McConnell: Employee Free Choice Act will ‘fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America.’
McConnell: Employee Free Choice Act will ‘fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America.’
Today in a press conference at the National Press Club, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attacked “narrow interest groups” in Washington, such as labor unions. Specifically, he went after the Employee Free Choice Act:
I came here to speak about bi-partisanship, but this is an issue on which there will be no bi-partisanship. … This is an outrageous proposal. It will fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America and we will have a big political fight over this.
McConnell also claimed that “rank and file” union members aren’t “clamoring” for the Employee Free Choice Act to be passed. Watch it:
The Wonk Room’s Pat Garofalo noted that to back up his “facts,” McConnell trotted out statistics that he learned from former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao…who is also his wife. More on McConnell’s appearance here.
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Oh noes, it’s teh Europeanization! Gawd forbid we end up like one of those filthy third-world backwaters…
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmPlease McConnell just go away. You’re a tired old washed up has been.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmHow do scum sucking low-life Reichwinger fckwits like this get elected.
Do the people voting for them hate themselves?
Can they not understand that this traitor hates the American Workers?
I think the Dems should get some balls, armor up and start marginalizing these repukes into oblivion.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:26 pmmitch say’s “there will be no bi-partisanship” duh. We know ya.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 pmdamn kentucky, we thought you’d know better after 8 years……
every time i hear mcconnells name, i automatically start singing the theme from dukes of hazard.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:28 pmLabor Secretary Elaine Chao…who is also his wife
How did I miss this nugget?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pmIf a repugnican is against anything…. rest assured it is good for Main Street, not Wall Street.
Definition of repugnican = creature wallowing in the putrid cesspoll of conservatism.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pmSomeone tell Mitch to STFU.
Chao, too.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pmHuh?
the Lipless Wonder is actually “married”???
To a real woman?
It’s gotta be an act. Or one of those “platonic relationships”. Or for tax purposes.
Her family own land? Someone NOT an American citizen?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pmWe can’t “Europeanize” our economic policies, but we can only “Europeanize” with our immigration policies.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:31 pmMeanwhile, the fact that allowing the current trend of stagnating wages to continue will send the US more towards Southeast Asia than Europe seems to bother Mitch not one bit.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pmcho is a known liar.
her hubby is a known nut.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pmboy… you gotta give it to ‘em… they know how to get the message out there…
and boner gets meet-the-press on sunday…
HEY DEMS!
WHERE ARE YOU?!?
I CAN’T HEAR YOU… MUCH.
not NEAR as much as i’m hearing from these criminals.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pmCan someone help me out on this Employee Free Choice Act? Because labor isn’t doing a very good job of explaining it, from my perspective. I even saw a piece on Bill Moyers’ Journal that left me scratching my head.
Basically, the Act does away with a secret ballot among employees to form a union, if more than half of the employees sign a card indicating their support for a union. Do I have that right?
Because, I gotta say, the right-wingers seem to be winning the propaganda war on this one so far, again, from my perspective.
But if my understanding of the provisions of the Act is correct, then it’s a no-brainer. If more than half sign cards indicating they support a union, then the “secret ballot” that the Right is so concerned about (yeah, they’re soooo concerned about the rights of working people) is merely a formality.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pmYeah, McConnell, God forbid that we IMPROVE our standards of living in America to European levels. We might even imitate Sweden! EEEEEKKK!
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pmYou tell ‘em, rhf. You tell the world.
I’d like to see a chart tracking per-capita GDP in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars vs. union membership in America over the 20th century. It seems like all of the best economic times enjoyed by more Americans are intricately correlated with the strength of unions during those times.
Republicans hate unions because Republicans hate America – or at least 99% of Americans.
Say, isn’t this an admission by McConnell that the EFCA would actually strengthen the likelihood of workers freely choosing to form unions? I thought their argument was to lie and say that it would remove the secret ballot option, thereby removing employee choice.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 pmCan’t somebody please out Miss McConnell already so we can get him off the stage?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 pmralph, as I understand it, all that needs to happen is for a simple majority of employees is to sign a card that they want a union, and it’s a done deal.
