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Published Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 | 3:34 p.m.
Updated Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 | 3:38 p.m.
The latest radio ad by the Tea Party Express for Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle says she’s a leading anti-tax advocate and would save Social Security if she is elected. We put the claims through the Truth Test.
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Apparently rabid Sharron chewed through the muzzle that handlers put over her mouth and is now verbally spewing a new delusion every 5-10 minutes.
The latest from her foaming piehole: Angle says she will use her tea party superpowers to personally SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY!
Yeah sure. Like GOP-Jesus all the sudden decided to add SS to his list of covered sins. IMO this just doesn't pass the smell test.
The shame is the Tea Party couldn't produce a better candidate. She's a rookie despite her age and hasn't got a clue.
She gives the Tea Party a bad name. One they don't deserve.
Angle is a moronic candidate......god help Nevada if we end up with two duds like Angle & Ensign in the senate.
Love the "Dumbocrats!" The party of "love & peace," yet all they can do when confronted with their Socialist/Communist agenda is call names. They can't be honest & debate the issues because they are so often wrong on them so they smear and vilify. The American public is fed up with their tactics and will replace them wholesale come November - thankfully.
The smearing of Sharron Angle continues. The Las Vegas Sun is scared to death she's going to win! Another poll out today, and Harry still can't move the needle after spending 10 million + smearing Sharron. All he has are his media minions like the Sun and his paid internet posters! The public can see right through it!
The whole country should be scared to death about Angle winning. I really don't want to see anyone get elected to office who hears voices in the form of the father of a 2,000-year-old carpenter.
Wrong Brass... The Tea Party absolutely deserves Sharron Angle. Quality candidates are not simple-minded nor interested in pushing a non-inclusive agenda. Her stuff sells well to mad, elderly white people who do cling to their guns and religion. They've divided the Republican Party such that Harry Reid will win... and a year ago even I didn't think that was possible.
The teabaggers and Sharron Angle are nothing
but SNAKE OIL SALESMEN.
Crazy Angle is the perfect candidate for the
lunatic teabaggers.
HARRY REID WINS BY A LANDSLIDE.
Harry is out
Harry is in.
Angle is a red herring.
Even the delusional Republicans wouldn't endorse and push a candidate of this quality into the limelight without a reason.
Though this woman isn't filing weekly claims for unemployment or at the mercy of Social Security, I feel sorry for her.
I don't see any real meanness in her demeanor.
She seems to believe that what she says, makes sense.
There must have been some kind of behind-the scenes deal to give Reid, some ghost of a chance to win.
The coming election offers INCOMPETENT versus MORON: (that is NOT an insult to Angle: moron is 11 year-old mind maximum)
Neither party has any long-term solutions and each is equally clueless.
Neither party has traced out the roots of our current economic quagmire...more morons, I'm afraid.
...........................................
So regardless of this November's results...we ALL lose.
Sorry...truly sorry to be the messenger.
Never count Harry out. Never.
Famous last words:
"It's the economy, stupid!"
"It's not the Reid Seat, it's the People's Seat!"
Ensign and Angle in the Senate? At least Nevada would be mentioned continually by Leno and Letterman. A corrupt fornicator and an airhead -- are these the best Nevada can offer?
Let's hope God will have a talk with them both and encourage them to retire from public life ASAP.
No wonder we can't diversify the economy -- what company in their right mind would want to relocate to such a dysfunctional state?
BRASS weighs in with this beauty:
"Love the "Dumbocrats!" The party of "love & peace," yet all they can do when confronted with their Socialist/Communist agenda is call names."
This, my friends, is the Gospel according to;
HANNITY. BECK. EL-RUSHBO. FOX. ET.AL...
The NutJobs put it out there, and mushy brains soak it right up, like a SPONGE... and they repeat it like a MANTRA...
Sharron Angle would blast Women back to the STONE AGE. And she advocates an Aristocracy/Theocracy whereby Uber-Rich, God-Fearing NutJobs would rule the land... pretty much your typical Neo- CON-GAME.
