…that for Obama to become any more full of himself, he’d have to start eating his own digits as snacks.
His arrogance and narcissism would be amusing were it not so tethered to the kinds of dangerous delusions that conspire to make our country weaker and more vulnerable over the long haul.
Seriously. Mitt Romney is the best we could do against this guy? Really?
I am convinced that we are under the old Soviet “two-party” system. We have a list of names and little boxes to check, but there is but one party, one goal, and one winner.
What a load of horse crap… and yes Romney is the best, he told us so. He is the only severly conservative candidate in the entire GOP field.
Re the Military and its veterans: Tricare has increased co-pays by three hundred percent this year and no COLA on those hard earned pensions.
Thank you, Mr. President!
Romney, Boehner, and McConnell leading the “opposition party.”
I am convinced that we are under the old Soviet “two-party” system.
“We will bury you without firing a shot.”
I didn’t really need to read any farther than the caption on that photo. Extra rum ration for the copy editor!
Yes, we probably could have done better than Mitt, but She decided not to run. So we will have to depend on Mitt’s turn around abilities and fat trimming methods to reduce the size of the Federal monstrosity. Maybe with Mr.”Balanced Budget” Orin Hatch as the senior presiding member of the Senate Finance committee we will see some real movement in this direction.
No, LOOK!
THEY ARE SO DOING USEFUL STUFF!
Yes, we probably could have done better than Mitt, but She decided not to run.
Not really sure about Her anymore, actually.
Your question doesn’t matter anymore. Why do you keep asking it, as if you expect something to change? I mean, yes, its not “I HATE ROMNEY” every day at this blog like it was before the nomination was all but wrapped up but I’m amazed at the number of ways you manage to sneak a dig about Romney into a posting having nothing (or very little to do) with him. Maybe its time to let go. He’s the nominee. Sorry. Time to live with it. Obama is worse. Much, much worse. That’s the focus.
My take after skimming the Costa piece is that Palin is acting out of personal loyalty —kind of like she did with McCain in ’10. I don’t agree with her judgement here, but I understand it, and I’m not presently inclined to punish her for it.
Now, were Hatch to go down in the primary, and she were to join the pity-chorus….
Not really sure about Her anymore, actually.
This is where I get to say “I told you so”, but having watched a number of my favorite politicos step all over themselves, I won’t.
If the question doesn’t matter Matt, why are you answering it?
Levin did his whole first hour on Hatch yesterday. Levin, like Palin, is backing Hatch — who was a fierce proponent and defender of both Bork and Thomas, and was instrumental in elevating Rehnquist to CJ. He’s also been a long-time proponent of a balanced budget amendment and has come close on a couple of occasions to getting it passed.
Also, there are a number of TEA Party groups supporting Hatch, while other groups like Club For Growth have remained neutral.
So Palin’s decision to endorse Hatch is, if anything in this age of new “conservative” leadership of the kind that attends TEA-Party organized BlogCons (INDEFENSIBLE! should be the new rallying cry for that group), brave. Because she didn’t have to do it.
Ever think that maybe that’s the dig?
That’s your focus. Mine is on doing away with both Obama and the GOP ruling class. Or perhaps you’ve missed all my “ruling class vs. the rest of us” posts?
Incidentally, have I not been hard on Obama?
See, I can walk and chew gum at the same time. If that causes you to lose focus, I’m sure there are other staunch conservative blogs focused like a LASER on defeating Obama. And replacing him with the axis of Romney/Boehner/McConnell.
Yeah, Palin is a phony conservative, just like Levin.
I suggest you go listen to the first hour of yesterday’s Levin show, where he was providing perspective and context re: Hatch. He played clips of Hatch lambasting Biden during the Thomas hearings, etc.
Hatch has been around a while, sure; but he’s not Lugar or Lindsay Graham or John McCain.
Cute pix of the boys on your Facebook today.
Jeff, what do you suppoose the internal polling at Team Obama looks like? I don’t know anyone who is on the ground in DC anymore. My spidey sense is telling me there is a lot of hairpulling and teeth gnashing and colorful swearing going on.
