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- novenator, on 03/12/2009, -17/+68It's so deliciously ironic that bush's chief political architect of division, Karl Rove, let the genie out of the bottle with extreme partisan attack politics. After the failed policies of his administration started to sink the nation and everyone woke up, the republicans turned on him, saying that he was never really a conservative at all. Too funny. Whose next? Let's wait and see!
- Alheithinn, on 03/12/2009, -14/+63This tactic comes as no surprise, given the Republican base is Fundamentalist Christian and their mantra has always been "Blame society, blame anyone, but don't blame me. It's not MY fault that I am a closet homosexual, visit male prostitutes, solicit sex in public bathrooms and do meth. It's the fault of a tolerant and diverse society! Blame THEM!"
This is just more of the same. Accept personal responsibility for a change. It's healthy. That's what my religion is all about. Accept responsibility for your own actions. - normlsparky, on 03/12/2009, -23/+52Excuses are like *****, and the GOP is full of *****.
- inactive, on 03/12/2009, -18/+46This is not surprising. The Republican playbook right now seems to be:
1) Blame the Liberal Media.
So let's say your unqualified female Vice Presidential candidate can't name one newspaper she reads (maybe because she never reads?), blame her disastrous interview on "gotcha" journalism, but more importantly, blame it on the monolithic Liberal Media.
2) Blame Clinton or the New President.
I find it funny that the Republicans, who were blaming Clinton for the economy two years after Bush became president, don't seem to want to give Obama even two months before they're blaming him for the economy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/912636/po ...
Of course, we should have seen this coming when they blamed Clinton for 911 EIGHT MONTHS after Bush was in office and had received multiple warnings about the threat of Al Queda.
3) Blame Affirmative Action or Liberal Guilt.
Let's see, so the Democrats have a black US Senator who went to all the right Ivy League schools, without having to depend on his famous daddy to get in (Bush and McCain anyone?), and who is also articulate and handsome. How do you handle such a person? Oh, I know, blame his successful election on Affirmative Action and "Liberal Guilt."
Let's ignore the fact that Liberal Guilt didn't get Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton elected. Let's also ignore that Obama won several Red States that he wasn't supposed to win, states with people who feel no such guilt for the oppression of minorities (come on, guys, I grew up in South Carolina and let me tell you, Southerners don't have any guilt about black people and Obama still won Virginia and North Carolina).
4) Blame the Democratic Congress, who has been in charge for all of two years.
Ignoring the fact that the housing bubble started long before the Democrats were in office, how the hell can anyone say Bush had nothing to do with the economy when there is video of him discussing his plans to deregulate Fannie and Freddie in 2002?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNqQx7sjoS8
Here's a choice quote from the video.
"First of all, government sponsored corporations that help help to create our mortgage system. I introduced two of leaders here today---they call those people Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as the federal home loan banks---will increase their commitments to minority markets by more than 440 billion dollars. I want to thank Leland and Franklin for that commitment. It's a commitment that conforms to their charters as well. It also conforms to their hearts. This means they will purchase more loans made by banks to African American, Hispanics and other minorities, which will encourage home ownership. Freddie Mac will launch 25 initiatives to eliminate HOME OWNERSHIP BARRIERS. Under one of these consumers WITH POOR CREDIT will be able to get a mortgage with an interest rate that automatically goes down after a period of consistent payments."
This playbook is going to cause them to lose big in 2010. - dferna, on 03/12/2009, -24/+49GREAT article.
- inactive, on 03/12/2009, -11/+34After 8 years of not taking responsibility for a damn thing, why should anything change now?
- Alheithinn, on 03/13/2009, -4/+21Liberals created the current mess? You're way beyond scapegoating in your little fantasy land.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -8/+25Current GOP = Fear, lies and blame.
- clvngodess, on 03/12/2009, -2/+18Was it Rove, or did he take a page from the Lee Atwater story?
- poopsybythebay, on 03/12/2009, -12/+25The problem is this--it has always worked for them before. They have always been able to blame their failures on anything and everything except the real problem which is the conservative platform. That's why Digby and others were concerned when we were blaming everything on Bush rather than conservatism, she was afraid voters would think another conservative could come in and do a better job. No conservative can come in and make conservatism work--they never have. It always fails. Hell, Reagan's tax rates on the wealthy used to be 50% and when he cut taxes and the economy tanked he had to come back and raise taxes (you never hear Rethugs admit that). They also NEVER have smaller government. They just make the middle class pay for their bigger government and tax cuts for the wealthy. Anyway, the Republicans have always been able to fool the populace and the media that their screw-ups were only the result of X and X is not a real conservative.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -1/+13LOL, huff more paint, *****
- Alheithinn, on 03/13/2009, -1/+13Could you please explain how it all started two years ago?
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -6/+17The republicans don't see anything wrong with corporatism and they never have.
The rest is just rhetoric.
The really sad thing is that a lot of people think that the democrats are better.
When the simple fact is that they are ALL bought by the same people.
