GOP: now & in the future

**MrG** · 20-06-2013, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by TonyBKK

Originally Posted by barbaro

Originally Posted by TonyBKK

Meet the 40 Senate Republicans Who Betrayed Veterans By Killing $1 Billion in Jobs

Forty Republican members of the United States Senate betrayed veterans today when they decided that denying President Obama a victory was more important than spending $1 billion to create jobs for vets.

The Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 would have spent $1 billion over five years to put veterans to work tending to federal lands, and in the nation’s police and fire departments. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) based her plan of FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), but Republicans opposed the bill because they said there is no proof that it would work.

How stupid can this be? Spending $1 billion dollars of tax payer money (in addition to QE and numerous stimuli programs) to create jobs? And create jobs for vets?

Thankfully, it was killed. Patty Murray is an embarrassment to me state and always has been.

I think the US govt has been rehashing FDR's CCC for the past 4 1/2 years. The results?

^ Did I read that right? You think that a jobs program for veterans is stupid? Better to just leave our veterans hanging, collecting food stamps and welfare, is that it?

US infrastructure is in dismal shape, a CCC-type program would be a win-win for our veterans and the nation.

Libertarian Logic. Let those who risked it all for the country be taught what freedom really is all about: "Thanks...f*ck off...get a job".

**slackula** · 04-07-2013, 01:47 PM

Ted Nugent for president? Rocker has slogan ready | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Ted Nugent for president? The Motor City Madman and gun enthusiast apparently is thinking about running.

A story for theWashington Post Magazine details Nugent's political activism and explains that the ’70s-era rocker is indeed eyeing a White House bid. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, says he'd help Nugent if he decided to run.

Nugent has already practiced his presidential campaign slogan. “Hi, I'm Ted Nugent; I have nine children from seven women, and I'm running for president,” he told the Post's Steve Hendrix.

Naturally with credentials like that he'd run in the party of Family Values™

Also, it seems there's at least one woman out there who had sex with him more than once! I suppose to be fair to her it probably wasn't consensual though.

**S Landreth** · 09-07-2013, 06:53 AM

don't let the door hit ya in the ass you fuckin' loser

With his announcement Monday that he will not seek an unprecedented fourth full term as Governor of Texas, Rick Perry (R) will retire from the office in January 2015. Sadly, he will leave behind a record of right-wing extremism that few could match.

Here are nine of the worst moments from his 13 years as governor and his “oops” 2012 presidential campaign:

1. He allowed Texas to become the nation’s worst polluter.
2. He executed a likely innocent man and impeded an investigation into the matter.
3. He actively sought to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
4. He consistently backed legislation to restrict women’s reproductive rights.
5. He demonized LGBT Texans and worked to increase legal discrimination against them.
6. He backed nullification of federal laws and even raised the prospect of secession.
7. He refused to let the federal government provide healthcare for low-income Texans, despite the highest rate of uninsured residents in the country.
8. He vetoed bipartisan Equal Pay legislation to protect Texas women.
9. He called for repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, to end popular election of Senators and the federal income tax.

**robuzo** · 09-07-2013, 09:41 AM

^And some people actually wanted him for president. A Perry presidency would have been the equivalent of plowing and sowing salt on top of the destruction Dubya left in his wake. How do we rid ourselves of the remaining neo-Confederate filth?

**slackula** · 09-07-2013, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by robuzo

And some people actually wanted him for president.

He hasn't ruled out a run in 2016 has he?

Perry/Palin 2016!

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**robuzo** · 09-07-2013, 11:42 AM

^Comedy gold, for sure.

**Boon Mee** · 09-07-2013, 11:42 AM

Neo-Confederate Filth?

**Boon Mee** · 12-07-2013, 10:24 AM

And they just got dumber with time - Democrats...

**harrybarracuda** · 12-07-2013, 01:21 PM

Those detached snobs stuck in the house seem determined to shoot their party's re-election chances in the foot...

Hispanics In America

House GOP Sabotages Immigration Bill
Anybody think this wouldn’t happen? In a two-hour session in the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday to hash out their position, House Republicans overwhelmingly came down against the Senate-passed immigration bill. The Senate bill is loaded with compromises to attract Republican support, including a new border fence and massive security deployment, but that wasn’t enough for GOP members of Congress, who released a joint statement saying the Obama administration “cannot be trusted to deliver on its promises to secure the border.” Speaker John Boehner warned of the high political price the party could pay for obstructing a bipartisan bill, but the dominant faction in the House said they would not consider anything close to the Senate version.

House GOP Sabotages Immigration Bill - The Daily Beast

**slackula** · 15-07-2013, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Those detached snobs stuck in the house seem determined to shoot their party's re-election chances in the foot...

They have no choice. They have painted themselves into a corner by giving the teabaggers so much influence that even a hint of compromise almost guarantees a primary challenge from some batshit insane 'bagger.

