NationalTreasure's Comments (1393)

“e me a break unless all -- not just a portion --- of the money for the book deal and sales are going to the Disabled Vets foundation this syncophant needs to shut up and sit down”

“Tim Pawlenty is a milquetoast syncophant bereft an original idea and should just shut up and sit down before his legislative record in Minnesota comes under closer scruntiny --- the folks in Minnisota were ready to kick Pawlenty's sorry butt to the curb

Pawlenty needs to explain how the republicans under Reagan and both Bushs ran our country to the ground and need we be reminded of the Savings and Loan; Enron/energy debacle; dot.com and banking crisises that the policies of the republicans have caused to our economy

It is also the republicans who wanted to strip government agencies and contract out everything that has caused our federal government to balloon with the likes of Haliburton/KBR and a host of other companies doing the work that just 30 years ago would have been done more cost effectively and more efficiently and with greater oversight than is now done --- small thanks to the republicans push in the 1980's for less government but contracting out everything

Our economy is in a mess because the republicans controlled the government for 21 of the last 29 years”

“are there anymore adults left in the GOP who are not intellectually bankrupt?

The political right of the 21st century is obviously and shamelessly intellectually bankrupt. ... The right has always been intellectually bankrupt: Reagan and Gingrich were always an "emperor's new clothes" phenomenon, and there have always been people calling them on it.

www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_10/0...”

“the more that Kyl runs his mouth the more it becomes clear that the Irepublican leadership is bereft of substance, a vision and the intellect to lead this nation

the republicans are a bunch of cretins, from their idiotic tea baggers, their birthers, death panel Palinistas, to the nit wit neo-cons, and the dim wit talking heads of Limbaugh, Beck and the fearmongering telepromptor readers at FoxNews

small wonder the republicans mock the "intellectual Elites" --- the republicans have nothing constructive to offer and seem like a bunch of 4 year olds stuck in a perpetual temper tantrum”

“if Bill Frist is supporting the proposed health care reform legislation, you know that it is bad for the American taxpayer --- Frist helped to eviscerate and destroy our health care system and gin it up so that this is one of the most under regulated and nonconsumer friendly industries in America --- this is the same guy who's family business has ripped off the American taxpayer for billions of dollars through Medicare fraud
Frist des not have an unbiased opinion he is only supportive of legislation that will increase the profits of the insurance industry and for the weakening their regulation”

“something tells me that there may be some skeletons in the Bard's closet --- bet big money that his DNA would show he is of mixed race”

“repeal is not what is needed -- just anyone who served in the military before DADT --- before DADT it was even easier to get kicked out for being gay”

“" Then bam -- the health insurance industry comes out with a study (today) threatening consumers with big premium increases -- a tactic sure to bring fear to the public's collective heart. "

no one should be surprised that the the insurance industry would cook up studies to refute anything that they feel will cut into their monopoly --- this industry is one of the most insidious inhumane in existence --- the Democrats and the Obama administration need to stand up for what is right and pass real health care reform and just ignore the insurance industry's demands

BTW

the reason the insurance industry keeps screaming that they can not compete across state lines is that they want to circumvent State Rights and make an end run aroung state insurance commissions --- depending on the state, these state insurance commissions are about the only thing stopping the insurance industry from totally screwing over Americans”

“they didn't love her by more than 3%”

“the insurance industry never had any intention of playing nice --- what they want is the ablity to screw over Americans to a greater degree than they currently have -- they want the endo of any type of state or fedral legislation --- the Obama administration has squandered the opportunity to get substantive legislation passed and now they whine that a multi-billion dollary industry that has never played fairly has revealed another set of scare tactics in their fight against reform”

“+Mr. Stone:

don't hold your breath and don't sit back and act like the gay and lesbian community didn't have any part in the abomination of DADT -- HRC supported the Clinton/Gore administration in pushing DADT --- don't get selective amnesia now --- don't get all pious now -- not with the same Clinton administration staffers and advisors who worked with HRC on DADT and are currently are working with the Obama-Biden administration, folks who HRC pushed to get jobs with the Obama-Biden administration

BTW

pandering to the gay and lesbian community won't abrogate the instutionalized discrimination that the Clinton/Gore administration codified by the 1996 DADT --- DADT should never have been supported by the HRC --- DADT has helped to lend credence and legitimize the discrimination of DOMA”

“the Smuggers are pathetic --- Kristol, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Brooks and the rest of the GOP toadies cheered when Reagan, GH Bush went around lobbying for the US to get Olympic games even when their attempts failed

the republican's talking heads also didn't complain when GW Bush tried to win Olympic games for the US and failed it was barely noticed at the time, but in January 2008, then-President George W. Bush met with the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee and U.S. Olympic Committee members about bringing the 2016 summer games to the city and GW Bush gave a video presentation in support of New York's bid for 2012 Summer Olympics
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_10/0...

www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=664004&start=12...”

