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The Obama Watch
Obama’s Purple Politics
Bipartisanship is just another word for big lie one-party rule.
As patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, bipartisanship is the last refuge of the partisan. For Sunday’s vote on the Senate health care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wore a light purple suit, literally wrapping herself in the color of bipartisanship. Rep. David Obey, who was presiding, wore a purple necktie, as President Obama did during his State of the Union address. Pelosi spoke of the 200 Republican amendments included in the bill that everyone knows doesn’t contain a single major Republican idea.
The health care reform bill was a partisan Democrat smorgasbord of taxes, regulations and entitlement. There was nothing bipartisan about it, but there the Democrats were, wearing their purple and attacking Republicans for uniformly opposing the bill that didn’t have any Republican votes because it didn’t earn any.
It was a sign of how surreal American politics has become. Stagecraft and spin trump facts; symbolism and rhetoric trump truth. Though 34 Democrats voted against the bill, making opposition to it the only bipartisan act of the day, anyone absorbing the theatrics might be misled, as intended, into thinking that the majority was acting out of a spirit of bipartisan unity while the minority was stewing, recalcitrant, in its own hate and bile.
Campaigning in New Hampshire in October of 2007, Sen. Obama said, “We’re not going to pass universal health care with a, with a 50-plus-one strategy.” Ah, the old, bipartisan Obama Americans thought they were electing. If only they’d gotten that guy as president instead of Mr. “I won. So I think on that one, I trump you.”
That’s what Obama told House Republican Whip Eric Cantor in January of 2009 when Republicans objected to parts of the stimulus bill. That would be the “bipartisan” stimulus bill that, like the health care bill, seemed written expressly to irritate Republicans.
“Both at the state legislative level and at the federal legislative level, I have always been able to work together with Republicans to find compromise and to find common ground,” Obama said during the campaign, selling himself as one who will compromise with Republicans, not ram through legislation they oppose, not treat them as the enemy.
Endorsing Obama in the New Hampshire primary, the Valley News wrote, “Ultimately, though, the case for Obama is not just what he proposes to do but how he proposes to do it…. He seeks reconciliation — at home and abroad — and steps forward, ready to speak a language of common understanding.”
That was the myth Obama manufactured because he thought it gave him an advantage over Hillary Clinton and would play well in a general election. Clinton opted to cast herself as a liberal fighter against evil Republicans. Obama outflanked her by campaigning as a unifier who would bring America together by ending petty partisan games in Washington.
“He will be a real uniter, not just in words,” one New Hampshire voter, seduced by the rhetoric, said just weeks before the primary. Though Obama’s myth-making didn’t win a majority of New Hampshire Democrats, it did win a majority of Americans. They really believed it.
But that doesn’t change fact that that Obama is, in fact, highly partisan. He could buy Prince’s entire wardrobe and sing “Purple Rain” at the Super Bowl halftime show and that wouldn’t make him any less blue. Theatrics and rhetoric don’t make one bipartisan; actually reaching out to the other side and working to craft legislation that incorporates opposition ideas does. How does the health care bill fare by that score?
Well, as Greg Sargent pointed out yesterday, Social Security and Medicare both passed with bipartisan support in Congress; Obamacare didn’t.
Obama and Pelosi blame that on GOP obstructionism. But the GOP was obstructionist because the Democrats’ attitude was, “I won. So, I think on that one, I trump you.” The majority didn’t reach out to the minority or work in good faith to incorporate minority party ideas to craft a middle-of-the-road bill. As a result, the public erupted in opposition, too. The latest health care poll, conducted by CNN over the weekend, shows that 59 percent of Americans oppose the bill and only 39 percent support it. Is 60 percent of the American public being obstructionist, too? No; like Republicans, they’re angry at being ignored.
The promise of a post-partisan America unified by Obama’s gentle, inclusive leadership had about as much chance of coming true as Darth Vader’s promise to rule the universe hand-in-hand with Luke. It was always a fantasy, a Jedi mind trick played on the entire country at once.
And Obama’s still trying to play it. His rhetoric remains sweet and seductive, his speech laced with talk of unity and togetherness. But his actions are dividing the country. They show that he doesn’t really care about unifying the nation or ending business as usual in Washington. Judging by his actions, his one and only priority is to build permanent public monuments to himself by expanding the welfare state to control every area of life that it doesn’t already control. He’s already got health care. What’s next?
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Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His Twitter ID is @Drewhampshire.
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sagman888| 3.23.10 @ 6:27AM
OBAMA: A great victory, people. Any loose ends?
EMANUEL: Stupak’s family, sir. Release them?
