Rep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
Rep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
While touring his district yesterday, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, declared that 17 of his House colleagues “are socialists”, according to the Birmingham News:
But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists.”
Asked to clarify his comments after the breakfast speech at the Trussville Civic Center, Bachus said 17 members of the U.S. House are socialists.
Roll Call reports, “An e-mail to Bachus’ spokesman about the names of those 17 Members was not returned.” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) could ask Bachus if he would support her call for a McCarthy-like investigation into the “anti-American” views of her peers in Congress.
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
Why would she? Being socialist isnt being un-American. Americans have every right to be Socialists. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegience
April 10th, 2009 at 9:49 amThere is socialism for average/poor Americans and then there is socialism for wealthy Americans. Rep. Bachus and the GOP support only socialism for the latter.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:50 amRep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
– - Uh huh, and a Muslim in the White House.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:52 amBut he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists.”
___________
It’s not a communicable disease, Spence. They can’t give you a desire to pass universal health care by coughing on you.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:52 amOf course repugs would do this. They are dredging everything in history from WWII forward and twisting it to suit their purposes; why not dredge up the anti-red scare from the 1950’s, the blacklists of Hollywood, and join the infamous ranks of Joe McCarthy and Martin Dies.
It’s just that they can’t make up their minds if Democrats are socialists, fascists, or Marxists.
WHat a pathetic bunch of losers, who now have a poster boy in Bachus.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:53 amConsidering that the word “socialist” is defined by some right-wingers as anybody who supports raising taxes on the rich, anybody who supports Social Security or Medicare, anybody who supports health care reform, anybody who supports President Obama’s stimulus package and budget, etc., I’m surprised there are only 17 “socialists” in the HOR.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:54 amLOL — toasterhead :)
April 10th, 2009 at 9:54 amAnd your point is…?
This is what our reps in Washington are doing with their spare time, compiling meaningless lists? No wonder ‘ish’ cant get done, and his party cant come up with meaningful solutions, they sit back and plan fraternity pranks like ambushing freshmen and making lists.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:58 amRep. Bachus:
Your health care is socialized.
The US military, that you claim to adore, is socialized.
Your job is socialized.
The roads upon which you drive to get to your socialized job are socialized.
You drink socialized water.
So, STFU…
April 10th, 2009 at 9:58 am
For all the wingnut sheeple who plan to have their teabagging parties next week to protest taxation — which is actually misplaced, because the Boston Tea Party was to protest taxation without representation — and furthermore, those who are protesting are working people; the very ones Obama is planning to help with his tax cuts for them and his 3% increase on the wealthy of America — I want to know if any of them are aware of the slang meaning of teabagging?
April 10th, 2009 at 9:58 amIt’s getting to be hilarious to watch the rightwingers on Fox go crazy over this.
Re: 17 socialists
Maybe. But if that is true, they are vastly outnumbered by totalitarianist, fear-mongering twits, so it all works doesn’t it?
April 10th, 2009 at 9:58 amSorry, I think that previous post was sort of OT.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:59 amRep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) could ask Bachus if he would support her call for a McCarthy-like investigation into the “anti-American” views of her peers in Congress.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am…..
Perhaps they could ask the present administration to share their domestic intelligence gathering apparatus with them or wiretap their telephones ?
Rep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
– - And behind Sen. Bachus is lurking Angela Lansbury in a Queen of Hearts costume.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:01 amBut what are you people going to do about it? Frankly, we either stand up to these people or we lose our democracy. This is war and we are losing it.
Take action against these people. Let us start a public campaign to call or e-mail his office to let them know exactly what we think of these McCarthy tactics.
Here is his contact information:
Washington, D.C. Office
April 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am2246 Rayburn Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202 225-4921 phone
202 225-2082 fax
Are you now or have you ever been a communist ?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:02 amA question which I believe every resident alien is asked before receiving a green card .
