Cantor: The Public Is ‘Finally Waking Up’ To The Fascist ‘One-Party Government’ In Washington D.C.
Cantor: The Public Is ‘Finally Waking Up’ To The Fascist ‘One-Party Government’ In Washington D.C.
C-SPAN’s Washington Journal hosted House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) this morning. During the segment, a caller phoned in to “thank” Cantor “and [Rep.] Michele Bachmann [R-MN] and all of the conservatives that are doing such a great job.”
The caller then said it’s “insanity” that there are “people” drinking “from the kool-aid” who “seem to think that there is a magical tree of money behind Washington,” adding that the country is descending into “fascism.” In response, Cantor said the public is “finally waking up” to this and that the GOP is trying to bring President Obama “back into the mainstream”:
CALLER: But what really is scaring the rest of us, the other half of us, is the fascism. I mean the true fascism that is happening in this country today. [...] The belligerent takeover of a one-party system. [...]
CANTOR: Now as far as a one-party government in here, I think what the public is doing they’re finally waking up and everybody is realizing that checks and balances are a part of the system and divided government is something that is beneficial to a balanced debate, and something that can produce a better outcome. Which is exactly why Republicans in the House have said, “Look, we want to work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
Watch it:
Its not surprising that instead of denouncing the caller’s attacks, Cantor simply ran with them, as it appears that demonizing President Obama’s agenda is all the Republicans on Capitol Hill can come up with in opposition.
Indeed, shortly after Obama’s election victory, one GOP congressman compared one of Obama’s proposals to “what Hitler did in Nazi Germany.” In fact, Cantor’s colleagues in the Republican leadership have been fanning the flames as well. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) called Obama’s budget proposal “a new American socialist experiment” while Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), the third-ranking House Republican, denounced Obama’s economic agenda as “European-style socialism.”
Transcript:
CALLER: Good morning, Congressman Cantor.
CANTOR: Good morning.
CALLER: You are a breath of fresh air sir.
CANTOR: Thank you.
CANTOR: Sorry about all of the ignorance that has descended upon you this morning. But first of all, I would just like to thank you and Michele Bachmann and all of the conservatives that are doing such a great job. The people that drink from the kool-aid seem to think that there is a magical tree of money behind Washington and their theory is that if you want to go on a diet, you should eat more cakes and steaks. And if you want to stop drinking, you should fill your house with alcohol. I mean its insanity. But what really is scaring the rest of us, the other half of us, is the fascism. I mean the true fascism that is happening in this country today.
HOST: What do you mean by that, caller?
CALLER: The belligerent takeover of a one-party system.
CANTOR: Alright well let me respond to that caller. First of all, I think you are right about the fact that when people earn their own money, and they’re given a chance to have more control over how the dollars they earn are spent; you ultimately get a better outcome. So the attempt to tray and say “we need to take more money from the people who earn it, bring it into Washington and decide what the priorities should be from here,”
I think is misguided and at the end of the day you create a lot of waste, a lot of inefficiency and you don’t get economic growth. So we want to put incentives in place. You are absolutely right.Now as far as what is going on in this town, and in this budget, and you say that the formula the president has adopted is “we need to spend more to produce an economic recovery,” that seems to be what this budget is about. Because you are right, this budget spends more and it represents a larger portion of government expenditure, a larger portion of GDP than we have had since 1945. So I agree with you, we need to make the same kind of choices here in Washington that working families are trying to deal with every single day. They have got to balance their budgets. We ought to be doing the same.
Now as far as a one-party government in here, I think what the public is doing they’re finally waking up and everybody is realizing that checks and balances are a part of the system and divided government is something that is beneficial to a balanced debate, and something that can produce a better outcome. Which is exactly why Republicans in the House have said, “Look, we want to work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.” Because what you see about the budget document he has presented, is one that is so far out of the mainstream. Proposing this cap and trade scheme that frankly will produce a tax hike on every household in this country. Some estimates out MIT say that each household in America will play over $3,000 in taxes every year because of this cap and trade scheme that the president is proposing. That means if you pay an electric bill, you pay higher taxes. If you pay a gas bill, you pay higher taxes. If you buy anything manufactured in this country, you are going to pay higher taxes under this president’s. That is a job killer. And if we’re concerned about taxes right now, we cannot have that provision and we cannot have that plan go forward.
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“I’d like to thank you and Michelle Bachmann…”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:55 amI wouldn’t be paying any attention to anything else this moron caller had to say after that. Cantor is such a limp-d^ck. Fascism would be a better fitting label for your dream days under imperial Bush, moron.
As the Wizard of Oz so apty said:
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!!”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:55 amIt’s like listening to a bunch of children. They don’t know what they are talking about, but go on and on as if their imaginary friends are real… It would be funny if Cantor weren’t an elected Representative!
March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 am“We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
So to Cantor, getting a majority of votes means you’re out of the mainstream?
March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 am“Checks and balances”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 amI love how all the Repukes remember all this stuff now that they’re not in power. How utterly pathetic.
Let me understand – when the one party in control of all branches of government is the GOP – GOOD. When the GOP is out of the majority, and polls lower and lower each week – BAD.
When Cantor is the best they’ve got, they really are in trouble. And to truly understand fascism one need look no further than the last 8 years.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 am“It’s not fascism when we do it.”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:58 amoops. I meant:
“It’s not fascism when we do it.”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:58 amWhere was this outrage when Bush was spending $5 trillion on blowing up a third world country that posed no actual threat to us, tax cuts for rich people who have been proven not to pay taxes and not to share their money in Trickle Down or any other fashion, and to making his oil buddies wealthy at our expense? Hmmm?
March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 amThanks Mr. Cantor, but we woke up to the fascist one-party government in Washington last year when we threw the bums out. Now get off your duff and start acting responsibly and doing what your electorate want rather than the mandates of the failed republican party.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 amCANTOR: Now as far as a one-party government in here, I think what the public is doing they’re finally waking up and everybody is realizing that checks and balances are a part of the system and divided government is something that is beneficial to a balanced debate, and something that can produce a better outcome.
