Rick Santorum is, once again, showing the true colors of the GOP.
anybody catch him on ABC’s “This Week” yesterday?
he said (not a direct quote) that most women work because they are greedy, not needy. they should stay at home. they only work because of the radical feminist movement…lol. they just care about money, not their kids.
he must think single mothers bring the stress upon themselves. they should stay in rotten marraiges and tough it out…lol
this is the same idiot that who previously condemned the use of ALL contraception and compared abortion to slavery…LMAO. the priest abuse in the catholic church is a result of liberal politicians…i could go on and on.
this would be much funnier if it was an oddity coming out of the Republican leadership. every time that one of the leaders of the party pulls his head out of the sand, he manages to jam it firmly up his ass…lol
Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo told a radio show host that the U.S. could “take out” Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons. He made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM.
Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.
Tancredo has presidential aspirations. Compared to the current U.S. president, however, Tancredo is pretty mild stuff – so far as we know he has never acted on any of the loony things he’s said.
[quote=“mofangongren”]The Dems moved over into the center of American politics, or did you miss the 1990s somehow? [/quote]The only thing the Demo party did in the '90’s was give the fringe elements more power than anyone could have expected.They showed the country (USA) exactly what can happen when the fringe element wacko’s gain a voice. They basically destroyed the traditional Demo party - See comments by Zell Miller for a quick read on this. The Demo party is in a shambles at this point. It will be quite a while until it reforms and regroups into an effective unity. Much the same as the Republican party during the 90’s.
[quote=“mofangongren”]Santorum seems like an interesting guy, don’t you think? [/quote]Honestly I do not have enough depth on Sen Santorum to comment. If I have the chance I will get some background on him.
Sounds awfully like the current administration, actually.[/quote]tetsuo -
I can see how this interpretation might serve the wants of some groups. I wil be among the first to express my great dissatisfaction with several of the actions of the current admin. The total shambles of illegal invaders across the porous borders - both northern & southern. The atrocious non-action in enforcement of laws on the books regarding these illegal invaders. The absolute rat-hole spending on “education” and its failed policies. The continued policy of “appeasement” towards hostile countries in trade practices…etc.
This has focused criticism on the policies of this admin.
Still, it is my and others belief that at this time the Repulican party is the stronger of the two. At the local levels Demo’s are feeling the heat and losing office. This is exteding up thru the county, state levels to strengthen its position through-out the nation. Look at the Senate and COngress - Repulican. G.W. Bush was soundly re-elected. For 2008 I predict another Republican win. And at this time my money is riding on Sec. State Condi Rice to win.
Both sides of the aisle have their crackpots that the other side likes to hold up and say, “See. This is the way they are. Aren’t they stupid?”
Tetsuo, did you forget your signature? The one about fking Democrats and fking Republicans?
I agree - it seems quite clear that at the moment the Republicans are the stronger of the two. But that’s a different issue entirely. Just because they’re stronger doesn’t mean they haven’t given total whackjobs power or influence. The increased pandering to the fundamentalist Christians, for a start. (Note that I’m not saying OMG EVIL CHRISTIANS, before someone - although not likely you TC - says that.) Ashcroft and the like too. The Democrats may well have had their turn at doing the same - I can’t speak to that point, having been barely even a teenager when Clinton was elected - but that shouldn’t give their successors immunity.
That said, I do believe that in any given democratic government, odds are strong that it’s only the real nutters that are going to get attention anyway. With the media’s bias toward the sensational it’s pretty much inevitable that the sane, rational politicians, both in power and in opposition, are going to be ignored and overlooked by and large.
I saw Santorum interviewed two different times throughout the week last week. The first was with Bill O’riely and the second was with Tim Russert. In both cases, the interview was about an article Santorum wrote a few years ago claiming that democrats and their liberal views (particulary in the Boston area) are responsible for the Catholic Church’s child abuse sex scandal.
Tim Russert basically made him look like fool --he got him to admit that Boston democrats couldn’t possibly be responsible for these priests
How about the guys on 9/11? I’m sure they did not accurately fill out their visa application forms. More seriously, the porous border is a serious problem in that all sorts of terrorists could come right in. I’m sure there are Muslim extremists who could pass for Mexican given the right clothes and circumstances. Security for the United States is often about the fundamentals.
Absolutely! This is both a matter of dealing honestly with the economic fact that many of our fruit and produce industries need to have legitimate migrant labor to do jobs that American citizens are unwilling to do at feasible rates while also ensuring that our borders are a bit more secure. At least we’ll know the guys crossing in the middle of the night think that they’re badasses.
I agree about education. If our kids could actually find the U.S. on a map, perhaps we wouldn’t have to worry so much about the growing trade deficit. By the time these little geniuses graduate with their useless degrees, we’ll all be stuck kissing tons of Chinese butt.
Between the two parties, I think the GOP has sold out its values for a hodge-podge of things that don’t resonate or sit well with average Americans. Sure, Bush squeaked out a win in the 2004 elections based on the basic “Wag the Dog”-ish fear of “not wanting to change horses in mid-stream”, but his ratings and credibility appear to be largely shot with the people by now. The Social Security fiasco, the Schiavo “crisis” and even the current Rove treasongate simply don’t reassure the American people that the GOP has their interests at heart.
I would like to see a viable third party that stays in the middle. Let the Republicans go right and the Democrats go left. I usually vote for unaffiliated candidates just out of revulsion for the two main partys.
[quote=“Hondu Grease”]do you honestly think a black woman has a snowballs chance in hell being nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency???
I’ve heard it all…[/quote]
If you don’t think she does, then you are woefully ignorant.
Now, she may not want the nomination, but, that’s a different matter.
Yeah, but they’d never let a lesbian be president in the US. Come on. Get with the program people.
“As for you, black Condoleezza Rice, swallow your tongue, remember your origins and stop talking about liberation and freedom. Have you not been taught by your cowboy masters that ‘slaves’ cannot liberate themselves, that they are not capable to capture the large Islamic world whose cultural roots are planted in the depths of history. The slaves who are happy with their enslavement, O Condoleezza, will continue to be enslaved. They will never be free and will never free others.”
[quote=“Hondu Grease”]do you honestly think a black woman has a snowballs chance in hell being nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency???
I’ve heard it all…[/quote]
Yes, I do- just not a black woman (or anyone else for that matter) who is pro-choice. While the American people at large favour Roe v. Wade, the primaries are all about the turnout of the base; there is no way that the fundamentalist Right is going to support anyone who is not staunchly anti-abortion.
I think a black woman would also likely have significant problems with the parts of the Republican party that are in the same boat with Hal Turner and David Duke.
Who seem to be busy supporting the leftist fringe that Cindy and her move on org are part of.
I would vote for Colin Powell for president but even more I would support Condi Rice for president. My understanding is that she doesn’t want to run but I would love to see her serve as president.
