MThomasNC's Comments (82)

“Sarah could win the GOP presidential nomination for 2012 if she runs. She and her ilk now control the republican party. She is the one that makes the most noise, gets her supporters excited, loves to attack, talks and looks good. She will bring an excitement (the conservative kind) like Obama did (progressive kind).

Yes, she could win the GOP nomination but I don't think she has the stick-around fortitude when the going gets tough. I think she is looking to host her own tv show to capitalize on her high appeal.

Remember she was a tv sports reporter, a beauty queen. What else does she need for tv or politics today. Anyone that comes along making sense of this world gets smeared and mocked. So she fits right into to the political and business models today. Go Sarah....”

“CNN is a joke, a Fox wanna be. I look at it from 4 pm to 6 pm because I can't stomach Fox at all and can't stomach Chris Matthews. I faithfully watch Ed, Keith, Rachel - the progressives.
CNN under Ted Turner was masterful. Under TimeWarner, CNN swung to the right and doing Bush43 parroted everything right-wingers said as gospel. Yes, they may be making money in their other businesses around the world but presenting the unbiased news to America they fall short trying to imitate Fox.
Bring TedTurner creative juices back and get on track again.”

“I told office mates this morning that by Sunday it would have been Obama's fault. Boy, was I wrong, the right wingers didn't wait 24 hrs. If nothing else, they excel at spreading lies, distortions and misinformation.”

“Where is the plan? The repubs will not participate w the dems because they want to change everything the dems have put forth. Like w the economic recovery plan they whined for more tax cuts and got them inserted in the bill, but they still didn't vote for the plan. Their districts are getting recovery plan money, like Sen. Burr in NC giving out a big stimulus check, and every chance he and his cohorts do is knock down the plan. They are hypocrites with big 'H' written on their chest and back. Like the Texas republican delegation of senators sent letter to Obama requesting recovery plan money for NASA that they didn't vote for and dogged every chance they get. How can a media keep presenting these hypocritical clowns.. the press first amendment rights need to be taken away from them.
The repubs have no HC plan. They may have ideas but do that constitute a workable plan. We shall see..”

“I want to know why so many of the republican congress folks are doctors. Aren't they needed back home in their communities. They talk of a shortage of family physicians, hey they to drag these clowns out from congress. What's up with this...”

“I agree w some many others - CNN is a waste. Maybe Anderson Cooper can stay. CNN needs a new business model - Go back to what made you GREAT. Stop trying to imitate FAUX News, it turns off people who uses their brains for substance. I watch Wolf when I come at 5 pm to catch Cafferty's comments of the hour but Cafferty's comments have turned so negative towards the adminstration just like FAUX News. I have a hard time stomaching all this negativity, especially when Bush Admin go a free ride for eight years.”

“If my memory serves me correctly, President Obama won both states in 2008 election. Only a republican weighted poll generated by Rasmussen 11 months and 20 days later would waste money conducting a silly poll.”

“We will never see/hear on MSM or Fox or talk radio that Texas GOP is begging for the stmulus money they voted against. Why does MSM coddle these hypocrits? Because they make good tv, good ratings with their no, no, no. Maybe?”

“Why do we continue to hear from and about 'democratic strategists, pollsters, pundits ' fearing what the republicans are doing. They need to shut up. For once, they need to speak to american people who voted to put democrats in charge on what this country needs. When will our clowns speak up. Yes, the republicans are making the loudest noise but what are they actually saying. Would they have wanted an economic depression, would they have wanted our car companies to go bust, would they have wanted no stimulus plan and let people go on bread lines.
When will democratic strategists, pollsters, pundits, writers learn that they speak for democrats, our policies and principles. Gosh, they are so disappointing on tv always defending what some repub said about Pres Obama or other democrats. There is 30 years of conservative governance w recent 8 yrs of Bush. So if a democrat writer, talking head can't make the case for democratic governance they need to shut up.”

“I turned on c-span around 2:00 pm Saturday to look at the TeaBaggers. One organizer came on to say that ABC reported that there were at least 1.5 mil protesters on the mall, then he asked them to text in to report that they were present at the mall. I thought it was a strange that a network was reporting the attendance number instead of mall or DC police. Next, c-span tv angle view of the audience did not show 1.5 mil people. I saw one overhead view from another cable tv which looked to be close to the reported number, but now I read where that overhead view photo was from 2003 or 2004.
More proof that big business conspirators the lying media will stop at nothing to deceive the people to keep control of everything.”

“One of the trademarks of conservatism is 'projection'. Whatever sleaze they do or would do, they say the dems are doing it too.”

“Don't you just love all this 'right wing' corporate media bull. They put their shrills out bashing HCR saying 1) death panels, 2) too expensive, run up the deficit, 3) gov't take over of health care, 4) eliminate competition, 5) need tort reforms, 6) you'll lose your regular doctor, 7) you'll lose your plan and be forced into gov't plan, 7) Pelosi wrote the bill in her office, 8) president not telling us what he wants, 9) the bill should come from the WH instead of congress, 10) insurance companies will be ran out of business, etc. 20 hrs a day, 7 days a week that's what americans have been hearing. The other hours you hear the other side. Even c-span has turned into a right wing noise machine, scheduling 4 to 1 of their guests, think tanks, congress people of conservatives. It's all one sided. An effective job is being done because now most people are not ready for HCR but in March the majority were in favor of it.
The dems need to pass HCR w/o repubs - stand up for the people that gave them control in congress. The repubs only want the gov't to help corporations thru lower taxes, no regulations, and make wars to fatten their coffers, want a large military, mostly private to protect the thieving corporate interests overseas. Folks need to read 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' to how our military is being done. Go democrats...”