OBAMA: Too soon. Wait another few days. Let Mrs. Stupak have some formula for the baby, though. David?
AXELROD: Kucinich wants to know when he can sit in the co-pilot’s seat and pretend to fly Air Force One, sir.
OBAMA: Tell him, anytime I’m not on it, and only when it’s on the ground. That was the deal. Joe?
BIDEN: I hate to bring it up, Boss, but I busted my butt rounding up a couple of strays, and, uh, well, you said . . . .
OBAMA: Tomorrow morning, Joe, between 4:00 a.m and 4:30 a.m. I’ll notify the Secret Service that I’ll be temporarily unable to function as President at that time because I’ll be sleeping. And you’ll have the helm, as promised. Try not to start a war.
PELOSI: Damn. I can’t get the bloodstains out of the soft green Versace suit I wore on Saturday during the final push.
MICHELLE: Geithner can get blood out of a stone. Tell him to look at Nancy’s suit. You hear me, Barack?
Alan Brooks| 3.23.10 @ 9:23AM
Don't blame Obama for all our ills.
Social progress finished sometime in the last decade (2006?), so then Obama was elected president-- not vice versa.
the Cold War terminated, and Clinton was elected POTUS--
not vice versa.
lacy| 3.24.10 @ 4:58AM
wearing their purple and attacking Republicans for uniformly opposing the bill that didn't have any Republican votes because it didn't earn any.
http://www.linkdelight.com
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:17PM
Pretty darn good there sagman888. You ought to write a play. Though it wouldn't exactly be comedic relief it would be righteous!
MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:17PM
Great job, sagman.
Terri Scaletta| 3.24.10 @ 11:10AM
Boy that just about sums it up, doesn't it? Well said.
Carol| 3.23.10 @ 7:03AM
Don't you realize what the purple signified?
SEIU.
Everything Obama is destroying in our once great country is for the unions.
Bipartisanship is dead.
The GOP would be wise to remain "The Party of No" of which I am a proud member.
Albert| 3.23.10 @ 10:58AM
Purple signifies more than the SEIU. Purple is historically, the "Imperial" color. Roman Consuls and Emperors colthed themselves in purple. Boys born to patrician Roman families, "born in to the porphyry" as it were, wore purple enbroidery on their togas, signifying they were of a class elevated above the commoner. Kings and princes have worn purple ever since. That these goons would wear purple collectively suggests a mindset that should frighten everyone. Not only do President Bozo, Speaker Pelosi, and Rep Obey think they are above us common folk out here, they act like it, openly and brazenly. Government, to them, is the master, and the People are the subjects.
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:27PM
You are absolutely right, Albert. These haughty representatives of the people do behave like they're Royalty, but are in reality, a disgrace.
Your post also brought to mind how before they crucified Christ they clothed Him in purple, as a mockery, because He was (and is) the King of the Jews. Jn. 19:5.
George| 3.23.10 @ 2:32PM
Red and blue mixed together make purple. The dems are trying to show us that this was bi-partisan. Which it was, the "no" votes were bi-partisan!
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:03PM
I'm with you, Carol. It would be a good idea too, for those who like to complain about the Republicans, that not ONE voted for the passage of this fraudulent "Health Care" bill.
Thank you Republicans! I too am a proud member of the party of Lincoln, and though it is and I am very far from perfect, (who is?), I plan on seeking out conservatives who are wanting to run for office (any office!), and backing them.
In fact.. got this e mail from Eric Cantor who has launched exactly that. A campaign to fight back:
https://www.icontribute.us/ericcantor/initiative/HCE
Dolores| 3.23.10 @ 3:42PM
Margie, I am with you, except for the fact that we have to be extra careful to really vet these people and not get another like the chick that was running against poor Doug What's his name in New york, and the so-called Pro-Life Stup(id)ak Turncoat, and so many disappointing hopefuls!
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 3:52PM
Agreed. I think generally though, it's pretty obvious what a person stands for. Good old Deedee what's her name up there in NYS was an obvious Liberal. As for Stupack, well he's a Democrat, 'nuff said. My motto is never trust one.
I think our best bet is to pay attention to who's running in every state. Conservatives, that is. And then we put our money where our mouths are. Every little $10.00 or $20.00 sent helps to these individuals.
I just got another e mail, this one from Sarah Palin. She's watching and naming names. Here's what she had to say:
"Don't Get Demoralized, Get Organized! Take back the 20!
Posted on Facebook March 23rd, 2010
With the president signing this unwanted and “transformative” government takeover of our health care system today with promises impossible to keep, let's not get discouraged. Don't get demoralized. Get organized!
