Comments on: BIPARTISANSHIP: IT'S FOR STUPIDS http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/ OPIATE OF THE ASSES Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Julia http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-16583 Julia Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:10 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-16583 I just found this blog (while looking for fellow Ayn Rand haters) and I've been browsing the archives. This stuff is great. Thanks. I just found this blog (while looking for fellow Ayn Rand haters) and I've been browsing the archives. This stuff is great. Thanks.

]]> By: David http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13072 David Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:24:18 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13072 "What's wrong with Roberts?" (he asks, honestly.) "What's wrong with Roberts?" (he asks, honestly.)

]]> By: Chris http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13071 Chris Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:40:18 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13071 I really hope that Obama is more like FDR than Clinton, where he actually stands up for The People and not the economic aristocrats. I agree with BK that Obama shouldn't be criticized until he is actually in office and done something stupid. I completely agree that the Democratic party has been the equivalent to a battered wife. I think this is what Obama really needs to work on. He needs to pound the point home that Reagan and his policies have ruined America and Republicans do not represent 99% of Americans. He needs to fight HARD for issues like a fair economy, labor, global warming, an energy evolution, health care, etc. The 2006 and 2008 elections showed that the Democrats can win elections and are not the battered wife anymore: they just need to stop acting like pussies and not be afraid to stand up for their ideas and The People. I really hope that Obama is more like FDR than Clinton, where he actually stands up for The People and not the economic aristocrats. I agree with BK that Obama shouldn't be criticized until he is actually in office and done something stupid. I completely agree that the Democratic party has been the equivalent to a battered wife. I think this is what Obama really needs to work on. He needs to pound the point home that Reagan and his policies have ruined America and Republicans do not represent 99% of Americans. He needs to fight HARD for issues like a fair economy, labor, global warming, an energy evolution, health care, etc.

The 2006 and 2008 elections showed that the Democrats can win elections and are not the battered wife anymore: they just need to stop acting like pussies and not be afraid to stand up for their ideas and The People.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13070 Betsy Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:15:54 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13070 Obama was never pro-gay marriage so he is in line with Rev. Rick Warren on that issue. Obama was never pro-gay marriage so he is in line with Rev. Rick Warren on that issue.

]]> By: Nan http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13069 Nan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:22:20 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13069 My hope is that Obama will reach out to the Repugs the same way aWol reached out to the Democrats: talk about bipartisanship while cheerfully ignoring everything the opposition has to say. My hope is that Obama will reach out to the Repugs the same way aWol reached out to the Democrats: talk about bipartisanship while cheerfully ignoring everything the opposition has to say.

]]> By: BK http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13068 BK Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:00:57 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13068 Ed - I also heard that Obama likes to kick cats, hates his own kids and isn't even an American. Oh and he hates his mom and is a Yankee's fan too. The guy has only been in office for ... oh wait. He hasn't been sworn-in yet. I understand the cynicism that exists toward elected officials and governing from the middle. I don't like it any more than the next progressive who wants it to be pay-back time after the last 8 years. But the more analytical side of me says that if Obama ran as a unifier and then did what W did then the liberal/progressive movement would be in the same sorry shape the political right is in currently eight years from now. All of us who read this are smart enough to know it's going to take time to undo what the GOP has been doing since the Contract with America. While I don't always know exactly what I want, I do know pretty well what I don't want... and that is to trade in two years of trying to ramrod half-baked social, economic and foreign policy bills through Congress only to have them backfire just in time for the next round of elections. The change I think a lot of the readers of this blog want is not going to come over night. As for Cabinet appointments... Hillary Clinton is not her husband. I didn't vote for her and am not really a fan of hers. However, I am willing to let her make her own mistakes before I criticize her in her new role. During his Senate confirmation, Gates actually said he didn't think the US was winning the war in Iraq. What's more, when the Walter Reed story came out I believe it was Gates who actually cleaned the mess up. He's not the mindless GOP war-monger Rummy was. And for as much as I hate Rick Warren's ideology - especially toward gay and lesbian men and women - can someone please tell me the other people who have given the inagural invocation? Can you tell me what they've said at the event? Let's allow Obama the chance to actually govern before we complain about what a horrible job he's doing. Ed –

I also heard that Obama likes to kick cats, hates his own kids and isn't even an American. Oh and he hates his mom and is a Yankee's fan too.

The guy has only been in office for … oh wait. He hasn't been sworn-in yet.

I understand the cynicism that exists toward elected officials and governing from the middle. I don't like it any more than the next progressive who wants it to be pay-back time after the last 8 years.

But the more analytical side of me says that if Obama ran as a unifier and then did what W did then the liberal/progressive movement would be in the same sorry shape the political right is in currently eight years from now. All of us who read this are smart enough to know it's going to take time to undo what the GOP has been doing since the Contract with America.

While I don't always know exactly what I want, I do know pretty well what I don't want… and that is to trade in two years of trying to ramrod half-baked social, economic and foreign policy bills through Congress only to have them backfire just in time for the next round of elections.

The change I think a lot of the readers of this blog want is not going to come over night.

As for Cabinet appointments…

Hillary Clinton is not her husband. I didn't vote for her and am not really a fan of hers. However, I am willing to let her make her own mistakes before I criticize her in her new role.

During his Senate confirmation, Gates actually said he didn't think the US was winning the war in Iraq. What's more, when the Walter Reed story came out I believe it was Gates who actually cleaned the mess up. He's not the mindless GOP war-monger Rummy was.

And for as much as I hate Rick Warren's ideology – especially toward gay and lesbian men and women – can someone please tell me the other people who have given the inagural invocation? Can you tell me what they've said at the event?

Let's allow Obama the chance to actually govern before we complain about what a horrible job he's doing.

]]> By: kc http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13067 kc Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:57:32 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13067 Couldn't agree more. There's a reason we should 'reach across the aisle' in that the other side of the aisle has nothing to offer THIS side. They can come to our table when they're ready to do the decent thing, but not a moment before - and we certainly shouldn't be playing nice with them. That's how we got where we are today - by giving them what they want. No thanks! Couldn't agree more. There's a reason we should 'reach across the aisle' in that the other side of the aisle has nothing to offer THIS side. They can come to our table when they're ready to do the decent thing, but not a moment before – and we certainly shouldn't be playing nice with them. That's how we got where we are today – by giving them what they want. No thanks!

]]> By: Dustin http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13063 Dustin Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13063 You forgot to mention his nod to gay marriage opposers (inauguration pastor)... You forgot to mention his nod to gay marriage opposers (inauguration pastor)…

]]> By: Kulkuri http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/22/bipartisanship-its-for-stupids/comment-page-1/#comment-13062 Kulkuri Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:56:25 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1221#comment-13062 And the Dems wonder why they have trouble getting people to vote for them. If they had the balls to stand up for something or even a sign of a spine maybe people would be more inclined to support them. I still say the first thing to do is to make the Repugnicans the Whigs of the 21st Century and then fix or get rid of the Dems. In the end what we need is a party that will work for the good of the people, not the Moneyed Interests. And the Dems wonder why they have trouble getting people to vote for them. If they had the balls to stand up for something or even a sign of a spine maybe people would be more inclined to support them. I still say the first thing to do is to make the Repugnicans the Whigs of the 21st Century and then fix or get rid of the Dems. In the end what we need is a party that will work for the good of the people, not the Moneyed Interests.

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