Congressional Repubs Introduce Alternative Budget to Gales of Near-Universal Mockery

[Spino]

Embarassing for sure but again, we're barely three months into Obama's term and the country is still in the throes of its inaugural honeymoon (which, according to the polls, seems to be winding down earlier than expected). The howls of laughter that will follow this silliness will be quickly forgotten (I haven't seen a single mention of this on any of our shows today). The Democrats and the liberal bloc of the media can cry all they like about Republican opposition to any and all things put forth by Obama and the Democrats but in the end nothing short of a jaw-dropping GOP scandal is going to distract the public's attention away from the Democrats who have a majority lock on Congress and can do as they please.

This is the one good thing about being a powerless minority in a democratic form of government, if you screw up nobody cares because ultimately the finger will never get pointed at you by the voters.

The Republicans have two golden opportunities coming their way in 2010 & 2012, they had better get their leadership ducks in a row before the next round of elections. Ego driven incidents like these are a pity because they only distract from the good efforts of reasonably responsible Republicans like Cantor and Ryan. If anything someone needs to throw knuckleheads like Boehner & Pence under the bus and get Cantor and Ryan onto the GOP's center stage.

One thing for sure is the more I watch Obama and the Democrats carry on with this jaw dropping act of one upmanship style incompetency over the previous administration and Republican controlled congress the more I feel an astounding Republican victory in 2012 is closer to becoming a reality. I'm not kidding, at the rate the Democrats are going I get the feeling people will be throwing rotten food at them on the 2012 campaign trail.

Romney should dust off his suit and start working on his best Reagan imitation. With Jindal as a running mate Mitt could probably walk away with the whole thing. Not that Romney would be a great conservative candidate, I'm just playing the odds regarding which Republican would have the best shot. I mean if a guy named Barack Hussein Obama with no experience and some seriously questionable personal associations can become President then I really don't see a good reason why frustrated conservative and moderate voters won't rally around some Mormon named Mitt next time around.

[Askthepizzaguy]

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Romney should dust off his suit and start working on his best Reagan imitation. With Jindal as a running mate Mitt could probably walk away with the whole thing. Not that Romney would be a great conservative candidate, I'm just playing the odds regarding which Republican would have the best shot. I mean if a guy named Barack Hussein Obama with no experience and some seriously questionable personal associations can become President then I really don't see a good reason why frustrated conservative and moderate voters won't rally around some Mormon named Mitt next time around.

I know you really, really want the Republicans to win.

In order to do so, Republicans have to let go of Michael Steele, Sarah Palin, and Piyush Jindal, not to mention start marginalizing Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and fully wash their hands of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. Thankfully the Republicans have started to avoid people like Michael Savage and Ann Coulter, just as I've washed my hands of Al Franken, Keith Olbermann, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Dennis Kuchinich, and any other bat insane partisan wacko out there.

This is from a former Republican and fiscal conservative, who is against these massive bailouts on principle, but when the Republican Party leadership has a thumb up their collective hind ends about what to do with regards to leading the nation, I cannot support them. If they can't even select a decent party leader from within their own friendly ranks, how could they lead a nation who is hostile to their party because of Bush and Cheney?

Mitt Romney gets a bad rap over his faith, and to be honest... I can't say I blame people for being wary. I'm not a huge fan of the religion in question. But I judged him as objectively as I could, as an individual politician, and I think he's had his share of successes and could be a positive influence. He needs to drop the big fake eating smile, though, and finally just speak plain english without the nicely-polished schooboy image to maintain. People don't want a fancy suit and a grin, they want passionate leadership. Mitt Romney generates as much enthusiasm as a plastic bag.

[ICantSpellDawg]

I know you really, really want the Republicans to win.

In order to do so, Republicans have to let go of Michael Steele, Sarah Palin, and Piyush Jindal, not to mention start marginalizing Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and fully wash their hands of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. Thankfully the Republicans have started to avoid people like Michael Savage and Ann Coulter, just as I've washed my hands of Al Franken, Keith Olbermann, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Dennis Kuchinich, and any other bat insane partisan wacko out there.

This is from a former Republican and fiscal conservative, who is against these massive bailouts on principle, but when the Republican Party leadership has a thumb up their collective hind ends about what to do with regards to leading the nation, I cannot support them. If they can't even select a decent party leader from within their own friendly ranks, how could they lead a nation who is hostile to their party because of Bush and Cheney?

Mitt Romney gets a bad rap over his faith, and to be honest... I can't say I blame people for being wary. I'm not a huge fan of the religion in question. But I judged him as objectively as I could, as an individual politician, and I think he's had his share of successes and could be a positive influence. He needs to drop the big fake eating smile, though, and finally just speak plain english without the nicely-polished schooboy image to maintain. People don't want a fancy suit and a grin, they want passionate leadership. Mitt Romney generates as much enthusiasm as a plastic bag.

If that plastic bag contained a nuclear warhead of awesome.

[Askthepizzaguy]

If that plastic bag contained a nuclear warhead of awesome.

Now I know you're joking... lol

Mitt Romney is not such a bad guy, I guess... I find myself disagreeing more often than not. The problem is that you need a tough guy, and he doesn't seem tough. Frankly, I think that if I were in a room with him, and I were to debate him even casually, I could make him cry. And, not even intentionally either.

Needs to show some fire and passion, and drop the nice guy play-acting. No one in politics is a nice guy, even when they are a nice guy. I think Joe Biden is a nice guy, but if you talk politics with him, he can be a pit-bull. He doesn't always calculate what he says, and he's gaffe prone, but I think he means well. Mitt Romney: even his controversies are lame.

[Strike For The South]

I don't need passion. Passion is responsible for genocides, famines and epidemics. Passion blinds people

[Askthepizzaguy]

I don't need passion. Passion is responsible for genocides, famines and epidemics. Passion blinds people

Blind passion perhaps. Other forms of passion allowed the United States to exist independent from the British Empire. Other forms of passion defeated Nazism. Other forms of passion overturned slavery.

[Strike For The South]

Blind passion perhaps. Other forms of passion allowed the United States to exist independent from the British Empire. Other forms of passion defeated Nazism. Other forms of passion overturned slavery.

A man willing to run for POTUS in this day and age is passion enough for me. A man does not need to speak loud or make lofty promises to prove his passion.

There is a reason we remember Washington instead of Sam Adams, why Eishenhower was elected instead of Mac and why John Brown was hung like a dog.

A quiet reserved public persona does not equal a lack of passion

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I don't need passion. Passion is responsible for genocides, famines and epidemics. Passion blinds people

I agree to an extent. I want the people at the top to care about the country and about doing what's best for the people and nation though. I think some sort of passion is necessary, but certainly not the sort espoused by ardent partisans.