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Palestinians are an ‘invented’ people?

09 Dec

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential hopeful Newton Leroy Gingrich told a Jewish cable channel that Palestinians are an “invented” people and that they are really Arabs who chose not to live elsewhere.

The Jewish Channel released excerpts of an interview in which the former House speaker says there was no Palestine as a state and that the residents there were part of the Ottoman Empire before the creation of the state of Israel.

Not true Newton; the United Nations 1947 decision to partition Palestine, created two states; the first was Israel and the second? Anyone? Bueller? It was Palestine. The fact the Palestinian leaders at the time chose not to accept the mandate is why there’s been no Palestinian state.

Gingrich says Palestinians were historically part of the Arab community and that they had a chance to go many places.

Well, and the Jews who immigrated to the Holy Land were Europeans who were historically a part of Europe and they too had a chance to go many places.

Gingrich says the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has been, quote, “delusional.” He says President Barack Obama’s effort to treat the Palestinians the same as the Israelis is actually, as he puts it, “favoring the terrorists.”

And Gingrich also admitted that his head comes to a point.

For Pete’s sake, how many times are we going to have to listen to the GOTP wannabes whine about how the President isn’t supporting Israel enough – even though he’s done more than any Republican ever has – and how the Palestinians aren’t “real people”?

Did Newton actually say, “Palestinians are an ‘invented’ people and that they are really Arabs who chose not to live elsewhere”? What does he think Americans are? There were no Americans before 1776. Someone might as easily say, “Americans are an ‘invented’ people and that they are really British citizens who chose not to live elsewhere”.

As a historian Newton sucks, as a presidential candidate he sucks more, and if by some curse upon our land he were elected then that would really suck.

 
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Posted by on December 9, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Reverend Perry’s Christmas video

09 Dec

“I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian,” Republican Tea Party (GOTP) aspirant Reverend Ricky Perry says in the opening of his latest attack ad; “But you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.

“As president, I’ll end Obama’s war on religion. And I’ll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.”

Now, how exactly has the lifting of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell affected kids ability to “openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school”? It hasn’t, but Reverend Ricky figures he’ll kill as many angry birds as possible with this one stone.

Facts are kids can celebrate Christmas in school – we attended a band concert just this week at our daughter’s high school where they played numerous Christmas songs and even a Hanukah song; additionally kids can openly pray all they want too in school, they just can’t have teachers or coaches, as a state employee, initiate it. As a high school football coach our athletes opened and closed each game with prayer; the students led the prayers and frequently invited their opponents to join them.

Exactly when and how has the President initiated or conducted a war on religion? Oh wait, yeah, he hasn’t, we’re just making it up as we go along – like claiming the Obama White House called its Christmas trees holiday trees when it hadn’t, and that it was actually the Bush White House which had done that.

Perry is, as many uber-conservatives in America today are, ignorant of what is and what is not factual. He’s playing to the lowest common denominator in the Tea Party dominated GOTP and he’s still not going to get jacks worth of votes for his efforts. His campaign’s been over almost from the get go, and it’s not hard to see why; he’s just your typical ignorant, arrogant, homophobic, racist white bread Christian southern politician. Time to pack it in and go home citizens, there’s nothing to see here; nothing of substance will ever be offered.

 

 
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Posted by on December 9, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Ask Bin Laden

08 Dec

The Huffington Post’s reporting that President Barack Obama’s forcefully rejected Republican Tea Party (GOTP) accusations that his foreign policy is timid and amounts to a policy of “appeasement.”

“Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaida leaders who have been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that,” the president said during a news conference.

He also reportedly defended his efforts to block Iran from building a nuclear weapon, saying Iran’s now isolated and facing tough international sanctions thanks to the work of his national security team.

His remarks came a day after Republican presidential candidates took turns criticizing Obama’s foreign policy as weak during speeches before Jewish activists and donors. They especially focused on the Obama administration’s Middle East policy.

GOTP presidential doormat Ricky “the Ric” Santorum said Obama’s policy toward radical Islamists “has been nothing but appeasement.”

The President appeared primed for the question about the critique, and his communication director, Dan Pfeiffer, promptly posted the president’s response on Twitter: “Ask Osama Bin Laden.”

Not to be out done by the likes of Santorum, Mittens Romney said the President “emboldened Palestinian hard-liners who now are poised to form a unity government with terrorist Hamas and feel they can bypass Israel at the bargaining table.” Mittens also mewed that the President was “timid and weak in the face of the existential threat of a nuclear Iran.”

