Thursday, November 26, 2009

Opinion

The Ghosts of 1994 Loom for Obama and the Democrats

Haven't we seen this movie before?

Posted June 24, 2009

Reader Comments

Further back..the Carter ERA...

The Obama/Pelosi/Reid Trilogy are doing a GRAND job of placing the Republicans back in power and I can only hope they remember what REAL Republicans are when they get back.

Carter's "can't we all be friends" Foriegn Policy and DISASTEROUS economic policies set the stage just as Obamanomics has made a bad situation that would have corrected itself MUCH WORSE. No surprise Obama tried to ignore Iran's protestors when he clearly ignored the TeaParties in America as well.

Most Americans now know their MISTAKE.

We can't afford Washington as it is...

Throw ALL the career Politicians out the door and get some fresh blood.

Someone who has REAL WORLD experience and not Socialism 101 like "our" Favorite JR Senator.

Lets party like its 1994!

Your article highlights the problem with the mentality of the Republican party. They want to go backwards and not forwards.Fortunately the Republican party has become a regional party of midwestern farmers and southerners. If you think the constant back biting, xenophobia, and attacks on gays and working class policies is going to sway people to the Republicans. You could not be more wrong.

The numbers in fact prove you wrong. The things Republicans made hay off of in 1994 are not working. The veins of hate have all been mined, the dark hole of fear has been explored and the old tricks do not work.

The Republican party is going deeper into the hole of their own digging. If you think they're going to magic back to power using the tactics of 1994 you are delusional. The country has changed, we prised the Republican hands that were dragging down the country off. And speaking for myself the youth, vitality, and power of this country is motivated to see those same hands dont get a grip on us again.

Its an Obamanation I tell you...

I think you're right Mr. Schlesinger, we have seen this movie before. But I don't think Mr. or Mrs. Obama have learned much from the Clintons. The Obama Administration is still going to tax us out of existence for a public medical system. Every American will get medical care, its just that, as you age and have needs, the menu of services you can pick from only has four items available. "Take the pain killer." Get your trust completed with instructions after your demise. Get on the waiting list! And last but not least, no we dont pay for hospice anymore...

Isnt it funny how congress, the executive and judicial branches are exept from the public system?

No, I think Mrs. Clinton was at least a realist. Mr. Obama doesnt seem to be able to tell the truth to any of us, Straight, Gay, Redneck, Ivy league, Young or Old.

Republicans? They are just crying because they see the USA is dissappearing before their eyes...how dumb is that? LoL...

NOT QUITE '94

Gingrich, and the class of '94, couldn't deliver the goods, Seeds of good ideas and intentions - planted in a bed barren of true conviction and perseverance - bear no fruit. (Yikes! I sound like Obi Wan, or maybe I'm channeling David Carradine - What the heck... you get the point)

I have less faith in the current crop of Republicans than I had in '94....So I'm jest sittin' around waitin' for a suprise.... Reckon I've got a long wait...(Now I sound like Walter Brennan - maybe I should quit for today....)

Tune in tomorrow - I do a decent John Wayne....

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