I see. The Republicans purposely lost the 2006 Congressional elections because they wanted a divided government. That’s what I call putting country first. Thank you Republicans.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 amThe belligerent takeover of a one-party system.You have got to be kidding me, for almost thirty years real Americans have been having to live with Fascism from Raygun, two Shrubs and a very moderate Clinton.Well I for one do want a belligerent takeover by the Left so we can have haelth care,roads and bridges,public education that works,college that is affordable,yes I will have a progressive takeover back from the REICH a$$hole that have ruined America.The last eight years of Authotarianism/ Bushco has terrified the hell out of people, class warfare has ruined many innocet families and the rich keep getting richer,PHUCK U REICH Wing nut jobs=HYPOCRITES
March 25th, 2009 at 10:02 amand a word to the ever so wise republicans
You don’t want socialism in America?
Don’t subvert the market. Don’t trash the economy. Don’t hand out “no-bid” contracts to your incompetent, overpriced buddies. Don’t piss away money on worthless weapons systems and stupid quagmires. This “socialism” is damage control from 8 years of orgiastic spending and bad policy. All it’s doing is re-balancing a lot of aspects of our society that have been out of balance for a very long time. We needed clean energy 40 years ago – we’re just getting to it now. Just one example.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:02 amCALLER: But what really is scaring the rest of us, the other half of us, is the fascism. I mean the true fascism that is happening in this country today.
Has anyone taken a train lately? I was just wondering if the Democrats are making them run on time.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:02 amWhen Barry starts filling those empty Halliburton super-prisons with republican political dissidents (which IMO would be just desserts, since these idiots BUILT those prisons), THEN you can cry fascism Mr. Cantor.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:03 amApparently, the right doesn’t know its right form its left.
About once a month, some winger compares liberals to Nazis. They obviously think this is a brilliant intellectual ploy, based on all the Democratic Presidents who have turned into strutting tyrants.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:04 amIt never ceases to amaze me how these members of Congress who I dare say are supposed to be respectable people are allowed to get away with this sort of smut!!!! They are never taken to task or held accountable for what they say! They are just fanning the flames of the low-information kooks, like the ones who attended Sarah Palin rallies during the campaign fervor, out there. Just more proof that the GOPers have absolutely nothing to offer but cheap-shots and no answers or solutions to the problems facing this nation….pretty sad!!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:06 amWould Cheney please take Can’tor hunting.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:07 amYes, Perry,
March 25th, 2009 at 10:07 amEspecially when looking at the history of Nixon and Bush, it would be the rethuglicans who strut like tyrants, as they flaut the law, absolve themselves of guilt and responsibility, and abuse the powers of the office.
Wait a minute! I thought the Democrats were Socialists! I’m soooo confused!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:07 amIf you look at other Conservative countrues, they are always the ones who are fighting, have class warfare, have high poverty, etc. And if you look at Liberal countries, you’ll always find them in the highest percent for living standards.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:08 amI find this hard to believe when references to Fascism and Nazis are hurled at those you “want to work with…”
These republicans remind me of the kid who didn’t want to take turns riding the pony and is now pitching a fit because he has to watch the other kids ride.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:08 amYa ever think that RePUGs never did too well with Political Science classes?
I am thinking that perhaps Canter didn’t too well and Backman probably didn’t get there.
Course that don’t mean too much when all you can do is throw your doo-cus on the wall and figure it hit some one else.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:08 am“The belligerent takeover of a one-party system”
Who IS this guy? Where was he 12 years ago?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:10 amshoeless Says:
Has anyone taken a train lately? I was just wondering if the Democrats are making them run on time.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Nope, they’re not. The DC Metro – which runs through the communist enclaves of Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland, has been choked with delays the past few mornings.
So there we have it – proof positive that “liberal fascism” is yet another ridiculous mythical creature devised by the right. We’ll add it to “Islamofascism,” “intelligent design,” and “the free market.”
March 25th, 2009 at 10:10 amJewish Congressman calls out fascism. Let’s put this in historical perspective. The film Despotism from 1946 shows Republicans led America down the fascist path.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-461990723502527420
March 25th, 2009 at 10:11 amObama must get an army of spokesmen to counter these outrageous attacks. The repugniscum will continue to obstruct Obama’s plans while they repeat their talking points until they get more and more people to agree with them.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:11 amThey will make it happen.
Obama needs outspoken democrats to take to the airwaves, write op-eds and battle the repugs in every arena. He does a good job of appealing to the public, but he needs others in the house and senate to fight some of those battles with their peers.
Also, “one party rule?” Has Cantor even seen what his blue dog Democratic colleagues in the Senate are up to? The Democrats can barely rule their OWN one party!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:12 amPerhaps Cantor should use some of Virgina’s 7th district stimulus money for a dictionary.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:13 amThese people are laughable on their face. They appeal to the backwash – the 20% dead enders that thought chimpy did such a bang-up job as dur chimpfurher.
What these people say is meaningless without the megaphone and echo-chamber of the mainstream media.
The real problem has nothing to do with the proclaimations buy a unpopular political party and their mindless backers.
The real problem is that the mainstream media amplifies everything they say far beyond its merits and popular support, “catapulting the propaganda.”
March 25th, 2009 at 10:13 amshoeless Says:
Wait a minute! I thought the Democrats were Socialists! I’m soooo confused!
Me, too. How can we be Commies, Socialists, Nazis and Fascists all at the same time?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 10:14 amCALLER: But what really is scaring the rest of us, the other half of us, is the fascism. I mean the true fascism that is happening in this country today. […] The belligerent takeover of a one-party system.
“Belligerent takeover”? Is he refering to the elections of ‘06 and ‘08?
“The other half of us?” Is he refering to the 20% or so of the ideologue dead enders who will retain their beliefs no matter what the facts on the ground are?
I have to agree with the first comment’s description of Cantor as “limpd***”. The repub leadership and pundits have really devolved to that.
If they really believe in their ideology, why can’t they just say that “although currently unpopular they believe history will prove them right” without all the mistruths and petty b.s.?
Maybe it’s because recent history has consistently proved them wrong.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:15 amI’m jealous. I really sort of wish I was on the same pill this guy is taking that makes me feel so bold to throw words around, with complete confidence, without knowing what they mean.
It really takes an embiggened spirit to be so cromulent, I suppose.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:15 am“Look, we want to work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
Actually, Eric, there are now so many Democrats in congress that you’ll find them sitting on your side of the aisle, too.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 10:17 amThe Republicans have some nerve accusing someone else of fascism after eight years of lock-step attack-all-our-opponents-as-unpatriotic neoconservatism.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:17 amunbelievable Says
March 25th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Where was this outrage when Bush…?
