abluevoice's Comments (75)

“Hey Huckabee, When it comes to healthcare reform who's side do you think Jesus would be on?
The insurance companies or Obama?”

“There is no lie or distortion too shameful for the leaders of the Republican Party and their followers.
when did common decency get replaced by hateful partisan political attacks?

This "holier then thou" hypocritical preacher was a serious GOP candidate. Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel .
What is Obamacare anyway? These bastards just make things up and demonize them. They are truly the political party of lies, hate, and failure!”

“Boy, it doesn't take much for the Dems and the liberals and the Huff Post to eat their own. No wonder the GOP, a minority party with failed and truly damaging policies, controls the debate in this country and pushes the Dems around.

Before you start attacking your own for unrealistic idealism in politics, remember the alternatives:
Gingrich, Palin, Grassley, McCain, Libaugh, Hannity, Joe the Plumber, Michelle Bachman, Cheney etc.

Obama's on the right path, support him or you're going to put the wackos on the right in power again.”

“How is this any worse then Pelosi taking impeachment off the table, or Bush, Cheney and Rove, not being held accountable for their many crimes and abuse of power, all in the name of moving forward politically and not looking back.

The progressive agenda unfortunately is a minority agenda in this country. Obama is a pragmatist. If you believe anything else you are accepting the right wing hate talkers and failure supporters propaganda about him being a Socialist.

If this memo is true, he got something for nothing from Big Pharma and got closer to one of his goals getting health insurance for the uninsured and lowering the costs for everyone else.

There is no room for political idealism in our $ driven Democracy.”

“Impossible to know if it's real or not? But lets say it is. Right now we are getting nothing from "Big Pharma", for the obscene profits allowed them, in the medicare bill passed by the Republicans in 04 that created the so-called doughnut hole and plan D in medicare which nobody understands. And which cost $720 billion (almost as much as Obama's stimulus plan). And which didn't allow the government to negotiate for lower drug costs.

So if this memo is right, we are seeing Obama pragmatism in action. It ain't pretty or progressive. But it simply reinforces the status quo, but unlike The Republicans he gets something in return from Big Pharma for this reinforcement, $80 billion kick back for health care budget reduction and their support to push through his lower health care costs and pay for some advertising in support of it.

Unfortunately, this is how are screwed up Government works, you take a step backwards from change to move two steps forward toward progress. In any case Bush is gone and we've got a President trying to do the right thing despite a corrupt system.”

“Hey Al, finally a Dem with the guts to push back. You're in your 7th month as an "elected" Senator not your first. Screw senority, and kissing senior Senator's butts. You've got the people behind you. Now lets go after Bush and Cheney and Rove for their law breaking.”

“She took impeachment off the table with unbelievable evidence supporting it, because she feared a negative political response. There is no way she will have the guts to push back at these blue dog traitors, with your brilliant suggestion. Harry Reid is just as weak in the Senate. They are in those leadership roles not because they are leaders but because they are survivors and rate their successes on getting re-elected not what good they do for the country.

I hated Tom DeLay , not just because he was a crook but because he was so damn good at pushing through the House, Bush, Cheney's and Rove's desires and ultimate failures. He used a similar tactic to what you are suggesting and it worked everytime. There was not one so called blue dog Republican in the house and there still isn't.
If the Democrats blow this chance and don't deliver on affordable health care for all, because their own party members delay, water it down, and let the Republican's, the party of failure, take control of their actions and the debate under the bullshit guise of bi-partisanship, come 2010, they are going to lose their majority, and by 2012, Palin and Gigrich will be taking over.”

“This is really a reflection on the South and the ignorant, uninformed voters down there and their manipulation by Republican propaganda, and phony religious leaders. It seems all one has to do in these states to get elected is memorize Republican talking points, wave around the Bible and attack liberals.
Just another oh so obvious reason why improving our education system is so critical for the future of this country. Not only are the voters that put this bum in office dumb, but Sanford is even dumber!
Lets see Fox and Limbaugh and Hannity spin this story into Obama's fault.”

