[ladtx]

An interesting piece that points out the fact that the Dims have nothing new to offer. Just the old tired "we've been taken advantage of by the mean, ol', wascally Republicans." This has been trotted out so often methinks the public is beginning to just tune it out. Of course it'll receive big play again as election time draws near and the politically uneducated will eat it up again.

[Zathras]

The Sock Puppets have their talking orders.

[So Cal Rocket]

Geez...her brazen distortion of the truth is making me sick.

It's the Dems who don't play by the rules, as evidenced by:

- SCOFla legislating from the bench by ignoring the plain language of the Florida State Election Law

- Changing the rules after the fact in New Jersey to allow Lautenberg (sp) to get on the ballot after the deadline had passed

- Filing lawsuit after lawsuit (thankfully unsuccessfully) to stop, delay, or change the rules on the California Recall Election

[dirtboy]

They do not play by the rules. They will break the rules

Oh, really? The recall drive in California follows the law. The Dems in Texas are the ones defying the state Constitution and their duty as elected legislators. And Floriduh, well, Donna, the law was followed to the letter and your boy lost. Even if the vote count had gone his way, he still would have lost.

The Dems are marching further and further into the self-exile of their own political fantasies. And then wondering why fewer and fewer people are willing to follow them deeper into the wilderness.

[Capt. Tom]

"Since this is a column assailing partisanship, I would very much like to strike a bipartisan note right at the beginning and tell an equal number of horror stories at Democratic and Republican expense," Ehrenhalt wrote. "Unfortunately, I'm not able to do that. The reality is that most of the serious outrages lately have come from the GOP side of the aisle."

How about starting with the filibustering of federal judge appointments by the democrat senators. It doesn't get more partisan than that.- Tom

[TexasNative2000]

It all started with Clinton.

When he made the Democrat Party tow the line to save his rear end, they got the message that the ONLY thing that mattered was winning. The law doesn't matter; the system doesn't matter. The electorate be damned. (See the Wellstone Memorial)

Now it has been carried to the following extremes; Gore challenges the Florida vote; The Democrats in Texas run and hide; The Senate Democrats filibuster without filibustering. The Democrats have NO respect for the system or the electorate. (Then they accuse the Republicans of twisting the system!)

[.cnI redruM]

Hmmm, these guys could be...

1) Solving the deficit.

2) Thinking of creative ways to improve economic job creation.

3) Planning a more effective Post-War policy for Iraq and Afghanistan.

4) Determining what our longterm strategy should be for heading off the hegemonic impulses of the CHinese PLA.

or 5) Seeking creative ways to improve US relations w/ Western EUrope.

You know, stuff that makes candidates worthy of receiving a larger number of votes.

But no, it's easier to be intellectually lazy and p--- and moan about the CA recall and redistricting instead. Besides, if you're a Texas Democrat, it equals a paid vacation.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

They do not play by the rules. They will break the rules and then say Democrats are obstructionists," she said.

Classic projection. It was the Dems that tried to steal the election in Florida. It is the Dems obstructing the Congress and legitimate redistricting, and it was Democrats and independents, as well as Republicans, using a legal means to throw out a woefully inept and crooked governor in CA. It is also the Dems who are obstruction judicial appointments so that they can install "activists" judges to rule extra-judicially.

It is also not the Republicans who want a one party country. It is the Dems who seem bent on political suicide.

[KellyAdmirer]

"They do not play by the rules. They will break the rules and then say Democrats are obstructionists," she said.

Democrats just make up the rules as they go along to suit themselves. Tradition and precedent, such as not filibustering judicial nominees? Bah, a mere detail to this crowd.

Darn right they are obstructionists. Exactly how were the judicial nominations "breaking the rules."

Now, Texan Democrat rascals fleeing state lines to avoid justice, like Bonnie and Clyde - now THAT is obstructionism.

[kesg]

"What's now happened across the country is this Republican majority is not intent on just winning elections . . . they want to become a one-party country," Brazile said...

Works for me, if true. I have no use whatsoever for the Rats. Unfortunately, the allegation isn't true. The Republicans are merely doing what all majority parties have done throughout the history of this country. If the shoe were on the other foot, the Rats would be much worse.

[Coop]

What's now happened across the country is this Republican majority is not intent on just winning elections . . . they want to become a one-party country," Brazile said in an interview Monday before delivering the keynote speech at the Utah Democratic Party's annual Eleanor Roosevelt luncheon.

Sounds like the Hypocrats are sweating bullets.

[mrtysmm]

Why is it that the Dems can state as fact that the GOP is trying to control the elections or overthrow the elections, but they never mention the "coup" they pulled off in NJ with the illegal (imo) substitution of Lousenberg for Torricelli? Does anybody remember that last minute switcherooooo?

[facedown]

This Alan Ehrenhalt is not bipartisan. From the full article:

But if some of the partisan nastiness of 2003 reflects the continuation or revival of ancient feuds, some of it also reflects a fear among Republicans that if they break down and start talking realistically about the need to raise revenue, their glittering prizes will slip away from them.

Republicans Behaving Badly

[Cyber Liberty]

...staunchly bipartisan ...

Weird turn of phrase. That's like "extremely mediocre" or "outrageously bland".

[Arrowhead1952]

"It is very hard to see Donna Brazile making that argument with a straight face," Cannon said, adding Democrats are just "whining" about losing elections.

"Democrats are really angry and bitter because they don't have control," he said. "They're not used to being the minority."

"They're not used to being the minority." This seems to be the problem with the Texas RATs. They have been in power for over 100 years. The past two elections have gone to the Republicans, and the RATs are beside themselves.

First the 51 reps left for OK and now the 11 senators in NM. I personnaly think they should lose their official titles and have a special election for replacements. They don't realize how stupid they are acting and what people are saying about them.

[schaketo]

Brazile, manager of the Gore-Lieberman 2000 presidential campaign

How would you like that headline on your resume. That’s like saying you were Engles to Stalin.

[q_an_a]

Can you say New Jersey? How about smokes for the homeless in Wisconsin's vote? What about walking around money? Cut off a few little Rat programs and you would have even fewer Rats in office.

[Onelifetogive]

this Republican majority is not intent on just winning elections . . . they want to become a one-party country," Brazile.

The Dims seem to be doing a much better job of making this a one-party (Republican) country.

HillaryCare, Gray Davis, Filibustering Judges, The Most Corrupt Administration in American History, Vince Foster, Chinese Communists Donors, Al Gore.

I would absolutely love it for the Republican Party to be smart enough to do that kind of damage to the Dims.

[G L Tirebiter]

Do I hear a Whaaaaaambulance off in the distance?

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

The Republicans are asking the people to decide and the Democrats are asking the courts to decide. Pure and simple.

[an amused spectator]

LOL!!!

Donna Brazile, "veteran Democratic strategist", "manager of the Gore-Lieberman 2000 presidential campaign".

"While Brazile's concerns are admittedly partisan, the lifelong Democrat is not alone in viewing the new hardball politics with alarm."

Dan Harrie of the Salt Lake Tribune has identified who and what he really is - a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. Donna Brazile is the female version of James Carville - without Carville's politeness and manners.