RT @hbcampbell: Blitzer: Ms. O’Donnell. Name all the elements of the periodic table in reverse atomic number order. Mr. Coons. Spell “cat”.
RT @hbcampbell: Blitzer: Ms. O’Donnell. Name all the elements of the periodic table in reverse atomic number order. Mr. Coons. Spell “cat”.
Even Wanda Sykes, who is a known and outspoken liberal, could see the disdain on Wolf Blitzer’s face for O’Donnel.
I didn’t see the debate, so can’t speak to the issue. But this is a hilarious tweet. As Larry the Cable Guy would say, “I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.”
Reminds me of the old joke about three survivors of a shipwreck found in a lifeboat by a passing ship. The captain asks them each a question that they have to answer correctly to be rescued … the first is asked to identify the worst maritime disaster in history (i.e., Titanic), the second has to give the approximate number of lives lost, and the third — who is typically whatever ethnicity is being mocked by the teller of the joke — has to name ’em 😉
There’s no doubt the moderators were out for Cute Christine’s blood, but they didn’t ask anything of her that they didn’t ask of Coons, and quite frankly any serious senate candidate ought to have a close interest in the rulings of the supreme court and have opinions both ways about their findings.
Just because O’Donnell didn’t want to answer and could not answer some questions, also doesn’t mean the questioning was unfair. Blitzer clearly wanted to embarrass O’Donnell with the evolution question. But, quite frankly, if you vocally speak out for school’s “constitutional” rights to teach whatever they want, then you really shouldn’t be embarrassed. And if you don’t believe in evolution then you shouldn’t be embarrassed about it. But clearly O’Donnell is, why would anyone say, “My opinion about it is irrelevent”? Even Coons said he is personally against abortion, but that he supports a woman’s constitutional right to choose. O’Donnell wouldn’t even answer what her stance on abortion is. She just gave a rambling incoherent collection of words without ever saying whether she supports the right or not. Clearly she does not, but she didn’t actually say one way or the other.
These goofball Republicans that the Tea Party got on the ballot are exactly what the dimwit democraps ordered to stay in power. Really? Paladino, Palin and O’Donnell are the types of know-nothings that Gahrie types want running the country because they will do better than career politicians? If the Republicans get their way, again, we’ll all be speaking Chinese before 2020, which will be great so we can celebrate the real moon landing together.
Sayonara suckers.
Sandy:
O’Donnell’s clear and consist message on education and abortion is that her opinions don’t matter, because she believes it is not the role of the senate to be involved in either issue. She believes that educational decisions should be made on the local level and that issues such as abortion should be left up to the States.
Paladino, Palin and O’Donnell are the types of know-nothings that Gahrie types want running the country because they will do better than career politicians?
How could they possibly do any worse? And yes, there is a chance they could do better.
I mean seriously, the very phrase “career politician” should give everyone shivers of revulsion.
Things couldn’t possibly be worse? Really? Like Chris Coons, I don’t really know where to go with that. Why don’t we just put a chicken in office then.
The fact is that in October of 2008, economists and experts said that the economy was so thrashed because of Bush and the Republican led congress and senate of the last 12 years that the economy could not possibly recover for at least 5 years, no matter who is elected president.
20 months, post Bush, we’re still in a catastrophe, we still have 3 more years to go before things could possibly turn around, and they could be much much worse than they are now, and quite frankly, things may get worse. Democrats and Obama didn’t deregulate Wall Street and the banking and lending industry that created much of the catastrophe we’re in. So you want to elect people that ascribe to the same policies that put us in a mess, except most of them have no experience or knowledge of how we got into this mess.
I know I know, “Blame Bush”, “Blame the Republicans”. It’s hard to hear, but anybody with a brain knows a president’s legacy is what happens during the years AFTER he leaves office, the same goes for the legacy of a 12 year GOP controlled Congress and Senate. Did Bush leave the country in better shape than he got it? HA! That’s a cold reality for all Americans. I’d say it’s more important to change the bumper stickers that read “Never Forget” to include a picture of an Elephant and/or GWB.
The fact is that in October of 2008, economists and experts said that the economy was so thrashed because of Bush and the Republican led congress and senate of the last 12 years that the economy could not possibly recover for at least 5 years, no matter who is elected president.
Would those be the same economists and experts who have failed to predict anything right the last two years? You know the whole “unexpected” meme that I have been bugging Brendan with?
