Country singer Trace Adkins raised eyebrows on Wednesday night when he sported a Confederate-flag earpiece during the nationally televised Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting.
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Adkins is no stranger to politics. The country star, a Republican, appeared in Tampa for the GOP convention in August, where he debuted a politically-themed anthem called "Tough People Do."
According to the singer's book, "A Personal Stand" -- where he refers to the Civil War as the "War Against Northern Aggression" -- he is a lifetime member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
All the conservatives who celebrate taking up arms against the United States by flying the Confederate flag (and we estimate this to be most of the Republican base) need to get the hell out of the country. Fucking traitors.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Screw The Middle Class
CNN: Conservatives including House Speaker John Boehner rejected Rep. Tom Cole's proposal that his Republican colleagues agree to immediately renew middle-class tax cuts. FULL STORY
As long as we keep getting headlines like that, we'll pay the extra taxes for a couple years. It will be a small price to pay to get rid of the Republican majority in the house.
As long as we keep getting headlines like that, we'll pay the extra taxes for a couple years. It will be a small price to pay to get rid of the Republican majority in the house.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Fake, Rich, Fat, Christian
Huffington Post: Saddleback Church founder and author Rick Warren, who once praised President Barack Obama's "courage" for inviting the conservative pastor to give the invocation at his inauguration and hailed the president's "commitment to model civility," has drastically changed his tone on the man who helped make the evangelical pastor a familiar name to many Americans.
Obama is "absolutely" unfriendly to religion and his administration's policies have "intentionally infringed upon religious liberties," Warren said in an interview Wednesday.
Nice of him to take a break from fleecing his flock to slam the President. This well fed huckster has racked up an estimated net worth of 25 million dollars claiming to speak for God. His corruption and love of money infringes on true Christianity far more than any made up construct that says Obama is hostile to religion.
Obama is "absolutely" unfriendly to religion and his administration's policies have "intentionally infringed upon religious liberties," Warren said in an interview Wednesday.
Nice of him to take a break from fleecing his flock to slam the President. This well fed huckster has racked up an estimated net worth of 25 million dollars claiming to speak for God. His corruption and love of money infringes on true Christianity far more than any made up construct that says Obama is hostile to religion.
Public Airwaves
Think Progress: Fox News might not need to invite Republican guests onto their programs any more; the hosts themselves seem to be doing a good enough job of reciting GOP policies live on air.
In the latest example, host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday quizzed Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) repeatedly on why his party wouldn’t raise the Medicare age, going so far as to disagree with surveys the Congressman cited and proposing to find other guests who might accept a different set of facts:
In the latest example, host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday quizzed Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) repeatedly on why his party wouldn’t raise the Medicare age, going so far as to disagree with surveys the Congressman cited and proposing to find other guests who might accept a different set of facts:
MACCALLUM: But you are reforming the Medicare system because it’s going to go bust in several years, so if you prolong the program and you make the age later — people are living longer, so isn’t that age sort of outmoded and isn’t that a good thing to address long-term?
VAN HOLLEN: There are a lot better ways of doing it. [...]
MACCALLUM: But what we’re seeing, though, is people are losing services because what’s happening is doctors are no longer taking Medicare patients. You need to find a different way to get at the problem because they are losing those services as a result of that anyway.
VAN HOLLEN: Actually, Martha, every survey that’s been taken shows that patient satisfaction in the Medicare program is much higher than patient satisfaction in the private health insurance market. That’s been the result of numerous surveys that have been done over the last couple of years.
MACCALLUM: I could introduce you to doctors who would say otherwise and say they are no longer taking Medicare patients as a result of all this.Van Hollen did pretty good but really, if Democrats are going to make a fundamental impression on the American realpolitik they're going to need to go beyond playing polite defense. When MacCallum said "I could introduce you to doctors who would say otherwise and say they are no longer taking Medicare patients as a result of all this," Van Hollen should have responded, "perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that overall the Medicare program has much higher patient satisfaction than exists in the private health insurance market and using the public airwaves to say it doesn't - to deliberately spread disinformation - is neither appropriate or good for the country. And if I have any say congress is going to do something about that."
