And the reason is this: an omnibus budget bill that gives Obama 9 more months of control over the purse strings, with support of some Republican leaders. Who, let’s face it, are some of the very few people capable of consistently snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. At least, from the standpoint of those they putatively claim to represent. In their own minds, it’s all about political positioning and seating at the trough.
Couple this with Obama’s forthcoming EPA, HUD, and Amnesty edicts, his ability to load the federal courts with activist judges, his notorious petulance, and the GOP leadership’s notorious timidity, deference, and continual flip-flopping on how many votes it takes to repeal the vast majority of Obamacare, and there’s not much to cheer about, really.
Unless you view politics like a college football game, that is. Which, rah-freakin’-rah.
I’ll take the *burble* and the points.
I’ll take the *burble* and the points.
– You’ll take the gas and like it asshole. We’ve all been waiting six long years for your butt kicking. Bend over Proggie, it’s payback time.
….In other news….
– Whoa, the gloves come off in earnest!
– The Lefty media abandon the sinking ship of ObamaTopia.
– Shit-storm in ObamaTopia©. The Left is still saying “if”. Now who’s the deniers?
I’ve been saying, the Republicans are headed for an utterly undeserved and accidental victory that will carry no mandate whatsoever — because they’ve been campaigning almost exclusively on “That Obama guy you’re so mad at? He’s their guy, not our guy!”
You must be one of those voting machine calibrators. I don’t really blame you. I fully expect an attempt to steal elections.
I think we should stick with bemusement.
That way we’ll look cool when a Republican Congress, elected almost entirely on an anti-Obama vote, proves incapable of effectively opposing the President, who will still have a pen and a phone and a minority sufficient to block any veto override.
“…But if we take the presidency, Mitt Romney / Jeb Bush / Chris Christie / a bland paste will REALLY REALLY REALLY threaten to repeal ObamaCare!”
No doubt that will be the Republican argument for the next two years. The problem is, nobody’s going to believe it unless the Republicans actually do something to oppose Obama.
But that goes against every instinct of the perception is reality crowd that runs the GOP, doesn’t it?
Screw trying to repeal in the face of an impossible veto… cut the funding and let it die on the vine. There is not a damned thing Obama and the Senate could have done to force the funding of any Agency to implement that clusterfuck if the House hadn’t been playing along. And Obama can’t do anything but veto the budget in its entirety once it hits his desk.
Force a Constitutional crisis, and let the people see who is forcing the shutdown of Government. Pass budget after budget with media fanfare and Internet stories, spending authorizations galore when the President balks, but not a dime to keep ObamaCare moving.
Mitch McConnell and John Boehner force a Constitutional crisis? The D.C. press corp would say mean things about them. And that would make Boehner cry.
….And so it begins already before the ballots are even counted. The Left are such chicken shits (where have I seen that projection recently?)
– Brokaw: What Are Republicans ‘Prepared to Give Democrats’ to Meet in Middle? (How about we give them the middle finger).
– FLOTUS: No Matter Who’s on the Ballot, Our Community Should Always Vote for Dem Ticket….Because we’ve been inoculated against racism and because shut up.
But watching Mush gulp audibly would be oh so entertaining.
FLOTUS, FLATUS, what’s the difference?
When *any* First Lady make political statements, then they become Political Fair Game in my book.
Here’s how bad it is for the Democrat in South Dakota: A progressive PAC is on the radio telling conservatives to vote for independent tea-partier Gordon Howie because Mike Rounds isn’t pro-life enough.
Here in sunny CA, I got the dubious pleasure of voting against two propositions, which, in saner times, might be a good idea: One, a 6.1 billion dollar water infrastructure bill. Well, since we’re already broke and spending 60+ billion on a train, seemed to me that since our state is insane to the point of breaking the law to build the train, I don’t see where I should trust CA to spend billions a water project.
The other proposition I voted against was the “CA rainy day” fund. Yeah, like I trust CA to actually save money in an account somewhere. See: high speed rail.
I couldn’t even bring myself to vote for Kevin “Young Gun” McCarthy, because I know he’ll sell us out on immigration.
When the choice is between eating vomit or poop, one tends to think starvation is the better option.
Anyway, I’ve been looking upon Obama as an American Akhenaten — the first monotheist Pharaoh fundamentally transformed Egypt, but the end of his reign was the end of his cult. Like flipping a switch.
