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September 02, 2010

New 'Contract With America' On The Way?
— LauraW

Stumbled on this last night while flipping channels. Watch Juan Williams take a breath and lean back a little when he hears the word 'contract' after the .40 mark.

For some reason this made an impression on me last night. This morning I remembered Juan's reaction more dramatic than it really was.

Ah, well.
That's what happens when you're up late making smoothies out of Lysol and lawn mushrooms.

If there is a new Contract- and there doesn't have to be- I just hope it's not stupid.

Republicans have a great opportunity right now not to be lame-o.
Guys.
Please.
Don't be lame-o.

Posted by: LauraW at 11:26 AM | Comments (59)
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1 Yeah, there's been a lot of chatter about this in GOP circles. It won't be called a "contract" but a list of "commitments to the American people" or something like that.

Posted by: rockmom at September 02, 2010 11:29 AM (w/gVZ)

2
Freedom Fries in all the schools?

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at September 02, 2010 11:29 AM (uFokq)

3 Don't be lame-o.

Hi. I'm here to help.

Posted by: Trent Lott at September 02, 2010 11:30 AM (Pson9)

I'm trying to dig back into the brain here--

When was the CWA released in '94? Shortly before the elections, IIRC, no? Maybe a month or two?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 02, 2010 11:31 AM (pLTLS)

5 I'm finally gettin' my mutha fukkin unicorn!!!!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at September 02, 2010 11:31 AM (5aa4z)

6 I'll sign that contract but only if we are guaranteed more laughs like what we got from Brewer during here debate

Posted by: denny crane at September 02, 2010 11:31 AM (I+7Zv)

7 Don't be lame-o.

Don't worry. You've got me.

Posted by: Michael Steele at September 02, 2010 11:32 AM (Pson9)

8 and commitments to Afghan banks we need that too

Posted by: denny crane at September 02, 2010 11:32 AM (I+7Zv)

9 And Lame-O was his Name-O!

Posted by: EC at September 02, 2010 11:33 AM (mAhn3)

10 I don't know how a conservative sitting next to that fucking panty waste Juan Williams can keep from punching him in his throat. Smug little bitch.

Posted by: Hedgehog at September 02, 2010 11:33 AM (oQIfB)

11 Might I offer up the use of 'The Straight-Talk Express', friends?

Posted by: John 'Maverick' McCain at September 02, 2010 11:33 AM (5qJM5)

12
No more pay raises.
Pay cuts for all Congressmen.
And a tax on Congressmen for every dollar they spend.

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at September 02, 2010 11:33 AM (uFokq)

I'll sign that contract but only if we are guaranteed more laughs like what we got from Brewer during here debate

She should borrow Obama's teleprompter! My God, he's smart, no really, oh so smart, but he needs to get that monkey off his back!

But that thing-UGH! I mean, he has to bring it with him to have simple meetings. It's his menace!!

Posted by: Piss Matthews at September 02, 2010 11:33 AM (pLTLS)

14 When was the CWA released in '94? Shortly before the elections, IIRC, no? Maybe a month or two?

Yeah, it wasn't too far out. A lot of people don't pay attention to elections until after Labor Day.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (9cbd0)

15 I heard some rumor that a new "contract for America" was in the works for October on the Bill Bennett Radio Show about 2 months ago.

I forget who raised it, but IIRC it was from a well-placed Republican and the source sounded credible.

Posted by: looking closely at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (6Q9g2)

16 and lots of new taxes. We need those too. Not on me, tho, on those icky rich people.

Posted by: dummy crane at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (VDgKF)

17 The lameness factor is pretty much assured is institutional Republicans write it.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (c3i/K)

18 I'm getting tired of Juan! He seems like an ok guy but he never says anything new!

Posted by: SMB at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (mFp4E)

19 If this contract includes more vacations, YOU CAN COUNT ME IN!!

Posted by: Moochele at September 02, 2010 11:34 AM (ngD76)

20 If Fox was half as conservative as they say Juan Williams would have been gone long ago.

Posted by: Vic at September 02, 2010 11:35 AM (/jbAw)

21 It won't be called a "contract" but a list of "commitments to the American people" or something like that.

A non-binding resolution, perhaps?

Posted by: huerfano at September 02, 2010 11:35 AM (No0N3)

22 you know, those people that earn 250K a year and so they're millionaires after 4 years like Al Gore said.

Posted by: dummy crane at September 02, 2010 11:36 AM (VDgKF)

23 Denny, you ignorant slut. Our elected officials sign the contract. Not us.

Posted by: lauraw at September 02, 2010 11:37 AM (1mIKf)

24
A Bill of Rights for Taxpayers would be nifty, I think.

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at September 02, 2010 11:37 AM (uFokq)

25 Oh God, please, no. If so, it will only embolden Newt to run. I mean, set some rules, some goals, but don't call it it CWAII.

Posted by: Editor at September 02, 2010 11:37 AM (pUfK9)

26 Could you edit that so I'm not distracted by the peculiar area above Hannity's forehead? I had to replay it three times.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at September 02, 2010 11:37 AM (wd0Iq)

27 1/2 OT: D. Morris thinks GOP has chance in W VA!

Posted by: ParisParamus at September 02, 2010 11:37 AM (GgR+e)

28 Expecting anything new out of Juan Williams is like expecting a broken clock to be right more than 2 times a day.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 02, 2010 11:38 AM (yQWNf)

29 How about just repeal everything the 111th congress did?

Posted by: John Galt at September 02, 2010 11:38 AM (F/4zf)

30 23 Denny, you ignorant slut. Our elected officials sign the contract. Not us.

Posted by: lauraw at September 02, 2010 03:37 PM (1mIKf)

You're just going to confuse him, Laura.