Monday, November 26, 2012
Splain That If You Can
"We need candidates who are capable of articulating their policy positions without alienating massive voting blocks," said Kevin McLaughlin, a Republican operative who worked on several Senate races for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
So he's talking about the rape baby brothers Murdock and Akin. But here, as with most things GOP, it's the Republican party policy positions themselves that alienate massive voting blocks, not the fact they sometimes actually articulate them. It is a plank in their party platform that abortion should be illegal even in the case of rape, incest, and danger to the mother. Most Americans recoil in horror at the notion. So good luck in explaining that better...
So he's talking about the rape baby brothers Murdock and Akin. But here, as with most things GOP, it's the Republican party policy positions themselves that alienate massive voting blocks, not the fact they sometimes actually articulate them. It is a plank in their party platform that abortion should be illegal even in the case of rape, incest, and danger to the mother. Most Americans recoil in horror at the notion. So good luck in explaining that better...
Smoking Guns
TPM: A Florida law that led to longer lines at polling locations was intentionally designed by Republican staffers and consultants to make things difficult for Democratic voters, two former GOP officials told the Palm Beach Post.
Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, who has been indicted for allegedly stealing $200,000 from the party, and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who is now a Democrat, both said that early voting days and hours were reduced for the benefit of the Republican Party, according to a report from the newspaper on Sunday. “They never came in to see me and tell me we had a (voter) fraud issue,” Greer told the paper. “It’s all a marketing ploy.”
GOP consultant Wayne Bertsch told the paper that targeting Democratic voters was the goal of the restrictions because Democratic early voting turnout operations "sent a chill down our spines."
Right. We need a federal investigation into Republican election fraud and voter suppression and we need it now. Don't wait. By the time the mid-term elections roll around we need to have this problem fixed and the American people well aware the GOP has been engaging in a systematic, institutional effort to steal elections.
Not only is it our right to smash this assault on democracy once and for all, it's our duty. Voter suppression is part of the GOP brand now. The best way to fix the problem is to make sure everybody knows it.
Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, who has been indicted for allegedly stealing $200,000 from the party, and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who is now a Democrat, both said that early voting days and hours were reduced for the benefit of the Republican Party, according to a report from the newspaper on Sunday. “They never came in to see me and tell me we had a (voter) fraud issue,” Greer told the paper. “It’s all a marketing ploy.”
GOP consultant Wayne Bertsch told the paper that targeting Democratic voters was the goal of the restrictions because Democratic early voting turnout operations "sent a chill down our spines."
Right. We need a federal investigation into Republican election fraud and voter suppression and we need it now. Don't wait. By the time the mid-term elections roll around we need to have this problem fixed and the American people well aware the GOP has been engaging in a systematic, institutional effort to steal elections.
Not only is it our right to smash this assault on democracy once and for all, it's our duty. Voter suppression is part of the GOP brand now. The best way to fix the problem is to make sure everybody knows it.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Underestimating The Voter Suppression
David Atkins via Hullabaloo: Peggy Noonan's now-famous column predicting a Romney win has been widely mocked as the musings of an ignoramus unwilling to admit obvious polling data--the dying gasp of a political crowd that trusts its gut "vibrations" over scientifically available evidence. All that is true.
But there's also a revolting cynicism at play about what constitutes the "American people" for pundits like Noonan. Consider this passage:
And in fact we know that's not the case. The reason that conservative pundits from Dick Morris to George Will to Peggy Noonan were predicting blowout wins for Romney was that Romney's own people were expecting that, too. But not because they believed the polls were undercounting Romney support. Instead, Romney's pollsters believed a Romney blowout would result from base Democrats simply not showing up to vote.
That's almost correct. But a more accurate description of what happened is Republicans believed that victory would be born from Democrats simply not being allowed to vote. The only thing they underestimated was the effect of their voter suppression efforts. And all you have to do to know that's true is listen to the Republicans themselves.
But there's also a revolting cynicism at play about what constitutes the "American people" for pundits like Noonan. Consider this passage:
Among the wisest words spoken this cycle were by John Dickerson of CBS News and Slate, who said, in a conversation the night before the last presidential debate, that he thought maybe the American people were quietly cooking something up, something we don’t know about.One could interpret this as a belief that Romney's support was undercounted by the polls. But that doesn't make much sense: all the enthusiasm and likely turnout models were actually more favorable to Republicans than the eventual result. It's hard to believe that GOP pundits really thought that the polls were underestimating Romney's legitimate base support.
