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House Republicans are pre-emptively hitting President Obama and Senate Democrats ahead of Tuesday's State of the Union address by highlighting the fact that Democrats won't have sumbitted their own budget for consideration by 1,000 days.
The House GOP released a video that "previews" the speech, while calling out Democrats for the ignominious milestone, which will coincidentally land on the day Obama delivers his address.
The video, titled "Coming Soon: 1000 Days Without a Budget", is made to look like a movie preview, and features photos of Obama looking tired and speaking with Senate Democrats while negative economic data flashes on the screen and ominous action-movie-style music plays in the background.
The preview makes a point to specifically call out Senate Democrats as a whole, and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) specifically, and refers to the vice president as "Sheriff Joe Biden", a reference to a 2009 speech where Obama referred to him as "The Sheriff": "If you're misusing taxpayer money, you'll have to answer to him," he said in the speech to Department of Transportation employees.
And while the video claims to be previewing Obama's speech tomorrow to a joint session of Congress, it also gives an early look into how Republicans plan to attack Democrats and the President going into a contentious election year.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) told reporters on Monday that he hopes to hear Obama admit that his policies, in regards to the economy, aren't working. "I certainly would like to hear from him that there's a recognition the policies in place have made this economy more lackluster," Cantor said.
Cantor says the GOP majority in the House will focus on oversight this year, calling hearings to address examples of when "the administration has failed to provide the leadership that I think most people expect." Cantor mentioned Solyndra as a prime example of the administration's political miscues that they expect to go after in the coming year, but would not elaborate on any additional examples of what they may decide to investigate.
Republicans have warned that they plan to use the 2012 election as "a referendum on the President's policies regarding the economy," as Speaker Boehner told reporters at the House GOP Conference Retreat in Baltimore last week. Boehner said he expects "every member in every committee" to look into Obama's policies so that they "understand the devastating impact of these policies on our economy."
But the lack of a Democratic budget from the Senate appears to be a major point that Republicans plan to drill down in the coming weeks, especially now that the White House has announced they are delaying their own budget by a week.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Jeff Sessions (R-AL), co-authored a post on the National Review’s website today saying they are "disappointed" that Democrats have not offered a budget plan in the past 1,000 days.
"If the president wishes to begin a genuine dialogue with the American people in tomorrow's State of the Union address, then he must hold his own party accountable for its dogged refusal to produce a plan to prevent this crisis and lift this cloud of uncertainty from the economy," the two lawmakers wrote.
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Budgets begin in the House of Representatives...
Who again is Speaker of the House?
If the one that was proposed wasn't palatable to Democrats - there is this really cool thing called COMPROMISE!
Boehner might try it sometime - with an historic approval rating of 13% - it sure couldn't hurt!
No Feisty. Budgets begin with presidential budget requests, or PresBuds. It is a valid line of attack. Sure, there are reasons why, but it will take good messaging for the Democrats to counter that attack effectively. I figure most independents have diminishing concentration levels for tedious arguments, and the bottom line here is the PresBuds weren't produced.
One possible deflection - though it requires educating people about appropriations versus authorization - is that the lack of PresBuds means only previously authorized spending can take place. In effect, the current administration hasn't done much to contribute to current deficits.
But that's rather nuanced, when most voters struggle with why President Obama hasn't been able to produce more jobs.
What's a budget??? Luckily for Obama and all his cronies, he doesn't work in the private sector. Such incompetence would necessitate termination of employment.
Well, they won't get away come November. The American people will issue Obama a the long over due pink slip!
Feisty,
So that might support your argument for the last 300 days or so, but what about the previous 600+ days when the Republicans weren't in the majority? Care to explain that lapse...and last I checked...the Congress is comprised of both Democrats and Republicans that are earning the 13% approval rating...
The repub controlled House has presented a budget. Dems / Senate .... NOTHING IN 1,000 DAYS!
What is your point dummie?
Where is the Senate's budget? Where is any effort to even address the House budget. Has Obama told Reid to get with it?
AGAIN NOTHING.
