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Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 2 a.m.
Leno on Lowden
Sue Lowden
Sun Coverage
Sun archives
- Harry Reid calls on opponents to denounce ‘sleaze’ ad (3-15-2010)
- Harry Reid takes on Sue Lowden early, hoping labor is listening (3-14-2010)
- Sue Lowden files for U.S. Senate seat to battle Harry Reid (3-1-2010)
- SEC filing: Sue Lowden cut jobs, got bonus (2-24-2010)
- Sue Lowden hates taxing and spending and bailouts (2-16-2010)
When Nevada Democrats brought a goat and four chickens to Republican Sue Lowden’s campaign office last week to mock her suggestion that the uninsured barter for health care, it said as much about the political state of affairs for Harry Reid as it did his leading opponent.
Lowden was ridiculed by Jay Leno and others for her bartering plan — goats for gallbladder surgery? — read one Democratic missive. Chickens for checkups?
Lowden’s advice for the 500,000 Nevadans without health care coverage was another poor choice of talking points from the casino owner and former one-term state lawmaker who hopes to take down the Senate majority leader in November.
After months of attacks on Reid as a Washington insider who has lost touch with ordinary Nevadans, the senator’s campaign is constructing a counternarrative that Lowden is the one who lives on another planet.
As Reid’s campaign tells it: Lowden lives in a mansion, her husband took a bonus while their casino was eliminating its employees’ 401(k) retirement plan, their business was cited for hundreds of Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations that endangered workers and she is telling patients to barter for health care.
Lowden’s announcement last week that she poured $700,000 of her own fortune into her campaign during the first three months of 2010 only fed that story line.
The attacks lobbed by Team Reid and the state Democratic Party make more evident a campaign strategy to vaporize, as it has been said, the competition.
Because Reid’s attacks have mainly targeted Lowden, it sometimes feels as though the two contenders have simply bypassed the June 8 primary in their dash to November.
Lowden must have known this was coming as she sought to distance herself from the field of Republican primary candidates, and establish herself as the front-runner. Polls show Lowden has maintained a lead over the next top Republican, Danny Tarkanian, the businessman and former UNLV basketball star.
But are the attacks working for Reid?
According to polling by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Lowden leads not only the other Republicans, but Reid as well. Reid’s numbers have not budged in months. (Reid’s camp disputes the accuracy of these polls.)
If Reid’s attacks are meant to cut down Lowden, they do not appear to be working. That said, Democrats argue that shining a bright light on Lowden’s record and philosophy will reap rewards.
Democrats say Lowden’s record reminds the Democratic base of the stark differences between the candidates, and fires up volunteers — mobilizing the base of supporters Reid needs to turn out.
Besides, Democrats are not convinced Lowden will emerge from the primary, noting that Republican Sharron Angle won the coveted Tea Party endorsement last week. Democrats would be pleased if anyone but Lowden was the nominee.
Jennifer Duffy, who analyzes Senate races for the Cook Political Report in Washington, said Lowden appears to have the momentum heading into June.
Duffy notes that with eight weeks to go before the primary, voters are just beginning to tune in. She cautions against writing off Tarkanian, Angle or John Chachas, the Ely-born New York banker who is pumping his own money into the race.
But Duffy also notes that Reid appears to be counting on voters choosing him by default, “as the best of the worst” candidates. Reid has repeatedly said that with so many candidates — the secretary of state’s office says more candidates are running for the seat than in any statewide election in recent memory — he would emerge the winner.
This is not a strong position for the majority leader.
As for the goat and chickens, Duffy dismisses the stunt as not having much staying power, a product of the silly season — Washington shorthand for the antics that emerge in a campaign year.
“But,” she added, Lowden’s bartering plan “was kind of silly.”
Reid also struggles in his approval ratings,
Harry Reid's unfavorably has increased five points from the previous month to 53 percent of Nevadans who have an unfavorable opinion of the Senator.
Only 23 percent of Nevadans currently have a favorable opinion of Harry Reid.
62 percent of Nevada voters support repealing ObamaCare and 57 percent fear that it will be bad for the country. Nevada voters link Harry Reid to this very unpopular bill that creates a Federal Government takeover of the health care system.
Harry Reid should bow out and let another Democrat run for his position in the U.S. Senate. If not, it appears that there is good chance that Harry's Senate seat will go to a Republican...
The headline asks: "Will attacks on Lowden make up ground for Reid?"
The answer: "We don't know, but the Sun is sure going to try, all the way until our final desperate gasps on Nov. 2."
The Sun writes: "Lowden's advice for the 500,000 Nevadans without health care coverage was ANOTHER POOR CHOICE OF TALKING POINTS from the casino owner and former one-term state lawmaker who hopes to take down the Senate majority leader in November."
Are you kidding? Harry Reid says more stupid things by noon every day than Lowden has said during the entire campaign.
Nice try, Sun. We ain't buying.
"The attacks lobbed by Team Reid and the state Democratic Party make more evident a campaign strategy to vaporize"
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Harry Reid can not run on his dismal record.
Harry has only personal attacked on Sue to win
Sad
Hey Sue Lowdown that's a nice John McCain pin you chose to wear on your elite designer jacket you LIBERAL!!!!