Just look at Obamas cabinet: one corporatist after another. - inactive, on 03/13/2009, -2/+13You guys blamed Clinton for 9/11 eight months after he left office, and for the mortgage crisis EIGHT YEARS after he lobbied against stricter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Give us a wee little break. We'll need some time to even begin to catch up with such creativity. - ivanmarsh, on 03/13/2009, -2/+12Bush isn't a scapegoat... you see, if you actually caused the problem... that's not a scapegoat.
Bush wasn't the cause of the current economic issues but the actions of the GOP since Reagan certainly were. Let's not even start talking about Iraq or the degradation of civil liberties. - SpinningHead, on 03/13/2009, -1/+10Yeah, imagine that we actually criticized Bush for blowing the surplus on tax cuts while roads, bridges, and schools crumbled and borrowed more money for a war that had no return on investment and wasnt even necessary. Boy do we have egg on our face...huh?
You think this is some football team where you just root for the home team. Its not. We called out Obama on FISA and other actions we took issue with, but the Bushies created this recession. You treat republican presidents like father figures. We treat presidents like employees. The republican plan for the stimulus was the same as their plan for the surplus: more tax cuts while infrastructure goes unfunded. - angusm, on 03/12/2009, -10/+19How many have you got?
- AngustheCat, on 03/13/2009, -0/+9Everything you said is true, but don't discount the Republicans just yet. They're a wiley bunch and have managed to pull the wool over our eyes more times than I can count. They're weak, but they're not done yet as evidenced by the overwhelming number of ***** stories about Democrats, the stimulus, their own ethics, etc. that they're managed to spread without being sufficiently called out on any of them.
This is no longer the party of Lincoln or Eisenhower, it's a cavalcade of entertainers who know very well how to manipulate the "liberal" media. - inactive, on 03/13/2009, -1/+9and their greatest fear is that someone will put something in them...
and people will find out. - DiscoLando, on 03/13/2009, -2/+10I like this article.
However, demolishing the remnants of the GOP is only half the battle. The vast majority of the Democratic party is worthy of demolition itself. - Paranor01, on 03/13/2009, -0/+8@frontalpha: I don't think Altheithinn was eluding that all Republicans were homosexual, but there have been, and probably still are, some who are covering it up because they know they'd be kicked to the curb faster than you can "whistle Dixie".
Also, you should have noticed from all the articles on digg, that if any drug is a favorite, it's Marijuana. It helps clear the mind of anxieties so you can think clearer, unlike alcohol which can dull the thinking process. Also, out of any of them... it's natural. No processing required. Plant, grow, cut, eat or dry, smoke. - Dipsomaniac, on 03/13/2009, -0/+8Well, as long as by 'boomed' you mean tripling the debt and all.
I see the 'B-b-b-but Carter!' boat has joined the 'B-b-b-but Clintons!' fleet. - lattin1, on 03/13/2009, -6/+13THE TOPIC IS THE GOP USING SCAPEGOATS!!!?? Really? How many times have you heard Obama use the term "I inherited this problem" in the last month? I think he incorporates that line into every public speech he gives and we're talking about the GOP for some reason? Truly Pathetic.
- woodsjransom, on 03/12/2009, -14/+21HEELLLLOOOO, this is not news. This is GREAT news! They have always had to have someone to scapegoat to pander to the diverse rushpublicans. Some needed women to scapegoat, Hispanics you name it they needed it to score points. They had so many scapegoats that all the scapegoats voted for President Obama. Now we are watching some more people getting added to their "list". Looks like some of their very own this time around (Steele maybe?). Many Frank Schaeffers and the ones that he has helped defect. We will take them. Make that total vote number bigger than the 69 million we got this past election. 2010 and 2012 YEAH!!! Remember "...Bad news, GOP: voters don’t like what your party is selling. It’s not Steele, it’s not Palin, and believe it or not, it’s not even Bush. It’s your platform, and hell, it’s your track record. This economy didn’t ruin itself, and the ship captain has got to take responsibility for what happens when he’s at the helm...."
- johnnr2, on 03/12/2009, -0/+7Also bring back any and all failed GOP policies of the past!
- Alheithinn, on 03/12/2009, -2/+9I still think about the cartoon I saw in Newsweek or Time that showed Bush as captain of the Titanic, saying how unfortunate it was that that iceberg had to be there in front of the ship.
- SolitaireRose, on 03/13/2009, -1/+8If I remember what Bush's people said, everything BAD was Clinton's fault until they left office, so I think it's only fair that the Democrats do the same thing. I mean, they were blaming Obama for the recession before he won the election, so why should we listen to anything they say?
- phrenzy, on 03/13/2009, -0/+7You are one of those hopeless people that is really not even worth humoring with discussion.
- Dipsomaniac, on 03/13/2009, -3/+10You know something? It's time for the radical elements of the Republican party to be marginalized and expelled.
- whatever01, on 03/13/2009, -0/+7Actually, I think woodsjransom could be referring not to all conservatives, but to those members of the Republican party who are sealing it's doom. There's an enormous gap these days between Republicans and conservatives.
- Alheithinn, on 03/13/2009, -0/+7Hateful? Not at all. Accurate, more like.