How do you compromise with nothing?
You do realize that Congress is comprised of the House and Senate, right?
You do realize that the dems have had control of the Senate for 5 out of the last 5 years and have had control of the House for 4 out of the last 5 years?
So out of the combined 10 years, it is just this past 1 year of the repub House that is the problem?
Morons may buy that ...... but will America buy that in November?
A budget is a plan.
Neither Obama or the dems have a plan.
It shows ...... and America is pissed.
Good luck with all that Betty Red.
Really, guess the GOP senators who have filibustered every version of the budget had nothing to do with it, huh bob? The GOP even voted down the Ryan Budget sent by the House.
LOL!!!
They should have called it The Right Wing Delusion.
The stimulus did not fail, at least not according to the independent economic analysis that shows it helped the economy.
Although unemployment has been above 8%, it is above 8% because of the recession, and not Obama's policies. In fact, as the independent economic anlysis shows, it would be worse if not for this administrations policies. A better indecator is the actual job numbers, which show a positive trend. Any wonder why the GOP always ignores these?
The nearly 30 House-Passed "Jobs Bills" were blocked because they are not jobs bills at all. The are nothing more then ideological wish lists the GOP repackaged and labeled as jobs bills. This is the reason that their isn't any independent analysis that shows any of those "Jobs Bills" would actually create jobs.
The GOP has far more Pinocchios the the Democratic party....and a whole lot more willing fools to buy their B.S.
The Democrats did not make the economy worse. The economy has gotten better, not worse. And the independent economic analysis, along with the numbers, show it.
The increase in spending happened in the last adminstration, actually, and we are still paying for it. However, the number one reason the debt and deficits exploaded was the lost revenue and increased outlays due to the recession.
Taxes are the lowest they have been in decades.
There are more jobs then there were when we were at the bottom of this crisis. While we lost 3.6 million jobs in 2008 and 5 million jobs in 2009 as a result of the recession, we gained a net 700,000+ jobs in 2010 and 1.6 million jobs in 2011 as a result of this administration, and the democrats....and in spite of the GOP obstruction.
Seriously. These guys are running on a projection based delusion they created....and their mindless followers bought. A delusion that is easily debunked with facts.
Ryans bold budget received a most unwelcome response from constituents. House TeaPeople, after voting for it, quickly backed away.
Ryan met the push back, and even started charging folk to come to his town hall meetings.....whatever happened to bold!
Isn't Ryans plan the one that Newt called 'right wing social engineering'!......time marches on!
Bob.
The 111th congress was the most legislatively productive congress in recent history. It was controlled by the Democrats.
The 112th congress is likely the worse congress in history (or at least recent history), and is on track to be more of a do nothing congress then the original do nothing congress.
What changed? The GOP took controll of the House...and picked up some seats in the Senate.
The GOP is the problem. Drop the delusion.
Jody,
You have a link to that Senate budget "the GOP senators who have filibustered every version" of?
Surely you are not suggesting their last minute omnibust bull sh*t is a real budget.
Does anyone recall the failures of the SUPER Budget Committee. Is the GOP really stupid enough to point the finger at the President and Senate democrats when they couldn't even reach a budget agreement via the SUPER committee? Talk about a Weakest Link moment.
I find it hypocritical when Republicans who seem to forget that their god, Ronnie Reagan, opined that deficits don't matter. They seem to have forgotten that GW Bush didn't even have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the budget. When they were added the budget soared. President Obama has seen slow but steady job growth. It may not be to the degree that he or anyone else would like but it is going in the right directiion and that is despite the obstructions of the GOP/TPers in Congress. I don't see any viable plan offered by the Republicans. All they do is cut everything especially taxes on the wealthiest 1% of Americans. We have been told that the tax cuts for the rich will create jobs. Well those tax cuts have been around for over a decade so where are all those jobs?
