1 first!!!

2 Lovely Paul Ryan article > 3pp

3 All I know is we need a Congress full of smart, ballsy, guys like Ryan, to help us dig out of this hole.

First we need a congress that realizes it digging faster than we can fill.

4
We need an army of Paul Ryans. 

5 that is a good article tho.

6 Hey where were these women when I was a kid? 

And who the hell reports her?  Did she try to blow a ghey guy?

http://tinyurl.com/2vzwrvl

7 We need an army of Paul Ryans. Also genetically engineered ninja cats and chimps with assault rivals.We're so fucked.

8 7 assault rifles too asault our rivals.

9 And then, even if we take over both houses of Congress, we have to deal with Obama, and all of his ridiculous czars. Everything that goes wrong, starting in 2011, (and there will be lots going wrong!) will be blamed on the Republican majority for not cooperating with his Majesty.

If we continue to act the way we have had in the past, then yes we are screwed.

But there is no reason that presuming we get a congressional majority, or at least the house, that we have to go along to get along anymore.

Pass a budget that defunds Obamacare and every other part of the Obama agenda. When the government "shuts down" go on TV and argue that Obama is more interested in funding his "czars" then x, y, and z.

Maybe it isn't likely, especially since the Republican party doesn't want to listen, but it is our last hope to salvage this country...

10 The GOP Establishment is most interested in feathering their own nests.

11

Looks like we have to hope for 2 more years of Democrat control to get Obama to STFU about Republicans.

12

Looks like we have to hope for 2 more years of Democrat control to get Obama to STFU about Republicans.

Posted by: kansas at July 17, 2010 10:03 PM (+u1u6)

Wait, don't the Republicans still control Congress?

13 Hey where were these women when I was a kid?    And who the hell reports her? 

This this every teenage boy's fantasy.  Maybe I'm a hypocrite, because if it were a girl.....  but it's different,  It just is.

14 13

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15 Maybe this is what happens when Obama gets his national police force.

16 Th Klavan video is gold.

17

The GOP Establishment is most interested in feathering their own nests.~davidt

Seems to me they're more skilled at sticking feathers up their butts and clucking like chickens.  That way they get F'ed by the Dems when the Dems claim they haven't done anything to improve the economy which the Dems have put in a socialist lock box and thrown down a sinkhole of divide and conquer identity politics.

18 Even in 2010 with a wipeout election, we still have the Zero as Pres and Lindsay Graham (and others) as a SENIOR republican worried more about getting invited to teh right dinner parties, and not worrying at all about the tea parties he should be attending (remedial education for him).

19

The GOP Establishment is most interested in feathering their own nests.~davidt

Do what I did.  Go to TEA parties, register Republican and help take over the GOP.  Take some friends with you.

20 I like to think of this thread as the 'velvet room' of the ONT club. Less crowded, a bit classier. A comment rate that doesn't require one be a crack addled, iPhone texting, valley-girl talking, sack tapping, caught-at-the-airport-with-weed, alcohol-detecting-anklet-wearing,Twilight-movie-loving, labor virgin, method-acting, still-finds-LOL-amusing SOB.

21 I just hope Obama's final two years in office are as painful for him as a herpes blister on a hemmoroid. It still won't equal the pain he's caused.

22 (Whisper voice) I see braindead people.  There everywhere.

23

Do what I did.  Go to TEA parties, register Republican and help take over the GOP.  Take some friends with you.

Posted by: mghorning at July 17, 2010 10:43 PM (BZsS5)

Unless you live in San Diego, and when trying to volunteer for the Republican Party of San Diego you can't even get them to call you back or even return your E-Mails.

Has anyone else here experienced that?

24

We need an army of Paul Ryans.

 

Well, when they cloned Boba Fett, that didn't turn out too well afterall.

25 Sharon is my new hero....can I be her adopted kid or something?

26 I think this is the ONT with a few topics and kind of coherent, whereas the other is more sort of BLEARGHABAGARGLEPHOOO!

Representative Sarah "Upchuck" BMF of Georgia...

I think the Facebook revolution bringing all the grandparents online may kill the far-left inner-city Black movement - as all the grandmas come grab their grandchildren by the ear - God bless the grandmas!

27

We need an army of Paul Ryans.

 Well, when they cloned Boba Fett, that didn't turn out too well afterall.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch says... at July 17, 2010 11:05 PM (sJTmU)

Hey, we destroyed the Jedi order and took over the galaxy, whaddaya want from me?