We're going to reclaim the power of the people from those who disregarded the will of the people. We're going to fire them and send them back to the private sector, which has been shrinking thanks to their destructive government-growing policies. Maybe when they join the millions of unemployed, they'll understand why Americans wanted them to focus on job creation and an invigorated private sector. Come November, we're going to print pink slips for members of Congress as fast as they've been printing money.
We're paying particular attention to those House members who voted in favor of Obamacare and represent districts that Senator John McCain and I carried during the 2008 election. Three of these House members are retiring—from Arkansas's 2nd district, Indiana's 8th district, and Tennessee's 6th district—but we'll be working to make sure that those who replace them are Commonsense Conservatives. The others are running for re-election, and we're going to hold them accountable for this disastrous Obamacare vote. They are: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1), Harry E. Mitchell (AZ-5), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), John Salazar (CO-3), Betsy Markey (CO-4). Allen Boyd (FL-2), Suzanne M. Kosmas (FL-24), Baron P. Hill (IN-9), Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL), Charlie Wilson (OH-6), John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3), Christopher Carney (PA-10), John M. Spratt, Jr. (SC-5), Tom Perriello (VA-5), Alan B. Mollohan (WV-1), and Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3).
We'll aim for these races and many others. This is just the first salvo in a fight to elect people across the nation who will bring common sense to Washington. Please go to sarahpac.com and join me in the fight.
Stand tall, America. Real change is coming!"
Sarah Palin
victor| 3.23.10 @ 12:28PM
Carol:
"The GOP would be wise to remain "The Party of No" of which I am a proud member."
Actually, that should be the "Party of Know".
We know stuff, we've done stuff and we know how things work.
Ask the average liberal, say our resident termite, Liberal reader, how business works and what are the ramifications and consequences of buying too much, paying too much and charging too little?
The Government is NOT a business. It is not concerned with turning a profit, that is a surplus, as it knows that there are always taxpayers and taxes to make up the difference.
Ask any lifetime member of Congress, what should they do first:
Raise Taxes or Cut Spending?
Heck, they will say, Raise them darn Taxes.
Works for me.
Howard| 3.23.10 @ 7:53AM
The American people are getting what they voted for, if not exactly what they wanted. Americans voted for rhetoric and not record. Obama had the most liberal record in the Senate. Yet somehow he, sold himself as a moderate. People wanted to believe. And those phony "Blue Dog" Democrats sold their constituents that they would be "independent". Clearly Pelosi had other ideas.
Finally, I'm getting really annoyed at the General Electric commercial honoring Ronald Reagan. GE has performed fellatio on Obama since Day 1. Now these weasels are wrapping themselves around Reagan's mantle. It's disgusting!
Deborah D | 3.23.10 @ 9:52AM
Howard, I'm with you, buddy. Everytime the blankety-blank commercial comes on the radio, I holler words I cannot write here. Those disgusting people at GE are taking Reagan's name in vain. I think Michael should bop them on the head somehow. Ronnie is weeping in heaven at what has become of his shining city on the hill, and these bozos at GE are part the reason he's weeping. Boycott GE.
I agree with the fact that 52% of Americans are getting the government they deserve. I don't deserve it because I did my homework and I tried to yell from the rafters -- to no avail.
Yesterday Mark Steyn said -- "Happy Dependence Day." How sad and how true.
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:44PM
Deb D.,
I like to remind the good people of this country who, like you and I didn't vote for this man, the following~ If the ACORN votes weren't counted, you know, the dead voters, dogs, cats et al, that we probably wouldn't have him as President.
Sometimes it helps to remember that somehow. :^)
Dolores| 3.23.10 @ 3:45PM
I already boycott GE for their tryst with Iran and Ahmedinajad.
K962| 3.23.10 @ 11:20AM
I too founf that GE commercial nauseating. To insinuate that GE now represents any values of Ronald Reagan is pure Misinforamation and a bald faced lie.
MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:27PM
Absolutely right, Howard, but like most democrats, he's a highly skilled and practiced liar. He sold snake oil and people bought it up by the case. He, like Bill Clinton, made promises he had no intention of keeping, and the (stupid) people believed him. He, Pelosi, Hoyer, Stupak, all of the, dems, are liars. I'd like to see each and everyone of them who are up for election or re-election voted out in Nov. And the Republican Pres Platform in 2012 should be "Anyone but Obama." I think we'd win in a landslide.
koczani| 3.23.10 @ 9:52PM
I agree with you Howard. I cannot begin to forgive my family members who voted for Obama and now are sorry. When they had the chance to vote for a bonafide war hero who spent time in enemy concentration camps and who had served many years in the Senate, they voted for a person who was friends with people who bombed the Pentagon, went to a church where the pastor swore against America, and for the person who only had 180 days of experience in the senate. My wife gets mad at me because I will not forgive my relatives, but she does not understand how badly their stupidity screwed up this country.
