Comments on: Is There No Decency Left in the Republican Party?

By: SteveGinIL

SteveGinIL — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:19:29 +0000

“This gang of thugs abandoned every principle they ever professed and instead became the party of corruption, dishonesty, incompetence, coddling the privileged and systematically neglecting the nation’s needs, while debasing the nation’s honor with torture, kidnappings, warrantless spying, aggressive war and unparalleled lawlessness. It is a record unequalled in our history.”

Besides the obvious totalitarians like Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan, etc., it would be difficult to find folks in history worse. The petty dictators in 3rd world countries are about the only comparisons that come to mind.

So, the question has to come up: Has BushCo turned the USA into a 3rd world dictatorship? It would be hard to argue the opposite, IMO. Pretty much all the 3rd world puppets had a Bush II look to them, both facially and functionally.

By: Jo-Ann

Jo-Ann — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:10:41 +0000

MarkH…get over that “feeling”…Hillary indeed wrote the SCHIP with Kennedy and another Senator in 1997. I thought you said you liked children. Killing the messenger???

By: Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:34:47 +0000

I must admit this weblog was pretty boring considering that everyone is in agreement. Check out Malkin’s responses at her own site as she addresses much of what was said here.
Anyway, the whole reason that politicians trot out children to represent their legislation is so they can express indignation at their opponents purportedly on the basis of them “attacking” the child rather than the problems with the legislation itself.
You’ll like SCHIP if you liked Hillary-Care. I’m not a socialist, so I’m against them both.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:02:45 +0000

Just an observation on the title of the post. How can something, such as decency, remain, if it was never there in the first place? When did the republican party last, if ever, exhibit, any human decency?

By: MarkH

MarkH — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:10:49 +0000

The stories we’re reading associate Hillary Clinton with SCHIP, but who, in fact, was the author of that legislation? Just how much did Clinton or Kennedy do to endorse it and promote it?

I have the feeling Hillary is just using SCHIP to promote the idea she favors health care reform. Too bad HER program was a failure and all she has now is riding on someone else’s coattails (on this issue).

OTOH, I do truly believe Hillary has more morality than most Republican wingers. But, of course, there are other sensible Republicans who have morality and should be speaking out against this ’swift boating’ of a child.

I never said Hillary was a wing nut, only a moderate Republican.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:02:05 +0000

diogenes @ 59

cinnamonape @40

I live deep in Red territory, and plenty of my acquaintances voted Bush.

Now they are telling me their wallets can’t afford more Republicans, and are going to vote for Edwards.

They have a bellyful of ‘morality’ and are facing economic reality. I hope Bush and the Republicans keep pissing them off. Nothing like a little negative reinforcement!

That’s pretty remarkable news. Would they go so far as to switch parties so they can vote in a primary?

By: scarecrow

scarecrow — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:57:19 +0000

Patrick Stephens @ 132

The issue at stake here is whether or not there should means testing for subsidies. The state of Maryland effectively subsidized the Frosts commercial real estate investment. If they’re meant to be representative recipients of the program, then it’s a program that subsidizes middle class risk. And maybe that’s not a program that taxpayers really want to fund.

Using the 12 year old child as a distraction is inexcusable. On both sides.

Using a child and his history to illustrate the value of a health care program for children is not a distraction. It’s the point of having the program.

If you want to debate the merits of means tests, that’s fine, but you don’t intimidate the child and his family and invade their privacy to do that. There are two issues here, whether you choose to see them or not.

By: maunga

maunga — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:37:18 +0000

Hello Scarecrow, a great post as ever, tank you.

I think you mean ‘repelled’ when you use ‘repulsed’!.

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:27:27 +0000

There are no condemnations because they do not condem their actions. Republicans will attack ANYONE who dares dissagree with them. Now it has been proven beyond a doubt that if you identify yourself as a Republican, you are activly supporting a facist organization and have discarded all American ideals of freedom and fair play. NO REPUBLICAN CAN BE TRUSTED. EVER. PERIOD.

By: Patrick Stephens

Patrick Stephens — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:41:24 +0000

The issue at stake here is whether or not there should means testing for subsidies. The state of Maryland effectively subsidized the Frosts commercial real estate investment. If they’re meant to be representative recipients of the program, then it’s a program that subsidizes middle class risk. And maybe that’s not a program that taxpayers really want to fund.

Using the 12 year old child as a distraction is inexcusable. On both sides.