28 Any who do the italics and bold no worky proper? What up with that?

29

A Toast!(paraphrased on an old entry from my Dad's diary when he was with the 417th City of Windsor Squadron in North Africa during WWII)

"Here's to Hitler Obama that Son of a Bitch, may his cock rot off with the 7 year itch, may his balls be slung in a 7 ton sling, 'til he sings through his asshole- God Save the the People are King!" 

30

Has anyone else here experienced that?

Yes. I volunteered my time and mileage to help out Kasich's campaign for Governor here in Ohio and nobody wanted to talk to me. All they wanted was donations.

31 Interesting speller.  Diaries are a dying but valuable habit.

32

there are some who insist it would be better to NOT win the House and the Senate.

How good has it been for the country to be dependent ENTIRELY on the weakest links in our party in the Sen and House to avoid catastrophe?

 

We have NO CHANCE if we dont win both houses. We are likely to be disappointed if we win both back, but we will be utterly fucked if he maintains majorities in both houses. Though gaining 5 seats in the senate might "block" some of the shit, it won't stop a Senate that is contemplating eliminating the filibuster. These are the kind of nutcases we are dealing with now. So the election has become zero sum.

My choice in California is Fiorina or an Obama Senate.

The same for you morons in Illinois- Kirk or Obama Senate.

Washington- Rossi or Obama Senate.

and so on.

We have to put as much pressure in the primaries as we can to get the most conservative candidates we can- Toomey in Pa, Rubio in Fl, Portman in Oh. Elsewhere, we have to take what we can get, because the alternative is an Obama senate.

Will Kirk, Castle, etc piss us off? of course. but with a BASE of conservatives to filibuster and a republican majority to stop any movement to eliminate the filibuster, its a buffer until 2012.

And a chance, chance, for Ryan to start shining in his inevitable rise to 2012.

33

And a chance, chance, for Ryan to start shining in his inevitable rise to 2012.

Posted by: the real fork in the road at July 17, 2010 11:14 PM (lV4Fs)

Paul Ryan hates kids, old people, and dogs.

34 I wrote Ryan urging him to run for prez. So now it's pretty much a lock.

35

Question is, what is the road out?  Services and entitlements have to be cut, and drastically.  It stands to reason that independents are tax payers, else why wouldn't they vote Democrat if they weren't the Paul that was being paid when Peter is being robbed by the socialists?

Are most paying voters, and even those who grasp the backloading of debt and hope to some day better their lives and their childrens lives, not ready to cut the size of government and the stolen largess of the State?

36

Diaries are a dying but valuable habit.

Very true. My mom has diaries of relatives from the late 1800's. Most of them were pastors and while the content is a bit drab, the usual day-to-day life is a fascinating insight on what life was really like.

One of my most prized possessions is a video diary taken years ago of a roadtrip two of my buddies and myself took to D.C. for a long weekend. Highlights were filming the tour of the J. Edgar Hoover building (prohibited by law) and stumbling onto the Wall which went from goofy and fun to sad and respectful in about half a minute.

37 We are so boned.

38

Most of them were pastors and while the content is a bit drab, the usual day-to-day life is a fascinating insight on what life was really like.

Yeah, my Dad's diary was like that, drab.  Stuff like "Jerry strafed up today with Me 110s and we had tinned bully beef for lunch and split a can of treacle pudding 10 ways."  One interesting entry had a bud of his going off into a town in Libya after a siting of an Arab girl that gave him the come-hither stare and  his buddy getting his throat slit.  Lots of Brownie photos of burned out trucks/armour and a jeep that was totaled after Dad ran it into a stone fenceline at high speed. 

39 22
A friendly "fuck you" from the folks slummin' it on the real ONT! 

40

That Klavan vid was funny.

41 Let's talk about how Nevada Republicans chose the only person who could lose to Hairy.

42

It's also imperative that the Republicans capture as many Governorships/state assemblies as possible. Until there is a coherent fiscal policy out of Washington, the states must do some heavy lifting getting their expenses under control and lowering (or just controlling) their tax rates.

Illinois, California, and some others are boned fer shure, but don't think the FedGov won't bail them out. The chaos must be brought under control, or there will be ..........chaos?

43 Gene Makes Some Drink More When Other Boozers Are Around

44 “Carriers of the long gene may be more attuned to, and influenced by, another person’s heavy drinking than noncarriers are,” Larsen says.

I think I have that gene.  After one of my best friends died and my dad died, I didn't drink at all.  I knew that wasn't a good time for me.  Then I met the woman I married.  I made my own decisions, but her daily drinking made it easy for me to join in.  Not daily by any means, but enough--too much for me.

