Steele Criticizes Democratic ‘Obfuscation,’ While Praising GOP For Blocking Economic Recovery Bill
Steele Criticizes Democratic ‘Obfuscation,’ While Praising GOP For Blocking Economic Recovery Bill
Shortly after being elected RNC chairman on Friday, Michael Steele declared, “We want you to work with us, and for those of you who wish to obstruct, get ready to get knocked over.” Today on Fox News, Steele elaborated on these comments:
And for those Democrats and others who just want to put up roadblocks and do the crazy typical play that they normally do — the name-calling, the obfuscation, and the sleight-of-hand — I don’t have time for it. Because there are important issues we have to face on the economy, the war, and issues that affect the poor, and I want to have this party in a position to move on those issues.
Ironically, what he described is exactly what House Republicans have been doing over the past week on the economic recovery package. President Obama repeatedly met with Republicans to get their input on the bill, but instead of working with him on “the economy…and issues that affect the poor,” they made a pact to all vote “nay.”
When host Chris Wallace pointed out to Steele that conservatives may come off looking like obstructionists, Steele simply replied, “I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?” Watch it:
The point is not simply disagreeing or holding out for better provisions. What conservatives did over the past week is obstruction for anticipated political gain. In fact, they were “delighted” and “celebrating” the fact that they all did nothing to help the struggling economy after Wednesday’s vote, hoping the bill failed so that Democrats would be blamed.
Steele repeatedly said that conservatives have all these new ideas to offer to the public. But what are they? So far, they seem to be a recycling of failed, rejected ideas. House conservatives have advocated a return to Bushonomics, even though those policies helped the country reach the condition it’s currently in.
Today, Steele also said that he wanted to use the “Contract With America” — a 1994 document created by Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich — as a model. But as Judd Legum notes, “polls showed the vast majority Americans had never heard of it. Of the few that did know, half said it made them less likely to vote Republican.”
Transcript:
WALLACE: I want to start with something that you said in your victory statement on Friday, just after you were elected by the RNC.
STEELE (VIDEO): We want you to work with us, and for those of you who wish to obstruct, get ready to get knocked over.
WALLACE: Who were you talking about? Who do you think may want to obstruct?
STEELE: I’m thinking both inside and outside the party. I think it’s now an opportunity for us to move this party forward on the ideas that matter to the voters, and so I’m not in the mood for people to say, “We can’t, we’ve always done it this way, it’s impossible to do.” I mean, I was told that in making this run. And I was told that when I decided to run for lieutenant governor of Maryland.
So the idea that the opportunity presents itself and you fail to rise to it because someone is standing in your way, to me just doesn’t sit well. So I wanted to make it very clear from the very beginning, my goal is to move this party forward. We’re in the business of winning elections. And so I’m expecting my grassroots, the state parties, the national organization, to get on board, to get on the page, that is a winning page.
And for those Democrats and others who just want to put up roadblocks and do the crazy typical play that they normally do — the name-calling, the obfuscation, and the sleight-of-hand — I don’t have time for it. Because there are important issues we have to face on the economy, the war, and issues that affect the poor, and I want to have this party in a position to move on those issues. [...]
WALLACE: Mr. Obama has a 70 percent approval rating. Eighty percent of the country said they want the Republicans to work — not necessarily agree with — work with President Obama. Are you saying the GOP should just ignore him?
STEELE: No, I’m saying the GOP did what the GOP had to do to protect the pocketbooks and interests of the American people. That’s a bad bill. It’s not a stimulus bill, it’s a spending bill. Let’s call it what it is. Don’t tell me I’m going to give you a third tax cuts and then I’m going to spend two-thirds of that. It’s crazy. So I called it what it is.
The Republican Congress did a great job drawing the line. I hope the Senate members will follow with the House leaders in making certain we do not spend the American people’s money that’s proposed. That’s not a good plan.
WALLACE: But Chairman Steele, if you come up with a bill that is passed by the House and the Senate, and every House Republican member votes against it, and every Senate Republican member votes against it, you don’t think there’s any danger they’re going to be seen as obstructing?
STEELE: I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it? Why should I agree with something just because you proposed it? Why should I agree with it just because you have a 70 percent approval? You can still be wrong with a 70 percent approval rating. And that’s the reality here.