The President responded to his critics, citing “some of the political noise out there,” saying his administration has “systematically imposed the toughest sanctions” on Iran.

“When we came into office, the world was divided; Iran was unified and moving aggressively on its own agenda,” he said. “Today Iran is isolated, and the world is unified and applying the toughest sanctions that Iran’s ever experienced, and it’s having an impact inside of Iran.”

Seriously, the GOTP hopefuls are going to try to run against the President on his record against terrorist and supporting Israel? While Bush/Cheney played games and missed the mark for eight years at the cost of trillions of dollars and thousands of American’s dead, President Obama got Bin Laden – enough said on terrorism.

While Bush/Cheney refused to give Israel Bunker Buster bombs President Obama has, as well as increased funding to Israel – any other inane comments about Israel from the Seven Dwarfs?

Problem is Mittens thinks that it’s 1980 and he’s Ronald Reagan running against Jimmy Carter; sorry to disappoint Mittens, but the President’s no Jimmy Carter, and I knew Ronald Reagan, and Romney’s not Ronald Reagan – he’s not even close.

 
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Posted by on December 8, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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GOTP House wastes day voting to ban non-existent regulation?

08 Dec

While millions of Americans remain out of work, the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) controlled House passes a bill to ban a farm dust regulation the federal government has never proposed? The bill banning a non-existent federal regulation passed the House, sailing through easily on a party-line vote of 268 to 150.

The Huffington Post’s reporting that the measure, dubbed the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, was professed by its lead sponsor, South Dakota GOTP Rep. Kristi Noem, to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from writing a rule that would require farmers to take onerous steps to control dust from their land.

So, a United States Congresswoman is taking a leaf from the Bush/Cheney book of “strategery” and launching a pre-emptive strike against a regulation that might never have happened? Clearly 268 members of the House have forgotten what’s really pressing right now; it’s jobs morons!

According to Huffington, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson has said repeatedly that no such rule is in the works. What the EPA does do is review ambient air pollution standards every five years, as required by law, and make recommendations on whether or not to tighten standards.

“We have spent an entire day debating about a bill that does not address an existing problem,” said Colorado Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette.

“This entire session of Congress has felt to many of us like a trip into Alice’s Wonderland,” said DeGette. “To paraphrase the Cheshire Cat, ‘We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad. … You must be mad or you wouldn’t have come here.’ Sadly for the American people, H.R. 1633 simply underscores the ‘madness’ of this body right now.”

Well said Congresswoman; underscores the current House purrrrfectly.

Republicans countered that although no rule was proposed, they worried that someone might file a lawsuit someday to regulate farm dust.

“We know that many of the environmental decisions in America today are made by individuals and groups that file lawsuits,” said Kentucky GOTP Rep. Ed Whitfield. “That’s exactly what we’re afraid is going to happen in this instance.”

Next week the GOTP will no doubt pass legislation outlawing people from owning apes that talk because one day they might rise up and take over the world.

The measure is unlikely to move in the Senate, and Democrats complained it was a waste of time.

“Once again, House Republicans are wasting the Congress’s time on a bill that has nothing to do with creating jobs or dealing with the pressing issues that confront us before the end of the year,” said Democratic House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer. “This farm dust bill is merely a smoke screen for Republican inaction on legislation that is actually important and would have significant bearing on millions of Americans.”

It’s not a smokescreen Congressman; it’s a smoke signal telling everyone know how truly screwed up the GOTP is. Millions are in want, and they’re protecting farmers from regulations that do not now, nor may never exist. One more item for anyone running against these yahoos to hold up and say, “This is the kind of nonsense Congressman Bozo has been voting on; while so many of our fellow Americans are out of work, he’s voting to stop imaginary regulations.”

 
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Posted by on December 8, 2011 in Right Wing Crazies

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 08 Dec 11 Edition

08 Dec

A new Gallup Tracking poll of registered voters conducted from 3 – 7 Dec 11 has been released concerning the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominating circus; the current poll results are:

Newton Leroy Gingrich 34; Mittens Romney 25; Ronny Paul 10; Michele “Krazy” Bachmann 7; Reverend Rick Perry 5; Ricky “The Ric” Santorum 2 and  Jon “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Huntsman 1

The GOTP version of the Island of Misfit Candidates continues with Newton holding on to his lead over Bridesmaid Mittens; Paul is holding steady as a distant third; still waiting on Krazy’s prediction to come true with Cain’s followers “going home to her”; Reverend Ricky, continues to drop away and out of view, while Santorum and Huntsman maintain their bottom dwelling mud sucker status.

