Posted on 11/21/2008 5:58:46 PM PST by Mr. K
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican said on Friday that Democratic U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is "off to a good start" and indicated he was pleased to see President George W. Bush get ready to leave.
"Our members, in one way, are kind of relieved by the departure of an administration that became unpopular and made it very difficult for us to compete," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill.
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Why? Clearly the Senae Republicans are in some fairytale land where it’s all Bush’s fault. I doubt pointing out their approval ratings is enough to break them of the fantasy.
So when Bush is gone. And Obama continues on his “good star” the next two years, who are they going to blame in 2010 for the further erosion of the caucus? Oh yes, conservatives. The same conservatives they are holding up their middle finger towards telling to leave the party. As if many haven’t already.
Republicans=DemocRAT lap dogs.
Here, Here, Republicans need to PUBLICALLY say this now. Else would be political suicide (like the 900B financial bill was.) My concern is these moderate decisions are a road to 2010 victory, We MUST stir up the moonbats to keep his primary promises while we demand he keep his moderate promises. We need to track all his attacks on GWB and point out where he does the same, show he won by attack.
Some moonbats, who we need more (they need our support LOL) :
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/3104
http://www.democratunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7899641
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Time%20for%20change/389
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/3104
We all need to vote against the incumbents in every primary. You couldn't put a spine together using the whole lot of Washington Republicans. They're literally a disgrace.
MM (in TX)
Incompetent “leadership” by squalid RINOs in Congress had plenty to do with the decline of the Republican “brand”...... and I never saw any R. leadership from Congress conducting the kinds of investigations and hearings needed to exposed the real facts of Plamegate, the run-up to the Iraq War, and so many other subjects that have been used do dishonestly by the Demagogues and the Mediascum to cripple the Bush WH.
I just have to ask because it seems to be clear that Republican party is on a suicide mission or something. But when did the entire party get paid off to screw everyone of us in the ‘real world’? I must have missed the memo or something.
(Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
I don’t remember any “top Democrats” saying that George Bush was off to a “good start” in 2000. I think they sent in a crowd of lawyers to steal the election, instead, and they opposed or dragged out every appointment he ever made.
And which strategy paid off best? The Democrats understand that this is war. Most Republicans haven’t woken up to it.
In a way, Bush deserves this slap by a fellow party member, because he provided the model for constantly reaching across the aisle while his enemies were attacking him and screwing our country. Didn’t work very well, did it, Mitch?
FRankly, Mitch has been a good leader given the circumstances. He has used the procedures of the Senate to stall the desires of that jerk Harry Reid, and he’s done so pretty effectively.
Mitch also is one of the few Republicans who used the internet to great advantage.
We shouldn’t rip the guy for saying the obvious. True conservatives in Congress WERE hamstrung by Bush’s “new tone” attitude. And complimenting the incoming President isn’t a sin, especially since he hasn’t done anything yet.
Hussein will give us plenty to rant about once he is in office, and Mitch will be there with us. Trent Lott he ain’t.
Doggoneit, I just give up on these clowns. I am changing my party affiliation to Independent next week. I’ve had it. Both sides are useless!
I thought Mitch McConnell was a ‘good’ conservative. I am surprised he said this.
If you like Clinton 2.0 then I guess you would like this “start.”
McConnell seem to fit the 2d pithy Mark Twain statement.
Notice how many of these people from hundreds and thousands of years ago perfectly understood govt. as we know it. I esp. like Herbert Spencer, Voltaire (redistribution is an old and failed idea),all of Twain, and Churchill's contrasting of capitalism and socialism.. AGELESS WIT AND OBSERVATIONS
'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.' - Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -G Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866 )
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson
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vaudine
How about then he just keep any comments to himself..when are these ass clowns going to see that the other side means business?
Sure. I’m sure Mitch will do just swell. Nevermind he supported amnesty, or pushed the bailout down our throats or that they want to ice out DeMint because DeMint wants them to stand on consrvative principles and even shockingly discipline their own such as expelling Stevens.
So what if he’s smarter then Reid. 80% of the population likely is. If he uses those skills to hurt the brand of the party and betray our principles then he’s useless.
he is no true conservative, hasn’t been for a long time if he ever was.
Nor if Obama off to a good start, or did you miss some of his proposals and cabinet selections that have wall street in a panic?
Why wait Mitch, change parties now and be back in the majority, you have helped the Democrats more the conservatives anyhow.
And that was before he assumed power. If you think it is bad now, wait 6 months. After January 20,2009 each day will be worse than the one before it. i.e.Tuesday will be worse than Monday, Wednesday will be worse than Tuesday......
The Republican Party has become a second-rate Democrat Party. Vote for us because we aren’t quite as bad. But give us time were catching up. Name two Republicans who are for small government. At best GOP’s are for “smaller government”. Smaller than what Dems are currently proposing but bigger than what Dems were proposing 10 years ago. Your favorite GOP’s answer to everything is tax cuts. All the time expanding government. When was the last GOP to propose eliminating a federal department? They even brag that their tax plans will bring in more money. That’s conservative? That is a joke.
Name two GOP’s who are to the right of FDR. That is, who would take us back to pre-FDR era.
Face it RINO is simply R.
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