45 A new poll just released - GA Republican Gubernatorial Race  LINK

46

I got chills watching the 'up-chuck' Tea Party video. 

We are living a nightmare but hope springs eternal and our country will be saved ultimately by the common citizen standing up to tyranny and getting involved.

47

All right.  Flame away.  I watched Beck's final American Revival on livestream today and all I've got to say is:  Don't give up.  WE WIN.  He's got the ammo -- history -- and G-d on our side.  Start praying, Morons,  Pray hard.  I'd been hopeless for the last few days, but this program made me do a 180.

The Founders had a two-hour prayer and a couple chapters of Bible study during their first session of Congress.  During the original drafting of the Constitution, when [The Founders] couldn't get anywhere and state reps were leaving, Ben Franklin said a prayer asking that they be united in their purpose, and they finally got it together. 

Reagan was the last real president to mention the Almighty in the manner of the Founders.  I think there's something to that and his success.  David Barton, a historian from Texas, showed that massive portions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were taken either from the Bible or from preachers.  In fact, when the Brits learned of the fiery sermons the colonists were preaching about the Natural Law being God's Law, the Red Coats were told to kill them first.

When he took the stage this morning, Beck said that he got a call from a Wall Street Journal reporter who shall remain nameless (my guess is John Fund) who said he got wind of Beck being Public Enemy #1 of the Demonrat Party.  That's because he's onto something. 

If anyone on here watched it --- Beck's people said the internet views were equal to the number of people that filled the SLC arena -- please chime in and let me know your two cents.

 

48 Uh, Nice Deb, it was good of you to stop by and help out.  Sorry I killed your post.

49 You didn't kill anything.

I'm gonna see if any of that Glenn Beck stuff is on YouTube, yet.

Did he cry?

50 Me and the GF went to Beck's American Revival in SLC and actually got to have lunch with him backstage. He's a really great guy. He's so soft spoken in person. He did get really choked up a few times when he was talking about how he may be going blind, but other than that it was a great show and we really are going to win in the long run. Fuck the progressives, this is America.

51 It's on Youtube in 6 parts, I'm watching it, now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljulr6R1IRE

52 I went deaf on election night 2008. True story.

I had a bilateral ear infection - both eardrums ruptured. I think God smote me so I wouldn't have to hear all the libs crowing. I was actually thankful for it.

53 "In the most surprising news of the weekend (so far), the IMF and the EU effectively suspended Hungary's access to the remaining funds in a $25 billion rescue loan package created in 2008 to prevent a financial meltdown of the country. The timing of this development is most extraordinary"

54

 He did get really choked up a few times when he was talking about how he may be going blind,

Really?  I haven't heard this.

55 I'm gonna see if any of that Glenn Beck stuff is on YouTube, yet.

Did he cry?

Posted by: Nice Deb at July 18, 2010 12:18 AM (zcYjl)

Whew!  What a relief.  Yeah, as Brenden (you lucky dog!) said, he cried big time.  I'm not a religious zealot by any means, but at the closing prayer with his presenters and their wives on stage, I had tears streaming down my face. 

Judge Nappy Was. On. Fire.  He was amazing to watch sans teleprompter and not one um or uh.  Funny stories from da judge, and he related them all to what's going on now.

Brenden, how did you get to eat lunch with him?  I can't figure out how his wife -- who he said was raised Catholic (as he was) -- got him to convert to her religion -- LDS?  Any clue?

56 I went deaf on election night 2008. True story.

Posted by: Nice Deb at July 18, 2010 12:25 AM (zcYjl)

I trust everything is back to normal?

57 Oh yes. It took weeks and weeks, though. Singing was rough for awhile there.

58 Brenden, I had to go out around 5:15 and missed the end of the Judge's presentation and the wrap-up of Beck's.  I caught the final 15 minutes when I got home around 6:40.  He said he had a major announcement.  What was it?

59 Beck always seems to have a "major announcement".

60 Well, he and his wife weren't religious at all and she decided they needed to have a religion for their family, and while they were church shopping they finally went to the LDS church and their little daughter (the one who is mentally disabled I think) loved it there and wanted to go back, and they had their friend Pat who was a member so they went back. That's how it got started. There's a DVD out there somewhere where he talks about how he got involved in religion again.

As for eating backstage with him, the radio station here was giving away tickets to the show plus dinner and a meet and greet with Glenn Beck (since they're the sponsors they get their way), and I won it. So....I got about 400 dollars of free stuff. Great seats, free meals, autographs, and pictures with Beck.