“Amen, itolduso. Mr. Ridge, we know this already. Are you trying to wash the blood from your hands. Too late...”

“Mr. Stein, where are these facts when you blowharts appear on these tv shows. I've seen you on the Ed Show debating the republican's talking points of 'he said, she said'. But never are facts presented to forward the debate. How long do we have to suffer 'death panels', 'gov't takeover', etc. These are republicans talking points (lies) that they want you to continue talking about and that's what you all do.
Every morning on C-Span WashJournal some reporter is on debating the 'he said, she said' about HCR. Then a republican congress person or business lobbist comes on debating the horrors of the HCR. No wonder the average folks that works all day and come home to catch a small portion of the news are confused and influenced by 'republican talking points' of death panels and gov't takeover. That is all that they hear, even the dems' chatter class are discussing these talking points. We are tired of this tactic. Who out there will advance this debate on what's real, not on the lies perpetrated by the business class to include conservative repubs and dems both legislators and chatter class.”

“These are the same dicks that whined and moaned about no tax cuts in the 'stimulus package' until the plan contained 33% tax cuts, same ones complained that there was money in the plan to refurblished the National Mall until the dems took that out, too - along w other whining and complaining until a lot of the things they disagreed with were taken out. Still they didn't vote for the 'stimulus plan'. The same thing is happening w the HCR. The dems will let the repubs water down the HCR bill to their likening but won't vote for it. Mark my words.. The repubs are liar, liar pants on fire.”

“GunneraGirl, amen. What is so astondishing to the likes of these two reporters and those of their ilk is that our president can answer their questions intelligently. Quite a change for them. They keep comparing Obama w Carter, but why not compare him to Reagan, Bush 41 and Clinton.”

“This is another repub that voted against the CHIP Program to offer health care to children, and it got pass with majority democratic votes in the House.
You gotta love these repubs' clowns, they do love their 'corporate welfare' programs to dish out to their corporate paymasters.”

“No, sheriffruitfly you have NOT been asleep. The republican party has always been for the ruling class which are the rich white folks until the late 1960's when the northern and midwestern repubs merged with the disguntled middle and poor whites in the south and built a coalition against civil rights. They started winning elections using the 'southern strategy' which is a code for against everybody who is not white and christian.”

“wgsalter, you spout a lie told repeated by folks who do not want to give anybody a chance to success, especially blacks when this country's economy was built on their backs. If they keep telling you that affirmative action students can't compete in the real world, you believe them they gotta you.
What about the legacy kids who get into college based on their parents' contributions to that college and was a graduate. gw bush was a legacy and soyomayor was affirmative action. Think, think.”

“I agree w grouping all the repubs' comments on DVDs and sell them. Someone could make a lot of money. JonStewart did and still do a great job playing back the repubs' comments. It was most helpful doing the 2008 election.
Regarding the representative's comments on abortion - it was a stupid comparison and makes no logical sense as are most of their comments.
Before roe v wade, when the middle class and rich girls got with child, they went to hospitals and got dnc's or travel to other countries for abortions. Poor women/girls had to go to back alley abortionists - discredited doctors and mid wives - who used coat handlers, etc. Many women died from those procedures or were sterile for life.”

“Within a few years we will see our FBI investigating these groups, people inciting violence, because violence will happen, regardless of them proclaiming the First Amendment Rights of 'free speech'. Most of them don't realize that they are walking a thin line inciting 'ballots or bullets', hanging nooses, burning crosses, etc.
Maybe this is their last leg fighting this civil war which they didn't win in 1865, 1965 or 2008. The American people have spoken as they have so many times in the past, so it will be a wise move for these Anti-Anyon­eAin'tWhit­e to move forward to a brighter day. Hate filled rhetoric is so last century.”

“They did the same w the 'stimulus' package and the climate bill by adding their amendments in committee but refused to vote for it. The corporate media do not bring these things to american people. Republican congressmen go home and brag about the pork they are getting but on the public air waves they bash the bills. They have big mouths, they are greedy, and don't tell the truth.
It's time for the dems chattering class to expose this hypocrisy. Thank goodness, the dems decided to forget this bipartisan crap on health care reform. We voted dems in during 2006 and 2008 elections for them to work on the issues they are bringing forth now. The business class (republicans) will blame the dems for everything anyway so they might as well give the voters what they want because they will not get re-elected in some districts if they don't.”

“I did not hear the good senator this morning, hopefully I can see him tonight. I've heard him speak before and he speaks very, very plain w a lot of good common democratic sense.
But he's correct about the Robert's Court. All of their decisions have favored executive branch over legislative, corporate defendants over plaintiff and state over the condemned. A lot of these decisions created new laws, not going along w president as both Atlito and Roberts tesified that they believed in. What we have now are activist conservative justices changing things as they decide cases.
While the conservative justicess make these tweets to the law, their mouthpieces in congress rail about abortion, race, gays, guns throwing red meat out to their common folks who lap this crap up like dogs clawing at a bone.”

“I've listened to the repub pundits and c-span callers and they just don't get it. I chuckled yesterday, last night, and this morning. The chickens have come home to roost. They (to include Mark Sanford) hounded Bill Clinton for 8 yrs, and they were doing the same thing then and now. The public HATE a hypocrite and that is what the public see the repubs as HYPOCRITES. Democrats do not walk around with this holier-than-thou, unforgiving attitude. Only the Repubs.
The media loves conflict, blood, and sex. It seems that repubs are good at giving them what they want - sex, playground bullys.”

“Ann, it's the hypocrisy my dear. You preach 'family values' and 'moral uprighteousness" and condemn your opponents for not having these so call qualities. But you can't wait to get behind close doors so you can drop your pants, or take a bribe, or whatever. The chickens have come home to roost for Gov Sanford.”