“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
–George Orwell
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The Obama-Biden recovery keeps churning along!
Unemployment down from 5.5% to 5.3% with addition of 223,000 new jobs last month. Five years ago when the Affordable Care Act was enacted, weren't there dire predictions of layoffs and job losses because of the cost associated with expanded health care coverage? That doesn't seem to be happening, does it?
Shhhh! Don't want the trolls to choke on their Corn Flakes this morning Frank sputtering about how bad Obama is for the country.
I spoke with a Republican friend last week and she was telling me just how good her husband's company was doing. When I mentioned that we ought to thank Obama for doing a good job with the economy she said to not get her started. My followup was that if things were bad he would certainly be blamed for the state of the economy. She had no reply to that.
Being a Republican means never having to acknowledge the facts….
None of them do….One of the things that makes a person choose to be a Republican is a significant aversion to admitting you are wrong….it is the domain of the racist…the evangelist… and the gun nut… and the homophobe…and the perpetually greedy…
hence the constituency.
And Mitt Romney has got to be royally pissed that he can't take credit for this recovery that was forecast prior to the Nov 2012 elections. You know Republicans would be crowing about their "brilliant" economic policies as a result.
Just think, we could have had Kansas, New Jersey, etc. type of GOP-led economic booms if only we had elected Romney!
Oh, woe is me!
Obama is keeping his promises as well as Romney's (unemployment) and Gingrich's ($2.00 gas).
Yes but Newt was going to keep gas prices low by off-planet drilling for oil on those lunar colonies.
Yeah.. and I was all set to invest in the pipeline…shucks.
and, as R's say, we are the greatest nation on Earth. Well then –
Michael Bennet said he'd gladly lost his job over a vote for the public option. He did nothing, literally, to back up that statement. But, God damn, does that boy know how to manipulate the press?
Yes, it would be a massive investment in our citizens. But wouldn't the results, the "return on investment" (that's what ROI stands for, ye Republicans), be worthy and truly pay a "dividend" to each and every one of us?
At the expense of corporate profits and CEO retirement packages?
And why have so many Democrats <s>wished</s> worked to make it so?
Or are we just that thing for the most privileged and connected among us?
Bingo
This is what a campaign of ideas looks like:
10,000 people turn out to hear Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin.
He probably said something like this there:
I was watching the live stream of Bernie Sanders speaking in Wisconsin last night, and I remembered the last time I heard a presidential candidate in a big stadium with thousands of people, in 2008. It was thrilling, awesome, inspiring, energizing. Bernie doesn't inspire those same reactions.
Bernie Sanders is not a gifted orator, like Barack Obama, although they both appeal to our vision of what our country could and should be. Bernie's not sexy or handsome. He's not an "alpha male". He doesn't really play on our heartstrings. He doesn't have the pacing, the oral dynamics of an Obama. Yet he gets stuff done. He's gotten more sponsored bills actually passed in the Senate than most other Senators serving > 10 years. He just talks sense and policy, appealing to the head more than the heart.
And it's working. Even if you're a pragmatist who thinks that Sanders' only function is to bring the issues up that Hillary should be talking about, it's working. Is it possible that we as a country are growing up, that we don't need to have a teenage crush on our future leaders?
I agree Bernie is doing a lot of good. As far as his chances of winning the nomination and presidency? An old self identified socialist Jew? Sounds like my late grandpa. Chance of being president similar to his. Pretty sure we'll have both the first woman and first Latino president before we have the first from a non-Christian background.
I think Bernie perfectly fits the quote of the day. Restating the obvious seems to be one of his strengths.
The nice thing is it shows that the enthusiasm and hope from the early Obama years still exist. Like any president, Obama made mistakes and had to compromise to get anything done but he will leave with no major scandals, excluding the Benghazi witch hunt of course, and lots of progress on lots of issues. Bernie might not win the nomination but he is stepping up to discuss the issues instead of stepping in it like Trump. Team Blue has a lot of early momentum going for it. Glad Bernie is focused on the issues instead of trashing Hillary.
Absolutely. And I’m sure the enthusiasm he is engendering and the admiration the base has for both him and Elizabeth Warren are elements HRC recognizes she will require to get the turn out she needs and that’s why we’re seeing her speak out more and take more definite positions on base concerns. She may even stick to them in office based on their strong popularity in polls.
Agreed, Bernie Sanders is a huge plus for our Party, and the reaction of the motivated base highly encouraging.
This is opposed to the dismal choices and response the GOP clowns are getting:
But the downside is that their negatives far outpace their support:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/donald-trump-polls_n_7706964.html?ir=Politics
It really must be embarrassing to have to admit to being a member of the GOP these days. I'm sure even Ronald Reagan would be shocked and dismayed at the downward spiral into which the GOP candidates have led their party.
I also don't think he'd think much of Sit Down Shut Up Christie. Or the vilification of everyone across the aisle. Not that I'm a Reagan fan. I think he did more damage than anyone but GW. But the present clown car load makes him look great by comparison.
Reagan and Dole both started all this downward spiral in 1976 with the nasty "politics of personal destruction". I sometimes wonder what would have happened if Jerry Ford had beaten Jimmy Carter — would it have derailed Reagan for 1980? Would it have given Democrats a big leg up in 1980 (exhaustion from too much Republican control from 1968 to 1980?)
We'll never know, but I doubt Reagan realized the Pandora's box he opened, and where it would lead us. I'm waiting for the pendulum to start swinging back before I die.
Hang on, Davie!
I probably should have phrased it "in my lifetime". I've got a good 20 or 30 years left in me (knock on wood!) 😉
Whew!
As someone who voted for every Republican candidate from Eisenhower to Ford (yes, 3x for Nixon), it took Reagan to make me realize I was no longer a Republican. I probably don't have 20 or 30 years left, but I hope for the same as you, Davie. The reception that Bernie is getting gives me reason for optimism.
Me too. It's never too late. Bernie Sanders is the conscience of the nation. BC is right that he probably won't be the nominee, nor even the VP candidate. But the voters are listening, hungry for common sense answers that the Republicans simply don't have.
We are making a difference, so let's do all we can to empower our elected officials to do what is right and best for us all, however much time we have left.
Walmart's Luxembourg stores showing increased profits, no doubt due to the Genius Managers and Walton Family
ScionsScum who so proudly build on their father's legacy:…and their workers are supported by tax-payers…
Wow…just, wow…