Letter: The erosion of GOP leadership

[m...@facts.only.now]

Letter: The erosion of GOP leadership



Editor:

My respect for our Republican Party leaders basically began eroding
four years ago. Some of the reasons are:

Hit #1 - When President Obama was newly elected, Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., announced to us that the Republicans would do
nothing to help this president and they would see to it that he was a
one term president. That made it clear to me that the people would no
longer be the number one priority.

Hit #2 - When President Obama was addressing Congress and the American
people a Republican congressman shouted out “Liar.” That kind of
disrespect is unacceptable.

Hit #3 - During an interview on national T.V. a Washington Republican
congresswoman (I can’t recall her name) said that, “I hate to admit
this, but we have spent very little time on dealing with the problems
facing the American people. Most of our time has been spent on finding
ways to take down this president.” I also find this behavior
unacceptable.

Hit #4 - Behind closed doors speaking with his peers, Romney let it be
known what his true feelings are about 47 percent of us Americans. He
made it pretty clear that he feels we are unworthy of his time.

When you have various military groups including the VFW giving their
support to President Obama that says a lot. In the past these groups
have leaned towards the Republican Party.

Also, when you have Goldwater family members supporting President
Obama that is a major deal. Their reasoning is that the Republican
Party has become unrecognizable.

I cannot put my trust in a man nor a Party who has changed so many
times on so many policies. I need to know where my country stands and
with the Republican Party of today I just don’t.

[Ma...@verde.ridge.pop]

Right On! I agree with your position on government's place in domestic
affairs. The nation will survive another 4 years of either Barrack
Obama or Mitt Romney but many people who cannot defend themselves may
be hurt with Romney.

[sho...@ing.it]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:57:18 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:

My memories of what Obama was inheriting when he was elected is a
little different than the cut and paste statistics pulled from the
internet. I remember everyone being sympathetic with the mess
President Obama inherited. He inherited a economic house of cards
poised to fall, outsourcing of jobs increased not because of him, but
in spite of him. The house of cards, Ponzi type workings of the
mortgage and banking industry was coming to light and wrecked havoc on
the entire world. He inherited two wars, the majority of wages and
benefits and war supplies paid for by the taxpayer while huge
corporate, oil and war profiteers continue to make trillions and Bush
passed legislation that made them tax exempt. Promises made and never
kept to victims of hurricane Katrina still had to be addressed.

[Clif...@comcast.com]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:57:18 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:

I don't remember President Obama inheriting a good situation, but I do
remember George W. Bush almost slinking away and leaving the oval
office in shame because of the bad, self-serving, and corrupt politics
of his administration.

[Ly...@democracy.now]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:57:18 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:

I remember the prejudice President Obama inherited. I remember the
vows by top republican leaders saying their main goal was to make sure
Obama was a one-term president, while saying nothing about trying to
help the people of the United States. I remember, and am continually
reminded of what a prejudice, greedy , and dishonest species we still
are, and what short memories we have.

[Mike...@outlook.cam]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:57:18 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:

The Republican party is owned and operated by corporate lobbyists
whose only interest is in the fascist control of the country to
benefit the elite. Their strategy is to stoke the fears of everyone.
To quote a Republican favorite, Russell Pierce, "If you're not scared,
you're not listening."

[P...@florida.net]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:57:18 -0400, m...@facts.only.now wrote:

As a registered Independent, I have too have lost confidence in
political parties who are answering to billionaires instead of the
middle class working person.

While the Democrats have their many flaws, American history has shown
a very positive result from progressive policies including: ending
slavery, granting women the right to vote, worker's rights, medical
care for the poor and elderly, civil rights, protection of air and
water, etc. The Democratic party is currently the most progressive of
the two.

The Republican party has identified itself as the party of
obstruction, and conflict. They can't even be civil to each other!
This attitude will not help them win over women, minorities, or
Independents.