61

Sharon for President!!!!!!  Seriously, can we get this lady to the US Congress ASAP?????  THIS is the kind of person we need in Washington - I'll donate to her campaign.

At the very least, let's get her in a WWE smackdown with the NAACP - if they put that on Pay-Per-View, we could probably retire the US Debt in one night.....

62

Posted by: Brenden at July 18, 2010 12:36 AM (ZrULs)

Congrats! and thanks for the info.  I heard him say that when he first saw his wife that she wouldn't do anything "untoward" with him until he converted to her religion, but when he said they were both raised Catholic, he threw me for a loop.  She's cute and seems funny.

I know he has one daughter (from the first marriage) with physical disabilities; and he has Raphe, who's the adopted 5 year old, who sounds like he also has physical disabilities.  I didn't know about the other daughter.  Geez!

The only person I ever won backstage tickets to meet was Larry the Cable Guy, and not that that was a bad thing, he was a truly nice guy.

63

At some point we're going to have to stop pissing and moaning at each other (Sharon this, Pawlenty that, etc. etc. ad nauseum) and start fighting to take our country back. Nov. is only the first battle, not the whole war. We need to get the House and as much of the Senate as we can so we can set up 2012. This whining that "if we take the Congress then the MFM can blame us for everything" is just crap. Here's a clue for you, they blame us for everything now, SO WHAT? We've got to get people in, and then support them when they're there.

 

....cuz you're not gonna like the other option.

64 I'm pretty certain it was the first daughter from the previous marriage.

Another note about the American Revival, is that the audience skewed heavily to the older demographic. Being 25 with my 22 year old girl friend made us probably the youngest people there. Surrounded by old people. And old people fart. Without saying excuse me.  -_-

65

As you well know I've made 5000 videos on Barack Obama. I think I know Barack Obama almost as well as Michelle Obama or even better. I can give you some insights that might cheer you up:

1. Barack and Michelle hate each other

2. She has finally figured out that he's a gay American Kenyan.

3. He has lost so much weight that he's either still on coke or has a serious illness.

4. His supporters are demoralized. Where did all the trolls go?

5. My husband and I are the only ones watching when he comes on TV in our local bar in liberal Massachusetts.

6. Granny Jan won't stop until I take him down. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Visit me. I could use some funny comments on my videos.

66 "New data from the Department of Education shows that of federal student loan borrowers whose loans entered repayment in 1995, fully one in five -- or 20% -- have since gone into default.

To put that number in perspective, the default rate on first mortgages hit a record high of 5.67% in 2009 and has since pulled back to 3.71%. The default rate on credit cards is 9.14%, and the default rate on car loans peaked at 2.75% last year.

And while defaults on those loans generally require just three months of missed payments, a federal student loan must go close to one year without payments before it is considered to be in default."

67

For what its worth senate rankings

TO THE GOP

ND/DE/IN/AR all likely.

CO/PA also just slightly less likely, but likely.

then

Illinois

Nevada (down 3 spaces)

Washington

Wisconsin

California

Connecticut

Oregon

NY-B

West Virginia

68 "56

 He did get really choked up a few times when he was talking about how he may be going blind,

Really?  I haven't heard this.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 18, 2010 12:28 AM (aLr/O)"

I don't listen very often and it is difficult to watch the show.  But I was listening one morning and he said he went to get new glass, probably from and optician and the guy told him he had to go to a specialist right away.  The guy said he saw something and he could have eye cancer.  Seriously, I thought to myself, "do they not teach bedside manner in Optician's school?"  But I haven't heard him say anything since then except that he had to miss the radio show to go to an appointment (i assumed ostensibly with the specialist).

69

CO/PA also just slightly less likely, but likely.

Agree on ND/DE/IN/AR, but CO and PA aren't likely at all; they're very slight leans to the GOP at best.  The rest of them are pure toss-ups in which anything can happen, with the exception of CA, where Boxer will likely win, and CT on down, in which Democrat wins are virtually certain.

The Senate's a very long row to hoe.

70

 but CO and PA aren't likely at all; they're very slight leans to the GOP at best.

For what it's worth, I believe CO will be a solid pick up for the GOP.  Especially if Obama's puppet, Bennet, is the candidate.

Norton or Buck should win by 4 or 5 points as long as nothing out of the ordinary happens.

71 All I gotta say is thanks, Obama.

72

#73

not necessarily.

Toomey and Norton are both favorites in their polling.

and the rest are tossups, but that alone is a good sign for us-

ALL THREE current slight DEM leaning tossups- Wisconsin, Washington, California- have three-term senators with polling in the 40s. All three in recent weeks have shown favor for the top Republican candidates (SurveyUSA CA, Field CA, WashingtonPoll WA, Rasmussen WA, PPP WI, Rasmussen WI.)

