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GOP-Controlled House to Kick Off by Reading Constitution Aloud
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I wouldn't be surprised if one of the crazier new Reps tried to take a shot at the President. What with what's-her-face interrupting the Constitution reading to pray for deliverance from the Great Black POTUS and the entire GOP platform being Obama hate, I can almost see that happening. The Secret Service would stop him immediately, and then all of Washington would be all wtf?
Like I said, he likes money. This does not mean he is running for President. Every damn election he's "thinking about considering it" all while conveniently having a new book to hock. At what point do you realize that you don't get to kick the football?
I was wondering that too. I think a lot of Republican speeches are actually created by a Mad-Libs. You choose from these adjectives:
job-killing
socialist
fiscally irresponsable
unconstitutional
fascist
immoral
etc
and then insert them wherever you want into a generic speech. When you need a new speech, just rearrange them. Like this:
The ________ spending by Obama must end. It's a __________ takeover of government, and we must oppose it because it's _______. We republicans will overturn legislation that is ________ and ________, stopping the _________ democrats and returning to what our founding fathers envisioned.
There, I just wrote 6! = 720 republican speeches.
1. They're making a political grandstand out of reading the constitution.
2. They're not even reading the whole thing.
and now
3. Nobody's actually there.
All it was was read meat for talk radio and the tea party.
That's my point. Just because a Republican House "lost" the 95 shutdown doesn't mean that a Republican House will "lose" a hypothetical 2011 shutdown.
Is the OP really that important for a current events thread?
Both of these are just ... oh my god. I can't stop laughing at how worthless they all are.
Especially with the heavy Conservative/Republican slant the media has adopted in the intervening time. There are no less than three networks that deliberate distort reality and lie to make Republicans look good and/or Democrats look bad.
A shutdown would be catastrophic and would be blamed almost entirely on Obama and the Democrats.
I'm aware of the mild fallacy here that it's not *really* money wasted because these people were going to be paid anyway. And also aware of the "They're wasting money because they're not doing real work when when they should be" bit. But $1 mil for a day of THIS particular Congress not doing anything useful? Think $730 mil would be fair to do it for the rest of the Congress as well?
What's your alternative suggestion? I mean, carrier pigeons have to eat; candles require wax...
Obama got a free 2 hour primetime "news conference" on ABC about healthcare that was nothing but appeal to emotion, heavily scripted questions.
I realize you guys lost control of the situation last summer, but blaming it on the media isn't really backed up by boots on the ground facts.
It would make having a conversation much easier with you if you responded to things people asked you.
..Did...did a conservative just tell us to stop blaming the media?
Oh lord.
Oh god the cognitive dissonance.
I think it actually hurts.
Meh, I'd say that fundamentals would be more important in polling than the inevitable FNC/RNC spin. The shutdown in the 90's occurred in the midst of a booming recovery with lasting goodwill towards the Republicans amongst 'independents.' Clinton didn't win a majority of the vote, recall. Even with the 2010 win Democrats and Obama poll better than Republicans. If anything one of the major factors of the election was the shifting composition of the electorate. Voters show up for Presidential elections, though, and the country didn't actually age 20 years in the intervening 2 despite what the median voter said last November.
Plus this is at a time when the economy is shaky at best; well a shutdown will have hard impacts on numerous people who won't be too pleased. You can overlook a slight uptick in layoffs or lowered aggregate demand when at full employment, not at 10% unemployment. Hell, the constant slashing of state and local governments is the single largest drag on the economy at the moment. It would also happen as ACA bennies are starting to roll out. Its easier to be anti-something since you can overlook the details. Its much harder to be pro- since that's when you get thick into the weeds. Obamacare was all death panels and Medicare Cuts. RyanCare would be pre-existing conditions and keeping old people off their meds right after getting a check in the mail to help deal with the 'donut hole' problem. &c.
Here I'll take this one.
Because HEY LOOK OVER THERE!
Well, I think this is something both sides tend to do too often.
When you fuck something up, it's a very convenient excuse.
Of course the media isn't neutral, but picking sympathetic media outlets and knowing how to work them is part of "THE GAME" (as they say).
Deacon won't answer those questions, ever, because he can't do it honestly without looking hypocritical, can't fob it off with some snarky little comment, and can't get away with using weasel words because we really don't put up with that sort of thing.
MSNBC also gives conservatives more time than it does for liberals.
Oh, give me a fucking break! The Republicans have been screaming and wailing for more than thirty years about the liberal media, and Democrats haven't been saying shit! Kindly stop lying, sir.
I honestly rarely ever watch the news portion of MSNBC because I work during the day, but I could believe it. Joe Scarborough occupies 3 hours a day on the network, for fuck's sake. Can you imagine a Lawrence O'Donnell or Chris Matthews taking up 3 hours on Fox News? Those three hours can't be wasted on left of center programming!
Because most of the Constitution is really goddamn boring. Everybody just remembers the sexy stuff.
Citation of constitutional authority: commerce clause or one of the other vague statements in the Constitution you can railroad almost anything through under the SC's current interpretation.
I just responded to a Democrat itt screaming about it!
Respectfully, perhaps get your story straight before you start pressing the "LIAR" button next time.
If you're not going to answer the question that several people have asked you could you please tell us why?