Angle is just doing what her handlers are telling to do. She is officially on a short leash and jumping when the party cracks the whip kind of like how the Bush administration performed. The U.S.A. is in the condition were are in due to the failed policies of the past administration. They want us to forget about that and are putting all sorts of propaganda out in the media(majority of media is Republicant owned) to divert our attention.
The Republicant's goal is to try and to return to some sort of control somewhere state or national level. They are pulling out all of the stops to achieve that goal. I cannot wait for October to get here, then we will see just how well their propaganda machine is functioning this year.
It was kind of unhandy that Social Security's 50th anniversary is this year, it was like putting the wooden stake in the vampires chest. The only reason the Republicant's want to do away with Social Security is so the politicians (Democrat and Republicant alike) will not have to payback all of the money that they have borrowed from the taxpayers, John Boners (minority leader) idea to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age to 70. The idea of having to work till 70 is absurd, anyone still able to work in their late 60's has a desk job or is in cushion job for some casino or mine. Employers just do not want older workers despite the age discrimination laws, they find a way to get around it. Unless you have hit the lotto or Megabucks you do not need that sort of financial melt down at that age. If were to get laid off in your 60's the odds of finding a job again are slim unless you can go to work for the Republicant propaganda mill.
If you are working for a living and do not vote Democrat then you had better examine just where you are living and what the Republicant's have ever done for the working people.
This tax break that is due to expire is what put this country in the state it is in, the wealthy got wealthier and everyone else got crumbs. Everyone will have to pay a little more but some of the wealthy loopholes will disappear, but they will still have countless tax loopholes(this what Republicant's do)and this will undoubtedly not affect them very much no matter how much they cry. The ones crying the loudest are the greediest of the bunch.
I'm sure I'm not going to change any more of the closed minds on this board, but can't any of the Angle supporters see just how weak their arguments are for their candidate?
She's new blood. That's a reason to vote for a candidate? I simply don't get the logic there.
She just isn't a good fit for this day and age, and she doesn't have the skillset it takes to do the job needed in Washington.
That's not a personal attack, and I am not calling anyone names. That is a logical and reasonable conclusion formed based on the facts that history provides and her own words and deeds.
Don't listen to what they tell you, watch what they do. It is their actions that show their intent, not their words.
Sharron Elaine (Ott) Angle: Rape is in God's plan and if a female is raped, that female should "Take Lemons and Make Lemonade."
That statement is horrible, but what is more horrible is that many Nevadans still support Angle.
Do the Nevada men not have mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters?
Those men need to step up to the podium and defend the honor of women!
... And yet another meaningless piece of information designed to change the subject from the real issue at hand. The FACTS - Harry Reid MUST BE FIRED as he is totally INCOMPETENT. Look at the Numbers.
When Harry Reid became US Senator, unemployment in Nevada was at 4.4%. Now it's 14.%. Harry Reid is right when he says he can do more for Nevada than anyone. More incompetence than anyone is about it. FIRE HIM TODAY !!!
Ms. Damon,
We have all had this type of conversation:
So you say, "(aaaaaaabbb)".
NO. I said, "(aaaaaaaa,bbb)".
Whatever. Saying, "(aaaaaaabbb)" means xxxxxxx.
No. Zzzzzzzz, not xxxxxxxx, is what I meant when I said, "(aaaaaaaa,bbb)", and again, I did not say, "(aaaaaaabbb)".
Well, 'xxxxxxx' is what I get out of it when you say, "(aaaaaaaaabbb)".
But that's not what I said. And I can't help what you choose to think I mean. You're not listening. So then how can you hope to interpret anything I mean if you refuse to hear correctly what I said?
I resent that, you're implying that I'm hearing impaired and cognitively challenged. How dare you discriminate against the handicapped in such a manner. When did you stop being a racist, anyway?
If I wanted to say you were closed minded and ignorant of common cultural standards I would have said so. What I said was, "That's not what I said". Once establishing that you heard correctly what I said we could then move on to what I meant when I said it.
But I'm afraid we're never going to even get that far.