Posted by: billygoat at September 02, 2010 11:39 AM (5qJM5)

31 I agree Vic, Juan is all blah blah blah. It's getting to be so annoying. Nothing new, no real substance. When I heard that PBS was going to make him drop his affiliation if he continued on FOX, I figured he would probably go a little more left. Someone needs to man up.

Posted by: SMB at September 02, 2010 11:39 AM (mFp4E)

32 Nothing cures stupid ... I wonder if the Republicans can figure out item one should be repeal commie-Kare.

Posted by: bill-tb at September 02, 2010 11:40 AM (g0QB8)

Shouldn't Art. I, Cl. I of the CWA2.0 be as follows-

'We work for you. We will shut the hell up and listen to what you have to say. We're privileged to serve you.'.

???

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 02, 2010 11:40 AM (pLTLS)

34 Oh no! if Dick Morris says it---its doomed. His predictions are not too much to bet on!

Posted by: SMB at September 02, 2010 11:40 AM (mFp4E)

35
hey, remember Obama's spending freeze? what a load of malarkey.

Why aren't we talking about that phony gimmick?

oh, and a real freeze on govt hiring -- no more additional employees to the federal payroll

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at September 02, 2010 11:40 AM (uFokq)

36 The Democrats are running against a Republican plan they haven't released.

I invite the Democrats to run on their "success" stories. How about that health care reform law? The Stimulus that Romer now bashes? These are winners. Winners eleventy!!1

Posted by: wtfci at September 02, 2010 11:42 AM (R4rMI)

No more pay raises.
Nice. No pay raises until unemployment is below 6%

Show some solidarity with the American people and take a cut in pay equal to the unemployment rate.

Posted by: 141Driver at September 02, 2010 11:42 AM (LEynS)

38 BTW- I don't know if Juan lost the PBS affliation. It may have turned out to be an idle threat.

Posted by: SMB at September 02, 2010 11:42 AM (mFp4E)

39 This might be a good idea if they get the right things in it, like free abortions, amnesty and Obamacare!

Posted by: Dave Weigel at September 02, 2010 11:45 AM (7BU4a)

40 "Guys.
Please.
Don't be lame-o."

Sun
Please
Don't Rise In The East.

Going to get about the same effect.

Posted by: Dougf at September 02, 2010 11:45 AM (DGiGV)

41
oh, and strip Congress' health insurance plan from Cadillac to Yugo. Just the basics for those meatsticks.

And a co-pay!

Posted by: your fickle friend, the summer wind at September 02, 2010 11:45 AM (uFokq)

42 A Contract with America AKA 'Hey! Remember the LAST time we fucked you rubes bowlegged?' What a brilliant marketing ploy...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at September 02, 2010 11:52 AM (FwaRQ)

43 No more pay raises.

No more pensions and unlimited health-care it's not a f-ing career bitches.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 02, 2010 11:55 AM (tf9Ne)

44 My three point plan is

1) Torches

2) Pitchforks

3) Guillotines.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 02, 2010 11:56 AM (xxgag)

45 No more pensions and unlimited lifetime health-care it's not supposed to be a f-ing career bitches.

FIFM

Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 02, 2010 12:00 PM (tf9Ne)

46 the new contract for america: 1. reduce gov't spending by 10% across the board 2. repeal obamacare 3. secure the borders 4. burn down the public schools (it's for the children) 5. peace blimp

Posted by: cali grump at September 02, 2010 12:10 PM (1tJr/)

47 Juan's all stressed because he's seeing our Historic First Black President^tm turn into a monumnetal failure and deliver his party into the hands of Cthulhu. That failure of Identity Politics has his poor little racially-based heart crushed.

Posted by: nickless at September 02, 2010 12:31 PM (MMC8r)

48 More like Contract ON America! Am I right? Yeah! ..I'll be in the can.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at September 02, 2010 12:32 PM (8jXgs)

49 Anyone who votes for legislation that turns out to be unconstitutional shall be hanged for treason. Or at least banned from working in government, including as a volunteer, for life.

Add that somewhere.

Posted by: dustmouse at September 02, 2010 12:35 PM (uA+vD)

50 Ah, well.
That's what happens when you're up late making smoothies out of Lysol and lawn mushrooms.

Laura, don't ever change. It would ruin the image I have of you.

Posted by: Winston Wolf at September 02, 2010 12:37 PM (1Mn8Z)

The Democrats are running against a Republican plan they haven't released.

They can counter it with their plan for social security reform they absolutely have but still haven't shown anyone yet?

Posted by: Entropy at September 02, 2010 12:40 PM (IsLT6)

52 They have to pass it so you can see what's in it?

Posted by: nickless at September 02, 2010 12:42 PM (MMC8r)

53 donkey contract for Gaia, the UN, our Muslim friends, and maybe America if time permits: 1. destroy the economy. 2. talk patronizingly to the commoners. 3. increase gov't spending eleventy million times (it's for the children). 4. outlaw cars except for gov't workers and politicians. 5. confiscate all guns.

Posted by: cali grump at September 02, 2010 12:47 PM (1tJr/)

54 Lame-o is hawt!1111!!!!!!

Posted by: Ringo at September 02, 2010 01:30 PM (+kzvp)

55 Lame-o is the greatest thing since the hula-hoop!!!!!

Posted by: Whammo at September 02, 2010 01:31 PM (+kzvp)

56 L 51... A 38... M 15... E 22... O 46... LAME-O!!!! We have a winnah!

Posted by: Bingo at September 02, 2010 01:33 PM (+kzvp)

57 That's what happens when you're up late making smoothies out of Lysol and lawn mushrooms.

This is why.

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