The way to solve the economic problem is with both cuts in spending and increases in revenue. I have not seen any revenue increasing ideas from the GnoP. We can raise tariffs, raise taxes on all or some of the population by a small amount, we can sell bonds, we can put people to work. When people are working they are paying taxes and more taxes means more revenue. So if we don't raise taxes on the rich then the rich better start hiring by the millions to make up for the revenue losses due to unemployment or foot the bill themselves.
No sane person would compromise with leftist progressives
Hold out for their budget then rip it apart
I think that it is very fair to say that in the absence of a definite budget, it is impossible to make intelligent cuts and to assess fully how those cuts will affect day to day life. Arguing about saving money here and there means nothing if there isn't an overall blueprint to show the allocation of money and the actual savings. And it is criminal to go this long without having arrived at some sort of outline of budget. While the liberals bash the conservatives, over 1000 days (3 years, more or less) with no approved budget is a shame on the whole stinking lot of them in Washington.
come on Mr President put out a plan why wait for Congress show some leadership.
President Obama HAS put out a plan. He proposed budgets for 2010, 2011, and 2012. Those plans were modified by the house, and the house changes were rejected by the senate.
I take that back - the house did not modify Obama's plan - they re-wrote it.
It's about time you stopped blaming the president for the short comings of congress.
Idiot.
Come on Buck Naked, try some fact checking.
Or are you afraid you might find out you're being lied to by your impeccable sources.
Scary cats. They knew POTUS is going to skin them alive with his speech hence this nonsense attack.
If their conscience are clear, why preempt him rather than wait for his speech......... other than having the top 1% hump ya backs and have them bleat like goats, this clearly shows Boehner and his supposed house have done nothing for the people.
I don't think Republicans like fact checks. Fact checks prove them wrong.
He already did, Buck or did you forget how much ranting and whining there was about it. Remember, it had stuff like infrastructure spending, education and spending cuts, too. President Obama has submitted a budget every year. The fact that Congress, particularly the GOP Senators, is dysfunctional is not his fault.
the facts are that we need a budget. Put one out there President Obama. Force them to vote on it, change it or use it to wipe their butts with it.
You can get copies of the President Obama budgets online or buy them in hard copy.
OBAMA'S BUDGET!
The one that DID NOT GET EVEN ONE SINGLE VOTE .... not one dem would vote for!
And who is dysfunctional Jody?
Thanks for the laugh.
Bottom line - The economy is in the worst recovery since the Great Depression. No wonder when you don't even have a plan - budget - to fix it and your presidency is reduced to nothing more than just trying to pull something out of your butt that might help your re-election.
That ain't a plan.
Really, I've had a nice day. I'm not feeling particularly nasty. I'm just sick and tired of right-wing lies. You see, right-wing lies become fact if they repeat them very often and very loudly. Success in a right-wing argument is measured in decibels - not facts.
As a matter of fact, President Obama HAS submitted budget proposals. You can check out one of them right here. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-26-deficit_N.htm
The truth of the matter is that Republicans simply refuse to enact his proposals. It is after all a Constitutional mandate that budgets originate in the House. You remember don't you, the House of Representatives where Speaker Boehner told us they would cling to Constitutional precepts?
There really and truly was a time when lying was NOT a major plank in the G.O.P. platform. Why anyone is a member of this disgusting caricature of the Republican Party is beyond explanation.
Bob, the GOP is dysfunctional. Oh, and by the way, as has always been done, a President sends a proposed budget to Congress and legislators pick it apart because they have ideas they think would work better. Go ahead, bob, excuse the republican Senators from doing the job we pay them to do, excuse them for not working with democrats or even their own fellow republicans to compromise.
Seems like Jody just does not understand 97-0.
Jody, dear, every single democratic senator voted against Obama's budget.
So applying your logic the dems are equally dysfunctional, rigth Jody?
You bet.
David Walker, well said!
I think that many of the Republican supporters could take some history and civics classes at their local community college. The classes are not that expensive and they could help open their eyes to the facts and laws of our land.
Job1 - classes? didn't GOP governors, like Christie of NJ, cut everything education to give tax cuts to the top 1% that proved to be a failure.
Well put David!
