Are republicans willing to let the economy fail to win an election?

You should outline his grave injustices so we can discuss them. Go ahead give us 10 points where the President has caused harm.

 

What was the Dow at when Bush left office?

 

Something tells me he won't. He's starting to adopt a basso style of debate (not the snarky witticisms that aren't really witty.) in that he'll ask a pointed question about the economy, but whenever anyone answers him, and points to specifics, he won't respond, then pop up later and ask almost the same exact question again as if it was something new.

 

The Tea Party Paradox:

Freshman Republicans Lobby Federal Agencies For Millions Amid Spending Critiques

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...al-spending_n_890518.html?igoogle=1?igoogle=1

Get rid of Pork, except in my district
Keep the government out of people's lives, except their sex lives

 

This reminds me of the Are Democrats Willing to Let Us Lose the War to Win An Election thing. It's odd how much Democrats behave like Republicans and vice versa when they take office.

Anyway, it's becoming more and more clear that we need the equivalent of a city manager on a national level that isn't involved in politics. Politics is infiltrating everything that is done in government and it's becoming a gigantic problem.

 

What did Democrats do to make it more likely to lose the war in Iraq?

 

Yeah I'm not saying they did necessarily but that same sentiment about winning an election was made at one time.

 

Sure, but when you say "Democrats act like Republicans", then it can't just be based on an accusation. Just because both side throw out accusations, that doesn't actually make the two sides alike.

 

I actually said it's odd how much they behave like each other and I pointed to this question about winning an election as an example. Of course there are people that have publicly stated that they want Obama to fail so it's a bit different in that sense but anyway.

 

You think?

 

Even David Brooks gets it

 

They are of the same molds. It's funny to see people so firmly aligned with a party that just spit out the company line. What's more sad is that they actually can't see their own hypocrisy.

 

examples please, they are all the same is a weak argument. you guys never provide examples. what the republicans are doing is historical.

 

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

now or in two, three years, where is the difference ?

maybe another war, before the economy fails

 

It's hard to see anything from your one-line throwaway posts here.

There's been abundant evidence presented that "the both sides do it!" argument is false and disingenous - why don't you try making the case for it and illustrate the hypocrisy that people can't see? Essentially - prove it, kid.

Let's take one example, filibusters - the use of the filibuster has reached epic proportions since 2006, it's literally unprecedented. It can be shown statistically. Mind you, this is not advanced statistics, it basically consists of being able to compare two quantities of the same thing across time periods.

Do you have an access to a secret storehouse of knowledge that contradicts this and validates the "both sides do it!" defense?

Prove it then, I know you won't be able to, because you don't, and because your command of the facts rivals DaDakota's basketball knowledge.

 

Quite the ironic post - you just spit out the typical GOP company line one-liner response that has been shown to be wrong and can't even see the hypocrisy in what you just did.

 

And this is where they always, always, always disappear. They are playing a shell game just as their leaders are. They absolutely refuse to engage on the facts. The next time they do will be the first.

 

I went around this with Batman Jones and agree that all sides do "it" to a certain extent but context and extent is important. For example as Sam noted the Republicans have used the filibuster or threat of filibuster to a level much much greater than Democrats did when their positions in power were reversed. That is a fact and not just opinion.

So while it is true that all sides do its not hypocritical to point out when one side is doing it significantly more than the other.

 

http://www.nationalreview.com/campa...ses-some-political-rhetoric-left-outside-door

These are the words of the President of the United States, unprecedented demagoguery from that office.

When Mark Halperin calls Obama a dick, this is what he means.

 

This has to be one of the more absurd posts I've read in a while, which is saying something. With all due respect, have you been living under a rock? Are you 14 years old? You have seriously called the President's words "unprecedented demagoguery from that office" and meant it? You have lived an exceedingly sheltered life.