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And it wasn’t just Bush — where was the outrage when the Republicans controlled all of Congress and changed the rules to effectively prevent the minority party from introducing any legislation? Back when the GOP had power, merely having control wasn’t enough. They did everything they possibly could to stomp out every last burning ember and spark of the Democratic Party.
But THAT wasn’t fascism. Oh, nooooooooooooo….
Cantor has a lot of gall. I’d be laughing my head off if it wasn’t that he’s absolutely serious about wanting America to believe this nonsense.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:17 amConstipated Cantor was on MSNBC this morning with Ann Curry. When she questioned him about some accusations he was making, the man became all flustered and looked angry. Apparently, Cantor believes in free speech ONLY when he speaks freely.
Spensers Mom #6 said it best “When Cantor is the best they’ve got, they really are in trouble. And to truly understand fascism one need look no further than the last 8 years.”
March 25th, 2009 at 10:18 amI’m in a rather erudite and mature mood……SO F**K YOU ERIC CANTOR…..I have had it with these do nothing but talk out of their collective asses Republicans. They consistently speak in terms of fear and have no clear policies or fresh ideas…..
March 25th, 2009 at 10:18 amThe Republicans have nothing to offer but vitriol, insults, lies, and anti-U.S. comments. There is absolutely nothing constructive or positive in their words. Several of them, certainly including Bachmann, should be investigated & charged for what they have said- in her case, encouraging people to become armed to attack the government.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:19 amThese fools not only need a dictionary, they also need a history book. The first thing Hitler and Musolini did was lock up all the Communists and Socialists.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:21 amWhat a joke! Does Cantor honestly think young people care about ‘fascism’ and ’socialism’? Between these terms and the use of Ronald Reagan, young people are scratching their heads and saying,”Who?” Repugs want to cling to the past and young people want to move on. Jesus.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:22 amEric Kleefeld over at TPM put together a great montage he calls “The Bachmann Effect” that’s worth checking out:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/beholdthe-bachmann-effect.php
Also, Michelle, time to lay off the botox for a spell.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 10:24 amCan’tor: Project much?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:24 amcantor was unable, and/or unwilling to answer directly, honestly, any of anne’s questions on the TODAY show this morning…
March 25th, 2009 at 10:25 amjust more obfuscation and talking points…
It is very clear that Cantor slept through History class, as did most of his fellow propagandists. And they are appealing to the section of the public they have worked hard to keep from getting educated.
Short course: Hitler was a fascist who used propaganda and lies to lead Germany into a war that also finished wrecking the economy of the country. He did this to stop the Weimar government from trying to rebuild the economy and reputation of Germany after the previous right wing government led the country into a war and destroyed the economy.
Anyone else see a pattern here?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:25 amYes, that’s what Republicans call it when all the votes are counted.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:25 amDictionary….meaning of
Fascism: A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator (BUSH AND CHENEY), stringent socioeconomic controls(NO HEALTH CARE, NO SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS,NO SOCIAL SAFTY NET,NO SPENDING FOR THE PEOPLE), suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship(OUTING CIA AGENTS,CHERRY PICKING REPORTS TO GO TO WAR,INVADING COUNTRIES WITHOUT PROVICATION, SETTING UP A PROPAGANDA STATION FOX, CONTROLING NEWS OUTLETS,NO BID CONTRACT TO FRIENDS,10BILLION MISSION WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED ECT.) , and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism (NO DESENTING WORDS,WITH US OR AGAINST US,AXIS OF EVIL, GOD AND BIBLE COME FIRST AHEAD OF THE CITEZENS, WE HAVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE…37TH IN THE WORLD) and racism (PALIN RALLIES).
Now tell me who is fascist???? IDIOT!!!PIG!!! F***HEAD!!!!
THIS NATION MUST FIX IT’S EDUCATION….NOW OR WE WILL SELF DESTRUCT!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:26 amshoeless Says:
These fools not only need a dictionary, they also need a history book. The first thing Hitler and Musolini did was lock up all the Communists and Socialists.
So does that make us both the prisoners and the guards? All I see are the bars, I just can’t figure out which side of the cell I’m on.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 10:27 amunbelievable Says:
It’s like listening to a bunch of children. …
hell, it’s like listening to US not too long ago ranting about the right wing crazies…
does no one else get that?
like i’ve said – we wrote their script…
March 25th, 2009 at 10:27 amOH MY GOD!!!
Wasn’t the strategist from the previous admin. the main one talking about a PERMANENT Republican majority?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:28 amCANTOR: Now as far as a one-party government in here, I think what the public is doing they’re finally waking up
What? The public has been asleep for the last 8 years?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:31 amNo $hit, Sherlock!
“Allo, my name is Eric Cantor. My words will make your brain hurt. Prepare to cry.”
March 25th, 2009 at 10:31 amthe brown acid Says:
When Barry …
WHY DO YOU DO THAT?
ARE YOU A MOLE?
you know his name – use it.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:32 amYes, Eric the Hun — the public is finally waking up. That’s why Rushpublican poll numbers are way down; they’re waking up to the fiscal, moral, environmental and humanitarian mess that you and your fellow brownshirts created over the last 8 years, and have decided they’ve had enough of it.
You need only look back as far as November to see the public “waking up”, moron…
March 25th, 2009 at 10:35 amFor all the jackasses who like to throw around words like fascism and socialism without knowing what they mean, I’ll put it as simply as possible.
Mussolini, who invented fascism, said the people exist only to serve the State.
The main tenet of socialism maintains that the State exists only to serve the people.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:35 amNOLIESPLEASE Says
March 25th, 2009 at 10:26 am
THIS NATION MUST FIX IT’S EDUCATION….NOW OR WE WILL SELF DESTRUCT!!!
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I’ve always believed the best thing we can teach our children is how to think. Schools have quit teaching this — now they just focus on test prep for the all-important EOG tests. Children graduate after a dozen years of conditioning through memorize-and-regurgitate “learning”, and enter the world as mentally absorbant automatons.