[Al]

In article <uvlo881s7gnne2776...@4ax.com>, m...@facts.only.now
wrote:

> Letter: The erosion of GOP leadership
>
>
>
> Editor:
>
> My respect for our Republican Party leaders basically began eroding
> four years ago. Some of the reasons are:
>
> Hit #1 - When President Obama was newly elected, Minority Leader Mitch
> McConnell, R-Ky., announced to us that the Republicans would do
> nothing to help this president and they would see to it that he was a
> one term president. That made it clear to me that the people would no
> longer be the number one priority.

Translation: Failure to accept Obama's policy visions is bad for America.

> Hit #2 - When President Obama was addressing Congress and the American
> people a Republican congressman shouted out “Liar.” That kind of
> disrespect is unacceptable.

Shouting lie at a lie is disrespectful, a SC Justice mouthing the words "not
true" when the president says something untrue as he scolds the SC from the
podium is disrespectful.

Bottom line, when the president is lying, it is disrespectful to point it
out.

> Hit #3 - During an interview on national T.V. a Washington Republican
> congresswoman (I can’t recall her name) said that, “I hate to admit
> this, but we have spent very little time on dealing with the problems
> facing the American people. Most of our time has been spent on finding
> ways to take down this president.” I also find this behavior
> unacceptable.

Someone said something, can't remember who. It was bad, and disrespectful.

>
> Hit #4 - Behind closed doors speaking with his peers, Romney let it be
> known what his true feelings are about 47 percent of us Americans. He
> made it pretty clear that he feels we are unworthy of his time.

Translation: Even though 47% of the voters would never, ever vote for him,
he should pander to them. Otherwise, they feel disrespected.

>
> When you have various military groups including the VFW giving their
> support to President Obama that says a lot. In the past these groups
> have leaned towards the Republican Party.

Military Times Poll of active military: Romney 66%, Obama 26%.

USA Today Poll of veterans: Romney 58%, Obama 34&

You were saying?

>
> Also, when you have Goldwater family members supporting President
> Obama that is a major deal. Their reasoning is that the Republican
> Party has become unrecognizable.

The Goldwater family has become unrecognizable. Who cares?

>
> I cannot put my trust in a man nor a Party who has changed so many
> times on so many policies.

You'll have at least 8 years to complain, there's the upside.

[Al]

In article <kdmo885pt6v1uhv01...@4ax.com>,

Who are these defenseless people?

[demotards]

On 10/27/2012 3:57 PM, m...@facts.only.now wrote:
> Editor:
>
> My respect for our Republican Party leaders

Fuck off old diabetic libitard, the real facts are:

Obama promised to LEAVE if he didn't get things done in 3 years, remember:

"If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a
one-term proposition"—President Obama, 2009.

"We've got a long way to go but . . . we've come too far to turn back
now. . . . And that's why I'm running for a second term"—President
Obama, October 2012.

[demotards]

On 10/27/2012 4:05 PM, Ma...@verde.ridge.pop wrote:
> Right On! I agree with your position

Oh look, it plays with it's trollish self again...

[demotards]

On 10/27/2012 4:22 PM, sho...@ing.it wrote:
> My memories of what Obama was inheriting when he was elected is a
> little different than the cut and paste statistics pulled from the
> internet. I remember everyone being sympathetic with the mess
> President Obama inherited.

And then:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O55aRrvXtio

[demotards]

On 10/27/2012 4:25 PM, Clif...@comcast.com wrote:
> I don't remember President Obama inheriting a good situation

But we all remember what he did with it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O55aRrvXtio

In January 2009, President Obama engaged in an all out effort pass the
massive boondoggle of a so-called stimulus. The Obama Administration
made two promises: 1st - the stimulus would prevent the jobless rate
from going over 8%; 2nd -- the stimulus would be used on "shovel-ready
projects." So what happened? National unemployment peaked at 10.1% in
October 2009 and remained at 10% or more for three months. It now stands
at 9.1%. And those "shovel-ready" projects? Obama joked today
"shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected."

[demotards]

On 10/27/2012 4:28 PM, Ly...@democracy.now wrote:
> I remember the prejudice President Obama inherited.