Not one to hurl disparaging remarks at an opposing view points of others, however as a mater of personal perspective I found it incredibly distasteful and ironic "Fighting for your job is my job" in light of the facts reported in previous articles regarding layoffs and personal bonuses.The position of Senate Majority Leader is complex and experience is at the forefront as a fundamental job requirement in the minds of the people.The endorsement of Sharron Angle speaks volumes. The valued weight lies in legislation and the ability to effectively produce results both bipartisan and single party something our current SML has demonstrated in action. Leaders often are called upon to make difficult weighty decisions it is experience and good council that tips the scales in favor of the people. A lovely lady no doubt loyal to her husband but not what the position is indicative of.
Let's score today.
The Sun has two front page "news stories" that are really campaign ads.
One is a negative ad against a Republican.
One is a cheerleader ad for a Democratic.
These are exhibit A and B why the mythical public funds for campaigns will never work.
Unless the people who are pushing that theory are willing to regulate all media, like news papers in what they can publish.
Sounds un-american.........
What country does Lowden think this is anyway, Somalia or Glenbeckistan?
A goat and four chickens may have been sufficent payment for a witchdoctor house call in ancient sub-Saharan Africa but things are different in 2010. It's doubtful four farm animals (other than cattle of course) would buy much more than a hemorrhoid exam or basic bunyan removal in today's economy.
But barter-to-live is a good example of what healthcare reform means to republicans. Which is why Sue probably deserves a passing grade D- for effort. She answered the question as best she could.
> Sounds un-american.........
oh pahleeze. read the other town rag if you want your opinion parroted back at you.
SgtRock
If the Sun doesn't have what you want to read I'm sure the RJ-GOP will.
Sherm & Co always has the very latest tea klan talking points.
Lowden is a wealthly elitist who has already been caught in lies about her votes in the Nevada assembly. She does not care about the middle class or working poor of this state. She is all about lining her already fat pockets with corporate money. She is everything that is wrong with the Republican party.
Amen, airweare... Superbad, superior comment;
Sue Lowden would be the worst possible thing for Nevada. Our own Michelle Bachman, of sorts...ISH!
It's not that I'm insisting NO REPUB CAN WIN. It's just the lunacy that Lowden represents; I, Me, Mine could not be more viscerally represented than by this woman who reminds me of the old "Upper Class Society Garden Club Member,a dollar-tipping rich witch who's philosophy is "the little people can catch our crumbs". It's a mentality of bygone days, as comrade fosimmons points out so eloquently!
Reid is ready for retirement. Most of the world saw enough of Reid--and his lack of enthusiasm--but yet arrogance to reduce his reputation to zero.
Americans have their eyes on Nevada to help change the course---whether Democratic or Republican---NEVEDA!
Please don't send him back to Washington! Americans can not live with the attitudes currently in Congress!
The gmager states: "...as comrade fosimmons points out so eloquently!"
ELOQUENTLY???
fo simmons rants: "...she is AWOLBush warmed over who likes that tax cut for the rich and war and torture, right? What's her position on the wars and the torture?"
AND EVEN MORE ELOQUENTLY...
fo simmons continues his rant: "Any senior voting for any Republican is a complete fool. The Republican Party is in no way like that of Reagan. This group is a group of haters and war mongers."
THAT'S ELOQUENTLY IN THE FIRST DEGREE...
Where did Lowden get a big loan to buy a casino. Musician to casino owner? Sounds like something out of movie.
Then there was the "white supremacist" who got a lot of comps at a couple of casinos in town. Probably just wanted to see Hitler's parade car and have a 1/2 pound chili cheese dog?
God...oh God....I pray that mred is Reid's campaign manager.
Harry Reid is about as popular as the Sun.
lol!
A relatively unknown Sue Lowden has already become a punch line for late-night comics so just imagine the laughs if they really knew who she was.
Suzy Lowdown is ridiculous. So she really thinks we can barter for health care? Will she help me trade in my cow for my prescriptions?
Nothing has ever offended me as much as Harry Reid's statement that he was "standing shoulder to shoulder with the American people" in supporting health care reform. He knew that Americans opposed the terrible bill, he knew that Nevadans strongly oppose the bill, and yet he stood there and looked us in the eye and lied to us. I just can't stand that. Show this awful man the door in November. We deserve better.
Sue Lowdown Healthcare Barter Prices:
a) Heart surgery - 2 cows, 5 sheep, 5-10 chickens
b) Cancer treatment - tractor, 12 bales of hay, 1 pitchfork or shovel
c) Physical exam - 1 milking goat, 5 bushels of corn, 1 watermelon
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go to sicksue.com for complete list
Go Sue Go! We're with her all the way!
Interesting to see the Las Vegas Sun do yet again another pro-Dirty Harry piece. When will they ever learn to report the news without personal bias? Your readers see clearly see it.
Isn't bartering similar to working for cash, paid under the table to avoid taxes???
Liberals should really like the concept of bartering...
Harry Reid ended the first quarter of 2010 with $9.4 million in cash on hand after raising $1.8 million more from his friends. This is more than three times as much as his closest Republican rival.
Harry and his supporters think that "money can buy you love" and votes...
You know, it's amazing how two grown people (Reid and Lowden) can become small children over a matter of running for a public office that neither one is really morally or ethically fit to occupy. Explain that phenomenon.