Oh, and;
Bachus –> Bachman
Kinda creepy…
America, watch your bach.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:04 am“I have in my pocket a list of 17 communists in the State Department…”
Cracker fascism is not a new phenomenon…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:06 amThere are not 17 Socialists in the House. There are 17 Congressional men and women that Bachus would consider as “socialists” by his own standards. Until he can get a group consensus on his claim and proof, an opinion is just an opinion.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:07 amWhile they are at it, perhaps Roll Call could ask if Rep. Bachus can count to 17.
Then they can ask if Rep. Bachus opposes socialist programs such as Medicare, Social Security and unemployment compensation (well, we know he opposes that last one because Republicans know that it’s your fault if you lost your job unless your name is Norm Coleman or Ted Stevens).
April 10th, 2009 at 10:10 amWell there are a lot more Fascists in the Republican caucus but I guess that doesn’t bother Bachus. Probably because he’s on that list too.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:11 amI can’t say whether there are 17 socialists in Congress.
It’s plainly clear there is at least one McCarthyite dick in Congress…guess which one and I don’t mean Bachman this time even though she qualifies).
April 10th, 2009 at 10:12 amRealityCheck Says:
How true…B.O. is nothing more than a Christian hating muslim who bows to the Saudi King
April 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
__________
Yup! But don’t worry – inshallah you’ll soon be one of us.
Or you’ll be dead, your choice! :)
April 10th, 2009 at 10:12 amSorry, but every single member of the House is a socialist in one form or another. I’d be more upset if I didn’t think this would end up alienating the Republican party even further.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:13 amDon’t let facts get in the way of your vitriolic screed.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:13 ambachus, et al are probably certifiably insane, and they seem to be supported by others who are insane or deliberately causing turmoil (rove). Those who run the MSM are supporting them by choice or by coercion.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:14 amFirst, what, exactly what, do these foil hat time, right wingers (Ringers) mean by “socialist?”
Second, however defined, what is wrong with being socialist?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:15 am“But will he name names”
April 10th, 2009 at 10:15 amwell they say these things like there true but it sounds a lot like the practice of psychics when they use generalities to gage your reaction then move on from there like if I say a name that starts with an (R) is important to you one might then look at your life and say I knew a Ricky and the psychic would move on from there all he is doing is letting the imagination of these rightwing nuts run apes#$% this can work to solidify his base but it also marginalizes it to fringe groups and extremist which is also dangerous people like Rep. Spencer Bachus give legitimacy to what most would see as little more then crazy ranting and this may provoke some bad people to so crazy bad things
JMOHR Says: This is war and we are losing it.
Huh? I thought we were winning…
Obama has a 78-84% approval rating everywhere except the South (here it is 43%).
The world doesn’t hate us anymore.
We’ve rejoined the 21st century.
Rassmussen released a report that only 53% of American adults think Capitalism is better than Socialism.
We’re winning – but we have to keep fighting, since the Cons will never stop.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:16 amMarie Says
April 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
It’s just that they can’t make up their minds if Democrats are socialists, fascists, or Marxists.
_____________________________________________________________
This is because they don’t know the literal meanings of any of those terms. So they’re just looking for the one that will sound the scariest to the most people.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:17 amhere’s a news flash for this moron;
anyone who drives on our roads is a socialist
the very concept of a federally supported a monetary is socialism
idiots
April 10th, 2009 at 10:18 ammisscoleopteramolly Says: This is because they don’t know the literal meanings of any of those terms. So they’re just looking for the one that will sound the scariest to the most people.
Unfortunately for them, people are learning thanks to all this easy access to knowledge on the internet, and they see something better than unfettered greed.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am17 Socialists in the House a-lurkin’
April 10th, 2009 at 10:21 amTryin’ to make their ideas come a-workin”
Bachus is in a tizzy.
Bachman’s just plain ditzy.
Ain’t it great to be a modern Amurkin’?
ealityCheck Says:
Badmoodman Says:
Rep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
- – Uh huh, and a Muslim in the White House.
How true…B.O. is nothing more than a Christian hating muslim who bows to the Saudi King
– - Humor, it is a difficult concept.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:22 amSince being a Socialist isn’t illegal, what’s your point? The old ‘be very afraid’ thing? There are also perverts, seditionists and just plain whackos in Congress as well. That would make a scarier list.
