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The post-election Republican Party
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Matt Yglesias, writing on his blog at ThinkProgress, worries about the long-term impact of so many moderate Republicans, such as former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein, publicly endorsing Barack Obama:
“On some level, I sort of regret seeing people like this hop onto the Obama bandwagon. Realistically, at some point the Republicans are going to come back into power and I’d prefer that to be a less-crazy version of the GOP. That’s going to require less-crazy people, people like Duberstein, to exert some influence and have some credibility.”
I understand his point, but I think the problem he identifies will solve itself. A Republican Party that is too conservative and inflexible to woo back moderates such as Duberstein, Colin Powell, David Brooks, Doug Kmiec, William Weld, Chris Buckley, Kathleen Parker, Charles Fried, Dick Lugar, etc., will by definition not be capable of returning to power.
The party’s initial instinct after this election will be to purify itself by growing smaller and more conservative. If it surrenders to that instinct and expels those whom its base derides as RINOs, it simply extends its time in the political wilderness.
A return to power will require a return to the center.




DEL.ICIO.US


Comments
By "The Corporal"
November 1, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
Tolerance = the virtue of those who stand for nothing.
I predict the opposite.
As this country continues on its downhill liberal slide, more and more working people will realize they are being stiffed by other Americans and their “do everything for you” democrat government.
Conservatives will return with new vigor and new converts by the hundreds of thousands.
You liberals would do well to pray that happens or the country you say you love will become unrecognizable to even you.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
The Republican party is “crazy,” “too conservative” and “inflexible.”
But yet we nominated a moderate.
Our vice presidential candidate is accepting of same sex unions.
Demagoguery, anyone?
By getalife
November 1, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
The gop will be the minority for many cycles because they destroy our economy and military.
By Bosch
November 1, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
I think this election has been good for both parties. Most people in this country are moderates, and I don’t know anyone who wants a totally leftist anarchy, any more than we want to see a totalitarian theocracy. I also do not think Obama or McCain by any means represents either option.
The Democrats had to face the same kind of tough inward looking a few years ago, and they seem to be working out their problems. The GOP, in my opinion, needs to realize that a majority of the population do not think religion should be a part of government, and a majority of the population do not want to see all benefits going towards the upper ranks of the economic rung of the ladder. Most of us want the same thing - no more social or corporate welfare, less greed and selfishness, and no more handouts for those who don’t want to do their part to make our society successful from any socioeconomic level.
I think a majority of the population also wants less cultural fighting, and let others be what they want, as long as it doesn’t interfere with the governance of the country.
By mark
November 1, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
Two questions for you Jay. 1) What will the Democrats do if Mccain wins? 2)If Obama does win,will Cynthia and you take the next 8 yrs.off, since the U.S. will be a garden of eden?
By T
November 1, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
Read Bosch @ 2:20.
Then re-read it. If you don’t follow. Then read it again.
Awesome post.
By citizen
November 1, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
It’s my thinking that the voters for Obama will be sorely upset when those federal tax breaks are unrealized due to local taxes increasing. Job creation depends on a stable society with a rule-of-law as a backdrop. Our system of education needs to grow some leaders with the guts to lead.
By TW
November 1, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this
Bosch@2:20 - great post. The Dems however, as low as the got in 2002, always had a solid foundation on which to build - love thy brother. As the GOP continues to bottom out, the only thing upon which they have to cling is their hate, selfishness and greed. It will be very difficult, porbably impossible, to build from this foundation of the devil’s lies. More than likely, the Republican Party we came to know over the last two decades will celebrate its funeral on Tuesday - a great thing for anyone claiming to be an American.
By TW
November 1, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
Our system of education needs to grow some leaders with the guts to lead.
Amen. However, the GOP philosophy toward such a thing won’t allow it. Up in Cherokee County where the panderin’ rightwing infiltrated the government solely on anti-tax platform, the school system recently had to ax an elementary school, another has put out a plea in the paper for playground equipment, and the local school board is celebrating the Governor’s wave of the class size restriction so they won’t have to find a way to hire the extra teachers they can’t afford.
Public Education GOP style!!!!!!
It does, however, make great political sense, being that the very worse thing that could happen to the GOP would be for the electorate to get a good education…
By "The Corporal"
November 1, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
Wish List
If I had a wish list it would be that whatever party was in power (Democrat or Republican) it would have to staff the entire military for that term.
