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Now this I find hilarious
Jackson couldn't do it himself, that's what he's crying about, LOL! Fidel will accept you Jesse. He's your buddy.
- Obama: "you sucker @ss Jesse"********
- You're really a sad little man.TheBlueOne
- Girl, you know it's true.********
- The fact that Barrack is probably closer to Black/Asian should make you happy JazXrobotron3k
- What does Asian have to do with this phoney?********
- well, he was born in Hawaii, went to school in Indonesia, sister is married to Chinese, and has big Asian staff.robotron3k
- and your point? what********
- and of all people, i'm sure you have experience with racism, so you should be happy he's the new prez.robotron3k
- Obama: "you sucker @ss Jesse"
- ukit0
http://www.tnr.com/politics/stor…
Even before the final results, showing a Democratic sweep, were in, Washington's pundits were declaring that nothing had really changed politically in the country. In a cover story labeled "America the Conservative," Newsweek editor Jon Meacham warned that, "[s]hould Obama win, he will have to govern a nation that is more instinctively conservative than it is liberal." Meacham's judgment was echoed by Peter Wehner, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. "America remains, in the main, a center-right nation," Wehner wrote in the Washington Post.
These guys--and the others who are counseling Barack Obama and the Democrats to "go slow"--couldn't be more wrong. They are looking at Obama's election through the prism of Jimmy Carter's win in 1976 and Bill Clinton's victory in 1992. Both Carter and Clinton did misjudge the mood of the country. They tried unsuccessfully to govern a country from the center-left that was moving to the right (in Carter's case) or that was only just beginning to move leftward (in Clinton's case), and were rebuked by the voters. But Obama is taking office under dramatically different circumstances. His election is the culmination of a Democratic realignment that began in the '90s, was held in abeyance by September 11, and had resumed in the 2006 election.
This realignment is predicated on a change in political demography and geography. Groups that had been disproportionately Republican have become disproportionately Democratic; and red states like Virginia have become blue. But underlying these changes has been a shift in the nation's "fundamentals"--in the structure of society and industry, and in the way Americans think of family, job, and government. The country is definitely no longer "America the conservative." And with the Republican Party and big business identified with a potentially disastrous downturn, it could become over the next four years "America the liberal." That's what makes this election fundamentally different from 1976 or 1992. Unlike Carter and Clinton, Obama will be taking office with the wind at his back rather than in his face.
- +100TheBlueOne
- Bull-f*cking shit, it's cyclical. Spewing liberal propaganda. Obama won because of the uninformed "new voters"********
- I love how angry you are today.DrBombay
- Not angry at all, but those comments are crazy.********
- you're angry.DrBombay
- Dude, you were angry for eight years. I called the Obama win, the jokes on you with the guy. Your taxes are********
- going to go waaaaaaaaay up~!********
- stop talking like yoda.DrBombay
- LOL, this place is amazing, you guys are pissed even when you win. Now that's a Democrat for you********
- Actually you're the one spewing JazX... it give me warm fuzzy feelingsrobotron3k
- Just like the rest of the Republicans, you're lost and you don't even know it yet. Send me a postcard from the wilderness.TheBlueOne
- wilderness.TheBlueOne
- Not at all, how does this election not follow the frequency/cycle?********
- If Obama wins in 2012, remains to be seen, you think that someone like Biden will win? *choke********
- in 2016?********
- ukit0
HAHAHAHAHA....this is priceless
http://www.newsweek.com/id/16758…
NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy.
One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost.
An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.
- "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,"
hahahaaDrBombay - she really is an awful personhallelujah
- amazing, you guys cannot give up even when you win.********
- Shouldn't Billy and Hillary Clint return their White House stolen good then too?tommyo
- you can't say that tommyo, that's not appropriate at this biased site********
- crybabyDrBombay
- "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,"
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" Californië, Arizona en Florida stemmen tegen homohuwelijk "
Californië, Arizona en Florida vote against gaymariage
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Obama's anger
http://www.americanthinker.com/2…The mindset that one is "owed" something in life has not only affected black mobility in business but black mobility in education as well.
- Now, there's your anger, mrdobolina/DrBombay********
- ah, that one article solves it all.robotron3k
- That someone is "owed something"? Like what? Wall Street execurives owed millions for fucking up royally?TheBlueOne
- Different school of thinking and you know it. I don't agree with that bail-out at any rate********
- Now, there's your anger, mrdobolina/DrBombay
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- Invisible stalled carmikotondria3
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- magic hands
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- ukit0
http://www.politico.com/news/sto…
McConnell: The most powerful Republican
With his party in tatters, Mitch McConnell is now the most powerful Republican in the country — the lone GOP senator who can stand in the way of an unfettered liberal agenda in Washington, and a key go-to man to rehabilitate his party.
McConnell, a soft-spoken Washington insider from Kentucky with a canny understanding of Senate tactics, is an unlikely pick to be the GOP’s Stonewall Jackson. Yet by virtue of surviving a tight reelection for a fifth term and having no real challenger to his position as Senate minority leader, McConnell is positioned to be both the ultimate dealmaker and the Republican firewall against a leftward tilt in American government.
- Powerful or most popular? I wouldn't have said that Obama was the most powerful, most popular, sure.********
- He's minority leader, officially most powerful as there is no Repub presidentukit
- Powerful or most popular? I wouldn't have said that Obama was the most powerful, most popular, sure.
- lowimpakt0
i may have said this elsewhere but McCain came across well in defeat.
