Republicans who were hoping to make votes in favor of health care a defining line of attack in the midterm elections are finding that votes in favor of TARP are proving much more effective — which is unfortunate for them, because many of them voted for it. Still, it’s a healthy sign when citizens question even the consensus legislation that emerges from the political elite, right? “People would walk by my booth and say ‘TARP, TARP, TARP, TARP!’ But when you tried to talk to them about it, they did not know any of the details. They confused TARP and the stimulus plan. They confused TARP and the omnibus bill. They confused TARP and the president’s budget.” Uhhh. [NYT]- Even so, Robert Gibbs is all like “Oh, no, we’re totally going lose control of the House in the midterms, probably, unless you lazy whiny liberals buck up.” [NYDN]
- The White House has assured everyone that the new director of Medicare and Medicaid will not bring a British-style health care system to the U.S., not least because he has absolutely no power to do anything remotely like that. [Fox]
- This finanical regulation bill is totally going to pass any day now! Speaking to a crowd waiting to see President Obama in Las Vegas, a fired-up Harry Reid showed the sort of rhetorical skill that has made him beloved to all, proclaiming, “We’re going to finish that conference report!” [NYT]
- The Democrats lost badly in the midterm elections, but the administration insisted that it would press forward with its agenda. A news item from the future … or from Japan? Eh, same difference, right? Have you seen their cell phones? [BBC]
IT'S MORNING IN AMERICA
July 12, 2010
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If you re-arrange the letters in TARP it spells TRAP. Libruls wanna TRAP our childrens in debt. Debt is slavery for white people–just like the tanning tax. Nobama is making white people into slaves.
I’m disgusted with us as well. Only in this stupid country would voting for a recovery act or reforming healthcare and a criminal banking system be used AGAINST you.
[re=615187]freakishlystrong[/re]:
And that is why US Americuh can’t have nice things.
The thought of Boehner being house leader makes my skin puke. Gibbs knows Boehner has this effect on liberals and is trying to scare them into voting. It just might work.
I so hate me.
Speaker Boner could be fun; after all, we haven’t had a functioning alcoholic in such a high position (who hadn’t at least supposedly given the bottle up) since Nixon. Think of the possibilities if he shows up to work drunk.
[re=615189]Hopey dont play that game[/re]: What is so bad about the tanning tax?
It prevents white people from becoming coloured people.
[re=615191]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: Well then, it’s totally awesome that the Democrats have been screaming about what a prick Boehner is since January. Every time I turn on MSNBC, or read the NYT or the Washington Post, there’s a quote from a Democrat along the lines of, “A John Boehner-led House will drag this country back to the stone age.” And half the time they pronounce it “boner,” just to annoy that asshole.
What? This isn’t opposite day? Never mind then. We’re screwed.
The people are revolting!
TARP
Teatarders
Are
Republican
Psilocybin
Economic halucinogenics for knuckleheads
[re=615193]JMP[/re]: And just what function does he fill, exactly?
I’ll be voting. Not my fault there are so many idiots willing to let the crazies who blew the country back in charge.
American want jobs. But they don’t want their representatives doing anything to create them. Cause if they do, they will get all pissed off and vote against them for adding to the national debt. Of course they don’t actually care about the deficit, they care about jobs. Which won’t be coming because Americans will vote out anyone who adds to the deficit.
Yeah, it’s pretty disgusting.
How do you say “Karma is a bitch” in Afrikaans?
[re=615199]weejee[/re]: Why do the repukes get good drugs?
No need to kick up a fuss Josh, I’ll have your TARP. I love it! I’m having TARP, TARP, TARP, TARP, TARP, TARP, Baked Beans, TARP, TARP, TARP and TARP!
Can I have the the TARP eggs sausage and TARP without the TARP?
[re=615215]Manos: Hands of Fate[/re]: Our representatives are supposed to wave their magic wands and create more money and more jobs and save the defaulted mortgages but without adding national debt or inflation or turning us into a nazicommiesocialist place. Hey, Harry Potter could fly and Jesus did miracles – if we had good KRISTIUN leaders, they could turn water into wine too!
[re=615210]MarieDeGournay[/re]: They blew the country? Hell, it couldn’t've been that good if I didn’t notice it.
Mark your calendars: today, July twelth, two thousand and ten, Ross Douthat published an op-ed column in the New York Times with which I, Snideinplainsight, largely agree.
Weird, huh?
[re=615193]JMP[/re]:
we haven’t had a functioning alcoholic in such a high position (who hadn’t at least supposedly given the bottle up) since Nixon.
Were you asleep during the glorious days of Tip O’Neill?
[re=615253]user-of-owls[/re]: Tip O’Neill? Have you forgotten GWB already? Lord knows I’ve tried to. The photos of him drunkenly groping volleyball players at the Olympics?
[re=615199]weejee[/re]: Heh. You said “Republican Psilocybin.” That rhymes.
[re=615198]Prommie[/re]: Oh, don’t be so hard on yourself.
[re=615253]user-of-owls[/re]: I wouldn’t put it past Denny Hastert to be a raging alky either — I’m sure he could enable his colleagues’ pedophilia just as easily drunk as sober.
[re=615221]x111e7thst[/re]: not all highs are good highs
It’s the story of America:
Once upon a time, people were stupid.
They still are.
The End.
[re=615277]SayItWithWookies[/re]: The foul Hastert the Bastert has lost about 9 of his former selves , have you seen him lately? He is a trim ugly fuck now.
I’m pretty disgusted, too. Democrats have about as much spine as a Palin Hookworm.
(FINALLY found a way to work that into conversation!)
PS. I won’t link it (NSFW), but have you seen the hookworm colonoscopy on YouTube? Now THAT’s disgusting!
[re=615184]Hopey dont play that game[/re]: If you reverse it, you get “PRAT”, which is, I believe, Tim Geithner’s Secret Service code name.
[re=615184]Hopey dont play that game[/re]: I thought for a second you said “Nobama is making white people into salves”, like to rub into our open wounds ’cause we can’t afford health insurance and the ERs are full. I don’t think he can do that, any more than the CMS administrator can give us a National Health Service, but it made me think for a second.
“SOYLENT HEALTHCARE IS PEOPLE!!”
It’s been really frusterating to see Dems (especially in the Senate) not get the things done they said they were going to do during the campaign.
What Gibbs did say on Sunday is that they haven’t been forcefull enough on their message, and he’s right. That’s why Obama has been out there more recently touting what the stimulous has done. Hopefully this is a good start.
I underestimated the stupidity of the American voter. Who knew that by repeating the phrase “Kenyan Socialist” enough times would actually provide the Republiklans an opportunity in November? You would have thought that the last 30 years of fiscal malfeasance would have been enough to convince the American public to not vote against their best interests.
Don’t get me started… I work for a Very Large Bank in loss mitigation, and if I had a dime for every complaint I see that starts off “Taxpayers gave you TARP money now change my $600K loan into $700/month payments WHARGARRRBLE!” First, the program you want is HAMP, not TARP and second, you don’t qualify because your payments are $4800/month and you make $1500. Good day, sir!
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