I think they are and I think it’s this: a Romney win.
And in fact we know that's not the case. The reason that conservative pundits from Dick Morris to George Will to Peggy Noonan were predicting blowout wins for Romney was that Romney's own people were expecting that, too. But not because they believed the polls were undercounting Romney support. Instead, Romney's pollsters believed a Romney blowout would result from base Democrats simply not showing up to vote.
That's almost correct. But a more accurate description of what happened is Republicans believed that victory would be born from Democrats simply not being allowed to vote. The only thing they underestimated was the effect of their voter suppression efforts. And all you have to do to know that's true is listen to the Republicans themselves.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Dude, Google...
Headline: Rubio declines to say how old earth is. Rubio: I'm not a scientist, man.
This should matter to voters for a couple of reasons: 1) if he doesn't accept the conclusions of the entire scientific community, he's not fit to be president. It would be dangerous to let him be president. And 2) if he does accept the conclusions of the entire scientific community and he just wont say so for fear of pissing off the GOP primary voters, he's a liar and a con man, and thus not fit to be president. Worse yet, any vote for him or any other Republican nominee for president is a vote along the lines of the GOP base who believes that the earth is 5000 years old and cave men used to ride around the backs of dinosaurs.
This should matter to voters for a couple of reasons: 1) if he doesn't accept the conclusions of the entire scientific community, he's not fit to be president. It would be dangerous to let him be president. And 2) if he does accept the conclusions of the entire scientific community and he just wont say so for fear of pissing off the GOP primary voters, he's a liar and a con man, and thus not fit to be president. Worse yet, any vote for him or any other Republican nominee for president is a vote along the lines of the GOP base who believes that the earth is 5000 years old and cave men used to ride around the backs of dinosaurs.
Friday, November 16, 2012
More Black People Voting
Think Progress: On Thursday, the head of the Maine Republican Party found himself on the wrong side of controversy after he questioned the legitimacy of “dozens” of black people voting at the polls on Election Day. “Nobody in town knows anyone who’s black,” Charlie Webster — who has since apologized for his comments — declared.
Such faulty logic is more widespread throughout the Republican party, it seems. Racial justice news site ColorLines published a video the day after the election of a self-identified Republican poll worker in Colorado who can be heard phoning in his concerns that “a very high concentration of people of color” were turning out in his precinct, and that such turnout was suspicious because he normally sees fewer minorities “at the mall”:
Such faulty logic is more widespread throughout the Republican party, it seems. Racial justice news site ColorLines published a video the day after the election of a self-identified Republican poll worker in Colorado who can be heard phoning in his concerns that “a very high concentration of people of color” were turning out in his precinct, and that such turnout was suspicious because he normally sees fewer minorities “at the mall”:
“Yeah, a very high concentration of people of color. It’s not a problem, but, you know, when I go to the mall I see, you know this amount. Well I’m seeing at least double or triple that amount here. So what I’m saying is, it looks to me like this voting location was selected as the place they told everyone to come.”Fathom that, people who don't have the money to spend the day at the mall have the gall to come out and vote. But this guy need not worry. He can rest assured his Republican party is working on solving that problem.
A Giant Projector For Christmas
CNN Healine: Romney's 'gifts' comments not a new idea on the right
First of all, our earned benefits (Medicare, Social Security, unemployment insurance, etc) are not gifts. We earned them (granted, since Willard had his lot in life handed to him he might not appreciate what that means but..). Now, if you want to call food stamps or regulation that produces affordable healthcare "gifts," you can do that, but you sound like a dangerously out of touch plutocrat. And even so, these pale in comparison to the trillions in tax cuts, tax shelters, tax rebates, subsidies, and other largess Willard and his ilk have been gifting to the transnational corporations and richest among us. This has got to be the most massive case of projection the world has ever seen. What a bunch of scumbags.
First of all, our earned benefits (Medicare, Social Security, unemployment insurance, etc) are not gifts. We earned them (granted, since Willard had his lot in life handed to him he might not appreciate what that means but..). Now, if you want to call food stamps or regulation that produces affordable healthcare "gifts," you can do that, but you sound like a dangerously out of touch plutocrat. And even so, these pale in comparison to the trillions in tax cuts, tax shelters, tax rebates, subsidies, and other largess Willard and his ilk have been gifting to the transnational corporations and richest among us. This has got to be the most massive case of projection the world has ever seen. What a bunch of scumbags.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Now They Even Vote!