Jim O'Brien| 3.23.10 @ 8:01AM
For those who are naive enough to think writing to your Congressman might influence his thinking, particularly if you are a conservative writing to a Demo-Socialist, forget it. You would have the same chance of changing the mind of Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, Mao, Kim, Chavez, Castro, et. al. The Demo-Socialists in Congress and Obama do not care what you think, unless you agree with them. They are arrogant, treacherous, tyrants who think of our Constitution as toilet paper.
Ryan| 3.23.10 @ 8:07AM
I think the saddest thing is that Obama had the potential to be a pretty good President if he had kept to some of his bipartisan rhetoric - even for a Democrat.
I think there could have been a chunk of legislation we could live with if there was real bipartisan effort.
He threw it all away in his practice of saying one thing and doing something completely different.
Jim O'Brien| 3.23.10 @ 8:40AM
How naive.
Bob Miller| 3.23.10 @ 9:16AM
Ryan evidently believes that a radical leftist politician would be a great guy if he lived up to his lovey-dovey campaign rhetoric. Yeah, but when does that ever happen?
Ryan| 3.23.10 @ 9:42AM
Never. I didn't believe that he would, but I was saying that he had the chance to.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 12:20PM
Ryan:
"I think the saddest thing is that Obama had the potential to be a pretty good President".
Based on what exactly?
He's done nothing in his life to ratify that assertion.
He has not had any part of any sort of business, yet he considers himself emminently qualified to run one.
Under his tutelage, the government now owns 45% of the private sector.
The auto companies, 50% of the mortgages, 100% of student loans and now 100% of insurance companies.
There are 14 million health care employees and 3 million insurance emplyees.
How many of these people are going to be adversely affected by this atrocity?
Liberals, for the most part, are truly ignorant of economics and are led by the Emperor Penguin of Ignorance.
People are going to lose their jobs, doctors are going to retire and services are going to be rationed.
Taxes will be imposed next week.
Get used to it. Deal with it.
George| 3.23.10 @ 4:41PM
"Taxes will be imposed next week."
... and the week after and the week after that!
http://i631.photobucket.com/al.....elosi2.jpg
MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:29PM
You mean . . . he lied!
Tom in Michigan| 3.23.10 @ 4:56PM
Ryan, Many years ago I consoled myself after Carter's election thinking, "Well, he's a Navy man, an engineer, a farmer, a businessman, a devout Christian. Maybe it won't be so bad after all." There is no way I would ever be fooled again. Obama has made our worst nightmares real - an even more terrifying. Also, the whole "if only it had been bipartisan" line is just Leftist disinformation. There never was ANY bipartisan intent in this process. Obama proved that to me the instant he handed it off to Pelosi and Reid. In the days to come, there will be many more bits of disinformation thrown our way. Don't fall for it
Howard| 3.23.10 @ 8:07PM
I have similar thoughts about ole Jimmy myself. Jimmy was more passive than Obama, nowhere as good a speaker. He also vacillated. Obama and his pals are much more ambitious, and much more dangerous than Carter (as hard as it sounds). Carter was to the right of Congress, Obama as leftist. Carter was a Naval Academy graduate. Obama is a Saul Alinsky graduate. Carter deregulated certain industries. Obama has taken over private business. And even with all of these kudos, Carter was a horrible failure. Look at his pivotal year of 1979. Iran, Afghanistan, inflation, etc. I expect given enough time, Obama will exceed Carter's infamy.
victor| 3.24.10 @ 1:09AM
Howard:
"Obama will exceed Carter's infamy."
Will? Already has. Passed Carter and is heading towards Grant.
Dropping faster than a lead zeppelin.
The next bad president will have to be reaaaaally bad to beat Obama.
Chalkdust| 3.23.10 @ 8:16AM
Sagman888.....That was a great post.
Mr.Cline, it's amazing to me you can write an entire article about the charade of the Obamas 2008 campaign and not flay the skin off the MSM hip to thigh. It is the MSM, basking in the glow of our first amendment protections and their lying mastheads, proclaiming to shine a light in dark corners that gave birth to this monster Obama.
If we the people can get pass this man, before he does permanent damage to our country with just the power of the ballet box and a bullhorn, it will be without the help from our "friends" in the press.
Tim| 3.23.10 @ 8:17AM
We,Tea Party Rebels Will Remember In November !
We " Walk The Talk " on November 2nd !
Chalkdust| 3.23.10 @ 8:35AM
"Obama has the potential to be a good president."
