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run with that Howie just like your Mocha Vulcan saying “revenue growth is less important than fairness”….that way when inflation and bracket creep make EVERYONE “rich” but vread is five buck a loaf you can explain, “but honest under that old capitalism it’d be twelve”….
I notice your doctoring wasn’t all charity work either Howie….
sven10077 on May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Now they tell us.
AUINSC on May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I’m thinking we haven’t had enough, but that’s just me.
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Interesting. He got six-figures for his new book. Your publisher might disagree with your statement.
sherry on May 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM
WOW. who screwed up and let him get quoted?!
Buckaroo on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Campaign ad. Golden.
GOP, use this stuff, please.
cs89 on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
sherry on May 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Capitalism for me, but not for thee.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Regulation is not the “opposite” of capitalism. Democrats really do have this inexplicable fetish for the term, so much so that they use it in places it does not belong. Its similar to the Republican use of the word capitalism.
I like Congressmen Ryan calling the evolving system “crony capitalism.” The Democrats aren’t really taking over the whole economy Soviet style, it’s more like they’re just ensuring that it’s business with political connections that get all the breaks (in bailouts and regulation).
Howard Dean for King of the Morons!! He’s the best. He must be a sleeper agent.
If only he didn’t look like he was going to just lose it, strip all of his clothes off at any given moment and start humping the dog …
progressoverpeace on May 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM
You and I both know what is going on is far beyond any sort of regulation.
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Ernesto lacks so much confidence that he has a constant need to balance his posts with a jab at the GOP
Jamson64 on May 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Howard dean is still alive? How is that possible? I thought for sure he’d have had an aneurism by now. Sigh.
I think that 8 years of Howard dean is MORE than enough.
AW1 Tim on May 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM
The dems are so power mad they’re going to destroy their coalition before it can become self sustaining.
Karmashock on May 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Ernesto lacks so much confidence that he has a constant need to balance his posts with a jab at the GOP
Jamson64 on May 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I often play the “two sides of the same coin” angle when musing on partisan sh*t like this. I understand this is a very conservative site. If i were somewhere else, i wouldn’t bother with the GOP stab. I give the GOP and conservatives a dig whenever i can get away with some initial logical attempt because its fun here. It engages the keener minds on the site, and keeps the real trolls out.
yep, so if we can’t have capitalism, then we’ll try socialism. That’s MUCH better isn’t it? I’m with Lorien, this is open season so now we can call the lot of them socialists.
If the head of the Democrats says he wants socialism, then they are no longer the Democrat party. . . they are the socialist party. This needs to be put in an ad and run over and over and over again along side pictures of some other renowned socialists in history.
Imagine if Bush told the media how to spin daily events…
And he told journalists directly that they should stress the fact that the cuts are “significant” – a surprisingly direct appeal to reporters concerning which angle they should take in their coverage.
Howard Dean has “had quite enough capitalism” but you better not call him a socialist. That would be swift-boating and character assassination.
OneGyT on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I understand this is a very conservative site.
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
How much time do you spend at RedState, FreeRepublic, Ace or The Boss’s site? HotAir really isn’t that conservative.
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I read Ace, never comment. Never really got into the discussion there, too many people saying the same thing…though I suppose that’s what you’re getting at, right?
Either way, from my political perspective, the HotAir conventional wisdom tends to be hard line enough to be past “center-right”.
Yep – just look at GE. They are neck deep in with the Obama administration. They own MSNBC, CNBC, and NBC – all Lefty outfits.
They are the world’s second largest producer of wind turbines.
They are a huge developer of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and other healthcare IT technology via GE Medical.
So, yes, GE benefits greatly from the Obama agenda.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Still, Bennett, Medved and Hewitt warn us on a daily basis that the Dems are mere Leftists and that tagging them as Socialists will backfire on conservatives. The Eggshell Squad, scared to death the truth will offend.
james23 on May 7, 2009 at 10:53 PM
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Conservatives illogical? Doesn’t compute.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I love how all these Dem’s who have made a sh*t load of money off capitalism – Obambi for starters – have decided we’ve had enough capitalism.
ctmom on May 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Interesting. He got six-figures for his new book. Your publisher might disagree with your statement.
sherry on May 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Might I suggest that Howie redistribute 75% of his earnings to the less fortunate?
txag92 on May 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I notice your doctoring wasn’t all charity work either Howie….
sven10077 on May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Silly peasant. Socialism is only going to be for the lower classes. Our betters are never going to have to wait for medical care.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I realized when the liberals at the NYT were pestering Obama about whether or not he was a socialist that they all really want to feel the liberation of coming out of the closet and admitting that they are socialists.
