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- elf202, on 10/11/2008, -6/+123'For the nitwits who vote for the man or woman they’d most like to have over for dinner, or hang out at a barbecue with, I suggest you take a look at how well your 401(k) is doing, or how easy it will be to meet the mortgage this month, or whether the college fund you’ve been trying to build for your kids is as robust as you’d like it to be.'
- Alheithinn, on 10/11/2008, -4/+98Excellent commentary by Mr. Herbert. Republicans will never admit their policies are a failure. It's been proven by history, but they refuse to acknowledge it. How anyone who isn't an oil baron or a Wall Street CEO could even BE a Republican is beyond me. Nitwit is a good word.
- duckley, on 10/11/2008, -9/+100
The reality is THIS:
Until the mid-1980s, the Republican Party was the party for small business and the middle-classes, and did good work in their favor.
At the beginning of the Reagan years, Republican leaders recognized that campaigns were becoming too expensive to be funded by the middle-classes and small business...
Thus began the Republicans' journey to the dark side of funding by Big Business, especially Big Oil.
The Republicans' fundraising methods have corrupted a once (mostly) honorable party into something unrecognizable.
Corruption rules, hypocrisy rules, and EVERY political thought and action is focused on Funding and Donations from Big Business and the Super-Rich.
Republicans today are NOT for the American people. - georgecolombo, on 10/11/2008, -4/+94This is a terrific article. It ought to be required reading.
- jinnie, on 10/11/2008, -7/+95nice, brief roundup of how WRONG the modern republican party is. there is just no sense or logic to their philosophies.
- medfreak, on 10/11/2008, -4/+68Hussein is probably the best part of Barak Obama's name you racist *****.
In Arabic and other Semitic languages it means "Good looking". - buzzben, on 10/11/2008, -4/+66"Voting has consequences"
True, powerful, and never more obvious than now. The tragedy is the truth in this variation:
"Your voting has consequences for me"
..especially if "you" are voting for the person you'd rather have a beer with, or who shares the same religious or moral views as you regardless of their ability to govern, or voting for someone who has tricked you into thinking they share your values and have your best interests in mind just to get your vote, or you are just plain ignorant or have a inherent lack or empathy and compassion for others.
So to all of the "nitwits" who got us into this position, if you can't get yourself to vote for the clearly more intelligent, more capable leader because he's a Democrat (or whatever your reason), do us and yourself a favor and just stay home on Nov 4th, and then watch and see how intelligence, common sense, compassion, and tolerance will lead us out of this mess. - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -4/+63Well I'm glad someone else called the nitwits, nitwits. I got hate mail for saying the same thing in a letter to the editor! Florida is dangerous territory for Democrats!
- Rusty626, on 10/11/2008, -4/+61Too many Americans don't see that their own votes brought them to this brink of disaster.
- Echota, on 01/05/2009, -6/+63Nitwits is putting it mildly.
Obama/Biden 08! - georgecolombo, on 10/11/2008, -5/+53I'm in the middle of reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's book about Lincoln, Team of Rivals. Of course, there's no way to prove this but it's clear to me that the individuals who comprised the Republican Party in 1860 would all be Democrats today. And the Democratic segregationists of the 1950s and 60s? Well, for the most part, they actually became Republicans. So, let's have a reality check on which party constitutes the "party of... segregation" in 2008.
- freedomjoe, on 10/11/2008, -3/+41Haven't you all been wondering..Who are these people who are so misinformed and REFUSE to deal with reality?
Then this week we saw who they were on video. Racist, wing nut bat-sh*t crazy fringe elements. Not quite right in the head. Bred a wee bitty too close. These people are not well. When you look at facts and still believe the opposite, and you are always shouting, something is mentally wrong with you. check it out. IF you see one of these nutters, call the local mental hospital before someone gets hurt. Seriously. - jinnie, on 10/11/2008, -1/+38who are you talking about?
- Sayterra, on 10/12/2008, -1/+36Intention is key there Pat. GOP's been using Obama's full name to insight fear, racism, and hatred. To associate him with folks like Saddam Hussein. Med's intention was education. Big difference there.
- Michael9636, on 10/11/2008, -2/+35Bob Herbert is a brilliant intellectual who cuts through the crap and shows us the world as it really is. May he live long and prosper.
- medfreak, on 10/11/2008, -7/+39The word "Nitwits" on the New York Times is as close as you can get to "*****".
