Brian Williams’ attempt to discredit the Tea Party movement by defining it by its most extreme element is typical of Democrats. “Birthers” no more define the Tea Party than “Truthers” define the Democrats, or those who seek to exterminate “parasitic humans” define the environmental movement. Here’s one voter’s answer to Mr. Williams’ inquiry as to what I’ll remember come November.
I’ll remember which party’s foreign policy is one part apology and one part cult of personality. I’ll remember which party’s domestic policy is to “not let a good crisis go to waste.” Democrats protected — and still protect — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from reform, though they contributed to the housing bubble and burst that led to the financial crisis. Democrats quadrupled the debt in 18 months, spending more on pet pork projects than the previous administration spent in eight years trying to protect this nation’s security. (History will judge whether the war in Iraq was worth the blood and money, and even President Obama calls Afghanistan a war of necessity.)
Democrats rammed through a health care takeover they hadn’t read, didn’t understand and knew was flawed because they were more interested in passing a bad bill than in bringing down the costs of health care. Unemployment averaged 5.5 percent under President Bush, while it’s 9.6 percent now.
We’re poised for the largest tax increase in history.
Come November 2012, I’ll remember a president who whines, complains and blames instead of seeking solutions to our nation’s problems.
What do you think of all the Roads to Nowhere the current admin is spendin on while sendin manufacturin jobs overseas? How's that working?
But hey, let's just keep voting failed democrats into office, who will just keep blaming republocrats who own the oil companies.
Which is worse the people who will fund the companies or the people who say they will get solar. And lie.
Another thing the last month was December. Let's compare at how many jobs were lost last December. The unemployment rate isn't 18.
In Stockton, CA the unemployment rate is over 20. It wasn't there in December, two years ago. It did go there while people worried about healthcare.
Healthcare my ass. I need a job.
and do your own research.. How many jobs were lost in the last Month of the Bush Administration?
How many jobs (including census temps) were lost last month?
We also see that the current administration has not issued one permit for solar farms to keep big oil in place. And pretend all texans are republicans. Liberals love to think like that.
It comes from watching someone characterize JR Heuing on the telly.
By the way..if we weren't supporting the enemy would our soldiers be killed? Of course Halliburton, Kbr etc would not be making so much money..wouldn't that be a shame?
As far as Gore..that is soooooooooo yesterday lmao
I guess if he hadn't voted to pay out those bonuses he wouldn't have to join the fight to get them back now? Right?
I'm not a tea party member either. But the clean air is part of cap and trade. Remember the Democrats who oppose solar in the Mojave Desert. I doubt the tea party would oppose the idea.
Look at all the Democrats infighting over the windmills in the Tracy Hills. They can't even agree to keep half them turned on. And look whose website has a picture of a broken windmill? Don't you. It wasn't even turning when he was standing in front of it, for the picture.
Somethings wrong with this picture?
Would like ta know what ya think about Al Gore.
In 1999, Koch Industries was indicted on 97 counts of violating the Clean Air Act, and related criminal laws. Why? Because Koch's Corpus Christi oil refinery had dumped 91 tons of benzene, a carcinogen, into the environment
Four Koch employees faced up to 35 years in prison. And Koch was liable for $350 million in fines
It didn't look good for Koch. But 2000 was an election year. So Koch dragged out the case, and spent $900,000 to help get George Bush and other Republicans elected. Not to mention doling out $20 million to right-wing think tanks, which churned out anti-Gore propaganda.
And guess what? Two months after John Ashcroft was sworn in as Bush's Attorney General, the Bush Administration settled the case for less than six cents on the dollar. John Ashcroft - the best Attorney General money could buy. The money that Koch spent on the 2000 campaign bought Koch a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card.
And that is what David Koch is trying to do today. Having bought the Executive Branch in 2000, now he's going for the Legislative Branch. A twofer.
Koch Industries has also contribute to Harmer Campaign,,look it up
When a candidate has to lie or campaign dirty in order to push his/her candidacy..they won't get my vote..I am a Christian
We have tried stimulus and its keynesian trickle up principles, and we see that we only added net jobs in the federal government. Much of the job growth we saw early in the year was bolstered by temp jobs with the census, and now we are shedding jobs again.
Stimulus was sup[posed to stimulate the overall economy, and it has UTTERLY failed at that. The patient is not moving, and the prognosis is not good.
When you kick in job killing programs like health care reform, cap and trade, California's AB32, and start increasing taxes on the wealthy who actually create jobs in this country (and do it more efficiently than the government EVER could), you start pounding the nails into the coffin.
The greater effect of all of this is that NO reform of social security and NO reform of medicare and increasing deficits is not only the death of the economy, but the death of our great republic.
The Democrats, I believe, have not gotten stupider, they are being pushed by a progressive agenda who want fundamental change in this country to make it look and operate like social democracies in Western Europe. In the short term, we must vote Republican to stop this in its tracks.
Years later they our Democrat friends are still saying the same thing. "Give him time". I guess I'm too impatient. It is getting much worse than it should have. The Democrats have forgotten who voted for them and got stuck on healthcare instead of jobs and the economy. I'm sick of the party. I think they sold out to lobbyists in Washington DC.
I talked to a tea party member who said the Democrats want to kill the economy. Interesting philosophy, but I don't believe it. I just think the Democrat party has gotten stupider than their constituency. I finding it difficult to vote Democrat this year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama
Obama says voters may blame him for economy
The President said just today in his press conference
"progress has been painfully slow." He said he understands that many voters in November's elections may blame the weak recovery on him.
Facing a rising jobless rate, Obama told a White House news conference today: "For all the progress we've made, we're not there yet. And that means people are frustrated and why people are angry."
"Because I am president, and the Democrats have control of the House and Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, 'What have you done?'"
The Democrats, with their triage scheme and this press conference today, are starting to see the light. They understand now that voting in massive new regulatory schemes and taxation under the guise of improving health care and financial reform were NOT what the American people wanted when they voted for "hope and change".
The people wanted a growing economy, the people wanted jobs.
People did not want to have to ask for 99 weeks of unemployment and to get bailed out from their mortgages.
The American people now are realizing that we need to reduce the size of government and stop spending beyond our means.
These are going to be painful choices, in some cases. The citizens of Tracy and the American people have already started making some of these choices.
Look at this story from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/03/AR2010080305317.html
Who would think, in the middle of a severe recession, that the savings rate would rise and credit card balances would drop--at the same time?
Liberals are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts; Fact is, the Dems have been in control of Congress and spending since January 2007 (the last 2 years of Bush's presidency and past 2 years of Obama's) and it's been a DISASTER. Oh, and all those big spending policies that Obama blames Bush for? He voted for EVERY ONE OF THEM when he was a Senator. Look it up.
I'll also remember in November, a party and President that would rather sue an American state than enforce federal law and protect the LEGAL citizens of this country.
Time for real hope and change before it's too late for our country. Vote conservative, or suffer the consequences.