Wrong, Mr. Steele. You are not obstructionist if you don’t agree with it. You’re obstructionist if you claim you can’t support the bill unless certain things are changed, and when those things are changed to your liking, you vote against it anyway. That’s obstructionist. And then to have Senate Republicans threaten to filibuster the bill, just because they don’t like it, is obstructionist."
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helluva job TOKEN… you think the GOP give a rats-ass about you?
lol, i loved this little article this morning:
Steele: The GOP Does Not Have A Message Problem
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/01/steele-the-gop-does-not-h_n_162896.html
you betcha!
February 1st, 2009 at 11:37 amI wonder how they are going to spin the fact that most GOP Govenors approve of Obama’s stimulus package, and want to see it passed?
Even Sarah Palin is pressuring GOP Senators to pass it.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:39 amA perfect choice for RNC chair: just make shit up, serve the party and class interest, and the facts and the public be damned.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:41 amAnd for those Democrats and others who just want to put up roadblocks and do the crazy typical play that they normally do — the name-calling, the obfuscation, and the sleight-of-hand — I don’t have time for it.
Further proof that Conservatism is a mental illness…
Shame on Steele for supporting a party that supports racism.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:42 am“I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?”
Wrong, Mr. Steele. You are not obstructionist if you don’t agree with it. You’re obstructionist if you claim you can’t support the bill unless certain things are changed, and when those things are changed to your liking, you vote against it anyway. That’s obstructionist. And then to have Senate Republicans threaten to filibuster the bill, just because they don’t like it, is obstructionist.
Are you sure you are the head of the same Republican Party sitting in Congress right now?
February 1st, 2009 at 11:43 amThe reality is that you were wrong then and you want to propose more of the same, you are wrong now and Americans know it……keep defining yourselves by rush limpballs, it will be good for America.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:43 amAddendum: notice how Steele mentioned objecting to something not in “my best interest.” Isn’t he supposed to promote the general welfare? I’m quite certain I read that somewhere…
February 1st, 2009 at 11:43 am“I’m saying the GOP did what the GOP had to do to protect the pocketbooks and interests of the American people.”
That’s what you say the GOP did, Captain Clueless, but the vast majority of voters know what the GOP actually did. Didn’t you notice your party’s huge losses in 2006 and 2008?
Three words: Permanent Republican Minority
February 1st, 2009 at 11:45 amBut as Judd Legum notes, “polls showed the vast majority Americans had never heard of it. Of the few that did know, half said it made them less likely to vote Republican.”
Is Judd back?
Glad to hear Americans are sick of failed Republican tactics, and that Republicans want to dig up Ronald Reagan’s corpse and continue to parade him around as their ideal economic policy. They will soon go the way of the Whigs…
February 1st, 2009 at 11:46 amSteele should be representing the views of his constituents..
February 1st, 2009 at 11:48 amDidn’t this “token” also sday that “bipartisanship is overrated”?
Also–
When the newly elected RNC Chair, Michael Steele, ran for Lt. Governor of Maryland in 2002, he was paid a salary of $5,000 a month by the Republican Party to do so.
Eventually, the Baltimore Sun wrote an article on the rather unusual “pay to run” arrangement:
Although the payments appear legal, the GOP’s contract with Steele raised ethical questions and suggested the party might be subsidizing the living expenses of a candidate for statewide office.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:50 amIn psychology 101 his statements could be used as an example of projection. He projects the words and actions of himself and his worthless party on the opposition by accusing the opposition of doing what he is doing. These are some delusional asswipes.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:51 amI wonder how he perceives his election as RNC Chairman when there isn’t a single Black Republican member in either the House or the Senate? I guess he doesn’t mind being a token. He’s either really stupid or has absolutely no pride.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:52 amSo, like nominating Sarah Palin, the small GOP bass drools and cheers and the rest of America heads dead Left.
65 Dem Senate seats in 2010.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:53 amIf bullsh*t was concrete Steele could repair the infrastructure all on his own.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:54 ami about gagged on bob scheiffer’s final comment this morning…
February 1st, 2009 at 11:55 amabout the amazing historical “election” of steele to be head GOPer…
I think we might now know Daryll’s real identity….