- ScienceDoc, on 10/11/2008, -8/+40Had enough yet, Republisheep?
- medfreak, on 10/11/2008, -4/+35Lincoln was the embodiment of leftist liberal agenda of his time. If he was to live today, he would most certainly be a democrat.
- inactive, on 10/12/2008, -3/+31WAIT, HIS MIDDLE NAME IS HUSSEIN?!?! OMG!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2008, -3/+31The only talking point he has left, that the Republican party is the party that abolished slavery. He thinks it means something now. The rest of the world knows very well that the Republican party of today stands for religious fanatics, racists, gunslinging idiots and greed.
- angrykeyboarder, on 10/12/2008, -6/+30The G.O.P. is quite anti-american. And they've managed to convince millions of ignorant people they (the G.O.P.) are in fact, just the opposite.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2008, -1/+24Tell me about it. I heard an interview with a McCain supporter who was CONVINCED that Obama, NBC, CBS, CNN, and every other news outlet (minus Fox, of course) were banded together to lie about Obama's relationship to Ayers. She so wants to believe whatever the McCain camp spouts, she denies the preponderance of evidence and continues on her merry, broken way.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -5/+28And today's Republicans would be calling Lincoln a socialist for taking away their God-given right to own black people as property.
- inactive, on 10/12/2008, -4/+26How come all the racists I know vote republican?
- magus_melchior, on 10/12/2008, -0/+22Ironic, isn't it, that their asses are being kicked by a candidate largely funded by... the middle class?
I just love poetic justice. - duckley, on 10/12/2008, -0/+22Poetic justice is when Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the USA.
And...
Sometime in 2009 or 2010, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, et al are SENT TO PRISON for TREASON. - normlsparky, on 10/12/2008, -3/+23I think it really pisses Republican red necks off when they try to read something written by an African American that is clearly way over their heads.
- Tarl, on 10/12/2008, -2/+21You mean Hussein?!? Like the Hussein of the country that was invaded under false pretenses?? LOL!
Oh wait! Let's blot that part out!
I say that all men named adaolf over the age of 60 are terrrists - jcroweall7, on 10/12/2008, -1/+20Actually this year I'd like to have Obama over for dinner more than McCain AND I like his policies better.... It's win-win!
- ErickStevenson, on 10/12/2008, -3/+22I don't even think they should be labeled Republicans, it is now just a hate filled party where if you don't agree with them you are anti-america but their policies and their beliefs go against what america stands for. As you can see with McCain Campaign, he is playing on the hate/bigotry that our leaders have long and hard fought to destroy. We seem to be going backwards in this modern america... freedoms are limited, hate is popular and we are turning our own citizen against one another and playing on our fears and hatred. It's a shame to see this great nation turn into what they are fighting against. Whatever happened to seperation of church and state? Why is one religion more important in a country where we are suppose to have "freedom of religion"?
- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2008, -1/+19Yeah, when caught lying, the NY Times fires people, unlike Fox News, who barely forces them to apologize.
- holywood, on 10/12/2008, -4/+22These people who are staunch republican supporters are similar to many extremist groups in other parts of the world. They are led by an emotional blind faith that can not be reasoned against. In some cases their salvation will be the 'rapture' prior to their need for retirement's social security, medical care or balancing a budget. Some of these Republisheep are ignorant or racist but they all press for the same homogenous fantasy world sold to them by the owners of this corporation led goenernment….
- gr00vy, on 10/12/2008, -3/+21But he's an ARAB!
- ErickStevenson, on 10/12/2008, -1/+18Barack Hussein Obama... OH NOWS! Terrorists are here! Damn Arabs!
Isn't Jesus a spanish name? LOL ..... damn immigrants!
Vote for the Bigot party! McCain/Palin! 08 - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -3/+19Everyone knows - or should know - that the South was entirely Democratic up until the late 60's, when the Democratic Party started opposing the war and supporting human rights. Before that, no Southerner would be caught dead being a Republican - after all, Lincoln was a Republican!
- magus_melchior, on 10/12/2008, -2/+18I find it fascinating that there are conservatives (real or self-styled) who immediately reject Obama because of his party affiliation, and only after a cursory glance at his policies. It's even more fascinating to me when I try to understand why they would want 4 more years if the policies of the last President were so screwed up, or the delusion that somehow we're doing just fine and Obama doth complain too much.