Barac-khenaten, unlike his ancient predecessor, will live to see all that he has done be undone.
*on a water project.
>When the choice is between eating vomit or poop,<
not to worry: the dog returns to his vomit so there’s that
Yeah, I suppose the Law of Other People’s Money will catch up to us before he shuffles off.
I’m disgusted that I’ve reached this point, but I really hope that they don’t take the Senate. Even limited success is going to further convince the Establishment that they can openly loathe and disparage their base and still win elections. The only thing they’re dedicated to is passing the blanket amnesty that their cheap labor cronies are pushing for so winning the Senate all but guarantees that the fast track. I’m sure it happens anyway, but I’ve come to prefer to be looked in the eye when the shiv goes in instead of taking it in the back from my alleged ally.
so “the dog returns to his vomit< is really just a kipling hyperlink to Proverbs 26:11. that's how dismal my biblical knowledge is.
i’d love to see ted cruz filibuster a mitchy amnesty bill.
Mitch McConnell’s Vision for a GOP Senate Doesn’t Focus on Obama Probes
The only race I really care about is the Iowa Senate race. I know little about Jodi Ernst, but the NYT was ranting about what bumpkins she and her supporters were the other day. I can’t wait to see her entourage clomp into the Senate office building spitting tobacky juice and wearing boots covered in pig $h!t.
You can’t filibuster an executive order.
From your keyboard to God’s ears, McGehee.
But I ain’t counting on it – most Americans are too far gone, methinks. Best if we concentrate on taking over a region of the country and preserving The Republic there.
Tom Brokow thinks the Republicans should be solicitous too.
Because not losing –even expectedly– isn’t the same thing as winning.
Barac-khenaten, unlike his ancient predecessor, will live to see all that he has done be undone.
Please.
Lame Duck Obama will slam the pedal to the metal: nothing to lose, everything to gain.
He’ll executive order everything so fast the GOP won’t know what hit them, nor will they care, because they’ll be too busy admiring the man’s audacity and slavering for their turn at the levers. They’ll stammer out something that almost resembles a protest, then tell the rest of us that they’re helpless to act.
And make no mistake, that which he installs will be un-repealable, like the Department of Education, like Medicare, like Social Security, like all the New Deal garbage that was designed to Live Forever.
And then it will all come tumbling down when a black swan event tips over one or more of the dozens of critical-stage vulnerabilities we have in our economy, defense, law, moral fiber, whatever…
If it comes down during the Oministration, expect the top to come down HARD, not despite but because of the rioting in the streets, both by the food-stamp crowd and by the “we told you so crowd” (that would be us).
If it comes down later, Hillary will come down hard. If a Republican H8r is POTUS, s/he’ll be blamed.
This isn’t designed to turn out well for us.
Shelter in place; brace for impact.
>Tom Brokow thinks the Republicans should be solicitous too <
ruining class gearing up to a change of clowns
Yeah, Dicentra, I’m with you.
I’ve set a few things aside so we can shelter in place for a bit. But, beyond a certain point, my wife and I will trust in God.
If Brokaw is representative, immigration is one issue the ruining class utterly fails to comprehend.
Pharaoh was god. His works were eternal.
Until they weren’t anymore.
>Until they weren’t anymore.<
the styrofoam columns ain't like the stone ones
Pharaoh was god upon the roads only, the Mitani headed him not nor paid his taxes.
Enjoy Jeff while he lasts
[Bh note: I wonder if maybe we shouldn’t all take a moment to appreciate this bit of bored longing from a troll who has dedicated their worthless existence to this sad life. It’s something to behold. So let’s behold it for a moment. It’s weird. Almost beautiful.]
– He’ll be around long after the Pigressive movement is a sad tag line to a stupid knock knock joke.
(Note: Two trolls in one day/thread after averaging 1 a month or do for years. More proof of the coming Progressive/Obama-niac shit storm.)
– Even when confronted red handed with the evidence they lie. What contemptuous bastards they are.
….and in other news….
– Yet another Obama/WH scandal brewing in the wings?
Somebody take the dog out, and his shit pile too please.
I think RDitt was being facetious. No intelligent person would buy in on a “NYT ranting,” and we ought to assume intelligence until proven Twerk Boy.
*pwloop*
*pwloops*