Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington
Posted on 05/02/2009 7:07:47 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
I have bad news for you.
I have it on good authority that the congressional Republican leadership, if that is not an oxymoron, plans to give Barack Obama a pass on all of his major appointments.
They'll give them a bye.
They'll close their eyes, cover their ears and speak no evil against some of the most dangerous nominees for high posts in an administration in American history.
I'm talking about kooks and crazies like Cass Sunstein, the so-called "regulatory czar," who once proposed what can only be characterized as a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet including a notion for a mandatory 24-hour cooling-off period for sending angry e-mails. He believes animals have the right to file lawsuits, thinks hunting should be banned and sees no limits to government's power to restrict the sale and possession of firearms.
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This is truly Bush’s fault. He ruined the R party forever. The republic is dead, long live the Fedzilla. With a sycophant press and a submissive legislature we could see the beginnings of a “President for life”.
I agree. This is to a large degree the Bush/Rove legacy.
It is the fault of the people who elected the rinos.
Stop with the blaming Bush mantra.
We recently moved when I retired from the ministry. One of the first things we did was change our voter registration card and we moved from GOP to No Party Affiliation. Why? Because I am a conservative Christian and the likes of Governor Crist do not represent my ideals.He’s a RINO, not a conservative.
So if the party wants to continue to cave like this article says I dont give a hoot if I ever vote for one of thier canidates again. And don’t get all bent about giving the vote to the other side. That wont work. The other side has already taken control and the GOP is doing nothing to stop it so I am looking elsewhere. Call me if the party leadership ever grows a set of you know whats!
Where are the republicans? Why they are under their desks, as usual. Selling out the US and the American public, lest the NY Times reveal which congressional page they were fondling yesterday afternoon, or which female was seen with then at dinner—one who doesn’t even slightly resemble that upstanding politicians wife—or which grandsons company benefitted from the last 35 million dollar earmark...well, you get the picture.
They’re with their fellow socialists in the Democrat party.
Oh, I certainly do.
‘Two legs on the socialist beast’ is what I call them now.
New tagline...
Too many of the GOP are more comfortable in the opposition and living off the remaining fat of the land rather than doing the hard work of trying to save the country from the Marxist Fascist horde that has taken over.
HA!!
Well, I dare say they're working out the last details to the *new* Fairness Doctrine.
Yup, a FD a Pubbie --in all likelihood will introduce. ;^)
There ain’t that much “fat of the land” left to live off of, for real people.
It’s time for you two to give up the losing strategy to remain with the socialist OP and instead join Conservatives.
“Stop with the blaming Bush mantra.”
Dittos!
Everytime a conservative rings the ‘Blame Bush’ bell
Obama gets his bling
(paid for by American taxpayers)
DOES THIS SURPRIZE YOU??
The Illinois GOP trying to SILENCE VETERANS!
Illinois VETERANS are SILENCED!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SXVONxmXVQ&feature=related
So, Joseph....tell us something we don’t already know. I read it - it’s a yawner.
SARAH!
Thanks for your brave insertion of sanity to the discussion.
There are not technically fascist yet. Why? Because it takes fervent Nationalism to be a true fascist. But just let some state or states decide to actually cut the cord and secede, you will see the passive marxist "flower children" that run fedzilla now turn into the biggest warmongers in the world.
My strategy has worked FAR better than your strategy.
You have yet to get even one person elected, to any office in the country.
There=They
Thank you all!
Thanks! Had intended on commenting, but the thread already devolved into more Bush bashing. I’m outta here!
That is no excuse whatsoever for the actions of anyone else; and certainly they all make choices, made them two years ago, and are making them now. Stop shifting blame. There is little doubt that Bush weakened Republicans, but that is all he did. They have no one to blame but themselves if they give Cass Sunstein a pass.
The GOP still hasn't learned, with McLame being the latest disaster. The only spark of life they had was Palin and she was trashed almost as much by her own party as by the democrats/MSM. I don't think 3rd party is the answer because all that does is guarantee election of what we don't want.
