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bluegal on Friday, May 16th, 2008 at 8:30 PM - PDT
USA Today: Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who runs the committee tasked with helping elect Republicans to Congress, said Tuesday’s defeat in Mississippi — after losing GOP seats in other special elections in Illinois and Louisiana — was evidence that “a large section of the American people doesn’t have confidence in the Republican Party.” …He said, “When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?”
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We The People-First!
Speaking of the Neanderthal Party, Here’s the Loud Sound that Huckabee Really Heard.
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1832
in the case of the gop their product/organization
SUCKS THE BIG ONE……….HARD
Yes. There is something wrong with the Republican Product. It is all sizzle and no steak. You can hire geniuses to market it but once a customer buys it disapointment and anger soon follow.
Time to high tail it out of town, boys. You have been found out and the populace is ready tar and feather you.
Do you know the way to Du Bai?
What is their new Motto?
“the Change you deserve”….that might turn out to be prophetic …
many is the time i have been in the market for an idiot, darth, a turd blossom, and 30 liars….. but these days…… not-so-much
No fair comparing the Republican party to the Edsel. The Edsel actually did what it claimed it would do. Nobody was forced to accept Edsel policies if they didn’t want an Edsel. The Edsel never called you un-American if you didn’t choose the Edsel brand. The Edsel never started a needless war of aggression. The Edsel never violated your constitutional rights.
“When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?”
No, nothing wrong at all. Please keep blaming Bill Clinton for all your failures at least through the next election cycle.
The Edsell was actually a pretty nice car….and a nice ride….believe it or not …( yeah- my granmom had one….which she kept hidden because everyone laughed at it)….there has been nothing about the past 8 years of Repug Regime Rule that has been a smooth ride….
I think a more appropriate vehicle might have been a 1960’s Jaguar. Nice to look at and fun to drive. When it worked. Parts hard to find, mechanics few and far between. But it looked nice in your driveway.
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 4:
Cheney does. Isn’t that where Halliburton went to escape the taxes on the loot from all those no-bid contracts?
Re: He said, “When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?”
Yes, and apparently you haven’t given a damn for all these years.
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 9:
I think a more appropriate vehicle might have been some broken, piece-of-shit, about-to-explode Pinto that a used car salesman browbeat some poor customer into buying using every trick in the book, including bait-and-switch, puffery and outright lies about road safety hazards from which the model couldn’t protect us anyway.
China can’t get a break. Apparently, they learned how to deal with emergencies from Mike Brown. The Saudis flip off Bush. Alabama sheriffs take advantage of a law meant to feed prisoners. And on the positive, a touching
Olympic story.
I don’t much think the Republican brand we’ve endured for the past seven years is the Edsel.
But I do think John McSame is. He’s promising something maverick, something new, slick and exciting. When it’s revealed, though, but for some tacky decorations, it’s the same old shit as everything else. That was the Edsel.
I would agree, Karen except that their big sell is to make people think they are going to be rich and if they become rich they have to be sure to stick it to the poor so they can become more rich. All that happened is they conned a lot of people who became poor making the Republicans rich.
WC @ 11:
Yeah, isn’t it amazing!? After these three elections — these three recent ones in a few Congressional districts — some of them think, “You mean, it’s not our marketing? The people actually don’t like poverty, lost jobs and endless wars?”
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution Says
The last game I attended at Memorial Stadium was a CFL game. I have a shot of the 55 yard line to remember it by. I like the new Oriole Park at Camden Yards because of the proximity to Harborplace and have been to several games there.
Did you ever stop in that bar on the NW corner of Johnnycake and Old Frederick? The building looked like an old gas station if I recall correctly.
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 15:
A very shiny, nicely-painted, piece-of-shit, about-to-explode Pinto, then?
CANNES, France - Michael Moore said new film would cover topics so “toxic” he probably should not make it. “It’s something I shouldn’t make, something that is dangerous,” he said [in regards to his follow up effort to Fahrenheit 9/11].
“Our biggest enemy that we should have been afraid of during these last eight years was perhaps an internal one, and I don’t mean ourselves,” Moore said. “I mean people that were up to absolutely no good when it came to what was best for this country and best for the world.
“I think there should be a perp-walk coming out of the West Wing. The crimes that these people have committed go far beyond — and I’m not saying it on any kind of an emotional level or what my feelings are about Bush or whatever. I think there are very specific things that need to be looked at in terms of what they’ve done.”
“What I’m going to say in this film is what probably 70 percent of them (audiences) don’t want to hear,” Moore said.
Associated Press Interview ~ http://www.michaelmoore.com/wo.....p?id=11503
Reuters Interview ~ http://www.michaelmoore.com/wo.....p?id=11505
The sound quality on this video is pretty bad, but this is the Howard Dean I remember supporting throughout 2002, 03, and 04, before the media made an enthusiastic “Yee-hah!” into the most important issue in the world.
Karen @ 16:
WalMart shoppers might tell you differently, but not everyone shops at WalMart.
I feel like reposting this:
Republican Version of the Pledge:
I pledge allegiance to Jesus Christ and the Republican States of America. For that is the nation for which he should stand; one people, exclusive of others, ‘cuz liberty’s all for just us.
Karen @ 18:
How bout a Corvair Monza? A cheep imitation of a VW!
xoites (One White Vote for Obama) defends Constitution @ 15:
And actually, I’m not so sure that’s their big sell.
I think their real sell to Americans is: “You’ve got it made. No country on Earth has it so good. Everything you have is all you possibly can have. But there are people who want to take it all away from you — Socialists, Terrorists, Democrats — and if you elect us, we’ll stop them, so that you can continue living as you do.”
