And officials throughout the party plan to hammer the idea that Republicans are just saying "no" to the president's budget plans without offering their own alternative.

House Republicans, who released an alternative to the stimulus bill

This is going to suck.

whats amazing about articles like this is that they spell out exactly the BS that both sides plan to say days/weeks/months in advance but people will still parrot these talking points back thinking they were spontaneous comments during an "interview".

log_jammin: whats amazing about articles like this is that they spell out exactly the BS that both sides plan to say days/weeks/months in advance but people will still parrot these talking points back thinking they were spontaneous comments during an "interview".

You're just saying that because Obama told you to.

/admit it

i admit nothing.

NOTHING!

it is plain scary that the man has been elected, yet people still fill the need to advertise their position and points. This is ridiculous. forget the PR get to farking work, man!

Last One Left: You're just saying that because Obama told you to.

/admit it

Why do you hate America?

Just who are these unnamed "Democratic officials" he's quoting? I'm sure the dittoheads and freepers don't care, but some of us non-lemmings want to know.

log_jammin: whats amazing about articles like this is that they spell out exactly the BS that both sides plan to say days/weeks/months in advance but people will still parrot these talking points back thinking they were spontaneous comments during an "interview".

I believe it's called POLITICS.

I can't picture Pelosi at a Rush concert.

The article is kind of light on details, but it hints at supporting the reports that the PR campaign against Limbaugh was at least partially coordinated from inside the White House. Your tax dollars at work.

I was completely unaware that Pearson International Airport could drum at all.

LOL IT'S FUNNY BCUZ YOU MIXED UP 2 DIFFERENT THINGS!!!!!

FTFA:

Plouffe e-mailed supporters over the weekend with a challenge labeled "The next few weeks": "In the next few weeks we'll be asking you to do some of the same things we asked of you during the campaign-talking directly to people in your communities about the President's ideas for long-term prosperity."

But received a disappointing response from fellow comrades as the e-mail was not titled "Herbal Viagra For Less" or "Bigger Boner In Days."

/ get off my grass you commies

chipspastic: Just who are these unnamed "Democratic officials" he's quoting? I'm sure the dittoheads and freepers don't care, but some of us non-lemmings want to know.

Most articles use "unnamed officials". Read any AP article -- it will say "according to a knowledgeable source who remains anonymous because [some garbage reason]".

Yes, journalism should have the ability to use unnamed sources at times. It just seems that now they use unnamed sources the majority of the time, even when there's no apparent reason for it, which undermines journalistic integrity.

Cool, now Al Qaeda can go back to being enemy #1 for the Obama Administration. Bin Laden's last audio message showed he was getting a little upset that no one was paying attention to him.

/Emo Osama

Damba: chipspastic: Just who are these unnamed "Democratic officials" he's quoting? I'm sure the dittoheads and freepers don't care, but some of us non-lemmings want to know.

Most articles use "unnamed officials". Read any AP article -- it will say "according to a knowledgeable source who remains anonymous because [some garbage reason]".

Yes, journalism should have the ability to use unnamed sources at times. It just seems that now they use unnamed sources the majority of the time, even when there's no apparent reason for it, which undermines journalistic integrity.

Not to mention credibility.

Madbassist1: it is plain scary that the man has been elected, yet people still fill the need to advertise their position and points. This is ridiculous. forget the PR get to farking work, man!

Quit yer bi***ing, fartsmith.

Democratic official says "We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter"

A polite way of saying that voters saw right through that smoke screen and said, "It's the economy, stupid."

I gotta score this little battle Rush 1 DNC 0.

Last One Left: House Republicans, who released an alternative to the stimulus bill

tax cuts to the mega rich is not an alternative to the stimulus bill

Translation please

Oh

So Rush won?

I wonder what's next on the Obfuscation Express for the Obamasquad...

Guess that's a no to Rush's debate challenge.

cardex
Last One Left: House Republicans, who released an alternative to the stimulus bill

tax cuts to the mega rich is not an alternative to the stimulus bill

yea, those folks who pay 80% of the taxes, and then can just move their business to another country?

Nice try, but your Ideas failed, just check with California.

