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by Calickizzle
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 08:22pm
Of course the GOP will pick up some Congressional sets in the 2010 mid-terms, in both the House and the Senate. After the huge gains the Democrats made in 2006 and 2008, that should be expected. Currently, however, Congressional Quarterly is projecting only ONE definite pick-up in the House for the GOP at this point, despite the astroturf efforts of the Tea Baggers.
Now that the common wisdom of Republican gains in the mid-term elections can be readily accepted, let’s look a little farther down the road to the Presidential contest of 2012. Which candidates do the Republicans have that can prevent a second Obama term? As Ed Kilgore of Salon makes clear, the current crop of front-runners for the GOP Presidential nomination are completely underwhelming. Mitt Romhey? He is struggling to explain how his Romneycare served as the model for the recently-passed health care reform to the GOP’s new base of old & rich Tea Baggers. Mike Huckabee? A record of gubernatorial tax hikes and pardons of unrepetant felons & future murderers can’t be white-washed with feel-good pastor speak or whatever lunacy passes from his lips on his Fox talk show. Sarah Palin? Her traveling circus sucks all the air and attention from any Republican candidates who might have a chance of winning a general election, thus allowing Democrats the opportunity to egg the half-term Governor on to pursue the GOP presidential nom in 2012.
I guess the only conclusion one can surmise is that we might as well go ahead and start making plans for Obama’s second inauguration right now…
2010 mid-terms | 2012 Presidential election | GOP | Huckabee | Obama | Palin | Romney | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 01:21am
Once a year at CPAC, a bunch of angry white people get together to yell and complain about things they know nothing about. Granted, I’m not on the ground so I can’t provide first-person eyewitness, but according to Thom Hartmann, who worked radio row at the conference, he spent his time “looking at a sea of white people.”
CPAC has been described by the Washington Post as the “preeminent gathering of conservative activists,” and so I was eager to hear some of this mythical “conservative common sense” I keep hearing so much about, but yet see succeed in any manner. Unfortunately, with the conference now wrapped up, it appears that the amount of substance contributed at this conference could fit into a 140-character post on Twitter.
Nah, scratch that. Probably more like half a Tweet, 70 characters followed by a string of hashtags, such as: #obamasucks #nobama #wheresthebirthcertificate, etc. etc. You know, the extent of wit as provided by conservatives…
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2010 mid-terms | Beck | California | conservatives | CPAC | Crist | Democrats | economy | Florida | foxbaggers | GOP | health care | Joe Stack | Levin | McConnell | Obama | Palin | Republicans | Ron Paul | Rubio | Scott Brown | Senate | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 02:50pm
Seriously. Someone want to send Michael Steele a few copies? That way they could look up the word ‘bipartisanship.’
Responding to President Obama’s request to have a health-care summit and hash out legislation that combines preferred ideas from both sides of the ONLY if the President agrees to their demand to withdraw the legislation passed by both the House and the Senate off the table, along with the possible threat of reconciliation?
Yeah, that’s pretty much throwing off any and all pretense of attempting bipartisanship, at least from the GOP side.
Not sure if the GOP is worried about becoming irrelevant due to their political posturing and amandnat refusal to address the pressing needs our country faces. For some reason, I doubt it.
GOP | health care | Obama | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 03:42pm
Pathetic, real-life exchange between two Congressmen on Capitol Hill, c/o James Fallows:
“GOP member: ‘I’d like this in the bill.’
“Dem member response: ‘If we put it in, will you vote for the bill?’
“GOP member: ‘You know I can’t vote for the bill.’
“Dem member: ‘Then why should we put it in the bill?’
And this is why any attempt towards bipartisanship is utterly worthless.
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bipartisanship | Democrats | GOP | McCain | McConnell | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11:20am
I mean, the First amendment totally encourages outright death threats, correct?
Funny, when I went to the anti-war rallies, the worst signs read “Bush, pull out like your mother should’ve ” and “Frodo failed: Bush has the ring.”
Not a single sign outright calling for his death. I challenge Brent to prove me otherwise.
Of course, if you were wearing a T-shirt that promotes peace, that was grounds enough to get expelled from a shopping mall. Totally the same thing.
GOP | wingnuts | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 01:27pm
Thank you for preventing the appointment of Erroll Southers to head of TSA, leaving the security of our nation’s airways leaderless during this critical time. One can only imagine how the security of our nation’s airports would be in the hands of unionized “lifer” professionals, with full benefits and a high incentive for a high performance. Instead, I feel much more comfortable knowing that the security of our nation’s airports lie in the hands of under-paid, no-benefits transitional workers who seek little incentive except finding a better job that could provide for their families. So, kudos Senator! Its quite clear that you hold the safety of airlines in high importance- or you would if you actually flew them opposed to lobbyist-provided corporate jets.
And a thank you also needs to go out to the 108 House Republicans who voted against the $4 billion of “wasteful government spending” in the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill that would have gone towards updating and improving, including $1.1 billion for explosives detection systems. Thank you for being so concerned about the safety of our money as opposed to, you know, our actual physical safety.
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DeMint | GOP | Homeland Security | Underwear Bomber | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:06pm
Bwahahahahahahaha!
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I was just reading over the alternative health care bill released today by the GOP, and I find it quite hard to keep from guffawing and chortling.
Give me a sec….
Okay, so, in a continuing effort to not be taken seriously, today House minority leader, the ever-orange John Boehner, released the GOP’s version of a health care bill. Now, this is only after months of the minority using obstructionist tactics while cat-calling from the sidelines as the Democrats shepherd legislation through the various committees, resulting in HR 3962- the Affordable Health Care for America Act- a comprehensive piece of legislation that addresses the systemic problem of health care reform.
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Boehner | fail | GOP | health care | View Comments
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by Calickizzle
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 03:59pm
After months of standing on the sidelines and only engaging with obstructionist tactics, House minority leader John Boehner is finally- FINALLY!- set to release the GOP health insurance plan. Or, to be more appropriate, their “un”-insurance plan.
The primary goal of the plan is not to increase access for those who lack coverage, but to reduce costs for those currently insured. As such, despite Boehner’s past rhetoric to the contrary, the GOP plan will deny those who have pre-existing conditions. Other aspects of the GOP’s soon-to-be released plan include such steps that will have negligible impact on costs, such as allowing the purchase of insurance over state lines, allow small business to band together to purchase insurance at cheaper rates, and limit legal malpractice lawsuits.
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