Obama got his blank check. It's his economy. His ideas have failed. He will be crushed in 2012, anything is better than this crap.

Thanks for shaving another 350 points off the market today. You have managed to erase a year's worth of gains in just a few short days. Way to go.

Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap.

More on shitty GOP performance on economic issues:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_05/006282.php

Why do our various "captains of industry" fight like rabid weasels against Democratic candidates? The simplest explanation is that they're extremely rich, and even though things like overall growth, and job creation will suffer, their *personal* income might be taxed at a slightly lower rate.

Anonymous wrote:GOP ..strong defense, strong private sector, individual liberty and responsibility.

DEMs...strong government, weak defense, weak private sector, restricted liberty no individual responsibility.

Hate to say it but GOP ideals built this country.

Hmm. Let's see, for the GOP:

".strong defense" = "rural welfare via bloated projects that make us less safe as a country",

"strong private sector" = the economy has historically done shittier under every Republican president than under Democratic presidents (http://www.slate.com/id/2199810/)

"individual liberty and responsibility" = a right-wing religious panty-sniffer under every bed, jail time for pot paraphanelia makers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3102710.stm), crackdowns on local authority for medical marijuana (http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking/BushWaronMJ.html), warrantless wiretapping, etc, etc... Oh, but at least you don't have to register a firearm--Woo Hoo! FREEDOM!

You are either completely disingenuous or a fucking moron.

ah, best case scenario for me is the trigger is enacted and then Bush tax cuts expire. That should lower future deficits to something like $4-$5T over ten years. Still ridiculously high, but at least perhaps sustainable.

Anonymous wrote:GOP ..strong defense, strong private sector, individual liberty and responsibility.

DEMs...strong government, weak defense, weak private sector, restricted liberty no individual responsibility.

Hate to say it but GOP ideals built this country.

Yeah, that was a real struggle for you to post that ridiculously inaccurate summary.

GOP ..strong defense, strong private sector, individual liberty and responsibility.

DEMs...strong government, weak defense, weak private sector, restricted liberty no individual responsibility.

Hate to say it but GOP ideals built this country.

Anonymous wrote:We can be cynical, but there are real differences that we are going to fight over in a few months. Defense cuts and tax increases are things the Republicans do not want to do.

Really? The Democrats are going to fight? Can we bet on that?

About one month ago, I offered to bet someone that the debt ceiling would be raised and that the deal would involve only spending cuts. We can all have our foolish hopes, but you know that if someone put a gun to your head and made you predict, you'd have to bet on the Democrats "folding." I put that word in quotes because I'm very skeptical that Obama, Reid, and many others actually have any left economic values.

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But the committee of 12 is going to have a built-in bias toward stalemate -- Republicans who are instructed not to yield on taxes and Democrats who will not cut entitlements. So what happens when we confront the requirement for steep cuts nobody wants?

The trigger. I don't expect the committee to produce anything. So, learn the details of the trigger because that is when we will be getting.

Anonymous wrote:We can be cynical, but there are real differences that we are going to fight over in a few months. Defense cuts and tax increases are things the Republicans do not want to do.

But the committee of 12 is going to have a built-in bias toward stalemate -- Republicans who are instructed not to yield on taxes and Democrats who will not cut entitlements. So what happens when we confront the requirement for steep cuts nobody wants?

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Anonymous wrote:The great society and Euro socialism is taking us down the drain. Everything else is window dressing.

Obama wanted to put entitlement reform on the table. Guess who wasn't ready for it? The guy hiding behind the elephant.

if you think Obama was serious about entitlement reform then I have some beachfront land to sell you ...

If there's one thing Obama's serious about, it's adopting Republican policies.

Come to think of it, it is in fact the one thing Obama is serious about.

We can be cynical, but there are real differences that we are going to fight over in a few months. Defense cuts and tax increases are things the Republicans do not want to do.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The great society and Euro socialism is taking us down the drain. Everything else is window dressing.

Obama wanted to put entitlement reform on the table. Guess who wasn't ready for it? The guy hiding behind the elephant.

if you think Obama was serious about entitlement reform then I have some beachfront land to sell you ...

If there's one thing Obama's serious about, it's adopting Republican policies.

Come to think of it, it is in fact the one thing Obama is serious about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The great society and Euro socialism is taking us down the drain. Everything else is window dressing.

Obama wanted to put entitlement reform on the table. Guess who wasn't ready for it? The guy hiding behind the elephant.

if you think Obama was serious about entitlement reform then I have some beachfront land to sell you ...

But he is. That's why the AARP quietly revised its position on SS reform. You didn't think that just happened because a bunch of folks at AARP were sitting around the conference room on brown bag lunch day and said "You know what? We need to spice things up."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The great society and Euro socialism is taking us down the drain. Everything else is window dressing.

Obama wanted to put entitlement reform on the table. Guess who wasn't ready for it? The guy hiding behind the elephant.

if you think Obama was serious about entitlement reform then I have some beachfront land to sell you ...

Anonymous wrote:The great society and Euro socialism is taking us down the drain. Everything else is window dressing.

Obama wanted to put entitlement reform on the table. Guess who wasn't ready for it? The guy hiding behind the elephant.