Well for one, the Democrats couldn't decide what the meeting was actually about...
Was it about jobs???
Or segregation???
Or even dentures???
And what Obama Administration appearance wouldn't be complete without a "Joe Biden acting like a fool" moment...
One thing was clear, when the Republicans were able to speak without being interrupted...
... They were brilliant...
And nobody talked about that dirty reconciliation tactic EVER, right???
But when it was all said and done, the Democrats had used almost twice the time as the Republicans, but that's to be expected you see because...
And frankly, if the GOP doesn't roll over to what Barack Obama says well, they'll go the Chicago Way!!!
I wonder if President Obama has ever or will ever listen to these people...
Obama was right on one thing, they'll be elections in November 2010 and in 2012. He needs to prepare himself for a rout if he doesn't quit lecturing the American people when they've already made up their minds. If I may, Mr. President, you've LOST this debate... let US write the bill this time!!!
So a Congress with a 10% approval rating, is trying to pass a bill that has a majority opposed to it, with an unconstitutional maneuver. What could go wrong for the Democrats?
If I may Mr. Olbermann, here is my Special Comment to you today…
Since you asked Tea Partiers a bunch of questions and challenged our assertions and our beliefs, let me tell you what I’ve found.
The entire premise of your special comment was based on an assertion that all Tea Party attendees are white.This is simply untrue.
Your main contention, that we are all simply afraid out of some 60’s throwback mentality of distrusting people who aren’t like us, shows how truly out of touch you are with those who aren’t like you, politically and racially.
For the record, at every Tea Party I’ve attended and the one I spoke at, there were, in fact, people with non-white skin.We’ve had a black speaker and a Cuban speaker.I guess you’d wave your chauvinistic finger at us and claim those people were just token minorities, right?That we intentionally chose them out of some urge to disguise our true, evil, racist intent.Actually, Mr. Olbermann, no we did not.
But I think it’s high time someone finally calls you out, Mr. Olbermann, on something I don’t think you want to hear.That it is you, the one who asks us to count every minority skin color, sexual orientation, or gender, that is the racist.It is you who see based on color, judge based on color, speak based on color, and attack people based on color who is the real racist here.I think for all of your pontificating about how you call others out on their racism, it is you are truly insecure about yours.
You see, Mr. Olbermann, we don’t think minorities need an advocate.They don’t need a crutch.They can stand by themselves and for themselves because they are, in fact, equal to everyone else.They have the same potential as everyone else.They deserve to be treated like humans, not black humans.
Which is how you want to treat them, Mr. Olbermann.As if they need some sort of help.Why do they need a job based on their race and not ability?Maybe, Mr. Olbermann, it’s because you don’t think they can do it on their own.What, are they not smart enough, Mr. Olbermann?Is their some inherent trait that makes them unequal to whites, Mr. Olbermann?Let me help you out, Mr. Olbermann, there isn’t.
And what of your statement that somehow minorities can’t be conservative?They can’t be opposed to bankrupting future generations with debt.Your assertion that minorities don’t believe, or can’t believe this is indicative of another peculiar trait you possess, Mr. Olbermann.That is your assumption that races vote in monolithic blocks.That somehow, those, on average, 10% of black Americans that vote for the Republican Party every four years are, what Mr. Olbermann?Are they, as others on your network have suggested, not black?Do you somehow believe Mr. Olbermann, that to be black, means one must conform to one party.Maybe because you believe they must rely on you to tell them?Are they too stupid to figure it out?Let me help you out, Mr. Olbermann, they are smart enough.And that’s what you and your allies are afraid of.That if black Americans figure out the sick game your playing with them, if they are freed from the mediocrity you expect from them that they might find another party to vote for, or ideology to embrace.
Ah, maybe I’ve hit a nerve, Mr. Olbermann.Maybe I can ask you to ask yourself when you’re on your set tonight, why can’t minorities make decisions for themselves?Why can’t they get jobs without your help?Why can’t they support another candidate and preserve their racial identity in your mind?
I know the answers for myself.Minorities can do all of those things on their own.My ideology allows for every human being's true potential to come out.They don’t have to be subjugated into mediocrity. My ideology makes everyone, regardless of race, color, or creed free.
My question to you, Mr. Olbermann, is what are YOU afraid of?