Hat Madder: the PR campaign against Limbaugh

Please explain to me how calling a Republican "a leader of the Republican party" is a "campaign against" him. Are the Republicans truly SO toxic that it's now considered an attack to call a Republican a Republican?!?

flannelled fool:

I gotta score this little battle Rush 1 DNC 0.

you haven't been paying attention.

the rush/dnc battle was a massive success for the dems. it sent the already simmering GOP into utter turmoil, and will probably end up with a "vote of no confidence" against their second-in-command, michael steele.

and it reinforced the impression that rush - a man despised by most of america, despite his "20 million" hardcore wingnut listeners - is the de-facto leader of the GOP.

no - this was a masterstroke by rahm emmanuel and the dems.

Hat Madder: The article is kind of light on details, but it hints at supporting the reports that the PR campaign against Limbaugh was at least partially coordinated from inside the White House. Your tax dollars at work.

I completely approve of educating the public about the anti-American traitorous speeches of Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, drug addict, and farker of little boys.

flannelled fool: Democratic official says "We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter"

A polite way of saying that voters saw right through that smoke screen and said, "It's the economy, stupid."

I gotta score this little battle Rush 1 DNC 0.

You know, this whole recession thing is going to be way too tedious and depressing without the occasional sideshow act to keep us entertained. I give them both a point for this match.

winterwhile: cardex
Last One Left: House Republicans, who released an alternative to the stimulus bill

tax cuts to the mega rich is not an alternative to the stimulus bill

yea, those folks who pay 80% of the taxes, and then can just move their business to another country?

Nice try, but your Ideas failed, just check with California.

While it pains me to respond to a retarded troll: Yes. Let them move. Let them go to their capitalist paradise where they have more of their money left after taxes and yet get all the benefits of living in the US.

Someone else will take advantage of the opportunity and get rich. No sweat.

flannelled fool: Democratic official says "We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter"

A polite way of saying that voters saw right through that smoke screen and said, "It's the economy, stupid."

I gotta score this little battle Rush 1 DNC 0.

This is because, as your name indicates, you are a fool.

What's next, Obama... a Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda?

Next up: the use of Van Halen. Because Eruption beats YYZ as an attention-getter any day.

If only the world would buy Republican tears, our economy would fix itself.

ghare: I completely approve of educating the public about the anti-American traitorous speeches of Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, drug addict, and farker of little boys.

See, this is why you folks scare the shiat out of Middle America. You call free speech "traitorous" and slime the reputation of an ordinary citizen with an unsubstantiated, baseless claim of being a pedophile. Is it any wonder that "your kind" get pinned with the "commie" tag?

I'm far from being a Rush supporter or listener, but he earns a backlash sympathy vote from me for putting up with slimeballs.

flannelled fool: ghare: I completely approve of educating the public about the anti-American traitorous speeches of Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, drug addict, and farker of little boys.

See, this is why you folks scare the shiat out of Middle America. You call free speech "traitorous" and slime the reputation of an ordinary citizen with an unsubstantiated, baseless claim of being a pedophile. Is it any wonder that "your kind" get pinned with the "commie" tag?

I'm far from being a Rush supporter or listener, but he earns a backlash sympathy vote from me for putting up with slimeballs.

You mean the "Middle America" that voted for Obama...

try harder.

flannelled fool: ghare: I completely approve of educating the public about the anti-American traitorous speeches of Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, drug addict, and farker of little boys.

See, this is why you folks scare the shiat out of Middle America. You call free speech "traitorous" and slime the reputation of an ordinary citizen with an unsubstantiated, baseless claim of being a pedophile. Is it any wonder that "your kind" get pinned with the "commie" tag?

I'm far from being a Rush supporter or listener, but he earns a backlash sympathy vote from me for putting up with slimeballs.

That troll right there ain't half bad.

pacified: You mean the "Middle America" that voted for Obama...

try harder.

I don't have to try harder. Here's an Electoral Map by county:

Madbassist1: it is plain scary that the man has been elected, yet people still fill the need to advertise their position and points. This is ridiculous. forget the PR get to farking work, man!

After 8 years of Rovian politics, and you whine about this? Unfarkingbelivable.

moralpanic: log_jammin: whats amazing about articles like this is that they spell out exactly the BS that both sides plan to say days/weeks/months in advance but people will still parrot these talking points back thinking they were spontaneous comments during an "interview".