Which is what the Republican Party counts on to keep their membership up. And that’s why they want the schools to stay exactly the way they are. If we actually EDUCATE our children, teach them how to think, and give them the tools to do so, we would have a population of people who think instead of mindlessly absorb propaganda.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:36 amEric Cantor: yet another wingnut who doesn’t know what the term Fascism means.
From the guy who invented fascism:
“Fascism, which was not afraid to call itself reactionary… does not hesitate to call itself illiberal and anti-liberal.”
March 25th, 2009 at 10:39 am_Benito Mussolini
P.D. Says
March 25th, 2009 at 10:22 am
What a joke! Does Cantor honestly think young people care about ‘fascism’ and ’socialism’?
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See my post at #58 about education. Cantor is counting on young people not knowing what either term really means. This way, when he flings the words around randomly to describe the Democrats, he’s hoping young people will be left with a vague feeling of “I don’t know what it means, but it must be something really bad.” If people hearing Cantor understood what “fascism” or “socialism” meant, they would immediately know Cantor is full of crap.
Kind of like what Ronald Reagan did with the word “liberal” back in the 80’s.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:42 amWow.
It’s too bad we didn’t have the checks and balances system implemented the last 8 years.
Who knows.
Maybe no 9/11. Maybe no illegal occupation. Maybe no unlimited government spending. Maybe no recession. Maybe no Wall Street collapse. Maybe no torturing. Maybe no pathetic government response to natural disasters.
And most importantly, maybe no 4000 brave men and women dead, and countless Iraqis.
But nooooo, we woke up too late.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:42 amThe Republican party is collapsing faster than the economy. Conservatives are literally eating each other. You have Sarah Palin refusing Government money for programs that help parents with ’special needs’ children, when during her VP campaign, those same parents would’ve had a ‘friend in the White House’. Or Steele actually being the Republican Chair, but Rush taking all the spotlight.
I live amoung Conservatives that I am correcting constantly, because they are completely misinformed. Where many want to blame the economic issues on Democrats or Liberals, when it was actually Ronald Reagan that removed the very regulations, which has put our economic system in jeporady. An uncontrolled system is far more dangerous than a over-managed one.
In the end, no matter how badly Conservatives wish they were still in charge, America has spoken and they are officially the minority. The Liberal movement is upon us all, and Liberals should act accordingly. Speak loudly and often about the ‘reality’ of things. And if they choose to not move forward, we will push through them.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am“But first of all, I would just like to thank you and Michele Bachmann and all of the conservatives that are doing such a great job.”
Any caller who includes this much ass kissing is either a plant or a terminal suck-up. I’m voting for Door #1. Seeding the calls, like culling a town hall audience to admit only true believers, is just business as usual for the Grand Old Pissants.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:44 amI just watched….
http://video.google.com/ videoplay?docid=-461990723502527420
This 1946 documentory must be seen by as many people as possible. When watching I couldn’t help but feel suckered by the Republican party and there mentality of ideas. I will post this address every time there is a discussion about socialism, fascism or communism.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FASCIST…WATCH AND TELL ME IF THAT AIN’T SO!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 10:45 amDoes P.D. stand for Permanently Disenfranchised?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:49 amI continue to think — as I have since Sarah Palin started this during the campaign — that Republican rabble-rousers like Michele Bachmann & those like Cantor who “go with the sludge” pose a danger to the country & to the President.
BTW, whoever that host is also has a responsibility to tamp down that old girl, & she probably shouldn’t have got past the producer who screens the calls. It IS possible (in theory, anyway) to hold far-right views without calling names or calling one’s constituent’s to arms (as Bachmann did).
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
March 25th, 2009 at 10:51 amhe’s referring to the bush admin. right?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:55 amEric Cantor needs to take a civics class. “Checks and balances” means that each branch of government has the ability to limit the other two branches.
It isn’t ideological welfare for parties that can’t compete in the free market of elections.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:55 amWhen is someone going to call these hacks on their treasonous talk?
March 25th, 2009 at 10:56 amWhen Bush was in office and his war policies were criticized, the critics were labeled as un-American and traitors for not backing the president 100%.
Why isn’t anyone, from the Democratic party to the media whores, from the newspapers to the pundits calling out people like Cantor, who spread lies, mischaracterizations, and treasonous words about the president?
Mr. Obama gave a stirring and informative speech on racism. Perhaps he can use his pulpit to inform the public on what fascism, socialism, and communism really are.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:57 amshoeless :”These fools not only need a dictionary, they also need a history book. The first thing Hitler and Musolini did was lock up all the Communists and Socialists.”
Hitler also organized book burnings.The constant attempts to replace science and empirical study with myth in the school curriculum is just one step behind book burning.
The constant dismissal of intellectualism by Republicans is exactly what the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin did.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:00 amThat simple fact suits their simple minds, enabling them to claim that Democrats are both Fascists and Communists, because Republicans don’t want to learn about the quite different philosophies behind the labels–to do so would be an act of intellectualism and therefore ’socialist’ and therefore ‘communist’, and therefore simple absolutism is the ‘cure’—which is also a fascist trait, but it can’t be fascist because we fought Hitler! So there!
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Me thinks Cantor’s “manufactured outrage” needs a dictionary.
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:03 amYeah, that’s why your party isn’t in power anymore.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:05 am.
Dear Mr. Cantor,
Don’t Be A Sucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X14HS4gLk
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:08 amI wonder how many times during and after the campaign a influential Republican/conservative politician, commentator, news anchor etc publicly has implied or outright called Obama a fascist, socialist, marxist, dictator, stalinist, or compared him or his administration to Hitler or some other dictator.
Only in my link library I count about 40 or so instances. I bet theres a lot more. Thats of course excluding all the other ridiculous lies and attacks
March 25th, 2009 at 11:15 amsheesh . . . can these Republicans PLEASE settle on our label SOON???? . . . I’m spending a fortune on reprinting my business-cards . . . .
March 25th, 2009 at 11:22 amMichelle Bachman, duh . .
Did anyone really understand her idiotic questions?? Does she even understand her questions?
I thought the witnesses were going to tell her ‘Lady, this is not a classroom and I don’t have time for stupidity. THE CONGRESS [of which you are a Member] GAVE US THE POWER. . ‘
The People of Minnesota DESERVE better representation than this stoooopid woman, really . .