Yes, it would do away with secret ballots, but that has been SO corrupted by employers using threats, intimidation, etc, that system is now worthless.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pmkaty Says:
boy… you gotta give it to ‘em… they know how to get the message out there…
and boner gets meet-the-press on sunday…
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you’re pronouncing his name wrong, katy. You need to emphasize the “O”.
It’s b-OOOOOOOOOOOOhner. John b-OOOOOOOOOhner.
I hear his friends call him Long John in private, ’cause he secretly wears a union suit a lot of the time.
So feel free to add that to the name…
Long John b-OOOOOOOOOOOhner.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Can someone help me out on this Employee Free Choice Act? Because labor isn’t doing a very good job of explaining it, from my perspective.
The secret ballots would still be an option. They would also have the option to form unions basically by petition.
Here’s the difference: the way it is now, management can schedule an employee meeting, give a bunch of speeches about how unions suck and they’ll have to declare bankruptcy if one is formed, and then have the employees immediately vote (secretly) on whether to form a union. The signing card system would allow workers to vote for/against at their own leisure, without being under the watchful eye of management pressure and intimidation.
Obviously, employers like it better the way it is now, when they have total control over the conditions surrounding the vote.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 pmMcConnell should take himself and his family back to his ancestoral home because his being here is “Europeanizing” America.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 pmMitch doesn’t have to worry. Everybody in his state that wants to work goes to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. All he’s got left are the super rich and the white welfare types. Virtually every household has somebody collecting food stamps and public aid or Social Security disability. And they don’t want to hear about people making a living wage. It will just make them feel bad about themselves.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 pmA higher standard of living? Oh no, republicans to the rescue!
Of note, I swung by the AFL-CIO page and was further convinced by their extensive argument in favor of EFCA and unions in general. They provide real-life examples of people harmed w/o union representation and people spared the bullet because of union representation. There is so much right about unions that isn’t out there to counteract the entrenched myths.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 pmThe Free choice makes it illegal for companies to threaten employees for wanting a union, that is what repukes don’t want, as told to them by their corporate masters.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:48 pmSeems to me lobbyists have very narrow interests
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pmDynasaur is lying folks, it’s just another fckwit talking out his a$s.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pmLast time I checked the way of life in Europe is much higher than in the supposed “greatest country in the world” so I say bring on the Europeanization
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 pmLushInterior – CAPS doesn’t make your posts any smarter, fckwit…man lots of these fckwits around lately, they must be pissing their pants hourly.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 pmDynamo Says:
What a horrible piece of legislation.
If you think it’s wonderful, one should think it’s great.
Raise prices? The average CEO takes home 450 times the average employee. What gives you the assumption that funds aren’t sufficient to provide employees what they deserve, or that companies don’t already raise prices to pay their executives those monumental figures?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:54 pmOf course he is, Buckie. We know not to take him seriously.
It helps that his arguments are so silly, too.
Thanks for the background, Uncle Ho and ElBruce.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmMcConnell should just come out and say a Union wage is a Communist wage. That is what he’s ultimately saying.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmPoor Lush,
He just can’t let go of his man-love for Dubya and Darth. Maybe he will finally come to grips with the fact that we now have adult leadership in the WH.
But we love ya anyways, Lushie!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmMcConnell will single out Labor and the anti-war group Code Pink on the Democratic side but won’t identify any “narrow interest groups” on which the Republican Party relies, according an aide familiar with the remarks.
NSS
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmCouldn’t say where she’s coming from but, I just meet a lady named Dynamo Hum… Dynamo Hum — Dynamo Hum applied rotation on a sugar plum…
Every time I see one of “Dynamo” post, I just start humming the song..