So, Ms. Damon, having related this "Who's on First?" comedy/tragedy routine to you, I would now like to speak seriously.
Your trade is the language media, the spoken and written word. Your time and devotion in the trade is traceable, what you've said and presumably what you've meant can all be subjected to the treatment with which you've subjected Sharron Angle. Is this how you want to be remembered? As the presumptive and prejudiced judge and jury of what she REALLY said and what she MOST CERTAINLY meant by it?
You've earned a particular distinction in this regard:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinio...
Proud of that newsmaker, Ms. Damon? Care to debate the charges?
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bookofdoubt.....
Short memory?
George Bush and the republicans trashed our
economy.
Iraq war- 2 trillion dollars and counting.
Republicans sent all of our jobs to COMMUNIST
CHINA.
KEEP VOTING REPUBLICANS OUT.
Wonderful choices this year...
Reid in DC, can't do anything RIGHT.
Angle in DC, can't do anything AT ALL.
Rather have a lame duck than someone dragging the country down into the toilet..
WE NEED A REAL POLITICAL PARTY OF THE PEOPLE with a real platform
1st Stay out of foreign affairs, cut the defense 70% since we spend more than all the rest of the world combined and 40 times per capita of 2nd place China.
2nd Admit we need absolute TORT REFORM since we do the same in lawyers as we do in military spending
3rd Respect personal freedom; decriminalize drugs and let some kill them selves, it is far superior to killing others in their quest for the money. If a drug addict needs $200 a day , he has to STEAL $2,000.00 a day because he gets 10 cents on the dollar and OBVIOUSLY there are many EXTRA people involved in the movement of stolen goods.
Now we can give that same drug addict his drugs at a cost of ONE dollar a day.
4th Respect personal freedom; if gays want to marry, no one else has a right to tell them NO and if states want to legalize ASSISTED SUICIDE , no one else has the right to tell them NO
5th PUT AN END to gross over payment to public unions NOW, they can work for the national average in the private sector or say "thanks and GOOD BYE"
6th HONOR THE 2ND AMMENDMENT ; it is talking about personal right to bear arms to protect the people from tyrannical governments AND that includes our own.
7th CLOSE THE DAMN BORDER with 30,000 soldiers of the many available when we stop wasting their lives and our resources on other countries affairs
8th ADMIT that we are way down the list these days on many lists such as education so since we have MILLIONS TOO MANY poor dumb uneducated, THE LAST DAMN thing we need is to allow even one more poor dumb uneducated person into our country
9th We should have universal health care for our citizens and if we did the above things it would be easy; just what will be wasted from Afghanistan and Iraq after we pay for soldiers lives destroyed WILL in total cost 5 trillion dollars= or enough to have universal health care FOR OUR CITIZENS for the next 50 freaking years
10th STOP ALL PERKS TO POLITITIANS AND THEIR FRIENDS for example ; did U know that anyone who works for congress gets their student loans forgiven and it has cost billions of dollars? And who get to work for these wh0res, it is the rich and well connected of course!
Just so I have this straight, people who support Reid are "dumbocrats". So what would that make people who support a person who believes that abortions cause breast cancer. Who wants to use Scietnology thoughts on drug users. Who says things that if were said by somebody named Mohammed he would have been sent to Cuba.
I love how the unemployment rate under Reid has been brought up multiple times yet Sharon Angele's response to that is "that's not my job to find jobs for Nevadans" You can't criticize Reid for the high unemployment rate when your candidate has essentially said it's not her problem.
"And I knew that all along when I started praying over a year ago over it. And this just seemed to be the battle that I needed to go to war with. And I need warriors to stand beside me. You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change."
If some guy named Mohammed said that same exact thing he'd have been thrown in Gitmo.
She claims to be a defender of the Constitution yet wants to pick and choose the questions the media ask politicians. Umm Sharon I think there is something in the 1st amendment called "Freedom of the Press" .... maybe you have heard of it.
phantom- no that's where you are wrong, if some guy name Mohammad said what Sharron Angle said, they would build him a Mosque, There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Sharron Angle said, there is a war, whether you see it of not.
