Sort of a "re-post" with a kicker.
McCain endorses Romney and now Cain endorses Gingrich.
Cain and McCain, would you vote based on what either of them recommend?
nuf said
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Newt, even his friends don't like him.
In the last few days Bob Dole calls Gingrich a “a one-man-band who rarely took advice” and whose ideas were mostly “off the wall" and Mike Huckabee has condemned the use of his words in a Newt ad saying "Any use of an out of context quote from the Republican Presidential primary 4 years ago in a political ad to advocate for the election or defeat of another candidate is not authorized, approved or known in advance by me. "
nuf said
In the last few days Bob Dole calls Gingrich a “a one-man-band who rarely took advice” and whose ideas were mostly “off the wall" and Mike Huckabee has condemned the use of his words in a Newt ad saying "Any use of an out of context quote from the Republican Presidential primary 4 years ago in a political ad to advocate for the election or defeat of another candidate is not authorized, approved or known in advance by me. "
nuf said
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
WOW, WOWIE, WOW WOW!
After watching the President present his state of the Union, I watched the "Republican Response" by Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana.
Listening carefully or reading the text of this response, one might think Daniels' speech was either a condemnation of his own party or an endorsement of Obama, his goals and his agenda.
Huff Post Mitch Daniels Response To State Of The Union: Text
For instance:
"The President did not cause the economic and fiscal crises that continue in America tonight."
"Decades ago, for instance, we could afford to send millionaires pension checks and pay medical bills for even the wealthiest among us. Now, we can't, so the dollars we have should be devoted to those who need them most."
"we also must work, in ways we Republicans have not always practiced, to bring Americans together."
"A second view, which I admit some Republicans also seem to hold, is that we Americans are no longer up to the job of self-government."
Yes, these are small snippets of his response, but the entirety is clear, other than petty partisanship and negativity, Daniels has nothing to offer or suggest to solve the problems this country faces.
Just complaining that you do not like the way the President suggests solving a problem is not sufficient.
Just bashing the slow economic recovery is ridiculous, especially when Republican divisiveness has constrained the growth.
Just complaining that the government might take away your rights by by setting energy policy controlling the use of incandescent bulbs is nothing more than silly scare tactics.
nuf said
After watching the President present his state of the Union, I watched the "Republican Response" by Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana.
Listening carefully or reading the text of this response, one might think Daniels' speech was either a condemnation of his own party or an endorsement of Obama, his goals and his agenda.
Huff Post Mitch Daniels Response To State Of The Union: Text
For instance:
"The President did not cause the economic and fiscal crises that continue in America tonight."
"Decades ago, for instance, we could afford to send millionaires pension checks and pay medical bills for even the wealthiest among us. Now, we can't, so the dollars we have should be devoted to those who need them most."
"we also must work, in ways we Republicans have not always practiced, to bring Americans together."
"A second view, which I admit some Republicans also seem to hold, is that we Americans are no longer up to the job of self-government."
Yes, these are small snippets of his response, but the entirety is clear, other than petty partisanship and negativity, Daniels has nothing to offer or suggest to solve the problems this country faces.
Just complaining that you do not like the way the President suggests solving a problem is not sufficient.
Just bashing the slow economic recovery is ridiculous, especially when Republican divisiveness has constrained the growth.
Just complaining that the government might take away your rights by by setting energy policy controlling the use of incandescent bulbs is nothing more than silly scare tactics.
nuf said
A change of format.
I just set up a blog "NufSaid" which is viewable at http://nufsaid2012.blogspot.com/ From now on my facebook comments will be posted there (and if I have done it correctly) and will then appear magically on facebook.I hope this works, tell you friends.
I just set up a blog "NufSaid" which is viewable at http://
Hey, I don't even have to write anything today. Just cut and paste 2 headlines from the NY Times.
"Romney’s Tax Returns Show $21.6 Million Income in ’10"
(for which he paid an effective taxe rate of 13.9%)
and
"Romney Sidesteps Immigration Talk in Florida"
(only days after he took a tough stance against illegal immigration in South Carolina)
Can anyone say "selfserving"?
nuf said
"Romney’s Tax Returns Show $21.6 Million Income in ’10"
(for which he paid an effective taxe rate of 13.9%)
and
"Romney Sidesteps Immigration Talk in Florida"
(only days after he took a tough stance against illegal immigration in South Carolina)
Can anyone say "selfserving"?
nuf said
Monday, January 23, 2012
There are more Republican debates on TV than there are reruns of the Big Bang Theory. Tonight's comedy includes:
Rick Santorum thinks the Taliban want to use Cuba as a base to attack the US.