And just what potential would that be; the oracle powers of a black southern minister who convinces his flock the CIA is flying drugs into the black ghettos, the vast experience he accrued, his blackberry containing his list of friends and patriot, his socialist views. I mean is this what you're referring too.
Ryan| 3.23.10 @ 9:44AM
Listen to some of his rhetoric - had his actions matched what he was saying, we wouldn't be complaining much. He held to his roots, not to a more pragmatic approach. I'm NOT disagreeing with you.
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:09PM
What I've noticed over the years is that ALL Democrats run as conservatives. It's calling pretending! That's the way they get elected. The ONLY way!
Imagine if they actually SAID what was in their hearts instead.. it would be something like this- "I believe that Saul Alinsky had it right when he siad..." And- "Karl Marx was right on the money when he said.."
I mean the fact that over half of the country is against this "Health Care" takeover of the economy shows that Obama is not the President the people REALLY wanted.
If only people couldn't be deceived by words!
Well~ that's what we're here for, right? Conservatives are the hope of America.
MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:33PM
Ryan, he lied! He said what he had to say to get elected. The ends justified the means. He would say anything, do anything to win. He had no intention of keeping his promises or living up to his potential to be a great leader. His goal, his aim, his ambition, his desire is to take the last bastion of freedom and turn it into a social welfare state. And if he runs again in 2012, he'll do it all over again and try to convince us that we didn't see the things we saw and heard the things we heard.
SH221B| 3.23.10 @ 8:35AM
Next step
Easy to figure out
What is the next volatile area to divide and further disrupt this country?
Immigration
Kills 2 birds by adding subservient voter to Democrats who lost the Independents because of Health-care and further bankrupts the country faster.
He can't wait for is Muslim bros to attack this country so he is doing it himself.
But hey Dems, you wanted him, you got him, Toyota.
Same accelerator stuck problems
Louis Jenkins| 3.23.10 @ 8:49AM
"Clinton opted to cast herself as a liberal fighter against evil Republicans. Obama outflanked her by campaigning as a unifier who would bring America together by ending petty partisan games in Washington."
The Pretender n Chief knew he couldn’t win by casting his opponent as evil. And he did win by saying he was a unifier. Yes, he did just that. This week he has brought roughly 69% of Americans together on this one issue. Hasn’t been done in a long time. It has taken some of my neighbors a while to wake up and smell the coffee (or BS), but when the Pretender n Chief is urinating in your Corn Flakes your level of consciousness tends to be acute. Thank you Pretender n Chief for adding strength to our cause.
The Pretender n Chief should wear a tight hat this week. I’d hate for his pin head to explode and splatter his brains all over Nancy’s gay attire.
Ret. Marine| 3.23.10 @ 8:57AM
I really wish everyone would refraim from calling these traitors of this Republic, democrats, socialist or anything close to the meaning of what they claim to be, they are nothing of the sort stop giving them the credit thay have not earned. They are progressives, as in regressive-by- their-nature to the ways of this Republic. They are not bi-partisan, they are not on our side, they are here to divide, conquer and control others lives. Do any of you need more proof than this illegal bill they passed a couple of days ago claiming it was bi-partisan?
I believe they have done more than to ignor the will of the People, they have in fact run roughtshod over our CONSTITUTION, they have assumed control of We the People. The lies are nothing new, the truth be told for anyone really wanting to understand what just happened here is THEY HAVE DECLARED WAR upon We the People. It is only fair we return the favor for their TRAITORIST ACTIONS. Sure keep thinking there will be elections in Nov. If you haven't prepared your bunker by now, you better get started. I dare not put any possibility up against this admin, they intend upon keeping their illegal power gains. Please stop pretending everything is just hunky-dorey, you have to be delussional to not see what they have just done to our beloved Republic.
You and yours had better get real angry and real mean if you wish to survive these traitors. They have, they proved it just two days ago.
Deborah D | 3.23.10 @ 10:01AM
When Pelosi and the lefties of Congress paraded through the protesting Tea Partiers with that huge gavel to the chants of "Kill the Bill" in their ears, I took that as their "Let them eat cake" moment. They slapped America in the face in more ways than one. Well, be prepared, lefties -- we plan to slap you back.
MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:37PM
GREAT ANALOGY, Deborah.
Old Guy| 3.23.10 @ 1:48PM
NO! Not liberals. Not progressives. STATISTS, dammit!
Ken (Old Texican)| 3.23.10 @ 2:00PM
Old Guy, heh!
STATIST ain't nasty enough for my tastes. I will prefer "communists", (pardon the shorthand), the biggest mass murderers in history.