March 25th, 2009 at 11:23 amWow Ricky, project much?
March 25th, 2009 at 11:23 amSo Cantor says the country is waking up and he is right. The country has looked at the new leaders of the repug party, Cantor, Bachmann, Jindal, Joe the Plumber, Russ, Steele, Palin and said, No Way, No how would we give you guys control of anything.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:23 amYou gotta hand to Republicans, they know fascism and they know projection. Put the two together and you get Eric Cantor, already a shining star in the compulsive liar category that poses as leadership these days.
One thing I really don’t understand, is how Republicans manage to call their fellow Americans Fascists, Communists, Socialists, and traitors, and yet still claim to be wrapping themselves in the flag. As a party they glory screaming about how America is being destroyed, but are ever careful not to try and use their elected positions to save it.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:26 amLook, we want to work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
Isn’t he admitting that his definition of “working with the president” is doing it Cantor’s way ?
March 25th, 2009 at 11:29 amCantor – another case of litte kid pitching a fit in the middle of the supermarket.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:30 amCantor is in the mainstream? Is he kidding? The leader of the Party of NO is trying to say they are in the mainstream? What a hoot.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:31 amLest we forget: We are a Nation at War.
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We are a country in economic ruin due to Republican policies over the last eight years.
WHO’S THE REAL ENEMY?
March 25th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Lest we forget: We are a Nation at War.
We are a country in economic ruin due to Republican policies over the last eight years.
WHO’S THE REAL ENEMY?
March 25th, 2009 at 11:34 amA fascist black president????????
What kind of kool aid are these right wing guys (the right being more fascist historically) drinking???
March 25th, 2009 at 11:41 amA question for you, Mr. Cantor, if I may.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:44 amIf the mainstream is taking us toward a dangerous waterfall, should we not have the Captain of our boat lead us to a tributary on the side before we get to the waterfall, so we can take a safer route around it?
“The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it.” [1941]
-Edward Dowling
“Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.”
-Jimmy Carter
“The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.”
-Seth MacFarlane, The Family Guy
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
-Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
“In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”
-H. L. Mencken
March 25th, 2009 at 11:45 amIt’s not a surprise that Cantor and his ilk would say such things.
It is a surprise that anyone would actually take him seriously.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:54 amHas anyone seen a troll around?
Mention fascist and they go back into the woodwork!
March 25th, 2009 at 11:57 amYou know, the perils of a one-party state can be terrible.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:58 amWhen I was a sprat way back when, the Republican Party had folks like Nelson Rockefeller, Chuck Percy, and even Dwight Eisenhower.
What happened is that all those folks have been chased out of the Republican Party. What’s left is a bunch of radical Randists, Rapture fans, and Stormfront readers. Eisenhower would be shouted down as a hard-left Democrat. It’s rather amazing.
The middle-class Republicans who were for a strong defense and fiscal responsibility? They’re gone, and the Glenn Back faction is left.
We have as one of our more eminent Democrats Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Navy. Where’s the place for him in the Republican Party?
American may be a ‘center-right nation.’ I don’t really think so, but you know where that ‘center-right’ is?
It’s somewhere to the left of Evan Bayh.
The Republicans have purged their moderate members, run hard to the right, associated with white supremacists, Birchers, end-timers, and Objectivists. An awful lot of people woke up and found that the Republican Party they remembered was no more. In place of a Republican party that stood for fiscal restraint, scientific research, and law and order, we have the Party of Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Bill O’Reilly and Jonah Goldberg.
They’re so far from the mainstream they can’t even see the water.
As a regular “Joe” type person who understands basic human nature, I am absolutely amazed and saddened by the level of sheer ignorance exhibited in the poorly written comments on this website. I ran across this site while trying to educate myself on both sides of issues and cannot believe the lack of education many of you exhibit in your comments. How sad and how frightening for America’s future. This once great nation can be great again, but you are all going to need to be educated on both sides of the issues and quit believing everything you hear without any individual investigation. Think for yourselves and learn about our true history before you speak your mind. If you want to appear educated and knowledgeable, leave out the profanity which makes you appear boorish and stupid. I feel sorry for all of you. Far right ideology is no better and they need to get educated on both sides of the issues as well. If everyone would do that instead of drink their respective kool-aid and espouse idiocy, we would be much better off as a country. Maybe we wouldn’t have gotten in this financial mess. Our leaders are corrupt, especially those in the majority, but also many of those in the minority. Of course there are a few good ones in the majority, but they are prevented from using common sense by the pressure of the corrupt leadership. I did not want to believe it, but it is true. There is a lot of ignorance out there and you are prime examples.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:59 amI’m totally scratching my head right now! Now Cantor is calling Obama a fascist!?! Totally laughable! Wow – sounds like Cantor and his caller caught the vapors forget about drinking the kool-aid! And as far as bringing Obama back to the mainstream – they’re too late because he’s been in the mainstream! The GOP is still trying to catch up.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pmSo neither the caller nor Cantor actually knows what fascism is. Because if they did, they’d be all for it – it’s so precisely where the Bush Administration tried to go.
Lord, I’m so sick of stupidity.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:01 pmAs a regular Tom type guy, I resent your sanctimonious tone. You have no idea what I know and do not know, and only a full-blown fool would leap to the sweeping and general conclusion that you try to.
If that’s all you’ve got to contribute – keep it.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pmWell thank you for your pity. Perhaps you can hold classes in which you can eradicate our ignorance and salve your self-righteous need to pontificate.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit Says:
As a regular “Joe” type person who understands basic human nature, I am absolutely amazed and saddened by the level of sheer ignorance exhibited in the poorly written comments on this website.
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Sniff… sniff… what can I say? I apologize on behalf of all the posters here, “regular Joe”. I’m sure your understanding of of basic human nature is SOOOOO f-in’ beyond us to comprehend, it’ll take us years to catch up w/ ya. Until then, we’ll just have to muddle along…
SNARK/off…
March 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit, so are you saying you agree with Eric Cantor’s charges of fascism?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pmAnd again the scum sucking repukes prove that they don’t know the meaning of Fascism…
…do any of these cretins own a dictionary?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pmSo what you’re saying is you know nothing about history and can’t dispute the facts presented here, right?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pmWhat other half? You mean the racist 20%ers?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:07 pmThese people become more pathetic each day. There are two parties in DC and we were closer to being fascist under Bush than anytime in history. I would suggest the morons in the GOP look up the words and try to understand what they mean.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pmOnce again, the words “irony” and “projection” are not in the Republican version of the dictionary.