February 1st, 2009 at 11:56 amHmm, according to Steele the job of the GOP is to win elections. Perhaps their problem — their job should be to promote the general welfare of We, the People, and to protect, deserve and defend the Constitution — not to win elections. No wonder they’re in a world of hurt. But, I hope they keep deceiving themselves — they’ll be a minority forever with their twisted and perverse points of view.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:59 amI read that the (R) governors, including Palin, wanted the money Obamas plan would give their respective states.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:00 pmToday, Steele also said that he wanted to use the “Contract With America” — a 1994 document created by Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich — as a model.
Translation: Like all good regressives, Steele wants to go back to the “glory days” when Newt shut down the government and spent $70 million investigating a blow job at the same time that he was carrying on an illicit affair of his own.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pmSteele, in that typical Republican style that is so lacking in real ideas (driven by a lack of anything resembling compassion or common sense) is merely utilizing the old “the best defense is a good offense” meme. Unfortunately the ‘offense’ is offensive to anyone who grasps that he is not saying anything substantial.
In typical insecure and empty Republican operative fashion, Steele blasts the common sense and sensibility of those who have judged, however intuitively, that Obama is on the right track. Flail away, my man.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pmDidn’t the GOP learn in November that picking a token doesn’t work? They didn’t get the female vote in November, they won’t get the black vote now. If anything they have pissed off the racists who formed a majority of their base. The Republicans are obsolete.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:02 pmSteele repeatedly said that conservatives have all these new ideas to offer to the public. But what are they?
really!
i heard boner declare, right after voting down the bill in the house, that the pugs have a bigger! better! cheaper! plan…
those darn dems just wouldn’t look at it…
and i’m yelling at the teevee “where the hell has that plan been for 8 long years, you lyin’ sackofshite.”
and i haven’t heard much about his making that statement…
February 1st, 2009 at 12:05 pmwhy is that?
Dayum, Dr. M, sometimes your posts are concise and insightful, and this is one of those times.
(the other times, of course, you’re skewering trolls.)
February 1st, 2009 at 12:08 pmToday, Steele also said that he wanted to use the “Contract With America” — a 1994 document created by Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich — as a model.
this ain’t 93 buddy…
we are on to the LIES and the METHODS…
AND we have the YOU TUBE! ah hahahaha!
seriously, they keep forgetting about those internets!
February 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pmYikes – didn’t take long for the first batch of new repuglican KoolAide to reach his pie-hole, did it…Must have come special D from Rushbo…
skarecro and unbelievable put it pretty clearly above….
These folks are a joke and the ONLY way to have their voice heard is to obstruct EVERYTHING – regardless of the consequences… that’s what RECALLS are about…..
February 1st, 2009 at 12:11 pmIt’s really fun to watch. They know they have to go somewhere besides where they are today but they really have nothing to fall back on.
If they stop this stimulas at this time they will have driven the last nail in their bow tie party’s coffin.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:12 pm1. Permanent tax cuts for the wealthy.
2. Permanent tax cuts for the rich.
3. Permanent tax cuts for Corporations.
4. Ban Gay Marriage.
5. Outlaw abortions.
oh, and
6. Bomb Iran.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:13 pmThe Republicans have signaled their intent to be simply obstructionist for the next two years. The have pledge to filibuster EVERY vote in the Senate, requiring a 60 vote super majority for even routine legislation. Since they have no ideas to offer, all they can do is sit on their hands and hope that the ideas of the Democrats lead to failure.
The Democrats need to stop giving concessions to the Republicans. The Republicans will work to weaken the Democratic bills in ways that they think will lead them to fail. Then they will vote against the bill and heckle from the sideline. Giving concessions to the Republicans in this environment is a bit like taking orders from the coach of the opposing team.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:14 pmJimboSlice Says: If anything they have pissed off the racists who formed a majority of their base.
I am assuming that those people will now either not vote, or will vote for some Libertarian candidate instead. Either way, less Republicans in 2012.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pmunbelievable Says:
I wonder how they are going to spin the fact that most GOP Govenors approve of Obama’s stimulus package, and want to see it passed?
i wonder how soon it will be till those govs “change” their minds…
sure hope i’m wrong…
February 1st, 2009 at 12:19 pmWe’re in the business of winning elections.