Horse puckey, the only prejudice was amongst Dems playing the race card.

> I remember the
> vows by top republican leaders saying their main goal was to make sure
> Obama was a one-term president,

I remember Obama locking the Republicans out of the health care debate.

Now the results:


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/05/in-north-carolina-student-insurance-costs-rise-under-obamacare/

Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - President Obama's health care reform
law, which expands preventative care and lets young people remain on
their parents' health insurance plans well into their 20s, is a central
part of his election year pitch to college students.

And perhaps nowhere are students more critical to the president's
re-election chances than in North Carolina, a state jam-packed with
colleges and universities that were blitzed by Obama campaign organizers
in 2008.

But as the president fights to keep the conservative-leaning state in
his column this November, education officials here are complicating his
campaign message by citing "Obamacare" as a reason for the rising cost
of student health insurance plans on campuses from Asheville to Wilmington.

In April, Tom Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina
system, sent a letter to the university's board of governors announcing
that students should brace for a hike in the cost of university-provided
insurance plans.

Ross explained that at least 64,000 North Carolina college students -
roughly a third of those enrolled in the state's 17 public universities
- should expect to see "substantial" increases in health coverage costs
for the 2012-2013 academic year.

"Based on more than three semesters of actual claims experience, as well
as the new provisions of the Affordable Care Act, we are facing large
increases in premiums for our students," Ross wrote in the letter.

In North Carolina, college students are required to have proof of health
insurance, either through their university, their parents or a private
provider.

Students who purchase insurance plans from North Carolina public
universities this fall will be shelling out $709 per semester. That's up
significantly from a cost of $460 per semester last year.

[Mark Hill]

On 10/27/2012 4:30 PM, Mike...@outlook.cam wrote:
> The Republican party is owned and operated by corporate lobbyists

The Democrat party sold us out to Wellpoint and let THEM write the AHCA:

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/09/08/liz-fowlers-plan/

All this time I�ve been calling Max Tax health care Max Baucus� health
care plan.

But, as William Ockham points out, it�s actually Liz Fowler�s health
care plan (if you open the document and look under document properties,
it lists her as author). At one level, it�s not surprising that Bad
Max�s Senior Counsel would have authored the Max Tax plan. Here�s how
Politico described her role in Bad Max�s health care plan earlier this year:



If you drew an organizational chart of major players in the Senate
health care negotiations, Fowler would be the chief operating officer.

As a senior aide to Baucus, she directs the Finance Committee health
care staff, enforces deadlines on drafting bill language and coordinates
with the White House and other lawmakers. She also troubleshoots,
identifying policy and political problems before they ripen.

�My job is to get from point A to point B,� said Fowler, who�s training
for four triathlons this summer in between her long days on Capitol Hill.

Fowler learned as a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania that the
United States was the only industrialized country without universal
health care, and she decided then to dedicate her professional life to
the work.

She first worked for Baucus from 2001 through 2005, playing a key role
in negotiating the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Feeling
burned out, she left for the private sector but rejoined Baucus in 2008,
sensing that a Democratic-controlled Congress would make progress on
overhauling the health care system.

Baucus and Fowler spent a year putting the senator in a position to
pursue reform, including holding hearings last summer and issuing a
white paper in November. They deliberately avoided releasing legislation
in order to send a signal of openness and avoid early attacks.

�People know when Liz is speaking, she is speaking for Baucus,� said
Dean Rosen, the health policy adviser to former Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).

What neither Politico nor Bad Max himself want you to know, though, is
that in the two years before she came back to the Senate to help Max
craft the Max Tax plan, she worked as VP for Public Policy and External
Affairs at WellPoint.

So to the extent that Liz Fowler is the Author of this document, we
might as well consider WellPoint its author as well.

[Mark Hill]

On 10/27/2012 4:34 PM, P...@florida.net wrote:
> As a registered Independent, I have too have lost confidence

Your name is not Pat.

You live In Arizona.

And you are a paid Dem troll.