If what he is saying wasn’t so stupid it would almost be funny. The public finally woke up to the fascist Republican’s and they sent them a loud and clear message. Unfortunately for the Republicans, they didn’t get the message.
Obama’s job approval ratings are still very high and have changed very little in the last month. On the other hand, the Republicans in Congress are tanking. One poll had them going from a 34% approval to a 28% approval in one month whereas the Democrats are at 47%.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:15 pmI’m sure his omission of any specific instances of ’sheer ignorance’ was inadvertant. Please Mr. ‘regular Joe’, enlighten us, so that we can be as educated and eloquent as yourself. Exactly where did we go wrong. I will patiently await your reply.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit Says:
As a regular “Joe” type person who understands basic human nature, I am absolutely amazed and saddened by the level of sheer ignorance exhibited in the poorly written comments on this website.
If you don’t like it, feel free to leave. At least you are allowed to post to this blog. I have yet to find a conservative blog that will let anyone with a contrary point of view post. Either they monitor all posts and only post the ones that fit their world view or like redstate.com, they ban you by IP address within an hour of your posting something that does not agree with their world view.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:19 pmHey #92- You sound exactly like one of the “faux concerned” morons from the O Reilly thread the other night. “blogzilla, was it? Regardless, the point you are missing is that Republicans are lying asshats that throw around stupid words they don’t the definition of. Yes, of course there is corrupt Democrats, but we’re talking about the corrupt(mentally) Repukes, so pss off!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm“We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
What, Cantor, you mean the 28% mainstream?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pmCantor, as a repug, never minded the right being facsist….either that or he doesn’t even know the defination of the word. Here is the MW defination nd the Obama administratiobn fits it far LESS that the last repug administration!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:22 pma political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
Buckie Boy Says:
And again the scum sucking repukes prove that they don’t know the meaning of Fascism…
It’s just another “ism” word to them and all “ism” words to them are the boogey man. They really do need to spend some time researching the meaning of “socialism”, “communism” and “fascism”, because one world view can’t possibly encompass all three.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit, rather than a critique on the posters here do you have something to say on the topic at hand? Not the most civil way to approach a discussion with your first post. I would suggest that you are deluding yourself about your astute observational capabilities on human nature if you were so stunned to see posters on a progressive site discussing the ignorance of the some of the more divisive republican Reps (Cantor & Bachman). You see didnot (can I call you didnot?), after eight years of criminality, lies, absolute secrecy and hyper-partisan party politics by the Bush Administration and their eager cohorts on the Hill even somebody less capable of reading intoo human nature would understand that progressives are more than a little pissed at the extreme Right Wing. Their continued misuse of words like “fascism”, “socialism”, “communism” and the like to anger people and strike fear against Obama’s policies are disingenuous at least and anti-American at best. Care to discuss the topic?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/24/eric-cantor-gops-rising-s_n_178789.html
Apparently Mr. Cantor is losing favor with his party. This can’t help him at all.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:25 pmDon’t forget their favorite ism that they pee their pants everytime they hear: terrorism
March 25th, 2009 at 12:25 pmThe country woke up in November! That’s why we dumped the repugs.
Cantor needs to look up the word fascist. When you see what fascism is, you can only draw one conclusion – Fascists = Republican Party.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:25 pmThese clowns wouldn’t know what a fascist was if they fell over one in the street. To think these fools want the public to put their trust in idiots like Cantor and the party of NO is amazing.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:26 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit Says:
There is a lot of ignorance out there and as a regular “Joe”you are prime example.
There fixed it for you, “Joe the regular idiot”.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:26 pmObviously, I’m not the only one here who was struck by the contrast between didnotwanttobelieveit’s categorical disparaging of the level of education and awareness among TP commenters, and the absolute lack of any meaningful description of just exactly what it was that we didn’t know.
As wags and shoeless noted, perhaps our new friend will deign to return and educate us?
It seems to be our only hope to avoid “fascism”.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit Says:
As a regular “Joe” type person who understands basic human nature, I am absolutely amazed and saddened by the level of sheer ignorance exhibited in the poorly written comments on this website. I ran across this site while trying to educate myself on both sides of issues and cannot believe the lack of education many of you exhibit in your comments.
Sounds a lot like (from the last Amanda thread):
The irony is I never came here by watching Bill0, I actually read something about this story on one website which led me to another and ultimately gave me cause to catch the Bill0 segment on rerun. I then came here to get the Think Progess side of the story. I found nothing but attacks (many laced with NOTHING but profanity with no points) directed at people that wanted to engage in debate or offer a different perspective. Honestly I didn’t even know this website existed until I was led here via a MSNBC related site.
I think we have a sock puppet, folks.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
It seems to be our only hope to avoid “fascism”.
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Or at least a drop in our self-esteem from such stern criticism…
Sniff… sniff… I already feel like a lesser person…
March 25th, 2009 at 12:29 pmIt seems to be our only hope to avoid “fascism”.
What’s this week’s definition?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:30 pmhey!
didnotwantotbelieveit
Have you ever tried to post a critical comment on a rightwing blog?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:31 pmYou are allowed to come here and sanctimoniously and broadly criticize us for ignorance, but you offer nothing.
I daresay we are collectively a lot more informed than many of our critics — and more than that, we are open to learning more — unlike the opposition.
barfly Says:
What’s this week’s definition?
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Prolly includes “appeasement” somehow…
March 25th, 2009 at 12:32 pmbarfly Says:
I think we have a sock puppet, folks.
Of course it is a sock puppet. It is also a coward. Just another troll who comes here, leaves a steaming pile of $hit and then runs for cover. Pathetic.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pmYou forgot their leader: Rush Limpbaugh.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pmI’m gonna keep checkin’ in just to see if our new friend has stopped by to educate us.