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmJeez, LI, you talk like Obama started it or something. Famliar with the saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day”? Okay… perhaps not the best example… but here’s a nice roll of Reynolds Wrap to play with.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:56 pmLush — take a clue from your friend Rush and pop a few downers, dude…you really need to chill! Maybe stop on by the “racist baker” thread and help Uncle Ho find his roach clip…
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:57 pmYeah, Mitchie’s pushing to have the child labor laws repealed here in Amurka, because he’s got him a fact’ry and that ol’ Employee Free Choice Act would sure mess up his plans!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:57 pmDynamo says – something unimportant and incorrect yet again. It is time to skip it’s posts.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:57 pmDynie; just why are you back? Haven’t you been bwitch-slapped around enough on the other threads today?
You must be eating it up.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pmDespotism 101…
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January 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pmWho here REALLY thinks the Pukes are gonna make nice?
You’ve heard their flacks and mouthpieces–the porndits of Faux Noise, Limbaugh, Rove, et al.
You have the testimony of various minor lights in the GOPuke pantheon of pathetic proclaim their intention to blockade the Dim/Obama agenda, no matter what it is.
Now you’ve got their chinless leader.
Can we just throw out all this futile, ultimately destructive bi-partisan crap and go kick some GOPuke ass?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pmIf the repubs succeed somehow in quelling all the unions, what will they do for clothes, food, cars, entertainment, etc., etc., etc……….?
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pmI thought I heard a mosquito buzzing around(lush). Way to ruin a party.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:59 pmParty on, Fred.
Party on, Garth.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:59 pmI wonder if McConnell is bitter about Obama messing with his wife’s anti-union rules.
‘To the delight of unions, among others, President Barack Obama used his first moments in the nation’s highest office to make sure predecessor George W. Bush’s “midnight rules” turned into pumpkins.’
snip
‘Among the Bush rules that Obama halted were a scheme to lengthen the number of hours truckers spend consecutively on the road, and a plan to make it harder for workers to show they’ve been exposed to toxic substances on the job.
They also include rules pushed by business, and adopted by Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, to make it tougher for workers to take family and medical leave and to let their bosses demand workers’ medical records’
Aren’t Labor Secretaries supposed to be looking out for the workers?!
link
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pmCorrection #33: If you think it’s horrible, one should think it’s great.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pmUmmm, America basically adopted the European banking system in 1913 with creation of the Fed.
Your a little late to the Europeanization will fundamentally harm America party McConnell
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pmTrue, Buckie. In fact, one could make a case that CAPS automatically make a post look more stupid.
Of course, that would be a tall order with one of Lusky’s posts.
Just don’t mistake him for a right-winger.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 pmThe InferiorLush seems to have gotten an early start today.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 pmdaveincolorado Says:
If the repubs succeed somehow in quelling all the unions, what will they do for clothes, food, cars, entertainment, etc., etc., etc……….?
Just what they’ve been doing all these years, buy them from Europe… Oh’ yeah don’t want to be too European now…
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 pmMcConnell: Employee Free Choice Act will ‘fundamentally harm America and Europeanize America.’
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Why Europeanize America when it’s far better to “Banana Republicize” America?
/snark
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pmSpider pig comes to mind too.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:04 pmIsn’t McConnell some sort of european name?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:05 pmTrolls, the companies can raise prices for any number of reasons. They executives can raise prices to give themselves a raise, Exxon can raise prices to give themselves record profits. Companies are possibly using tax payer dollars, or TARP, to pay for mergers, clearing away as much competition as possible for price strangleholds.
It’s certainly no worse to pay a little more for increasing the cost of living of millions of workers than GOP-adored regressive sales taxes. I also think it’s funny you trolls talk about product prices that may or may not increase, when your party would like to replace the income tax with a GIANT SALES TAX.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pmI can understand why Republicans like McConnell are scared to death of the Employee Free Choice Act. It would mean that his supporters would actually have to negotiate fair wages and compensation with their workers. If that’s “Europeanization.” I’m all for it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pmYou’re jumping into a fan?!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:09 pmAnd whats so terrible about becoming more like Europe? I have lived in several European countries and have found them to have a much higher standard of living there even if they don’t own as much crap as we do. They get to spend more time with their families, don’t have to worry about how they will pay for education or medical care, and have very little poverty compare to us.
