Dusty Trice caught the hypocrisy of Gov. T-Bag’s appearance on Faux News yesterday; about how Gov. T-Bag cancelled an appearance at Harvard University when there was a potential for a Swine Flu outbreak but had Pawlenty of time to chat away about teabagger bull(stuff) on Faux News while Minneapolis was cleaning up after yesterday’s tornados. It’s all about the priorities, doncha know?
So I’m watching Gov. T-Bag, and I spit coffee on the keyboard when Gov. T-Bag said this:
The federal government has run every entitlement program they have essentially into the ground Medicare is broke. Medicaid is broke Social Security is broke they’ve running every program they have them — that nature into the ground why would we give them another one to run and manage into the ground.”
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Just exactly who – WHO – has “run the government” over the last, say, 40 years?
Nixon – 1969 to 1974; Ford 1974 to 1977 (GOP 8, Dems 0)
Carter, 1977 to 1981 (GOP 8, Dems 4)
Reagan 1981 to 1989 (GOP 16, Dems 4)
Bush The Elder, 1989 to 1993 (GOP 20, Dems 4)
Clinton 1993 to 2001 (GOP 20, Dems 12)
Bush The Lesser, 2001 to 2009 (GOP 28, Dems 12)
Over the last 40 years, the GOP has run the federal government, and it’s entitlement programs, for 28 of the last 40 years.
So, when Gov. T-Bag says the “government has run everything into the ground” – that’s HIS party he’s talking about.
And in a way, T-Bag is “right” – we should NOT give the GOP another chance to run government; they break EVERYTHING.
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
Molly Ivins said that a definition of an honest politician in Texas is one that once bought, stays bought. Look no further than John Kline for proof of that, in a Texas politician. And Freshman GOPer Erik Paulsen sure seems to be following John Kline’s lead! Let’s look!
(hat tip to DustyTrice.com)
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
Here’s how Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive starts her “poor, poor, pitiful me!” email:
Dear Friend:
Last month, I appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel. I was talking about the Democrats’ latest scheme to pick the taxpayer’s pocket to pay for a $1.5-billion slush fund for ACORN.Before getting into the meat of this terrible new anti-taxpayer proposal, Sean Hannity said that he considers me “the second most hated Republican woman,” second only to Governor Sarah Palin.
Political Muse has the story; go there for the rest of the “poor, poor pitiful me!” sobfest – it’s worth your while.
In the meantime, remember – there’s a reason people pick on Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive – let’s look!
(h/t to CrooksAndLiars.com)
(update – Andy Birkey at MinnesotaIndependent.com has some fisk…)
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
On June 4th – over at Michael Brodkorb’s “Minnesota Democrats Exposed” – I noticed a reprehensible smear of GOP State Representative Laura Brod. While the comment making the smear, by an anonymous poster named “J” was taken down, subsequent comments acknowledging the smear were not – and I captured those comments on a screen shot. Now, regular readers here know I’ve taken shots at Laura Brod before, from nominating Laura Brod as Hypocrite Of The Month to her asinine voter fraud comments to, most recently, a complete debunking of a Canadian health care comment she twitted.
Those posts I made concerning Laura Brod are NOT about her or her private life – they are about her political activities and shots like I took are completely within the realm of acceptable politics: she ripped Al Franken while ignoring ol’ Smokescreen’s indefensible inaction during The Abramoff Scandal; she alleges voter fraud without making her case; and she made a claim about Canadian health care that simply wasn’t true.
Fair game, each and every one of ‘em. The smear campaign targeting Laura Brod? Completely unacceptable.
And it’s interesting to note that the smear campaign targeting Laura Brod, according to rightwing blogger Andy Aplikowski, was orchestrated not only from within the GOP, but at the highest levels within the GOP. Here’s what Andy Aplikowski posted:
The alleged culprits of the attack are Seifert supporters with speculation of the ringleader being the candidate himself. (ChangeWeMust.org)
Last Monday, August 10th, blogger Brian Falldin, who broke and is covering this story, posted the following breaking news:
MINNEAPOLIS (CWM) — We’ve received an e-mail confirmation from Residual Forces author Andy Aplikowski that Andy Gildea was the Republican Staffer referred to in his accusatory article. (CWM.org)
Tuesday, I confirmed Andy Gildea was on GOP Rep. Marty Seifert’s staff when this smear campaign was being orchestrated; Andy Gildea left Rep. Siefert’s staff when Seifert stepped down as Minority Leader. Andy Gildea is now employed as a Research Consultant by the GOP House Caucus.
Stay tuned as this CommentGate story of dirty GOP politics (are there any other?) continues….
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
…the YouTube after his, isn’t funny. At all.
I’m a big fan of mockery, ridicule, and scorn, and no one does it better than Jon Stewart on The Daily Show – let’s look!
Unfortunately, there are things happening these days, that aren’t funny. At all. Blue man in a Red district just put up a post “featuring” the picture of a swastika spray painted on Congressman David Scott’s (D-GA) District Office sign.
Those that are paying attention realize this isn’t the first instance of rightwingers using the swastika, Hitler, SS, etc. I noted the following YouTube on CrooksAndLiars.com – and it isn’t funny, either.
There’s a powder keg, with a short fuse. And today’s GOP leadership is sending out sparks. If one of those sparks catches, well……you can be sure, the GOP will blame it on us.
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
Brian Falldin reports that Andy Gildea currently works for the House GOP Caucus, and as recently as October 9th, 2008, Andy Gildea was one of GOP Rep. Seifert’s assistants. Does Andy Gildea still work in GOP Rep. Marty Siefter’s Capital office?
A phone call and email have not been returned.
Stay tuned!
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)
TwoPuttTommy On Your Radio – Tonight!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be sitting next to Host Mark Heaney tonight on “The Mark Heaney Show” from 6 to 7 pm on AM-950 KTNF – “The Voice Of Minnesota.”
I’m not sure what all we’ll be talking and taking listener calls about; however, I am sure at some point we’ll be talking about “CommentGate” – the GOP Smear of GOP State Rep. Laura Brod – link here for Brian Falldin’s round-up of CommentGate. DustyTrice.com has a good wrap-up, too, and I’ve written about CommentGate here, “Who’s IP Is It?” and here, “…a Republican staffer in the capital…” and here, “Does Andy Gildea Still Work In Rep. Marty Seifert’s Capitol Office?” and again today here, “Another Piece In The CommentGate Puzzle”.
It is indeed a sordid tale of the GOPer’s dirty politicking, but then again: you simply cannot spell “dirty politicking” without “GOP.”
So at 6:00 pm tune in the ol’ radio to 950 on the am dial, or listen via your computer.
(crossposted from MnProgressiveProject)