I think they feel that there is no reason to lie about their Marxist beliefs anymore. They might be right about that as the parasites are in the majority and there isn’t much motivation for a parasite to join the hosts. Secession is the only answer for those who believe in self determination, and the longer it’s delayed, the more difficult it will become.
Buddahpundit on May 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Conversely- I have had quite enough of Howard Dean over the past eight years. Yeeeeeeeeoooow.
shannonkelly on May 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
<blockquoteCampaign ad. Golden.
GOP, use this stuff, please.
cs89 on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
They won’t.
artist on May 7, 2009 at 10:30 PM
No, they won’t. And Quote of the Day around this sad site of course is another Meghan McCain piece of idiocy.
Marcus on May 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The best rendition of the infamous Dean scream courtesy of JibJab
dmann on May 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I keep wanting to call them socialists, sometimes I do…but it’s not really accurate. They are big government bullies. They are ultra-egalitarians. I don’t know, we need a new word to describe what they are.
WisCon on May 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
We had capitalism under Bill Clinton too, and Howard Dean thought Bill Clinton was awesome.
SoulGlo on May 7, 2009 at 11:27 PM
I keep wanting to call them socialists, sometimes I do…but it’s not really accurate. They are big government bullies. They are ultra-egalitarians. I don’t know, we need a new word to describe what they are.
WisCon on May 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Levin’s “statists” is pretty good.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 11:28 PM
SoulGlo on May 7, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Behold the power of racial healing…….
dmann on May 7, 2009 at 11:29 PM
And we’re surprised by this why?
“I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.” —Howard Dean, 2005
Capitalism didn’t fail, and even that idiot knows it. And GWB was a big fat liberal in practically every way. If only we had a press that would call the progs out on their lies…
Our prog friends, with their socioeconomic meddling, crony capitalism and bailouts won’t let the free market work. Of course, they caused this crisis and what do Americans do but reward the unaccountable, lying fools with the WH and a majority in Congress for their handy work.
I heard a war veteran call Levin today, asking him what he and his brothers in arms fought a war against communism for, if all the good it did was to watch his own ungrateful nation turn into the same. It saddened me.
Screaming Dean is wistful for the days when the New York Times’ Walter Duranty could be counted on to shill for the joyful utopia led by Joseph Stalin.
viking01 on May 7, 2009 at 11:54 PM
And I’ve seen enough of Howard Dean’s big dumb crazy face…:-)
Then move to Cuba or something Dr. Shrill. And leave all your money to charity on the way out. Just stop fouling up this country with your stench.
Grayson on May 8, 2009 at 1:18 AM
Howard Dean: “I think we’ve had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years Give fascism a chance! Yeeeeaaaaahhh!”
MB4 on May 8, 2009 at 2:28 AM
I love it. Meddle with the capitalist system enough until it fails, and then point out how it’s failing, then suggest another alternative. Wait, what’s the alternative to capitalism. Would Dr. Dean like to answer?
What -ism would Dean prefer? Come on, someone ask the guy.
Regulation is the opposite of capitalism.
Capitalism means that individuals own the capital. And ownership means control.
Regulation means the govt controls the capital.
MarkTheGreat on May 8, 2009 at 8:06 AM
I think we’ve had enough of Howard Dean over the last eight years.
Anyone can look like a genius by quadrupling property taxes in a state in which much of the property is owned by non-residents who can’t vote in that state.
And they’re still screwed financially today.
drjohn on May 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I’m looking forward to January, because then the Dems can’t say “the last eight years” anymore, and “the last eight years before this last year we just had” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
Ferris on May 8, 2009 at 9:12 AM
“I keep wanting to call them socialists, sometimes I do…but it’s not really accurate. They are big government bullies. They are ultra-egalitarians. I don’t know, we need a new word to describe what they are.”
I like Congressmen Ryan calling the evolving system “crony capitalism.” The Democrats aren’t really taking over the whole economy Soviet style, it’s more like they’re just ensuring that it’s business with political connections that get all the breaks (in bailouts and regulation).
kc8ukw on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
You just described fascism.
Count to 10 on May 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Actually, I would say HA is not necessarily *less* conservative than the sites you mention, but it has a *brighter* posting pool (not saying all posts reflect that, but most do). Hence the more talking-point type discussions don’t really occur here that frequently. That makes this site a great alternative from just being an elephant version of DKos.
peter_griffin on May 8, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Hannity does his man on the street interviews and Dr. Dean likely has many backers. Scary but true.
