The Republican Thread

[NorthSideSox72]

Did he just seriously blame Obama for causing panic after defending his advising on national TV that millions of people should dump all their holdings out of the market in the same paragraph?

 

Oh wait, just consecutive ones.

Cramer is a respected financial professional like Jesse Jackson is a statesman.

 

[Cknolls]

Let them eat cake. ABC reports on the bi-partisan White House dinner last night:

 

About 180 guests – House and Senate committee chairs, ranking members, members of Obama's cabinet, senior staff, legislative staff - and all their spouses – sat at elegant tables with white roses, white peonies and green apple centerpieces on a light blue tablecloth.

 

The dinner that followed – served on gold rimmed china - included Celery Soup, Wild Mushroom Crisps, Steelhead Salmon with Citrus sauce, Crispy Spinach, Toasted Saffron Couscous Pearls, Baby Iceberg lettuce with Maytag Bleu Cheese and Yogurt ranch dressing and for dessert, Milk Chocolate velvet cake.

 

 

 

What recession?

[Cknolls]

Do Obama's Fans Really Want to Make an Issue of Opponents' Drug Use?

 

Joan Walsh of Salon rips Rush Limbaugh as "a thrice-divorced, drug-abusing, Parkinson's-mocking, cigar-sucking egomaniac, a poster boy for meanness, overindulgence and excess." She alleged that at CPAC, Rush was "hopped up."

 

Timothy Egan, writing in the New York Times, "Polling has found Limbaugh, a self-described prescription-drug addict who sees America from a private jet, to be nearly as unpopular as Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who damned America in the way that Limbaugh has now damned the nation’s newly elected leader."

 

Bill Maher, not too long ago: "I give Rush a wide latitude because he’s a drug addict."

 

A letter to the editor in Colorado Springs: "When their chosen national committee chairman is forced to publicly kiss the bloated backside of a drug-addicted, anti-American blowhard such as Rush Limbaugh, real Americans are grateful this party is not running or representing our nation."

 

And the guy who has been talking up Rush as the leader of the party — the guy who shares a daily conference call with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, CNN commentator James Carville, and ABC News This Week host George Stephanopoulos — Paul Begala: "The real leader of the Republican Party in America today is a corpulent drug addict with an AM radio talk show, Rush Limbaugh."

 

Here's the thing: If Rush is an "addict", then the President of the United States is a "cokehead."

 

Both men have had issues with consuming mind-altering substances in violation of the law in their past; both have overcome those past experiences and gone on to lead productive and successful lives. (Rush, in fact, managed to do so while overcoming a near-miss with a loss of hearing, a torturous development for a man whose entire livelihood is in radio.)

 

(If our friend Larry Kudlow enters the Senate race in Connecticut, I would not be surprised to see others who have no problems with Obama's past drug use try to argue Kudlow's past experiences are disqualifying.)

 

So I'll ask our friends on the other side of the aisle to refrain from using the term "addict" in reference to Rush, as I'd hate to see our president casually referred to as a "cokehead" on a regular basis.

 

Or had they forgotten President Obama's descriptions of using "blow" in his younger days?

 

 

 

[mr_genius]

Wow,talk about the honeymoon being over...President Obama isn't even half way to his first 100 days and already you've come to the conclusion that "he's in way over his head"...jeez,the GOP didn't get us into this mess overnight and Obama and the dems won't get us out overnight either.Fortunatly the American people realize the scope of our problems and are squarely behind the prez.

 

Truth is many elements of the banking collapse can be traced back to Democrats and Republicans. It's unfortunate that Obama is going with an economic plan that is going to make things much worse.

[HuskyCaucasian]

OOPS!

The Republican Party's embrace of technology, which many inside and outside the party see as essential to a political recovery, so far is working out like...well, it's not working out at all.

 

Yesterday the Virginia GOP came very close to taking control of the state Senate, nearly luring a Democratic Senator to switch parties and put them at a 20-20 tie, which would have been broken by the Republican Lt. Governor. Then Jeff Frederick, a state legislator and the party chairman, ruined it all by Twittering this:

Big new

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witching or leaving the dem caucu

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for power

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haring underway.

The Dems then read the message, quickly mobilized to talk the renegade out of it, and stopped the GOP coup before it could happen.

 

We usually don't cover state-level politics, but this is just too much. Really, Mr. Frederick, you don't live-blog about ongoing secret negotiations!

[lostfan]

OOPS!

Balta put that in the dem thread last week.

[mr_genius]

Balta put that in the dem thread last week.