TeaPeople have THEIR version of fact......repeat the lie, repeat the lie, repeat it until it sticks in the minds of their base.
There is no requirement to tell the truth.....reality is almost nonexistent with TeaPeople. They seem have a tenuous relationship with reality.
I don't remember who said it or where I read it but facts get in the GOP's way, they cast them aside as irrelevant. It's why science is ignored, why facts are unacceptable to them because it does not meet their version of what should be. That's probably how they can claim to be religious while lies spew forth.
Pen,
Oh yeah, that's right.
David, David, David ...
Sheesh .... your link was for the 2010 budget forecast.
David, you know the dems had complete control of the House and Senate with a dem Prez. and they did Nothing!
No excuse big Dave .... unless gutless counts.
Feel free to point out a lie, refute it anytime you can instead of just crying that we lie.
Can't do it, huh?
Oh well ....
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/index.html
My friends, bob-180+'s response couldn't make my point any better than I can. Please, go to the link I provided at 2.9 above. The USA Today article contains links to the budget. There's a lot of information there - way to much for a right-winger unaccustomed to seeing things that don't fit their narrative.
If you are interested in going further, it's really easy. Simply type in the year of the budget proposal and voila! Bob - Voila is a French word that means, "wow, this is like work". You're busted, bob. Anyone who goes to the link knows you didn't read the article OR MORE LIKELY, didn't understand it.
ok so there is a budget why does he not get with Congress and the Senate and get something passed. The DEMs do control the Senate is that a fact am I correct or in left field?
Hard to make an attack ad when the President is so darn photogenic.
It is one of those many issues here that proves again that;
"Where you stand depends on where you sit"
If there was a Republican President and a Democratic House, you could just switch the detractors for the defenders.
It represents a failure of leadership in the executive branch and a failure of leadership from the legislative branch, D's and R's aside...
I concur.
I just hate the "hearings" on every little thing. R's seem to enjoy them more than D's, but the American people hate them
Phine-
It's really just the party in power vs the party out of power thing, like recess appointments, filibusters, etc. It's only justified, or deplorable when the other side is doing or not doing it. If everyone was held to the same standard, the whole "Roberts Rules of Order" thing would collapse under its own arcane weightiness...
Oh I dunno danger.
But then again I forget who controlled the House back in '74.
You know when they passed the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that says there has to be a budget every year.
But who am I kidding - budgets are for small people. Besides you just can't argue with the Amy's ofthe world.
Have to agree with you dangerfield.
I think that 1000 days without an approved budget is a failure for the legislative branch as a whole. These continuing resolutions are embarassing. The House budget by Ryan had no chance of passsing in the Senate and the Democratic budget had no chance of passing a filibuster. That said there was never a chance to get the budgets to committe because no one thought about actually compromising and putting forth budgets that the other side could at least partially stomach. So where do we go? Will budgets only pass once one party has irrevocable control of all three branches? That is not how it is supposed to work.
At least that is how I see if from the far left cheap seats, imagine the two rows along the movie theater aisle against the wall. I have to strain my head to the right to see the movie ie. (Obama policies in action.)
Even then as Obama bends and folds and accepts more and more republican policies it still is not enough for the GOP. Funny other than the general nastiness and attacking the poor that you hear from Gingrich, Obama's policies reflect many of the Speakers policies both old and new. From HCR and the individual mandate, from his stance on immigration reform and enforcement which is similar to Newt's, even his displeasure with vulture capitalism practiced by Romney. The D and R are merging?
Feeling confident?
How's Eli, feeling better? Jet lag is tough.
#661.1 - Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:11 AM EST
Ok danger - let's hear your Florida prediction.
#661.12 - Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:45 AM EST
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Crawled out (late too!) to major in reading miscomprehension again Spanx?
Yeah, so I nailed EVERY prediction (Mitt got CRUSHED!, Caved on his taxes and The Pats and The GIANTS BOTH won, classy of you to congratulate, seeing as you were my sole detractor, and were the one PUSHING for a prediction.