Now that would be a hoot and we all know why.
By Amelia
November 1, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
I am so glad this election is almost over. Regardless of what the polls say, this is going to be a very close race and I wouldn’t want to bet on it. If the Republicans lose they may be asking, “what happened, what went wrong?” Well, as an ex-Republican, let me give you some insight. The final nail in the coffin was the bailout. I don’t care how you try to spin that, it goes against everything the Republican party supposedly stands for. I am still angry about that. That is worse than socialism. Give them all the money but no oversight. I know a lot of Democrats voted for that and some Republicans did not. That’s why I will be voting for Lynn Westmoreland but not Saxby Chambliss. However, the Democrats try to take care of the working man as well. That somewhat absolves them from guilt.
Anyway, that was the final nail but there are other reasons. Over the years the Republican party has moved farther and farther away from what they are supposed to be about; less government. They have allowed religous fundamentalist to hijack their party. They try to use freedom of religion to make laws that promote their religious beliefs. I don’t know how that right got so twisted beyond its original intent.
Last but not least, they have increasingly pandered to Wall Street at the expense of the working man. They have completely forsaken their original tenets and have now become the party of right wing extremist and intolerance, and tolerance is not a dirty word! I take exception with the statement above that equates tolerance with those who stand for nothing. I am a tolerant person and I stand for many things, freedom for one. You can’t have freedom without tolerance. People are too different. We are not ants, all with the same mind.
By Dennis
November 1, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
It is amusing to read how Democrats know exactly what the Republicans need to do to regain power. Republican twits do the same thing when they are in power. Let me state clearly, no way would I ever believe that Jay wants Republicans to regain power.
I expect that he would reply that I am wrong, that we need a strong Republican party as a check on Liberialism. I would not believe a word of it.
Twenty odd years of his work at AJC is overwhelming evidence.
No doubt Jay could point to a hand full of articles. Maybe he would choose the commentary he once wrote about growing up Republican. About how the Republican Party abandoned him.
Literary Tripe.
By Keeping It Real
November 1, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
This blog confirms that we cannot agree on what government really is. Democrats,Republicans,Liberaterians,Green Party have no differences from cherokees,iroquis, sunnites, whites, blacks, latinos,gays,women, arabs, israelis, liberals, conservatives, etc.etc. They all will fight for their beliefs and power. Power is the operative word. Those with it want to keep it and those without it want to get it. Fortunately our government facilitates change in power without civil unrest. Thats what makes America so great.
For those who think blacks will take to the streets in violence should Obama lose,it will not happen. However, should something happen to Obama(GOD forbid), then there could be some problems. Lets pray that our enemies(bin laden,skin heads, racists, anarchist, etal.) do not use this to divide us.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
Dearest Amelia, darling: If the “last nail in the coffin” was the bailout, why would you vote for political party that not only made the first bailout possible by larding it up with pork, but also wants to increase the scope of it?
I think perhaps you might just be a seminar blogger for the campaign of thee Lovely Barak Obama, but hey, there is nothing wrong with that.
Sincerely Yours,
Duh Management
By TW
November 1, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican, and former Senate President Chancy Croft, a Democrat, on Friday said McCain’s campaign representatives made attacks that damaged the reputation of Walt Monegan, Gov. Sarah Palin’s fired public safety commissioner.
“It’s unconscionable that an outside campaign organization which had no knowledge of the history, background or understanding of an Alaskan issue would come to our State to destroy the reputation and life of a dedicated Alaskan public servant,” Phillips and Croft said in a joint statement.
Kinda looks like ol’ ‘C** First’ crapped on some ‘real America’…
By ron
November 1, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
Good afternoon,I find litle to argue with this afternoon.Should the republicans shrink to their base they will roam the wilderness for a long time.The support for the far right doesn’t exist.
An Obama disaster could change that.That is the one thing that could assure a Republican victory in as little as 4 years.
By getalife
November 1, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
Andy,
Your manners are refreshing.
Sure, the dems are the lesser of two evils this cycle but w has broken our government. All of it. Lobbyists and special interests control Washington and until that is changed, nothing will change.
Now, this bailout stinks more everyday. Paulson’s major conflict of interests, still no accountability and the ones bailed out are using our money for business and greed as usual.
I think the FBI needs a special independent division to investigate and prosecute all crimes committed during these last 8 years.