Reid raises 1.8 million from his supporters while Gibbons can't even get his $3500 bucks from Larry.
Lowden has a long history, and most Nevadans are still in the dark when it comes to her awful management style.
"Sue Lowden loves to tout her business record as the chief reason she's qualified to represent Nevada during these difficult economic times, stating just last week that "what separates me is I am a businesswoman." However, if her track record as a casino executive is any reflection of her approach to our state's economy, Nevada families would be in serious trouble."
"As vice president of Santa Fe Gaming Corporation (SFGC), Lowden ran the company into the ground."
"Under her leadership, SFGC had only one year in the 1990s when the company didn't end up in the red. In fact, the only profitable year in the entire decade came in 1996, when Lowden sold off her flagship property, the Sahara Casino and Hotel."
"That was only the beginning of Lowden's fiscal incompetence. SFGC was forced into bankruptcy only a few years later when it failed to meet its financial obligations, a junk bond payment worth $60 million that carried a 13.5% interest rate. In order to make payments under the court-ordered restructuring, Lowden's company ended up jettisoning the Santa Fe Casino."
"After a decade of Sue Lowden's business "expertise," the Santa Fe Gaming Corporation was de-listed from the stock exchange in 1999 because it no longer met the guidelines to be listed."
From ThisisReno.com
That Larry, he's a card!
Really, calling all liberals tax-cheats! How Awful!!!
Say, I wonder if the Tea Party kids would encourage "avoiding taxes"??? I beleive that's in their platform.
BTW...
the word is ELOQUENCE!!!
ksand, thanks for the facts. I'd love to see more.
I bet Harry and his dough will ferret out so many
facts about Sue Lowden it will make her head spin, ala Regan Macneil in The Exorcist.
Here's a fact;
Owning something, or coming into possession of something of someone elses, does not magically make you a "businesswoman".
The sad part of it all is that Reid will win due to being the best of a bad lot of candidates....The GOP have no one...nothing...the cupboards are right bare and so they get these bozzo's that have no clue....What a joke the Republicans have seriously scared any real, smart, decent and capable members away with their extreme crap...Another case of a small minority of crazies ruling a very silent majority...
"Isn't bartering similar to working for cash, paid under the table to avoid taxes???"
Its the Republican way.
Btw, have any of you considered that the Sun did this story simply because Titus is helping her constituents, and that is what a real newspaper is kind of supposed to do? I can't figure out if you all are bitter because 1. you are used to the RJ's over-the-top bias, or 2. you resent the fact that Titus is getting good things done for her constituents, something that Heck has never done and has no proposals for in the future.
The Bartering Bimbo won't be hurt much by those yo-yos Tark and Angle. What will hurt her is when she debates Reid and people see how vacant and uninformed she really is.
Sean Hannity always tells the story about how he broke is arm in Santa Barbara and painted the doctor's office to pay the bill. Maybe that's where Lowden got the idea of bartering to pay medical bills?
Just like Hannity, she also turned her back on the Veterans. I hope some one helps the Vet's recover the money that was taken from them by those "concerts" Hannity was involved in.
Don't take Cook Report analyst Jennifer Duffy's comments seriously that Lowden's stupid "bartering" remarks won't hurt her candidacy. They will. It just shows how out of touch Lowden is with working-class issues of most Navadans.
Also, take Duffy's comments about Lowden with an equal grain of salt. Duffy's a Republican from Rhode Island. She was raised in a very active Republican household, worked and volunteered on Rhode Island Republicans' campaigns and her father, Dave Duffy, is still a much-active Republican businessman in Rhode Island.
Listening to Duffy say that Lowden won't be hurt by her own stupidity is like listening to Jon Ensign talk up his unyielding adherence to monogamy and alleged family values. Neither Duffy nor Ensign is telling the truth.
I see the elitist Liberals are out in full force, name calling and demonizing those who do not have the same twisted political views as their own...
bozzos
Bimbo
yo-yos
Just a few from the Liberal haters...
Suzy Lowdown = Greedy, out of touch, stupid.
For sure you won't see my vote.
Super-wealthy Republicans like Lowden are so out of touch with average folk but slick enuff to still get the poor dopes to vote for 'em! LOL
BushDepression-
"Super-wealthy Republicans like Lowden are so out of touch with average folk but slick enuff to still get the poor dopes to vote for 'em!"
Maybe the deluded teabaggers, but not the rest of us... Especially as more people get to know who Suzy Lowdown really is.
HeyVegas-
"Suzy Lowdown = Greedy, out of touch, stupid."
I couldn't have summarized it better.
And isn't it funny how Republicans only "defend" women when they're "hot"? In their books, it's OK to call Dina Titus every ugly name in the book... But no, don't say anything about Ms. Suzy's lack of knowledge on just about everything (including how to actually run a company and turn a profit)!
Sorry to hear your constitutional rights to blather Republican Party propaganda is being trampled on, Rhooster. But it would seem that enough of your posts make it through to inundate the comment sections on a wide variety of topics to make up for it.
And we all are indeed truly blessed.
I think.
Not sure though.