It doesn’t take a big, long list of ideas, just some broad principles to stand on…
Pact for Prosperity 2010
-A Simpler contract with America
If Republicans are elected we will stand for…
-Treating acts or terror as acts of war, treating the terrorists themselves as enemy combatants in war, and prosecuting captured terrorists in military commissions, not in civilian court.
“ Spend Taxpayer money to kill and capture terrorists, not on the lawyers to defend them”
-Broad based Tax-Cuts for every single American family and business, regardless of income or size.This will free up Americans to spend for their families and invest in an expansion of their business.
We will work with open-minded Democrats to…
-Stand for any policy that returns responsibility to individual Americans and their families-oppose policies that take more power from Americans and put it in Washington.
In working for reforms…
-All comprehensive changes to any aspect of American life must be fragmented into multiple bills.All of which must be online for at least one week prior to final voting in each chamber.
Any other ideas for the GOP in 2010? Comment below to add suggestions...
I’ve heard the hand ringing over the past 12-18 months about the Senate’s rule of needing 60 votes to “get anything done”.Critics say it gives the minority more rights than the elected majority.This has even been characterized as Un-American by some who believe simple 51-vote majority is the “Democratic” thing to do.
To be clear, the rule of 60 is to end debate, because the U.S. Senate doesn’t have timing rules like the House does.The key is, if the debate of a bill isn’t ended, it can never be voted upon (which is a simple majority) and thus, never passed.
These critics have a wrong-headed view of government to begin with.In a government that is needed legislate every moral, political, cultural, etc. issue, a way to quickly act is required.If government must generally choose your life’s path, then there is an argument for a quick moving legislature.However, that view isn’t what the founders wanted.They instituted the cloture rule of 60 to make sure that any government action taken in people’s lives was to be overwhelmingly supported.The easier you make it, the more engulfed one’s life would become by bureaucracy.
So yes, we need a 60-vote rule in the United States Senate.This counts when either party is in the majority, by the way.That is the “American” thing to do.
This Sunday is the 44th edition of the Super Bowl. This is also the 11th super bowl I've remembered being aware of. Even though I am an avid NFL fan and follow the season intently, when it comes to predictions in the big game, let's just say my pick is the equivalent to a kiss of death. I think I've only gotten two correct in my life. Nevertheless, I will continue my predictions this year as well.
I will reveal that I am rooting for the Saints. But, my objective Super Bowl prediction is Colts 34 and the Saints 28 (leaving the door open to a possible overtime game winning touchdown).
Now if your a Saints fan, I won't blame you if you cheer, but I'm going with the Colts.
I'll be live tweeting the game and commercials (including Tim Tebow's) on Twitter so follow me there if you'd like.
Let's hope this game lives up to the previous two in competitiveness and excitement.
It’s not the substance.We knew that would be horrendous.It wasn’t the inane commentators after the speech.We knew they were high on “hopium”.The main thing that stuck out to me about President Obama’s State of the Union Speech last week was the complete and utter lack of decorum in the House Chamber that night.
From the President to the Speaker to the members, they all forgot where they were and who they are.They’re members of the United States government.They’re sitting in the Capital of this country.Not at a campaign rally.Not at a fundraiser.Not with a special interest shindig.
Let’s start with the President himself.I have the same critique of Obama in this speech than any other high profile speech he’s made as President.You want to yell, “It’s not all about you!!!”In an address about the state of the nation, he used the words “I”, “me”, or “my” over 110 times.He treated the state of the union like the state of Obama.He insulted the Supreme Court for not agreeing with him.The other branch, however, was the most distressing.
The Congressmen and women have a right to applaud a statement one side of the other likes.That’s normal and punctual.But every other sentence the President uttered was not just clapping, but also a cheering.A hooting and hollering reserved for campaign events.Nancy Pelosi alone made me think her legs were on a spring.Maybe she should have plastic surgery on the so they never move (like her face).It’s almost sad to see grown men and women, and members of the government no less, act like children at playtime.
I think we’ve lost decorum in many areas of our politics.It might just be me, but I think when the President is addressing people anywhere in the world, he needs to where a tie.He shouldn’t bow to anyone.Members of Congress should have a sense of the granger and history they are sitting in.Treat it with more respect than I saw last Wednesday.
I thought we’ve come further than the days of duels and fights on the House or Senate floor.Apparently this “progressive” President and Congress has regressed the etiquette for government officials.The way we’re going, next year Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden might actually throw a clump of mud at Joe Wilson.