You are kidding yourself whenever you try to insinuate any superiority for EITHER party. Who cares who passed what when Spanx? That dredging up the history of "who hit who first" is (!974? Really?) right up there with something AMY would post!
Too bad you can't stalk your own posts, eh? Then you COULD argue with the Spanky's of the world, and unlike the REAL one that the rest of us live in, you would always win...
Oh as to my Florida prediction, so far so good, wouldn't you say?
Detractor, me?
Nope - I said I too was hoping for a Pat/Giant rematch. But, nice job. Predictions are fun. Hey, maybe you show take you awesome-ness on the road and place some bets in Vegas?
Oh and I and many others care that there is no budget. Its the law, not dredging. Funny how that works, eh danger?
I care also and if you could read you would have actually picked that up or do you need a translation?
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It represents a failure of leadership in the executive branch and a failure of leadership from the legislative branch, D's and R's aside...
House passed a budget. Reid refused to take it up.
Thats a failure of Reid.
But then again, we all recall what Pelosi said when she was in control about a budget.
Again, that's on the dems.
Passing a budget and making a political statement are not exactly the same thing, are they Spanky? Their GESTURE was politically SYMBOLIC, enacted with the knowledge that it would not pass the Senate. Are you really that naive? Dems are guilty of the same kind of Kabuki Theater too, will you applaud their grandstanding when it's their turn? Will you pretend that it was a serious attempt to actually DO something?
Hard to get a budget down when your're working on your short game in Hawaii...(or incompetent).
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya' tomorrow, you're only a day away....and then we get to hear from President Obama, a nice break from the nonstop right-wing negative attack machine.
One little thing they seem to leave out is the fact that the President did in fact propose a budget and it was immeidately turned down by the Republican Senator Phil A. Buster from the great state of Mywayorthehighway.
Uh, pat...turned down by who?
Bipartisan slap down, 97-0 in the Senate.
That's kinda the opposite of a filibuster.
Man, hard to say who makes the more compelling arguments for President downgrade - you or Amy. Amy is just in love. You seem to lack a grasp on the facts.
Winner - Amy.
Never let a little detail such as the House of Representatives is responsible for passing a budget, or the fact that President Obama has sent a budget to Congress every year get in the way of blaming President Obama.
Governor Mitch Daniels will be giving the SOTU GOP rebuttal. Mitch Daniels, President George W. Bush's budget director, the architect of defict and debt, the architect of smoke and mirrors, the architect of not putting the cost of two wars on the books. Hey, GOPers, you really picked a winner, there. Did you decide not to put your "rising stars" in the hot seat since they failed so miserably the previous 3 years? 2009, we had Bobby Jindal; 2010, Bob McDonell; 2011, Paul Ryan and then Michele Bachmann rebutted Paul Ryan.
So, let me make a wild guess Jody - you have never heard of, let alone read the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Perhaps this would be a go time to google it?
Pay particular attention to the part about how the Senate is required to produce a budget by April of every year.
Then if you could be so kind as to alert me as to where I can find the budgets Reid produced in '10 and '11.
Like the Judas Priest song says: 'Breakin' the law, breakin' the law.'
Why won't rReid comply with the law Jody?
Told you Friday, Spanky that I have you on ignore again so I cannot see whatever bluster you post and I have no desire to open it to see either.
Wow, Jody--a hall of fame of SOTU rebuttals. Who can forget Bobby Jindal's performance? Or McDonnell, who struck me as very wooden. Ryan I don't even remember but I think the first prize has to go to Michele Bachmann for looking at all the wrong cameras.
Jody - so then you are magic?
How else to explain you having me on ignore, yet you responding to me?
Or is it the word just does not mean what you think it means?
Either way - too funny. As is your having the Budget Act on 'ignore.'
Way to be informed.
State of the union speech by this fool should be interrupted 100 times by the hero Republicans. Don't even let the idiot speak. Show him how the people really feel.
Boo him off the stage.