So, Republicans are not in the “business” of governing the country.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pmOh, jeez, Jane, anyone who’s been paying attention for the past fourteen years knows that.
(I know, you were just making a point for emphasis. Forgive me.)
February 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pmThanks, ralphie boy ;)
February 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pmWell, hell yes on the mental illness meme! Since careful analysis would clearly show that it’s the Republicans in national elected office who resort quite often these days in “…name-calling, the obfuscation, and … sleight-of-hand….” what Steele is doing is attacking the Dems on the Republicans’ weaknesses. This is so transparent, but the limited reasoning power of Republicans self-steeped in their ideology is very obvious.
There seems a decided lack among Republicans of the ability to identify leaps in logic, and virtually no common sense.
As the conservative “base” dies off, barring serious Democratic missteps, expect the Republicans to become increasingly shrill and off target.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:41 pmHey brother cracker, we gotst us our vury own magic negro now, yessir. Nobody caint axcuse us of being no racists no more.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:42 pmA TOKEN re-puke that spews forth HYPOCRISY…..imagine that!
Mr. Steele did you forget that your fellow GOOPERS all voted NO in the house?
February 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pmWe’re in the business of winning elections.
So, Republicans are not in the “business” of governing the country.
And, as a result, they’re failing on both counts.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pmImagine agreeing to be ‘head’ of a party organization, many of whose members belong to country clubs that would never in a million years allow the ‘party head’ in as anything other than a waiter or janitor.
Steele must be so proud…
February 1st, 2009 at 12:47 pmSteele is the halfwit who made up the story about being pelted with Oreo cookies at the Maryland gubernatorial debate in 2002.
He’s perfect to head the RNC.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:49 pmCouldn’t read past the first excerpt. It’s brain poisoning. Seriously sick sh+t.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm“And he’s one a’ them good ones!”
February 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pmClue to Repugs (not that it will matter) the way to win elections is to do your job right.
The reason you lose is you are doing it wrong.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pmMaybe their “job” really is to drown the government in a bathtub. On that account their not seeing the right shrink.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pmthey’re not their
February 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pmThank you for reminding me, Zooey, I knew there had been some reason why I remembered him from the ‘04 elections. You know my memory!
February 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pmIf he stood in front of a mirror and spelled it, it would read Oero…..
nothing new from the gop, good.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
You know my memory!
February 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
What were we saying…?
February 1st, 2009 at 1:05 pmRandi Rhodes was play the audio from this over and over the other day. Oreos aren’t the only stupid lie from this jerk.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:06 pmWhat were we saying…?
Zooey, I don’t know, something about kilts?
February 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pmBad mistake, Steele. If my republican father, who voted Obama is any indication, Americans understand clearly the right-wing strategy of lying through teeth and projecting their bullsh*t everywhere else. “Democratic” obfuscation and name-calling? Don’t make me laugh.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
What were we saying…?
Zooey, I don’t know, something about kilts?
February 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Nice… ;)
February 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pmLet’s take a long look back at Barack Obama: The First 1000, er, 10 Days.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:18 pmWhen they boldly admit they are in the business of winning elections (as opposed to serving the people and the nation as a whole) it is no surprise — they have routinely demonstrated as much. It’s always the party. It’s always power. It is never the people.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:31 pmTo see him admit this in public shows me that it is so much a part of the repugniscum philosophy that they don’t even realize what that says to the listener.
Exactly what position is that? Down another five seats in the Senate and 20 more in the House?
February 1st, 2009 at 1:37 pmAmericans should be thankful Republicans see no reason to change their politics or policy positions!
Uncle Tom the baptist preparing the way for Sarah Palin.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:37 pmWhen host Chris Wallace pointed out to Steele that conservatives may come off looking like obstructionists, Steele simply replied, “I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?”
I know this has been mentioned above, but it so beautifully demonstrates the Republican mindset that it bears repeating;
Congress is not elected to serve its own best interests. it’s elected to serve the best interests of the people.
And let’s face it; if this stimulus succeeds in lessening the recession, that would be bad for Republicans. So, since a worsening economy might help Republican electoral interests, they’re in favor of it, even if they don’t say so (and some of them have).