I believe it's called POLITICS.

The politics is fine. What do you expect? What annoys me is how stupidly the press passes it on to the public.

morrach: You know, this whole recession thing is going to be way too tedious and depressing without the occasional sideshow act to keep us entertained. I give them both a point for this match.

In that case, then I guess you're looking forward to the next little sideshow act of beach-going tourists in Miami snapping pictures of Russian bombers flying past? Hey, maybe the Russians will give Nancy Pelosi use of one for her own personal flights?

flannelled fool: pacified: You mean the "Middle America" that voted for Obama...

try harder.

I don't have to try harder. Here's an Electoral Map by county:

Here's a more accurate one. Try harder.

flannelled fool: beach-going tourists in Miami snapping pictures of Russian bombers flying past?

Are you ever NOT pissing yourself in fear?

flannelled fool: morrach: You know, this whole recession thing is going to be way too tedious and depressing without the occasional sideshow act to keep us entertained. I give them both a point for this match.

In that case, then I guess you're looking forward to the next little sideshow act of beach-going tourists in Miami snapping pictures of Russian bombers flying past? Hey, maybe the Russians will give Nancy Pelosi use of one for her own personal flights?

We totally blew our chance at getting our best defense against Russia into the White House, too! At least we'll get to wear some interesting hats.

morrach: flannelled fool: ghare: I completely approve of educating the public about the anti-American traitorous speeches of Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, drug addict, and farker of little boys.

See, this is why you folks scare the shiat out of Middle America. You call free speech "traitorous" and slime the reputation of an ordinary citizen with an unsubstantiated, baseless claim of being a pedophile. Is it any wonder that "your kind" get pinned with the "commie" tag?

I'm far from being a Rush supporter or listener, but he earns a backlash sympathy vote from me for putting up with slimeballs.

That troll right there ain't half bad.

It's actually pretty interesting.

If this guy is telling the truth about listening to Limbaugh, he does a pretty good job parroting them. If it's true, then he's getting Rush's schpeil second hand. Maybe Rush really is the leader of the republican party.

He might be lying, though. He spews a high percentage of the same excrement as Limbaugh.

chipspastic: Here's a more accurate one. Try harder.

Yeah, that's it, soft focus. A little trick photography to fool people. The usual province of aging actresses, now used to blunt a political truth.

flannelled fool: chipspastic: Here's a more accurate one. Try harder.

Yeah, that's it, soft focus. A little trick photography to fool people. The usual province of aging actresses, now used to blunt a political truth.

This HAS to be a joke.

flannelled fool: pacified: You mean the "Middle America" that voted for Obama...

try harder.

I don't have to try harder. Here's an Electoral Map by county:

winterwhile: Nice try, but your Ideas failed, just check with California.

Ok lets look at California

Highest elected official = republican
Economy in the crapper = yes


looks about right to me

Wow, i don't think i've ever seen so many alts and trolls this early in a thread.

Shouldn't all the real GOP supporters be in church bashing someone different right now?

flannelled fool: pacified: You mean the "Middle America" that voted for Obama...

|| try harder.

I don't have to try harder. Here's an Electoral Map by county:

And why is that map misleading? I bet you can answer that, given a moment to think about it, but to save time, let's take a look at a proportional map, that is one that measures people, not acreage:



And if we really want to be honest, we should look at a map that is not simply red or blue, but one that shows the difference as shading from red to purple to blue:



Unfortunately color is hard to interpret quantitatively. I would actually prefer a 3-D map that plots the difference as plus/minus for each county in addition to the color. Basically a contour map.

morrach: We totally blew our chance at getting our best defense against Russia into the White House, too!

Well, since I've been accused of pissing myself in fear, let someone (who you might recognize) else speak for how close we came in Cuban Crisis part I:

Sen. Biden referred to how Jack Kennedy was tested in the Cuban Missile Crisis. My friends, I had a little personal experience in that. I was on board the USS Enterprise. I sat in the cockpit of a flight deck on the USS Enterprise off of Cuba. I had a target. My friends, do you know how close we came to nuclear war? America will not have a President who needs to be tested. I've been tested my friends.