In Iowa, a new CNN/Time poll of likely voters conducted 29 Nov – 6 Dec 11: Gingrich 33; Romney 20; Paul 17; Perry 9; Bachmann 7; Santorum 5 and Huntsman 1

In New Hampshire, the CNN/Time poll of likely voters conducted 29 Nov – 6 Dec 11: Mittens 35; Gingrich 26; Paul 17; Huntsman 8; Bachmann 3; Perry and Santorum 2

In South Carolina, the CNN/Time poll of likely voters conducted 29 Nov – 6 Dec 11: Gingrich 43; Romney 20; Perry 8; Paul and Bachmann 6; Santorum 4 and Huntsman 1

In Florida, the new SurveyUSA poll of likely voters conducted on 05 – 06 Dec 11: Gingrich 45; Romney 23; Bachmann 6; Perry 5; Paul 4; Huntsman 3 and Santorum 2

In Nevada, the very out of date PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted from 20 – 23 Oct 11: Romney 29; Cain 28; Gingrich 15; Paul 7; Perry 6; Bachmann 3; Huntsman and Santorum 2 – it’s doubtful Romney continues to lead in Nevada as the majority of Cain’s supporters very likely have moved to Newt.

In the five states with the lead off primaries – or caucuses – Gingrich leads big with 3 states and a probable 4th over Romney’s 2 and very likely 1 …

Concerning how the GOTP “candidates stack up against the President; according to a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 30 Nov – 01 Dec 11, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 42/Romney 40

According to a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 06 – 07 Dec 11, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 45/Gingrich 40

So, if the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Newton Leroy Gingrich would be the GOTP nominee, but he would’ve lost to President Obama.

 
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Posted by on December 8, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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The President Revealed Osama Bin Laden Death News Too Soon?

07 Dec

The Huffington Post’s reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential tag along Ricky “the Ric” Santorum’s attacking President Obama, feebly attempting to turn the killing of Osama Bin Laden into a national security failure?

At a forum sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Ricky reportedly said the President made a huge mistake when he announced the news of Bin Laden’s death too soon, and if he knew anything about Iran’s nuclear ambitions or an explosion at an Iranian missile base last month, he wouldn’t be able to keep it to himself.

“I would like to think that we had something to do that with that missile site but given the president’s record on — with Osama Bin Laden and not being able to keep a secret of everything good that he did for an even more than 24 hours, I suspect we’d know if we had anything to do with that explosion,” he said, according to Talking Points Memo.

“When Osama Bin Laden was killed a lot of the intelligence community was hoping that the President would keep that close so they could exploit the information that they gained from the computer files they picked up at that residence,” he elaborated later. “But the president just couldn’t help himself, he just had to go out and take credit for it and I think as a result of that we didn’t maximize the cache of information that we gained during that mission.”

OK, first of all Ricky, the death of Bin Laden was something America had been waiting to hear since the morning of 11 Sep 01; it wasn’t something to be kept “close so they could exploit information”; second, until you have something to show for your efforts as a so-called “presidential candidate” perhaps you should just shut your pie hole concerning foreign policy decisions by the President; unless of course you’re carrying water for one of the front runners, hoping to be the VP pick?

Ricky also criticized the President for being soft on Islamic extremism.

“This president, for every thug and hooligan, for every radical Islamist, he has had nothing but appeasement,” he said. “Ladies and gentlemen, learn from history.”

Nothing but appeasement Ricky? So, sending in Navy Seals and taking Bin Laden out was appeasement? Killing Anwar al-Awlaki with a drone strike was appeasement? Supporting the rebel forces in Libya leading to the overthrow and death of Gadhafi was appeasement? Ricky is – in the words of Shakespeare – an ass (as in jack-ass for the literary disinclined).

Santorum’s clearly trying to position himself as a VP pick for whomever eventually comes out on top of the Mittens/Newter fight; he’s made a lot of statements in the past week, flaying wildly and hoping to get press and air time; his campaign’s never had traction and it’s highly unlikely it ever will; fact is it’ll never get traction because Santorum’s an ass who repeatedly makes these kinds of ridiculous charges. Claiming the President’s been soft on Islamic extremism might play well in Tea Party Land but it’s lying, and it’s incredibly obtuse; clearly the President’s record on prosecuting the War on Terror has been sterling, and outside of FOX PAC groupies and Ditto-heads no one else is going to buy what Ricky’s selling.