I don’t want to miss it if he does.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pmI wouldn’t hold your breath.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm“ance” = “another narcissistic concern expert”, a blogger whose first post to a website is a criticism of the intellectual prowess, morality, or knowledge of the regular bloggers to that website
“ignore” = not attend to
“ignor-ance” = not attending to another narcissistic concern expert’s post
March 25th, 2009 at 12:49 pmPLC, you nailed it again, as always! I notice that it didn’t even stay to share any ideas or discuss any issues. Hit and run spammer, per marching orders.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pmrepugs are desperately seeking the one little petty silly annoying talking point that will stick.
repugs still can’t comprehend that the majority here and abroad aren’t living in the 1920s meaning we don’t live in their pathetic world their myopic selfish dangerous world.
their idiotic asses still can’t comprehend that the majority here and abroad aren’t living in the 1920s meaning we don’t live in their pathetic world.
Get out of the way! MOVE!
repugs! we get it already. Damn, don’t shove too much stupid shit down your thinning racist ignorant silly useless base.
The US will be a beacon of light for the free world, not the ruler of the world.
Go USA!
March 25th, 2009 at 1:06 pmGo President Obama!
“We want to try to bring this president back into the mainstream.”
I think this statement is the most telling. Republicans are so non-reality-based that they really do think they are the mainstream. It’s time they faced reality and accept the fact that they enabled and encouraged the most fascist administration in U.S. history (the last one, not this one) and as a result, the Obama Administration has to fix the enormous mess they left behind. Considering that 61% of the population is behind the President, it’s staggering that the Republicans have not realized that the winds have changed, they are no longer trusted, and the “fear” tactics only work on the 23%ers.
And what is it with them and projection??
March 25th, 2009 at 1:09 pmrepugs if we are becoming socialist does that mean your club can’t eat from co-oped organic gardens?
It’s green and it’s realll good eatin.
Y’all are too pitiful.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pmTallygirl Says: Considering that 61% of the voting population is behind the President,
I added an important adjective. :)
It’s way more than that.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pmdidnotwanttobelieveit:
1) There are not ‘both sides’ of issues. There are a vast number of aspects of an issue. More than one viewpoint is laudable to investigate, but thinking about ’sides’ of an issue means you have lost an important battle right at the start.
2) Debating an issue, which is a rewarding thing, has become increasingly difficult in recent years because one of the prerequisites for a debate is that you agree on the facts. And there are an enormous number of media sources that simply lie, misstate facts, and leave out vital information.
There are people like Rush Limbaugh who get the facts wrong time and again, never correct themselves, and never appear in a neutral forum to conduct any sort of ‘debate’. As a result of all this bad information, most of what goes on in the public square is trying to get to the starting line.
I am firmly devoted to finding out the facts of the situation, and will go anywhere to find them. What I am appalled at is the willingness of what passes for conservatives to swallow lies because they reinforce their beliefs.
I remember William F. Buckley’s firing Line with fondness, and would love it if we could get to that point. But we simply can’t do it with people who get the facts wrong. There is nothing positive about a debate with people who believe that Saddam Hussein sent his WMD’s to Syria, that WTC7 was dynamited with explosives, or that Laetrile cures cancer. Debate about facts is worse than useless.
3)I share your concern about education in this country: If I ran the zo, elementary school children would be taught Rhetoric along with spelling and American history.
But obscenity is no flag of stupidity or poor education: it’s merely priggishness. Henry Miller was a great writer: so was Hunter S. Thompson. So was Henry James, who never so much as came near an expletive. So was Hemingway, who lived among them.
We live in an age without a high style: tough, maybe, but it’s a fact. We’re also surrounded by execrable writing–and it would be nice to be delivered from some of it. But obscenity is not a marker. It’s an excuse.
Grammar is a wonderful tool, and a lot of so-called ‘dignified’ writing ignores it, switching from “you” to ‘one’ to ‘I’ in the course of a single piece, and flapping around from the present to the past to the future like a loose wire. But someone who focuses on obscenity is like someone who rants about split infinitives: they’re only considered wrong arbitrarily and are beside the point.
3) After your paean to becoming informed, you embark on a contentless diatribe. All our leaders are corrupt, especially those in the majority? Is that what you think educated insight consists of?
That’s not insight, that’s conventional mythology. Everybody Knows That. We libs are currently tearing our hair out over a Treasury Secretary who seems to be working for his buddies in the finance industry. We get it. When we find corruption and incompetence on ‘our side’, we try to root it out. But we also expect ‘the other side’ to do so as well.
As far as I can tell, you probably wrote your piece to make you feel better about yourself. That’s understandable. But as a famous lib once said, you should perhaps deal with the beam in your own eye before inveighing against the mote in ours.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pmThey are sitting in a mud puddle on the bank of the river, and they think it is the main stream.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:31 pmso no education going on yet from our new friend?
– I’ll check back later.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:41 pm“There is a lot of ignorance out there and you are prime examples”.
And how do you prove your point????
Decent is ignorance???? Opposing views (that have facts behind the view)are examples of ignorance????
What I find ignorant is people like you that won’t discuss the issue becuse you have nothing new or of importance to say.
I don’t care if someone can speek properly…I care about what there view points are.
Have you ever heard the expression….He’s so smart that he stupid! Well thats you. Never looking at the big picture but only the tiny details…example….every budget or relief package the repugs viewed…they critizise less then 2% of the tottal expenditure.
LIKE I SAID….NEVER THE BIG PICTURE.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:54 pmfascism = A form of government in which the authority of the state derives its power from, and exercizes its authority on behalf of, those members of society who own the means of production and all other forms of economic activity within that society.
Cantor:
“Yeah, right, the people are beginning to wake up to the creeping fascism in America that is our one-party political system.”
Commentator:
“Excuse me, Congressman, can you tell our listeners just what it is that you do?”
Cantor:
“I’m a politician.”
Listeners who have ears to hear:
March 25th, 2009 at 2:10 pm“Duh !!!!!”
Alright, Cantor’s history is warped. Let’s review: if he hates fascism so much, then he must be a socialist. The country that fought the Nazis the hardest and lost the most was the Soviet Union. As has been said previously, fascism and socialism are exact opposites and blood enemies.
So, Representative Cantor, question for you: if you hate this one-party, “fascist” system in government, then you must be a socialist, no? If you are indeed socialist, why do you hate your country so much? Why would you let your poor mother down?
