tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post6515340912259165402..comments2023-10-28T08:41:31.392-05:00Comments on Just Not Right: Growing Pains Of The New Democratic PartyOilfieldguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798195199042380644noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post-32284160760627680192006-11-22T00:49:00.000-06:002006-11-22T00:49:00.000-06:00nice try oil, but it is John Kerry and the Dems wi...nice try oil, but it is John Kerry and the Dems with the "spitwads" at least according to long-time Democrat Zel Miller. <br />lol <br />Your newly elected Democrat party is already in shambles, infighting and appointing corrupt impeached judges as committee chairman.<br /><br />In two years even YOU will be ready to "vote for change".RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392496670236140241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post-28477622977806324432006-11-20T22:09:00.000-06:002006-11-20T22:09:00.000-06:00I can't hardly read what you wrote, red, tears are...I can't hardly read what you wrote, red, tears are in my eyes about how batshit stupid the Republicans are starting off.<br /><br />A minority whip, who likes to whip minorities, Trent Lott.<br /><br />And over at the house, the deep thinkers decided to keep John "Tobacco Checks" Boehner on as their fearless leader!<br /><br />Bench gettin a little thin? Gotta put up these tired old retreads?<br /><br />I sorta liked this bit from CBS News <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/15/opinion/meyer/main2182755.shtml">Dick Meyers:</A><br /><i>The men who ran the Republican Party in the House of Representatives for the past 12 years were a group of weirdos. Together, they comprised one of the oddest legislative power cliques in our history.<br />[...]<br />The iconic figures of this era were Newt Gingrich, Richard Armey and Tom Delay. They were zealous advocates of free markets, low taxes and the pursuit of wealth; they were hawks and often bellicose; they were brutal critics of big government.<br /><br />Yet none of these guys had success in capitalism. None made any real money before coming to Congress. None of them spent a day in uniform. And they all spent the bulk of their adult careers getting paychecks from the big government they claimed to despise. Two resigned in disgrace.<br /><br />Having these guys in charge of a radical conservative agenda was like, well, putting Mark Foley in charge of the Missing and Exploited Children Caucus. Indeed, Foley was elected in the Class of '94 and is not an inappropriate symbol of their regime.<br /><br />More than the others, Newton Leroy Gingrich lived out a very special hypocrisy. In addition to the above biographical dissonance, Gingrich was one of the most sharp-tongued, articulate and persuasive attack dogs in modern politics. His favorite target was the supposed immorality and corruption of the Democratic Party. With soaring rhetoric, he condemned his opponents as anti-American and dangerous to our country's family values — "grotesque" was a favorite word.<br /><br />Yet this was a man who was divorced twice — the first time when his wife was hospitalized for cancer treatment, the second time after an affair was revealed.<br /><br />Gingrich made his bones in the party by relentlessly attacking Democratic corruption, yet he was hounded from office because of a series of serious ethics questions. He posed as a reformer of the House, yet championed a series of deforms that made the legislative process more closed, more conducive to hiding special interest favors and less a forum for genuine debate.<br /><br />And he did it all with epic sanctimony. <br />[...]<br />What's next for the House is of course uncertain, but an undistinguished chapter has come to a close. Good riddance.<br /></i><br />Dang. That's more powerful than garlic soup.<br /><br />Keep throwing them spitballs from the back of the bus, there red. It's okay though, cause we are taking you to school.<br /><br />MwahahaOilfieldguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798195199042380644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21591142.post-68197392090960489242006-11-20T20:56:00.000-06:002006-11-20T20:56:00.000-06:00you call it "growing pains" and I call it incompet...you call it "growing pains" and I call it incompetence and bumbling.<br /><br />Pelosi sticks neck out for Murtha and dems chop it off.<br /><br />Dems call for Dean to resign, Dean says no.<br /><br />Rangel calls for military draft and house leader says "not on agenda".<br /><br />Dems still have no plan for Iraq, terrorism or how they are going to spin the upcoming tax increase to look like it's not a tax increase.<br /><br />Yeah, it sounds like it's going swell for ya'.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392496670236140241noreply@blogger.com