“O’Donnell’s clear and consist message on education and abortion is that her opinions don’t matter, because she believes it is not the role of the senate to be involved in either issue. She believes that educational decisions should be made on the local level and that issues such as abortion should be left up to the States.”
First, while I can understand that position, the reality is tht right now the Senate IS involved in those areas, and as such, her vote will matter. The people of her state deserve to hear from her where she stands on those issues if that is whats going to guide her voting.
Second, even if one leaves educational decisions up to local governments (for the most part I agree with that position) that still does not address that federal funding is used for various educational programs and funding of education in general. If she doesn’t believe the government should AT ALL be involved in local education, fine, but then thats her stance and she should speak to it, not shurg her shoulders and ignore it.
gahrie – those are the same folk who keep trying to tell us that in 2008, “the economy was so thrashed because of Bush and the Republican led congress and senate of the last 12 years “ … to them, House and Senate didn’t change from GOP to Dem until 2009 … the fact the The One was one of the majority Senators in Congress during 2007 and 2008 is Rethuglican propaganda from Faux Noose … the fact that the Dems owned House and Senate in 2007 and 2008 isn’t even on their radar, probably because to admit that is to have to start realising that not everythign onthis planet is the fault of the Eeeeevil Booosh …
I continue to be amazed how the GOP managed to ‘lead Congress’ in 2007 and 2008 … it is probably a surprise to La Pelosi, too … Senator Reid probably didn’t notice …
You know Alasdair that no one outside the whacked out right wingers like yourself ever treated Obama as “The One” right? No one I ever heard about or encountered who voted for him believed everything was going to get magically better the day he was elected. We all knew it was going to take work to get things back on track. In fact, it seems like the only people who are holding him to the standard that things should have been better overnight are people like you. Talk about being out of touch with reality.
Incidentally, the little nick names you use aren’t cute, they just make it look like your IQ is in the double digits and your maturity level is below Loyettes. If you actually expect to be taken seriously around here and be considered a valuable part of discussions, rather than just an irritating troll that won’t die, you should think about growing up a bit.
You know Alasdair that no one outside the whacked out right wingers like yourself ever treated Obama as “The One” right?
Oprah: “I am here to tell you, Iowa, he is the one. He is the one!”
http://gothamist.com/2007/12/09/oprah_calls_oba.php
gahrie, sorry but that could easily mean “he is the right candidate, he is the best choice for leader” where as Alasdair moronic insinuation is that people think Obama is some sort of Messiah. Don’t fall into the same troll trap as he does. You can dislike Obama and his policies without looking like an idiot in your criticism.
that people think Obama is some sort of Messiah.
You mean like when various publications literally put a halo over his head on their covers?
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/4096/
Or this sounds pretty messianic:
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.
Guess who said that?
“What Barack Obama has accomplished is the single most extraordinary event that has occurred in the 232 years of the nation’s political history…The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance.”
—Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
”Biblical hope is similar. Like Obamian hope, it speaks to the matter of the future being pulled into the present in the Kingdom of God.”
—Rev. Earlmont Williams, Jamaican Gleaner
“The Obama campaign uses a religious calling as its central rhetorical trope: ‘I’m asking you to believe,’ reads the banner across the top of barackobama.com. His appeal to voters is an archetype of religious conversion: instead of being asked for support, Americans are exhorted to “join the movement”. In Georgia, he directly equated his supporters with God’s people…
—‘We Are The Chosen Ones’: A new hymn to Obama Telegraph [UK]
“The book [Dreams From My Father] was a revelation.” [Emphasis added.]
—Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone Official Endorsement.
“…Barack’s appeal is actually messianic, it’s something about his aura, his spirit, his soul, that exudes enlightenment in the making…he is one of those individuals who communicates God-like energy (metaphorically speaking), in whom you can ‘feel’ God…he’s a lot closer to a Jesus-type than the other candidates…”
—Steve Davis, Charleston, SC
“He appeals to all that is innate and created in us in a longing for that ‘better country, that is a heavenly one’ discussed in Hebrews 11’‘’Thus he offers a messianic hope with the full weight and force of the U.S. government to back him up…Heaven on earth is indeed appealing rather than having to wait.”
—Peter Wierenga, World
Channeling David …
But gahrie – apart from those ? See – there are none !
Democrats took office in the Senate and Congress in January 2007, the hedge funds collapsed 8 months later. Explain how the legislation that Democrats passed in those 8 months that led to the hedge-funds collapsing? It will be very difficult because George Bush vetoed EVERY piece of legislation that the democrats put before him from 2007-2009 to blame them for any of this nonsense.
