Comments on: Joe Scarborough & Peggy Noonan: Americans Secretly Yearning for Republican-Controlled Congress

By: MarkH

MarkH — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:31:16 +0000

As for Obama ’struggling’ because he’s not partisan…I don’t see him struggling. Hasn’t he gotten just about everything passed? He might not be doing things as fast as Superman, but then Superman is just a fiction.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:27:24 +0000

What jobs would people have if all the major banks failed? What international banks would do business with us if our banks and AIG didn’t pay off on debts? A lot was loaned and some was invested in banks. How much has been GIVEN to stimulate the economy?

Just because the press says the banks were bailed out, as if they were just handed money, doesn’t mean you have to repeat it.

It’s a big economy and lots of dough had to be thrown out the door, but that doesn’t mean there was favoritism of any kind. It just takes a lot to make this economy stand up off the floor and begin running.

BTW, did ya hear about the criminals they caught in Florida by offering them ’stimulus’ checks? Yep. Apparently it still doesn’t pay to be a criminal and stupid at the same time.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:17:59 +0000

Wondering what they would come up with gave running room to the House and the Senate HELP committees. Baucus may not be to your taste, but he hasn’t ruined anything.

By: upstateNYerMdwst

upstateNYerMdwst — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:14:52 +0000

It just frustrates the heck out of me that we’re not able to get a public option passed through. If only the people would realize that this bill is just going to help people get coverage, and provide competition for the insurance companies (which would lower prices for everyone). I thought Repubs believed in market competition.

I was so pumped when Obama took office, as I was sure that with 58 seats in the Senate (no Franken or Specter yet), and a huge House majority, passing this bill would be a cinch. I never ever thought that any Dems would refuse to support it, so I was shocked when Landrieu and Feinstein first came out against it. And just this ONE time, can’t they just pass it with 51 votes? PLEASE??? I guess 60 is the new 51 for everything now. :(

By: racetoinfinity

racetoinfinity — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:46:13 +0000

as if Rahm Emmanuel would be open to that message. He is a corporatist through and through.

By: racetoinfinity

racetoinfinity — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:31:48 +0000

Because she took lessons from the late Bill Buckley…It’s that upper class low-energy “please keep the plebs away from me” drawl.
“Top drawer” and all that, don’t you know.

By: james

james — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:35:04 +0000

I haven’t seen Dennis Miller since he became a Stepford comedian so I don’t know if he still does his riffs using references to things a lot of people don’t know. If he does, the people that watch Fox must think he’s speaking another language.

With someone like Scarborough on the air pushing the GOP line, it’s almost as if the RNC has another outlet for the permanent campaign.

By: sbvpav

sbvpav — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:47:41 +0000

let’s face it; those yelling and screaming and those encouraging, pandering and manipulating want to nullify the last election. oh democracy and majority rules when they win; but when they lose, they want to bring down this administration.

they have loudly and clearly broadcast their intentions: “want you to fail.” bringing down obama will be good for us politically.” unfortunately, the ones being truly scared are the spineless democrats who are afraid for their next primary and campaign donations.

By: Jinx

Jinx — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:19:48 +0000

Oh, Peggy & Joe know that what they are saying is bullshit. They, and their ilk, don’t discuss the world as it is, but rather the world as they would like it to be. If they can create a narrative that takes off, then great if not then at least they managed to avoid discussing anything that could be backed up by facts.

Never forget Peggy’s “hot mic” moment after the announcement of Sarah Palin for McCain’s VP. On air she praised Palin and the wisdom of the McCain campaign, but off air (and seconds later) she scoffed and called the choice “cynical” and declared the race “over”. Chuck Todd was right by her side.

In “opinion” pieces such as these, not even the opinions are real.

By: dude91

dude91 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:18:40 +0000

Exactly !