tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post6645122531712863071..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: Some animals are more equal than others -- DISCLOSE Act vote todayW.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-19741452572732542952010-07-27T19:55:20.024-07:002010-07-27T19:55:20.024-07:00Thanks for stopping by, Dogmeat.
I'm quite ha...Thanks for stopping by, Dogmeat.<br /><br />I'm quite happy with Scott Brown.<br /><br />He voted for the fake financial reform bill, which is fine. While there's no financial reform in it, it's generally harmless. So Scotty gets to look like a bipartisan compromiser to his leftist Massachusetts electorate by voting for a meaningless bill.<br /><br />As for "helping the President," go ask your friends and neighbors, "Hey, what do think about that awesome financial reform? What a win, huh?" As if a complete farce of a bill written by the corrupt Dodd and Frank is going to swing any moderates or turn out any base.<br /><br />Go Scotty B!!!<br /><br />As for the overall Tea Party, sure there are some nuts. But mainstream Republicans (Boehner et. al.) are the ones who drove this country into a ditch along with Bush and the Democrats. We need reform so desperately that I'll take a few kooks along with the wave of reformers.W.C. Varoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-79404149380238453272010-07-27T19:41:27.126-07:002010-07-27T19:41:27.126-07:00It was the Tea Party who claimed that they got Mas...It was the Tea Party who claimed that they got Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown elected and that he was one of them. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Tea Party for electing Scott Brown since he voted for the Financial Reform Bill and help the President of the United States with another legislative victory, thank you Tea Party. Have you heard of “Unintended Consequences” or “Blowback”? Was he working for the Tea Party, himself or our Country, hmmm only you can answer this one?<br /><br />The problem is this. Tea Party candidates will win a number of these congressional races because local districts are often safely partisan in nature. They can make their wild, unfounded claims, crazy accusations, etc., and win. That means not only are we likely to see an increase in Republican seats in both houses, we’re likely to see more antics, more insanity, more stupidity. At the same time they’re going to do everything they can to derail Obama’s policies which will likely mean high unemployment, a moribund economy, and more compromises on policy positions that make no one happy. <br /><br />That could literally mean that if the Republicans put up a legitimate candidate in 2012, they could win. Such a result is bad enough, but the likely response for the Democrats is to move further to the “middle” to placate voters. As we’ve seen over the last decade, the “middle” in American politics is basically on the verge of being an 80s Republican. Increasingly that means we’ll have a political landscape of a conservative party and ratfuck insane parties. The former, given it’s track record, slowly moving to the right, the latter, given it’s track record, loudly screaming “socialism, communism, fascism!!!”<br /><br />If we continue on this course, privatization will be socialism.Dogmeatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-69397643317598153982010-07-27T16:10:48.831-07:002010-07-27T16:10:48.831-07:00Don't forget the AARP and Humane Society inclu...Don't forget <a href="http://goingconcern.com/2010/06/non-profits-are-now-exempt-from-political-contribution-rules-well-3-of-them-at-least/" rel="nofollow">the AARP and Humane Society included in the exemption</a>.Jr Deputy Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886649539758133191noreply@blogger.com