Regarding the mess ...

[Scuba]

[FSogol]

1. True dat. K&R. n/t

[RKP5637]

2. K&R! n/t

[SalviaBlue]

3. K&R

[Brainstormy]

4. SO true! nt

[think]

5. Spot on

[mountain grammy]

6. Yes!

[swilton]

7. In short

we hire the people who caused the problem to fix the problem.

[oldandhappy]

8. Yep!!

You nailed it.

[2naSalit]

9. To some of us

It's been quite obvious from the start.

[joanbarnes]

10. Accurate

[Fumesucker]

11. K&R

[AAO]

12. LOL - call the bastards out, Scuba!

EDIT: This is now my desktop wallpaper at work.

[raven mad]

13. Perfect. Going on my Facebook page -

just to piss off a lot more folks than I usually do!

[kelliekat44]

14. Then they are elected again to carry on the mess by their low information supporters. nt

[Scalded Nun]

15. It is truly amazing that not everyone in this country gets it!

They even get it overseas.

Sad, sad, sad.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. there are no words

Sufficient to capture the repulsion I feel towards repukes.

[Hissyspit]

17. And it is deliberate strategy.

[kairos12]

18. Straight from the Rethug playbook.

[ProSense]

19. It's called:

Obstruct and Exploit

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Does anyone remember the American Jobs Act? A year ago President Obama proposed boosting the economy with a combination of tax cuts and spending increases, aimed in particular at sustaining state and local government employment. Independent analysts reacted favorably. For example, the consulting firm Macroeconomic Advisers estimated that the act would add 1.3 million jobs by the end of 2012.

There were good reasons for these positive assessments. Although you’d never know it from political debate, worldwide experience since the financial crisis struck in 2008 has overwhelmingly confirmed the proposition that fiscal policy “works,” that temporary increases in spending boost employment in a depressed economy (and that spending cuts increase unemployment). The Jobs Act would have been just what the doctor ordered.

But the bill went nowhere, of course, blocked by Republicans in Congress. And now, having prevented Mr. Obama from implementing any of his policies, those same Republicans are pointing to disappointing job numbers and declaring that the president’s policies have failed.

Think of it as a two-part strategy. First, obstruct any and all efforts to strengthen the economy, then exploit the economy’s weakness for political gain. If this strategy sounds cynical, that’s because it is. Yet it’s the G.O.P.’s best chance for victory in November.

- more -

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/opinion/krugman-obstruct-and-exploit.html

In September 2011, Republicans blocked the American Jobs Act and up to 2 million jobs
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021294027

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

27. + about a million! He didn't do what we stopped him from doing. Whaaaaah!!

[ctsnowman]

20. They just

need another 1% or 2% tax cut tops and... pinky swear this time, the jobs will be everywhere.

[Scuba]

21. Trickle down hasn't worked yet, but just needs a few more decades, kinda like the Cuban embargo.

[ctsnowman]

22. lol Love it.

[hue]

23. ...etc., & on & on ...--->no learning curve...

[napkinz]

24. K&R

nt

[JBoy]

25. Blather, Rinse Pubis, Repeat.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. There's another step in that...

They portray themselves as the heroes to fix the mess and then when they get into power they claim it's not the role of government to fix it.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

28. Thirty years of American Political History summed up in a single meme

Your economy with words is commendable.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

29. An athiest amen!

[Flatpicker]

30. Sad thing is

They know that they do that.

They depend on the American peoples short memories to hand the blame for the mess to the new guy.

[pansypoo53219]

31. BUTBUTBUT ITS NOT 'OUR' FAULT! we didn't go rite enough!

[rug]

32. By the third recitation, all republican blather becomes Dr. Seuss.

[WillyT]

33. Yep... K & R !!!

[trusty elf]

34. "Our enemies... never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,

and neither do we." Dubya

[IMG][/IMG]

A good place for some "Republican Party" anagrams:


Crappy Tuba Liner
Carnal Burp Piety
Urine By Claptrap
Pricey Lap Turban
Ably Crappier Nut
Try Anal Piper Cub
Prune Crypt Labia
Capably Prurient
Pry Bacterial Pun
Penury Cabal Trip
Aberrant Icy Pulp
Puny Brat Replica
Pry Banal Picture
Try Appliance Rub
Bury Placenta R.I.P.
Cranial Burp Type
Burn Capital Pyre
Burp Captain Lyre
Rip Puberty Canal
Try Incurable Pap
Brutal Panic Prey
Burp Any Particle
A Crab Nipple Yurt
Barren Lip Pay Cut

[another_liberal]

35. Great quote!

I'd forgotten that little gem.