Its not as long as many might think.

I think we pick up a good 7 right now, with at least 1 of NV/IL/WA/WI/CA in addition to CO/PA/IN/AR/DE/ND. We will see what else starts swaying...

73 Norton or Buck should win by 4 or 5 points as long as nothing out of the ordinary happens.

I would have believed that several years ago, but for a decade now nothing has impeded CO's steady shift toward the Democrats, and John Hickenlooper at the top of the ballot ought to spur Dem turnout.  CO's definitely winnable this year but I'm not getting my hopes up.

74

"The chief economist of the NFIB, William Dunkelberg, put it clearly: Small business owners “do not trust the economic policies in place or proposed.” He also said, “The U.S. economy faces hurricane force headwinds and the government is at the center of the storm, making an economic recovery very difficult.”

Our economic Katrina, in short."

75

#79 oh quit quoting Mostly Fuckyermom.

That rat asshole could have stepped into the senate race when he started slamming Obama in January and hinted it (against Gillymander) but noooo

had to waste more time on a failing medium.

ASS.

76 I would have believed that several years ago, but for a decade now nothing has impeded CO's steady shift toward the Democrats, and John Hickenlooper at the top of the ballot ought to spur Dem turnout.  CO's definitely winnable this year but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 18, 2010 01:53 AM (3YBwf)

Well you know your stuff.

The current plagarism scandal involving our most likely gov nominee (hoping he quits or loses in the primary) doesn't help.  And yes it's true we have drifted leftward in the last 6 years or so.

Hick is a strong candidate.  The only dim I every voted for actually.  In a non partison mayoral election against more liberal opponents of course.

My gut, as a native, and as a natural pessimist tells me Buck will beat Bennet though, somewhat comfortably.

77 ALL THREE current slight DEM leaning tossups- Wisconsin, Washington, California- have three-term senators with polling in the 40s. All three in recent weeks have shown favor for the top Republican candidates (SurveyUSA CA, Field CA, WashingtonPoll WA, Rasmussen WA, PPP WI, Rasmussen WI.)

CA's about the longest shot there is, no matter what the polls say at this point.  An average of the last two CA Senate polls have Boxer several points up; even if it were tied, Fiorina loses.  The state is just too far gone and the unions are too powerful.  If any state will be a Dem firewall against the GOP tide this year, it's going to be California, where too many people actually believe Schwarzenegger's failures are "Republican" failures and Jerry Brown's likely to win the governorship.

Washington, well, we all know what happened to Dino Rossi the last time he won a statewide race in Washington.  Wisconsin was stolen by the Democrats as recently as the 2004 presidential election.  All of these three states are winnable, which is remarkable in itself, but everything has to go right and counting on wins against entrenched incumbents in deep-blue territory is not a wise idea.

78 This is very funny (watch the video)
via gateway pundit

79

Anyone here make a contribution to "Keep AZ Safe" supporting Jan Brewer's legal fight against Obama?

If so, be sure to check your credit card receipt. I was billed twice for my donation. Have a feeling one was for AZ and the other lined some crooked Republican's pocket.

 

80

#83

so Republicans like myself living in those states should...?

 

I prefer seizing the optomistic polling, galvanize and utilize the irate independents and excited Republicans, registering new voters and keeping on their toes.

I am fully aware of the longshot odds, but NO ONE expected the 12 seat pickup of 1980. Most of those races were within the margin of error going into election day.

I think the destruction of ACORN and GETTING A NETWORK IN PLACE for support and challenges (like what Whitman has done with about $30 million alone for the state party) gives REPUBLICANS the slight edge in the tossups this year.

 

81 kdbabear: You're the go-to guy for authentic American music, right? I was wondering if you could give this lineup a thumbs-up or down. I'm told there's some solid bluegrass in there, but it looks more like a gang of smelly hippies. TIA for advice.

http://tinyurl.com/festatcts

82

>>>>The current plagarism scandal involving our most likely gov nominee (hoping he quits or loses in the primary) doesn't help.  And yes it's true we have drifted leftward in the last 6 years or so.

Yeah, I saw that... you guys have forgotten that plagiarism is only okay when you're Joe Biden.  And it's pretty damn late for McInnis to get out now.

What's disheartening about the CO shift to the left is that even good GOP years haven't impeded it.  It's seen a very steady move to the Dems over the last decade at both the state and federal levels.  I expect 2010 to shift the tide somewhat, but it's still going to be a very tough state going forward.