Tom in Michigan| 3.23.10 @ 5:01PM
From one old guy to another; statism is the least of our worries. Statism, with all its evils can exist in a two-party system like ours. However, the Obamaviks have revealed themselves as something worse than mere statists. Their goal a one-party state and nothing less. Their successful legislative malfeasance has given them a "road map" (to quote Thomas Sowell) to create a one-party state. As I mentioned to Ryan above, it's even worse than our worst nightmares.
Chalkdust| 3.23.10 @ 5:13PM
Posted a friend of mine this morning and said much the same thing. Even down to the Clint Eastwood's line in the "Josy Wales" flick. "When you're in a fight and you think you're going to lose, you have to get mad....and dog mean"
Melvin| 3.23.10 @ 9:29AM
I have a question that has been nagging at me for a while.
Since Barrack Obama is a Constitutional Lawyer is this recent passage of this health care legislation, of whom he states that it is a, "Right" and all the other subsequent pending legislation, a attempt to create a back-door Bill of Rights?
All the other legislation that is coming down the Pike is following the same legislative scenario. Amnesty is a Human Right, Cap and Trade is a Human Right. See where this is heading?
Barrack Obama has always advocated to create another Bill of Rights, he knows he can't to it the Constitutional way, so he'll go another less controvertible way.
Might be something might be nothing.
emma| 3.23.10 @ 10:20AM
His current catch all phrase is
"It is the right thing to do" - healthcare, DADT, amnesty, stimulus, etc.
You are correct in surmising that he is rewriting American Constitution with his vision of what a equitable Bill of Right would be.
Father of New American Constitution sounds like something a constitutional law professor would be interested to put in his resume.
Scary how he tries to fulfill the audacity of his father's dreams in this manner with no regard for people, cost and process.
BTW, purple is also the color of the pride parade people.
dcd| 3.23.10 @ 9:36AM
Why would Obama allow a bunch of centrist DINOs influence his policies. Bipartizanship, compromise and triagulation went out with the last century. Now the game is all about spending political capital and getting out the base.
Austin Scott| 3.23.10 @ 10:10AM
Purple is the color of the SEIU, not of bipartisanship.
Siegfried X| 3.23.10 @ 10:29AM
Obama defines bipartisanship as two RINOs voting for the Democatic platform.
Maddox| 3.23.10 @ 12:07PM
You forgot to mention Obama's purple lips.
But that is not intentional stagecraft.
His brain requires all the blood flow to manufacture so many lies.
Pete| 3.23.10 @ 2:27PM
Well said.
Truth Defined| 3.23.10 @ 12:22PM
I love this article that states "the bill that everyone knows doesn't contain a single major Republican idea."
Did the Republican Party have any ideas other than "no?" If so, would anyone care to share what the Republican "ideas" were? I have not seen any to date.
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 12:33PM
You must not have been paying attention at all if you can say this! Did you see them at the "get together" with Obama? It was televised. I don't have a t.v. yet I got to watch it online. The Republicans had excellent ideas. Also- do you have a radio? They have been on talk shows presenting their ideas.
You won't find their ideas presented on t.v. because the state run media doesn't approve of the Republicans ideas, so you have to be in the 'seek' modus.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 12:35PM
You sir, are as the Brits would say, "A Bloomin' Idiot".
Here's just a few of the Republican Ideas:
Elimination of mandated Coverages.
Portability of Coverages.
Health savings accounts.
Purchasing across state lines.
Variable levels of Coverage.
Catastrophic Health Insurance.
Just a few.
Thanks for playing, LR.
No Government Required!
Truth Defined| 3.23.10 @ 12:46PM
Why do Republican ALWAYS feel a need to name call? What's that about? Baby-Killer. Bloomin' Idiot. Does it just make them feel better? I don't get it.
Other than "Elimination of mandated Coverages," what else is NOT in this bill?
Petronius| 3.23.10 @ 2:05PM
Because TD, liberals don't know what uncivilized means.
Ken (Old Texican)| 3.23.10 @ 2:09PM
Defined,
We keep calling you names, because we don't just come out and call you what you really are.
OK, after this post, I will refrain from calling you any more names.
You are the sleaziest, most ignorant, scumbag, living off mommie, wastrel, with a zero claim to anything good, tool of the devil, evil,liar and in thrall to the king of liars, Lucifer, pedophile pervert if the mood strikes you, and most telling of all.....stupid.
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MTB| 3.23.10 @ 4:40PM
Pull your head out TD and take a breath of fresh air. The Republicans not only had ideas, they had three separate bills that the dems refused to let come to the floor of both houses, and this was BEFORE the Senate passed their version of the healthcare takeover.
