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Negativity is often the easiest thing to do. But to sensible people ...it's depressing and hollow....and this is all ...and I mean all the right have today.The party has become what Rush Limbaugh is ....a guy who just sits on his behind and criticize. The right hasn't figured out this guy is only an entertainer.
Lots of people in the GOP are in the process right now of following Rush Limbaugh over a cliff.
They will get no sympathy from me when the inevitable happens.
So go ahead ...keep bringing these Sarah Palins and clown candidates...and America will keep rejecting them!!
Newt Gingrich recent quote:
“I would bet for most of you, you go home in the next two weeks while your members of Congress are home and you look at them in the eye and you say, ‘What is your positive replacement for Obamacare?’ and they will have zero answer,” Gingrich told state party chairs, activists, and operatives at the Republican National Committee summer meeting. “We are caught up right now in a culture – and you see it every single day – where as long as we are negative, as long as we are vicious, as long as we can tear down our opponent, we don’t have to worry, so we don’t.
“This is a very deep problem,” he added. “I’m being totally candid with you.”
Like Glen Beck Just said (over the Clown controversy):
“Today, I declare myself officially a rodeo clown,” the host concluded. “We (THE GOP) are all rodeo clowns.”
Well said Beck ....well said ....:lamo
Negativity is often the easiest thing to do. But to sensible people ...it's depressing and hollow....and this is all ...and I mean all the right have today. The party has become what Rush Limbaugh is ....a guy who just sits on his behind and criticize. The right hasn't figured out this guy is only an entertainer.
So go ahead ...keep bringing these Sarah Palins and clown candidates...and America will keep rejecting them!!
Newt Gingrich recent quote:
“I would bet for most of you, you go home in the next two weeks while your members of Congress are home and you look at them in the eye and you say, ‘What is your positive replacement for Obamacare?’ and they will have zero answer,” Gingrich told state party chairs, activists, and operatives at the Republican National Committee summer meeting. “We are caught up right now in a culture – and you see it every single day – where as long as we are negative, as long as we are vicious, as long as we can tear down our opponent, we don’t have to worry, so we don’t.
“This is a very deep problem,” he added. “I’m being totally candid with you.”
Like Glen Beck Just said (over the Clown controversy):
“Today, I declare myself officially a rodeo clown,” the host concluded. “We (THE GOP) are all rodeo clowns.”
Well said Beck ....well said ....:lamo
The GOP is going nowhere. Recent history has shown there will be times when one party has the advantage, but then will do something dumb and the other party will be dominant. Yes, the GOP politicians are collectively acting like a bunch of loons. But they are not going to fade into a minor party, they have way too much money and way too many people who support their gun-toting, bible thumping, blame the government for everything rhetoric.If the GOP doesn't stop spending almost all of its time and effort trying to bash Obama, and start promoting some good ideas of its own it will fade away to a minor, regional, party in the not-distant future.
Don't think so?
Wait and see.
"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.
Nonsense. Rush Limbaugh isn't popular because of "the left", Rush Limbaugh is popular because he's a politically based shock jock who says the things those who listen to him want to say themselves and because many of his listeners want to be told how they need to think.Yeah the OP was full of malarkey. But for the left wanting to bash them and thereby keeping them in the spotlight, Rush and Beck would be doing the late shift at small market radio stations :doh
Nonsense. Rush Limbaugh isn't popular because of "the left", Rush Limbaugh is popular because he's a politically based shock jock who says the things those who listen to him want to say themselves and because many of his listeners want to be told how they need to think.
And just to be clear, that's not a condition of being "on the right" or "conservative" or "Republican", it's a condition of being human, or at least an American. But the myth that Rush Limbaugh (and Glenn Beck) are popular because of their opposition is simply false.
The negativity is, without a doubt, why I cannot stand the Republican party. I disagree with many of their positions, but the intense dislike I have of the party is the negativity. Because the negativity seems to breed ignorance and as long as you say something bad, it doesn't matter if it's factually correct or not. It's the dishonesty in negativity which bothers me the most about the Republican party.