Why the dems caved to w these last 8 years is beyond me but it stinks too. Both parties need change, start representing the people and fix our broken government.
I wish Obama luck and hope he will govern as well as President Clinton.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
Isn’t it interesting that the campaign apparatchiks of the Lovely Barak Obama all of sudden long to introduce “civility” into the debate between the two parties?
Is it possible that they now realize that their Massive and Premature Coronation of the Lovely Barak Obama/ Blitzkrieg of Fake Polls and Propaganda will not be enough to get their latest in a long line of extremist liberal socialists into the White House? And that they will have to deal with a president and vice president that they spent the last year demeaning with the most vile and disgusting tactics and name calling in American electoral history, well, save for what they threw at the freer of the slaves, Abraham Lincoln.
For sure they are now wondering aloud, will McOld let them into the White House press room?
Thee time is nigh for thee pollsters to pick up the “sudden” “surge” of support for Senator McCain, lest they miss the actual results of the upcoming voting by ten points or so. See, pollsters make their living by selling information to tohers and if that information is like totally wrong, no one except the most hardcore of the hacks will pay them any mind when 2010 rolls around.
It would shame most normal, civil and honest news organizations to even mention a poll in 2010, should they miss this one by as much as they did all through the democrat primaries, when normal people were paying no mind.
Sure, no doubt there will be the unrepentant, such as CNN, who I have no doubt will announce this coming Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern that the Lovely Barak Obama is the winner and there is no point for any of you wingnuts to bother voting today.
They do not care if their audience shrinks not with all the cash that Soros is throwing about.
P.S. I say no, McBushie, don’t let them in the White House.
Is my seat next to Sarah ready? ;->~
By Amelia
November 1, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
Duh Management:
You assume I’m voting for Obama. I never said that. You know what they say about assuming? I’m voting for Bob Barr, and I really don’t even like him. I’m underwhelmed at the Democratic and Republican candidates. I know everyone says you can’t waste your vote this time. The election is too important. Well, I refuse to vote for someone I don’t think will be a good choice, and I don’t think either Obama or McCain are what this country needs, for different reasons. I don’t vote “against” someone. That’s not how the process is supposed to work.
Everyone keeps saying, “I wish I had another choice but I can’t waste my vote on an independent.” Maybe if everyone took that chance they might really bring change. If nothing else, it would send a message that we are sick and tired of politics as usual. We Libertarians are going to be like that frog that’s choking the sea gull (or whatever it is) as it tries to eat it. If this country goes down, at least we can go down in honor, knowing we tried to preserve the ideals of our forefather.
By linda
November 1, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
I voted via absentee ballot several weeks ago. Because I was concerned about all of the “irregularities” surrounding the 2008 voting, I sent my ballot USPS via registered / certified mail. Alarmingly I have confirmed 100% via the USPS that in fact my ballot never left the USPS building. ie@it will not be counted. Because I sent it registered / certified and never received the confirmation I knew to go to the Georgia Secretary of State web site to find confirmation that my ballot was never received & will be able to go in person on Tue & vote. How many other people do you assume sent their ballot certified?? How many people do you think sent in absentee ballots that also never left the post office? How many people do you think, “Think their ballot was counted”, but was actually never received or counted?? This is a disgrace…
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
Dearest Amelia, darling: That is a great idea.
I think I’ll vote for Nader.