The only bright spot I see is in the tea party movement. You can tell its having an effect by the way the drones on MSNBC and the like attack it. The only thing our Mau-Mau president fears is a mass rejection by the American people. I only hope & pray that we don't lose hope and we keep up the pressure through the tea party movement. /rant
Whatever. the GOP in Congress really screwed the pooch. Never ending spending increases...they completely abandoned Bush in early 2005 leaving him high and dry on social security reform. Bush is not without blame, but this finger-pointing is ridiculous. The GOP as a whole abandoned the idea of limited government..a majority opinion in this nation.
Criticism here belongs in one place only, OBAMA, who is nominating these lunatics. If Republicans spent half as much time attacking OBAMA as they do Bush, we wouldn't even be talking about this crap.
I changed my mind (a woman's prerogative) and returned to make a comment after all. Luckily I read your post and saw that you had already articulated my thoughts perfectly! Thank you.
And both Bush POTUS weren’t RINOs?
Sounds like MSM to me.
Drinking the kool ade ....eh?
It is tiresome and boring.
The fact is Congress ...the GOP are intimidated by Obama.
I think it is stupid to blame Bush for the lack of action of Congress.
What about the CIA memos?
What about international gun control?
What about being anti Israel.
It is just stupid to blame Bush for everything.
And 8 years of that shizzle is enough.
The liberal tactic of assaulting ppl who do not agree with you is obvious.
Personal attacks...because I am not a Bush basher?
I think you need your head examined if you think everything about the GOP is Bush’s fault.
Talking to a liberal is like talking to my dog.
Reminds me of this discussion.
Look, I am beyond caring anymore, our fellow Americans want socialism. The republic is dead, notice I didn’t say Republican Party. We now live in a Constitutional Empire run by Socialists. There is no politically solution to this problem unfortunately. The only tried and true way to throw off this yoke isn’t at the ballot box . Read Roman history, it applies directly to now. Add some high tech to the Roman Empire and we are looking at a mirror of ourselves.
Hard for the Republicans to do much of anything when we are under Communists rule. King Obama will be president for life and we have nothing but lots of big talk, which will do nothing. We have not much to work with but a few and the Republicans are complaining about them. And Palin cannot do it alone, it will take a huge think tank of Republicans to get the best format for any chance to overcome King Obama’s lifetime corrupt installment as President.
You are most welcome. We are just playing into the marxist playbook by bashing Bush. I am just as frustrated as anyone..but everytime we go on the self flagellation junket, the dems are grinning like cheshire cats and being allowed to destroy this country without being held to account.
We need to be on the attack against the democrats and Obama 24/7. Do you ever see the dems in self reflection or self recrimination? NO!
They are much like Al Qaeda and Islamists in that way.They project their own dark matter onto republicans and by that doing that, they seek to escape retribution or responsibility for the destruction and chaos that they sow.
Not only can “Palin not do it alone,” she can’t do it at all. The only hope for saving this republic is in the people themselves, not in any particular “leader.”
Bush is irrelevant now, other than as history to learn from. The sitting Republicans in the Congress are not. Their lack of principle, courage or action is as relevant as it gets. That’s what this article is addressing.
The “republic” is only dead if the people have given up on it. I’m not convinced that they have, willingly or knowingly.
I agree with you 100%.
I am fighting that war on a dozen fronts here.
Your analysis is right on target.
I am highly creeped out at how many posts focus on Republicans and Bush and seem to have no intellectual edge against democrats and Obama.
It is highly suspect.
Ah. So the Republicans get a pass for giving lunatics a pass into the highest levels of American government.
Sorry, that just doesn't compute.
They did force Tom Daschle to withdraw as HHS Secretary. I think they’ll stand firm against two nominees, David Hamilton (7th. Circuit Federal Court) and Dawn Johnson (Asst. AG, Ofc. of Legal Counsel). Right now, they’re down and have very little power. I’m hoping the 2010 elections change that.
I am all for holding the republicans in congress to account but I think we need to realize that they can’t do much to stop anything now. They can however make lots of news by hard questioning of Obama’s appointments and actions.
The American people are kept in the dark by the media, but a dust up in Congress has to make the news. It’s time for the republicans to stir up the dust.
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