Is it getting clearer now? Or do you still want to live in fantasy land?
Sandy – your grasp of historical reality is davidkian in its breadth and depth … (or is David k’s grasp of same sandyundian ?) …
So you actually believe that President GWBush’s 11 vetoes (only 4 of which were overridden) successfully sabotaged the Democratic Congress of 2007-2008 and prevented them from being able to be fiscally responsible, eh ? Even more interesting – none of the vetoed bills were the budget, it seems … which implies that you believe that federal budgets were not passed in 2007-2008 …
So – starting in January, 2009, when the again-Democratic Congress with even larger majorities got going without the possibility of an Eeeeevil Boooosh (TM) Veto, everything got turned round and all is well again, in *your* estimation, right ?
OY gevalt (in spades, yet) !
George Bush didn’t use a single veto for 6 years of a 12 year Republican controlled Congress and Senate. You think that having EVERY bill put forth for 6 years resulted in nothing after that time? The economy just tanked 8 months after Republicans were voted out because of all the legislation and bills the democrats put into motion after they were gone? That’s Alisdairian, I suppose. There’s not root in fact for a belief like that
It took 8 years to destroy the country, you can’t fix that big of a disaster in 20 months.
Sandy – source for your assertion ? As far as I can tell, GWBush vetoed ONE bill in his first 6 years, during which the GOP controlled Congress for 2 of the three Congresses … (the Jeffords defection cost the GOP control of the Congress during his first 2 years, as I recall) …
Alasdair, while you try to “recall” what happened, anyone else can look up the information on the internets to find that Republicans had majority control of both houses for 12 consecutive years beginning 1995 and control of the presidency for 8 consecutive years beginning 2001 as the economy collapsed at the end of that 8 year period.
You must think that the Democrats got into a time machine, undid all the banking and lending regulations, invented and formented a market of 3 and 5 year Adjustable Rate Mortgages, relaxed all the regulations on Wallstreet trading, spent a trillion dollars on wars we didn’t need to fight, devalued the dollar by 60%, borrowed a ton of money from China, and then got back into the time machine in time to see the results off all this stuff in August of 2007 and October of 2008. The only problem is that it was the Republicans that made all those mistakes. But at least we had a really strong economy for 6 years.
Sandy, not that I disagree with your core premise that the GOP messed up in all sorts of ways, but the Democrats controlled the Senate 51-49 from mid-2001 through January 2003.
Brendan – thank you ! (Lest anyone doubt you, the details are shown here …
SU – reasonable people can differ on whether or not the US needed to fight in any wars during that period … those of us with a curiosity about history see the completion of the Gulf War as a Good Thing for many reasons, both humanitarian (lessening wood-chipper use on humans, lessening Kurdish villages being chemically-gassed) and self-interest (removing a dictator who was publicly and proudly financing the exporting of terrorism overseas) and geo-political (actually finishing Gulf War I (which had only ended with a cease-fire which was *not* being respected by the Hussein regime in Iraq)) …
Historically, in this country, the Dems are the party of requiring regulation and then Dem politicians pressure the regulators to keep hands off their comtributors … remember the Keating scandal ? Remember Frank and Dodd and the others telling us that there is no problem with Fannie and Freddie, no need to check that they were being regulated ? (and before anyone goes for the revisionism, the only “Keating 5” pols found guilty were Dems) …
So you believe that the Community Reinvestment Act was a GOP bill ? Take a look at the link, above, and see who controlled Congress and White House in 1977 …
Back to blaming Carter? The Community Reinvestment Act (1977) was such a disaster it was in effect for 30 years with no significant default instance. That didn’t create the mess we have today. 5 year-ARM’s and no regulations for lending, “stated income” loans. That’s why we’re screwed right now.
Reasonable people, a majority of americans, now agree that going to war was a mistake. Good things came out of it, sure, but good things will come out of this economic disaster as well. I wouldn’t argue in favor of either.
The Keating 5 included John McCain, John Glenn and Alan Cranston. Whatever happened to them? They were so corrupt that John McCain ran for president on the Republican ticket last election cycle.
Re-reading about the Keating scandal is a real wake-up call for today. It cost the government $3 billion dollars and I recall that it was like the end of the world back in 1989. In October 2008 George Bush asked congress to GIVE $1.5 trillion to Henry Paulson with no oversight and no strings attached to distribute to corrupt banks across the country to “save the economy”. More proof that facts, truth, and reality just don’t matter anymore.