Tom in Michigan| 3.23.10 @ 5:06PM
Here you go, buddy:
http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare
notoobama| 3.23.10 @ 1:12PM
Ahh, shut the hell up TD. Everyone calls each other names in this game.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 1:19PM
"Truth":
"Why do Republican ALWAYS feel a need to name call?"
Name calling? That was just an apt description.
" What's that about? Baby-Killer."
Isn't that what you AntiWar types called our returning troops starting in Viet Nam?
BTW It was "It's a Baby Killer" that was yelled.
Abortion and this health control bill is a "Baby Killer".
"Other than "Elimination of mandated Coverages," what else is NOT in this bill?"
Everything is covered by this atrocity.
There is no need to mandate any particular treatment.
Tom in Michigan| 3.23.10 @ 5:45PM
Thank you for pointing the origin of "baby killer" out to what's his name. Some of my dearest friends; men who served their nation honorably in the cause of freedom were called "baby killer" upon their return from Vietnam. At the end of January, some of us got together to reminisce about lost friends. Strange to see men in the 60s weep about friends lost over 40 years ago. The Left are vicious and vindictive; nasty to their souls. Nobody is more guilty of gratuitous name calling.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 8:04PM
Youre' welcome.
Their service is to be remembered and honored.
I could have served, but did not, choosing instead to follow a future presidential candidate, John Francoise Kerry, and shunned the military as being barbaric, sexist and jingoistic.
By the time I got my head straight, I was too old to serve.
I got into a shouting match over something minor with one of Kerry's Finest and was told, "It's because he went to 'Nam".
I said, he was that way in High School. A jerk then, still a jerk.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 8:04PM
Youre' welcome.
Their service is to be remembered and honored.
I could have served, but did not, choosing instead to follow a future presidential candidate, John Francoise Kerry, and shunned the military as being barbaric, sexist and jingoistic.
By the time I got my head straight, I was too old to serve.
I got into a shouting match over something minor with one of Kerry's Finest and was told, "It's because he went to 'Nam".
I said, he was that way in High School. A jerk then, still a jerk.
jon| 3.23.10 @ 3:03PM
Stupak is a metaphor for American decline.
Osamas Pajamas| 3.23.10 @ 3:14PM
I'd love to debate healthcare and limited government with that pice of trash in the White House. I'd leave him wishing that he'd stepped on a rattlesnake. An even better debate would be between Nazi Pelosi and Ayn Rand --- but Rand is dead --- and regrettably, Pelosi is not.
Osamas Pajamas| 3.23.10 @ 3:25PM
I'd love to debate healthcare and limited government with that piece of trash in the White House. I'd leave him wishing that he'd stepped on a rattlesnake. An even better debate would be between Nazi Pelosi and Ayn Rand --- but Rand is dead --- and regrettably, Pelosi is not.
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Northern Rebel| 3.23.10 @ 6:06PM
I don't understand Ryan's premise.
"President" Anti-Christ made not one political statement that didn't reveal his plans for America:
Higher taxes
More gummint intrusion
less freedom
Amnesty
cap and tax
Ryan did you forget what he said to Joe the Plumber?
Dod you forget how said he intended to destroy the coal industry, and fuel costs would necessarily skyrocket?
Were you listening, or watching the halo they always seemed to place in the picture with him?
Cut the shit, dude.
Curly Smith| 3.23.10 @ 6:43PM
Sorry, I agree with Ryan's statement.
If Obama were actually governing as his carefully scripted campaign said he would then things would be vastly different. He's not, and there was never any chance that he would have, but for Mom and Pop Couch Potato, who only listen to the MSM, Obama probably seemed like an OK bloke. They never saw the Rev. Wright stuff, they never heard any of the comments that he made when he went off-script, and they're probably going through Depends by the truckload now.
The MSM ran a very successful propaganda operation and got their hope for the future elected. They didn't want to have to compete with FoxNews or Rush anymore so they went all-in for tyranny and censorship.
If the people actually belonged to "The Party of Know" (as mentioned above) then neither Obama nor McCain would have ever been nominated. In fact, neither would have been serving in the Senate if the voters actually paid attention to what they did versus what they said.
FYI - if you read all of Ryan's above comments then you'll find that he agrees with you.
Margie| 3.23.10 @ 7:08PM
Just one little itsy bitsy teeny tiny thing, Curly. About that statement "if the people really belonged to the party of know them McCain wouldn't have been nominated. It is incorrect. McCain got the nomination because of the stupid, and I mean stupid law (is it a law?) that says that Democrats can vote for the Republican nominees.
I can tell you that McCain was not our choice. We wanted Fred Thompson to win it. Drat!
