Anything Goes
05 February 2010 5:45 pm by Taylor Marsh
music compliments of WB
MSNBC headline: Palin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’.
With the Tea Party convention in full swing this weekend, and the Beltway snowed in, can there be any doubt Fox News channel will get plenty of eyes Saturday night?
However, the laugh out loud of the week is the rambling exhale in the Washington Post all about liberal condescension.
This condescension is part of a liberal tradition that for generations has impoverished American debates over the economy, society and the functions of government — and threatens to do so again today, when dialogue would be more valuable than ever.
Honestly, an op-ed from one of American Enterprise Institute’s speakers. How shocking liberal condescension is the topic.
Evidently in all his studies, Mr. Alexander forgot to pay attention to William F. Buckley, who said conservatism is basically defined by what they’re against. So, when you take the Swift Boat veterans, the “birther” wing of the Tea Partiers, cut out the Atwater – Rove branch of the GOP, the homophobic amendments branch made to drive the vote, the anti women’s civil rights branch, all you really have is a bunch of stand up and rail reactionaries. Republicans don’t create ideas and solutions, they oppose them. That’s there m.o. Even Buckley said so.
Enjoy your weekend. The floor is yours.
“Retarded was what was said. It’s a word, get over it… or not, could care less. Shelby *is* a prick. Tough if someone doesn’t like it. The substance remains for those not easily distracted with political correctness and lifted pinky manners.”
Nice. So seeing it’s just words, (gosh that sounds familiar) I am assuming the next time you appear on C-SPAN, MSNBC or CNN Taylor, you will have no reservation calling anyone deserving, a retarded prick?
Evidently Mr. Alexander has not read George Will either.
Have fun in the snow, Taylor. I’m so jealous!
There he was. The T-baggers “token negro.” Alan Keyes. Wasn’t Mr. Keyes declared legally insane some years ago? There were no other Black folks in the crowd at the T-baggers Convention. Not a single one. Not that could be seen anyway. All their rhetoric seemed very familiar somehow. Very old and even dated. Then the flashback. It was John Birch Society speak from 50 years ago. If you don’t know who the lunatic John Birch Society is you should look them up. They are the group started by Robert Welch Jr., a Baptist fundamentalist and millionaire candy maker, who grew the membership of his crazy cult to more than 100,000 in its hay day. They condemned Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan as being too liberal. A number of these T-baggers are also followers of the whack job Lyndon LaRouche. If you don’t know about them you should. Ahh, these T-baggers where all things old are new again. In 348 BCE, Demosthenes said, “We believe whatever we want to believe.” Hegel said, “History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.” Peace
ohhh larouchites are nuts. its a cult. they have a theory about the british laundering drugs to america to destroy its society. larouche was in prison and is known for his very antisemitic views. i got on these nuts list one time and they called me daily, sent me wacky newsletters etc.. its was horrid beyond belief. scary
on cue scandal erupts as tancredo opens tea bagger conv. with some dangerous hate filled stuff. palin better be damn careful. indies wont like this.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/28289
“Illinois becoming Obama’s kryptonite”
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/scott-lee-cohen.html
texan4hillary, if you think that the LaRouche group is nuts try the John Birch Society. They make the LaRouche people look as American as apple pie. The T-baggers are the John Birch Society and the JBS is them. Peace
djjl..I just heard that on Hardball!
It was very interesting to hear Ed Schultz rant tonight about the point of elections being to gain power and the point of power was to use it.I seem to remember him putting Hillary down by saying she was only interested in power but Obama on the other hand would be able to bring people together.Poor Ed is a sincere liberal and he is so disappointed.
Melinda Henneberger another big Hillary critic and Obama supporter just compared Obama to Carter for giving up on UHC.
Imhotep they must be the grandchildren of the originals.
Lake Lady, I don’t know who they are. I have no truck with them. It’s their leadership which needs to read something other than only the John Birch Society Manifesto. Peace
Hi Lake Lady
YEah, I heard Henneberger. I guess Obama just can’t help giving everything away in order to achieve “bipartisanship.” “See, I’m so bi-partisan I am – I’m willing to fight for nothing so that we can achieve bi-partisanship”
Hope you have time to read this:
“Obey Tells GOP They Can’t Have Their Pork And Eat It Too
The Dems and Obama have enough facts and clout to get something done – they need to get off their collective butt and get to working SMART. Be certain that Shelby is the poster child of broken Washington. Let the people KNOW that the Republicans are obstructionists by letting them ACTUALLY filibuster – not give them credit without making them actually do it. Market – Educate -git ‘er done.
Some beauty queens have brains, compassion, and savvy; others have beauty, guile, and depravity. Shill baby, shill.
djjl says:
05 February 2010 at 8:50 pm
“The Dems and Obama have enough facts and clout to get something done – they need to get off their collective butt and get to working SMART. Be certain that Shelby is the poster child of broken Washington. Let the people KNOW that the Republicans are obstructionists by letting them ACTUALLY filibuster – not give them credit without making them actually do it. Market – Educate -git ‘er done.”
Do you think it is possible that someone, somewhere, hasn’t already said this to them?
Ramsgate
That is what has long caused me to view Obama as the Manchurian candidate – as something, in reality, other than what he professed.
I do, however, believe President Obama is inclined to act in his own self-interest. Therefore, I think it is possible that those who voted for him could still see the President behave in the manner expected when campaigning for their votes.
You may be right. I am very close to tuning out. I genuinely do not understand how they can keep doing the very same thing and expect a different result. You said it perfectly when you said: “I’m willing to fight for nothing, so that I can achieve bi-partisanship”. How absolutely asinine. Do he realize what he’s done? This a IMO a great crime.
I think that one day BO may be filled with regrets about the things he did not have the courage to do as President of the US.
I agree Ramsgate. He may be a pawn but he’s not a fool. That is my hope.
Aaaaaah, hope springs eternal. The audacity of hope! Even though all indicaters point to failur and spinelessness of the President AND the Congressional Dems, hope, hope, hope! Because otherwise one is forced to recognize the ONLY sane reaction to the last year and the primary before it is dispair.
According to the NYT, this is the current game plan:
“In his rallying cry to a crowd of cheering supporters on Thursday, Mr. Obama described, in the clearest terms yet, his vision of how to enact comprehensive health legislation: House and Senate Democrats would resolve their differences and decide on a “final bill.” They would then invite “our Republican friends to present their ideas.” The president would convene a meeting of Democrats, Republicans and health care experts to debate the proposals, in plain-spoken terms, for the benefit of the American people. Then, Mr. Obama said, “we have got to move forward on a vote.” ”
In the meantime, Republicans, emboldened by their victory in Massachusetts, are more resolute than ever in their opposition to Mr. Obama’s health care agenda.
Like I said, at what point does a human being say enough, after doing the same thing over and over and getting the same result? At what point do they stop being your Republican friends?
Yee-Gads. Arlen Specter should retire. He’s embarrassing he Democratic Party.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32612.html