- I concur. If he spoke that well during tha campaign and didn't pick Palin it would've been a much more competitive race.TheBlueOne
- He's definitely a classy guy, although you wouldn't know it from this place. He was the sacrificial lamb********
- personally, I think that the R's knew their time was up after Bush's eight, and used it to introduce Palin, energy.********
- tommyo0
I saw this guy speak last night on Faux News. Can't find the clip online but I hope the Republican party goes in the direction this guy is headed - back to traditional Conservatism. If they keep going in the direction of the Palins of the world and empty rhetoric fear then I think they're going to be obsolete for quite some time.
I wish I could find the damn clip from last night I was pretty impressed.
- Ahh found the clip. Click the 'Video: Watch Brit Humes Interview' button:
http://www.foxnews.c…tommyo - there's no doubt, it's natural, time for a lot of those guys to retire to their green pastures********
- Ahh found the clip. Click the 'Video: Watch Brit Humes Interview' button:
- hallelujah0
"Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years.
What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America’s political life has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom DeLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because schools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl Rove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer “therapy and understanding” to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11 as an opportunity to start torturing people.
And in our national discourse, we pretended that these monsters were reasonable, respectable people. To point out that the monsters were, in fact, monsters, was “shrill.”
Four years ago it seemed as if the monsters would dominate American politics for a long time to come. But for now, at least, they’ve been banished to the wilderness."
- you might want to link to these opinions: http://krugman.blogs…********
- ...mm, no - those people never really go anywhere.mikotondria3
- you think torture is going away because of weenie-boy getting in?********
- weenie-boy... wow you are so salty today.DrBombay
- you might want to link to these opinions: http://krugman.blogs…
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Ah, there's the other pic, I forgot about when I met Bubba in Botswana. He's got accidental antlers.
- tommyo0
Come on JazX seriously. Just relax man. Ever since last night all I've seen from you are predictions about where this country is going to go under Obama. Let me just try to give you a little different perspective. I'm an ex-Republican and a lot of the issues you bring up, not the rhetoric, the issues, I agree with you on. But, fact is, Republicans really don't represent the conservative values anymore. So take a breath and just hope for the best for this country right now. The things that you're saying right now aren't too far from the way a lot of Democrats have been acting about the war in Iraq for the last 5 years. Secretly (yet transparently) hoping for things to go terribly wrong just to support what you believe. Hoping that this country takes a turn for the worse just so that the opposing political party has egg on their face is shameful man. You can disagree with the decision, you can voice your opinion but wishing things go badly just to prove your point are worlds apart imo.
I definitely hope that conservatism comes back in a big way. Not the current rhetoric we've been forced to accept coming out of the Republican party and for that reason alone I'm glad that McCain didn't get the nod because it only would have enforced that kind of behavior. Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder ... are we the country of WWE? Is Hulk Hogan going to be in the steel cage match in 2012 with Andre the Giant? Nope, the Republican party definitely needs to redefine who they are if they want to have a part in the future, and I really really hope they do because I do not agree with 80% of liberal policy. So as for me, I hope Obama does a great job while conservatives rebuild and clean up the mess the Republicans have made of this party the past 8 years.
- I see a bunch of rhetoric fluff and if things do go wrong they'll blame Bush. You know it and I know it.********
- So what? That's not too far from the truth in regards to Bushie. He hasn't done a good job, there will be some cleanup.tommyo
- If you want to call Obama to the carpet, you're going to have to wait a year or two most likely. I'm hoping for the best though.tommyo
- Think of it this way too man. If Obama and Congress pass the social policy that you and I don't agree with. And if it fails the waytommyo
- our ideologies tell us it will. Then hopefully it will be off the table completely in the future no?tommyo
- Oh sure, but before I even get on the table in the first place, I'd like to see some experience. Ain't none********
- More intelligent words from tommyo, our man in the middle.joeth
- I see a bunch of rhetoric fluff and if things do go wrong they'll blame Bush. You know it and I know it.
- KwesiJ0
i see and hear JazX, sort of what I've been trying to express in my own adolescent leftist way.
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OMFG! I just saw this
Peggy Joseph thinks won't need to worry about paying for her gas, mortgage, and who knows what else, under Barack Obama.- eeeeeeeesh. Wow. hahaha there really are some major idiots on both sides. My lord.tommyo
- and you didn't think a bunch of young libs think that? blindly, I stand by it, sad.********
- well, she is in for a wake up call.DrBombay
- well, she probably wouldn't have said it, if she didn't think it were an extension to what she already has receives(d)********
- c'mon now ... I think she meant that it wont be as difficult for her to pay for thoseRamanisky2
- context folks, she said worried, vs not pay everBattleAxe
- nadnerb0
- stop pissing JazX off...robotron3k
- actually, you all probably f*ck with me a lot more, I'm blocked from half of these things. LOL********
- This graphic clearly demonstrates our country is far overdue for a president with come cool-ass facial hair.blaw
- mg330
I'd like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt "Goodbye, I hope we never see you again" message to McCain henchboy Tucker Bounds.
- tommyo0
Ahem..
4500!!
- janne760
4501:
so who will be voted Republican president in 2016?
and who will run for prez against Obama and fail in 2012?- I doubt that, Obama is Jimmy Carter, people will start getting sick of these guys after 4********
- who told you people got sick" of Jimmy Carter? You were 6.DrBombay
- based upon history, what the h*ell is your problem? brain malfunctioning today?********
- there are massive differences between carter and obama.DrBombay
- I doubt that, Obama is Jimmy Carter, people will start getting sick of these guys after 4