Hatch scores 2 points higher than Lugar did on whatever that scale is they use for staunchiness. He’s a nice guy™, but I think he’s lived his useful life in public service.
It’s already been a month? Time flies (for those of use who aren’t kept up at night of course).
I take a dim view to 77 yr olds first elected in ’77 asking for one more term but there is a dynamic at play here that we really can’t ignore.
Our goal with primaries is to put the fear of God into the majority of them by making examples of only some of them. Our resources aren’t infinite nor are our numbers. So we’re looking at bang for our buck here.
Hatch is making noises that Lugar never was. Our return won’t be as high here as it will be in other places.
Hatch has continuing value when it comes to judicial appointments. His legal acuity is very, very solid.
Lugar was coasting on inertia from the end of the Cold War.
” Lindsay Graham ”
To be fair, Lindsay Graham wasn’t always a Lindsay Graham. Or at least that’s what people tell me.
People are not telling you the truth, pala.
Thanks bh. Congratulations on Scott Walker rising to rock star in the latest polling, as well.
Wouldn’t that be more of a troika? Or must we wait until they throw the baby to the wolves to be sure?
“Obama is worse. Much, much worse. That’s the focus.”
I supported Bush through thick and thin while he crossed the aisle and made a fool of me. I even stuck with him after 2006. In exchange, the Republican party FUCKED ME with John “Maverick” McCain.
That didn’t work out.
McCain nosed his campaign right into the shitter and blamed me for his loss.
The GOP was widely said to be finsihed, a regional rump party with no prospects, utterly discredited. I was stupid. I blamed McCain. He was just a fluke I said. Now the GOP has chance to get serious and turn around and get their mind straight I said. I swallowed my anger, and I, along with many others, came to the GOP establishment when they were down and pretty much dead. The GOP made fun of me and joined the Democrats in calling me racist, stupid, savage mob, etc. But I said, they were just in pain and shocked and confused. Give them more time I said.
I and many others went out and rallied and raised money and sent letters, and spoke to people about voting and we all helped give them 2010.
In return, they FUCKED ME AGAIN exactly the same way they did in 2008. With Romney.
That is my focus. That is THE focus. The GOP made that the focus. If they wanted Obama to be the focus, well they kind of screwed up. What else is new?
I’d love to see Obama defeated. Then the GOP, once they don’t need me anymore can drop the pretense that we are united in common cause and FUCK ME AGAIN. No thanks GOP. You EARNED this.
As a rule, I think incumbent U.S. Senators become diapers in need of replacement immediately upon being sworn into office. Each time they are re-sworn they are six years fuller. Sooner or later the biohazard needs to be hauled away so a fresh l0ad can start accumulating from somebody else.
Saying Hatch is no Lugar is, in my opinion, like saying Chernenko was no Andropov.
As a rule, I think incumbent U.S. Senators become diapers in need of replacement immediately upon being sworn into office. Each time they are re-sworn they are six years fuller. Sooner or later the biohazard needs to be hauled away so a fresh l0ad can start accumulating from somebody else.
Popular election of Senators contributes a lot to this phenomenon–the term is so long that the Specter phenomenon comes into play–behave like a shit for five years, then spend the last 12 months convincing the rubes you’re really one of them. Sad thing is, it works. What we need is a Senate more sensitive to State concerns, not preening would-be statesmen fashioning a legacy.
Repealing the 17th Amendment would do wonders for changing the current political culture.
“like saying Chernenko was no Andropov”
Those two sure didn’t last very long.
At least Graham and Lugar don’t want to punch people like me (and Jeff) in the mouth. Here’s Hatch getting his dander up about getting primaried by tea party types:
“These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans,” Hatch angrily responds. “They’re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.”
Then Hatch, a former boxer, turns combative. “I despise these people, and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth.”
Back on topic. What do you get when you have a megalomaniac narcissistic president?
I don’t know, but we are really finding out.
He’s really fucking clueless, isn’t he?