“These are Republican CEOs who are trying to embarrass the President and Democrats in general. Where do you hear about this stuff? The Wall Street Journal editorial page and conservative websites. No one else picked up on this but you guys. It’s BS.”
- An unnamed White House legislative affairs staffer, quoted by the American Spectator, when asked about the announcements of writedowns by AT&T, John Deere, Verizon and other firms last week.
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“What happened here was the accumulated karmic backlash of forty years’ worth of Establishment Democrats telling the Activist Left that they were the vanguard of, and spokesmen for, a broad American populist movement. For the longest time, such lies were simply an accepted part of the public policy debate; mostly because the country had no yardstick by which to judge the Left’s turnout and activities.
“But then came the Tea Parties — which showed people what a real American populist movement looks like, and what it can do — and its success stung the Activist Left at the exact moment that Scott Walker came along and not unreasonably decided that if he was elected on a platform of doing certain things, he had best start doing them. This infuriated the Left, but not as much as the refusal of Walker and the WI GOP to go weak-kneed at the first sign of push-back. So… the recall movement was born!
“And… fizzled. The Left should have cut their losses when Prosser demonstrated that drum circles and illegal indoor camping in the Rotunda didn’t translate into votes… and they definitely should have cut their losses when the first wave of recalls didn’t live up to the hype. But they didn’t, and now the people of Wisconsin are increasingly demonstrating that they’re tired of all of this – and they’re not blaming the Republicans, either. Such a shame, but that’s what you get whe- hey! The bacon’s fully cooked.”
- Moe Lane
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This quote, this theory, would suggest that CEO's of major corporations are (illegally) falsifying financial documents so as to show a significant reduction in profits, thus significant negative financial impact on themselves and their stockholders, so as to make a political point?
Ya think?
I find the quote to be breathtakingly unintellectual and dishonest – but unfortunately highly typical of today's Democrat Party. No dissent from their policies deserves an honest examination; it's driven by racism and hatred of a black president. Criticism of their spending is illegitimate because "Republicans did it, too" – albeit at a rate of deficit less than a quarter of what's currently happening. Obvious foreign policy mistakes can't be criticized because "the world hated Bush."
These are people unhinged from any sense of reality, and thoroughly unfit to lead.
The article from which you extracted the quote clearly quotes a staffer as indicating that many supporters of this legislation had no idea what it said, or what would be the consequences. Now the consequences are different from their expectations, and they are defensive.
How much longer 'til November?
It's pretty clear that this cabal in charge of the White House is uninterested in anything but their own power. They're very dangerous people.
This quote, this theory, would suggest that CEO's of major corporations are (illegally) falsifying financial documents so as to show a significant reduction in profits, thus significant negative financial impact on themselves and their stockholders, so as to make a political point?
Ya think?
I find the quote to be breathtakingly unintellectual and dishonest – but unfortunately highly typical of today's Democrat Party. No dissent from their policies deserves an honest examination; it's driven by racism and hatred of a black president. Criticism of their spending is illegitimate because "Republicans did it, too" – albeit at a rate of deficit less than a quarter of what's currently happening. Obvious foreign policy mistakes can't be criticized because "the world hated Bush."
These are people unhinged from any sense of reality, and thoroughly unfit to lead.
The article from which you extracted the quote clearly quotes a staffer as indicating that many supporters of this legislation had no idea what it said, or what would be the consequences. Now the consequences are different from their expectations, and they are defensive.
How much longer 'til November?
It's pretty clear that this cabal in charge of the White House is uninterested in anything but their own power. They're very dangerous people.
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