Displaying 2,581 To 2,610 Of 16,275 Comments As much and as long as a I have been behind much of Bernie’s proposals, he has become quite the ‘purist’ lately. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 5:54 pm “bastardization” of it because they are …. Cher! » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 5:47 pm Anyone saying that “both parties are the same, this will be defeated by 100% of the Republicans! » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 5:38 pm Done, Kalima! » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 5:28 pm The vote in the Senate extending the payroll tax for 170,000 million working Americans has just started. http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/ #wearethe99% » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 5:26 pm Yep, Sally, we both missed that part of the constitution that says ” Everything we said in this document can be rescinded by appointing an ‘Emergency Manager’, so pay no attention to all those fancy words.” They should have added “especially if your poor and/or a minority.” A disgrace! » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 3:54 pm Yep, KQ, I have seen that, they do not like Mitt for those reasons but they will fall for Newt/Cain. Go figure. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 3:40 pm Sue, Rev Al, just showed a clip of Newt saying that some people save their food stamps benefits and vacation in Hawaii! I want to slap this Mo’Fo and hard. I live in a very depressed area, they get up in the early morning, many walking the 3/4 miles to the bus to get to minimum wage work and depend on social services for them and their families. He may make 60,000 dollars for an half hour speech speech, but these people make 12-18,000 dollars a year. This gut filled SOB has never missed a meal. Pissed. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 3:37 pm I can’t say Luntz is so much a genius as he has a solid core that will stick and follow his talking points as gospel, with little, if any, deviation. Unlike the Dems, “I don’t belong to an organized political party, I’m a Democrat.” I also try to look at a few conservative blogs, not the woo-woo ones and agree with you, they are often consumed with the OWS movement more than many liberal sites and many seem to be more concerned about the break down of “law and order” and the status quo then they are of the the extreme income inequality that exists. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 2:57 pm That is bloody disgraceful Sabreen, and it gets so little notice. I don’t understand why this whole “emergency manager” (appointed by the governor) is not in the courts. The whole thing strikes me of feudalism and with racism thrown in to boot. Their coveting of Benton Harbor’s public park to build an upscale golf resort was way too obvious to me. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 2:17 pm Top GOP Strategist Admits He’s ‘Scared’ Of Occupy Wall Street Because It’s ‘Having An Impact’ The The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who offered a coaching session for attendees about how they should communicate to the public. Yahoo! News’ Chris Moody was there, and captured some of Luntz’s comments on Occupy Wall Street. Some highlights:
– Don’t Mention Capitalism: – Empathize With The 99 Percent Protesters: – Don’t Say Bonus: – Don’t Mention The Middle Class Because Americans Don’t Trust Republicans To Defend It: – Don’t Talk About Taxing The Rich:
More at http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/12/01/379365/frank-luntz-occupy-wall-street/ If you read the article, you will see a phrase that he uses that looks like a typical “Luntz spin” to me: “Luntz told attendees that he’s ‘scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death.'” Not income inequality, the 99%, the banksters, but “anti-Wall Street.” Expect to hear and see that phrase in the future. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 1:09 pm KQ, I know full well the “idiotic priorities” of state AG’s, I live in AZ! 😥 » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 12:15 pm Thanks Sabreen, the DNC under DWS is doing some great work. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 12:03 pm There are some other state AG’s that are looking into it KQ, but your right, not with the same rabid enthusiasm as they are going after the ACA. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 11:53 am Great ad by DNC! Newt Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy
Oh, not the DNC? Edit: Oops, sorry k’es, I see you posted this this already. » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 11:08 am Mass. AG hits big banks with foreclosure lawsuit (Reuters) – The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against five large U.S. banks accusing them of deceptive foreclosure practices, such as robo-signing. Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Thursday the lawsuit was filed in state court in Boston against Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc, Citigroup Inc, Wells Fargo & Co and Ally Financial. Coakley’s office said the lawsuit was filed after more than a year of negotiations with the banks involving all 50 states. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/01/us-banks-foreclosure-idUSTRE7B01UR20111201 » Posted By bito On December 1, 2011 @ 9:43 am Cher, here’s a trick look at C-Span first then the WH for the video’s. The WH is slow on posting to their site and posting to You-Tube. You-Tube prohibits “official” videos, I believe and it’s only on the White House You-Tube site. On the post of his remarks is also a C-Span embed of the speech. That’s what works for me. » Posted By bito On December 8, 2011 @ 1:53 pm Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas Well, k’es, you made the choice to get into that RN giving/helping thing. Think of it, you have probably helped more people than Ms. Goodwin has sold books, no offense Ms, Goodwin. Did PBO write the speech? If he didn’t he had a huge amount of input into it, I think. Some time ago I posted some passages of his from his books, and speeches and left an open question on whether his convictions had changed. The PL and the RW think he both a pawn of the bankster’s or a commie. Which is it? Any doubts about Mr. Obama’s convictions? I invite you to watch/read: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm
That is the true genius of America, a faith — a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles; that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted — at least most of the time. This year, in this election we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we’re measuring up to the legacy of our forbearers and the promise of future generations. Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us — the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of “anything goes.” Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America. Wow is this ever the like Mitt and Newt, eh, quite the flip-flopper. [snark] This man has convictions for a better and more just country and the world. Find me any huge difference of what he said in 2004 and what he said today. What did Mitt and Newt say in 2004, same conviction? » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 9:34 pm Somewhat agree Adlib. As much as I disliked and still dislike PRR, he did not come out and say “let’s kill Social Security , let’s alter child labor laws or the NLRB….” He did change the environment and began the anti-Union.worker movement, but he almost sounds sane compared to what he begat-spawned. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 8:44 pm Hello k’es, I thought it was a very good speech and I’m glad that you were able to view/read it. Odd as it may sound, some people have to work, damnit,! In fact, they want to go back to the same policies that stacked the deck against middle-class Americans for way too many years. And their philosophy is simple: We are better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. I am here to say they are wrong………….. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 8:13 pm I think I may be missing something in your remarks, Murph. Of course the times were different, but I think President Obama was “channeling” the income inequality and the dim future many have at the hands of the banks and corporations. They both gave a populist speech and even though times may have changed, a sense of fairness existed in TR as it does in President Obama. I think that was the jist of the speech. It is/was a faith in the country to right our wrongs, together to make a us a a better country and people. While I have seen you say you are a professor, well, Prof., Your point escapes this student. Is it “4) Roosevelt had a blank slate upon which to write. His proposals were bold and new. Obama can’t propose that social safety net; his mission is hold on to the one developed in the years following the Great Depression.” that you object to with PBO’s speech? To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” TR- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and it runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder. (Applause.) It leaves everyone else rightly suspicious that the system in Washington is rigged against them, that our elected representatives aren’t looking out for the interests of most Americans. PBO today. Are they not saying close to the same thing? » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 6:29 pm Faux news will be all over this with faux outrarge in 5… 4…. 3…2… Axelrod also noted that Gingrich has a long record that will be scrubbed and scrutinized. “So the question is, can he sustain this over time?,” Axelrod said. “I told my colleagues yesterday a bit of homespun wisdom that I got from an alderman in Chicago some years ago when one of his …colleagues wanted to run for higher office and he was really dubious. He said, ‘just remember the higher a monkey climbs on a pole, the more you can see his butt.’ So, you know, the Speaker is very high on the pole right now and we’ll see how people like the view.” http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/12/axelrod_on_newt_the_higher_a_m.html » Posted By bito On December 13, 2011 @ 9:50 am food, I happened to watch an old “Taxi” sitcom on the tube last night and Andy Kaufman (Latka) was on it, it got me to thinking about Andy and how he went off the deep end because of his believing in the characters he was playing were real. Will Newt get to that point at sometime, or has he already? 😆 » Posted By bito On December 8, 2011 @ 9:38 am food, I can only partially agree with Mr. Silver, Newt was in the right place at the right time and not the leader of the pack. The move to the right began under Reagan, (when Newt was a back-bench-bomb-thower and he moved up due to longevity and the seniority system under effect at that time. It was the the “Raygun Democrats not the Gingrich Democrats. What followed was George Herbert, and the DLCer Bill Clinton. He takes credit for “welfare reform,” but that was a Clinton proposal. » Posted By bito On December 8, 2011 @ 8:23 am Ya know, AdLib, I have been really trying to mount an argument against your analysis on Newt and his winning premise, but with KQ’s posting the Gallup and other polls, those “pesky facts” keep getting in my way. 