>>>>Hick is a strong candidate.  The only dim I every voted for actually.  In a non partison mayoral election against more liberal opponents of course.

When I saw that Ritter was bowing out and Hickenlooper getting in, my immediate reaction was "aww, SHIT," not just over the governor's race but because of the impact it will have down the ballot.  Last I heard, he was pretty popular, and the best thing that could happen for endangered Democrats like Bennet, Betsy Markey, and maybe even John Salazar in a pure-tossup state like CO's become is for a popular gubernatorial candidate to give Dems a reason to get to the polls.

83 Oops. Make that tinyurl.com/festacts. Spelling matters, I guess.

84 so Republicans like myself living in those states should...?

That's not what I'm saying at all.  Indeed, I'm heartened that these states are real fights this year.  I've just been through enough political disappointments to keep my optimism in check for races this volatile, and even if we WIN I'm not at all confident it will end up doing us any good as we enter the darkest times most of us have ever seen.  That doesn't mean we shouldn't fight on.

85

And it's pretty damn late for McInnis to get out now.

Luckily our primary isn't until the 10th so there is still hope.  A little known legistator is in it.  Dan Maes.  He's got my support at this point.

What's disheartening about the CO shift to the left is that even good GOP years haven't impeded it.  It's seen a very steady move to the Dems over the last decade at both the state and federal levels.  I expect 2010 to shift the tide somewhat, but it's still going to be a very tough state going forward.

Thank you Californians and Stuff White People Like/wise latino/as.  I'm afraid CO has become a solid purple state.  This year should be pretty good, but I'm afriad it's only temporary.

When I saw that Ritter was bowing out and Hickenlooper getting in, my immediate reaction was "aww, SHIT,"

Big time.  I had the same feelings.  He is popular.  And for a Dim, a good guy.  Relatively pro business, and the city of Denver has been lucky to have him.  I have to admit, I like the guy.  Would never vote for him in a non mayoral election though, of course.

86 "85

Anyone here make a contribution to "Keep AZ Safe" supporting Jan Brewer's legal fight against Obama?

If so, be sure to check your credit card receipt. I was billed twice for my donation. Have a feeling one was for AZ and the other lined some crooked Republican's pocket.

 

Posted by: Molon Labe at July 18, 2010 02:10 AM (kYpqT)"

all you have to do is call your credit card company and tell them that you were charged twice and they will correct the error.

87

 Bennet, Betsy Markey, and maybe even John Salazar

Bennet will lose, Markey will get smoked, and Lil Salazar is up in the air.  I'm guessing he will hold on, but with a strong tea party/ conservative turn out he might go down.

88

#90 Oh I know. Youve actually been very non-eeyorish. Realistic and cautious, but not all is doom.

Its very easy to get disheartened though looking at past cycles..but I suspect this cycles dynamics far favor the Republicans in ways we cant poll...

89 Bennet will lose, Markey will get smoked, and Lil Salazar is up in the air.

I've assumed Markey would go down almost since the smoke cleared from '08, but it's Mini-Salazar I can't figure out.  His district looks to still be conservative enough that he should be a dead man walking, but it seems to be no safe bet.  His win in '04 was one of those instances of CO bucking a Republican tide.  What gives on the Western Slope?

90 Its very easy to get disheartened though looking at past cycles..but I suspect this cycles dynamics far favor the Republicans in ways we cant poll...

I think and hope you may be right.  We've been through so many ahistoric cycles over the last decade that history may no longer be a reliable guide.

91 I've assumed Markey would go down almost since the smoke cleared from '08, but it's Mini-Salazar I can't figure out.  His district looks to still be conservative enough that he should be a dead man walking, but it seems to be no safe bet.  His win in '04 was one of those instances of CO bucking a Republican tide.  What gives on the Western Slope?

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 18, 2010 02:41 AM (3YBwf)

The plagurist gov candidate was the rep for lil Sal's district for years.

They bought into the conservative dim, gun tottin line.

It's a bellweather district.  If the GOP wins there, it probably means a solid 10 or more seat majority in the house.

I lean your way with the senate.  I don't see it...yet.  Honestly I don't care much though.  It might even be better for 12 to let the dims keep nominal control on the senate.

I'm a long term pessimist anyway.  The pols are a reflection of the people.  We shall see.

92 Good Morning M&Ms.

And then, even if we take over both houses of Congress, we have to deal with Obama, and all of his ridiculous czars. Everything that goes wrong, starting in 2011, (and there will be lots going wrong!) will be blamed on the Republican majority for not cooperating with his Majesty.