By John Warren
November 1, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
Our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is the best future leader for this nation, not Senator Barak Obama. Our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is also would be better at leading our nation in the future after a McCain Presidency than Senator Barak Obama would be in leading our nation in the future starting in January 2009. There are great reasons our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin would be a better future leader than Senator Barak Obama. The greatest reason for our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin’s is ideology. Our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is conservative in that she is pro life, marriage, guns, low taxes, low government spending, small government, unintrosive government, traditional and judeo Christian values, Bible reading and prayer in our public schools, and military spending.She is also pro free and private enterprize. Senator Barak Obama is a liberal who is anti every thing that I have described that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is pro about or for. A second reason that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is superior is because of experience. As a governor she has two years of executive administrative governing experience that Senator Barak Obama does not have. A final reason that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is superior is because of political accomplishments. When our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin came to office she accomplished 3 major things which are as follows: she showed great leadership in the 3 following areas: government reform, the state budget and the economy, and wise use of natural resources. She reformed government by standing up to the big oil companies by breaking up the monopoly on power and resources. She insisted on competition and basic fairness which ended the control that the oil companies had on the state, and thereby returning control of the state back to the people. She also stood up to the special interest and lobbyist, and produced major ethics reform. She lead well in the state budget by generating a surplus which came about by vetoing a half billion dollars of wasteful spending, ending the abuses of earmark spending by congress, and by getting rid of the private jet, the chef, and the chuffer. Economically under her leadership she brought about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. She also suspended the state fuel tax, and when oil and gas prices went up dramatically, and filled up the state treasury, she sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska . On natural resources she has shown great leadership by beginning a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence. When the last section of the pipeline is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart. Senator Barak Obama has done nothing, so please vote John McCain for President and give to our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin the opportunity that she deserves leading the nation into the future after a John McCain presidency. When our soon to be Vice President does lead the nation as President after a John McCain presidency,she will be the greatest President that we have ever had. Finally she is smarter than Senator Barak Obama
Thank You
John Warren
By Bosch
November 1, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor — John McCain’s
Palin’s going solo.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this
Dearest Bosch, uh, darling?: For sale at the McCain website-
Palin Power
Has been for quite a while too.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
Barack Obama did not know a relative was living in the United States illegally for the past four years prior to today’s Associated Press report, “but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed,” the campaign said Saturday in a statement.
“The American people are pretty sensible,” Axelrod said, “and I think they are pretty suspicious of things that are dumped in the marketplace 72 hours before a campaign, so I am not concerned about that.”-CNN
So a news story broken by a British newspaper is a Republican dirty trick?
Perhaps if the drive by media or the campaign itself had done a little research on the Lovely Barak Obama, instead of just drooling over him, they could have found out a little earlier? And got her thrown under the bus by now?
And what does it say of a man who has no idea the whereabouts of a person he used as a prop in one of his books?
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
Oh my, I usually don’t read very far into CNN’s propaganda but maybe I should start:
The campaign will return $265 in contributions that Onyango made to Obama, citing prohibitions against foreign nationals donating to American campaigns.
Are you kidding me?
I’m not so sure this was the smartest thing they could have said.
Now we have confirmation that the Lovely Barak Obama is indeed accepting contributions from foreign nationals.
And that the 600 million dollar “man” would keep $265 from a relative living in a slum.
OMG.
By Those fighting in gray are taught to see only black/white
November 1, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this
Back to your first remark, Corporal. How do you see America as being on a ‘downhill liberal slide’ after 8 yrs of rule by your party?
By Middle Class Tax Payer
November 1, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
AJC/DNC Management,
Do you work for Macain /Palin or Fox News? Your talking points are virtually the same.
By Dusty
November 1, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Bookman,
Having read your commentary, I think I know how it would read in a medical journal.
Kill the patient so he will feel no pain.
Fortunately, the GOP is a lot healthier than you would wish. But you might keep in mind your ideas on how to ease the pain for future days.
bosch,
PLease turn in your money issued by the government. It is imprinted with IN GOD WE TRUST. Surely you would not spend such a theocratical influence. Show ‘em you will have nothng to do with religion in government.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
On topic:
The government as wealth-spreader-in-chief was not a slip of the tongue but consistent with Obama’s life, friends and votes. The Obamacons – that’s to say, conservatives hot for Barack – justify their decision to support a big-spending big-government Democrat with the most liberal voting record in the Senate by “hoping” that he doesn’t mean it, by “hoping” that he’ll “change” in office. “I sure hope Obama is more open, centrist, sensible,” declared reformed conservative Ken Adelman, “than his liberal record indicates.”
He’s “hoping” that Obama will buck not just Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and the rest of the gang but also his voting record, his personal address book and his entire adult life. Good luck betting the future on that. The “change” we’ll get isn’t hard to discern: An expansion of government, an increase in taxes, a greater annexation of the dynamic part of the economy by the sclerotic bureaucracy, a reduction in economic liberty …oh, and a lot more Chicago machine politics.-Mark Steyn.
By Those fighting in gray are taught to see only black/white
November 1, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Do you work for Macain /Palin or Fox News?
It’s a good question.
Actually, I think “he” is actually a computerized program created through a journalistic initiative, a collaboration between Fox News and Carnegie Mellon University. The prototype- called a “Forum Bot” (see Wikipedia forum bot - is all the rage in right-leaning journalism circles and is based on a compilation of right wing talking points with a mixture of various stock phrases taken from a random sampling of forum transcripts.
