Comments on: Does He Cry? Is There A Twinkle In His Eye?

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:20:01 +0000

Good post, Ilana. While Republicans were steering the Titanic (USA) – it was full steam ahead into the iceberg (bankruptcy) – but now that they are not in the ship’s bridge, they can play the so-called “principled opposition” while Obama, Biden, and Pelosi are running the ship. Ron Paul votes no because the government CANNOT (wealth cannot be created by fiat from thin air and will be misallocated by government bureaucrats) AND SHOULD NOT (crowds out the private sector and violates the constitution) be in the bailout/stimulus business. The real (statist) Republicans would put in their pork for their special contributors; however now vote no merely because they do not reap the political benefits of Obama’s magic “stimulus”. I expect that many will listen to Limbaugh/Hannity/Thompson/Romney goons who were Bush’s # 1 cheerleaders over the next several years and say “ah, they oppose the XYZ Obama Socialistic Scheme – these people are great men of principle” – that, sadly, is a delusion arising from desperation. People with true convictions do not discard them for convenience but uphold them. Remember – Bush bailed out the UAW-GM-Chrysler even after Congress voted AGAINST the bailout – the “executive leadership” (unconstitutional) that Republicans applaud.

By: gunjam

gunjam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:59:28 +0000

Ms Mercer: One other comment: I (as a Republican) agree with you that the Republicans did little better (except, perhaps, in terms of scale) when they were in charge. It amuses me to hear Sean Hannity (correctly) bashing the current policies of the Democrats while managing daily to omit virtually any mention of the disaster that Bush and his Republican cronies in Congress were when they were doing pretty much the same things. I am persuaded that the basic Constitutional perspective on the part of the power elite (whatever the Party) in Washington today is: “Constitution? We don’t need no steenkin’ Constitution!” (May God save us from ourselves.)

By: gunjam

gunjam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:47:21 +0000

Ms Mercer: I have to laugh: You have nailed it again. You cut through all the smarm and silliness. Perhaps you should be hired as the White House “den mother” to force them to demonstrate the gravity of at least 15-year-olds once in awhile. I am thankful that we have (at least, not yet, anyway) gotten to such ‘pertinent’ questions — such as were asked of President Clinton — as “boxers or briefs?” (Or, did I miss that one?)