Then there are the sociopaths who prey on the fears and prejudices of those who are angry or scared in these times. I don't find them fascinating, I'd rather they find another line of work. After prison time, if possible. - Arrowette, on 10/12/2008, -1/+17McCain's campaign opening up this line of attack with Ayers, along with suddenly using his middle name all the time, and using associations to try to appeal to xenophobia/nativism/jingoism in the minds of Americans, was a mega fail. Independents and fiscal conservatives are disgusted by this. No one in the Republican party wants their party associated with xenophobia, nativism, and hatred. This was such a stupid strategy--the people in this voting bloc ALREADY VOTE Republican. And now you guys have shown the rest of the country that. Brilliant move, guys. /sarcasm
- sugarazor, on 10/12/2008, -2/+18Wow a black secretary! How open-minded of him! I guess Strom Thurmond was an awesome guy for having a black maid in the 1920s too? Sure he raped her and all, but hey, at least she was gainfully employed!
- sugarazor, on 10/12/2008, -4/+20Actually, it does. About a century ago, the party was good... now it's bad.
- hierophantus, on 10/12/2008, -1/+16Hi. This is an op-ed piece.
I know you have trouble confusing facts with opinion, but that means this is an opinion. On the other hand, maybe you're confusing black writers for the NYT. I don't think they look much alike, but your opinion may differ.
See how that works? - thecatcantalk, on 10/12/2008, -1/+15Buddy, every Republican administration since Richard Nixon (another Republican) has been endlessly socialist: zillions of dollars in government handouts and subsidies for the rich, and free enterprise for the rest of us.
Look at Chrysler: they built crappy cars for years, until they'd finally lost so many customers that the firm went bankrupt. How many Republicans did you hear crying "Let the market decide!" then? None. They rewarded stupidity and lousy management, by bailing out Chrysler with YOUR money. THAT'S socialism.
Wake the ***** up. You're not only NOT invited to dinner in the big house on the hill, you're on the menu! - TigerStar337, on 10/12/2008, -2/+15Reality has a liberal bias. However, the Republicans take pride in ignorance.
- bsmang, on 10/12/2008, -2/+15Lol LoneRanger... So blindly loyal to your political party that it's just beyond ridiculous. Anyone could get the LoneRanger vote -- the only thing they would need to do is run on the republican ticket. That's it. Game over. Hopefully America sheds this sort of idiocy as its newer generations develop.
- bowens44, on 10/12/2008, -2/+14Thank you for proving the author's point.......
To vote republican you have to be a millionaire or a moron. - magus_melchior, on 10/12/2008, -1/+13@LoneRanger85: They don't care to find out what contributes to needless abortions, and they don't care to find other ways to make abortion less desirable, but continue to try to slip legislation to challenge Roe v. Wade. And fail every time, because making it illegal per federal mandate is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
To say that Republicans do more than pay lip service to pro-life causes is laughable. Relying on the virtues of Lincoln, TR, and Eisenhower with the Republican Party as it is is even more ridiculous. - thecatcantalk, on 10/12/2008, -0/+12That's funny, the lead Federal prosecutor who directed the government's case against William Ayers takes an entirely different view. But then, what would he know, he's only a law enforcement professional who spends all his workday putting bad guys behind bars. Read his Letter to the Editor of the New York Times yourself:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/l10ayers ...
You Bill O'Reilly fans really need to be rounded up and deported to Mexico to work in a Nike factory. - normlsparky, on 10/12/2008, -1/+12Wow. The country is on the brink of financial disaster, induced by 8 years of Republican rule, and RBPCP is still towing the party line. The fear/hate strategy is wearing a little thin.
- sugarazor, on 10/12/2008, -3/+13A black maid in 1920s Jim Crow South Carolina and an unapologetic segregationist? Yeah, rape would be the word I would use... wonder what would have happened to Ms. Butler if she said no?
- Wisewood, on 10/12/2008, -0/+10He spent away a generation or two's worth of debt to bankrupt the Soviet Union? Well, judging by the fact that Russia is resurgent because of petrodollars, is again rearming, and is asserting itself in its geopolitical neighborhood - like with Georgia - maybe that wasn't such a great investment.
- magus_melchior, on 10/12/2008, -1/+11@RBPCP: If some socialist policies are the only way to get us out of the economic ***** we've gotten ourselves into-- largely triggered by a well-deregulated market-- then bring on the socialism.
Continuing free-for-all freebies-for-CEOs capitalism in the state we're in will be an exercise in economic schizophrenia. -
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