All Posts Tagged With: "Republican"
How to Lose a Political Majority in Ten Months
This past decade should have taught the politicians in Washington D. C. a thing or two about how to lose a majority in Congress. The shenanigans on the hill are just not well tolerated by the voting public. Each of the two dominant political parties have won and lost majorities by foolish political wrangling. Did [...]
15Feb2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
Political Party Custom and Nature
World War Two in Europe was winding down. There was talk of an armistice – a mutually agreeable peace treaty. The allies, Soviet, English, and American, called for an unconditional surrender – there would be no armistice. Some criticized ‘unconditional’ as too severe. These terms seem to apply to the current atmosphere in Washington D. [...]
13Feb2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
Arlen Spector Switches Political Parties
Senator Arlen Spector, a long time Republican from Pennsylvania, is reported to be poised to switch political parties. Senator Spector has always been his own man, not necessarily following party lines. (Don’t we all wish there were more of these types of politicians). The powerful punch of this news rests in the power structure of [...]
28Apr2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Bonuses for Republican Big Bosses
AIG – yesterday’s poster child for successful business – today’s poster child for greed, corruption, and righteous indignation. The AIG big whigs are getting big bonuses, paid for by you and me, taxpayers. So here is the question – how do you think these folks voted last November? Did they vote for Mr. Deregulation John McCain, or the upstart Barrack Obama? Are they Republicans or Democrats?
17Mar2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 6 comments | Continued
Conservative Hypocracy on Earmarks
The Fireside Post has been criticized in the past for supporting President Obama. The criticism often points to conservative railing points – most notably congressional earmarks in budget bills. The last assault noted the study of the sex habits of some obscure creature in South America. Of course, this was an exaggeration intended to discredit any argument for the President. But the tables have been turned today.
11Mar2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?
So many people are unclear today about what it means to be liberal and conservative, democrat or republican, Methodist or Episcopalian. I think it would be a good idea to examine these things and to make conscious decisions and form intentional and reasonable conclusions about current events, rather than subscribe to an ideology or system of beliefs because our parents did, because the media is in an uproar, or because of the all-to-common cult of personality.
16Feb2009 | bryan | 5 comments | Continued
Lincoln and Obama, Saving the Union
What is President Obama really saying about the economic stimulus package before Congress. Here is what I heard, “It is of the right scope, and addresses the right issues.” What does he mean by that? Does he agree with all of the details of the package?
When Abraham Lincoln faced the Ciivil War, the most threatening [...]
Identity Confusion
Who am I? Sounds like something Descartes might have asked – but I am not nearly so complex a creature as Descartes. There are a few things that are certain. I know I am a father and a grandfather. But those are mere biological truths (I defer here to Descartes). But the ideal of world politics, of a world community, of being an active participant in my world – leaves me a bit confused. I am just trying to figure out if I am liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. It seems to me that the question is most often defined in terms of economics – and sometimes in terms of culture.
2Feb2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Packed With Pork – Economic Stimulus in Perspective
One might think that the Republicans have been on the ropes for about twenty years – judging merely from the whining coming out of Congress. That Republican Congressman Boehner talks like he and his biddies have been the standard bearers for fiscal moderation for many years. Boehner and his cohorts are claim the economic stimulus package proposed by President Obama is packed with pork.
26Jan2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Palin as Paris Hilton Celebrity
Sarah Palin is continuing to drag down the Republican Party. The other Republican Governors know this – but they cannot openly say so. When Palin talks she sounds less oriented than a wild and crazy Paris HIlton. At least Paris HIlton knows she is just a celebrity – she knows she is not taken seriously. [...]
13Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 6 comments | Continued
David Brooks Admits Defeat, For Now
By David Brooks
As the election came to a close, I wrote a story about the dismal aftermath for the GOP: A leaderless party, a battered brand, an issue set that seems outmoded, an abandonment of bedrock principles, etc. The list goes on, and depending on which Republican you are talking to rather varied. On one [...]
The Early Word: A Party Asks, ‘What Now?’
By Michael Falcone
Updated It’s been a difficult week for the Republican Party, whose leaders have had to contend not only with defeat in the presidential election but also in key House and Senate races as they watch the public transfer of power to President-elect Barack Obama.
Today The Times’s Adam Nagourney reports on the [...]
Joe You-Know-Who Gets a Manager
By Larry Rohter
If he gets his way, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” plans to enjoy a lot more than just 15 minutes of fame. Two weeks after emerging as the Republican Party’s favorite proxy for the American working man, Mr. Wurzelbacher has signed a management deal meant to keep [...]
Republicans, Intellectual or Joe Six-Pack
Is there something wrong with being intellectual? There was a time when Republicans were proud of their position on advancing education, proud of elite education, proud that America offered educational opportunities to all. But something has gone wrong. The Republicans of the past thirty years have discredited thier greatest strength – the opportunity of America.
The [...]
Lincoln’s Rhetorical Flourishes, Shame on McCain/Palin
The idea of responding to Sarh Palin is contemptible. Responding to McCain is bad enough. But McCain has put the country in this position – and respond we must. The latest attack by Palin is to suggest in a demeaning manner that Barack Obama “… knows something about rhetorical flourishes.”
Be whatever you want, Sarah Palin [...]
McCain Likes A Surge – He Should Try One
John McCain’s Camp is being raided by insurgents. His allies have gone home to take care of their own business. The terror of liberalism is reconstituting in the Red States. Border skirmishes are being lost to the ground game of the Obama Camp. McCain needs to call his buddy General David Patraeus.
General Patraeus is pretty [...]
McCain is Mean Spirited – Slams Congressman Lewis
Congressman John Lewis has condemned the McCain Campaign for ‘…sowing the seeds of hate and division..” and he mentioned the segregationist Governor George Wallace. John Lewis is characterized as a ‘measured man’ – careful with his language… There are few men in Congress as respected as John Lewis.
This writer believes that John McCain has [...]
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White is 'almost' the best because one cannot be the best until the sport is more than four Olympics old. 
Interesting post.
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Think you have Patrick Henry confused with Nathan Hale.
Thank You Joe - you are correct. The post has been ...