Republicans look utterly ashen this morning

[Neecy]

I love the smell of GOP meltdown in the morning....

The Republicans who have a brain - George Will, Bill Schneider - look completely gray and subdued today. Their entire governing policy is in tatters, everything they've advocated for a lifetime has been shown to be a complete failure. The no regulations, unfettered free market, tax slashing for the rich crowd know they've driven us straight into a ditch.

The Republican party is going to have to retool itself if it's going to survive. And they have nothing in reserve to offer the American people and they know it.

They aren't even beginning to defend McCain or his banjo-pickin sidekick today.

This is the fall of the Berlin wall for us, the end of the war. But what a shame they took us down with them.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. It's like getting a tumor cut out of you.

It's gonna hurt, it's gonna cost a lot, you couldn't afford the insurance, but you are gonna feel better eventually.

[CountAllVotes]

2. yeah maybe

as long as that tumor doesn't have tentacles and is cancerous. Is it? I'm beginning to think so after watching snake tongue Paulson on MTP!

:kick:

[adamuu]

21. wow. that was awesome. n/t

[Orsino]

49. And tumors are often ashen in color. n/t

[bdamomma]

66. maybe we should surgically remove this cancer.

[livelongandprosper]

3. Bill Schneider is a Republican? What's your source? n/t

[Neecy]

5. check his bio

He's been a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute - a right-wing think tank.

[Lex]

17. different guy

iirc

[Neecy]

19. nope

From his CNN bio:

He is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times, National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/schneider.bill.html

[Lex]

24. I was thinking of this Bill Schneider, who was a PNAC'er:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Schneider,_Jr.

[Neecy]

28. that's right

I think he's been (incorrectly) associated with PNAC. His conservative ties even without that are pretty solid - he's also been hooked up with the Hoover Institute. And he's been lookin' awfully downcast this morning, which normally I'd find hilarious.

[bronxiteforever]

4. It ain't over til November-Like Vampire Killers we must keep cross,stake,garlic and holy water ready

[OnionPatch]

10. Ain't that the truth.

They really are like the zombies who keep rising each time you think you've killed them.

[UpInArms]

39. more like a hydra with a zillion heads

keep the axe handy!

[bdamomma]

67. I would say cockroaches they remind me of.

[SharonAnn]

15. And after November, we'll have to keep the pressure on the President and Congress members.

They will soon forget, if we let them get sidetracked by the "sweet nothings" whispered in their ears by right-wing lobbyists.

[WhiteTara]

18. actually, it ain't over until

January 20, 2009. We can then start airing out the stench in our White House and clearing out the vermin in our Congress. Then we can set our holy tools down and pick our hammers and shovels (keeping our tools close at our sides even after that).

[IndyOp]

26. Reporting for duty!

I am sooooooo in agreement with you -- that it ain't over til November -- that I am on my way out the door to go register voters.

:patriot:

[bronxiteforever]

33. Thats the spirit!! A whole party of Van Helsings!

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Whatever you're seeing on the federal level, don't expect to find in the

lower tiers, where they derive their support. Those of us who live in red counties better brace ourselves, because I expect them to get downright ornery.

[mike_c]

7. the ones with conservative fiscal philosophies might be shaken...

...but I suspect the average republican, whether working class folk in a red state or from the monied leadership in Washington, is more of a fiscal ideologue than a philosopher. Those folks will either be reactionary and entrench their thinking more deeply than ever, or they'll be cynical and see even more opportunity for disaster capitalism.

[LaurenG]

8. They deserve every ashen bit of it.

They are greedy freaking monsters and they should be hanging their heads in shame. If they'd even act like they cared about what they've allowed to happen under their emperor I'd probably feel nicer toward them.

[marions ghost]

9. George Will

dissed McCain pretty good and was highly skeptical of the bailout.

But then George Will always looks ashen to me.

[nichomachus]

29. George Will is scum

When the GOP took over Congress in January of 1995, George Will wrote a column that said the Republicans should put all the money for AIDS and all the money for public broadcasting into the same pot and "then sit back and laugh while the liberals fight over it."

I would pay money for the privilege of leading George Will to the gallows.

[kenny blankenship]

36. don't start a bidding war!

Liberals have better things to fight over than who walks smug George up the steps to greet his public.

[CatWoman]

11. Neecy,

even Cokie Roberts got that smug ass look smacked off her face :)

[Neecy]

14. so true!

I should have added her to the ashen crowd, although I don't credit her with being smart enough to have been part of the GOP economic crowd. She's more of a willing water carrier.

But she did seem awfully quiet (for once) today...

[glitch]

16. That's amazing.

I thought her plastic surgeon had cast it for permanence.