What do they have to do to get these benefits? Pay a little more income tax and not allow corporations to make the rules under which labor functions. And yet they still manage to have massively profitable multinational corporations. So whats the problem?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:09 pmLushInterior Says:
Back pack list….
pacifier…check
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:10 pmwarm bottle of milk….check
diapers….check
*standard of living, not cost of living.
YIKES!
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:10 pmDynamo Says:
Freed by the USA, Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
The S H I T is hitting the fan!!
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Funny you should bring this up, seeing as this man was released by the BOTCH Admin 2 years ago.
At least you’re talking about something you’re qualified to discuss… S H I T.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pmWhere are you when we need you, Fightin’ Bob LaFollete?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pmFred Says:
LushInterior Says:
Back pack list….
pacifier…check
warm bottle of milk….check
diapers….check
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You forgot a couple of items…
extra diapers… check
extra, extra back-up diapers… check and double-check.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pmFred, don’t forget the extra pair of diapers for Lushy. He will inevitably soil the pair he’s got on.
And, as a pretend progressive, he would rather sit in his own poop than change them himself.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 pmIf someone would just tell these lunatics, with (R) after their names, that their philosophy failed and is why the nation is in the shape it is in, they might STFU and move to the back of the bus.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 pmDammit, TRoS!
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:15 pmI woulda beaten ya if I hadn’t added that extra paragraph.
LushInterior Says:
STASH…CHECK AND RE-CHECK!
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You forgot one item…
head up the keister… check…
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:15 pmLushInterior Says
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Its friday……as a Progressive I will now take the weekend off and enjoy life and let Pres. Obama continue to operate the killing fields in Pakistan with the blessing of thier own government and RHF…….
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You would be far more credible if you had been here criticizing Bush for HIS attacks on Pakistan. Obama isn’t launching anything new here.
But it’s not your objective to provide intelligent thought, is it? The fact that you claim to be progressive and spell it with capital P pretty much narrows your identity down.
Can you start your weekend right now? And can you make it last for a long, long time?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:15 pmDynamo,
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 pmI know you were off topic and all, but really, Is Al-CIA-Duh such a beauracracy that they now have deputy leaders in different branches? LOL The propaganda is so thick…
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Dammit, TRoS!
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To the swiftest goes the SNARK! Teehee…
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:17 pmDynamo – What you posted at #60 does not directly back up your statement at #25. What you posted (not the link) does not state 30% can shut a company down for 30 days or more. Post the relevant part specifically that states 30%/30 days. Just trying to help you understand how to back up your posts rather than just flopping around.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:18 pmDynamo, can’t you even stay on topic? Even a little bit? You might want to see your doctor about ADD.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 pmDynamo,
If a man is not guilty of a crime, what is the most efficient way to turn him into a criminal? Detain him without charges? Refuse him council? Give him cause to now hate America?
Now Dynamo, you should at least make sound your assertion that President Obama’s enforcement of the Law and Geneva Conventions actually makes America less safe. By all accounts, the opposite happens. By enforcing the Geneva Conventions, adhering to Human Rights standards, and prosecuting terrorists “PROPERLY” actually helps bolster the standing in the world community and garners the USA more support and cooperation.
However, this is not what the last 8 years has been about, has it?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:21 pmFunny you didn’t notice that Bush keeping all these detainees didn’t prevent it either, DIT IT?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:22 pmHey InferiorLush, you’re not fit to address misshusseinmolly, especially on a first name basis. Know your place, boy.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 pmOh and Lush, that colostomy bag stab at humor, FAILED.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:25 pmDynamo Says:
So by uhhhbama releasing all the detainees this will not happen?
