Comments on: Poll: 63% of GOP voters think Republicans in Congress are out of touch

By: georgealbert

georgealbert — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:35:20 +0000

Repub leadership is out of touch. They keep talking about the deficit when the fact is that the economy is so bad for so many people the idea of worrying about the federal governments bills is silly and irrelevant.

If I hear one more time that we have to balance our check books so should the US government I will bark… That is only an important issue for people that can pay their bills every week.

Obama has made the economy so bad that tens of millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck worried to death about not having income that the idea that the federal deficit is their leading issue is, yes, totally and completely out of touch.

This is one of the reasons we lost to a guy who has crashed the economy and who is pretty much anti-American in his foreign policy

By: xblade

xblade — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:06:07 +0000

We just need to pass amnesty. That will bring them back.

By: thebrokenrattle

thebrokenrattle — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:01:40 +0000

Throw them ALL out, with NO exceptions. Schadenfreude on January 15, 2013 at 2:17 PM

Milton Friedman respectfully disagrees: No, we don't need to change congress, excuse me. You know, people have a great misunderstanding about this.People in congress are in the business, they're trying to buy votes. They're in the business of competing with one another to get elected. The same congressman will vote for a different thing if he thinks that's politically profitable. You don't have to change congress. People have a great misconception in this way they think the way you solve things is by electing the right people.It's nice to elect the right people but that isn't the way you solve things.The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing.

By: Ward Cleaver

Ward Cleaver — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:50:57 +0000

Only 63%? It’s gotta be more than that. The last time they called, I asked the NRCC to take me off of their calling list.

By: HondaV65

HondaV65 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:49:55 +0000

50 years of promises to cut government.

Never once did it … ALWAYS grew government.

The party deserves to BURN!

By: Doomberg

Doomberg — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:44:04 +0000

What a shock! Here is the real reason the 2012 election was lost.

By: letget

letget — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:38:11 +0000

IMO, the vast number, not all, of r’s we elect are nothing but d’s in sheep clothing? They will not fight for our Republic, constitution, or the voters who elect them. They are so scared of bhopress/bho/d’s they put their tail between their legs and cave! I have NO FAITH in the r’s that this will change!
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By: SWalker

SWalker — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:37:56 +0000

Of course they are out of touch, they are self appointed Aristocrats whose only genuine concern is how to increase their own wealth and power. President Obama to be arrested and Impeached.

By: Oil Can

Oil Can — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:36:23 +0000

Time for the American Party! GOP you are now the Whigs.

By: Outlander

Outlander — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:28:14 +0000

The problem here is that GOP politicians lack any intellectual foundation for their “conservatism.” Instead, they just parrot buzzword after buzzword–tax cuts are the solution to every economic ill, and plaintive wailing about “reducing spending” without any Earthly clue about how to accomplish it. (Ironically, the most innovative GOP politician in recent memory was Bush, who actually tried new strategies for entitlements: Medicare Part D & Medicare Advantage, and Social Security Private Accounts.)

Say what you will about Obama, but he clearly has a vision for the country and knows how to articulate it. Our guys lack a vision and, as a result, sputter and wander aimlessly.

It’s pathetic.