@ LarryVegas: Nice try, but check the Oxford English Dictionary definition of barter: "to trade by exchanging goods for other goods, not for money." An elite, wealthy woman in another era said, "Let them eat cake." Wealth does not preclude empathy, but Lowden is clearly out of touch with middle-class Nevadans.
Lowden went to Vietnam with Bob Hope according to her recent commercial. Show them some leg so they can go back out in the jungle and kill the commies.
Then when she was in state government she forced the Vets to pay for their license plates. We don't need another casino owner Senator.
So, what is your problem mr. ed? You don't like servicemen? Do you think you are better than they are?
Bob Hope and his troop did a great service to this county and countless U.S. Servicemen across the World. Your comment is completely out of line and disgusting... Shame on you...
Veterans should pay their own way in society. They are not all Liberals you know...
I got this lump on my back how many alumunum cans will it cost to take it off ?????
Trust fund babies don't want us toothless unwashed masses taking up hospital bedspace.Drug seekers like limbaugh and hypochondriacs like Cheney need these beds in order to be waited on hand and foot and treated for their imaginary ailments.Sue insures that rich oil shieks get first rate health care while we natives get the bums rush.
By Rhooster
"I have offers on my desk right now to comment in many many other newspapers."
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I've read some funny, outrageous stuff on forums but I've never heard someone brag about offers to post comments on a blog.
That, Mr. Rhooster, takes the crazy cake. Congratulations.
People have plenty of time to educate themselves on the type of person and "business woman" Sue Lowden really is. None of the negatives have been brought out yet but once they are people will see she is not the right fit for Nevada or this country. She is everything we dont need or want.
Give it time. When the TV ads come out. When these schmoes start bashing each other? That's when the fun begins. :-))
Reid will be O.K.
The voters will be getting campaign reminders of what the Bushies did to this country.
With health care passed, and the economy turning (slowly) around, the voters won't be looking to go back to the right wing Gibbons/ C Street Ensign types who brought us down this path!
Witness the Republicans siding with Wall Street in the next great debate on financial reform. This is gonna be a boon for Senator Reid and many Democrats!
Republicans = party of NO WE CAN'T!
Stuart & Robert Wyman-Cahall
Las Vegas, NV 89142
Anyone except Lowdown.
democrats are nasty people.and when she debates Reid, he'll just lie.I kind of like this barter thing. I think I'll send Reid a cow pie in exchange for all the bullsh8it he feeds us.
You like that name calling thing, don't you, Rhooster?
It's your neo-conservative right wing point of view world.
And I happen to reside in it.
And I'm here for you to call names all you want.
But remember this...
Your viewpoints died. And they are continuing to die a very, very slow death. The Republican Party had a shot. And they blew it. And they are continuing to blow it.
As it all pertains to this article, I notice that the right wingnuts go into that counter-attack mode on Senator Reid, saying he is doing these unjustified attacks on Ms. Sue Lowden.
Well, she is kind of an easy target. She's bringing it all on herself. And all I see is Senator Reid just pointing out her rocket science health care reform ideas of "chickens for checkups" bartering idiocy out to the Nevada voters. As well as other things.
The truth of the matter is that Ms. Sue Lowden has nothing in common with Nevada. She is affiliated with casinos and is a millionaire. She spent just about $700,000.00 dollars of her own money pursuing candidacy. She don't belong in politics. She needs to just hang out with her rich friends in her coffee klatch, appreciate and buy fine, expensive art, and organize charity events to "Save the Rare and Elusive Yellow Bellied Desert Tarantula" or something like that.
Good luck to you, Rhooster. And I do mean that.
anybody butt lowdown !!!!!
"You like that name calling thing, don't you, Rhooster?"
You must too....Mr. Throw the right wingnuts word out.
I DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE PHONY REPUBLICAN POLLS. THEY ARE BS. THEY WANT YOU TO THINK THEY ARE WINNING. WITH ELITES LIKE LOWDEN AND CHEATERS
LIKE ENSIGN WHO WANTS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE REPUBLICAN CROOKS.I LIKE HARRY!
By lipton
"democrats are nasty people.and when she debates Reid, he'll just lie."
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Why is lipton already looking ahead to a Lowdown-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid debate? Is lipton starting to whine now (way too early) because he knows that susie's clock will get cleaned in a head-to-head debate?
Is lips laying the groundwork for extremely low Lowdown expectations? Seems that way.
Colin from LV...
VERY good post.
Couldn't agree with you more.
I think at some point, Suzy will come to the realization she shouldn't have gotten herself into this race.
Yes, Lowden should be prepared.
Reid...the snake that he is..... will play every dirty trick known to man and than some.
Reid's ONLY hope is fight a nuclear dirty campaign.
He has nothing to lose. Over 55% of the state hates him.
He ONLY CHANCE is to win with less than 45% of the vote.
and Reid isn't affiliated with casinos and he isn't rich? not a good arguement.
lastthroes, debates usually happen between candidates. Again, he will just lie, and sgt rock is right, he'll play every dirty harry trick known to man.
Harry is a paid politician, wealthy and corrupt.Majority of Nevada doesn't want him. He's an old dried up prune, and I bet he won't retire in Searchlight, after living high on the hog in DC. not quite his cup of tea anymore!!!!