A lot of people keep saying that but I think that is a case of fighting an old war over again under new circumstances.

The last time that happened was the intentional false government shutdown by Bill Clinton during the budget battle. It was a plan by the Dems from the very beginning before congress had even submitted the budget package. (yes that has been documented)

The objective was to blame the House, and in particular Newt Gingrich. With the aid of the press, and the fact that the Republicans didn't fight it all, the strategy was successful.  Later it turned out that the Republicans didn't fight it worth a damn because the liberal wing of the Party led by our good friend RINO Graham wanted to seize control of the Party from the more confrontational and conservative Newt faction. The Party went downhill from there and has never really recovered.

So what is different now?  First of all the press, otherwise known as the MFM, no longer has a monopoly on information dissemination AND is at the lowest point ever in public trust.  So the Dems, even with the MFM in their back pocket, will not get much mileage there.  The MFM has shot its wad.

Second, the control of the Republican Party by the RINO faction is being beat back one RINO at a time. People like DeMint and Palin or pushing out true conservative candidates and the RINOs like Inglis are getting the boot in primaries.

So bottom line. Lets not fight last year's war today. Lets be not afraid to challenge these people and call it out at every opportunity what miserable commies they are. IOW quit playing nice!  And when on Fox doing one of those stupid F&B Debates, call out the lies when the Dem spouts them. Make them prove every lie.

And how do you know they are lying?  Their mouths are open.

93 Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 18, 2010 02:22 AM (xqhoO)

I took a look at that lineup and I didn't recognize any of them. I have been following bluegrass my entire life.

That doesn't mean that they aren't good, it just means they aren't the top draws in the genre.

94 And NiceDeb; I know this is what your were hinting at with that lead in on the title:

http://tinyurl.com/chyu2n 

95 Love those bibs, 101. So dinnerjacket has them eating out of his hand?

96 Vic @ 4:17

I agree with your morning cheer. (My mouth is closed.)

One way to clear the Obama veto table is to impeach the naked emperor, AND PROSECUTE!

Nothing like nothing happening after Clinton's. Remember Nixon's resignation in shame when facing impeachment. Obama has no shame.

97 One way to clear the Obama veto table is to impeach the naked emperor, AND PROSECUTE!

I would love to see that happen but it won't because we can not take a large enough percentage of both houses to do it.

The best we could hope to do is force a reduction in spending through hardball tactics from the House. Refuse to let the RINOs like Graham in the Senate cross the aisle and make deals by simply voting all the deals down in the House.

If they are not willing to get spending down to 2006 levels - 10% then shutdown the government and do not spend anything. I think the public would love that.

98 Paul Ryan (who I would love to see run for President has a plan...

I have seen a lot of people pushing Paul Ryan for 2012. I think a lot of that has to do with the conservative rhetoric from the CPAC speech last year (this year?).

I have been trying to determine exactly how conservative he really is based on his actual record. Politicians always talk a good game and at a conservative venue of course they are going to talk conservative. But looking at his actual record he is not the darling conservative that everyone believes. Hell, being elected in WI he can't be too much of a conservative.

Going to my favorite, the ACU he has a good record in 2009 of 96 but not so good in 2008 with 84. 2007 - 96, 2006 - 92. In general it looks like a case of moving to the right near elections and away from it during the non-election year. His lifetime record is a more moderate 92.

Looking at the "On the Issues" web site they rate him as a hard right conservative. But with that web site you have to be very careful. They give him a good score on immigration reform (for conservative) because he was for "McCain-Kennedy" which was for immigration reform "without amnesty". Anyone familiar with that bill knows that it was in fact amnesty and the damn OTI website was simply taking lying weasel McCain's word for it.

Looking at how he actually voted on key issues he has a mixed record. But contrary to what I said the other day, he did vote NO on crap and tax (I had thought he had voted for it). He did vote YES for the porkulus bill which, given what was in the bill, is a BIG downer.

He has one other thing that hurts him. Traditionally congress critters have a hard time getting elected as President and no member of the House has ever been elected that I know of.

Overall I would prefer someone with a more conservative record and will vote so in the primaries. But if he were chosen as the candidate, based on what I know now, I could probably support him.

99

I don't see anything less than a "Watergate" like debacle bringing impeachment to the fore...and maybe not even then. The best thing for the new (hopefully) republican house to do is just refuse to fund anything until, as Vic stated, a new budget with massive cuts to spending can be passed and approved.

Impeachment would just put another bullet in the left's racist guns. He should just be left to wither on the vine and go down with Carter in ignomy.

