KathyinCT's Comments (1115)

“Of ALL the weak excuses you could have offered for the Party of No . . . . . saying well the Dems wouldn't have read it anyway is just lame.

It's not about Dems, it's about American citizens and voters.

And you all keep saying YOU are the party who represents the REAL Americans and the majority . . . . so if you put a plan out, wouldn't all of that majority of REAL Americans want to read it???

If you'd been around in 1776, you'd have been telling Jefferson not to write the Declaration of Independence "because the Loyalists won't read it anyway."”

“At least the Dems HAVE a leader. With the GOP, Beck and Limbaugh and Palin seem to be in charge, leaving Boehner, McConnell, Graham and those who were actually ELECTED to office, sitting in the cheap seats.”

“Oh gosh, it must be too much holiday turkey still clogging my arteries and brain -- but I thought the GOP were AGAINST having government involved in health care.

Um, isn't that what they've been saying about health care reform and public option. DON'T LET GOVERNMENT GET INVOLVED IN DOCTOR-PATIENT DECISIONS??

So help me, someone, please, see how jailing doctors is "not getting involved in doctor-patient decisions?"”

“IF you want to go there -- the process of voting "present" and why senators (ALL of them, Repub and Dem) -- be truthful. Those present votes were cast in the Illinois state senate (not U.S.) and here are the rules:

Unlike Congress and the legislatures of most other states, each chamber of the Illinois Legislature requires a “constitutional majority” to pass a bill. The state Senate has 59 members, so it takes 30 affirmative votes. This makes a “present” vote the same as a no. If a bill receives 29 votes, but the rest of the senators vote “present,” it fails.

In Congress, in contrast, a bill can pass in either the House or the Senate as long as more people vote for it than against it. If 10 people vote in favor and nine against, and the rest either vote “present” or don’t vote at all, the bill passes. It can actually pass with just one vote, as long as no one votes no.

In the Illinois Senate, there can be strategic reasons for voting “present” rather than simply no. A member might approve the intent of legislation, but not its scope or the way it has been drafted. A “present” vote can send a signal to a bill’s sponsors that the legislator might support an amended version. Voting “present” can also be a way to exercise fiscal restraint, without opposing the subject of the bill.”

“Right on!

This Obama guy -- he thinks too much. He actually gets the facts, thinks about them, considers alternatives, seeks input from people who are specialists in each subject, weights their opinions . . . . . . And THEN he wastes time by thinking beyond "OK, I'll do this tomorrow," to ponder what will happen in three months, six months, three years.

Gosh, give me the days of Cowboy Bush who could make a decision in five minutes (first he had to find the coin, then flip it best 3 out of 5) and just send us off to war with no rationale, or let New Orleans drown, or whatever. THAT man was decisive. I mean if his decisions were almost all wrong, and led to the downfall of the economy, and wars in two countries that are draining our treasury . . . . well gosh darned it all and heck, at least he was DECISIVE.”

“You are SO right. Obama is such a light-weight compared to the intellectual genius of Dubya Cowboy Bush, the man who can't pronounce the word nuclear.”

“Your logic is as circular as your reasoning is specious.

So athletes EARN their money, but a firefighter or a teacher does not earn their salary? The people who save your life or teach your children are your servants . . . . . but those who go out and hit a small ball with a bat or a club are somehow more important in terms of your entertainment? My my, what a truly bizarre life you must lead. You'd rather be entertained by some jock who may or may not have bothered to complete college or high school, who may or may not be using illegal drugs . . . . than to have decent schooling for kids in your town, or a police force to protect you.

But setting aside public SERVANTS -- you neglected to talk about people who run America's businesses, large and small. They are not SERVANTS, but their salaries will never approach that of some hot shot pro athlete. So how do you justify that? The people who make products and provide services and run those companies -- guess they're not as important to you as entertainers, from Oprah to Tom Cruise to pro athletes.

"If you want to be rich, start your own business." THAT is a truly classic line -- and I'm sure every small business owner who went to college, works 560+ hours a week, has no health insurance, and is just staying afloat, is getting a huge laugh, or shaking”

“My god, you are WRONG.

HP isn't just a politics website -- it's a general news site. Just read the section names across the top of this page -- style, living, business, sports, entertainment, politics, etc.

If they didn't cover this story on sports, the racist right-wingers would scream about a cover up.”

“OH COME NOW -- this is the USA, where athletes get paid more than teachers, fire fighters, the president of the United States, senators, CEOs, and just about everyone else.

it's not that the RICH are different -- it's that we give athletes free passes.”

“Oh PUHLEEEEEEEZE.

Congress of the past had to wrestle with serious stuff.

And today, it's just silly bunny stuff like the worst economy since 1932 (that was the great depression), and TWO wars (Afghanistan AND Iraq) and hate crimes.

Oh, and poverty -- that's right, we have no poverty now. Heck no -- that report that said more Americans today have difficulty getting enough to eat, well that was just a silly old report. And more people homeless. But that's not poverty, it's . . . . . . well, smart guy, what IS it?

And health care -- you are SO right, it is SO NOT serious. Companies are going bankrupt or sending jobs overseas because of what they have to pay for employee healthcare. More babies in the U.S. die as infants than any other civilized country and some that aren't very civilized. And people without health insurance are DYING every day. But that's not serious, it's . . . . . .

Well if health care isn't serious, what is?

And poverty and the economy and unemployment and losing their homes isn't serious, what IS?