February 1st, 2009 at 1:44 pm…there are important issues we have to face on the economy, the war, and issues that affect the poor, and I want to have this party in a position to move on those issues.
thanks, but no thanks…
you’ve moved us quite enough already…
February 1st, 2009 at 1:52 pmFeatured Comment: Wayne A. Schneider Says: “‘I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?’
Wrong, Mr. Steele. You are not obstructionist if you don’t agree with it. You’re obstructionist if you claim you can’t support the bill unless certain things are changed, and when those things are changed to your liking, you vote against it anyway. That’s obstructionist. And then to have Senate Republicans threaten to filibuster the bill, just because they don’t like it, is obstructionist.”
Amen with knobs on! Proving their continuing scorn of NON-repugs in their bitterly-insulting [to GENUINE non-racists] choice of a “leader,” whom my New York students would have called “an oreo,” to head the latest round of obstructionist politics, the Gawdawful Obstreperous Prat-kissers –GOP–continue to fly their true colors: puce and mildew.
The attitude is third-grade stupid: “Oh, yeah? You think you’re so smart for electing an African-American? Well, we’ve got a BETTER one, and he’ll prove that we were right and the rest of America was wrong!”
It’s an insult to Steele himself–if he is capable of being insulted; one needs a modicum of intelligence and self-respect to notice such insults. Rather than coming off as a brave and forward-thinking African-American–or just a brave and forward thinking AMERICAN–Steele comes off as a boot-licking toady for the Republiscums in their continuing quest to remake the world as they were endeavoring to do through BushCo.
February 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pmCharitable soul that I am, I’m providing a copy of the Preamble to the Constitution, giving Repugs the benefit of the doubt: perhaps they’ve merely FORGOTTEN what it says?
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Could Republican bloggers provide me with ONE example of ANY of the aims above which has been fulfilled by BushCo’s monarchy?
FYI: Don’t try using BushCo’s wars as “providing for the common defense” since BushCo’s wars have made the US hated globally and have increased terrorist activity all over the world.
Don’t try saying that you give a fart in a windstorm for “our posterity,” since the only ones you see when you think of “posterity” are nascent Republiscum.
What GENERAL welfare has been provided by BushCo? True, the top 1% of Americans are obscenely wealthier, but the REST of us have lost retirement, houses, health care, jobs, standard of living, access to needed services, and real purchasing power.
Don’t try “securing the blessings of liberty,” since BushCo policies have slashed civil rights and civil liberties and civil protection for the masses.
Domestic tranquility? Don’t make me laugh!
How can ANYONE with a modicum of gray matter POSSIBLY look at the last 8 years of suzerainty as chiming with EVEN ONE of the stated primary aims of the Constitution?
February 1st, 2009 at 2:44 pmThis from the guy who bussed homeless people from Philly into Maryland to hand out untruthful fliers before an election and then even stiffed many of them. Have the Repugs gone totally off their nut?
February 1st, 2009 at 3:19 pmWith all of the problems facing the nation domestically and abroad, one of the issues at the forefront of Steele’s mind is….gay marriage.
Dude! Get a grip. With leadership such as this, the GOP is becoming more and more irrelevant.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pmGood day to all, I just popped in to say that we will no longer be referring to those with capital R’s at the end of their names as Republicans anymore, (even though we havent been anyway) but for the record they will now be referred to as R-Rushpuppetcans.
Thank you enjoy your day and enjoy the Super Bowl.
RIP
February 1st, 2009 at 4:03 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
African-American head of a major party that does not have one single African-American elected official?
February 1st, 2009 at 4:24 pmOreo cookie hallucinating Steele, lives up to his delusional complaint and capitulates his nonexistent leadership qualities to his handlers.
February 1st, 2009 at 4:44 pmHe finds the GOP needs no change and then proceeds with the same denials,revisons, obstructions, and lies. He is perfect to lead the GOP into their further decline.
This is the era of the internet; GOP methods falls on deaf ears and wide open eyes. Each utterance furthers the image of ineptness and blame for the sorry state the GOP and the Bush administration left this nation in. Instead of assuming some responsibility and step up to the plate, Steele and his puppet masters continue more of the same blatantly obvious bullspeech (new word for GOP talking points).
