The GOP’s Next Move

Here they go again.

Republicans always claim during campaigns to be all about helping "Joe the plumber". Once the election's over they go right back to serving only the wealthiest one percent. Republicans eagerly bailed out the Citigroup people who took our money then laid off 75,000 'Joe the bank tellers" and "Joann the secretaries". Now the "Joe the auto factory worker" needs a bailout, Republicans are the "party of NO". They openly scoff at the idea of helping union laborers who they claim are overpaid. The current Republican administration gave Goldman Sachs $10 billion, then Goldman handed out $6.5 billion in bonuses. But Republicans focused attention on what kind of jet the beggars from Detroit flew to Washington in. Millions of real people who work hard and unlike "Joe the plumber" pay our taxes, are really hurting. What we don't need is for Republicans to block the bailout of these workers merely for the sake of opposing Democrats and further to deny help to workers that largely tend to vote Democratic. What Americans don't need is for Republicans to cause millions of autoworkers to be fired, so the taxpayers support them with unemployment, welfare and more. At least if they have jobs, their taxes will help us pay for their lousy bailout.

Derek Jacobs of IN 8:10PM November 23, 2008

Is the only secret weapon traditional (not the "new" Republicans) conservatives will require.

What I can't figure out is why The Empty O'Man is giving the White House to the Clintons and their old staffers - After all he bought it...

P.S. To Phoenician Lady,

By the way, it may interest you to note that the earth is currently in an interglacial period.

Ah... that means we are merely between "Ice Ages" - I believe all scientists are on the same page regarding this fact. So, it seems that "if" man made green house gases are a factor in a minute warming trend then that might, in fact, be a good thing. It may actually slow down the advent of the next Ice Age.

I don't know about you, but I'm thinkin' that it's easier to live with palm tress than have glaciers covering the earth's cities in the latitudes of, say 40 to 55 degrees north and 35 - 55 degrees south. Hey, after all, isn't it all about "change"?

I suggest you get a new worry... Maybe bring back the ALAR hysteria or the hole in the Ozone thing... Or better still, maybe find a real worry - Like a terrorist nuke on a container ship - You can bet they're workin' on it.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 5:37PM November 21, 2008

Zogby, being a right leaning pollster, might try to paint Obama supporters as inferior, but how do you explain Warren Buffett, General Colin Powell and many thousands of Republicans who also voted for Obama.

I agree the general populace is strikingly uninformed across the board. Our public schools have not been up to the task, that is obvious. Still, people that swear by right wing hate radio and spread lies about Obama being a Muslim, a socialist, a terrorist and a baby killer can't exactly be geniuses either.

Pick your own poison. I'll stay with the Dems, thank you.

Phoenician Lady of AZ 8:49PM November 20, 2008

Well, let's see. So far on these postings we've heard someone denying the existence of global warming as a man made threat, and someone casting hate mongers rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity as "defenders of the truth".

The credibility of the fringe right is being totally lost with younger voters, and more and more fiscal conservatives are turned off and tuned out too. Stay the course! I think that's the absolutely right thing to do!!!

Phoenician Lady of AZ 11:17AM November 20, 2008