And is that list in the same pocket as your mouse?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:22 amAnd what did Bachus hope to accomplish with this announcement? This is not the McCarthy era. Repugnicans need to let it go. Just another example of the level of stupidity running rampant in the repugnant party. They’re the Grand Old Party of antiquated ideas and stupidity!
April 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am“reality”check says: “How true…B.O. is nothing more than a Christian hating muslim who bows to the Saudi King”
Better than a kiss on the mouth, or a stroll through the garden holding hands.
You forgot “teleprompter!!one1″, or are you just recycling the old “Muslim” stupidity because the `prompter stupidity failed?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:24 amI don’t see his American Flag pin. What is he pledging allegiance to?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:24 amBuchus lecturing on Socialism:
“See, If we give banks trillion dollars to help them out to in their mess so they can collect good bonuses,that’s not socialism.
But if we give a poor unemployed woman $300.00 of food stamps to raise her child..that’s socialism.
Now you can see why I’m call a ‘good Christian’”.
Shheee
April 10th, 2009 at 10:24 amFear really is all that the conservative movement has left to offer.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am#21 Reality Check:
April 10th, 2009 at 10:28 amUh, yeah right. Please explain this picture for all of us. Guess you’re just an ignorant troll who didn’t know their President Bubba pledged his allegience to for the past 8 years. You do know the relationship of the Bush family to the House of Saud, right?
http://www.slate.com/id/2117535/
Un ,
April 10th, 2009 at 10:29 amWere winning ? Please read ….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-scahill/rahm-emanuels-think-tanke_b_185203.html
and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/progressive-think-tank-te_b_179174.html
and step away from the coolaid .
So?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:29 amJMOHR Says
April 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am
But what are you people going to do about it? Frankly, we either stand up to these people or we lose our democracy. This is war and we are losing it.
____________________________________________________________
I don’t agree that we’re losing. It’s because we’re winning that the wingnuts are having to scrape the bottom of their toolbox, and all they can come up with are loony labeling tactics, absurd conspiracy theories, and ludicrous accusations.
However, your point is well taken that we can’t just sit by and allow this. McCarthyism destroyed careers and lives, robbed Americans of freedoms, and put Americans in the position of having to answer questions (in the words of Pete Seeger) “no American should have to answer.”
We need not only to let our elected officials know exactly what we think of these tactics (even though they reek of desperation), we need to remind our society what the McCarthy days were like — especially since there are a couple of generations out there who weren’t alive then. We need to bring back movies like “Storm Center” (1956) that showed the negative effects of fearmongering.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:30 amRealityguy, please post a link that shows Obamas approval rating falling, and don’t give us some right wing poll.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:33 amI got a list of bedwetting cowards. The first name on it is RealitySpeck
Why do right wingers keep electing panicked pansies to represent them. O wait, they represent them PERFECTLY.
Why are right wingers such cowardly little pansies afraid of everything from gay people to strong women to facts and truth?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:34 amYeah, those pesky approval numbers…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:35 amReality, you should give you bank a call ASAP. Your check bounced.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:36 amSo let’s see:
We have one Congressman who has organized Republican aides to smear new Dems in Congress by videotaping them while being ambushed with off-topic, irrelevant strawman questions and then posts them on youtube (nice use of taxpayer money Mr. Cantor)
Then we have a Republican nutjob from Texas (is there any other kind of TX Rep?) requesting that asian Americans change their names to something a bit more English-sounding so she can pronounce their names.
Now we have the looney Mr. Bachus making lists and not naming names over a tinhat conspiracy theory.
This is how they spend their taxpayer funded days in DC rather than attempting to solve the problems facing American citizens? Maybe the teabaggers have misdirected their anger to the wrong side of the aisle when they complain about waisted dollars and a lack of action in fixing the myriad problems caused by the Republican Party. Talk about taxation without representation, elected Republican officials have not spent one ounce of effort on solutions and every ounce of their energy is focussed on grinding progress to a halt an sabotaging the President’s efforts and the will of an overwhelming majority of the citizens. If they’re not in DC playing childish games on the people’s dime they are clogging the media airwaves (with the “librul media’s” assistance) waisting more of the people’s money and time rehashing the same failed policies and degrading a President who has record approval.
