need some examples of Repub "personal responsibility"

[NewJeffCT]

A local writer said that Liberal Radio will never succeed because "personal responsibility" is the coin of the realm.

I was going to send him a response saying that RepubliCONs preach personal responsibility, but practice the opposite and use specific examples:
1) Rush Limbaugh has blamed the Democratic State's Attorney for his drug problems and also previously accepted unemployment payments, which he blames on his ex-wife. And, his radio show was consistently beaten in the ratings by liberal Randi Rhodes in conservative Palm Beach County, Florida.
2) (Since I'm in Connecticut) CT Governor John Rowland seems to be in the process of blaming his wife for his troubles with the truth.
3) Florida governor Jeb Bush, when confronted with allegations of an affair with a political appointee, blamed his too demanding wife who was sufering through psychological problems. (please correct me if I'm wrong on that one...)
4) Newt Gingrich, one of the driving forces behind the Republican Contract with America, served his 2nd wife divorce papers while she was recovering from cancer surgery in the hospital.

Anything else?

[ithacan]

1. Republican personal responsibility is an oxymoron

I have yet to see a single Republican take personal responsibility for their actions.

Bush and his gang certainly have not taken any personal responsibility for anything they've done.

Hypocrites, all of them.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

14. Or a moron-on-oxy.

:shrug:

[dryan]

2. Bush family antics

1. Columba Bush held at the airport for smuggling. Is reported to have said to the Customs Agent: "Do you know who I am?" She said that she was afraid to tell her husband how much she spent on a shopping trip to Paris!!!
2. Jeb Bush's daughter was arrested for prescription fraud. Sent to a rehab clinic here in Orlando. She "escaped". It was reported in the papers that the staff said she constantly said that she was not to blame for her drug problem.
3. George Bush's daughters' problems with alcohol. Too many to mention.
4. Jeb Bush's former business partner cannot re-enter the United States.

[question everything]

8. Don't forget Neil Bush with his night hotel visitors while in Thailand

"they just showed up" and his very messy divorce.

[JI7]

9. Neil Bush has herpes

he cheated on his wife with a bunch of women around the world. he had women just come to where he was staying in other nations just to have sex with him. he ended up with herpes. and he left his wife for some other woman. neil bush was also involved in a bunch of business fraud with the savings and loans scandals.

Jeb Bush's sons are both criminals. one had sex in public parking lot and the other crashed his car into the yard of some girl who dumped him.

[JI7]

3. tom delay blaming minorities for him (delay) not serving in war

tom delay said he would have liked to serve but the minorities had taken up all the spaces.

[NewJeffCT]

16. good one

I like that one.. and forgot to include it in my original letter.

[rogerashton]

4. The poor are held personally responsible

for their lack of wealth.

[skooooo]

13. That's the only example I can think of...nt

[question everything]

5. Correction, it was Gingrich FIRST wife who suffered this indignity

(he is now on number 3). She was also older than him and he thought that, in his then dreams to reach the White House, she was "too old and unattractive" (or similar words) to be a first lady.

He than cheated on his second ex-wife while investigation Clinton infidelity.

And, of course, all these good ol' boy who believe in "family values" dumped their first wives for a newer model: Reagan, Dole, Gingrich, Gramm (who was a presidential candidate in 1996), former CA gov Pete Wilson and that guy who got Gingrich job for a few days before he was found lacking in that department.

The Clinton has been married for 27 years now.

[No2W2004]

17. and don't forget

Newt wrote a "naughty" book just like Mrs. Cheney!

EDIT: I didn't read the whole topic!

[Sparkly]

6. No responsibility for Iraq

The yellowcake-from-Niger story was known to be false -- Chimpy was told it by US experts including Joe Wilson -- yet he used it anyway and then blamed the British.

And the 9/11 hearings have been all about passing the blame ('nobody told us to DO anything,' etc.).

[cap]

7. start asking pro-life politicians about their sex lives

while they were dating...

were they abstinent until marriage? If not, when the contraception failed, what was the conversation that they had with their girlfriend? Sex and politicians are an occupational hazard!


Oh yeah, add Giuliani trying to install his mistress in the Mayor's Mansion in NYC before the divorce was final.

[Skittles]

10. check you inbox

nt

[DU9598]

11. Bill Janklow

Apparently attempting to wiggle out of personal responsibility for the death he caused by stating that he was on official business when he ran a stop sign while speeding. By doing so, he has made the government (you and I, included) liable to the family of the victim rather than paying for his mistake as you or I would be forced to do.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Bush AWOL!

Draining the country's wealth when we are at war! It just shows that Bush still don't take the terrorist threat seriously, when he gives our much needed money away through tax cuts to the most wealthy people in America, hand over fist since 9/11! Does Bush not fear the "Grave terrorist threat" because he controls Bin Laden and his ilk? Is that why Bush knows it's ok to weaken this country's economy in the face of this "war on terror"?

[bobbieinok]

15. republican retelling of the NT bread and fishes story

(I think I saw this at liberalslovechrist at one time.)

So, as the story goes, there are all these people who show up to listen to Jesus. And most have no food.

One boy brought some bread and fish.

Jesus calls him up in front of the crowd and says...

...'Look at this boy. He took personal responsibility for himself; he prepared. But what did you do? Nothing; and now you're waiting for us to take care of you.

...'Son, go ahead and eat.'

And while the boy eats in front of the crowd, Jesus lectures them on personal responsibility.

(The story I saw was much better written. Anyone have a link?)

[Mixxster]

18. Personal responsibility

* Republican staffers caught sneaking into the files of Democratic colleagues in the Senate and then blaming the Democrats.

* Neil Bush and Silverado.

* Refusal of the 2000 Bush campaign to discuss a DUI conviction it knew about all along.

* Bush having his driver’s license number changed to hide his DUI, even though in August 1999, the Texas DMV told MSNBC.com that changing one’s driver’s license number was “highly unusual” and that it is done only when the holder of the license can prove that someone is using the license number for illegal activities.

* Henry Hyde for dismissing adultery in his mid- 40's as a "youthful indiscretion".

* Bush catagorizing his alcohol/drug use as making "mistakes as a youth". He was 30 at the time of his DUI.

Exactly how long do these guys get to use "youth" as an excuse?