“THE RIGHT TIME???

what the heck does that mean?

when is there a right time for discrimination??

when is the right time to stop destroying the military careers of brave men and women who are willing to put their lives on the line for America???

when is the right time to call out the DoD, DoJ and the military bureaucrats who have never, not since day one of DADT have adhered to the spirit and letter of that atrocious law

the DoD and military never once acted in good faith on the policy, from the thousands of forms that they use that ask about marital status, to various benefits and preferential treatment of heterosexual troops who are married couples or divorced v. gay troops

DADT just like the DOMA is the equivalent of codified discrimination

how dare the Obama administration and the Clinton cronies who came up with DADT talk about right time to address discrimination --- four-fifths 4/5 of the folks that work for the Obama administration i.e. blacks male and female, white women, asians male and female, latinos male and females, persons with disabilities, those over 60, jewish, muslim, buddist .... probably would not have the jobs they have if good Americans from the abolitionist, the suffergates, religious freedom, civil rights workers and others had stood back and said someday will be the right time, just not today, today is not the right time to fight for freedom and against discrimination”

“WTF -- the cretins who work the political bureau at ABC missed the memo: Greenspan is irrelevant!

please will these idiots in the main stream media stop retreading the washed up idiots who created all of the problems on Wall Street --- these guys vreated this mess and don't have a clue as to how to make things right

the only thing that Greenspan said that was based in the truth is that the unemployment rates will drop off since lots of folks, although still unemployed will drop off unemployment rosters --- which is completely different than folks being employed through job creation”

“ouch!!
somebody just served McCain a fresh plate of smackdown

BTW

after the stunt McCain pulled to put Palin on the GOP ticket as his VP he has lost all currency as an honest political broker when it comes to our national security”

“although Sen. Coburn was an ObGyn he would be able to treat a male for a gynecological problem --- however there is that tricky little detail of the need to have a valid medical license for the jurisdiction in which one is practicing medicine

ahh the plot thickens --- not only does Sen Coburn not have a license to practice medicine in Oklahoma, he does not have a license to practice medicine in the District of Columbia

methinks that perhaps Sen. Coburn is remiss in his practice of medicine of without a license in the District of Columbia and should be thrown in jail based upon his arrogant and contemptible statements to federal prosecutors”

“+Rick:

sadly, it appears as though your good friend John Ensign may have a bad case of megalomania

BTW

psychiatric treatment really should be covered under the Senate's insurance plan --- there are a lot of folks on Capitol Hill who could use a bit of help in coming to terms with personal accountability and reality”

“Earth to Steve Schmidt:

you blew your chance at political relevancy when you went along with all of the right wing nuts in the McCain/Palin campaign

20 months ago you may have been relevant as a political advisor --- right now you simply come across as someone trying to rewrite your personal history for the purpose of finding another political campaign to run to the ground”

“Frist sees health care reform as "opportunity knocking," with another chance for his family to make even more money off the government”

“he should retire without his government sponsored, single payer health insurance benefits”

“what was it that one of the republican politicians said about the GOP brand in May 2008
wasn't it something like "he republican party has turned into the brand of dog food that no one wants to buy"

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Rep. Tom s GOP Memo on How to Win ...

"Members instinctively understand that the Republican brand is in the trash can. I've often observed that if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/post_38.html”

“it's pathetic to see her running around defending her father's lies which led to the deaths of thousands of American troops and the wounding of over 60,000 troops --- if Liz and her father had any honor they would apologize to our nation and our troops and remove theirselves from the public spotlight forever”

“if it was not intentional it was purposefully left in to air since NBC has the ability to use the 7 second delay to edit out the comment”

“the should start with Haliburton. KBR, Blackwater/Xe”

“and how is this bit of cronyism any different or worse than offering jobs, cabinet positions and ambassardorships to the Clintons, former Clinton staffers, other democrats and republicans?”