Is there a natural gas leak on the Right side of the floor in the House that no one has detected????!!!!
April 10th, 2009 at 10:38 amIf you supported a re branded occupation of Iraq, an escalation of wart in Afghanistan ,an increase in the militaries budget ,a defence of torturers, wiretapping , extraordinary rendition and an expansion of the legal rationale put forth by john Yoo during Bushes worst abuses than you won , otherwise you had better push back in a hurry .
April 10th, 2009 at 10:38 amCaption: “I gots my flask of moonshine rotcheer. You?”
April 10th, 2009 at 10:38 amSpencer, yesterday a man shot another man in West Texas. His reason? He called his victim a communist. After shooting “the communist”, the 65 year old perpetrator kicked the wounded man as he lay on the ground.
You, Eric Cantor, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh bear responsibility for inciting violence.
A pox on the house of wanton namecallers.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:39 amIt must suck to be so paranoid and cowardly like RealitySpeck that you would believe any fear-mongering BS the Rushpublicans say.
If right wingers were not so annoyingly obnoxious, I might feel sorry for them and their lack of character and strength.
Weakness – a prime prerequisite for being a republican.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:39 amThe congress should call him out and make him back up him claims in public. Enough of this garbage. Put up or shut up!
April 10th, 2009 at 10:40 amfreeman Says: and step away from the coolaid .
You might wanna learn to spell Kool-Aid before you lecture anyone else. LOL
Yes, we (and by we, I mean where most people reside in the middle – the extremes on both sides will never be happy) are winning. It’s only been 2.5 months. Change takes time.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:40 amRealityCheck Says: That is total crap…his approval ratings are continuing to slide and he is actually behind President Bush’s approval ratings at this point in his Presidency.
No it isn’t crap. Try doing your homework BEFORE opening your mouth. Just because you Cons don’t like things doesn’t mean they aren’t true…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am#2 nofltwlt- Exactly!!! It’s a Republican philosophy:
April 10th, 2009 at 10:43 amSocialism for themselves and their well connected friends.
Capitalism for the rest of us.
Has the Obama administration disavowed extraordinary rendition ? Perhaps they could just wisk the socialists away for Michelle in exchange for her fake smile ?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:43 amI posted the definition for Socialism to my Facebook page, in the hope of educating one or two of the rednecks from my high school days….
April 10th, 2009 at 10:44 amThe further we get away from the last election the stranger the losers get.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:44 amAll that is wrong in America today and these clowns are 50 years behind, no wonder they lost.
RealityCheck Says:
Obama has a 78-84% approval rating everywhere except the South (here it is 43%).
That is total crap…his approval ratings are continuing to slide and he is actually behind President Bush’s approval ratings at this point in his Presidency.
***
read it and weep.
:)
April 10th, 2009 at 10:44 amNever drank the stuff sorry , however I quess as a moderate you don’t mind your phone being tapped or an escalation of deaths through war , Obama’s first signing statement or an expansion of presidential powers .
April 10th, 2009 at 10:47 amApparently if a democrat does it it’s alright .
My bad .
Rep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
_____________
Along w/ one gigantic, pointless HORSE’S SHIMKUS…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:48 amCould we get him on Colbert and ask him to define “socialist” ?
And to chime in with the first reply, there are socialists in the USA. Why shouldn’t they be allowed representation also ?
And to just argue logic – remember the golden mean. A functioning society has to have elements of socialism and democracy and ….. just to survive. In fact, remember Plato said that pure democracy was the lowest form of government.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:49 amMany posters, as well as TP bloggers have criticized these very programs…
April 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am***
meanwhile the republican party
continues to tear itself to shreds…
;)
get the popcorn ready.
;0
April 10th, 2009 at 10:50 amWags ,
April 10th, 2009 at 10:51 amsomeone has to break that news to the cheerleaders !