I didn't care much for President George W. Bush but would never, ever make a comment calling for such disrespectful behavior as you have. As Jon Huntsman said in his last debate "this nation is divided because of attitudes like that." Mr. Parent, your words and those like them are the problem.
joe e your sounding like a spoiled child again, Yo mamma is going to be mad.
"I figure most independents have diminishing concentration levels for tedious arguments, and the bottom line here is the PresBuds weren't produced."
Interesting statement!
CONSTITUTION: Spending bills originate in the House
The House has no budget and the Republican majority is in charge of House legislation. That make Boehner the whiner personally responsible for creation of the federal budget and the debate of it.
The Republican mantra is always boring, "Blame Democrats." Boehner even had the ignorance or stupidity to accuse the president of lack of leadership on legislation before the House. He may not know that it is he that is Speaker of the House and the Constitution does not give the President power to lead the House. Everyone knows that the majority in the House is sworn to reject every proposal President Obama makes anyway.
Republicans have failed the nation on all legislation since they gained power. This is the most ill thought of and least productive Congress in modern history. That's a fact, John. Don't cry....
The article is about a BUDGET not spending bills.
Really? What is a budget for but spending? Perhaps we are supposed to use the budget for, air traffic control or to swat flies.
Rob, oh my gosh. A budget is how much will be spent and on what; a budget is a spending bill.
"Hero republicans"? Are you serious or being sarcastic? I wouldn't advocate that behavior towards ANY president - where is your respect as an American for our duly-elected POTUS?
The typical conservative 'Republican', as I understand them:
They are convinced that the rich have our best interests at heart; and the poor are out to ruin us.
They think that bankers and CEOs do 'work' and laborers, truck drivers, cops and teachers don't.
They think that million-dollar CEO salaries and benefits are examples of capitalism and a free-market at work; but a union workers’ benefits and pay are too high.
They believe the government has too much power in the workplace, but not enough in the doctor’s office: and the governemnt should be able to listen to your conversations, track your library books, and know what goes on in your bedroom.
They worry about someone on welfare or food stamps committing fraud for a few thousand dollars, but ignore corporate tax evasion schemes and Cayman Island tax shelters that cost millions of dollars.
They may claim to fight for freedom; but people who disagree with them have too much.
They believe that regulations kill jobs; not that they save lifes and protect our environment.
These right wingers are more anti-American than the American Communist Party was in the 1950s and 60s.
Paul M., Buck, Spanky... you have taken all the fun out it. You guys on the right are so obviously misinformed or at the very least, keep perpetrating lies. Its getting to be so easy to prove you wrong that, well, it just isn't fun anymore. But we'll keep on trying to set you straight. Seriously, how long has the Republican controlled House been playing this budget game? It's almost Feb 2012 and I can read articles as far back as Aug 2011, so just what is the deal?
it's the conservative alternate reality, they collectively live in.
McConnell and Boehner are out to stop recovery so they can blame President Obama, no matter what damage occurs to the nation and citizens. They continue, even though the informed public is well aware of what they are about. Apparently, the United States exists for Republican power and ideology, not for the people, by the people.
Republicans in the house refuse to process legislation and in the Senate, they filibuster legislation to death. The people are supposed to blame the president for the results. Will we, or are we prepared to control our own destiny and get serious about facts?
So the budget? Is that what we're doing now? This is the road we're going to run?
First it was soft on terror. But the terrorist hit list this guy has is really kind of creepy for a guy this calm and laid back.
Then it was unfit to be commander in chief. But that got blown out of the water that night he threw on a tux and tails to get roasted at the correspondents dinner, left the house a few minutes early so he could make a pit stop in the situation room and give the go order on what was probably the single greatest special ops mission in our history, run back upstairs, hit the stage and do a 20 minute set where he among other things, absolutely OWNED Donald Trump in a room full of press that had no clue what he'd just done. Even Chuck Norris was impressed at the level of badass that entailed.
Then it was the economy but someone noticed that when he walked in the door the market was under 8000, and now it's well over 12,000.
Then it was that he was soft, but then Boehner tried to bully him with the debt ceiling thing and not only didn't he back down, he pretty much dared him to take his best shot.