What planet did you drop in from??”

“Wouldn't we all LOVE to see Katie do a real no-holds barred interview with SarahPalloooza?

She so clearly held back last summer, she so clearly was trying to be kind, she so clearly had been told not to be aggressive . . . . . . .

I'd like to see ONE reporter with some spine begin a series of questions with "Why do you seem to be lying about XXXXXX," over and over, and watch Palin wither.

Kinda like when Dorothy threw the bucket of water on the witch in Oz . . . . . . Sarah-I'm-­SO-Damned-­Smart-and-­Cute would melt.”

“Love folks like you who find some cutesy phrase like "Main Street" and hop all over it without having a clue what you're talking about.

IF by "Main Street" you mean the money did not go directly into the hands of "the people" -- well duh. Unless you are suggesting that sending all Americans a check for $126 will be helpful to them in the long term. Sure, they could use if to pay a bill or two, but then what?

If by Main Street you mean employers who are not on Wall Street -- well READ THE STORY AGAIN.

The 30 "organizations" were at a JOB FAIR. The "organizations" whom you complain about "getting the money" are EMPLOYERS.

Get it? They were their interviewing people to HIRE.

FOR JOBS.

Created with stimulus money.

Send me $126 and I can go out for dinner or pay bills.

Send stimulus money to EMPLOYERS (that's what they mean by "organizations") and they create JOBS.

OR . . . what IS your point? Mr. Main Street? Who do you think creates jobs??”

“So it's OK to LIE, flat out LIE, as long as you have decent diction and elocution? (go look those words up in whatever dictionary you have that includes the word "atleast")

And Gibbs does NOT stutter.

And if he DID, are you prejudiced against people with other handicaps, you GOPig.”

“Oberman had this on last night (I think it was Oberman, or maybe Matthews)

BUT the point was -- REAGAN could not pass this test. There were at least 6 of these that Reagan would fail (sorry, I was tired or I'd remember it all), but 4 were that he opposed an anti-gay marriage law in California, he signed a gun ban bill, he SOLD ARMS to Iran and he was a union leader.

These dolts don't even know their own party's history.”

“What an incredibly Victorian term. Yes, his wife had an affair -- BUT he's got the courage to speak out because Ensign should resign.

I say give him a medal of valor for putting good of country ahead of personal embarrassment.

I'm sure Ensign was counting on he and his wife being silent. Wrong again, Tom!”

“I live about 3 miles from Main Street. My biggest worry is losing my COBRA coverage before my breast cancer treatment ends.

OBAMA HAS THE RIGHT PRIORITY -- he had to start with health care because it's the toughest and thorniest issue.

AND it has a huge huge impact on the ECONOMY. If we can bring down healthcare costs for companies, they can invest in tech and create jobs.

So that's why he started with healthcare and it is 100% sensible and sane. It saves lives, ends suffering, promotes health -- and SAVES MONEY for businesses, who can create jobs.

He had to set priorities. He did it exactly right.

Health care reform is happening, now he can, will and IS moving forward on other fronts.”

“Oh PUHLEEEEEEZE.

They were worrying all the way to the bank with their rich people's tax cuts.”

“It's not as much about rape as it is about sex.

These guys are obsessed with sex but in the way of the Puritans -- ooooh, it's so smutty; aaaahhh, I want it.

That's why they are wild about abortion, birth control, gays and lesbians, too.

Anything even vaguely related to sex captures their prurient and perverted attention.

They are like a bunch of 13-year olds who never grew out of puberty, probably have no "normal" sex life to speak of, and so they just sit around and obsess.

It's creepy.”

“Was there a CHECK included with the letter?

If not, never mind.”

“Let's all remember back when Dems did the same thing -- give us our far left liberal or else.

And we lost.

And lost.

And got smart.

And Bill came along.

And we won.

And now we get it.

And they don't.

Yeee-haaa!”

“Grassley exposes a lot here.

He, a sitting US Senator, doesn't think the US justice system works.

HE knows that OJ was guilty so the hell with the jury system, just send the notes to him and he'll rule on all cases.

MAKE sure we remember we're talking about people of a DIFFERENT COLOR -- just in case some of you forgot.

The only thing he said that made sense is "I'm a farmer."

AMEN to that. Go back to that farm and quit slinging BS around Washington.”

“Um, he hasn't made a decision yet about sending more troops, as you allege. That's what this story is about -- he is waiting to make a final decision until he has all of the items you listed.

Try some new reading glasses or an English-to-stupid dictionary if you can't understand the article.

And IF you truly think Afghanistan was "stable" and there was no problem there (other than Bin Laden, but what the heck), maybe it isn't glasses or a dictionary you need, but a brain.”

“And you know this b/c Joe called you specially?”

“A chief of staff who can't organize her household/family, or run a tiny state government?

Oh THAT would work.

Note her ever present sense of power -- SHE as chief of staff would be making appointments. Just like during the debate when she kept saying SHE as VP would be running things.

Not that it makes much difference, but could we have a poll:

Is she so STUPID that she really doesn't know the facts?

OR

Is she so CRAZY that she is out of touch with reality?

Either way, who's gonna tell her that 50% of her "appeal" is to male voters who think she's cute, not smart or competent?”

“The thing that's weird is -- if you remember Carrie in Sex/City -- SJP is almost flat chested. SO this is a true engineering triumph -- those girls are perched on top of the dress and heaven only knows WHAT is beneath the scenes.

In a word -- ugh.”