I really regret our situation now that we have to deal with the present occupant of the White House.
We need to work really hard to back conservatives this time around. I hope Republicans and conservatives will come out in droves to do so so that the sheer numbers will overcome the Dems votes for our nominee.
victor| 3.23.10 @ 7:12PM
Surly Curly:
"If the people actually belonged to "The Party of Know" (as mentioned above) then neither Obama nor McCain would have ever been nominated. In fact, neither would have been serving in the Senate if the voters actually paid attention to what they did versus what they said."
Go back and see just how McCain got the nomination.
He won because the left wing media and Marcos Moussaka urged their lemming followers to swamp the open primary states and vote for McCain.
Obama won, just by the hair on his chinny chin chin, because he was barely strong enough to beat Hillary, but with the LWM's help, he was able to beat McCain.
WE KNEW who McCain was and what Obama was, but that is not enough.
We need to harken back to Shakespeare's Henry VI, and substitute "journalist" for "lawyer"
Curly Smith| 3.24.10 @ 8:42AM
I think you're ignoring the two elephants in the room.
First, while McCain was the media's candidate, he also embodied everything that the GOP wanted in a candidate. He was Mr. Big Tent.
Second, the slate of candidates was, to put it mildly, uninspiring. The Conservative primary voters looked at Huckabee, Romney, Giuliani and McCain and said "bleh". Thompson might have been different but he never really entered the race.
By saying that "the media is to blame" you're letting the GOP off the hook and the media didn't do anything that they hadn't done in prior elections. If you recall 2000, it was all McCain all the time with the "Straight Talk Express" but George Bush beat McCain handily because Conservatives showed up at the polls. We know that the Dems cheat, but we also know that voter turnout creates a margin to large for cheating to matter. Voters have to have a reason to vote and after 8 years of fiscal irresponsibility the Republican mantra of "the era of Reagan is over" simply failed to inspire the base.
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James| 3.23.10 @ 8:33PM
The dems didn't wear purple in the name of "bipartisanship". Purple was the color of ancient royalty and imperial power....THAT was the attitude and message the dems were sending.
James| 3.23.10 @ 8:33PM
The dems didn't wear purple in the name of "bipartisanship". Purple was the color of ancient royalty and imperial power....THAT was the attitude and message the dems were sending.
C.K. Amos| 3.23.10 @ 9:41PM
Purple? Nope. Lilac at best.The Dems can't even get Roy G. Biv right.
By the way: "Obama is highly partisan"? He's way way beyond hyper-partisanship. In his world, there are only Democrats, liberals and leftists--and then there are beings about which he cares not nor understands, and which are his enemies: the rest of us.
C.K. Amos| 3.23.10 @ 9:44PM
Forgot to add: Obama and his fellow thugs and thugettes can cloak themselves externally in whatever color they like, but they will not be able to hide the color of their politics: red--not red, white and blue.
Dave Trapped in NYC| 3.23.10 @ 10:53PM
Listen up, do not buy in to this "Dems will be thrown out in November" talk.
Obama knows how to stuff ballot boxes
Cow Rie| 3.23.10 @ 11:28PM
What's next you ask??
Watch how immigration reform will be slammed thru like health care. Thousands of immigrants will be let in, pardoned, asylumed, granted citizenship with health care benefits. A lot of stimulus money will turn up for these people. SEIU will enroll them also. Government jobs with full benefits will go to them. And you will pay for them, their offspring, and all their cousins. You will see certain districts with inflated voter rolls. ACORN and its spawn groups will organize these new "citizens".
And they will cancel out the Tea Parties......
People.... get ready to rumble. The War is On.
at's next???
Hanky Panky| 3.24.10 @ 12:55AM
I don't think so. Immigration is incredibly devisive. I think the Dems are going to ride out the rest of the year after this victory with something that's more popular, bank reform or jobs is my guess.
Robert| 3.24.10 @ 4:42AM
Hanky,
Obamacare was 'incredibly divisive.' Did that stop this dictator from ramming in down the throat of the majority opposed to it?
That throat will soon be expanded to include those opposed to 'immigration reform.' Instead of "30,000,000 uninsured" the clarion call for the next and final nail in the coffin of the once mighty USA will be "The 30,000,ooo disinfranchised need ObamaVote!"
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US Banks | 3.31.10 @ 10:31AM
"Purple Rain" indeed! The senate has become a laughing stock. The Purple politics does nothing to bring America together , quite the opposite actually.
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Joe| 5.9.11 @ 10:34AM
You worry about immigration? Healthcare isn't done yet, and there's war halfway around the world. Then again, it could all be a ploy to divert attention.
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