On Jul 10, 1:06 pm, Less Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > FOX news ratings keep dropping
are you sure? >and their owner is neck deep in a major > scandal. more like toenail deep > This is no longer 2010 when American voters decided to give > Republicans a chance out of frustration over the economy. No, it's 2011, and you better hold on because it might get worse from your perspective > Republicans got that chance and they blew it badly. It isn't over yet >Newly elected > Republican Governors are fighting it out to see who can lose the most > voter approval polling points each month, while recall petitions > blossom for them and their legislative stooges. We shall see if you are right the next election OK? >There isn't a single > Republican Presidential candidate to the left of loony who is > generating any grass roots Republican enthusiasm. It is still early, but I will grant you it is scattered enthusiasm at best > Republicans took power in the House of Representatives over the issue > of lost jobs, Not just lost jobs, but debt too, among other things Debt is something you don't mention and probably don't care about. You just want your "free" stuff > then promptly ignored the economy to focus on "social > values" issues and their crusade to strangle government. Strangling the government is good. >That included > fumbling Republican assaults on two of the most admired government > programs in the country, Social Security and Medicare. Admired by you, and other people who want free stuff at any cost. >Meanwhile Republicans continued to hitch their wagon to homophobic outrage >while > a sea change took place among the electorate in favor of gay > marriages. >personally, that is why I am not a Republican, too much meddling in social and >religious stuff >With unemployment stuck at extremely painful high levels, > the Republican response boiled down to eliminating the jobs of public > workers. Doesn't boil down to that at all, but public jobs don't make money, they only cost money >The only group of voters who want the national debate to > focus on cutting the deficit rather than adding jobs are tea party > fanatics who keep shrinking in numbers and loosing support from the > public every week. You need to check your numbers and sources. > So how on Earth, with Democrats perfectly positioned to cash in on the > electorates buyers remorse over having voted in Republicans last time, > after the electorate has vehemently rejected Republican plans to > "reform" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and with Americans > clearly demanding more jobs, rather than more belt tightening, how on > earth did we end up in this place? Because of people who think like you > Why is a Democratic Party President agreeing with the increasingly > marginalized Right that deficit reduction is the central debate in > America, Because it is, and it should be! > with trillions of dollars of spending cuts now one of his > highest priorities? Yes! What part of "in massive debt" do you not understand? I know, you don't care. Your solution is just to take more money from the people who earn it > And why the hell did he put Social Security, > Medicaid and Medicare back on the table to face cuts when the public > emphatically wants those benefits preserved? Because it is the elephant in the room. Your free stuff costs too much. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
