Obama tells GOP to forgo politics

Note to Republican whiners and "very serious" concern trolls who are just now taking issue with:
spending, the economy, detainees that we haven’t been able to get enough evidence in seven years to charge with a crime or whatever other whiny crap that was in large part caused by the very same Republican policies that you cheered for, pushed for or voted for:

Your way failed. Big time. Like "F-" failed. Of epic proportions. The tax cuts for the rich failed. The neverending sinkhole of money for Iraq failed. Torture failed. Indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" failed – even shot down by a Supreme Court where 7 of the 9 Justices were Republican appointees. Big money handouts to the oil companies failed. Big money handouts to the financial institutions failed. Deregulation failed. Ignoring the infrastructure failed (bridge in Minnesota or Hurricane Katrina, anyone).

And because of it, you lost. Badly. Twice in a row.

I think the term is "elections have consequence". You remember that phrase, right?

So guess what? You don’t get to call the shots. You don’t get to suddenly decry spending – when it is going to infrastructure, energy policies and the middle class. You don’t get to perpetuate the approval of torture. You don’t get to bury evidence, to allow subpoenas to be ignored, or to dictate who gets tax cuts. And you don’t get to tell the Attorney General how to run the Justice Department, the Secretary of State how to run the State Department and most certainly the President how to set this country’s policy.

No politics? Holly molly...did you guys even read any of the posts on the Mad magazine thread? Did that thread have a direct link to the 3rd grade or what. I've never seen an outpouring of childish malarky in my life. No wonder the GOP is in the state it is. There is nobody with a lick of sense it seems. Guess one must fire with fire.....you lost Na na na na na!

Teresa,
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Be glad that Republicans and conservatives have never taken as rabid a stance as you have just expressed. If “elections have consequences” in the manner you suggest, then we would never have heard from the Democratic Party again after Carter lost to Reagan in 1980. That’s a fact.
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What the election defeat means is that Republicans and conservatives don’t have a majority vote. However, that doesn’t mean we don’t have a say. We still have the First Amendment right to speak our mind. The election didn’t silence us. Nor did it take away our constitutional right to vote. We still get to vote on those who do have a say. Nor did it take away our right to hold or run for office. We still have representatives in both houses of Congress - who do have quite a say in what goes on. Hence, conservatives can still determine the outcome of many issues of importance in a close vote. The Senate is not yet filibuster-proof either. I might also remind you that the Supreme Court is still largely populated by those who are not warmly receptive to many of the pseudo-liberal, pseudo-left wing ideas gaining in currency today.
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Furthermore, if you think that grass-roots conservatives are only “just now taking issue” with government excesses, you are wrong. Republicans have been dissatisfied with Republican politicians too. I would consider this grass-roots dissatisfaction as a significant reason for Republican defeats in the last two elections. The people want government to do the right thing IN SPITE OF what one party or the other espouses as its ideology. Republicans under Bush, and the neo-cons in particular, haven’t been the bearers of conservative ideals for some time. If you want to know why, go read Ron Paul’s speech called “Neo-Conned.” You can find it on the web in a number of places.
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Whatever you do, don’t think that the American People are singularly enamored with the entire DNC platform. They will approve whatever they like from it, tolerate some of it, and rebel against the rest. Whatever happens, that platform is now in the crucible. It hasn’t been tested. Surely government will do many things better than were done under Bush. That’s easy. Yet, when addressing the tough issues, the Democrat’s way forward is still quite untested. We will see if they have better ideas. We can only hope against hope that they have constitutional ones.

Here Here! Get rid of the "PORK", plain and simple. Its been proven time and again that you can not spend your way out of a recession. The only thing to do is to cut taxes and great jobs. This seems like the right time to look at the fair tax and to reduce the corporate taxes and maybe have some of our business return to the good old U.S.A.

Yet, when addressing the tough issues, the Democrat’s way forward is still quite untested. We will see if they have better ideas. We can only hope against hope that they have constitutional ones.

Posted by: John W. | January 27, 2009 5:40 PM

Last Word Johnny,
Your conservative idea's have been tested and they've been a complete and utter failure.

And your defense of the BushCo torturers is not only pathetic it's also speeding up the demise of your party.

See ya in 2012...

J Dub,

"Be glad that Republicans and conservatives have never taken as rabid a stance as you have just expressed".

All stereotyping aside, I almost spit a mouthful of bourbon on my keyboard as I read that. Thankfully, the rest of your post takes a more rational tack.

BTW, how's that permanent Republican majority working out?

If “elections have consequences” in the manner you suggest, then we would never have heard from the Democratic Party again
Posted by: John W. | January 27, 2009 5:40 PM
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Bush said that after the 2004 election and Teresa was mocking him for it, you dimwit.

As for your Ron Paul love, he can't even get 10% of the total vote within the Republican party, which means your twisted version of reality isn't even a majority opinion in your own party.

Go ahead and have the last word Johnnyboy, I know how much that means to your inflated ego.

Teresa I think you mistake our democracy and freedom of discourse to something from Hugo's textbook on democratic principles in the utopian paradise of Venezuela.

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Posted by: Bubba ✔ | January 27, 2009 11:33 PM
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That's what you get for drinking bourbon.
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"BTW, how's that permanent Republican majority working out?"
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I dunno. How's the permanent Democrat majority working out?
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Sockpuppet (AKA JohnEEE-Boy):
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I respond when I think its important to have a full expression of views. As for yours this time, they aren't worth the powder it takes to blow them to hell.