Newt thinks we should use "all available recources" to remove Castro "like Reagan and Thatcher did with the Soviet Union"
Ron Paul thinks blockading the Straight of Hormuz is an act of war on the part of the United States. (and that a response from Iran would therefor in essence be a legitimate response.)
and as usual, Mitt, well Mitt thinks whatever he thinks he should think at that moment.
nuf said
Rick Santorum thinks the Taliban want to use Cuba as a base to attack the US.
Newt thinks we should use "all available recources" to remove Castro "like Reagan and Thatcher did with the Soviet Union"
Ron Paul thinks blockading the Straight of Hormuz is an act of war on the part of the United States. (and that a response from Iran would therefor in essence be a legitimate response.)
and as usual, Mitt, well Mitt thinks whatever he thinks he should think at that moment.
nuf said
In 1997 the House of Representatives had a Republican majority, therefore a Republican Speaker. It was in this 105th House that, for the first time in its history, that the Speaker was reprimanded and ordered to pay a $300,000 penalty for ethical wrongdoing. The vote was 395 to 28, with 189 Republicans voting AGAINST their own party member.
It was only 1 month earlier that this same Speaker admitted that he had discredited the House and broken its rules.
Yes, Newt, who is now claims to be champion of ethics, was that Speaker.
So, the short list:
1) Newt has a long history of multiple affairs and spouses.
2) Newt is the ONLY Speaker so dishonored.
3) Newt has a long history of abusing his position to aid his donors and supporters (just think of his millions on income from Freddie Mac for "providing historical perspective.")
How does Newt's past elevate him to being the model of ethical behavior?
(As an aside, one of Newt's strongest supporters during the ethics debate in 1997 was (now) convicted felon former Republican House Speaker Tom Delay. Maybe if Newt wins the nomination, he can bring in the Texas vote by making De Lay his running mate.)
nuf said
It was only 1 month earlier that this same Speaker admitted that he had discredited the House and broken its rules.
Yes, Newt, who is now claims to be champion of ethics, was that Speaker.
So, the short list:
1) Newt has a long history of multiple affairs and spouses.
2) Newt is the ONLY Speaker so dishonored.
3) Newt has a long history of abusing his position to aid his donors and supporters (just think of his millions on income from Freddie Mac for "providing historical perspective.")
How does Newt's past elevate him to being the model of ethical behavior?
(As an aside, one of Newt's strongest supporters during the ethics debate in 1997 was (now) convicted felon former Republican House Speaker Tom Delay. Maybe if Newt wins the nomination, he can bring in the Texas vote by making De Lay his running mate.)
nuf said
Saturday, January 21, 2012
As Newt heads towards a primary victory in SC, I have a question for my female friends (both on FB and off.) Which of you would want to be the third wife of a man you are having an affair with while he is married to his 2nd wife. Would you trust him?
I guess love is blind, I hope voters are not.
Nuf said.
I guess love is blind, I hope voters are not.
Nuf said.
Friday, January 20, 2012
On CNN this morning,the Chairman of the Republican National Committee claimed we need a change from Obama because he (Obama) did not fulfill his promise to "Bring back jobs and fix the deficit." Wait, whoa, slow down, hang on.
Doesn't this acknowledge that Obama was left the poor ecomony and deficit mess by 8 years of "W"? And the Repbulican party want to have a change back to more of the same "W" policies?
nuf said
Doesn't this acknowledge that Obama was left the poor ecomony and deficit mess by 8 years of "W"? And the Repbulican party want to have a change back to more of the same "W" policies?
nuf said
I am watching the Republican debate in Charleston and I think I'll leave the candidates to speak for themselves (you can't make this shit up):
Newt " I'm a rebel"
Mitt won't release his 2010 tax returns because "I want to beat Obama." Huh? Does that mean if he does release his returns he believes he can't beat Obama?
Santorum can't release his tax returns because "I do my own taxes and they are on my computer at home and I am not at home." Ay yi yi.
Mitt 'What I have, I earned" Mitt, it ain't pulling yourself up by the bootstraps when your daddy was the CEO of American Motors, Governor of Michigan and onetime candidate for President of the US.
Ron Paul - Hell, I have no clue what this guy is even saying. Ask him what he ate for breakfast and he will tell you about a movie he watched in 1951.
They go on and on, I can't.
nuf said
Newt " I'm a rebel"
Mitt won't release his 2010 tax returns because "I want to beat Obama." Huh? Does that mean if he does release his returns he believes he can't beat Obama?
Santorum can't release his tax returns because "I do my own taxes and they are on my computer at home and I am not at home." Ay yi yi.