Hey, shIt for brains, PRESIDENT Obama has said nothing of the sort, they are simply going to bring them to trial and then lock them away, man you are ‘teh stupid’.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:25 pmOh, and Dynamo,
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:26 pmIf you’re a NIMBY, see this…
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/01/23/al_qaeda/index.html
Republic of Stupidity @20,
I’ve got a good bOOOOOhner quote for you:
“We expressed our concerns about some of the spending that’s being proposed in the House bill,” House Minority Leader John Boehner said after meeting with Obama.
“How can you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives?” Boehner asked. “How does that stimulate the economy?”
Boehner said congressional Republicans are also concerned about the size of the package.
“Government can’t solve this problem,” he said.
Kkkkkkk
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pmDynamo Says:
So by uhhhbama releasing all the detainees this will not happen? Your funny little man!
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Don’t know, and neither do you. BUT, the case you cited was put in play by BotchCo. Once again, reaping dividends for the American people.
I was listening to someone intelligent discuss this on the radio last night.
I know… I know… it’s like dogs’ ears… you just can’t certain sounds… but I digress.
According to this individual, some of the detainees will be brought to the States, put on trial here, and then incarcerated if convicted.
The idea that ALL OF THEM, including someone as dangerous as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will just be turned loose, even on American soil, as the putrid Mr. King is saying, is simply not true.
It is an extremely complicated situation. I know… I know… big words like “complicated” make your pointy little head hurt. And the situation has been made more complicated by BotchCo’s use of torture and their asinine military kangaroo courts down in Gitmo.
But it does make such a wonderful GOOPer talking point, and scares the Cheney out of the Base, doesn’t it?
I’ve always found it interesting that GOOPers talk about “the Base”… hmmm… isn’t that what the phrase “al Quaida”, translates into?
You delusional, dishonest little twit.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pmMy God! 3 days into a Dem administration and they already need to resort to this sort of fear pandering and nonsense? Good luck in 2010, GOP!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:28 pmShayne Says:
Oh and Lush, that colostomy bag stab at humor, FAILED.
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I think it’s safe to say Lush has a pretty CRAPPY sense of humor…
***rimshot*** thank youuuuuuuu… thank yooooooooooou verrry much.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 pmmary Says:
Republic of Stupidity @20,
I’ve got a good bOOOOOhner quote for you:
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Good Lord… is that real? It has to be a joke.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:31 pmDynamo Says:
How can you not see the damaging effect of this bill on the price of everything?
Don’t matter if nobody can afford to buy it.
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LushInterior Says:
STOP THE INSANITY!
Somebody want to give Lush CPR? He seems to be having a stroke or something. Nobody? Oh well… good luck, Lush.
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Dynamo Says:
So by uhhhbama releasing all the detainees this will not happen? Your funny little man!
Did he say he was going to release all the detainees? No.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:32 pmCouldn’t have said it better, Mary#51, and may I add, that if you really want to piss off the skilled workers, start messing around with their collective bargining rights. That’s exactly what happened here in Australia when John Howard got his one vote majority and passed the workers choices legislation. He was given the boot 3 years later and the first thing Keven Rudd did (after signing the Kyoto agreement), was to undo that garbage.
I suppose dynamo thinks like some on the right (George Will) that there should be NO minimum wage.
C
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January 23rd, 2009 at 4:32 pmAlso, what about his funny little man?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:34 pmRest assured, Lushy. Rest assured.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Rest assured, Lushy. Rest assured.
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Lushy appears to have mastered that abusive little gambit wherein someone makes a nasty crack about their spouse, and when the spouse complains, the offending party pleads innocence, claims they didn’t mean it – it was just a joke – , and then compounds everything by blaming the spouse for being too sensitive.
So, Lushy, are you denying the rumors you beat your wife?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:39 pmRoS,
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:40 pmFor real.
Hello Mathazar in Australia!
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:41 pmMay I ask what the significance of “C” and “9″ are? I’m nosy like that.
TRoS,
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:41 pmThe real question for Lush is…
Has he stopped beating his boyfriend, yet?
McConnell is a pathetic, clueless idiot. He and his party are in the process of being run down by a train, and seem completely oblivious to it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 pmmary Says:
RoS,
For real.