100 I don't see anything less than a "Watergate" like debacle bringing impeachment to the fore...and maybe not even then.

Yeah, we have already seen that even with items worse than a Watergate event the Dems can not be impeached. Clinton was shown to have committed perjury in open court and had just as big an "enemies" list as Nixon, and and even worse record on abuse of power.

The problem is that Dems NEVER hold their politicians accountable and the RINOs like Specter will always cross the aisle on issues like that.

I think for a Democrat to be impeached the Republican Party would have to have a 90% majority in both houses.

101 ...Anybody know what Glenn's "major announcement" was?  I thought it was supposed to be announced during his radio show this week?

102
Klavan exposes pro- left-wing media so easily. 

103 Did that "MoxNews" thing come from Glenn Beck? I can't find out anything about them at all.

104 Where is the Monty book thread this morning?

105 I don't see anything less than a "Watergate" like debacle bringing impeachment to the fore

These people are untouchable

106 Where is the Monty book thread this morning?

If I get the gist of his friday post, he's on vacation.
Thankfully, not in the Gumpian sense of "Vacation's when you go somewhere and you don't ever come back!"

107

Fucking hell....FDOTUS gets it's own fucking jet???

...but it's OK..there were staffers on board too

They're the fucking dog walkers!!

108 Clinton had his dogs brought around in a limo so they could blow him

109 If I get the gist of his friday post, he's on vacation.

He said he would continue the Sun book thread.

110 Was he at the moronpalooza?

111 One thing is for certain: The USA needs more Mike Stopa's.

112 We can push the Watershed thread over 1000 till Monty falls out of bed.

113 Shit, they found me. I was hoping to get a break while Wookie and the teleprompter were in Maine.

114 I see over at Fox News that that racist organization NAACP wants the bankrupt State of CA to buy Neverland and operate it as a State Park.

I guess some people are too stupid to even know when the socialists HAVE run out of other people's money.

In a related news article I read this morning I see that the bankrupt State of Illinois is illegally using stimulus funds to buy IL bonds for use in ongoing operations expenses related to the under-financed State Retirement fund for public workers (read SEIU).  They are in effect financing their retirement fund with public debt AND backing it with federal dollars. 

That is bad enough, but it is a know item and nobody is calling them on it. Blatant violation of the law goes on ignored.    

115

But, that would require, what, another 150 post saying pron was the greatest technological development eveh?

Posted by: Mallamutt

No, only 25 people.

116 The book thread is now up folks.

117 Here's something you can post about-the McCain-Hayworth debates. I have seen virtually nothing on them. I would think that would be something most people would be interested in.

And while everybody worries about Obama transforming the nation, maybe we can in the meantime transform the Republican Party into a machine that will not stand for it without putting up a fight and taking off the kid gloves while doing it.

That means not playing defense when accused of racism, sexism, homophobia, and every other ism and phobia they can think of to throw. It means taking control of the debate and not allowing the Democrats to define you and otherwise run the table.

I'm not saying necessarily that the Tea Party should throw out all the RINOs. You're going to need some Scott Browns, unfortunately, in order to regain and maintain majority status. So maybe some reasonable morph of the two, like two thirds of three fourths Tea Party with just enough RINOs to get us over the top.

118 122 Got a link for that?

119 My sweet moonbat FB friends are upset that their unemployment is not being extended and blame the R's and Bluedogs: Papa Obama would NEVER do that to them.  And something tells me that they will NOT hear logic like "Where is the broke ass state of California going to find the money to fund your extended funemployment when businesses are moving and closing left and right?"

120

He's gotten everything he wanted and is still bitching. Kind of reminds me of a certain national grievance group.

121

Vic.

Add to the shutdown mix

1. We now have around 15% real unemployment

2. We now have 1.6 trillion deficit, 14 trillion debt.

3. Outrage about oil spill, foreign policy, health care reform, energy policy, and more

4. Clinton was a politican, Obama is an idealogue.

Gonna be a fun summer.

122 Can we knock it off with the "Oh noes! Obama haz killed usses forever!!!111!!!" childishness? Need I remind you of some of the other bad ideas that the people did away with (not all of them from Democrats or Republicans, for that matter)? How about wage and price controls? Limits on the ownership of gold? Airline overregulation? Marginal tax rates that were DOUBLE what we have now? The people will wash away the age of Obama and only liberal airheads will praise him. Remember the four words that comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable: "This too shall pass." Now get out there and round up all your friends and neighbors and focus them on November!

123 It's full of...nothing!

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