Reid is dancing for joy that he will most likely face Lowden and not Angle in November. He would lose easily to Angle and he knows it. Lowden does in fact have enough questions about her that Reid might win with less than a majority of the votes thanks to 3rd party candidatesm (and I don't mean that so-called Tea Party candidate).
I sincerely hope that Lowden's manager reads some of this trash so they know just what the campaign has to counter. Reid basically said "Screw Nevada" when he bartered for votes for the Screw America (healthcare reform) bill. It is time for him to be voted out.
Lipton
It's too early to whine. Save it until after the debate (assuming susie wins the GOP race and then agrees to debate the majority leader).
Lowdown is starting to look like another (half-term governor) palin and Jay Leno has already made the first joke on national TV at her expense.
Not a good sign.
Once the campaign really gets underway and Reid highlights how the stupid ruplican party only wants to say no on everything and make up lies about everything so they can have an excuse to say no. He will highlight how Sue Lowden will just be a marginal senator who follows others. She will never be a leader.
Reid basically said "Screw Nevada" when he bartered for votes for the Screw America (healthcare reform) bill. It is time for him to be voted out. I wonder if we should send him some crows?
I really wanted Angle, and there is still the chance. I only defend Lowden because I can't stand the ugliness the democrats dish but can't take.
Lowden was the person that wanted to nickle and dime servicemen for their license plates and burial plots. not me. Why didn't she, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh join up to serve in Vietnam? If she was such a patriot?
As a Republican I wouldn't elect this woman as the dog catcher,she's more embarrasing than that ding bat from Alaska. The Republican party is in trouble if she is the front runner, please people pick another candidate and don't embarrass the republican party.
Sue Lowden, or any other republican, doesn't
have a snow-balls chance to beat Harry Reid.
Greedy republicans ruined our economy.
We will never forget.
Judging by the latest unemployment figures, it does appear Reid is finished. Lets just hope a complete incompetent like Lowden doesn't get the nomination.
I try not to take a small sample size of comments out of millions as the represenation of a person. If one were to do this they could portrait Harry Reid as a racist for his comments about Obama's dialect in 2008.
I don't beleive either case was a representation of the character of either person. Can I offer this to the Democrats out there, can you produce a candidate I would vote for?
I would love to see a 21st cenury Bill Clinton or Howard Dean type run for Reid's office. The facts are Reid is corrupt, out of touch and has priorities outside of Nevada's.
I believe if the race is between Lowden and Reid most will vote for the former because the latter has shown a pentance for not living up to their end of the bargain.
What I don't understand is how those elected with such ideas end up representing themselves in the end of the day, regardless of party...
Harry Reid will win, hands down.
Teamster, I understand your position, but did you realize Reid isn't your best friend? I would stand with you for a Democrat leader who was genuine and had our best interests in mind.
I think the Obama group has made it clear they lied to you when it comes to card-check, not sure what else you are looking for but I don't think Reid has it for you. I was a Titus fan a couple years ago but she has proven to be a 180 from her campaign.
middletoright.......
Harry Reid has three jobs, representing the
average American, Nevada and the United States
Senate. He's doing a great job on all three.
I don't know of a junior Democrat who could
fill Harry's shoes.
I also like Dina Titus. She's doing a great job.
As for republicans, they have nothing to offer
but more greed.
The teamster also likes the Easter Bunny.
mred, I don't rightly remember, did Obama serve in the military? OK, yes I do remember, thats a big NO.Does that make him unpatriotic?
teamster, if what you say, could even have the remotest chance of being true.... I don't know of another person that holds 3 full time or even part time jobs and gives 100% to any one of them. He's not doing just fine.
And as far as Titus goes, any representative that would go advocate a bill made into law, one as contraversial as the healthcare bill and then say," now I have to go sell it to Nevadans" is NOT the type we need in office.
It is very sad that a remark made by Lowden throws the Left-Wing crowd into a frenzy. In fact its comical. The Reid loons don't have anything good to say about Reid, so they expose their shallowness, by attacking every small, out of hand comment by Lowden. When are you going to "Get IT", health care, banking takeovers, the government running 51% of our economy isn't free. Reid and his crew are going to bankrupt our country. He needs to go!
lipton said: "... I don't rightly remember, did Obama serve in the military? OK, yes I do remember, thats a big NO.Does that make him unpatriotic?"
The answer to the question is no, he didn't serve in the military. And as far as his patriotism, it is not even worth answering. Because he proves his patriotism every day.
President Obama understands diplomacy. Perhaps he doesn't possess any military background, but he sure more than makes up for it by doing what a person elected as a President is supposed to be doing.
In just a little over a year in office, he has worked hard to develop ties with countries that used to be the Soviet bloc, and has reached agreements with them to start restricting nuclear weapons, downsizing the numbers, seeking agreements to make sure we don't point them at one another, and definitely make sure they don't get into the wrong hands.
Also, President Obama has worked with other countries to seek a united front against Iran. In other words, he is trying sanctions and diplomacy to solve this problem. Because a war against Iran or any military action is not going to solve anything, just make it worse.
And he has fostered working relationships on a variety of issues not only with other countries but with the entire United Nations.
All of this is way, way different than President Bush. President Bush was more interested in starting wars first, forget the diplomacy. And diplomacy is the stuff we elect them to do. War is the breakdown of political negotiations. To be used as a last resort only.