[bread_and_roses]

23. You're kidding! Wish I'd seen that

My loathing for her may even exceed that which I have towards the other right-wing shills who pass themselves off as "commentators" and "analysts" at NPR in these latter days.

[CatWoman]

41. video up here

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/21/abc-panel-tears-into-mcca_n_128055.html

[kenny blankenship]

12. The Republican party is going to have to retool itself ... they have nothing in reserve

Well now, they always have racism--Negrophobia, Hispanophobia, Sinophobia,etc . I'm not sure if those are all words but you know what I mean. Plus they haven't even begun to bang the Anti-Semitism drum. They could do that. It's not like they don't know how. Ask any Muslim if the Republicans aren't the best sectarian strife inciters in the western hemisphere. They can hate on the far away Muslims, and they're mostly far, far away, why not also hate on the Jews? If that's not viable for some reason they can continue to demand the crucifixion of every hellbound Godless liberal Secular-Humanist in America. I haven't even mentioned their well known ability to incite hatred and division over homosexuality, but I probably don't need to say anything there. Oh, they're down right now to be sure, but they still have a bunch of tried and true strategies to divide the common people and keep them from taking control of their country's future.

[Warpy]

13. I've been smelling flop sweat since August, 2007

which is when institutional investors first started to look at their balance sheets and realize a large part of them was fiction.

They've been trying to paste it together until after the election.

They now realize that's impossible, and are just trying to prevent bank closures and the riots that will follow.

You bet they're grey and subdued. They know they failed. Again.

[Paladin]

20. And There's That Asshole Ben Stein On CBS.....

....moaning about how there should have been regulations in place to prevent all this---as if he and the rest of his right-wing pals haven't opposed regulations like a bunch of rabid skunks for decades. The hypocrisy is just breathtaking.....

[barbtries]

25. that's my word for it too

breathtaking. it really is.

[barbtries]

22. did they say it out loud?

any links? i don't have tv. on another thread i read that all the surrogates and hank paulson himself were all over the air waves working to put in the final nail with their bail out plan.

[mucifer]

27. I think they fear losing millions in the stock market more than they fear dems.

It's all about greed.

[MadHound]

30. A Pyhrric victory at best

Sure, we can point out how fucked up their policies were, but meanwhile our country will be going down the tubes. This bailout isn't the answer, it's simply a delaying action so that Bush will be out of office when the terminal crash occurs and 'Pugs will blame Obama for the mess if he's in office.

Meanwhile, while you and I will be out on the line for the soup kitchen, people like Will, Schneider and the other neocon punditry will be laughing it up, secure in the own positions as their wealth insulates them from the devastation the rest of us will have to deal with.

[dana_b]

51. you got it!! if they're going down, they're taking us with them. n/t

[dhpgetsit]

31. Democrats are complicit too.

There are many, many Dems who are brought to you by Wall Street and Big Money. Even though the Obama campaign is not funded primarily by corporate fat cats, they have representation in his organization.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/obama-economic.html

I hope he will be elected, but if and when he is we will need to keep the pressure on him to fairly represent the people who contributed so much to his campaign (you and me).

This struggle isn't going to be as easy as electing one president.

[Brewman_Jax]

32. Supply-side/trickle down economics had been denounced

years ago, well before Reagan, but it made for great theatrics and campaign material for the rethuglicans. It's finally come to a crashing end and they have nothing left, not even the smug looks on their lying faces.

[kenny blankenship]

35. It's vitally important for our country that the Democrats seize the moment

now to say OUT LOUD what everyone on some level finally understands or suspects: that the Republican's economic "philosophy" of winner-take-all and last man standing is dead wrong, ain't never been right, and will always lead to great wealth for a grabby few, broad prosperity for none, and dreadfully insecure cyclical conditions of feverish credit expansion, collapse, then dog-eat-dog panic for ALL.

[Brewman_Jax]

40. Absolutely right!

this economic darwinism and the fixed/faux "free" market the libertarians love to cite does nothing but help some, but will hurt all.

[Zenlitened]

34. "...everything they've advocated for a lifetime has been shown to be a complete failure."

That is a FACT, and don't let anybody tell ya otherwise!

:dem:

[20score]

37. K & R.

[Liberal_in_LA]

42. kick one more time. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

56. Nuddakick

:kick:

[20score]

64. One more kick from me. They'll be back in full lying form in no time.

That's their job.

[nichomachus]

38. Never count these bastards out -- until you've driven a stake through their hearts

During the Nixon and Regan funerals I waited for someone to have the presence of mind to drive a stake through their hearts. No one did. We're been paying for that ever since.

The Bush family has been escaping the consequences of their actions since 1934. If FDR had had the foresight to hang Prescott Bush and his co-conspirators as the traitors they were, the US would be a different place today.