The Party of Fiscal Responsibility™ have spent something like $57M on repeal Obamacare bills that have no hope of getting through the Senate and even if they did would get vetoed by Obama but they can't do anything else, they keep bringing up these bills so they can all vote for them in the fearful hope of fending off the dreaded 'bagger challenge.

It's hilarious to watch from afar, but if I were a Yank I'd be well pissed of at the my reps just wasting time (and globs of money) tilting at windmills.

**barbaro** · 15-07-2013, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by MrG

Originally Posted by TonyBKK

Originally Posted by barbaro

Originally Posted by TonyBKK

Meet the 40 Senate Republicans Who Betrayed Veterans By Killing $1 Billion in Jobs

Forty Republican members of the United States Senate betrayed veterans today when they decided that denying President Obama a victory was more important than spending $1 billion to create jobs for vets.

The Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 would have spent $1 billion over five years to put veterans to work tending to federal lands, and in the nation’s police and fire departments. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) based her plan of FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), but Republicans opposed the bill because they said there is no proof that it would work.

How stupid can this be? Spending $1 billion dollars of tax payer money (in addition to QE and numerous stimuli programs) to create jobs? And create jobs for vets?

Thankfully, it was killed. Patty Murray is an embarrassment to me state and always has been.

I think the US govt has been rehashing FDR's CCC for the past 4 1/2 years. The results?

^ Did I read that right? You think that a jobs program for veterans is stupid? Better to just leave our veterans hanging, collecting food stamps and welfare, is that it?

US infrastructure is in dismal shape, a CCC-type program would be a win-win for our veterans and the nation.

Libertarian Logic. Let those who risked it all for the country be taught what freedom really is all about: "Thanks...f*ck off...get a job".

In bold.

MrG, If you're referring to me, I am not a Libertarian and my opinion on this is not Libertarian logic.

Vets has lots of services provided to them.

Will spending government money to help a vet get a job help? In addition to everything else? The largest job growth is in *government* jobs an govt. employees now make more than the private sector.

It is a fact that 40% of American GDP is Fed, State, and local spending.

Its a cycle that is going round and round.

The vets risked themselves for "freedom?" MrG, you're not a FOX news viewer. Or, are you?

**MrG** · 16-07-2013, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by barbaro

Will spending government money to help a vet get a job help?

Yes. Peple walk away from careers, lose arms, legs, families etc. and all you can do is say "...thanks, your choice." I have no respect for that, I don't care what the stats on job growth are.

Originally Posted by barbaro

I am not a Libertarian and my opinion

I believe you have declared yourself so in the past.

Originally Posted by barbaro

you're not a FOX news viewer. Or, are you? __________________

Don't know what that means.

**Boon Mee** · 16-07-2013, 04:54 PM

According to the NYT Nate Silver (remember him?) the GOP may possibly retake the Senate in 2014 and hold onto the House:

The New York Times polling analyst Nate Silver believes that Republicans may have a shot at retaking the Senate.

“A race-by-race analysis of the Senate, in fact, suggests that Republicans might now be close to even-money to win control of the chamber after next year’s elections,” Silver writes on his “Five Thirty Eight” blog. “Our best guess, after assigning probabilities of the likelihood of a G.O.P. pickup in each state, is that Republicans will end up with somewhere between 50 and 51 Senate seats after 2014, putting them right on the threshold of a majority.”

Nate Silver: Republicans may retake the Senate in 2014 | WashingtonExaminer.com

Adios Obama agenda!

**harrybarracuda** · 16-07-2013, 07:19 PM

Alex Jones was on fine form last night, saying that voters should abandon the GOP but definitely vote Tea Party candidates.

That should split the vote a bit (he has 3M avid dittoheads and a much wider audience of gullible head cases).

**barbaro** · 16-07-2013, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by MrG

Originally Posted by barbaro

Will spending government money to help a vet get a job help?

Yes. Peple walk away from careers, lose arms, legs, families etc. and all you can do is say "...thanks, your choice." I have no respect for that, I don't care what the stats on job growth are.

I never said I have ´no respect´for that. You must have me confused with someone else.

People walking away from careers? No, they joined active service of nationa guard by choice. it is something went TO.

With the losing arms and legs, you are talking about disability. That is different. You are mixing apples and oranges.

I am not a Libertarian and my opinion

believe you have declared yourself so in the past.

No I have not. I stated that I vote Libertarian in potus elections and occasionally for other offices.

Please research my posts before making these erroneous comments and mis-quotes.

**S Landreth** · 26-07-2013, 06:43 AM

Republican climate dissenters are ‘ignorant, out of touch or crazy,’

Republicans in Congress who reject the science behind climate change could soon be reduced to political fossils, with new polling on Wednesday suggesting three-quarters of young voters find such views “ignorant, out of touch or crazy”.