They’ve never really changed that throughout the so called Conservative Movement that has culminated in George W. Bush. The problem is, things are getting so bad, that people aren’t buying that pitch anymore.
At this point, the real slogan on the minds of Republicans appears to be, “Vote us back in, for we have not yet reached our nadir.“
Oh, this is great! The actual scream-laden conversation Bull O’Really? had with his producer.
Paul’s Bunions @ 23:
that car is a classic!
“Is there something wrong with the product?” YA THINK AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT YOU STUPID MORON! The ‘product’ is a total disaster for America. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA
This was their pledge, a la Gingrich! It’s still on record. Remember they voted on it!
CoIntelPro against Repug DoucheBaggery @ 29:
FIFY
:P
Someone needs to arrest Oliver North. Now.
If anyone saw Hannity and Colmes, he made a very instigating aside which I do not want to repeat but it was quite similar to Huckabee’s “joke”, only it’s intentions were thinly veiled, if at all. Quite scary. I don’t know who/where else to tell this, but hopeful John or Nicole or one of the other posters here could let the proper people know so we can put North behind bars before he can do any more harm.
Did anyone catch the news that Saudi Arabia again thumbed its nose at Bush’s request (2nd one this year) for more oil?
Also noteworthy was the announcement in the news about the administration’s decision to halt oil deposits into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after initially refusing.
In honor of Bush’s decision, I have assembled a little journey down memory lane. Enjoy!
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2008:
Bush halts deposits into the SPR. Bush had opposed halting the shipments, arguing that such a relatively small amount of oil would not influence prices.
2006:
President Bush…said he has directed the Energy Department to suspend deposits to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the summer — to boost oil supply over the short term. By deferring deposits until the fall, he said, “we’ll leave a little more oil on the market. Every little bit helps.” Link
2004:
Despite urges from others, incl. John Kerry, Bush refuses to halt deposits. In May 2004, President Bush told reporters at the White House, “We will not play politics with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He added that the SPR exists “in case of major disruptions of energy supply,” and stopping deposits or dipping into the reserve would put the U.S. “in a worse position” in the war on terror. Link
Let’s see what Scott McClellan said at the time:
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday the administration opposed using supplies from the reserve because independent analysts have concluded the impact on prices would be minor and that it is important to have necessary resources in case of a severe disruption in supplies. Link
2000:
In September 2000, then-Gov. George W. Bush criticized President Clinton for proposing to use the strategic oil reserve in response to high prices:
Link
That O’Really parody video seems very realistic to me. I guess that it’s debatable about whether that’s a good or a bad thing for a parody. :-)
its amazing that the madison avenue consumer mindset is such a fundamental part of a political party, or a government for that matter.
Here the republicans are questioning their “Brand”, meanwhile their madison avenue croneys are marketing and changing the image of America and its armed forces to citizens as if its the next best thing to a work study program.
They’ve changed the name of soldier citizens to warrior citizens (WTF does that mean…”Warriors come out to play yay?”)
somehow consumer capitalism, with all the advertising scams from folks like Darren from Bewitch, is as embedded in this Military industrial complex administration like a tick in the nether regions of some mongrel,
Lockheed martin comes to mind…
Didn’t it start (at least in this modern era) with “G” (uh oh, now he’s coming after me for calling him “G”)? I recall that he talked about how to best target ATF agents.
Test.
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Thanks for the YouTube on the Edsel…looks just like the one in my garage.
obama smacks down both bush & mccain, the house rejects war funding, conyers says he’s about to arrest rove, huckabee eliminates himself from any veep consideration, and the neocons lose their third straight special election.
yeah, i’d say we’re about 0:28 into the overture…
hang on to your hats, pardners, it’s gonna be a heckuva show…
okay are you still trying to figure out which car ? how about a YUGO? or a GMC Pacer? or a Pinto? or a Vega Hatchback ?
bullfrog @ 37:
“Judgement Day is coming…they might not like what it’s gonna say…judgement day is coming…the holy hypocrites are gonna pay…”
–Wackiavelli
The fact that they look at it as a product and not providing political representation is a start. Arrogant expletive-heads.
A most disgusting this what is going on, is the historical treason on Chamberlain.
This guy was trying to prevent WW2.
With his Hitler “deal”, he knew that the UK, who was only 1 generation away from WW1, would have to fight the Germans again, in case the deal would be broken.
Nobody wanted war at that time. Hell, even most Germans didn’t want an other war.
It were the Nazis who wanted war above all. And their bankers who would benefit from it. People like grandpa Bush.
Hey!!
The Edsel ran on $0.15 a gallon gas!
Not like today’s cars !!
The country is heading in the right path, that is, the left path. That said, not only should Dems unite for the election but we all need to unite to keep each other safe as well, both our health and liberty.
We are starting to see it now, but these neo-con war-pigs are getting more and more desperate. Like a cornered rabid animal this is when they might be the most dangerous. The will not go quietly, but we must make sure that as they go, they shall do no more harm home and abroad.
Stan “Bitter Hussein” Rosenthal @ 32:
Hee hee. And for another fake-out………..
FUX News sometimes trashes Democrats by trotting out a pseudoscience peddler it calls a “body language expert” to note all the scary mannerisms of Obama, Clinton, or whoever the victim of the day is. With the O’Really? video, Olbermann spoofs the tactic.
Dear Friend,
Over the next several days, Senator Jim Webb will appear on a number of TV and radio programs discussing the critical issues facing our nation.
Sunday, May 18: Meet the Press (NBC)
Monday, May 19: CBS Early Morning
Monday, May 19: Fresh Air (NPR)
Monday, May 19: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Tuesday, May 20: Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)