I think it works well and am quite pleased with the results, what about you?
By Taxpayer
November 1, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
There’s still a difference between “In God We Trust” and “I Rule By My Interpretation of My God’s Rules”. Thank God or whoever you have to for that one.
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this
Duh computerized Management downloads another on topic screed from his vast database, beware mere human liberals:
How can I say this, you ask? One look at this Obama chap is all the answer you need. Suave, tanned, unflappable, Harvard connections; it’s obvious that here is a man to the conservative manor born. One imagines him at the helm of the Ship of State, basked in the sunlight diffusing through the seaspray over the bow, like some beautiful rugged Othello from a rapturous Ralph Lauren catalog, calmly issuing instructions to the deck crew in that magnificent mellifluous baritone of his. It’s that easy-going, almost effortless grace that has all the A-list conservatives like David Frum and Kathleen Parker whispering Reaganesque in hushed tones. Even Peggy Noonan — the Grand Dame of Gipperism — has succumbed to Obama’s undeniable conservative charms. Just last month I listened to her wax poetic about the Adonis of Chicago between chukkers at the Newport Club polo tournament final. “Why Peggy, you old dowager,” I quipped, “I believe you just had an orgasm.”
Overload!
By @@
November 1, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this
I think a majority of the population also wants less cultural fighting, and let others be what they want, as long as it doesn’t interfere with the governance of the country.
Damn Bosch! That message is just like the one OBlahMa plans to deliver to Ahmadenijad, what’s left of Al Qaeda, and the radical arm of the Taliban as though their intentions aren’t already known.
I don’t know anyone who wants a totally leftist anarchy
Well you’re about to get one if OBlahMa is elected. The only thing that would convince me he’s not a leftist is his greedy ascension in Chicago’s dirty political machine — something you choose to close your eyes to.
From Times Online and various other news sources:
You don’t jump from state senator to U.S. senator as quickly as Obama did without some support. Emil Jones Jr., the president of the Illinois state senate and an old gear in Chicago’s political machine, made Obama’s ascension his personal cause, shepherding him through the valley of political peril. The two first met while Obama was a community organizer in Chicago—in fact, Obama was protesting outside of Jones’s office, trying to secure funds for his group. Jones took Obama under his wing when he entered the state senate in 1997, reining in jealous rivals and sending Obama important bills to raise his profile and build his credentials in anticipation of a national Senate run. Obama refers to Jones as his “political godfather,” and indeed, when Obama asked how Jones secured the endorsements of a couple fellow state senators for him, Jones replied, in godfather-esque fashion, “I made them an offer. And you don’t want to know.”
Long before Barack Obama launched his campaign for the White House, when he was considering a run for the US Senate in 2003, he paid an intriguing visit to a former Chicago sewers inspector who had risen to become one of the most influential African-American politicians in Illinois.
“You have the power to elect a US senator,” Obama told Emil Jones, Democratic leader of the Illinois state senate. Jones looked at the ambitious young man smiling before him and asked, teasingly: “Do you know anybody I could make a US senator?”
According to Jones, Obama replied: “Me.” It was his first, audacious step in a spectacular rise from the murky political backwaters of Springfield, the Illinois capital.
The exchange also sealed an intimate personal and political relationship that is likely to attract intense scrutiny amid the furore over Obama’s links to some of Chicago’s most controversial political and religious power brokers.
Obama has often described Jones as a key political mentor whose patronage was crucial to his early success in a state long dominated by near-feudal party political machines. Jones, 71, describes himself as Obama’s “godfather” and once said: “He feels like a son to me.”
For almost a year Jones has used his position as leader of the state senate to block anticorruption legislation passed unanimously by the state’s lower house. He has also become embroiled in ethical controversies concerning his wife’s job and his stepson’s business.
Bosch, It’s only been within the last two months that OBlahMa pushed Jones to get on board with the anti-corruption bill out of fear Jones’ resistance would blow back on OBlahMa. Up until then, he was O.K. with Jones’ procastinating on the bill.
Another thing! Emil Jones has decided to step down. Hmmmmm……..anyway, upon his announcement, he crowned his son his successor much to the dismay of many within the legislature.