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Wow… b-OOOOOOOOOOOher has a future in front of him writing comedy.
The size of the package?
Simulate the economy?
How were people keeping a straight face?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pmMax-1 Says:
TRoS,
The real question for Lush is…
Has he stopped beating his boyfriend, yet?
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What???? is Lush denying that too?
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
The size of the package?
Simulate the economy?
How were people keeping a straight face?
Oh, that joke’s been going around. But before the charming black guy can stimulate the economy with his sizeable package, the Republican party is going to try to form an obstructing barrier to prevent the package from causing any long-term negative effects, so that we all don’t have to pay for decades to come.
… hey, maybe they really are for family planning after all!
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 pmI find it ironic that Dynamo saves his outrage for the civilian casualties once the Obama administration takes over…Where was he when hundreds of thousands, possibly millions died in Iraq?
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pmElBruce Says:
Oh, that joke’s been going around. But before the charming black guy can stimulate the economy with his sizeable package, the Republican party is going to try to form an obstructing barrier to prevent the package from causing any long-term negative effects, so that we all don’t have to pay for decades to come.
… hey, maybe they really are for family planning after all!
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So, are you saying that I – ME??? – have been taken? ***Sniff…***
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
So, are you saying that I – ME??? – have been taken? ***Sniff…***
Of course not. As liberals, we just sit around in our parents basements eating Cheetos and cash those sweeet gubmint checks paid for by the Hard Working Americans (TM) in the Republican party, who we force to pay all the taxes. They’re the ones who are screwed.
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ucsbclassics53 Says:
Where was he when hundreds of thousands, possibly millions died in Iraq?
Oh, those were all terrorists.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 pmAww, does this mean we have to go back to freedom fries?
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:17 pmElBruce Says:
Of course not. As liberals, we just sit around in our parents basements eating Cheetos and cash those sweeet gubmint checks paid for by the Hard Working Americans (TM) in the Republican party, who we force to pay all the taxes. They’re the ones who are screwed.
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Hmmm… it sounds as though you’re reading that out of some sort of instruction manual. Is it their side’s, or OURS?
“Cause if it’s our side’s, WOOHOO – how do I get me a copy?
BTW, if you’re working on a Mac, you can get that cool little ™ thingy w/ the Option/Alt key and the 2 key. ™ ™ ™… see?
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:20 pmI think Democrats must grab microphones, call press conferences, and otherwise blast these anti-American, and anti-workers with truth and facts.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:23 pmWhy does the Repug opposition always get the spotlight? When Dems were the opposition, they were kept in the dark, doors were locked on them, and the media paid them no attention. But Republican opposition are treated as if they were still in power.
Hmm, I guess they are: compliant media and complacent Dems.
So, “all the people who work for paychecks” = “a narrow interest”. Really? How narrow? 200 million people or so?
wtf, Mr. McConnell, would constitute “a broad interest”???
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:26 pmDynamoron
I dont know if republicans are evil but if you are any indication they sure are stupid. SKWWWAAAAKKk insert Limborg talking point here SKKKWWWWWAAAKKKK. Make a business shut down for 30 days? Did you just pull that out of your lower torso or did the Oxymoron instruct you to believe it? You wingnuts just say the stupidest things
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pmApparantly LushMoron you have given up all pretences to sanity. I guess you figured you have milked the pity you for your stupidity thing as far as it can go and now you are going for the pity you because you are insane. You are just a stupid brainwashed moron who repeats the ignorance you have been programed with by the Limborg. You always knew you were too stupid to actually discuss anything so you gave up on even ATTEMPTING to be funny as pathetic as that was and turned full aggressive ignorance. I guess a pathetic ignorant trolls gotta do what a pathetic ignorant trolls gotta do and this act isnt any sadder or more pathetic than your last act. It is time for your nap. In you car, running in your garage. Save our gene pool from the corruption of your stupidity and immediatly raise the colletive IQ of the planet. Take that nap
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:38 pmLushInterior Says:
My oh my how things change…….