March 25th, 2009 at 2:16 pmFellow Americans, this is indeed an ideological battle we are in and these are two faces of the enemy, Beck and Bolten. I screamed when the FOX guy mentioned communist China and this story…holy wrist wringing Obama, how you gonna handle that? And why is it when Bush was up there pretending, imho, the news never mentioned such questions? Good thing Cantor was just responding to a caller right? I mean if he had had to actually bring up fascism that would have been a tad too political…but since its a constituent he must respond. Seriously, we need to start calling this what it is to understand our internal enemies. One sure cover of any fascist would be to tar your opponent as the fascist. Again, nobody ever called Bush fascist in the news this way during his demonstrably anti-Constitutional reign. Why is nobody in the news ever talking about why Obama keeps bringing up the need to create a better educational system to meet the future? World Class he called it. Educated citizens do not fall for such blatant disinformation.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm(((the ‘Beck and Bolten’ reference above is an accidental reference to another story…i guess they are just so related)))
March 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pmAnother example of a tactic…in response to a quote above…
“barfly Says:
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didnotwanttobelieveit Says:
As a regular “Joe” type person who understands basic human nature, I am absolutely amazed and saddened by the level of sheer ignorance exhibited in the poorly written comments on this website. I ran across this site while trying to educate myself on both sides of issues and cannot believe the lack of education many of you exhibit in your comments.
Sounds a lot like (from the last Amanda thread):
The irony is I never came here by watching Bill0, I actually read something about this story on one website which led me to another and ultimately gave me cause to catch the Bill0 segment on rerun. I then came here to get the Think Progess side of the story. I found nothing but attacks (many laced with NOTHING but profanity with no points) directed at people that wanted to engage in debate or offer a different perspective. Honestly I didn’t even know this website existed until I was led here via a MSNBC related site.
I think we have a sock puppet, folks.”
There has been a slew of these who supposedly are now “checking both sides”. And they are always so disappointed. As another viewer and listener to news and entertainment media my own critical skills tell me our media is being saturated with false messages. Again, why have a World Class public educational system?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:25 pmDemocrats winning more elections than Republicans = one party rule = fascism. Got it.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:29 pmI do believe it is impossible for Barack Obama to be a fascist, considering he would have to move all the way across the political spectrum. Was that Joe the Plumber talking??
March 25th, 2009 at 3:46 pmThis sounds like a plant phonecall. I think Cantor had one of his aides call in the show, because he ran with it so fast. The whole thing stinks of being rehearsed to me.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:24 pmSocialism or Fascism? Pick one.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:50 pmYes, we did wake up. This is why Republicans no longer have the White House or majorities in either chamber of the legislature.
Can we project just a little more?
March 25th, 2009 at 6:45 pmClowns, Idiots, Dittoheads. Can this be the loyal opposition who is going to provide this President with some well thought out alternitives?
March 25th, 2009 at 6:59 pmCowards, arrogent, dishonest!!!!!!! These Republicans have been watching the store for 8 years, and where did they put this country? They will never own up to the bungled mess!
I want to laugh but what has happened to the Republican Party? They seem to attract every idiot with a big mouth!
Someone needs to inform the clowns in the GOP that fascism and communism are mutually exclusive. You cannot be both.
However, the GOP is proof positive that you can be both ignorant and stupid at the same time.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pmIdiots aside, what people like Olbermann and Maddow, and for that matter, the Obama press people (Robert Gibbs, are you out there?) need to shout from the rooftops are the definitions of the words “fascism” and “socialism.” Then maybe many more uneducated Americans would actually wake up to what the “modern Republican Party” is projecting and what they are actually doing. Kantor and Rove and all of them want to destroy our government. They hate the American people, they despise the constitution. Tell your congress critters you know the truth.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:39 pmThese people are in serious need of psychological help.
The projection is unbelievable.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:42 pmThere is nothing positive about a debate with people who believe that Saddam Hussein sent his WMD’s to Syria, that WTC7 was dynamited with explosives,
March 25th, 2009 at 11:57 pm*****
So what took down WTC7?
Wait wait wait,
But Obama is supposed to be a socialist librul. Rush and many others say so! Or was it a communist?
Wait, The most liberal in Washington was Kennedy. Or was it Kerry? no, Pelosi. No thats not it either. I can’t keep up with the Repubs.
One thing for sure and scientifically proven by republicans, Fascism is the domain of the Republican Party. Racism as well.
March 26th, 2009 at 3:15 amYou know you almost want to get in the mood to play this stupid game with these knuckle heads, but better judgments says rise above the childish antics of the hopeless REP. I am totally loosing any respect for so called conservative party. I can remember in the campaign, how President Obama tried to avoid the childish name calling and the kind of character attacks of the Rep. Party. Now here we go again–no substance, just character attacks. Not only is the party fairly weak the player are even worst. I consider myself to be a tough minded liberal. I would like to see us get back to a reasonable budget, but we need to get out of this present down turn now. We need to point out to others the methods that the REP are now using to attack President Obama’s character in an attempt to change public opinion. This kind of action only appeals to the so call base in the republican party which is still way behind the times, lacking many of the christian values that they claim to have. Christian can be judged by their works and you can see the REP. are getting further and further from the truth as they tell bigger and bigger lies. The one thing that the REP are afraid of is the possibility that this current plan might work. It has never been tried before and the concept is so far beyond the scope of the ideology of the REP. that they can only devote their time trying to change public opinion about the President. Now they claim that they have a plan. Let me guess it is the same old stuff that the American People got tired of in the last presidential election.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:49 amWhat some of you are missing is Cantor etc… They are talking to their base. Now you saw that base during campaign. Remember the McCain rallies that were beginning to look like lynch mobs? Those people are still out there. As for elections… Alot of Republicans left in office are in districts that are pretty much strong GOP. Only way they could lose is in GOP primary. So the GOP congressmen at least in House can come off as totally off base. GOP has no interesting ideas, no leadership. ook what they are doing. Forget Limbaugh… Bobby Jin was suppose be star, now they have propped up Cantor. Notice these guys are all younger. GOP seems think that’w why Obama won. Style over substance and they are wrong! What will be interesting is who runs against Obama in 2012.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:27 amTWO PARTY’S AND NOT A SINGLE BRAIN CELL.DOWN WITH THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM.THEY ARE BOTH SHILLS FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER….
April 7th, 2009 at 6:02 pm