Here is the difference: It is the conservatives who by and large condemn everything they don't approve of. There is a level of hypocrisy involved when you condemn something vociferously, even violently, and are then found to be guilty of it yourself. This is not to say a liberal has never been guilty of such a thing, but of late this is the special province of conservatives. I could make quite a list of examples.
People who embrace the use of drugs - and then Lo! Actually use them, you will have to agree, are innocent of hypocrisy. Nor do they blame others for their use of said drugs.
Mantra is not a word limited to Buddhists. But if you wish, I can substitute the word "doctrine". It works just as well.
Finally, I nowhere stated that every Republican is a homosexual. I have no idea where you got that idea. - ReasonWinsOut, on 03/13/2009, -2/+8"...absolutely backward thinking."
Hmm... do you thinking that is as backwards as "creationism" or were you referring to the more "embryos-are-persons" variety of "backwards" thinking? - porkins21, on 03/13/2009, -1/+7GOP is a disaster and a lot of us REAL conservatives know it... Right now its just a bunch of arguing and blame placing with both parties and I am really disappointed.
America right now is like 2 guys stranded on a desert island. Instead of going out looking for food, water and shelter, Mr. Republican and Mr. Democrat are sitting around arguing with each other on whose fault it is that they crash landed.
I might register libertarian soon... - sccrplyr40, on 03/13/2009, -7/+13How many people can the GOP scapegoat?
How many people are in the party? - ivanmarsh, on 03/13/2009, -6/+12The party of personal responsibility very seldom takes responsibility for anything. Free market economy, get rid of social programs, no free ride... unless we're the ones in trouble, then the government should bail us out.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -7/+12^^^ The "Party of Personal Responsibility" lol
- enantiodromia, on 03/13/2009, -0/+5no matter what he does and how the country looks, people like you will say he "failed". you already made your tiny minds up.
- sigmaman2, on 03/13/2009, -0/+5You do realize that you are, in effect, proving his second point, don't you?
- deadbaby, on 03/13/2009, -1/+6Unfortunately (for them) the minority party doesn't really have anything to do except whine and blame. The Democrats did it for a lot of years too. I don't blame the Republicans for using what tools they do have to fight an ideology they don't agree with. However... The Democrats gave the President a fair chance. The time period between 9-11 and the lead up to the Iraqi war saw strong support from Democrats on the President's reaction to that particular crisis. Why? For the betterment of the country. It was time to put political fighting aside and just get some work done. The really sad part of this situation today is the Republicans aren't doing that. There is a crisis and they are not taking it seriously. They are offering no solutions. They are praying and publicly hoping for the President, and therefore the American people, to fail.
I'm just asking for the politics to stop for a year or two so we can actually govern and get stuff done. Even if you don't agree with it you have to accept the President won the election in a landslide. The American people want this. The President has a strong majority in congress. It WILL get done. Trying to undermine the markets so he will look bad is just really beneath any acceptable behavior. Give the guy a grace period like we gave Bush. (dumb jokes aside, but you gotta admit he had that coming) - ivanmarsh, on 03/13/2009, -0/+5Getting history straight? You crack me up. Why don't you look at the actual numbers... the only thing that BOOMED during the Reagan years was the national debt. Reagan's legacy is fiction.
Here's a pretty graph for you... national debt graph:
http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L ... - inactive, on 03/12/2009, -8/+12Ma Billy did it!
- gfryesc, on 03/13/2009, -3/+7whew, well I'm glad the truth about what's wrong internally with the GOP has come out from a site called 'eyesonobama' not that they're actually keeping an eye on obama... or diggers, or the media. I mean really, why not just leave the GOP down in the gutter if they're finished off? Democrats control everything so really, shouldn't we be looking at them? Shouldn't we be skeptical of power? suspicious of total power?
- sigmaman2, on 03/13/2009, -3/+7this just reflects the different mentality between Democrats and Republicans.
I forgot where I heard this, but it's been said that Democrats go into an election desiring to win. Republicans on the other hand go into it expecting to win.
The difference being that with Republicans, if everyone has the right attitude, and does their job, then victory is assured. So, if there was no victory, someone had the wrong attitude, or someone did not do their job. It's a more rigid way of looking at victory and defeat. Instead of asking "Where did we do wrong?", they ask the question "Who let us down?". - woodsjransom, on 03/12/2009, -2/+6We are on the same wave length. I wanted to add the Titanic to my comment.
- rhodydog, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4Reagan was the president who to started deficit spending. I don't quite understand why he is so popular because the fiscal rot started with him.
- SpinningHead, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4Oh, the republicans are all for responsibility...they just believe in outsourcing it.
- akchrs, on 03/13/2009, -10/+14eyesonobama? Completely unbiased source.
- novenator, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4Obama never said that he would end earmarks, just that he would try to discourage them, and he repeated this yesterday when he spoke. This is fact. There were earmarks in the budget, but there were none in the ARRA, and like you said, many of those in the budget were submitted by repubs.
That said, what does that have to do with my post? This is a bit of a change of subject, isn't it? - inactive, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4LOL you're 16
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