Then it was jobs. And I guess someone pointed out that he's created 2.1 million jobs, and that they'd run in 2010 on jobs jobs jobs, but haven't said job, let alone created any since then.
So hell, why not budget. Eventually something has to stick right?
OR maybe, just maybe instead of picking another fight that they won't win they look at themselves. To try to figure out how the Republican nominee for President will be either...
The guy that has been running for 5 years, but still has 75% of the GOP electorate not sure about him, and in the last 4 years got trounced in SC first by the guy from Law and Order and then by the thrice married, questionable (at best) morals guy who convinced the people of SC that he more reflected their values. (Romney)
The guy who almost single handedly put the Republican party on life support in the 90's, and burned so many bridges that his own party stuck him on the first thing pointed out of DC and told him not to come back, and who is still so toxic that no Republican with half a brain running for reelection wants to be in the same building with him. (Newt)
The guy who wants to be the Republican nominee, but fails to realize that he's not a Republican.(Paul) They should be REALLY concerned that Ron Paul, who bashes Republicans as much as he does Democrats, will get enough support that they will have to give him 20 minutes and a mic during primetime at the convention. Because really, is the picture of Ron Paul on national tv, pissing on the establishment Republicans in front of 20,000 establishment Republicans at the convention the smartest way to project party unity?
Great post, Ryan.
I think the only thing that holds Ron Paul back is not wanting to totally mess things up with the Republican party for his son.
JEP, does it occur to you that the office of the POTUS is the highest in the land that a fool like you can never smell it. Just for the mere fact that only so few can ever achieve that fit transcends it to the realms of the gods. Poor Joseph E Parent if wishes were horses the morons like you will be POTUS only in your wildest imagination. Even George W Bush jr. for all his short comings was never considered a fool by any stretch of imagination because only a select few will ever get therein their life time.
Newt and Mitt are running against each other to see which of the gets to lose in November. After this political crap, voters ill be prepared to get even for the spectacle they are making out of the process in front of the civilized world. The WWF could have produced more dignified conflict. It's the Talking Suit Rack vs. The Stud Bulldog.
The GOP "Party Of NO" have shot down all of President Obama's Budgets. That is fact! The GOP "Hoodlum's On The Hill" have blocked, lied, and have wrongly rewritten all of the Presidents budgets. The GOP Clowns/TeaBeggers have only one goal America. To destroy an American President at all costs. America has seen "Bonehead Boehner" fake crying all the time, and disrespecting an American President on many levels. Then there is "Crazy Cantor" doing the "Two-Faced Shuffle" with rotten tea bags hanging from his ears. The GOP Lobbyist "Mickey Mouse Mitch McConnell" to economically destroy an American President. This means the GOP/RNC "Zombies" who took the "Goofy Grover" Tax Pledge. Have made it their sole poltical mission to vote NO on everything! That is fact!
Take a valium there buddy .... maybe they turn Barry's ideas down because they represent a body of constituents that don't agree with anything that Obama wants to do. If someone I voted for agreed with Obama ... I'd feel as though I was conned!!
You sound worried. Are you worried?
Why the name-calling?
Are you worried?
I think so. What's the matter, your guy not turning out so good?
Sounds like the House realizes Romney is un-electable and has decided to follow Newt's leadership of the 90's.
Sorry Boehner, Canter, etc. but our google buttons are not broken and we know the truth. Dang it!
Better Luck next Time!
Obama is sorry too. He'll probably be surprised at how much we know about him!
I bet none of you can answer these questions.
Is there a candidate that has consistantly voted against spending?
Is there a candidate that has predicted most of what has happened?
Is there a candidate that truly is behind the constitution of the United States?
Is there a candidate that believes in a smaller government than the bloated money spending monstrosity we now have?
Is there a candidate that believes we should not be in all these foolish wars, that have little to do with our national security?
Is there a candidate believes in States Rights?