😉 Maybe next time! I quit, mercy rule! 😆 » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 3:14 pm AdLib, I have no idea how it works, but if it does work the way they suggest, you’re right, why even compete in the primary? (actually, I think the Gingrich campaign flat out screwed up and this was a spin.) » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 10:49 am 😆 » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 9:57 am funk, I had read about this and tweeted it when it first broke, but this update has me confused. UPDATE – More from Juana Summers: Gingrich spokesman RC Hammond said the campaign had intentionally decided not to file paperwork to compete in Missouri’s primary. “There was a large filing fee to file for the Missouri primary. One of the reasons was, oh gee, let’s not spend any money to not get any delegates. We decided to save the cash,” he said. Hammond said Gingrich would be “ready to compete” in Missouri’s March caucuses. Asked why Gingrich was the only major Republican candidate to opt out of the Missouri’s non-binding primary he said: “Their lawyers bill them by the hour.” Missouri has a non-binding primary and a caucus? Is the caucus binding on the delegate selection? » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 9:26 am Interesting AdLib and it was good to see the poll was done with “likely caucus goers. This is most interesting point to me. 45 percent also see Romney’s legacy of mandatory health care in Massachusetts as a major reason to oppose him for the nomination, How is it that the “likely caucus goers” don’t know that Gingrich was is still basically for the same thing? Glenn Beck Confronts Gingrich With His 2011 Quote Supporting The Individual Mandate GINGRICH: All of a sudden responsibility to help pay for healthcare. And I think that there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. I’ve said consistently we ought to have some requirement to either have health insurance or you post a bond or in some way you indicate you are going to be held accountable. VOICE: That is the individual mandate, is it not? GINGRICH: It’s a variation on it. Is it his calling it “a variation” give him a pass, or as you pointed out “2. Newt Has Been Pre-Disastered,” surely it can’t be “Anybody but Romney” could it? 😉 http://thinkprogress.org/?s=Newt+Gingrich%2C+Individual+Mandate&x=0&y=0 » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 9:12 am AdLib, “Newt has a License to Gaffe” ? Does he? He has up until now, but he has never been the front runner and he may looked at a little closer at the actual caucus goers in Iowa, they are the rabid. They may be thinking about X-mas and New Years, but they are “engaged!” with the caucus. Gingrich may be leading in the polls (and are they on actual caucus goers?) but his organization is very weak in IA and that is what it takes for a caucus (I have been to them in two states, nothing like IA’s but involved, I was among the rabid 😉 ). Another “micro poll” from 3 R Veterans– one absolutely PBO, one probably and one will vote GOP. All think Newt is full of “his hat.” How will Newt do in the general? Think Progress has 57 pages of links to articles, with more links, on him. http://thinkprogress.org/?s=Newt+Gingrich » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 7:04 pmComments Posted By bito
I pledge allegiance to the Nordbitch pledge and to my party’s defeat of Obama, so help me Citizens United. Amen”
Defeated!
#wearethe99
We can laugh all we want about the deep South and their treatment of AAs but this needs to be stopped! Why does this go on unnoticed? Benton Harbor has suffered greatly with the recession and outsourcing, but instead of helping them they get disenfranchised because they are a black community? Is that it?
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Now my ‘bich’ with C-span is they seem to be embedding fewer and fewer of their videos. IMO
Your observation was very close to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s when Tweety said it was too “professorial” (a MSM line when they don’t get the handout of bullet points?)
Must be the love of history that you and Ms. Kearns-Goodwin that you both share.
I usually like to read President Obama’s speeches, but viewing this one really showed some very remarkable and purposeful pauses. His pause at ….”I’m here to say they are wrong.” was perfection. The pause doesn’t read as well, not even close.
Are you being critical or just making a comparison/observation?
Newt may very well win the primary, but he does have some very dark and heavy baggage in his past and having them brought out again in the general bodes well for the Dems, IMHO
I agree with Nate because of the perception but not exactly the reality of it.
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As the primary “season” goes on the leader of the week will have to start to look at the general and become more cautious (while still generating big bucks), and working on their organization, so I don’t see it quite so “straight-lined” as you do. Newt is and always been a backbench bomb thrower, can he tone it down after the first 5-10-15 primaries as a front runner and still win the primary in the end? I don’t know. The “big Mo” has crashed as often as not.
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