“Pelosi could have exposed this long ago, along with many more of Bush, Cheney and Rove's "high crimes and misdemeanors", but she chose not to for her political strategy. If Bush, Cheney and Rove, were Democrats they would have been run out of office long ago and possibly in jail now.”

“So let me get this straight according to the Supreme Court there are laws the President and the VP are above, such as the "Privacy Act". And this is the only law that can be imposed for them outing a covert CIA agent for political gain and for fraud upon the electorate and Congress to lie us into a "pre-emptive, un-necessary war on the wrong battlefield.
OK Obama, here is your precedent, now forget all this bipartisan nonsense and start doing something you were elected for.
Bush and Cheney and Rove figured it out long ago. There is nothing they will be held accountable for, no matter how gross an abuse of political power or even the law.
Now it's the Dems turn. So start jamming health care, financial regulation, alternative energy, and job creation down the GOP's throats and stop worrying about the consequences.”

“Well said Marcoo1”

“Fox 's argument to support their attacks on all things liberal or from Democrats including the President, from day one, is to establish their GOP self serving talking points (pure propaganda) as the other side of every story. Even when dealing with un-refutable facts.
In other words, they exist to sell lies and they accuse those who don't accept and repeat these lies as having equal value to the real truth, to be biased or part of the liberal media.”

“Picture a back room with a conference table at the RNC, with Palin, Steele, Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly, Roger Ailes of Fox, Rove, Cheney, and Gingrich sitting around saying "OK we really got those liberal bastards now, and we can drive a nail into Hollywood as well". This could be the issue we've been waiting for ,Letterman insults Sarah's unwed teenage daughter/mother right in the middle of her abstinence campaign". If we can't sell this to those dimwits that vote Republican and love Sarah, we can't sell a banana to a starving ape". "If those lefty journalists and politicians thought the tea parties was a big deal wait until they see the turnout protesting Letterman"­..........­. We saw all 15 dimwits!”

“Why does the mainstream media give these bums these platforms? Don't they have enough broadcast media time, like 24/7 on AM radio and Fox News, to spread their talking points and propaganda? These is what happens when the Democrats, such as Pelosi put impeachment on the table, and the President wants to move forward without investigating these corrupt wind bags and exposing their lies and past criminal behavior.
They complain the Dems are going after them when just the opposite is happening. The Dems keep turning the other cheek and not investigating these lawbreakers which just gives them more exposure and energy to attack the Dems and the President with their lies and propaganda.
Damn it when are the name brands in the Democratic Party going to get tough and go after these guys and put them on the defensive and shut them up?”

“Specter is a self serving Republican at heart, who went along with almost everything Bush wanted for the past 8 years and almost everything anti-Clinton for the 8 years before that. Why is his switch to the Dems a bigger deal then Franken getting screwed by Coleman and Pawlenty and the GOP's efforts to overturn an election? Franken is a far more important addition to the Dem majority in the Senate, yet neither the name brand Dems nor the mainstream media seem to care about this precedent setting GOP obstructionism.
The President praises Specter and speaks about him positively at his press conference, yet not a peep out of the White House about Franken getting screwed and the Democratic Party getting shoved around by the loser Coleman.
Now all the media (Sunday talk shows etc.) is all about Republicans grabbing the lead in defining
what kind of Justice Obama should and will appoint.
Obama needs to remember besides being President he is the head of the Democratic Party and stop being so timid and accomodating to GOP talking points, and spokespeople.”

“IM SO DISGUSTED WITH THE DEMOCRAT NAME BRANDS AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT FOR THEIR PUTTING POLITICS ABOVE JUSTICE AND ESPECIALLY THEIR OATHS OF OFFICE TO DEFEND THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION!
THERE IS NO ISSUE MORE IMPORTANT THAN INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING ALL THOSE IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR BREAKING THE LAW, WHETHER IT WAS TORTURE, LYING TO CONGRESS TO GET US INTO IRAG, OUTING A COVERT CIA AGENT, STUFFING THE JUSTICE DEPT. WITH INCOMPETENT, BUT LOYAL REPUBLICANS, OR CORRUPT MONEY DEALS TO CONTRACTORS IN iRAQ.
PELOSI TOOK IMPEACHMENT OFF THE TABLE AND NOW AXELROD IS USING THE SAME BS RATIONALIZATION THAT THEY "HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD". DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE. ISN'T THIS COMPLICITY IN THE CRIMES?”

