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Re: Is Lou Dobbs Planning to Run As Independent Presidential Candidate in 2012?

Davebo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:08:44 -0000

In the end, does anyone really care other than Lou?

Re: Dumping Dobbs: Good News for News

Davebo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:19:10 -0000

Just because people wish to keep LEGAL immigration, doesn't make them racist

Absolutely true! The problem with Dobbs is that he wishes to fight the immigration battle utilizing outright falsehoods as was demonstrated in the post.

Now, if we want to give Lou the benefit of the doubt and just assume he's an idiot and not a dishonest commentator we can, but that doesn't boost his standing very much.

Re: Ex-Miss USA Carrie Prejean Flips Out On CNN’s Larry King

Davebo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:14:51 -0000

A quick correction.

Carrie Prejean was never Miss USA, she was first runner up.

Re: Joe Lieberman, Hospital Orderly

Davebo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:23:11 -0000

Joe Lieberman is simply holding out for pork.

No, Joe is just representing his constituency. The problem is that constituency doesn't include the people of CT.

Re: Lessons Learned? Well, Maybe

Jazz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:59 -0000

Yeah, the incumbent headed off for a DC job, otherwise the problem never would have come up

Re: Lessons Learned? Well, Maybe

Davebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:14 -0000

Belay my last. I thought she was the incumbent but was indeed a state assemblyman.

Duh!

Re: Lessons Learned? Well, Maybe

Davebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:24:23 -0000

We got a chance to see how letting the party big shots choose the candidates would work out.

They chose the incumbent who been elected several times. What should they have done, given the laws on the books?

Re: Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do

Davebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:43 -0000

One correction. It wasn't police who handcuffed them but, I believe, Mormon security staff.

Re: Going Rogue in Upstate New York

Davebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:46:11 -0000

Great news! One less Democratic vote in Congress with a Republican label. In a year, the district will be back in Democrat with a Republican label hands.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Re: A Tiny Ripple Does Not Make A Tsunami

Davebo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:55 -0000

The significance of these races are not the epicenter of a tsunami.

It could be a start of one. A wave of enthusiasm among conservatives who begin to believe they really can gain power without all those RINO's (read GOP).

I certainly hope it does.

Re: What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)

ProfElwood — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:40:45 -0000

As someone who's been watching lp.org and lpin.org, I think you may be out of touch with Libertarian party. They've been railing on the Patriot act, illegal wiretaps, and most everything else Bush did while in office. I personally can't see how the libertarians could join the conservatives any more than they could join the liberals. I would say the Cato institute (cato.org) is the best voice for libertarians, all in all, since I've had some problems with lp.org's honesty on a few occasions.

Re: Honor Killings On The Rise, Media Response Seems Limited

Davebo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:38 -0000

"In the United States today there are parents killing their children (usually daughters) for engaging in ‘dishonorable behavior’. One parent recently killed his child by running her over with his car."

Two murders and one attempted over several months. As opposed to 45 per day in the US on average.

Stop the presses indeed.

Re: What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)

DaMav — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:54:15 -0000

"a dying GOP"

Today's elections will be a nice test of your predictions. Enjoy the hilarity :-)

Re: What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)

Davebo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:27:59 -0000

I love ya Polimom, but this is a bit silly.

Where I see a real problem, frankly, is in what appears to be a fusion of far right social conservatism with libertarian-type government reduction.

Let's be clear here. Far right conservatism and Libertarian type government reduction types never cared a bit about expansive government deficit spending prior to January 2009. Be it foreign wars bloating spending, or supposedly libertarian issues like warrantless wiretaps, torture, habeas corpus for US citizens or a plethora of other issues that would cause small government conservatives or rock ribbed libertarians to hit the streets in protest.

Search Reason's hit and run blog about any of these issues and you'll find they have abandoned civil liberties long ago. Face the facts, most Libertarians now could not even explain the concepts of civil liberties because they are no longer a part of the "libertarian party".