Steele was a perfect choice. He’s a metaphor for the word “lie”.
“I think you propose something that is not in my best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?”
That statement just drips with goppioni! What is goppioni? It stands for GOP Party Interest Over National Interest. Goppioni is a behavior based in a value system that has increasingly come to characterize the Republican Party.
February 1st, 2009 at 4:47 pmPerhaps the most flagrant display of naked goppioni was how GW Bush cynically chose the months leading up to the 2002 midterm elections force a vote on his Iraq War Resolution.
“I think you propose something that is not in MY best interest, why am I an obstructionist if I don’t agree with it?”
The language he used in this interview was just amazing. Notice he said MY best interests. Aren’t you suppose to be concerned about the American people’s best interest? I think its safe to say that he is only going to ENSURE the GOP’s down fall whether than stop it. Speaking of that House vote that he was bragging about…
New poll shows risks to opponents of Obama’s economic stimulus plan
When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act came to a vote in the House on Wednesday, not a single Republican supported it. “I think the message of having zero Republicans voting for the plan was an immense error,” Greenberg said. “I think it will be seared in peoples’ consciousness.” At another point, he called it a “defining vote.”
http://features.csmonitor.com/monitorbreakfast/2009/01/30/new-poll-shows-risks-to-opponents-of-obamas-economic-stimulus-plan/
Obama is going to make the GOP destroy itself read this.
February 1st, 2009 at 4:57 pmhttp://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/partisanship-trap
goppioni… i like it…
but you don’t need that extra ‘p’, as the word ‘Party” is redundant… GOP = Grand Old Party…
so, how ’bout ‘gopioni’ – GOP Interest Over National Interest…
the list grows:
Token Steele
Cry baby, Cry!
Rushpuppetcons
bullspeech
gopioni
.
hey, where’s the prez?
February 1st, 2009 at 5:02 pmSteele, like all good little RepubliCons, is a lying sack of shit!
February 1st, 2009 at 5:32 pmOut of touch and delusionary…a real rethuglican.
February 1st, 2009 at 5:49 pmI’m sorry, did he say “issues that affect the poor?” Because it sounded like he said he wanted the GOP to move on “issues that affect the poor.” Yeah, I’d love to see that. The only thing the Republicans would like to do to “affect the poor” is to stuff them all into gas chambers.
And this “obstructionist” talk is just another I’m-rubber-you’re-glue R tactic. Accuse the other party of doing what you’re doing so when they point out you’re doing it, the discussion gets locked down into a “you! no, you! no, you!” tie.
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Marie Says:
When they boldly admit they are in the business of winning elections (as opposed to serving the people and the nation as a whole) it is no surprise — they have routinely demonstrated as much.
You know, there just might be a relationship between the two… they should look into that.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:14 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
He doesnt care if what he posts is true. Truth, reality, facts none of them mean anything to the Limborg. Its about tweaking us and regurgitating the propganda no matter HOW IGNORANT. No matter how stupid. He really is that pathetic. He will say anything derogatory about liberals or democrats even if he KNOWS it is an outright lie. That doesnt matter at all.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:18 pmThere really is something wrong with them and their
thinking. How does this grab you all?
Rick Warren, the fundamentalist and evangelic
Christian preacher…gave the inaugural invocation.
Obama sees Warren as a moderating voice…thus the new
president views Warren as a valuable political ally.
Thus Warren’s selection had to do with the pol-
itics of praying. AND THAT IS GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
TO THE INTERSECTION OF GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION THAT
OUR FOUNDERS ESCHEWED.”
This was written by a local Republiscum in the
editorial section of my newspaper.
They truly are warped. And the fact of their losing
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 amcontrol of our country is really bringing that out,
isn’t it?
Just exactly what did you expect from the GOP but an ‘uncle tom’?
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:31 pmUncle Tom Steele – Hardee F**king Har Har
The party of the Racists elected a black token Uncle Tom.
That should really piss off the base and will not get them one extra black vote.
How stupid do Rethugs think blacks are anyway?
Palin did not help so why do they think this token will?
Rethugs – the party of fascists, racists, rednecks and homophobes.
The party of hate!
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm