The Democrat Thread

[HuskyCaucasian]

Shocking.

 

 

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/23/docume...-iraq-november/

Were the bullet points written by someone who had been in the country for 3 minutes? What kind of English is that?

Edited September 24, 2010 by Athomeboy_2000

[StrangeSox]

Tea Party? The words Tea Party don't even appear in that article. It appears he's a racist, so I hope he loses, and it seems like he will. But let's be clear - there is no mention that he is in any way affiliated with the Tea Party.

 

The GOP who backed him, though, may want to re-think that decision.

 

[NorthSideSox72]

StrangeSox, did you mean to quote my post and not respond?

 

[Rex Kickass]

Tea Party? The words Tea Party don't even appear in that article. It appears he's a racist, so I hope he loses, and it seems like he will. But let's be clear - there is no mention that he is in any way affiliated with the Tea Party.

 

The GOP who backed him, though, may want to re-think that decision.

 

I will say that a google search on him shows a website where he claims to be a founding member of the White Plains Tea Party and he is a member of it according to Facebook.

[Jenksismyhero]

I will say that a google search on him shows a website where he claims to be a founding member of the White Plains Tea Party and he is a member of it according to Facebook.

 

Thus proving that all tea partiers are racist!

 

Man, you do it EVERY time. Amazing.

[NorthSideSox72]

I will say that a google search on him shows a website where he claims to be a founding member of the White Plains Tea Party and he is a member of it according to Facebook.

OK, then there it is. I just found it interesting that StrangeSox read an article which did not even contain the phrase "Tea Party", but applied the title to this racist buffoon. Did he know this about the guy from some other research before reading the article?

 

[NorthSideSox72]

Thus proving that all tea partiers are racist!

 

Man, you do it EVERY time. Amazing.

1. Rex said nothing like that, neither did I. He said THIS SPECIFIC PERSON claims to be a Tea Partier.

 

2. This particlar Tea Partier, apparently, is racist.

 

So can we please drop the hyperbole?

 

[Jenksismyhero]

1. Rex said nothing like that, neither did I. He said THIS SPECIFIC PERSON claims to be a Tea Partier.

 

2. This particlar Tea Partier, apparently, is racist.

 

So can we please drop the hyperbole?

 

It was a joke. But it's not like SS linked the article just to prove there's a racist candidate out there.

[Balta1701]

Citizens United summed up in 1 paragraph.

As of Monday, pro-Republican third-party organizations had paid for a total of $23.6 million worth of ads, while Democratic-aligned groups had spent just $4.8 million on TV.

[Rex Kickass]

OK, then there it is. I just found it interesting that StrangeSox read an article which did not even contain the phrase "Tea Party", but applied the title to this racist buffoon. Did he know this about the guy from some other research before reading the article?

 

If he saw the story on Google News, its likely "tea party" was in there somewhere, when I did a google search on the candidate, every other hit had Tea Party in the excerpt.

[Balta1701]

 

That is the collage of images that the Republicans included with their new contract document they put out yesterday.

 

They can't even find stock photos to make themselves look inclusive?

[BigSqwert]

 

That is the collage of images that the Republicans included with their new contract document they put out yesterday.

 

They can't even find stock photos to make themselves look inclusive?

They're at least happy to see a kid of Hispanic descent go off and risk his life for them.

[Balta1701]

They're at least happy to see a kid of Hispanic descent go off and risk his life for them.

If you search hard, there's an Asian American and an African American in there too. But I'm pretty sure they're outnumbered by the horses.

[mr_genius]

 

That is the collage of images that the Republicans included with their new contract document they put out yesterday.

 

They can't even find stock photos to make themselves look inclusive?

 

those evil whiteys.

[StrangeSox]

StrangeSox, did you mean to quote my post and not respond?

 

Apparently my phone doesn't work with soxtalk very well. I was going to say "can't get links now but..." and then what Rex posted.

 

edit: yeah, I had read other sources on him that detailed his Tea Party affiliations. Sorry for not linking them and for the confusion.

Edited September 25, 2010 by StrangeSox

[StrangeSox]

It was a joke. But it's not like SS linked the article just to prove there's a racist candidate out there.