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Some things dont change. YOU for instance are still as stupid, pitiful and pathetic as ever
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 pmLushMoron. Thanks for giving our hearts a break. It is so sad to read your pathetic posts and be reminded that there are unfortunate morons like you that are so ignorant and pathetic
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pmI already told you LushMoron. You dont USE a colostomy bag you ARE a walking colostomy bag.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:47 pmI wonder if Mr. McConnell has ever had a real job.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pmNO DynaMoron Obama isnt as incompetent and ignorant as Bush he isnt going to realease all the prisoners at Gitmo you ignorant cretin he is going to try the ones that need a trail and let go the ones we should have let go long ago. Not even the Pentagon is sayin all those realeased have returned to fighting the key is being smart enough to know the difference. Now since President Gump was so stupid he tortured some of them we may NOT be able to bring to trial some we should but it doesnt matter since morons like you will blame Obama for all of Gumps stupid mistakes anyway and the SANE 70% of Americans are through buying the rightwing idiocy that makes up your delusional fantasies. Take a pill, nothing can be done about your stupidity but at least it might calm you down.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pmLushMoron. NO ONE takes you seriously. Feeling the natural pity we do for you is NOT the same thing as taking you seriously.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 pmAs an American Indian, this country has already been “Europeanized”.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:56 pmucsbclassics53 Says:
Where was he when hundreds of thousands, possibly millions died in Iraq?
Oh, those were all terrorists.
Oh yeah, I must not have gotten that memo…
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 pmAs a Native American I agree with Bonnie.
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:03 pmAll of this whining reminds me of an incident that took place when I was in high school. They brought in a bunch of frogs and baby chicks for use in Biology class and a small group of ‘concerned citizens’ felt this was unjust and cruel so one afternoon they snuck back into school and ‘liberated’ the poor creatures. Exactly why they thought releasing all those critters on the third floor was going to be beneficial for them…well, let’s be kind and say their enthusiasm got the better of their judgment.
The next day the principle, who had only started in the job a month or so before, called a group of students together for a talk. (It was remarkable how accurate his gathering was.) He then presented his position to the young band of eco-terrorists.
“I don’t know exactly what happened here last night but I intend to find out. Until I do, I want you all to know that it will not happen again.”
Then the group was given the task of both cleaning up the mess and tending the new batch of ‘volunteers’ with the pointed suggestion to all present to look for assistance among concerned fellow students.
Do you have any idea of the number of places a chick can get to in a high school?
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:23 pmI like how EugeneDebs needs seven semi-consecutive comments just to tell Dynamo he’s dumb. Heh.
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The Republic of Stupidity Says:
Hmmm… it sounds as though you’re reading that out of some sort of instruction manual. Is it their side’s, or OURS?
“Cause if it’s our side’s, WOOHOO – how do I get me a copy?
You sign up for your monthly gubmint checks through an easter egg on change dot gov. As a liberal, I’m sure you’ll be able to find it. Republicans can’t locate it ‘cuz they all type with their foreheads.
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The Republic of Stupidity Says:
BTW, if you’re working on a Mac, you can get that cool little ™ thingy w/ the Option/Alt key and the 2 key. ™ ™ ™… see?
Nope, I’m on a PC. I ain’t that much of a commie.
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Hoodathunk Says:
Do you have any idea of the number of places a chick can get to in a high school?
My head exploded once I reached 147 possible punchlines for that question.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:31 pmYou have a twisted mind, ElBruce. I suppose I should have said ‘baby’ chicks.
BTW, it was lots more than 147. The librarian still hasn’t recovered or forgiven.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 pmThe Employee Free Choice Act will fundamentally harm the Neo-Confederacy and Europeanize America? Whaaa…??? And that’s supposed to be a bad thing?
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January 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 pmuniversal healthcare
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I think we could use a little more of that Europeanizing.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 pmScrew McConnell, let’s push the Overton Window and call for a repeal of Taft Hartley. The Employee Free Choice Act is a pigmy compared the repeal of Taft Hartley.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:13 pmEuropeanize?