I agree with many of the philosophical concepts of being conservative, but Republicans are not conservative. Right now, the Republican party is little more than a bunch of whiny, petulant children.
The GOP is going nowhere. Recent history has shown there will be times when one party has the advantage, but then will do something dumb and the other party will be dominant. Yes, the GOP politicians are collectively acting like a bunch of loons. But they are not going to fade into a minor party, they have way too much money and way too many people who support their gun-toting, bible thumping, blame the government for everything rhetoric.
Negativity is often the easiest thing to do. But to sensible people ...it's depressing and hollow....and this is all ...and I mean all the right have today. The party has become what Rush Limbaugh is ....a guy who just sits on his behind and criticize. The right hasn't figured out this guy is only an entertainer.
So go ahead ...keep bringing these Sarah Palins and clown candidates...and America will keep rejecting them!!
Newt Gingrich recent quote:
“I would bet for most of you, you go home in the next two weeks while your members of Congress are home and you look at them in the eye and you say, ‘What is your positive replacement for Obamacare?’ and they will have zero answer,” Gingrich told state party chairs, activists, and operatives at the Republican National Committee summer meeting. “We are caught up right now in a culture – and you see it every single day – where as long as we are negative, as long as we are vicious, as long as we can tear down our opponent, we don’t have to worry, so we don’t.
“This is a very deep problem,” he added. “I’m being totally candid with you.”
Like Glen Beck Just said (over the Clown controversy):
“Today, I declare myself officially a rodeo clown,” the host concluded. “We (THE GOP) are all rodeo clowns.”
Well said Beck ....well said ....:lamo
Negativity, when based in reality, makes perfect sense. Or do you subscribe to Pollyanna's version of life?
That is strange, because the only people I ever seem to hear it from in my life are Republicans. *shrug*Strange that I only hear liberals speak of Rush and Beck anymore
I would be interested to know as well, but I highly doubt it. Though I suppose it depends what you consider to be a "good chunk".It isn't a marketable "controversy" if your opponents are not pissed off. I would love to see the real demographic breakdown for those guys. I bet you the opposing political faction makes up a good chunk of their audience.
I walk just fine in any pants, though I generally do my best work without them.Wow, got your talking points pants on today huh? Lets see if you can actually walk in those.
No, I agree with many of the philosophical beliefs which supposedly underpin conservativism. Not the GOP.So, you agree with many of the philosophical beliefs that supposedly underpin the GOP
That is correct.but do not think the Republican Party is actually conservative.
No, I have an IQ larger than my shoe size.You are more a tea party guy then, are you?
I agree with the basic idea of keeping what works, while searching for a provably better solution. I believe in the idea we should not recklessly spend money where it's not needed. I believe in the idea of government interfering only when interference is necessary for the good of all.Or is that all just talk? Could you be more specific about the the many parts of the philosophy you agree with?
You would have to ask a Democrat, I am not a Democrat. I do find them to be the more rational of the two parties at the moment, though I fully realize that could just very well be because they have more power right now and don't have to act crazy to change the balance of power.So what is so great about the Democrat party?
Yes, one most certainly can rationally deny that, especially since that comment is utterly ridiculous on so many levels.One cannot rationally deny what WCH so succinctly points out regarding the democrat party, they do thrive on the misery, or assumed misery, of others.
You just posted all that, and you accuse others of being low information voters and being scared by media. I find that incredibly amusing.The only reason that the democrat party is "somewhere" is because they have put one over on low information voters scaring them and mis-educating, through media and the public education systems [ kudos to the hardworking on the left that did this hard and long term job, yet shame on them for perpetrating this set of growing misconceptions about how the world actually works on so many, especially the children ]. And they, the Democrats, are barely anywhere, if the GOP is "nowhere", as they won the presidency by slightly over half the vote, 51%, they barely hold the senate and will probably lose it midterm, the GOP has the House, and what? 37 state governorships [even if there were 57 states like Obama thought, it is sill over half], 24 of those with the GOP having both state houses. Now then, where oh where is the "somewhere" that the D's are supposed to be, again?