 

No, I was making the specific point that the Tea Party is getting extremely-right-wing, borderline-crazy, hopelessly ignorant, sometimes-super-racist conservative "values" candidates nominated. They're not getting people who actually know something about economics or taxation nominated.

 

That doesn't make everyone who generally supports tea party ideas "borderline-crazy, hopelessly ignorant, sometimes-super-racist conservative "values" voters", but who they are getting to represent them does not dispel the idea that it's just standard conservatism with some populist anger mixed in.

[mr_genius]

That doesn't make everyone who generally supports tea party ideas "borderline-crazy, hopelessly ignorant, sometimes-super-racist conservative "values" voters"

 

na, they are all racist and dumb. I, on the other hand, am very smart and totally non-racist. basically, anyone that doesn't agree with everything i think is either a racist or super dumb (possibly both). it really is a curse being so much superior to all the stupid racists i have to put up with. they are so stupid!

[StrangeSox]

snark doesn't work well to defend stupid racists and the bizarre political movements that get them nominated.

[mr_genius]

snark doesn't work well to defend stupid racists and the bizarre political movements that get them nominated.

 

i will tell you this. if any, and i mean any, of theses stupid tea partiers wins the general election i will threaten to move to Canada.

[GoSox05]

I hope every "tea party" candidate wins. Especially Christine O'Donnell.

 

 

[Texsox]

If any do, they will dive to the center like everyone else. They will have to vote with either the Dems or the Reps, so guess who they will vote with?

[Balta1701]

If any do, they will dive to the center like everyone else.

Then they'll face a 2012 primary and be thrown out in favor of those who won't go to the center.

 

Really Tex...honestly...do you look at the makeup of the current Congress and think "These people have been driven towards the center"?

 

2k5 and I were randomly taking shots at the California budget situation in the Republican thread, but there's an actual lesson there. In California, there are a group of (republican in this case but affiliation isn't key to the argument) legislators who have gotten by for years by being unwilling to vote for or negotiate anything on the budget. They get themselves reelected every year because they're pushing hard for their small government values and they're in districts that really like that. Occasionally one of the block from one of these districts decides they're willing to negotiate on the budget to extract a concession they really want, and they wind up thrown out of office next election for having voted in favor of the budget.

 

These legislators get rewarded for being totally unwilling to negotiate on anything. California though has this particular mess where you need a 2/3 majority to pass a budget...so if you happen to get 34% of the legislature that decides there is zero benefit for them in negotiating because the voters throw out anyone who is willing to compromise, it becomes 100% impossible to pass a budget.

 

Do you know of any governing body at the National level where a supermajority requirement is becoming engrained, and where anyone who crosses the aisle is facing a primary defeat?

[HuskyCaucasian]

GOP blocks Democrats' bill to limit jobs outsourcing

Washington (CNN) – Senate Republicans successfully blocked a bill from coming to the Senate floor Tuesday that Democrats claim would help keep American jobs from going overseas.

Republicans call it nothing more than a pre-election political ploy.

The Democratic bill, which fell seven votes shy of passage, would have ended certain tax breaks for companies expanding overseas while giving new tax incentives to businesses bringing jobs home.

 

Democratic sources tell CNN they knew all along this measure would not make it very far. That was beside the point.

The point, Democratic strategists candidly admit, was to use the last few days of the congressional session before the election to try to highlight one of the few jobs-related issues Democrats feel they may be able to use against Republicans: outsourcing.

"No question people are angry at Democrats because the economy is bad and we are in charge," Democratic pollster Mark Mellman said.

"People are even more angry about jobs going overseas than they are about the absence of jobs as they look around their communities. So we're trying to focus that anger."

[mr_genius]

I'm watching FOX 'news' right now and Glenn Beck just called Obama , AND I QUOTE, a "pile of poopy"

 

RALLY THE TROOPS. This must not go unpunished.

[Balta1701]

I'm watching FOX 'news' right now and Glenn Beck just called Obama , AND I QUOTE, a "pile of poopy"

 

RALLY THE TROOPS. This must not go unpunished.

WTF?