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lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 10:13 PM
run with that Howie just like your Mocha Vulcan saying “revenue growth is less important than fairness”….that way when inflation and bracket creep make EVERYONE “rich” but vread is five buck a loaf you can explain, “but honest under that old capitalism it’d be twelve”….
I notice your doctoring wasn’t all charity work either Howie….
sven10077 on May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Now they tell us.
AUINSC on May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I’m thinking we haven’t had enough, but that’s just me.
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Interesting. He got six-figures for his new book. Your publisher might disagree with your statement.
sherry on May 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM
WOW. who screwed up and let him get quoted?!
Buckaroo on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Campaign ad. Golden.
GOP, use this stuff, please.
cs89 on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Capitalism for me, but not for thee.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Regulation is not the “opposite” of capitalism. Democrats really do have this inexplicable fetish for the term, so much so that they use it in places it does not belong. Its similar to the Republican use of the word capitalism.
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM
So the ex-candidate for President of the United States and former Chairman of the Democratic Party finally lets the cat out of the bag!
stonemeister on May 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM
You and I both know what is going on is far beyond any sort of regulation.
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I like Congressmen Ryan calling the evolving system “crony capitalism.” The Democrats aren’t really taking over the whole economy Soviet style, it’s more like they’re just ensuring that it’s business with political connections that get all the breaks (in bailouts and regulation).
kc8ukw on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
More Dean-O photoshops, please!
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Campaign ad. Golden.
GOP, use this stuff, please.
cs89 on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
They won’t.
artist on May 7, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Howard Dean for King of the Morons!! He’s the best. He must be a sleeper agent.
If only he didn’t look like he was going to just lose it, strip all of his clothes off at any given moment and start humping the dog …
progressoverpeace on May 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Ernesto lacks so much confidence that he has a constant need to balance his posts with a jab at the GOP
Jamson64 on May 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Howard dean is still alive? How is that possible? I thought for sure he’d have had an aneurism by now. Sigh.
I think that 8 years of Howard dean is MORE than enough.
AW1 Tim on May 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM
The dems are so power mad they’re going to destroy their coalition before it can become self sustaining.
Karmashock on May 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I often play the “two sides of the same coin” angle when musing on partisan sh*t like this. I understand this is a very conservative site. If i were somewhere else, i wouldn’t bother with the GOP stab. I give the GOP and conservatives a dig whenever i can get away with some initial logical attempt because its fun here. It engages the keener minds on the site, and keeps the real trolls out.
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
“Karmashock on May 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM”
from your keyboard to God’s eyes …
Buckaroo on May 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM
yep, so if we can’t have capitalism, then we’ll try socialism. That’s MUCH better isn’t it? I’m with Lorien, this is open season so now we can call the lot of them socialists.
If the head of the Democrats says he wants socialism, then they are no longer the Democrat party. . . they are the socialist party. This needs to be put in an ad and run over and over and over again along side pictures of some other renowned socialists in history.
ThackerAgency on May 7, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Imagine if Bush told the media how to spin daily events…
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Howard Dean has “had quite enough capitalism” but you better not call him a socialist. That would be swift-boating and character assassination.
OneGyT on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
How much time do you spend at RedState, FreeRepublic, Ace or The Boss’s site? HotAir really isn’t that conservative.
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I read Ace, never comment. Never really got into the discussion there, too many people saying the same thing…though I suppose that’s what you’re getting at, right?
Either way, from my political perspective, the HotAir conventional wisdom tends to be hard line enough to be past “center-right”.
ernesto on May 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Yep – just look at GE. They are neck deep in with the Obama administration. They own MSNBC, CNBC, and NBC – all Lefty outfits.
They are the world’s second largest producer of wind turbines.
They are a huge developer of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and other healthcare IT technology via GE Medical.
So, yes, GE benefits greatly from the Obama agenda.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Still, Bennett, Medved and Hewitt warn us on a daily basis that the Dems are mere Leftists and that tagging them as Socialists will backfire on conservatives. The Eggshell Squad, scared to death the truth will offend.
james23 on May 7, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Conservatives illogical? Doesn’t compute.
DerKrieger on May 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I love how all these Dem’s who have made a sh*t load of money off capitalism – Obambi for starters – have decided we’ve had enough capitalism.
ctmom on May 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Interesting. He got six-figures for his new book. Your publisher might disagree with your statement.
sherry on May 7, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Might I suggest that Howie redistribute 75% of his earnings to the less fortunate?
txag92 on May 7, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Silly peasant. Socialism is only going to be for the lower classes. Our betters are never going to have to wait for medical care.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I realized when the liberals at the NYT were pestering Obama about whether or not he was a socialist that they all really want to feel the liberation of coming out of the closet and admitting that they are socialists.