Come to think of it, Fidel Castro is a very wealthy dictator. Hugo Chavez is a very wealthy dictator. I’ve no doubt that Putin is as well seeing how he can get the billionaire oligarchs to jump on command.
Ahmadenijad? I have no idea. One thing is for sure….
He’s got the Iranian youth working against him.
In the absence of a strong opposition, young Iranians are now the de facto opposition in the Islamic Republic. The emergence of new youth networks of communications has allowed young Iranians to circumvent the rules and regulations of the regime by expressing themselves and communicating above the grid through digital, audio, and visual media.
OBlahMa and the leftist media here in the U.S. is bound and determined to take our youth down with them.
By @@
November 1, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this
Sorry my 5:08 was sooooooo long but read it Bosch. Then do some research. Don’t be blinded by OBlahMa’s aura.
By justmyopinion
November 1, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this
Hey Taxpayer, have you ever watched Fox News??? If you had you’d realize that they have an equal amount of conservative/liberal commentators and guests. In fact I believe an independent firm just announced that Fox News had the same percentage (40%) of negative stories on both Obama and McCain. The problem people like you have with Fox News is that they don’t just pander to the liberals and for that reason you believe they are pro-conservative.
By Taxpayer
November 1, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
Bosch at 2:20,
Good post.
By Taxpayer
November 1, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this
just your opinion, as it should be, I have watched FOX News. You are certainly free to draw whatever conclusion you wish from your viewing and I will do the same. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever commented one way or the other on this or any other blog about FOX News. As for “people like me”, I would be greatly entertained by an elaboration from you regarding your understanding of me or people like me. Please, opinionated one, commence with the entertainment if you are truly feeling lucky this evening.
By justmyopinion
November 1, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this
Sorry Taxpayer that was directed at Middle Class Taxpayer my bad. But for the record it’s justmyopinion and I am going to get lucky this evening, how about you???
By Just_Me
November 1, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Robocalls, anyone?
Apparently the Mc-P camp isn’t limiting their lying, over-the-top robo calls to those ‘swing states.’
Three, count ‘em, three-received here today.
The last one my son caught-not going to repeat what he said and he slammed down the phone.
However, the crap he said they were saying is stupid-does anyone believe this …stuff….?
In loooking at the blog today, I’d say, yeah, there are a few here who believe the over-the-top crap they’re spewing.
C’mon Wednesday.
By justmyopinion
November 1, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Just_Me——YEAH RIGHT!!
By Taxpayer
November 1, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
Oops, “justmyopinion, I see there is a “Middle Class Tax Payer” on here. Poor guy or gal — possibly feels in need of a class change or something. I got lucky 20 years ago and she hasn’t left me yet so I would say that my luck still has not run out. Good luck with your venture though.
By getalife
November 1, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this
How bout them dawgs?
Yikes!
By Just_Me
November 1, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this
justmyopinion
“yeah right?” Yeah right WHAT?
That we didn’t receive three today?
That they are not occurring?
That the Mc-P people are really pushing it????
Smells like desperation……
By AJC/DNC Management
November 1, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this
Well, it isn’t I AM JOE, but whatever:
I AM BILL. I’m still married my to my college sweetheart, and we believe in family values. Especially Manson Family values. After all these years she still hands me my lunchbox at the door every morning, which she has packed with a chocolate kiss and a tiny pinch of Semtex from her hope chest. I can’t imagine where I’d be without this woman and her law school salary. Because no matter what I accomplish in this world, this beautiful, insane b* will always be the real psychopath in the house.*
I AM BILL. I believe in upholding America’s great traditions, like the Days of Rage and Wounded Knee the Haymarket Riots. Call me sentimental, but my heart still swells with pride whenever I see a Boy Scout color guard parading Old Glory down the street, and a young anarchist rips it away from the those fascists and starts it on fire.
By justmyopinion
November 1, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
Just_Me sounds like desperation YEAH RIGHT!
By Middle Class Tax Payer
November 1, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this
@@,
It would appear that there are several people on this blog who work for McCain/ Palin and Fox News.
By TN Gelding
November 1, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
“The Corporal”
November 1, 2008 1:51 PM
We don’t recognize it now.
It’s been in decline for the last 7 years, 9 months and 12 days. Being president is hard work, not PR.
Obama is stressing hard work and responsibility. Maybe he can finally do something to break the poverty cycle, if he is elected.
Commander in Chief?