Actually, the one thing reality has about right is that Obama’s ratings have gone down (only a bit), but his approval is almost even with Bush’s around this time his first term.
Obama – 59% (Gallup) His high was 69%
Bush – 58%
If I can find something else for Bush I’ll post it.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:51 amfreeman Says: Apparently if a democrat does it it’s alright .
My bad .
Don’t put words in my mouth.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:51 amGood luck with that!! Funny how all these nitwits who decry socialism went to public school. Can’t say how many graduated though. Either way, the conversation gets a bit quiet for a bit as they mull that one over.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:52 amHere we have again conceded the field to the Republicans. Socialism is the ownership of the resources and means of production by the state. This is not what the Democrats are about. However, I keep seeing those in the posts above conceding the issue. Why? Sure there is nothing wrong with anyone taking a Socialist view and supporting it in our country. We have a serious problem with the right wing lies. It needs to be stopped and we need to define the debate terms instead of allowing the misdirection and lies of the Republicans waste time and create a false debate. Remember how they got nailed on talking and appeasement? This should be the constant refrain.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:53 amBachus is about 60 years too late to this game. The ginning up of fear effect is just about wearing off for most of America.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:54 amRep. Bachus: There are 17 socialists in the House.
And an endless supply of batshit crazy in Alabama.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:55 amwags camponotus saundersi Says:
Many posters, as well as TP bloggers have criticized these very programs…
___________
Careful wags… we don’t want to let all the air out of freeman’s tires now, do we?
He’s ROLLING this morning…
And what is it w/ the endless F-ed up punctuation?
Is that supposed to be “schtick”???
April 10th, 2009 at 10:57 amBOO!!!
**Rep Bachus wets himself**
April 10th, 2009 at 11:01 amunbelievable Says:
Just because you Cons don’t like things doesn’t mean they aren’t true…
____________
You forget…
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/11/05/think_reality_not_ideology//
Think reality, not ideology
By H.D.S. Greenway | November 5, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS, Mr. President.
I would hope, now that you no longer have to face an electorate ever again, that your second term might be based a bit more on reality than ideology. One of your senior advisers told writer Ron Suskind that people such as Suskind were “what we call the reality-based community . . . [people who] believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” That, according to your adviser, was old hat. “We’re an empire now,” he said, “and when we act, we create our own reality. We’re history’s actor’s, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
____________
Righties just wanna party like it’s still 2004…
April 10th, 2009 at 11:03 amIn the 5 minutes I have been on line I have read about Baccus and his socialists accusations, Glen Beck pretending to set someone on fire, and Rove calling Biden a liar and blowhard.
I said it before and I will say it again–Republicans are NOT capable of governing in a TWOparty system.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:09 amA drowning Republican will grasp at straws, 17 of them. Their time for honoring themselves has come to an end, but in the process they have really fcuked things up.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:14 amIf I may suggest a refinement of this sentiment:
Republicans are not capable of governing at all, and they’re not capable of functioning in a two-party system.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:16 amThis from the party that outed a covert agent of the USA simply for political advantage.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am17 Figurative “Socialists”, and 178 Literal Liars (aka R’s).
April 10th, 2009 at 11:22 amAquarius,
April 10th, 2009 at 11:24 amI said it before and I will say it again ,the people are NOT capable of governing in a TWOparty system.
fixed it for U
#85 Ralph
Yes! I like the refinement
April 10th, 2009 at 11:25 amhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB123638765474658467.html
April 10th, 2009 at 11:29 amhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/obama-maintains-bush-posi_n_165376.html
April 10th, 2009 at 11:35 amQuess extraordinary rendition is still available Michelle .
RealityCheck Says:
You are a liar and a fool and an ignorant brainwashed moron. You are so stupid it is pitiful you pathetic lying piece of garbage
April 10th, 2009 at 11:40 amOn signing statements
April 10th, 2009 at 11:40 amObama said ,much as with fisa ,that he would NEVER use it , from U tube
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/obama-maintains-bush-posi_n_165376.html
then the reality ….
