Comments on: GOP Hypocrisy Run Amuck; Plus, Need A Job? Lobbying: A Growth Industry!

By: mommapolitico

mommapolitico — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:07:07 +0000

Hi Lauren, I wish there was some way for us to keep the momentum going – we need to keep kicking ass and taking names. If the Administration could twist a few arms in the Senate (it's really the Senate's dysfunction that's the issue), keep putting the message out, and start using reconciliation, we could accomplish great things for the American people. I hear your frustration – keep speaking out, and keep fighting the good fight. Thanks for putting your two cents in…I love that you speak your mind, Girlfriend!

By: mommapolitico

mommapolitico — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:57 +0000

I hope you're right, K., and they do get their clocks cleaned! Again! I wish we could be on message the way the GOP always are – Biden is a great point man, did a terrific job on Meet The Press this week – and he should be out in front on these issues more. I don't see how the GOP can avoid coming to the table when the cameras are on. I guess it comes down to which one of the options is more preferable: looking like they're ball-less and not showing up, or the entire group getting trounced by one skinny, smart Dem. Can't wait to see! You are, as always, K., dead-on. Thanks for the great comments!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:50:12 +0000

All the GOP cares about is getting back their power, so they can do the bidding of their corporate sponsors. Their plan is to filibuster and kill every bill, so they can march their way back on the hill.The Dems are too scared of pissing any one off. The Democrats are truly the Yellow Party.

By: K.

K. — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:02:51 +0000

There must be an unwritten rule about not stepping on someone else's pork lest they crap in your nest. Or something. This health summit sure has the R's tied in knots. Read between the lines, and basically they don't want to participate because they're afraid of getting their clocks cleaned (again). If they don't let public opinion force them to the table, then they'll look like they don't give a damn about what the public thinks, which will remind everyone of Bush/Cheney and what they don't like about Republicans in the first place. I think they'll gamble on the public having a short memory, which will allow Obama to beat them over the head all summer long and dare them to attend a jobs summit. I'd like to see them back out of that!

By: mommapolitico

mommapolitico — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:34:43 +0000

Awesome news, Annette. Good to know we're not the only ones calling the GOP to the carpet! Would love to have heard the report you describe.Yeah, Claire makes me crazy at times. Then she turns around and does something like this, demanding the money back, and I think to myself, "Why can't she do this sort of smart work all the time?" But, hey, we'll take what we can get, so kudos to Claire! It's as if our collective conscience cannot recall the huge surplus we Dems had when in office…and somehow, the GOP forget all about the hole they dug us into, stating they have "inherited it." Wrong! The Prez signing Pay As You Go into law is great work. Period. And they can just deal.Love to hear your outlook, Girlfriend. Always thought-provoking and sound logic. Thanks for your terrific comments!

By: Annette

Annette — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:53:37 +0000

I will have to brag a little on my local area.. They did call out our rethug Sen. Kit Bond. He was in the Springfield/Joplin area doing a meet and greet and bragging about bringing home the bacon (pork) of recovery act funds for a low income apartment building project and the newspaper and TeeVee Reporters all called him out on his hypocrisy. They actually said to his face as he was standing there bragging, "But Senator, didn't you vote against it?" and in his drunken stupor he answered, "Well, yes but that's because it was too much pork." They then pointed out he was bragging on the pork and he said he had to go. I was proud of them for doing that. It was awesome. Roy Blunt was caught doing the same thing, and was questioned about the Health Care Reform and got himself caught in a lie and was called out for it in St. Louis. that was on the local news here too.. So there are some who are pointing out their hypocrisy.. Just not enough. Sen. McCaskill has now sent a letter to the MO legislators asking them to return what is left of the Recovery Act money since they are railing against it and asking which programs they are willing to cut in order to balance the budget which they are bound to do by law…. Now they are backtracking on their mouthing because they want the money, they just want to bad mouth it at the same time. I get upset with her sometimes, and then she comes up with something like this and I could kiss her…lol This is something I feel very strongly about, I think we all need to start pointing it out, that the Rethugs have NO, NADA, ZERO credibility on fiscal responsibility. After voting against the Pay As You Go bill which the President signed into law, and leaving a HUGE deficit for him to walk into, it just shows how badly they are with money. Since the media is so terrible at reporting these things it is up to us to remind people of the truth. Shout it long and loud, Democrats left a surplus and Rethugs left a huge hold to fill.. They did away with Pay as You Go.. and this President has signed it back into Law.. He is serious about getting spending under control.