Well, I will give you a hint. It Ain't Romney or Gingrich! Gingrich began to copy the one that would give you all these things, when he determined that he was losing. Gingrich is so good, he could scam a scammer. If you believe in Gingrich, you are really stupid. Romney is another OBama, but in a pearly white suit.
I believe in haveing my freedom, and liberty as spelled out by the constitution, and another guy you do not believe in. So, I guess I'm screwed, because my fellow Americans do not like to have their liberty or freedom.
It would make more sense to have gov't jobs along with private sector jobs to help lower the unemployment rate. If the GOP shrinks to a smaller gov't, that would put more public employee's without a job and make it more difficult to get a private sector job because now there are more individuals all fighting for the small percentage of private sector jobs that are available now. It does not make sense when the GOP's say we need to shrink our gov't because that just increases the unemployment rate because they will be cutting gov't employees out of their jobs. These Republican candidates are thinking backwards. They should stop talking about shrinking the Gov't and just focus on creating even more private sector jobs. The Florida crowd represents the real general US population because the audience seemed really bored with these GOP candidates. The other states these candidates ran debates in were slow country bumpkin's who are out of touch with the rest of the country. Florida is the land of the latino vote and they are not going for any of these GOP immigration policies.
The government jobs at current are labor union jobs, and we cannot afford it. THe government jobs would be fazed out over time, and with less money needed for a bloated government, it would free up lots of money. Less government intrusion, and regulation would also creat more jobs, because more people would be willing to take a risk and create a new business.
You must remember that government, cannot and does not create jobs, unless it is a government job with many of the useless agencies that have been created, that also stifle job creation. Anyone that is smart, and has been in business knows that our bloated government is why we are not creating jobs at this very moment, and why business turns to countries with less intrusion.
A return to the US constitution is what is desperatly needed. As far as the Latino vote, they are mostly illegal, or were to begin with. Following the law is the real problem with Latino's. If you want to come to this country, we have immigration laws just like other countries. However people have been tought by the government it is ok to ignore the immigration laws. If you are a latino, you should not be angry because you are being asked to obey the laws of this country. You would need to do the same in anyother country, so why not here? I answered that above.
Florida, California, and NewYork city, is not mainstream America, and all are full of illiterate, crime creating critters from the human race. So are you also one of them? These states that you say are full of country bump kins, are the ones that greatly represent America. I do not know what a country bump kin is in a liberals mind, but I would take ten country bump kins to one liberal all day, and all year. Laron you are talking about people with values you cannot comprehend, integrity, honesty, with hard work,and true love of country. Most all the foreigners that come here are interested in one thing, MONEY, and not the American Dream. They do not care about America, just what they can pirate from her.
You must also remember this is a big country, so we in middle America are not out of touch with the rest of the country, because we are the country. California, Florida, and NewYork City are nothing more than cess pools and where all the crap goes. It is like a virus that America has caught, and exists in these places mostly.
Tell you what fool! You ain't where its at, and when it all goes down, you and all like you will be great target practice. All the country bump kins are the ones that allow you to spew your puke all over the place.
Porschmirror,
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm leaving for San Diego in a few hours. It is just stuffed full of those darn "illiterate, crime creating critters from the human race" LOL
Americans come in all shapes and sizes. Liberals just come in stupid.
Joseph / Porchemirror,
I am from Florida and I take great offense to this comment "....full of illiterate, crime creating critters from the human race".... Here in Florida, if all those RICH Republicans didn't need cheap LABOR here and those other states you reference to make and keep their millions to themselves, there wouldn't be any illiterate critters for you to demoralize...get an education....read a little more, and GET YOUR facts straight before you cut to the core of another human being. Kinda hard for those critters to take care of themselves on 7.67 a hr, and you wonder why they get assistance to feed themselves, could you live on 7.67 and hour ? The Republicans complain about them living off the government, but if they paid a decent wage they wouldn't qualify to that help, so REALLY who benefits most, the poor 7.67 hr employee or the RICH owner who let the Gov subsidize their employees wages with gov assistance so the owner can keep those raises all to himself. White, Educated, Female who is a true born Floridian, no transplant here !