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/3/12/9530/52038
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Prescription Drug Act, the public education system, the U.S. military, Veterans Administration, FEMA, and on and on, can all be described as socialist enterprises. They all require public contributions through a system of taxes to provide for the common welfare.
Do you want to privatize the fire departments, Mr. Baucus? Police Departments? Or do you just want to privatize all health care so more of the poor die off quicker? PUTZ!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:41 amAnd this from a guy who tells the North Koreans that words have to mean something ?
April 10th, 2009 at 11:45 amWhy’s he holding his spleen instead of his heart?
Because he doesn’t have a heart!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:46 amfreeman Says:
then the reality ….
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/3/12/9530/52038
April 10th, 2009 at 11:40 am
_____________
I have no problem with Obama using signing statements for their traditional purpose – to point out where a law passed by Congress may violate the Constitution. Presidents since Jefferson have done this.
The problem was Bush’s ABuse of signing statements as a line-item veto, without regard to the Constitutionality of a provision. He simply said “we don’t want to enforce this so we won’t.”
April 10th, 2009 at 11:48 amRealityCheck Says:
That is total crap…his approval ratings are continuing to slide and he is actually behind President Bush’s approval ratings at this point in his Presidency.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
No he isnt you are a liar. You are a punk who tunes into Rush Limbaugh to find out what you think and are too stupid to know he is LYING or you dont care because YOU are a liar.
Obamas approval rating is very STABLE at above 60% Bush at this time in his presidency was i the high 50’s you insufferable MORON.
http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx
April 7, 2009
Barack Obama’s job approval rating has been highly stable, averaging 62% for the past week and for all of March.
My GOD you are ignorant you brainwashed moron
April 10th, 2009 at 11:49 amIt is a very slimy tactic the Republicans use, in the past to great success, and that is to label their opponents with a term that they can load with all sorts of negative connotations. For instance, they used to call Democrats “Liberals”, this meant to be a tree hugging, weak kneed (pretend to be intellectual), snob, who would not fight for his country, (embarassing drug using fools), who do not have the slightest knowledge of how to protect and defend this country and who couldn’t earn a dime on their own and therefore expects the country to provide welfare for them to suck off the tit of the true producers (the wealthy, who are already over taxed, especially by the dreaded DEATH TAX).
April 10th, 2009 at 11:50 amWe “liberals” on the other hand, retreated, not wanting to be tagged by such a derogatory term. But we are not “liberals” as they have defined it and that’s the problem. That’s the way they defeated our much superior candidates in the past.
Today, I don’t see “liberal” as the stigma it was only a few years ago. I believe this is because they, The Republicans and Wingnuts have lost their credibility and most of the American people see through that type of demonizing. So the Republicans, instead of seeing their tactics are no longer efective, just go along and try to find another term, searching through their minimal minds and coming up with McCarthyite terms such as “Socialist”, “Marxist”, and “Commie”. Come on now, is that the best they can do, name-call? That’s why they have failed so decisively to govern effectively. They really have no competent basis on which to govern. They are the party of POWER, and, I hate to get into the same terminology definition, but really, they are the closest party to a fascist party we have seen in this country.
I must tell them: Keep it up. You sound just like the squealing pigs you are. I’ve never seen anything so disgusting in political discourse since Joe McCarthy. Republicans have nothing of substance to offer and they seem intent on proving it. Keep up the good work.
angels81 Says:
Unreality isnt going to give you any links. He is a liar a moron and a troll. He KNOWS he is lying he is just a punk
April 10th, 2009 at 11:52 amNo court cases can proceed on either extraordinary rendition or torture and this morning we learn that even operatives who are responsible for torturing people to death after holding them for years without charges can not be investigated .
April 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pmIs there a natural gas leak on the Right side of the floor in the House that no one has detected????!!!!
They’ve detected it but even the Republicans have a right to speak.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pmohhhhh, is jesus on the list? he should be.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pmArmed Forces = Socialism
Police Forces = Socialism
Fire Departments = Socialism
Social Security = Socialism
Transportation Department = Socialism
Medicade = Socialism
So just what part of Socialism do scum sucking Repukes have a problem with?