“This is what you get when for the last 8 years we've had a government run by the most corrupt political party, the Republicans, in the history of this country. Coleman learned the Rove,Cheney and Bush lesson well, the political end justifys whatever means it takes. If you have to shred the Constitution, deprive people of their votes in Florida and Ohio, or set a truly undemocratic precedent for trying to deny the will of the voters by legal stalling, it's OK if your a Republican. And you will get the full support of the GOP. Even with Bush and Cheny gone these bums continue to give the voters the finger in their "permenant campaign" for power. Isn't there one name brand Republican politician that is going to put the country and the will of the people first and tell Coleman to stop it right now?”

“OK it's a done deal! Franken was elected fair and square, and the courts confirmed it. If Coleman tries to appeal this and obstruct the will of the voters in Minn. one second longer, and no Republicans including the purely partisan Govenor Pawlenty, oppose his efforts, they must be exposed by the media and every name brand Democrat with access to the media including the President, for their anti-American, and anti-Democracy stance.

This is setting a despicable precedent for every loser to obstruct the voting rights and will of the people in any election! If The Democrats in power don't make a big deal out of this obvious attempt by the GOP and Coleman to reverse the outcome of an election of a Senator they are as corrupt as Coleman and the GOP.”

“If it comes down to it you know that Pawlenty and the Republicans will put Coleman in power despite Franken's winning via the vote. And what will even be worse than this really corrupt hijacking of an election is the gutless Democrats will take it up the back door again from the Republicans. And you will hear them saying "We have to move on, there are more important things the American people care about , then a stolen election". Yeah right!!”

“It's not cojones petman2001, it's the Karl Rove "ends justify the means " political philosophy that winning at any cost over what's best for the country , including manipulating the Constitution to do so, is all that matters. However, I agree with you we would be much much better off had The Domocratic party and Gore got tough on the issue. But they put what they thought was best for the country first, an orderly change of executive power, and the world got screwed and nearly bankrupted by Bush, Cheney, and Rove's, corruption and unprecedented incompetence!”

“Michael Steele has become the Brittany Spears or Lindsay Lohan of the GOP and Cable News. But his ascent to head of the GOP is further proof, along with the increased popularity of Obama hate talkers and clowns such as Glenn Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity, that the Republican strategy to dumb down the political debate by controlling the media and flooding it with their lies and talking points is working. Otherwise, these Republican pimps would be out on the street corners with their acts.”

“It's just incredible the Republican BS never quits. But when the credibility and the relevance of your ideas and values depends on dumbing down your audience you can say or get away with whatever you want. Especially if your opposition, the Democrats, continue to turn the other cheek, and let you get away with it.”

“You said it well jcollell. How about "Rove agrees to testify". I didn't know you could agree to a supeona. And oh yeah, they don't have to testify under oath. I'm so sick of the weakness of the Democrats even when they have the majority and the law on their side, they still cave in to Rove.”

“Boy, you just don't get it do you Jazzman? 8 years of Republican government and this country is in the worst shape ever. We have lost Iraq to Iran, and our tax dollars funded this handover of power. We have lost Afghanistan and probably nuclear armed Pakistan to the Taliban, also funded by our tax dollars. Al Qaeda is stronger than ever. Iran is close to having Nuclear weapons. Hama has taken over Palestine. Hezbollah controls Lebanon and Iran and Syria finance them. Domestically we are in worst recession since the Great Depression caused by Republican de-regulation and economic neglect. Unemployment is running at about 1/2 a million lost jobs a month. Health care is unaffordable. Our public education system is falling apart from Republican neglect. We are more dependent on foreign oil then ever, and going broke paying for it. Global warming is out of control due to Republican denial. "Trickle down" tax cuts for the rich failed miserably. We owe foreign governments trillions of dollars, and our GDP is in minus territory. If Socialism will reverse all these Republican failures, I say "bring it on"!!!!”

“Stupid is as stupid comments. You need a ticket on John Denver airlines.”