As a retired Navy veteran, I never, ever agreed with President Bush's policy on invading Iraq under false pretenses. And I also say those creepy civilians he surrounded himself with only wanted to achieve political success. And to reach this political success, he used the military as cannon fodder. The political part was more important than men dying.
And to this day, I STILL say that the former President George W. Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Mr. Karl Rove should ALL be prosecuted for the murders of about 4,000 military. Because, whether it's direct and/or indirect, they were responsible. They knew. They can't blame it on something else. They knew and are accountable. No excuses.
Anyways, President Obama understands the military. From all indications, he doesn't do knee jerk reactions like his predecessor and just jump off into war. And the two wars he inherited, from everything I see, he is doing his damndest to get us out of them, trying to set goals with an eye toward achievable deadlines.
That's why it's important to keep Republicans away from any position of authority. At least for the next generation. Til they figure out the enormous responsibility they wield, consequences of actions performed, and the proper uses of political power. Now? They don't get it. Keep it away from them til they grow up.
President Obama understands the military?
Yes, that was evident when he said "Navy Corpse-man" twice in one speech.
That's a pretty broad reach there Colin. Between Obama and Joe Biden there is zero military experience.
I personally don't feel that anyone is capable of understanding the military when they've never served.
President Obama said that "whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower."
Kinda says it all...
Fosimmons,are you kidding me ,where do you get your info. Dems are cutting 500 billion from medicare. Harry reid is pro amnesty. Lines his pockets. Laughs at people like you all the way too the bank.
In 2008, the nation's yearly deficit was $459 billion. In 2009, the deficit is estimated to run $1.7 trillion.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office the national debt will grow by $9.3 trillion between 2010 and 2019 under Obama's budget plans. At this rate, the nation's publicly held debt would rise from 41 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008 to 57 percent in 2009 and then to 82 percent of GDP by 2019.
Thanks for that Liberal Democrats!
Teamster, Harry Reid is toast, you must be a union guy on the take. Reid has done NOTHING FOR NV. hE LOVES ILLEGALS.
Airweare,
Am I really hearing you blame bush for the outlandish lending as in the housing crisis? At some point, you have to realize that Obama cannot spend this country to health and prosperity. We can't spend our way out of this nations problems. At some point in time, we have to rein in the horses and figure out a way to solve the issues in this country without bailing everyone out, paying for everything for everyone, and throwing money we don't have at every problem. Obama is not leading us out of crisis, he's digging us into a bigger trench. You can't seriously believe that his manner of spending money like a drunken sailor is going to makes us better and stronger in the end.
That might be how you get votes, but it's definitely not how you strengthen the economy.
A recent Associated Press-GfK survey found that, 50 percent of Americans disapprove of ObamaCare and only 39 percent of Americans approve of the new law.
And, by the way, 76 percent of Americans say the economy is poor and the Obama Administration should have made jobs a priority instead of spending over one year shoving through a government takeover of our health care system.
It's ironic that you ask me to articulate when half of the time I have no idea what you are trying to say.
What's not to understand? We can't continue trying to spend our way out of a recession. The government cannot continue throwing money at every problem and hope it goes away. You see these types of answers as investing in America, I see it as the onset of our demise. If this type of spending continues, it will lead us to ruin. How do you figure otherwise? Do you have bank accounts? If so, you know at some point you need to balance the checkbook and figure out how to live within your means and spend less than you have.
I feel like the President sees tax dollars like monopoly money. I don't know how or when he plans to reconcile his spending. I can assure you of this, it will be our kids and grandkids that will pay the price should this continue.
You can't continue to spend money you don't have.
LarryVegas --- AP hasn't done a HealthCare survey since early March.
There is really a lot of emphasis on the phrase "..this spending has got to stop..." going on.
The truth of the matter is that right now, at this very moment, after an economic disaster hit the United States, and was thankfully avoided, there is no other alternative but to spend money. And this would occur no matter who is President.
But this President does things a lot different than the last President. It is readily apparent that when some large bill is passed, it is done with an eye towards trying to figure out how to pay for it.
I have NEVER seen when President Bush was in office where anyone would sit around and wait for the CBO estimate to come back. That just didn't happen. They just shove stuff through and to hell with paying for it.
And the ultra conservatives all say that all of President Obama's failures are blamed on the previous administration all the time and is unfair.
Well, it's very hard to fight the truth of the matter. The U.S. went into a very deep hole. And President Obama is still trying to dig us out of it. But somehow, somewhy, somewho, all the incompetence of President Bush, as well as the idiots who worked for him, is magically now transferred to...IT'S PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAULT!
Well, I see this President ignores all that and just tries his best to fix things. This is readily apparent.
So, you can't stand the spending? TOUGH! It is inevitable. Or the U.S. would basically have fell apart a little over a year ago and we'd officially have become a third world country.
colin,
That is exactly what they'd like you to believe, but the truth is this administration lacks the experience to make the USA economically strong. Obama has never had to balance a budget in his entire career, he's never owned a business, he's never governed a state, he doesn't know how to create jobs or wealth, or make money. It's simply not in his work history as a lawyer, community organizer or a senator to solve economic problems. All he knows how to do is pass spending bills that in the long run will not help the economy.
aireweare,
Apparently you are confusing "spending money" with "investing money." You are aware that they are not always the same, aren't you?