 
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Posted by on December 7, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary

07 Dec

 
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Posted by on December 7, 2011 in Veteran's

 

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Christmas miracle – 8 year old leaves Bachmann speechless

06 Dec

Plummeting like a stone Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential candidate Michele “Krazy” Bachmann was left speechless after an awkward encounter with a young activist named Elijah at a South Carolina book signing Huffington Post is reporting.

Krazy greeted the soft-spoken 8-year-old and his mother at a meet-and-greet event for her new book, “Core of Conviction: My Story,” which was released last month.

“My mommy — Miss Bachmann, my mommy’s gay but she doesn’t need fixing,” Elijah said to Bachmann, after some lighthearted coaxing. A dumbfounded Bachmann then reportedly shot the boy’s mother an icy look before the pair walked away.

Of course, the response from conservative talking heads will be, “How dare that woman put her child up to this!” Instead of, well, perhaps we in the GOTP should start separating Church and State the way the revered Founding Fathers always thought it should be. It’s always fun to watch conservatives bend themselves into apoplectic pretzels screaming about how Islam’s greatest desire is to force Sharia Law upon the west, but they have absolutely no problem with forcing their own form of Christian Evangelical Sharia Law on everyone. Discrimination is wrong, and the government shouldn’t be legislating morality – and especially not Michele Bachmann’s version of it.

 
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Posted by on December 6, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Cain voters to go home to Bachmann?

04 Dec

Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential candidate Herman “Pizza Man” Cain has dropped out, and fellow GOTP hopeful Michele “Krazy” Bachmann has decided she deserves to inherit the support formerly given to him; why would they do that you might ask?

“A lot of Herman Cain supporters have been calling our office and they’ve been coming over to our side,” she said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think they see my voice will be most reflective of his.”

Of course all polling numbers to the contrary. Cain’s campaign began unraveling in recent weeks as allegations of sexual misconduct became more numerous, capped with the revelation he’d allegedly been involved in an affair with a woman for the past 13 years; coupled with astonishing flubs and mistakes during interviews and it was over; but even as its been falling apart and his poll numbers have been dropping, there’s been no corresponding rise in Bachmann’s numbers. Let me say that again, there’s been no corresponding rise in Bachmann’s numbers; zero, zilch, nada …

Bachmann said Tea Party voters will ultimately “come home” to her campaign and boost her bid for president at the upcoming Iowa caucuses.

“When they find out I’m the candidate that stands the most for their values, that’s when they come home,” she said on CNN.

Really? Well, the latest Des Moines Register poll of likely voters, conducted 27 – 30 Nov 11, shows no indication of flocking as of yet, and they show absolutely no increase in Krazy’s numbers when compared with an Insider Advantage poll conducted at the beginning of the month. Bachmann’s polling percentage has remained pretty consistent at about 8% for the entire month, while Cain’s meteoric rise of 30% plummeted to 8%; and where’d his voters go? It appears the majority went to Newton Leroy Gingrich who rose from 12 to 25%, and to Ron Paul who rose from 9 to 18%.

So you keep on dreaming Michelle, you keep on having those “happy thoughts” of how Cain’s supporters will rally to your banner, and carry you on to victory; those and some fairy dust, and one day you’ll fly Peter Pan.

 
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Posted by on December 4, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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And then there were seven – Cain says good-bye

03 Dec

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) wannabe Herman Cain’s suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid continued news coverage of allegations of sexual misconduct that’s hurtful to his family.

“I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family,” Cain told several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have been the opening of his national campaign headquarters.

So, Cain’s dropping out because of the evil media’s coverage of the sexual allegations, but not because of his own misconduct?

Cain’s announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she and Cain had an affair for more than a decade, a claim which followed several allegations of sexual harassment against him.

“But because of these false and unproved accusations, it has paid and had a tremendous painful price on my family,” Cain said, with his wife, Gloria, standing behind him on the stage.

“Now here’s why it hurts – because my wife, my family and I, we know that those false and unproved allegations are not true; so one of the first declarations that I want to make to you today is that I am at peace with my God. I am at peace with my wife. And she is at peace with me.

And with that Herman “Pizza Man” Cain becomes a footnote to the 2012 GOTP Presidential primary season; good-bye Herman you’ve provided us all with hours of rib tickling entertainment.

 
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Posted by on December 3, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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