The two are attempting to form a party, any party, ideology be damned, that can put them back in power. And if it takes social conservative flocking to Palin types while small "L" libertarian types who really have no concept of what being a libertarian means, that's all good.

It's an attempt to take a 21% hard core conservative constituency and mix it with a 10% libertarian constituency, then hoping that you can get a 9% bat shit crazy constituency to hold their nose and sign on to win some elections.

It won't work. But it will make for some hilarious bedfellows and a dying GOP.

Re: What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)

Davebo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:49 -0000

This criticism rings hollow as most of the Democratic agenda in Congress is coming straight out the liberal playbook with threats against moderate members to go along if they know what’s good for them.

Seriously? Two words. Joe Lieberman. Endorses the GOP nominee for president and even speaks at the convention. Promises to filibuster, not just vote against, but filibuster the number 1 domestic legislation for Democrats this year. And on top of all that, announces he'll support one or more Republicans in the coming mid terms.

So surely he lost his seat as Chairmen on the Homeland Security Committee right?

Right?

Jonathan Wells is a 28-year-old who either ignores or has no clue of the total disarray of the Democratic party

Re: Scozzafava Endorses Owens, Rejects Republican Extremism

Davebo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:31:01 -0000

It's possible that she just honestly felt that it was important to elect someone from the district who didn't believe the district's voter concerns were merely "parochial" and possibly irrelevant.

Re: An Alternative Measurement To GDP That May Be More Realistic For Main Street

Davebo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:08:25 -0000

On a tangentially related note, the one major US car maker that refused the government 'help' is the one that just reported a profit. I am sure that is just a coincidence, though.

Not really a coincidence at all. They didn't require the bailout money to stay afloat and therefore it would seem a no brainer that they would be the first to return to profitability.

Not really sure what point you're trying to make here Austin.

Re: Dede Scozzafava

Davebo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:32:25 -0000

So what's on your mind Jazz???

The comment says it all I'd say. At some point, just like a once strong defensive line on a hot Sunday exhaustion sets in and they can no longer defend. But then they can't just walk off the field either. And this is what you end up with.

Sorry for the football metaphor.

Re: Breaking: Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race

Davebo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:33:38 -0000

The moderate Republicans are just going to have to find a way to stay Republicans as they poll lower than Libertarians.

But the wrestler mask will make teabagging anonymously much easier so it's all good!

Re: The Curious Case Of Joe Lieberman

Davebo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:09:41 -0000

He was nearly stripped of his chairmanship when he supported McCain but he promised he'd be a solid supporter on domestic issues if allowed to remain.

And now, he's not only threatening to vote against the single biggest domestic issue, he claims he'll filibuster it.

Time to send him back to his Jr. Senior status. If he bolts to the GOP, good riddance.

He won't win in 2012 regardless and frankly I doubt he plans on running.

Re: Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?

JeffersonDavis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:33:47 -0000

The EU has been "working" with Iran for years on the nuclear issue.
I'm quite certain that their work will culminate with an Iranian nuclear missle. Diplomacy hasn't worked well for Europe for the last 80 years or so.

Re: Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?

Davebo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:25 -0000

Sorry dude but Sooner is as Sooner does

Re: Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?

AustinRoth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:28:55 -0000

Get out of Oklahoma much?

Do you have a clue about US geography? AustinRoth. Duh.

Re: Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?

Davebo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:46 -0000

Even less democratic? Err.. OK.

the EU exists to restore the aristocracy to the rule of Europe.

Wow! Get out of Oklahoma much?

The EU has something the UN doesn't. Leverage against Iran.

Re: Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?

AustinRoth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:27:47 -0000

The EU is not the UN. You realize that right?

Of course it isn't. The EU is even less democratic and transparent than the UN. The UN exists to allow third-world countries to enrich and enable their corrupt governments; the EU exists to restore the aristocracy to the rule of Europe.