The bipartisan poll conducted for the League of Conservation Voters found solid 80% support among under-35 voters for Barack Obama’s climate change plan – and majority support even among those who oppose the president.

**robuzo** · 26-07-2013, 12:24 PM

More fun with Republicans:

Gov. Robert McDonnell of Virginia was being touted as possible presidential material, but now it looks like he'll do well to stay out of the Crossbar Hotel:
McDonnell apologizes, repays loans - The Washington Post
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell announced Tuesday that he repaid more than $120,000 in loans to a businessman whose nutritional supplement he and his wife promoted. . .The governor’s move will not help him legally if federal prosecutors conclude that he swapped state favors for loans and gifts from Williams, said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor.
---
And one GOP senator is tired of vandalism for the sake of vandalism.
GOP Senator: Gov't Shutdown Threats Over Obamacare 'The Dumbest Idea I've Ever Heard' | TPM LiveWire
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Thursday tore into efforts by his GOP colleagues to shut down the government if Democrats don't agree to defund Obamacare.

"I think it's the dumbest idea I've ever heard of," he told reporters. "Listen, as long as Barack Obama is president, the Affordable Care Act is going to be law."
(Charlie Pierce: "The dumbest idea he's ever heard? I think it's terribly unfair that they've obviously never invited Senator Burr to CPAC." You Really Do Have To Get Out More - Esquire

**Boon Mee** · 03-09-2013, 09:50 AM

Did you see Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 3-word tweet that pissed off the Left?

Scott Walker ✔ @ScottKWalker
Happy Labor Day!
8:25 PM - 2 Sep 2013

Yep. That’s all it took for the unhinged Left to go full bananas on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker today. Because you’re not, not, not allowed to support fiscal responsibility and union reform AND celebrate Labor Day. Ever.

**raycarey** · 03-09-2013, 11:30 AM

let's go back in time about six months when the GOP (after getting its ass kicked in the 2012 election) proclaimed that it was going to reach out to minorities.

well, last weekend was the 50th anniversary of the rev. dr. martin luther king's march and speech on the washington mall.

guess who didn't show up?

former president george h.w. bush
former president george w. bush
2012 GOP presidential candidate mitt romney
2008 GOP presidential candidate john mccain
GOP speaker of the house john boehner
GOP senate minority leader mitch mcconnel
GOP house majority leader eric cantor

of course fox and right wing echo chamber started off by crying....oh, there were no republicans at the event....but then they found out that all of the above were invited and declined....and suddenly the crying stopped and they clumsily moved onto something else.

and they wonder why the GOP is the party of dying white males.

**slackula** · 03-09-2013, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

You mean that outlawing unions and giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy doesn't magically lead to job creation?

THE SHOCK OF IT ALL!

**Boon Mee** · 03-09-2013, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

You mean that outlawing unions and giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy doesn't magically lead to job creation?

THE SHOCK OF IT ALL!

Checked out the economic recovery that's taken place there in WI since Walker has taken over?

**S Landreth** · 03-09-2013, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Checked out the economic recovery that's taken place there in WI since Walker has taken over?

Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) is a conservative hero with a record of taking progressives and unions in a state that went for Obama and beating them twice. He’s cut government, taken away worker protections, supported government-mandated ultrasounds and empowered the private sector, making him the Republican insiders’ favorite for the 2016 GOP nomination.

His only problem is, his economic policies continue to fail — miserably.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has ranked the Badger State 49th in its 50-state Leading Index report for April. With an index rank of -0.74 percent, Wisconsin was one of only five states to show contraction.

Experts do not read much into one month’s data. This index — which factors in average manufacturing hours, unemployment, wage trends and building permits — often shows a wide margin of error. The state has been especially rocked by the national decline in manufacturing.

However, Walker doesn’t really have any positive economic data to point to. Since he took office, his state has fallen from 11th to 44th in job creation. Wisconsin’s wages are also declining at twice the national level.

Walker’s new budget — which reads more like a campaign document than a plan to create jobs — offers a tax cut that mostly benefits the rich and sucks public funds into private ventures, in the form of school vouchers.

The governor is also rejecting Medicaid expansion and using the Affordable Care Act exchanges to kick 87,000 Wisconsinites off his state’s Badgercare program.

Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Falls To 49th In Economic Outlook

**raycarey** · 03-09-2013, 01:45 PM

^
please don't cloud the issue with those pesky facts.

**Boon Mee** · 03-09-2013, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by raycarey

^
please don't cloud the issue with those pesky facts.

Yes, please don't because this poster will have to rebut with the World Net Daily 'facts' on the situation in WI.

The National Memo indeed...

**slackula** · 03-09-2013, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

es, please don't because this poster will have to rebut with the World Net Daily 'facts' on the situation in WI.

Go on then. This will be hilarious.

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