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America loses when leaders can’t work together
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Although I am disenchanted with bleeding-heart liberals, I am truly repulsed by the venomous distortions from the far right that seem to be capturing the Republican Party.
Politics has taken on a viciousness that is not good for the country. Ideological purity is of a Taliban/al-Qaida mentality. It used to be “all’s fair in love and war”; now add politics to the equation.
I fear that the distortions, lies and personal attacks emanating from some on the far right, such as comparisons of our president to Hitler, and the “political correctness” and spend-first solutions offered by the far left, have produced a Congress that cannot work cooperatively to solve the problems this country faces.
I am disappointed that the Obama administration is lacking the leadership that many expected. It is great on rhetoric but is apparently lacking in direction.
This administration allows a lobbyist-controlled Congress to dictate specifics regarding legislation rather than the other way around, and then waffles over issues. A good example is with the health care legislation, when the White House changed its position based upon some negative polls and said that health care reform didn’t have to have a public option after all.
Then, when the Democratic left revolted and pushed for its inclusion in the current versions of the bill, the White House was back on track to extol its virtues.
This is not leadership!
When the Republican Party votes as an obstructionist bloc and the Democratic Party squabbles over issues while the administration fails to define priorities, it is the country that suffers.
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Alan Wollman says "I am disenchanted with ...liberals, I am truly repulsed ...by the Republican Party....the White House changed its position based upon some negative polls"
Apparently the negative poll is that over 51% of the people oppose the Reid and Pelosi bills. Just 31% favor those bills.
Reid's destructive bill will cost $849 billion plus the $247 billion "doc fix" plus the $490 billion taken from seniors Medicare or $1.587 trillion and
It still will NOT cover 6% (18 million) of the people.
The public option Alan Wollman wants will only cover 1.5% (4.5 million) of the people.
So what is the point of a public option if nobody is covered and it can not impact premiums of other private plans?
For $1.5 trillion for something we start pay for now but will not see the benefit of for 5 years -- 2 years after Obama is out of Office.
David Broder of the Washington Post says The specific budget gimmick is that Reid has delayed the subsidies "from mid-2013 to January 2014 -- long after taxes and fees levied by the bill would have begun."
the stupid pathetic lying republicans are children...
itty bitty children...
they simply can not see past me me me...
they have no interest in reasoned discourse...
they are only interested in declaring themselves the winner...
and quite frankly...
they are dimb...
very very dumb...
just look at the past leader...
w the scum bag liar loser clown...
this maggot was dumb...
a partier throughout his college days...
failed at every business venture he ever tried...
this scum bag is plain old stupid...
and look at the current and future leader...
sarah dumb as a bag of rocks palin...
this scum bag is an idiot...
she is clueless...
dumb, dumb, dumb...
period...
end of story...
it is a race to the bottom with these losers...
but w the scum bag liar loser clown and sarah dumb as a bag of rocks had memorized the party's talking points...
or should i say they could say the one thing the stupid pathetic lying republicans want to hear...
cut taxes...
well guess what folks...
cutting taxes failed miserably...
supply side economics has been proven a failure...
greed always stops any sort of trickle down...
it was all a joke...
it all boils down to this...
w the scum bag liar loser clown was a spoiled rich kid who went to washington to fight for spoiled rich kids...
and he won...
the top 1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%...
the middle class has been crushed and is now fighting just to prevent their houses from being foreclosed on...
and oh yeah...
all of that tax cutting by w the scum bag liar loser clown left us with an $8 trillion dollar national debt and a budget deficit of $1.5 trillion...
maggots...
nothing but maggots...
who the hell would want to join the stupid pathetic lying republican party these days...
only l-o-s-e-r-s!!!
I'm with you 100%, Wollman. Great letter.
But who are we going to have to vote for next presidential election? Obama and Palin? It could come to this. We need a third major party now. Jesse Ventura, where are you? Oh, yeah, doing TV. This country is a mess.
Good letter Alan.
Future, This is why Reid has to go. Letting big business make big money for years before the citizens get their reward, if some do at all.
Birdie, why blame just the Republicans when both parties take turns with the same problem, GREED.
gunowners I heard Lou Dobbs is thinking independant.
The less Congress does, the better off America is.
Hey Alan: Do you remember when the Democrats were calling President Bush / Hitler: Remember that at all. I DO! >>>>> Before the election i told my family and friends why i thought Obama was an empty suit they did not believe me now when i bring it up again a year later they just change the subject. O WELL!
Birdie wins the prize today for the most adjectives used in a single diatribe.
Go Birdie!
No...really...just go...
dingo: what type of facility is Coffman Plantation? Are you allowed to sign yourself out?
There is a level of leftwing insanity in here that is truly disturbing.
Wailer Alan needs to join the ever growing ranks of the Independents...
I was so enthused about Obama during the campaign and early on in his presidency. Now I view him as all oratory, and I have only negative expectations of his term in office. The American political system seems to be so fractured and special-interest driven, that improvements to the life of the ordinary American are impossible to attain. It is all very depressing to watch your wonderful country drift into bankruptcy.
Alan, Bush stunk, but get real, the left constantly called him Hitler. Did you forget about that? Watch when you point the fingers!
hey labdaddy...
any special plans for thanksgiving???