Screw you Mitch. Your eyes look like piss too.
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 pmMary, #104, sorry, I just couldn’t think of a good b.s. story.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:16 pmMy best guess is I inadvertently touched those keys as I posted. As I read it myself I thought WTF ? Would you believe I actually went back and reread coment #9 ? I wonder if anyone
else did as well. Duuuuh
Republican ALWAYS use national crises to their best advantage. When there is a terrorist attack they use the opportunity to tear down the Constitution and Bill of Rights and start imperial wars. When there is a financial crisis they use the opportunity to blame the American workers and smash the Unions. They have always been opposed to the American common people but at least they are consistent about it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 pmWhen did they change the definition of “tough” to mean wrong?
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:50 pmglezzery Says:
Employee Free Choice Act! What a strange name for an act that decreases workers rights and choices.
Had to be named by a Lib unable to name it properly and honestly.
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Leave it to a con to be too stupid to know what he is talking about. The card check bill does NOT decrease worker choice. You are a liar and a fool.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:31 amglezzery Says:
Wow what an explosion of ignorance. Bush made all the WRONG choices. We didnt use anything but his own stupidity and incompetence as a REASON not exucuse to attack the WORST president of my lifetime by FAR. Your delusional fantasies do not become reality just because you post them
January 24th, 2009 at 12:33 amHey Mitch, what is wrong with wanting to unionize? For the last 28 years wages have fallen as profits have gone through the roof,intimidation from management is running rampant,management is spending tons of money on union busting and our middle class way of life is in the shitter because of trickle down supply side economics that hasn`t worked, so now it`s time to give it a try our way,with good paying jobs,protectionist trade that works for all invovled and just go away Mitch and take your labor hating Reich Wingers with you.Also his wife was on the board for Northwest Airlines where we are currently going through unionizing with Delta labor since we merged and Delta is spending some serious cash on union busting instead of spending it on fuel hedging and other issues to save money and turn a profit.People educate yourselves about the EFCA.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:41 amYa know, the whole Gitmo detainee thing is rehash. Come on thugs, ya gotta have something with more substance than that. It’s like the baby boy who finds his own willie and clutches it until he cries. He just can’t let go of it.
See kids, ya gotta get your news from different sources and find the common thread in all. The detainees aren’t gonna be released to run free like gazelles, or republican cronies. They are going to receive something that I know is alien to you… it’s called “due process of law”. And while I know it’s a big word, you may want to also look up something called “Habeas Corpus”.
Time to relearnify… (have to phrase that in a language you can understandificate).
January 24th, 2009 at 8:42 amIf this guy is the poster boy for the repug. party, they are in trouble. This cracker couldn’t even pussy slap Lindsey Graham.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:38 amLet’s be clear. We WANT to Europeanize America, that means a higher standard of living for all Americans. Regressives like this moron want to keep us in the stone age of peasant workers working for the man, the top 1%. That is bulls@it and we shouldn’t stand for it anymore.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:27 pmAs a union glazier I want to say that I agree with Mr McConnell and that, anecdotally speaking, he’s right. I know that at our Union, District 21, Local 252, the vast majority of the men don’t want to have their votes go public. We sometimes disagree with management and we don’t want them banging on our door when we vote against their agenda. Try avoiding “get out the vote” drives. This would be much worse than that.
January 25th, 2009 at 7:58 amMosaic, which country has a higher standard of living? You need to travel more. The rest of the world blows. It’s all old and broken. Toilets suck, electric is basically rationed and the comfort level of everything goes way down once you leave the U.S.
January 25th, 2009 at 8:05 amdrew3rd, your generalization is flat out wrong. You need to get out more. I have traveled extensively and while there are places around the world that would fit what you mention, there are a lot of those kind of places right here in the US as well. I have been to some very nice places in other countries and I am not talking about luxury resorts but everyday places.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:57 pmOld Goat, #146. Thanks for the laugh!
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