A war with who? Who is at war? What are you fighting? People like Sharon Angle are not in politics to work for the people, they are in it to spread thier messages of hate and take away freedoms from people who may chose to be gay or non Christian.
The people who are building the mosque own that land and it is their right to do with it what they choose and regardless of what you ,I or Glenn Beck say doesn't change that. So who is "they" last I checked the people building the mosque were doing so with their own money on land that they purchased themselves. It's not like it was donated and the Fed govt is building it for them.
gpigs:
"Most of the tea party are independents."
LOL!
gpigs/Lady Gogo is hilarious!
Thanks for the laugh.
Phantom:phantom- no that's where you are wrong, if some guy name Mohammad said what Sharron Angle said, they would build him a Mosque, There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Sharron Angle said, there is a war, whether you see it of not.
Nothing like Spam eh buddy? And yeah Tea Partyers as Independents is laughable. They represent the extreme oppresors in our society. The fact that they would support somebody who believes that "Rape is God's Will" is spoken like a true member of the American Taliban.
gbigs.....
All teabaggers are idiots.
Get a grip.
I wish ohcalcuttagirl was the one running,the one with the common sense!
Harry Reid not tell the banking and financial institutions to take risks like drunken sailors, Reid did not tell Bernie Madoff and his ilk to steal billions from investors, Harry Reid did not start the Iraq War which will end up costing over one trillion dollars.
While both Democrats and Republicans have faults, one party is increasingly dominated by Southern fundamentalist Christians, and dominated by the big corporations.
A recent poll pointed this out. NBC/Wall St. Journal poll of last week for the 2010 election.
"The GOP has a huge generic-ballot edge in the South (52%-31%), but it doesn't lead anywhere else. In the Northeast, Democrats have a 55%-30% edge; in the Midwest, they lead 49%-38%; and in the West, it's 44%-43%."
Do we really want to be led by folks who think only Christians are going to their Heaven, that don't believe in basic science (big bang, evolution, climate change) that think "rape is in God's plan"?
Obama Chooses Sides in Favor of the Ground Zero Mosque...Where is the common sense in that... November- Send a Strong message to Obama, and Reid enough is enough. These Democrats are selling this country; most of us don't want a socialistic society.
I love the misconceptions by the people who hate Obama. For starters on the Muslim Community Center (it's not a mosque). I'm not sure how Obama is choosing sides when he is upholding the Constitution of the United States. The people building it have a right to do so, they didn't steal the land, they purchased it, secondly they are raising the money to build it. Obama isn't writing them a check like the brainwashers at Fauxnews would like you to believe. Thirdly it's 3 blocks from where the Twin Towers once stood. It's not at Ground Zero like Beck and Insanity Hannity are lying to you about. It's ok though, when presented with the actual facts I'm sure you'll spin spin away into your hateful little world.
And gbigs I have no idea where you manufacture your lies from. The last Rasmussen poll done last week had Reid with a 3 point lead over Angle in registered voters. Not bad considering he trailed her by 11 a little over 2 months ago. He's made up 14 points in a little over 2 months. The best part is we still have nearly 3 months for Angle to say something more ignorant then what she's already said if you can believe that.
Let us focus on the issue here and not get sidetracked. The Tea Party Movement, is not a Party. We can vote either on Republicans, Democrats or Independents. It is just a group of Americans with an opinion, just like the grassroots movement of the Democrats that got President Obama elected. If Sharron Angle sympathizes with the Tea Movement ideas, she should not run at all, because she is running to be in the Government of our UNITED States. They want less Government so let her take lemons herself and make lemonade at home. One cannot have both: a Democracy with a United Federal Government AND not give them power to do anything.
Tony...... Well said.
All you anti Angle voters go ahead and vote for Harry if that's what you want. The man is senile and incompotent and will do no good for Nevada or the nation. Angle is not my favorite candidate but as a junior Senator she will not be in a position to do any harm. Keeping Harry in office as Senate Majority Leader is a far worse option.
Sharron Angle is winning. The big boat is sinking, So long Senator Reid, we love to see you go.