Fcuk the Republicans
April 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pmBuckie Boy, you left out
Education (K-12)
April 10th, 2009 at 12:14 pmWaste and Water treatment
Toast ,
April 10th, 2009 at 12:28 pmhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/mar2009/obam-m18.shtml
this article from the socialists seems to think Obama is not using the signing statement “traditionally” .
Is he ?
Socialist is intended to be the slur of the week I guess. NPR aired an interview with a gun dealer from Texas (I know, it’s hard to believe) and when asked why people are buying up guns his answer was to protect themselves from the Socialists. Dumbfck.
How many of these idiots will be at the d*uchebag party next Wednesday?
April 10th, 2009 at 12:29 pmBuckie Boy, Candide and the others who want to equate government programs to Socialism:
I respect where you are coming from. However, you are wrong. You are doing the work of the Republicans and right wing.
None of the programs that you have described are Socialistic. I am not going to argue whether Socialism is good or bad. It is sufficient to understand that the Republicans are purposefully misrepresenting these programs. Please do not make it harder for us to achieve our goals.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:30 pmJMOHR, if I can interject, I suspect that when Buckie Boy describes police services and highways are “socialist” he’s leaning on the right-wing’s hysterical standard of the term (i e., any tax increase above current rates, by the look of it) in order to demonstrate how, under that standard, pretty much anything the government touches could be construed as “socialism”.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:37 pmAnother salvo in the class war being waged by the cat’s paws of the rich like Spencer Bachus.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:38 pmGiving away the Western States’ real estate to railroaders, timber interests, miners, ranchers, and farmers in the 1880’s was sure as hell Socialism, thus making Socialism an integral part of our National Heritage.
The USA was built on Socialism, and Socialism has saved us from going broke and falling apart twice since Westward Expansion was complete.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:38 pmThis link from the todays progress report is very critical of Obama’s stand on the principles expoused by those such as John Yoo
April 10th, 2009 at 12:42 pmhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/07/secrecy/
Hows the restoration of posse comitatus going ?
April 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pmApparently, freeman is unclear on the concept of the daily “ThinkFast” thread.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:57 pmIf Baccus has a list of 17 socialist, can the Democrats say they have a list of 200 scared, crazy, racist, terrorist Republicans in the house and senate combined? The Republicans have gone completly off the deep end, and the press is treating them like their behaivor is normal. This is not normal and and they need to be called on it. The American press is the most useless press in the world. It is down right shameful!
April 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pmThere’s alot I’m unclear on ralph ….. Ever read the apology by Plato ?
April 10th, 2009 at 1:07 pmPerot pruebo a aprender algo mas todo dia y usted .
Tyrants! Monarchs! Socialist TARP bailouts!! Subsidize! No Bid Contracts!! Dictators! OMG THE SKY IS FALLING…AGAIN!!! Tubes! Clouds! Flying Sheep! Cake!!! WMD!!
I see the chicken little fear factor sector of congress is STILL using the same M.O.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:14 pmThe best way to deal with these Republican stunts – because that is what they are – is to ignore them – give them no aire time. But the mews media needs controversy to function, so idiots like Bachus get to stand on their soap box and spread their vile propoganda.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:14 pmfreeman,
April 10th, 2009 at 1:15 pmChange only counts when it’s nameplates and underwear…
… Besides, even a two-bit coin has two sides. Turning it over to expose the polished side does not change it’s value. Yet many people are struck at the increased value a new shiny side adds.
The republicans have always been big business leg humpers and its why the media allows them to rant and rave against socialism even though alot of businesses are subsidized from big oil to farmers to the MIC to Wallstreet..
Its okay when fat cats [hoi oligoi] get a bailout for their too big too fail schemes but not the masses [hoi polloi]
April 10th, 2009 at 1:31 pm@Reality Check 45.
That’s strange, considering it’s not what the actual data says.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
He’s holding remarkably steady, following the time period immediately leading up to and following the inaugeration. Where are you getting your information, because no one else seems to agree with you.