I think they feel that there is no reason to lie about their Marxist beliefs anymore. They might be right about that as the parasites are in the majority and there isn’t much motivation for a parasite to join the hosts. Secession is the only answer for those who believe in self determination, and the longer it’s delayed, the more difficult it will become.
Buddahpundit on May 7, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Conversely- I have had quite enough of Howard Dean over the past eight years. Yeeeeeeeeoooow.
shannonkelly on May 7, 2009 at 11:10 PM
<blockquoteCampaign ad. Golden.
GOP, use this stuff, please.
cs89 on May 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
They won’t.
artist on May 7, 2009 at 10:30 PM
No, they won’t. And Quote of the Day around this sad site of course is another Meghan McCain piece of idiocy.
Marcus on May 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The best rendition of the infamous Dean scream courtesy of JibJab
dmann on May 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I keep wanting to call them socialists, sometimes I do…but it’s not really accurate. They are big government bullies. They are ultra-egalitarians. I don’t know, we need a new word to describe what they are.
WisCon on May 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
We had capitalism under Bill Clinton too, and Howard Dean thought Bill Clinton was awesome.
SoulGlo on May 7, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Levin’s “statists” is pretty good.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Behold the power of racial healing…….
dmann on May 7, 2009 at 11:29 PM
And we’re surprised by this why?
Michael in MI on May 7, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Capitalism didn’t fail, and even that idiot knows it. And GWB was a big fat liberal in practically every way. If only we had a press that would call the progs out on their lies…
Our prog friends, with their socioeconomic meddling, crony capitalism and bailouts won’t let the free market work. Of course, they caused this crisis and what do Americans do but reward the unaccountable, lying fools with the WH and a majority in Congress for their handy work.
I heard a war veteran call Levin today, asking him what he and his brothers in arms fought a war against communism for, if all the good it did was to watch his own ungrateful nation turn into the same. It saddened me.
Rae on May 7, 2009 at 11:48 PM
The mask is finally
comingbeing ripped off.capitalist piglet on May 7, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Screaming Dean is wistful for the days when the New York Times’ Walter Duranty could be counted on to shill for the joyful utopia led by Joseph Stalin.
viking01 on May 7, 2009 at 11:54 PM
And I’ve seen enough of Howard Dean’s big dumb crazy face…:-)
therightwinger on May 8, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Howard Dean, Now there’s a guy with issues.
TheSitRep on May 8, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Then move to Cuba or something Dr. Shrill. And leave all your money to charity on the way out. Just stop fouling up this country with your stench.
Grayson on May 8, 2009 at 1:18 AM
MB4 on May 8, 2009 at 2:28 AM
I love it. Meddle with the capitalist system enough until it fails, and then point out how it’s failing, then suggest another alternative. Wait, what’s the alternative to capitalism. Would Dr. Dean like to answer?
What -ism would Dean prefer? Come on, someone ask the guy.
Seixon on May 8, 2009 at 4:15 AM
Make ‘em pu their money where their mouths are… propose we go back to the pre-Reagan tax rates.
mankai on May 8, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Regulation is the opposite of capitalism.
Capitalism means that individuals own the capital. And ownership means control.
Regulation means the govt controls the capital.
MarkTheGreat on May 8, 2009 at 8:06 AM
I think we’ve had enough of Howard Dean over the last eight years.
Anyone can look like a genius by quadrupling property taxes in a state in which much of the property is owned by non-residents who can’t vote in that state.
And they’re still screwed financially today.
drjohn on May 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I’m looking forward to January, because then the Dems can’t say “the last eight years” anymore, and “the last eight years before this last year we just had” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
Ferris on May 8, 2009 at 9:12 AM
“I keep wanting to call them socialists, sometimes I do…but it’s not really accurate. They are big government bullies. They are ultra-egalitarians. I don’t know, we need a new word to describe what they are.”
WisCon on May 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Vampire Economists:
http://www.mises.org/books/vampireeconomy.pdf
ebrown2 on May 8, 2009 at 9:37 AM
You just described fascism.
Count to 10 on May 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Actually, I would say HA is not necessarily *less* conservative than the sites you mention, but it has a *brighter* posting pool (not saying all posts reflect that, but most do). Hence the more talking-point type discussions don’t really occur here that frequently. That makes this site a great alternative from just being an elephant version of DKos.
peter_griffin on May 8, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Hannity does his man on the street interviews and Dr. Dean likely has many backers. Scary but true.
Jamson64 on May 8, 2009 at 10:51 AM