaurds because of all the angry people.

By: boqueronman

boqueronman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:24 +0000

It’s much more complicated than a small comment box can hold, but jeridhill has it basically correct. We, as a society, let ourselves, with the help of the Dems and compliant Republicans, become addicted to debt. And, as with all addicts, you have to hit bottom and accept your individual responsibility before you can pull yourself, and your community, back. As for Obama, he has as his objective to make sure we can at least see the bottom from where he plans to take us. What doesn’t kill you, though, makes you stronger.

By: redfoxbluestate

redfoxbluestate — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:21:07 +0000

It would be nice if once in a while those same middle class voters, who are seemingly happy to have benefits with OPM, actually had a little moral indignation over the fact that a minority of people in this country already shoulder a majority of the burden.

By: DDT

DDT — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:19:05 +0000

Sorry,the trillion dollar bill isn’t the reason his poll numbers are down.His numbers are down because he hasn’t paid off everyone’s mortgage,bought them new cars or 60″TVs.He hasn’t ended Global Warming(the sky is still falling) raised(or was it lowered) the seas,nor fed the masses with five loaves of bread and a couple fish.
The idiots who supported him don’t even see the bill,all they see is the AURA ,and the lustre is wearing off.

By: Jeff from WI

Jeff from WI — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:17:30 +0000

Is she about to eat a Burger King 7 incher?

Daggett on July 16, 2009 at 2:59 PM

No, she just saw that Obama stole her MOM JEANS

By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:10:38 +0000

Just goes to prove, EVERYONE should have to pay taxes. It’s odd, but when you PAY TAXES, you tend to PAY ATTENTION.

By: Sapwolf

Sapwolf — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:50:09 +0000

I wonder when Sarah weighs in?

tarpon on July 16, 2009 at 3:29 PM

Yes, I need another Cuda fix.

She’s crack for fiscons.

By: jukin

jukin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:37:15 +0000

What is the over/under on a 300+ page amendment coming in at the 11th hour on healthcare?

By: SKYFOX

SKYFOX — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:16:33 +0000

Sadly we wouldn’t have this problem if Republicans would have done the right thing when they had majorities.

indyrowe on July 16, 2009

So true. Which is why I will never again vote for the (R) unless conservatism is the rock on which he/she stands.
No RINO’s, no squishies, no “pragmatists” for me, thank you.

By: cmsinaz

cmsinaz — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:04:52 +0000

warden on July 16, 2009 at 3:54 PM

I’m afraid you maybe right….

By: indyrowe

indyrowe — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:02:20 +0000

Sadly we wouldn’t have this problem if Republicans would have done the right thing when they had majorities. The best we can hope for is deadlock.

By: warden

warden — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:54:53 +0000

It took several months for people to realize, for instance, that a stimulus package that spends most of its money in the second, third, and fourth years wouldn’t stimulate the economy in Year 1 or arrest unemployment rates. That lesson will cost us $800 billion in principal and probably around half as much more in interest payments.

Sounds like a good strategy for an Obama 2012 win. The “rough times” of the early Obama years will be forgotten or blamed on left over “Bush policies” and we might all be warm and fuzzy with our shiny new hand-outs. Scary ain’t it.

By: CMonster

CMonster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:53:22 +0000

*spit take*
P.BO projects a lack of resolve.

Count to 10 on July 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM

I will agree with you on important things like cutting the deficit and national security…however, he shows significant resolve in increasing the size of government, wasteful spending, and groveling at the feat of despots.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:50:59 +0000

Yet, the word is out that there is a “bi-partisan” consensus on the health-care bill.
Here we have a bill that is being rejected by the people, and the Republicans are going to sign on…rather then holding out and making the dems stick their neck out.

By: Count to 10

Count to 10 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:48:56 +0000

Obama has plenty of resolve… it takes intelligence to have resolve over the correct issues.

CMonster on July 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM

*spit take*
P.BO projects a lack of resolve.

By: WashJeff

WashJeff — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:46:33 +0000

Rudy was the closest.

Count to 10 on July 16, 2009 at 3:31 PM

I agree with that. He was my second choice to vote for after Fred. Of course neither of them made it to the Illinois primary.

By: unrealcitizen

unrealcitizen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:45:42 +0000

Why do I not hear anyone clammering about the jobs that will be lost by taking the money we pay insurance companies and giving it to the great sucking maw? Won’t the entire industry just fall apart…? What about THOSE jobs. Ridiculous. And I’m sure that once they set up the initial tax/charge/fee/theft that Obama will be all like, “Let me be clear, make no mistake..ummm…we need more.”

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:42:23 +0000

McCain’t, Mitt Retread, Ahh Shuckabee and the Thrilla from Wasilla combined don’t have the brain power of a pimple on Reagan’s ass.

CMonster on July 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM

Hmmmm… as i remember Reagan, he was not a deep thinker… he had common sense and tried used it in politics, and STICK to it.

One of the reasons he was so popular was that he did not come off as an egghead elite, and espoused what most of the ocuntry was already thinking… vice the inside the beltway echochamber.

By: CMonster

CMonster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:42:19 +0000

There are several kinds of wrong with that, but lets start with this: Reagan wasn’t about “brain power”, he was about resolve.

Count to 10 on July 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM

Obama has plenty of resolve… it takes intelligence to have resolve over the correct issues.

By: Fletch54

Fletch54 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:39:08 +0000

jeridhill on July 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM

Happens about once every 30 or 40 years. Generational amnesia followed by generational theft.

By: Count to 10

Count to 10 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:38:14 +0000

McCain’t, Mitt Retread, Ahh Shuckabee and the Thrilla from Wasilla combined don’t have the brain power of a pimple on Reagan’s ass.

CMonster on July 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM

There are several kinds of wrong with that, but lets start with this: Reagan wasn’t about “brain power”, he was about resolve.

By: CMonster

CMonster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:33:45 +0000

McCain’t, Mitt Retread, Ahh Shuckabee and the Thrilla from Wasilla combined don’t have the brain power of a pimple on Reagan’s ass.

By: Count to 10

Count to 10 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:31:12 +0000

Fiscal Cons were thrown under the bus by the Republican party. There WAS no fiscal con choice in the last two election cycles.

Romeo13 on July 16, 2009 at 3:17 PM

Rudy was the closest.

By: tarpon

tarpon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:29:39 +0000

I wonder when Sarah weighs in?