Bwahaha!!! Are we to totally forget their record too? Ignore the mishmash of quotes and all defense, no offense we’ve been seeing from the GOP Congressional leadership?
Very good points, OneVike, I’m with you.
What? And deprive so many freepers of their daily dose of despondency and drama?
lol, this is a point I too have tried to make as I watch the media flex itself into hyperdrive of trying to make Obamajaad look like a real badass trying to protect the country from disaster and the republicans look disheveled and retreating from the battle. Even as BOEHNER and Cantor stand up every day and say, no deal without equal cuts and no raised taxes because they know the they can’t pass anything in the House if they do. Thank GOD for our newly elected warriors in the House and Senate.
True....but it’s just so believable, can people be faulted for believing it?
Seeing that this means so much to him, and he's so committed to the good of the Country, here's a compromise. Republicans give Obama his revenue increases and debt ceiling hike effective immediately upon his resignation from office.
Dems monitor these sites.
They know that the tendency of people here is to run screaming “CAVE” at the drop of a hat.
All you need is to seed the notion, watch the Chicken Littles cluck, and watch the chaos.
Thank you! Nothing like reading TRUTH - it adds to the day!
MSM Lies
ALL The Time!!!
Great bumper sticker; hope to see it.
They'll cave. They always do. That's how we got here.
Exactly.
We need to fight smart. One aspect of that is making sure we are not lapping up disinformation.
Even some of our talk radio/teevee hosts need to ensure that they don’t believe first reports, verify, and find out what the facts are before opining.
Info moves very quickly now. It doesn’t hurt anything to take a few minutes or hours to, say, find out exactly what it is a lawmaker is proposing, etc. before ragging on it OR supporting it.
This is no good. What about all those freepers who love to run around in circles, pointing in every direction and yelling “RINO!” between mutters of, “What’ll I do what’ll I do what’ll I do...”? How do you think you make them feel with your thread of cold water in the face? Huh? Well..?
No, but, I know the history of the Republicans. Their reputation proceeds them.
Ever since the 2010 election, I've been cautiously optimistic about the Republican majority in the House actually doing what they claimed they would do when they were campaigning: oppose Obama and the Democrats on federal spending. I was highly skeptical of teary John Boehner as a leader but, along with Eric Cantor (the Republican Whip) and the work of Paul Ryan on the budget, I'm beginning to become slightly more confident that the new Republican-dominated congress may actually reflect the will of the people. Gee, what a novel concept.
We all know the MSM is nothing but the Democrat's megaphone. They continuously lie, run fake polls where liberal politicians and liberal programs are always winners and conservative politicians and programs are always losers. The MSM operate on a simplistic 'Democrats right, Republicans wrong' mindset. That being the (obvious) case, the MSM are useless. Unfortunately, they still have a large influence on the population. Case in point: many of the links on FR take you to MSM websites for stories.
An MSM story that claims 'Republicans are caving to Obama' on the debt ceiling (or any other serious issue) receives far too much credence here. Too many of us (I"ve been guilty of this) assume the MSM story is factual and post our Jeremiahs and threats to abandon the GOP, etc. I'm sure the liberal trolls here love it. Nowadays, when I respond to a MSM story that claims the Republicans have caved on any issue, I always try to begin my post with the caveat "if this is true..." and I no longer assume anything the MSM states is in any way factual, especially when it concerns a Republican. Doubly so if it concerns Sarah Palin.
Just to clarify...the GOP has said for weeks that they WILL vote for a debt ceiling raise, but only with the commensurate amount of cuts.
But I agree with you that the MSM is mis-representing them at every turn to try to anger conservatives.
The Democrats are far from monolithic at this point, with the robotic antiwar crowd going ape over all the misadventures. Do we engage in a campaign of subversion to point out their differences? No, we do not, because we like to stick to the issues themselves rather than engage in knavish tricks.
Ignore the MSM unless it is to point out what they’re up to when they try to fabricate divisions. Their craft and power are great, but we must win the battle.
Good post, Vike, about time somebody said this. I doubt anybody is more opposed to the Rino’s as I, but to say Republicans are no different from the Democrats - something I see often on FR - is crazy. For instance, who is it right now that is opposing Obama? If I’m not mistaken in the house it is mainly the Repubs we elected the last election cycle. I support them.
I am inclined to think it is mainly Libertarian types who are so vocal saying no difference between the two parties. They naturally view Republicans - and Democrats - as their political enemies, they have a dog in this fight. On a conservative site such as FR, their game is to bias FReepers against Republicans means they will vote third party/Libertarian next time around.
THANKS DUDE! No seriously though, thanks for the post. No one of us here takes the lame stream media seriously. Hey, I used to be a liberal. Believe me, I know ‘em front and back.