TPM: Maine GOP Chair: 'unusual' to see black people voting...
...since we try so hard to keep them from doing so.
And Democrats are so stupid, trying to sneak fake black voters into Maine to vote. Any idiot knows that if you're going to sneak fake voters into Maine, make sure they're white!
...since we try so hard to keep them from doing so.
And Democrats are so stupid, trying to sneak fake black voters into Maine to vote. Any idiot knows that if you're going to sneak fake voters into Maine, make sure they're white!
Counterstrike
Daily Kos: Yesterday, senator and professional camera-hog John McCain (R-Sunday) gave a very angry press conference demanding a congressional committee to investigate conservatives' various, ill-defined Benghazi conspiracy theories. Ah, but then some nasty persons found out that McCain was actually skipping out on a classified briefing about Benghazi being given to the Senate Homeland Security committee (which, yes, he is on) in order to, yes, have his press conference about how we needed to be having more meetings about Benghazi.
This struck some people as odd. You might even see it as rather noteworthy evidence that John McCain cares far more about feigning Benghazi outrage in front of television cameras than he gives a damn about actually learning things about Benghazi. Apparently, John McCain thought nobody would ever consider this possibility, because McCain's response to a reporter asking him why he missed the meeting in order to demand a meeting was to have a considerably impressive meltdown.
This is just the begging of a 90's style GOP effort to get the Democratic president by whatever means necessary. The goal is to impeach him if they can, and if not, weaken him as much as possible. We've seen it before.
Obama must realize this right now. He can't just play defense like Clinton did. If he does, he'll be weakened in his second term just as Clinton was. The country can't afford that. He needs to go on offiense. We have no doubt that most Republicans in congress and from the past administration are criminals with crimes that would be easy to prove. He needs to take a couple of them down. Now. If he does that team GOP will back off and the country will be better for it.
This struck some people as odd. You might even see it as rather noteworthy evidence that John McCain cares far more about feigning Benghazi outrage in front of television cameras than he gives a damn about actually learning things about Benghazi. Apparently, John McCain thought nobody would ever consider this possibility, because McCain's response to a reporter asking him why he missed the meeting in order to demand a meeting was to have a considerably impressive meltdown.
This is just the begging of a 90's style GOP effort to get the Democratic president by whatever means necessary. The goal is to impeach him if they can, and if not, weaken him as much as possible. We've seen it before.
Obama must realize this right now. He can't just play defense like Clinton did. If he does, he'll be weakened in his second term just as Clinton was. The country can't afford that. He needs to go on offiense. We have no doubt that most Republicans in congress and from the past administration are criminals with crimes that would be easy to prove. He needs to take a couple of them down. Now. If he does that team GOP will back off and the country will be better for it.
How Did The White Supremecists Vote?
Media Matters: Seizing on a newspaper report, Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed voter fraud was to blame for Mitt Romney failing to get a single vote in 59 voting divisions in Philadelphia. But anecdotal and historical evidence showed that these totals were not only possible but highly likely.
Repeating a Philadelphia Inquirer article, Hannity said on his syndicated radio show it's "mathematically impossible" that no one voted for Romney in these districts and that, if true, "that means we've got cheating going on in our elections." American Center for Law and Justice chief counsel Jay Sekulow agreed with Hannity.
Of course it's mathematically possible the Republican party nominee wouldn't get single vote in overwhelmingly minority neighborhoods. Just as as it's mathematically possible that Obama would lose, and the GOP would get 100% of the KKK and Neo-Nazi vote. Such is life in a political party that deliberately built its base with racists and prefers the confederate flag over the American flag.
Repeating a Philadelphia Inquirer article, Hannity said on his syndicated radio show it's "mathematically impossible" that no one voted for Romney in these districts and that, if true, "that means we've got cheating going on in our elections." American Center for Law and Justice chief counsel Jay Sekulow agreed with Hannity.
