Howard Dean talks straight

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by lookout123

being better than GWB doesn't automatically make one great.

Now that statement I completely agree with on so many levels.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by lookout123

being better than GWB doesn't automatically make one great.

Now that statement I completely agree with on so many levels. I really think that GWB will be remembered as one of the worst presidents of the 21st century.

[lookout123]

well, there are LBJ and Carter to contend with. but sure, i'll go along with "one of".

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by lookout123

well, there are LBJ and Carter to contend with. but sure, i'll go along with "one of".

No he won't. They're 20'th century.

[WabUfvot5]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Because the children whine, the parents make the rules. The extreme Republicans consider themselves our parents, here to guide us and protect us from ourselves--just like the extreme liberals would if they were in power.

The hypocrisy is enough to make me cry. These are the same who complain about the nanny state when they are taxed too much. You are right though, both sides are ultimately after what they think is best for us whether it is or isn't. I'd much prefer a more diverse political realm where nothing gets done.

[richlevy]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Randall Terry, who founded the militant anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and helped lead the effort to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, announced Wednesday he is running for the state Senate, setting the stage for a GOP primary in which Schiavo could be the central issue.

Terry will face state Sen. Jim King, one of nine Republicans who sided with the Democrats to block a bill aimed at keeping Schiavo alive. The primary will be in 2006.

Terry said King no longer represents the Republican base.

"The Terri Schiavo matter was unforgivable to many of the Republican loyalists," said Terry, 46. He also said King's appointment of Democrats to key positions in the Senate and his call for higher caps on medical-malpractice verdicts alienated voters.

In a telephone interview, King countered: "I've been a real Republican all my adult life. I was not a convert. I'm a fiscal conservative and moderate on social issues. My success and voting record would indicate I'm pretty much where much of Florida is."

You heard it here first, folks. Randall Terry is now the official representative of the Republican base.

So with the Schaivo affair and the low malpractice caps, the new Republican base is someone who will keep someone on life support indefinitely while letting the doctor who put them there off the hook.

[lookout123]

no, randall terry is an asshat. an asshat without an elected position. he believes that he represents florida republicans. the voters will get to decide if they want his brand of asshattery in office.

[wolf]

Referencing back to the beginning of this thread ... McCain seems to be in a bit of trouble for skipping moderate and going hell bent to the left ...

The lowdown from the arizona conservative.

I have no idea if there's been any follow up on this ... It's been nuts at the nuthouse lately.

[OnyxCougar]

So ... because he's doing what he thinks is best for the country, regardless of which side the Republican party says he SHOULD be on, and because he does't mind working with Democrats instead of bitching at them, they are basically saying, "You can't be a Republican anymore"?

[Troubleshooter]

Politicians are worried that people are beginning to see behind the curtain.The curtain of partisanship. So they have to try and remind people that they are supposed to stay polarized.

[lookout123]

or they are pissed that McCain runs on certain ideas, but after the election he supports a program they believe to be amnesty.

[BigV]

[pa voice]Paging mrnoodle, mrnoodle, please report to the Howard Dean thread[/pa voice] Cause I'd like to hear his take on the McCain censure by the ARA. Seriously, his crime was working with other senators whose square on the seating chart was a different color? *shakes head in disbelief and sad wonder*

[Happy Monkey]

WHEREAS, Senator John McCain is presently co-sponsoring, together with his Democrat soul-mate, Senator Teddy Kennedy

Ooh, soul mates! People take this stuff seriously?

WHEREAS, Senator McCain led the Democrat Party in “reforming” campaign finance

Illiterates, plus air quotes. It sort of diminishes the effect of the flowery WHEREAS-style writing.

[warch]

I just read about Karl Rove's (Whitehouse deputy chief of staff, AKA Bush's brain) public comments about the supposed "liberal" response to 9/11. He was talking to New York Republicans. I wonder what the liberals, the Democrats in New York who were counting their dead feel about this...let alone the rest of the country.

"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war," Rove said. "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."

That is some ugly shit, meant to demonize all liberals as unwilling to defend the nation. To mock any analysis of the situation as pansy ass and whoop up the polarization. He's a master.
He's ugly.

[Undertoad]

Hmm - this one is stupid and wrong, and pretty transparently so... I think the master has fallen, I think this one will have some legs.