Mitt 'What I have, I earned" Mitt, it ain't pulling yourself up by the bootstraps when your daddy was the CEO of American Motors, Governor of Michigan and onetime candidate for President of the US.
Ron Paul - Hell, I have no clue what this guy is even saying. Ask him what he ate for breakfast and he will tell you about a movie he watched in 1951.
They go on and on, I can't.
nuf said
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
According to Newt Gingrich, “More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than by any President in American history"
First, let's not forget that one the legacies left to Barack Obama by "W" was a horrible economy with a massive imbalance between the rich and the poor. Maybe if "W" had not created the economic nightmare that he did, there would not have been so many American who NEED food stamps.
Second, I would have thought that Newt would have found feeding the hungry to be a positive "Christian" thing to do.
nuf said
First, let's not forget that one the legacies left to Barack Obama by "W" was a horrible economy with a massive imbalance between the rich and the poor. Maybe if "W" had not created the economic nightmare that he did, there would not have been so many American who NEED food stamps.
Second, I would have thought that Newt would have found feeding the hungry to be a positive "Christian" thing to do.
nuf said
Monday, January 16, 2012
The Few, the Proud, The Governors of Texas who would be President (or unfortunately were President).
"W" on waterboarding "The lawyer said it was legal."
Rick Perry on the desecration of Taliban corpses "what is really disturbing to me is just, kind of, the over-the-top rhetoric from this administration and their disdain for the military'" and ".. to call it a criminal act, I think, is over the top."
1) If American corpses had been urinated on, what do you think Rick's response as President would have been? Pretty safe bet that there would have been a whole lot more "over-the-top rhetoric" than there was in this case.
2) Rick, The US is a signatory of the Geneva Convention, which is clear with regard to despoiling the dead. Obviously, urinating on corpses is in violation of the Convention, not to mention in violation of common sense and humanity.
3) Most importantly, Perry's comments make it clear that he is not prepared nor capable of being President. Idiotic comments such as his can only harm this country. There is a reason that the world views post "W" America as it does. Time to try and fix that perception, not make it worse.
"W" on waterboarding "The lawyer said it was legal."
Rick Perry on the desecration of Taliban corpses "what is really disturbing to me is just, kind of, the over-the-top rhetoric from this administration and their disdain for the military'" and ".. to call it a criminal act, I think, is over the top."
1) If American corpses had been urinated on, what do you think Rick's response as President would have been? Pretty safe bet that there would have been a whole lot more "over-the-top rhetoric" than there was in this case.
2) Rick, The US is a signatory of the Geneva Convention, which is clear with regard to despoiling the dead. Obviously, urinating on corpses is in violation of the Convention, not to mention in violation of common sense and humanity.
3) Most importantly, Perry's comments make it clear that he is not prepared nor capable of being President. Idiotic comments such as his can only harm this country. There is a reason that the world views post "W" America as it does. Time to try and fix that perception, not make it worse.
I am Pro-Life. Yup, Ill say it again proudly, I am Pro-Life. In fact everyone I have ever met is Pro-Life, I don't think I have ever met anyone who is anti-life and I don't think I've ever met anyone who pro-abortion. I have however met a whole bunch of rabid anti-choice reactionaries.
Quick question, how did the radical right con the press into using the term "Pro-Life" to describe them? The truth is clear, we are all pro-life, some of us would just rather let medical decisions be made in private by a doctor and a patient. Either you are pro-choice or you are anti-choice. Period.
Quick question, how did the radical right con the press into using the term "Pro-Life" to describe them? The truth is clear, we are all pro-life, some of us would just rather let medical decisions be made in private by a doctor and a patient. Either you are pro-choice or you are anti-choice. Period.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The apple doesn't fall far from the political tree.
Federal, state and now local. It is really pathetic to see the vulgar, negative, mean spirited garbage that has trickled down the Republican Party and has now infected the Sherman Republican Town Committee.
George Linkletter spent over 8 years spewing animosity, partisanship and self pity (and could not even carry his own party in past elections). One would however have hoped that after playing Svengali and actually winning an election, he would not be a "poor winner." Oops, guess again, that is not how his (presumed) heroes Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, or "W" would act, so why should he or the Sherman Republican Town Committee act like gentlemen? The RTC's endless litany of nastiness in publications, messages and on their FB page is beyond any imaginable norms of civility.
SRTC, quit the crap, get over it and work for Sherman. What happened to "Together for Sherman?" Get back to us in 2 years. If you have actually accomplished anything and/or done good work for our town, then and only then can you claim success and feel whatever measure of superiority you need to feel. Until then, try less talking and more walking.