Airweare,
First of all who the f is shrub? Is shrub your pet name for George Bush? Because it's not funny and it took me until this latest post to figure out what you meant by shrub.
So your justification for this out of control spending is not to explain how it will make our economy stronger, but to simply state that George Bush did it first?
Great campaign strategy. I really think you should run with that.
At least there is material for comedy from the infinite abyss of useless politics. The absurd always has a degree of humor to it. Thanks Jay!
There's virtually no truth to Sue Lowden's attack ad, which is riddled with falsehoods and outright lies.
http://bit.ly/bfoefk
That link is to Harry Greed's website. No thanks.
Justin, why not try explaining what exactly is false in Sue's add?
Colin,if Bushes cabinet was creepy, explain to us why half of the cabinet is Bushes people, and then there are those he brought in from the undergound and Van Jones? Thats not creepy to you? When did Bush attack Iran? And to have talks with this radical country with no pre conditions is dangerous. Explain to us why it is that, mid summer of 2008 unemployment was at 4% and the Dow was at 1400 and the foreclosures were min. Why is it, after the dems took majority, they passed the most expnasive bill in the history of our country, added with the second shortly after?Howevr it was under Bushes watch, so thats what you see. Then explain to us, after Obama told the masses, we are headed for a "downward spirol" and the country is headed for "destruction" unless you vote for me, and our economy plummetted right into the toilet. Then he says if we don't pass the healthcare bill "people will die". Then we have Clinton telling people that tea party people are domestic terrorists and words are powerful should never criticize the president( but doing tit to Bush was ok)they are creating unrest. Give me a flipping break. How can he have one inkling about our military and foreign affairs to make decisions in our best interest, he can't even put his hand over his heart to say the pledge, and his wife hasn't even been proud to be an american until 2009. Even Clinton has more patriotism in his pinky than Obama has in his whole being.
Sounds like you are trying to re-write recent history to fit some kind of argument only you know, lipton. And you are to be commended for your right wing tactic of ALWAYS throwing Democratic history that has no bearing on what is going on now (referring to President Clinton).
All I see from your rant above is you are paying attention to trivial things that President Obama is doing, but you're not paying attention to the whole picture.
And that picture cannot be changed. We WERE in dire economic problems. And they WERE all because of President Bush and his administration; a Presidential administration that most experts agree is the most incompetent and inefficient administration EVER in the history of the United States.
You can paint some kind of picture that fits your little narrow view, but it's not the actual truth.
It all reminds me of a joke before President Obama took office: Secret Service caught a man jumping over the fence at the White House. They promptly detained the man, told him, "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but you still have two weeks to go in your term," and they promptly threw him back over the fence towards the White House.
THAT'S the truth. THAT'S the legacy of President Bush and his administration.
And President Obama is doing an admirable job of fixing it all. If you were to actually pay attention, you will notice that President Obama actually has failed at a few things, but he just moved on to other things. Why? Because there are SOOOOOOOOO many things to address that it doesn't do any good to just mope about one failure. THAT is the sign of a good President. One who is serving the U.S. and serving the people who elected him into office.
My vote for him wasn't wasted. After a little over one year in office, I am pleased with his progress so far.
So, make sure you pay attention to him reading a teleprompter or some other silly stupid thing. Because the President ignores that stuff. And he ignores it SPECIFICALLY to drive you crazy, lipton.
I LOVE LARRY VEGAS (and rhooster aint so bad either)
LARRY 6900 comments. Do you get paid for it? I'd like in on it. We could argue all day back and forth, laughing all the way to the bank, Just like the republicans and democrats.
Look I dont mind people having opposing views, but you just repeat the same played out rhetoric over and over. If you start fresh with some ideas, and we debate it, then I throw some ideas out there, maybe we could find some common ground.
Im someone who felt healthcare reform was necessary, yet I feel as though what got passed was almost like a bribe for the insurance companies. I feel that ultimately it will help, but it still complicates the market, and affects areas where it shouldn't
I think that we need to simplify and streamline government and hold offices accountable for not doing there job (INS)
Look at our local structure. Within the 400 square miles of this valley, there is #1 City of Las Vegas, #2 City of North Las Vegas #3 Henderson, #4 Clark County. Each office on their own generates plenty of revenue, except they all have an exceedingly high overhead.
Simple solution: Combine them all. You then combine all that revenue and you can eliminate tons of political positions which will cut operating expenses by nearly 75%. Thats less government.
Now you can take the remainder and focus on the projects that are working.
As far as federal goes. Until we see the day that there are no longer lobbyists or campaign contributions, well we will still have the best government money can buy. Remember of the last 29 years 20 had a conservative president, and government grew along with spending at a rapid pace. Not saying conservatives wanted it like that, its just a byproduct of lobbyism and campaign finance.
I don't find his actions trivial.My post is a rant and your post was a commentary? He ignores nothing Colin. He is right now trying to boycot right wing internet and has recently threatened to put a halt to programs such as Beck and Limbaugh. What I commented has total bearing, it is happening. I'm glad you think your vote wasn't wasted, that is the differnece between loving america and loving the govt that runs america. I don't find an american patriot, or the commander and chief, as being one to tell half his country, to either get on board or sit down and shut up, or they amuse me, or any other little snipits he chooses to spew. And to be frank, I find someone that "reads" from a teleprompter, instead of taking care and heart to speak from the heart, instead reading something someone else wrote, quite fake.
and colin I'm reminded of the joke that says, Ok, tell me again, if this whole thing doesn't work, I can still blame Bush right?