Of course it's mathematically possible the Republican party nominee wouldn't get single vote in overwhelmingly minority neighborhoods. Just as as it's mathematically possible that Obama would lose, and the GOP would get 100% of the KKK and Neo-Nazi vote. Such is life in a political party that deliberately built its base with racists and prefers the confederate flag over the American flag.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Economic Traitor
TPM: Mitt Romney has a simple explanation for donors as to why his presidential campaign came up short: President Obama gave out too much stuff.
According to reports in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, the former Republican nominee said during a call with donors on Wednesday that Obama had been “very generous” in doling out “big gifts” to “the African American community, the Hispanic community and young people” as well as to women throughout his first term. Benefits such as access to “free health care,” guaranteed contraceptive coverage, more affordable student loans, and “amnesty for children of illegals,” all combined to give the president a decisive edge in popularity.
Whatever Willard. You made billions bankrupting American companies, destroying American jobs and screwing American workers out of their pensions. You help pioneer the mass outsourcing that's killing the middle class. And then you stashed your ill gotten gains in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. You're a traitor to your country and a first class asshole. Like Grover Norquist said, you lost because people think you're a shithead. Just go away.
According to reports in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, the former Republican nominee said during a call with donors on Wednesday that Obama had been “very generous” in doling out “big gifts” to “the African American community, the Hispanic community and young people” as well as to women throughout his first term. Benefits such as access to “free health care,” guaranteed contraceptive coverage, more affordable student loans, and “amnesty for children of illegals,” all combined to give the president a decisive edge in popularity.
Whatever Willard. You made billions bankrupting American companies, destroying American jobs and screwing American workers out of their pensions. You help pioneer the mass outsourcing that's killing the middle class. And then you stashed your ill gotten gains in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. You're a traitor to your country and a first class asshole. Like Grover Norquist said, you lost because people think you're a shithead. Just go away.
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Mother Jones: President Obama is using a Cold War-era mind-control technique known as "Delphi" to coerce Americans into accepting his plan for a United Nations-run communist dictatorship in which suburbanites will be forcibly relocated to cities. That's according to a four-hour briefing delivered to Republican state senators at the Georgia state Capitol last month.
There is something to be afraid of here but it's not a secret Obama mind control plot. It's that a significant percentage of the Republican party believes in these fantasies. As a result, peddling this stuff has become a cottage industry. And if you think this particular case isn't indicative of the paranoid delusions suffered by a substantial part of the GOP base consider this: nearly one in four Republicans think Obama just might be the anti-Christ. If you're a reasonable person and you vote GOP, please just know you're voting the same as bunch of lunatics. And we're going to go out on a limb here and say that's probably not a good idea.
There is something to be afraid of here but it's not a secret Obama mind control plot. It's that a significant percentage of the Republican party believes in these fantasies. As a result, peddling this stuff has become a cottage industry. And if you think this particular case isn't indicative of the paranoid delusions suffered by a substantial part of the GOP base consider this: nearly one in four Republicans think Obama just might be the anti-Christ. If you're a reasonable person and you vote GOP, please just know you're voting the same as bunch of lunatics. And we're going to go out on a limb here and say that's probably not a good idea.
Death Of The Mother
Raw Story: Health authorities in Ireland are investigating the death of a pregnant woman whose husband says she was denied an abortion following severe complications.
Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died of septicaemia a week after presenting with back pain on 21 October at University hospital in Galway, where she was found to be miscarrying.
After the 31-year-old dentist was told that she was miscarrying, her husband reportedly said that she had asked for a medical termination a number of times over a three day period, during which she was in severe pain.
But he said these requests were denied because a foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told at one point: “This is a Catholic country.”
Whether it be wars, jihad, or reproductive rights, when religion becomes public policy people die because of it. It's a plank in the Republican party platform that abortion is murder even in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the mother. This story is yet another illustration of how dangerous it is to give them power.
Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died of septicaemia a week after presenting with back pain on 21 October at University hospital in Galway, where she was found to be miscarrying.
After the 31-year-old dentist was told that she was miscarrying, her husband reportedly said that she had asked for a medical termination a number of times over a three day period, during which she was in severe pain.
But he said these requests were denied because a foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told at one point: “This is a Catholic country.”
Whether it be wars, jihad, or reproductive rights, when religion becomes public policy people die because of it. It's a plank in the Republican party platform that abortion is murder even in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the mother. This story is yet another illustration of how dangerous it is to give them power.