Federal, state and now local. It is really pathetic to see the vulgar, negative, mean spirited garbage that has trickled down the Republican Party and has now infected the Sherman Republican Town Committee.
George Linkletter spent over 8 years spewing animosity, partisanship and self pity (and could not even carry his own party in past elections). One would however have hoped that after playing Svengali and actually winning an election, he would not be a "poor winner." Oops, guess again, that is not how his (presumed) heroes Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, or "W" would act, so why should he or the Sherman Republican Town Committee act like gentlemen? The RTC's endless litany of nastiness in publications, messages and on their FB page is beyond any imaginable norms of civility.
SRTC, quit the crap, get over it and work for Sherman. What happened to "Together for Sherman?" Get back to us in 2 years. If you have actually accomplished anything and/or done good work for our town, then and only then can you claim success and feel whatever measure of superiority you need to feel. Until then, try less talking and more walking.
Friday, January 6, 2012
www.nytimes.com
After losing his Senate seat, Rick Santorum wasted little time fashioning a lucrative career in the private sector based largely on income from businesses his work in Congress had benefited.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
John McCain endorses Mitt Romney for President. Isn't that the same John McCain who endorsed Sarah Palin 4 years ago?
John, your judgment is of, well, to be honest, zero value. You proved 4 years ago that your ego and desire to win at any cost let you pick Palin as a running mate, disregarding the best interests of the country. Nice call then, why should anyone think your endorsement of Romney had any more merit. Hell, most rational people would look at your endorsement as a negative.
John, your judgment is of, well, to be honest, zero value. You proved 4 years ago that your ego and desire to win at any cost let you pick Palin as a running mate, disregarding the best interests of the country. Nice call then, why should anyone think your endorsement of Romney had any more merit. Hell, most rational people would look at your endorsement as a negative.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
And you thought "W" was bad. On one hand we should all hope Santorum gains momentum and wins the Republican nomination, on the other hand be careful what you wish for.
According to Rick "Every American should have access to high-quality, affordable health care, with health care decisions made by patients and their physicians, " EXCEPT Rick is rabidly anti choice.
According to his web site "Senator Santorum fights to preserve this tradition [hunting and fishing], and will work to ensure these rights are not infringed upon." Hey Rick, when was the last time anyone last went fishing with a hand gun or a 55 caliber semi automatic sniper rifle.
His web site promotes "Reining in Spending and Reforming Government Entitlements for Sustainable and Better Solutions for America’s Families and Future" Wasn't Rick a big supporter of the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Yeah, Rick explains in an interview today “Your role as a member of Congress, if you look at the Constitution, is to appropriate money." Huh?
Also on his web site "As a husband and father, Rick Santorum knows the importance of protecting and providing for your family." Among the specific suggestions he has for protecting YOUR family "stop tax-payer funding or promotion of abortion overseas" "Defend the Defense of Marriage Act" "Ban military chaplains from performing same sex marriage ceremonies" "Veto any bill or budget that funds abortion or funds any organization that performs abortions including Planned Parenthood" "Call on Congress to reinstitute Don't Ask/Don't Tell"
And on and on. Hey Rick, why are you so bigoted?
So, do we hope Rick wins the nomination because no country would be crazy enough to elect this clown or do we dread the possibility of this clown winning the nomination because this country is just crazy enough to elect him??
According to Rick "Every American should have access to high-quality, affordable health care, with health care decisions made by patients and their physicians, " EXCEPT Rick is rabidly anti choice.
According to his web site "Senator Santorum fights to preserve this tradition [hunting and fishing], and will work to ensure these rights are not infringed upon." Hey Rick, when was the last time anyone last went fishing with a hand gun or a 55 caliber semi automatic sniper rifle.
His web site promotes "Reining in Spending and Reforming Government Entitlements for Sustainable and Better Solutions for America’s Families and Future" Wasn't Rick a big supporter of the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Yeah, Rick explains in an interview today “Your role as a member of Congress, if you look at the Constitution, is to appropriate money." Huh?
Also on his web site "As a husband and father, Rick Santorum knows the importance of protecting and providing for your family." Among the specific suggestions he has for protecting YOUR family "stop tax-payer funding or promotion of abortion overseas" "Defend the Defense of Marriage Act" "Ban military chaplains from performing same sex marriage ceremonies" "Veto any bill or budget that funds abortion or funds any organization that performs abortions including Planned Parenthood" "Call on Congress to reinstitute Don't Ask/Don't Tell"
And on and on. Hey Rick, why are you so bigoted?
So, do we hope Rick wins the nomination because no country would be crazy enough to elect this clown or do we dread the possibility of this clown winning the nomination because this country is just crazy enough to elect him??
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