 

he's suffering from server lag probably

 

too much i/o activity

 

news gets in a little late

[ChiSox_Sonix]

Balta put that in the dem thread last week.

 

 

Which is where it should have stayed...

[lostfan]

Which is where it should have stayed...

One of the 2 takeaways from that post, yes.

[mr_genius]

One of the 2 takeaways from that post, yes.

 

huh? GOP thread poster too dumb to understand

 

[HuskyCaucasian]

Balta put that in the dem thread last week.

oh... sorry about that. must have missed it.

[Cknolls]

I was just thinking this same thing the other day.

 

 

 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19663.html

[HuskyCaucasian]

I was just thinking this same thing the other day.

 

 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19663.html

He's very disciplined in his message and wants every word to count. I cant fault a guy for using a script. I'm a horrible speaker off of just notes.

[Cknolls]

He's very disciplined in his message and wants every word to count. I cant fault a guy for using a script. I'm a horrible speaker off of just notes.

 

 

But it is kind of funny for someone to always have to read what he is saying, don't ya think?

[HuskyCaucasian]

But it is kind of funny for someone to always have to read what he is saying, don't ya think?

I dont see anything wrong with that at all. You are comfortable with what you are comfortable with.

I dont see people ripping Steve Jobs for having every single small detail worked out with his "Steve-notes". That's just how he is.

[lostfan]

But it is kind of funny for someone to always have to read what he is saying, don't ya think?

I do think it's funny actually. His "unscripted" voice is pretty easy to imitate. "Uhhhh..." "Aaaand..."

[Cknolls]

I do think it's funny actually. His "unscripted" voice is pretty easy to imitate. "Uhhhh..." "Aaaand..."

 

 

nice!!

[Cknolls]

Anyone know who makes those podiums? Now that is a stock I WILL buy.

[ChiSox_Sonix]

He's very disciplined in his message and wants every word to count. I cant fault a guy for using a script. I'm a horrible speaker off of just notes.

 

 

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using a teleprompter, notes, script whatever. But, isnt it kind of ironic then how he praised as this 'great orator' if he truly NEEDS a teleprompter to speak well? To me, it doesnt add up.

 

Regardless, this is so insignificant. It's just fishing for a reason to b**** IMO

[Balta1701]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using a teleprompter, notes, script whatever. But, isnt it kind of ironic then how he praised as this 'great orator' if he truly NEEDS a teleprompter to speak well? To me, it doesnt add up.

 

Regardless, this is so insignificant. It's just fishing for a reason to b**** IMO

Did Lincoln wing it on the Gettysburg address or did he have pre-written copies?

[mr_genius]

my god, can we please get back to whats imporatant. the Limbaugh radioshow. DAMN YOU RADIO!

[Balta1701]

To change the subject a little bit, there's something of an insider-leak movement that is starting to step up against Michael Steele after his performances over the last month or so. His former foes in the RNC race have come out publicly with statements against him, and the insiders are leaking more detailed statements and talking about replacing him.

"What is amazing is that Steele was elected because of his communications skills, and it is those skills that are damaging the Republican Party. Before people begin to completely judge him as worthless, Steele needs to focus and knuckle down on building a strong foundation at RNC so we can begin rebuilding our majority," says a top GOP strategist who has worked for House and Senate Republican leaders. "If his implosion continues, RNC members are likely to call a special session to dump him for an effective chairman. There is not much patience for failure."

 

Others want Steele to re-evaluate his role in the party. Of concern: For no reason, he is dividing the GOP between conservatives who like Limbaugh and moderates who don't and jeopardizing future fundraising efforts, his key responsibility. "The general sentiment of the conference is that Steele needs to step back and get a handle on his role in the party," says an influential congressional aide. Namely, advisers want him to stay out of the media and focus instead on hiring his staff and revamping the RNC. "He needs to hire staff for the RNC, get the operations up and running, start raising money, and understand that his role is to win elections," says a senior party adviser. Officials are concerned that Steele either doesn't understand his responsibilities or has an inflated vision of his role. "At this point, it is as if he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the job description. An RNC chairman who attacks Republicans and insults conservative icons is about as counterproductive as any Democrat could hope for," says the adviser.

[mr_genius]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/od_af..._20090307074740

 

wow, talk about stupid.

[lostfan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/od_af..._20090307074740

 

wow, talk about stupid.

Yeah I saw that this morning. Who the f***...?

[southsider2k5]

lol, I should click links once in a while...

 

Anyways, gotta love the reset button. I am glad the "Bushisms" ended with Bush.