Comments on: GOP Senate

By: AbigailAdams

AbigailAdams — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:34:16 +0000

I just cringe every time I read reactionary posts to “The Republicans”. As someone who thought I was a life-long Dem, and then realized what, exactly, that meant, I also realized that there are those who thought they were life-long Repubs who ran away from their party with the same open disgust brought on by Bush and the neo-cons. To my mind we who are ”former” or “exiled” or “moderate” Dems are much closer in ideology, values and expectations of gov’t to our Repub counterparts — forming this vast middle ground which, I think, is what makes up a true majority of the Tea Party movement. And I think the reason the Tea Party movement is not well understood and easily open to attack by the left wing of the Democratic Party is because every time we hear the word “conservative”, it sets off Pavlov’s ringing bell in our heads and we hear “Republican.” But I read this line recently from John McCullough’s “Truman” (a must read as far as I’m concerned). Secy of Defense, James Forrestal had this to say about his boss:

McCullough writes: “To another friend he wrote that the American people were fortunate to have in the highest office “a man who, while he reflects the liberal forces both in this country and throughout the world, is nevertheless conservative in the real sense of that word–a conserver of the things we hope to keep.”" (pg 738)

Forrestal is speaking of the highest expression of integrity, honor, truth, justice and good old Missouri-style straight talk and common sense. This is what I hope we all cherish as “conservative” values. They have nothing to do with a political party — literally, nothing to do with them.

By: AnnieCarmel

AnnieCarmel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:33:13 +0000

Guess it doesn’t feel so noble, self-righteous, sanctimonious or nice to go broke.

By: AnnieCarmel

AnnieCarmel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:31:46 +0000

And if that doesn’t work, he’ll have his dog BO eat his homework.

By: AnnieCarmel

AnnieCarmel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:30:05 +0000

I plan on replacing Boxer with another female…good exchange I believe.

By: AnnieCarmel

AnnieCarmel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:25:28 +0000

I’d truly be surprised to see Bill become an Obamacrap. I also hope it’s not true that Bill & Co., are planning an assault on the Tea Partiers. That would be so foolish and so unlike his usual astute political instincts.

By: stodghie

stodghie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:19:25 +0000

portia, if he doesn’t deliver to the masses he made promises to in the campaign, i don’t think obummer will be back. jmo

By: stodghie

stodghie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:19:55 +0000

big dawg just might be working on replacing ole zero after the november elections. why waste his time?

By: atti

atti — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:42:52 +0000

That is so funny. The populace, the same group that wouldn’t know their ass from a door knob, that made themselves feel so good by voting for a black man, think they’ve had enough of this “it’s so nice to have one in the WH”, and are now ready to ship him back to Indonesia. Idiots.

By: audacity of hype

audacity of hype — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:37:52 +0000

Obama makes a first impression in his fresh mind every day I’m sure.

By: PortiaElizabeth

PortiaElizabeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:07:22 +0000

I think BO will welcome a Repub. majority because it will give him an iron-clad excuse for not getting anything done. “The Senate ate my homework.” Then he’ll run in 2012 by saying he’s still The One and if he’s just given 4 more years he can alter the tides and save mankind. And there are, sadly, enough fools to take his word for it.

By: PortiaElizabeth

PortiaElizabeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:01:43 +0000

Somebody here called you “m lark”, but I think a more fitting nic would be “malarkey” because that’s what your posts are full of.

By: PortiaElizabeth

PortiaElizabeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:58:51 +0000

candymarl — I always enjoy your posts because you know how to cut right to the heart of the matter.
As for BO and Afghanistan, I seem to recall Bush pere trying to ride to victory in 1992 on the “success” of the first Iraq war. We know how well that worked.

By: jwrjr

jwrjr — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:55:39 +0000

During his meltdown, Obama will do his best to destroy the country (more than he is doing now) and then claim that the Republicans forced him to destroy the country in order to save it.

By: mortuus lark

mortuus lark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:32:52 +0000

Have you ever heard the expression, “heads I win, tails you loose?”

Obama makes a first impression more often than you eat spaghetti.

He just made a first impression today in Vegas and everyone has decided to vote for Harry once again.

Obama lives on the expression: Yesterday is not today.

By: oowawa

oowawa — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:17:33 +0000

Well, Doc, it’s actually quite Whitmanesque!

“I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.”

–Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”–