That seems a bit vague and intangible, well unless you one of those ones that just have a substantive tingle going right up your own leg or believe that state control of industry will actually cure things. Which we know from history is just utter hogwash.
The basic complaint is valid, as far as U.S. health care is concerned. To deny that there are serious problems with the US medical care delivery system (in its entirety) is foolish. Saying no to any proposed solution, without offering a viable alternative solution, simply says keep things as they are.
The problem is that the GOP has perverted Conservatism into some bizarre anti-government, anti-tax, pro military intervention stance and spiced it up with a bit of religious right social control.
Real Conservatives look to make government work better. Repealing Obamacare 40 times with no coherent plan for replacement is not Conservative. Complaining about debts and deficits but not being willing to pay for it with any tax increases is not Conservative.
How is it that a self-professed "Libertarian" doesn't understand the fact that the Government is not the answer to the healthcare problems that we have in this country. In fact, without Ronnie Ray-Gun's ludicrous demand that hospitals and clinics treat people who can't pay, many of our problems wouldn't exist in the first place. Government is almost always the PROBLEM, not the Solution; and I though that was something that Libertarians realized; or are you just proof that a Libertarian is really a Liberal who just can't figure out how to spell it?
The problem is that the GOP has perverted Conservatism into some bizarre anti-government, anti-tax, pro military intervention stance and spiced it up with a bit of religious right social control.
Real Conservatives look to make government work better. Repealing Obamacare 40 times with no coherent plan for replacement is not Conservative. Complaining about debts and deficits but not being willing to pay for it with any tax increases is not Conservative.
You are correct that the Republicans have perverted the word Conservative. Primarily by not being Conservative enouth.
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Enjoy being in your rump Party.
It is neither in the best interest of the U.S. to let the disabled starve nor to let the poor to die for lack of ready cash to pay for emergency medical treatment. I will agree that an honest free market system (no more $1.50 tylenol doses or $3000 MRI tests) would go a long way toward reducing overall medical care costs, as would better overall preventive care but the PPACA basing medical care insurance premiums on political correctness (and upon your AGI) rather than actuarial risks is not the solution, nor is saying that you will receive only the medical treatment that you (or your family) can currently afford (or be allowed to die).
Negativity, when based in reality, makes perfect sense. Or do you subscribe to Pollyanna's version of life?
Considering the Left is a party that thrives on the misery of others (poverty, unemployment, racial strife, etc) I don't see the correlation.
It is neither in the best interest of the U.S. to let the disabled starve nor to let the poor to die for lack of ready cash to pay for emergency medical treatment. I will agree that an honest free market system (no more $1.50 tylenol doses or $3000 MRI tests) would go a long way toward reducing overall medical care costs, as would better overall preventive care but the PPACA basing medical care insurance premiums on political correctness (and upon your AGI) rather than actuarial risks is not the solution, nor is saying that you will receive only the medical treatment that you (or your family) can currently afford (or be allowed to die).
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Negativity, when based in reality, makes perfect sense. Or do you subscribe to Pollyanna's version of life?
Negativity is often the easiest thing to do. But to sensible people ...it's depressing and hollow....and this is all ...and I mean all the right have today. The party has become what Rush Limbaugh is ....a guy who just sits on his behind and criticize. The right hasn't figured out this guy is only an entertainer.
So go ahead ...keep bringing these Sarah Palins and clown candidates...and America will keep rejecting them!!
Newt Gingrich recent quote:
“I would bet for most of you, you go home in the next two weeks while your members of Congress are home and you look at them in the eye and you say, ‘What is your positive replacement for Obamacare?’ and they will have zero answer,” Gingrich told state party chairs, activists, and operatives at the Republican National Committee summer meeting. “We are caught up right now in a culture – and you see it every single day – where as long as we are negative, as long as we are vicious, as long as we can tear down our opponent, we don’t have to worry, so we don’t.
“This is a very deep problem,” he added. “I’m being totally candid with you.”
Like Glen Beck Just said (over the Clown controversy):
“Today, I declare myself officially a rodeo clown,” the host concluded. “We (THE GOP) are all rodeo clowns.”
Well said Beck ....well said ....:lamo
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