Here’s Bush’s historical approval ratings:
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm
Hmm. For this time period, they are pretty damn close to Obama’s.
Here’s a hint for understanding the charts:
April 10th, 2009 at 1:36 pmIf you pull your head out of your ass, you may have an easier time reading them.
smidget,
Don’t confuse the issue with facts. ;)
April 10th, 2009 at 1:40 pmCrap.
Between Bachus and Richard “Dick” Shelby, I’m almost embarrassed to call myself a resident of Alabama.
I can assure you, though, I did not vote for either of these @ssholes.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pmYou’re right, Zooey. I forgot myself for a minute. :)
April 10th, 2009 at 1:44 pmWorld’s most famous Socialist: Jesus of Nazareth.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:59 pmHow long before a list of witches?
April 10th, 2009 at 2:26 pmCome on, delafield, everyone knows Jebus was a communist.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:53 pmI said it before and I will say it again–Republicans are NOT capable of governing in a TWOparty system.
I don’t remember which poster originally said this but (paraphrasing):
Republicans don’t want to govern; they want to rule.
April 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pmThis guy wouldn’t know a socialist even if it bit him on the ass.
April 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pmBig deal Bachus. Everyone in my house is a Socialist. Everyone who collects Social Security is a Socialist. Everyone who purchases any form of insurance is a Socialist. They are everywhere. Run away, run away.
April 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pmPoor Rep. Bachus has a socialist under his bed…
*eyeroll*
I’d suggest a ’scrip for Xanax.
April 10th, 2009 at 4:21 pmsocialists in the house! Give it up for the socialists in the house! Can I hear a woot…
April 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pmWasn’t there, like, an FBI director who liked to dress up in women’s clothing. But also go on the news and say vague things about how he had irrefutable proof that there were commies in the government. And also make pronouncements against people he didn’t like, like saying he had irrefutable proof that MLK was a Marxist ?
April 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pmJeebus! Socialists in the House! Good Lord, the Red China’s still in the dish washer! Oh, the Humanity!
April 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pmBachus is a socialist…for the financial elite.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pmIs that a hospital band around his wrist? Where did he escape from? Most nuts like him have padded cells called home. If brains were water, he would not have enough to wash a hair on a fleas arse.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pmThe Reich likes to imagine that Reagan ended the Cold War, but still wants us to be frightened of commies? The people who turned a budget surplus into a huge deficit want to lecture us on capitalism? And – let me just get this straight – the same people who’s policies have led to the highest rate of unemployment in more than half a century want us to get on board for tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent?
No wonder the GOPinheaads want to abolish the Dept. of Education – stupid people are so easy to fool.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:46 pmI find it hard to imagine that this is the same party that governed the country for 8 years. They are throwing the kitchen sinks into this. 17 Socialists in the house, the government is overrun with the vermin. The only vermin I see right now are a bunch of stupid fascists calling themselves the Republican Party. Let’s see how many run out and join their buffoonery cause.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:53 pmAccording to the good Texas repub, Bachus needs to change his name. Wasn’t Bachus a Greek or Roman god of drunken orgies ? And how many Americans can handle the gutteral CH sound ?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:50 pmI agree with JMOHR.
We need to call out the republicans for advocating the undermining of the US military simply because it is a socialist institution.
Its outrageous that Rep Bachus is advocating that Alabama based defense contractors should receive priority treatment over better pay, veterans benefits, and more support for the critical military tools our forces need on the battlefield, , simply because he wants to further impose his brand of corporate capitalism on our military in exchange for campaign contributions.
Bachus should resign in shame! He’s another republican Cunningham clone.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:22 amSound familiar?
Bacchus – The Roman god of wine and intoxication, equated with the Greek Dionysus. His festival was celebrated on March 16 and 17. The Bacchanalia, orgies in honor of Dionysus, were introduced in Rome around 200 BCE. These infamous celebrations, notorious for their sexual and criminal character, got so out of hand that they were forbidden by the Roman Senate in 186 BCE. Bacchus is also identified with the old-Italian god Liber.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am