Monday, November 12, 2012
No Shit
Bill Kristol: 'It Won't Kill The County To Raise Taxes On Millionaires
Not only wont it kill the country, but it will help tremendously. It will reduce the deficit, create jobs, and fund investment in our future competitiveness (education, infrastructure, basic R&D, etc). And we know it will do these things because that's exactly what's happened every time we've done it before. Hell, it's what built the middle class in first place. Conversely, cutting rates for the mega rich and the transnational corporation only explodes the deficit and sends jobs to China. That's not anybody's opinion. That's history. Republicans voters need to start paying attention to it or let somebody else decide who makes public policy.
Not only wont it kill the country, but it will help tremendously. It will reduce the deficit, create jobs, and fund investment in our future competitiveness (education, infrastructure, basic R&D, etc). And we know it will do these things because that's exactly what's happened every time we've done it before. Hell, it's what built the middle class in first place. Conversely, cutting rates for the mega rich and the transnational corporation only explodes the deficit and sends jobs to China. That's not anybody's opinion. That's history. Republicans voters need to start paying attention to it or let somebody else decide who makes public policy.
Friday, November 9, 2012
The Un-Americans
Huffpost: As some Republicans continue to cope with the prospect of another four years under President Barack Obama, a Texas GOP official is floating a simple way out: cleaving his state from the union.
Yeah, conservatives tried that over slavery. Stands to reason they wouldn't want to be part of a country that actually has a black president. But the reality is this crowd has long shown hostility to the very things that make America American - civil rights, equal rights, the constitution, upward mobility, democracy, etc. That's why the base of the Republican party is more partial to the confederate flag than the American flag. But we are a society accepting of all views, no matter how disgusting or un-American. So we'll let them live here. And they can even fly their confederate flag. Given their hostility to our American ideals however, letting them serve in government is not a good idea.
Yeah, conservatives tried that over slavery. Stands to reason they wouldn't want to be part of a country that actually has a black president. But the reality is this crowd has long shown hostility to the very things that make America American - civil rights, equal rights, the constitution, upward mobility, democracy, etc. That's why the base of the Republican party is more partial to the confederate flag than the American flag. But we are a society accepting of all views, no matter how disgusting or un-American. So we'll let them live here. And they can even fly their confederate flag. Given their hostility to our American ideals however, letting them serve in government is not a good idea.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Still President Obama
CNN: Four More Years
America wins.
Hardball progressives, good work. You did pretty good. Take a week off. But then come back harder, braver, and more disciplined than ever. And maybe we can prevent the traditional mid-term massacre we usually suffer because too many of us stay home.
America wins.
Hardball progressives, good work. You did pretty good. Take a week off. But then come back harder, braver, and more disciplined than ever. And maybe we can prevent the traditional mid-term massacre we usually suffer because too many of us stay home.
Friday, November 2, 2012
A Million Times Better
In November 2008, the country lost 803,000 jobs. Now we're gaining nearly 200,000 per month. That's 33 straight months of job growth and nearly a million jobs a month better than the last time the GOP was in charge. Unemployment is down from over 10% to under 8%. In case you've forgotten what things were like in 2008/2009, we're here to help.
Going beyond the jobs front, the DOW is twice what is was when Obama took over, GDP is up, and we're not all watching the news to see when we're going to have to run down to the bank and pound on the glass to try and get our money out before the entire system collapses. Whatever you think about the economy now, you have to realize it's much better than it was when the GOP was in charge. We're improving.
Unless you're a fan of complete economic and fiscal meltdown, it would be beyond crazy to let the team that caused it back into power now.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Profiteers
Americablog:
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: In 2011, during the Republican primary, Mitt Romney said flat out that he thinks that FEMA should abolished, and should be privatized. Really? At this moment in time, I think that’s the kind of thing, that’s the kind of comment, that could come back to haunt somebody like Mitt Romney.
GOP STRATEGIST RON BONJEAN: I have to say that I don’t think anyone, most people don’t have a positive impression of FEMA, and I think Mitt Romney is right on the button. I don’t think anybody cares about that right now.Privatize FEMA. Because really, there is much profit to be made from people that have just lost everything. This guy shouldn't be anywhere near a government by the people. He doesn't understand it. He doesn't like it. He should not be allowed to participate in it. And neither should his Republican party.
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