So Lowden thought Vietnam was a good idea? Let her run on that. She forced vets to pay for their plots and plates, what a cheap skate.
Any senior who votes for a democrat is a fool! Pelosi, Obama and Reid have effectively harmed all seniors and the infirm with that crappy ObamaNoCare.
Why would any senior support them? Pelosi, Obama and Reid tailored that ObamaNoCare to support their constituents, which seniors are not in the majority. They took $500 Billion dollars away from Medicare; that's taking it away from seniors.
Already doctors are not taking Medicare patients because of low reimbursement rates and slow payment.
Below are some of the cuts to Medicare:
2011
Medicare cuts begin to home health
ambulance services, ASCs, diagnostic labs, and durable
medical equipment
Seniors prohibited from purchasing power wheelchairs unless they first rent for 13 months
New Medicare cuts to longterm care hospitals begin (7/1)
Additional Medicare cuts to hospitals and cuts to nursing homes and inpatient rehab facilities begin (FY12)
2012
Medicare cuts to dialysis treatment begins
2013
Medicare cuts to hospice begin (FY13
Medicare cuts to hospitals who treat lowincome seniors begin
2014
Government board (IPAB) begins submitting proposals to cut Medicare
More Medicare cuts to home health
2015
Medicare payment cuts for hospitalacquired infections begin (FY15
More Medicare cuts to home health
Stop lying to yourselves. People say Bush spent more money then Obama but the numbers don't lie. Obama has had two fiscal budgets over $1 trillion. It's not that he is spending less it is that you don't care because it is the Obama administration spending it. At least have the integrity to admit that. Harry Reid had better hope the state economy and job rate improves or he deserves to get cut from office. It is simple, if you are not happy with the current situation in Nevada then you have to have a regime change. And no I am not just talking about the Governor. We have the most powerful U.S. Senator representing our state, so why should we still be suffering such impact from the housing market (which the Obama Administration has promised change) and one of the highest jobless rates in the nation. We have to hold our leaders accountable and that means Reid, Ensign, Berkley, Titus, Dean, Buckley (speaker of the legislature) and almost the entire incumbent state Legislature need to go. You know what Einstein said about insanity, so we need to stop being insane.
I am no longer a Demo, Obama's been lying.
Quit lying, you republicans ruined the economy.
Hey lectrocuda, I agree completely with you as you do me...
democrats criticize Sue Lowden for vets paying for plates, yet they don't have a problem with what Obama is doing to the seniors. hhmmm.
Oh, and if you remember, Obama tried making the vets pay back their enlistment bonus, if they didn't go to Iraq. These guys were getting bills in the mail to reimburse the govt for that money.It brought so much publicity and scowl, they rescinded it.hmmm. Isn't it funny how all you dems see, is what someone else is doing wrong.
Sue Lowden all the way! Dirty Harry is Nevada's cancer. Our crooked senator is already fired, he just doesn't realize it yet because of his arrogance.
"She's a floozy, a doozy of a floozy, but not the right fit for Nevada."
I think that airweare may have a song in there somewhere...
Exactly, areweare!
And on top of all this idiocy from the previous administration, you have people writing books that basically try to re-write history! Mr. Karl Rove wrote a book that is so riddled with lies and untruths, it should be filed under the murder mystery section in Barnes & Noble. And soon to be followed by Mr. Dick Cheney's soon to be published book.
And I think President George W. Bush is writing a book and going to start a library. I make a suggestion that the former President Bush get with Mr. Stan Lee from Marvel Comics. He can help him....
And you just backed up what I've seen President Obama and his administration have been doing. They listen to all this vitriole and right wing interpretations which are all based on how they want it and they go, yeah, uh huh, sure, I hear ya, really I do....then they ignore them and continue on with the business of trying to fix things and run the country.
And it is THIS that is driving the right wingers totally crazy. They HATE being ignored. Not to mention that they have lost power in every area of the U.S. Government, and soon to be losing a majority in the U.S. Supreme Court too.
But that's our job, airweare. To point out the inconsistencies and errors of their ways, at times just ignore them...basically we are here...TO DRIVE THEM ABSOLUTELY BONKERS!
Good one there airweare...
Have you got a tune for your song yet? I was thinking of "Happy Days Are Here Again," but it just doesn't quite do it...
airwave, you missed the point all together, but thats ok. maybe you had several thousand to pay back the govt for something that was promised at enlistment, not all soldiers had several thousand sitting around, and in the end they said it was a huge mistake(sure) You criticize Lowden and yet you fail to see what your party did. I bet you also gave back your refund checks as well. The only one babbling is Reid. The little prune is on his way out at last.80% of Nevadans have spoken!! whether you like it or not!!
instead of recognizing what your party did, you come back with some dumb comment like I wanted my kids raised right????? but lets slam repubs for something your party did even worse.it must be extremely difficult living with all that perfection.
I think that airweave skip his meds again.