OK Alan - You're disappointed in the administration and the congress.
Hey Captain Obvious - What's the point of your letter?
Hey Canada... We heard your rant on another LV SUN discussion forum knocking the U.S.
Don't you have enough problems in Canada to stick your nose into? Canada is not a perfect country by any means. And just like your family is probably not the perfect family, our family is not perfect either, but we are not sticking our noses in your business.
You appear to be a anti war Canadian Liberal who would rather criticize the U.S. then your own country...
hey larry vegas...
too bad our canadian friend is 100% correct...
in fact...
if it weren't so damn cold...
i just might make a run for the northern border myself...
did you ever see fahrenheit 911...
they don't even have to lock their damn doors...
hell...
here we lock 'em, bolt 'em and keep a loaded gun nearby...
pathetic...
Hey Birdie,
Some of my best friends are Canadians.
We lived in Washington state, six miles from Canadian border for several years.
Good people with a good taste for the grape.
We had friends from B.C. stay with us last week.
We ate a lot, drink a little wine and had a good time.
But we never talked about each other country's politics.
Their business is their business and our business is our business.
Beautiful country that Washington state,
except that, it was so damn wet,
we had to trade our dog in for a duck...
Oh Birdie, I forgot. If you are headed North, don't forget your rubbers...
Birdie
give us all a break and quit pretending to represent the middle class. we all know you are a lazy fool who never rose past minumum wage, and you are bitter against all those who have worked hard and succeeded in life.
you've always been trailer trash, and always will be.
the only thing you want is to take from those who have earned, to give to your own lazy butt. obviously you agree with obama that the "real tragedy" of the civil rights movement was the failure of the supreme court to redistribute the wealth.
No need for any more polls. The GOP LOST.
President Obama WON. Quit crying.
President Obama is doing a GREAT JOB.
He will be President for 8 years.
mandingonamvet (by the way, why do u feel the need to cram your support service in vietnam down everbody's throat? I don't believe there were any pitched submarine battles in vietnam. the closest you ever got to direct fire was when you went to the PX on an army or marine base and heard the sound of soldiers and marines sighting in their weapons.
so thank you for your service in a support role, but quit trying to act like a war hero and disparage the military service of everybody else.)
YOU SAID:
"I love Carter. He loves us Black folks, and he gave me my naval officers commission too"
yep, that says it all. you are a walking talking example of what a colossal waste of money government mandated affirmative action is. your idiotic posts are all we need to see that you were definitely NOT promoted on merit.
Spoken by the average Republican idiot.
hey larry...
for somebody who dishes it out as much as you do...
i would have thought your skin was a little thicker...
certainly thick enough to handle criticism from a canadian...
you know skippy...
our canadian friend's comments wouldn't have stung so much if they wern't so damn true...
anyway...
if i was to head north...
i would also go east...
montreal or toronto...
always had a blast in those towns...
just too damn cold for me...
hey average joe...
your comments fascinate me...
it just amazes me how you republican clowns reflexively cling to arrogance as a defense mechanism...
does it make you feel better to pretend that you are more successful than others???
do your groundless insults give you a little ego boost???
is that what it is all about???
or...
is it simply unfathomable to you that a fellow american would have no problem whatsoever paying a little more in taxes if it would help those who are uninsured among us become insured???
is your love of money so strong that your brain simply can not comprehend that concept???
whatever the reason...
an obvious defense mechanism or an emotional and mental shortcoming...
either way...
it is sad...
very sad...
tell you what skippy...
if pretending that i make minimum wage prevents you from having a break down...
then let's pretend shall we...
feel better skipster...
Spoken by the above-average union cretin. The average types only communicate with grunts and groans.
whatever u say birdster -
still trying to pretend to be a real man, I see.
if you WERE a real man, and you really did make more than poverty level, you would be free to donate as much of your time and money as you wished to help your fellow american down on their luck.
but that ain't the case is it, skippy?
nope. you only like to be generous with OTHER's people money. typical die-hard liberal.
btw - although I voted republican in the last election, I vote with my heart and mind, not based on party affiliation. hell I voted for bill clinton many years ago. I even cast a vote for ross perot. so if labeling somebody a member of a certain party makes it easier for you to denigrate their opinions, so be it.
Onlt an idiot republican could call someone "anti war" as an insult. LOL
What fools.
Teamster-Obozo is a compelete and total incompetent fool. He will not survive his first term in office. Even the Democrats are seeing what an idiot he is. In 2010 he will have everything so screwed up that he will lose both houses of Congress. The Democrats will not let him to run again in 2012 knowing that if he does a Democrat would never be elected dogcatcher in Mayberry. I'm laughing my a$$ off every time the news comes on at his complete and total stupidity.
Nick is not only anti-war, he does not have any respect for our military.
Nick stated in one of his prior rants:
Military people are generally uneducated guys with big egos. Military people are whats wrong with America.
Great guy that Nick...
jlb101;
Have you seen the movie "2012"?
You better go see it.
"2012" The same year that Obama is out of a job!
2012 is just around the corner. I better start stocking up on beer and maybe a little rum for the festivities. Then on December 22nd, I think I will stop drinking...