[JohnyCanuck]

44. Here's a Youtube video of investigative Journalist John Buchanan

explaining how he found in the US national archives and the library of Congress papers and records documenting Prescott Bush's (Shrub's grand daddy) financial involvement with the German Nazis and his involvement in the plot to overthrow FDR and institute a fascist dictatorship in the US.

http://brasschecktv.com/page/263.html

[smoogatz]

43. You can drive out Satan with a pitchfork

But he always comes roaring back again. As long as there are large numbers of rubes in this country willing to consistently vote against their own evident economic self-interest, and as long as political influence can be bought for cash, junkets and hookers, the corporate ruling class will always have political power. American "conservatism" was never a real political philosophy; it has always been nothing but a wish-list for corporations and the very rich, with a bit of faux-populist tinsel and a bone or two thrown to the idiot religious nuts, without whom "conservatives" would never win an election.

[mdmc]

45. only one question remains

will the meltdown take both ruling political parties down or just the gop

[radfringe]

46. republican's recession - dubya's depression

mccain's mess, and we'll be the palin poor

[Bake]

47. Hey! You don't have to go insulting us banjo-pickers!!!

Palin could never play the banjo. It requires actual TALENT!! Something she has no trace of.

Bake
Banjo Picker, Dammit!!

[Recursion]

48. Let them go the way of the Whigs and Federalists nt

[ailsagirl]

50. I've noticed a definite pall over repub supporters since the RNC

Even at rallies, everyone looks as if they're either glum or really trying to look happy but not succeeding. As opposed to us... :bounce: :kick: :patriot:

[lunatica]

52. They're now experiencing what we did when Bush was selected

Remember how that knot felt as it tightened on that day when the Supreme Justices selected Bush, and how it got worse and worse as time went by? Remember the sinking feeling of nausea and the fear of what they were doing to the country became more and more evident? Remember the feeling of growing unease and the sharp pain in the pit of your stomach as we realized that the media was nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Executive Branch? And finally, remember the emotional blow of Bush 'winning' the second term? How many of us were so utterly depressed that it actually changed our lives?

That's what they are just beginning to feel with their new ashen faces. It's that sinking feeling that they're dreams are slipping away. They're dreams being complete control and wild wealth at the expense of the rest of humanity.

And they did it to themselves just as much as it being us fighting back.

[ailsagirl]

54. I never again want to experience that sinking feeling

that doomed feeling-- the anguish, the fear... and turns out we were fully justified in feeling that way. Things actually turned out to be far, far, far worse than we ever could have imagined. I'm on eggshells until bushco leaves the WH. You never know what they'll pull next.

:scared:

[samsingh]

53. repug philosophy is proven to be dead

how dare they ever speak of small government, government bailouts, socialized medicine.

this bailout is socialised capitalism.


my disgust for repugs knows no bounds.

[ailsagirl]

55. I'd like to believe that by why the hell are the polls so close???

There seems to be a conflict between what you hear (news, DU, etc.) and what you see (polls, electoral votes). From looking at the numbers, it appears McPain is doing just fine.

:shrug:

[samsingh]

57. the fundamentals of repug. philosphy have been disproven

the average right wing voter probably doesn't get it. they will feebly cheer their incompetant leaders when they say they want to see accountability and small government - not seeing the grubby repug hands grabbing money from the taxpayer to account for their massive mistakes.

like i've been saying: repugs are disgusting, stupid, unAmerican, assholes.

[ailsagirl]

60. It's just bizarre that they are so cultish-- never question the neocons

at the top-- just blindly going along with what they're told to do. Like they're programmed. Their stupidity staggers me. :wtf:

[MasonJar]

58. Actually the small segment shown on DU from George Will this

morning sounded as if Will were about ready to endorse Obama...the age "thing" even came up. Even the snide one Corkie had to admit that Obama had better advisors.

[yellowcanine]

59. Hannity still believes. He was crowing about the stock market being up for the week on Friday.

Dumb fuck has no idea what has happened.

[ailsagirl]

61. No-- dumb CLUCK!! LOL

[screembloodymurder]

62. If George Will was a man, he'd slit his own throat.

Let him burn in Hell.

[Naturyl]

63. Miserable failure.

Repuke philosophy has been tried and it has failed.

Let's start saying it the same way they say it about socialism.

Tried and failed. Tried and failed. Tried and failed. Start repeating it.

[Kablooie]

65. Maybe Democrats won't have to put Bush on trial. The Republicans will tear him to bits themselves.

[bdamomma]

68. let them eat their own.

nice picture.

[pleah]

69. They can't defend McCrazy, because they and

McCrazy are responsible for the deregulation fiasco. How can they defend someone that was one of the biggest ducks in the puddle?