tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5910951702515259215..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73041839322253993822012-09-17T16:23:43.407-04:002012-09-17T16:23:43.407-04:00D'OH!D'OH!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47261306238843688232012-09-17T13:17:19.766-04:002012-09-17T13:17:19.766-04:00You can make something bold -- just put b in angle...You can make something bold -- just put b in angle brackets at the start and /b in angle brackets at the end.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-82741953238222892372012-09-17T12:27:57.443-04:002012-09-17T12:27:57.443-04:00Philo,
I wasn't yelling.
I can't "bo...Philo,<br />I wasn't yelling.<br /><br />I can't "bold" here, so I chose to capitalize instead.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81007801069312465812012-09-17T11:33:39.932-04:002012-09-17T11:33:39.932-04:00Yes, and today is Monday.
Not worth yelling, thou...Yes, and today is Monday.<br /><br />Not worth yelling, though.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-8327086179946480032012-09-17T11:09:32.580-04:002012-09-17T11:09:32.580-04:00Philo,
Democrats have a tough time aiming at the w...Philo,<br />Democrats have a tough time aiming at the whole working class precisely because the Republicans have divided that class with race, gender, and sexual orientation - along with religion.<br /><br />THAT is 'what's the matter with Kansas.'Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-2961658548834536732012-09-17T11:04:19.166-04:002012-09-17T11:04:19.166-04:00Indeed, they are part of every class, as are white...Indeed, they are part of every class, as are white people.<br /><br />But if you want to aim at the working class then you aim at the working class, not at a race, a gender, or a sexual orientation.<br />Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-36354626322642601132012-09-17T10:26:35.075-04:002012-09-17T10:26:35.075-04:00Philo - women, brown people, and gays are also par...Philo - women, brown people, and gays are also part of "working people, or so-called middle class people, or the ordinary folks of America." The Repubs are running on a platform of appealing to older white men - vote for us and things will be like they were in the 50s, with white men indisputably in charge! But we're not going back there.Rugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-88066708932347534242012-09-17T08:47:12.475-04:002012-09-17T08:47:12.475-04:00Philo,
The Republicans always have to hide what th...Philo,<br />The Republicans always have to hide what they want to do to workers and the middle class - see: "Compassionate Conservative" George W. Bush, who was plenty Conservative, but didn't have much, if any, compassion.<br /><br />That, and they used wedge issues, like race, feminism, gay and immigrant rights.<br /><br />They run on hate, fear, and queer - or, as candidate Obama said, "God, gays, and guns."<br /><br />I few weeks ago, Romney and Ryans plan was explained to some voters, and they didn't believe it - no one could be that cruel and stupid, and hope to win an election.<br /><br />What do you do if, when people find out what your plans really are?<br />You obfuscate, and point fingers..<br /><br />And now that they're falling further and further behind, they will get increasingly more desperate. <br />I expect the next 7 weeks to be among the dirtiest in American political history.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37658448910383462572012-09-17T08:05:40.812-04:002012-09-17T08:05:40.812-04:00Victor, I note you did not cite working people, or...Victor, I note you did not cite working people, or so-called middle class people, or the ordinary folks of America on your list of those the GOP will have to try to appeal to.<br /><br />So, you think they can keep their vicious neoliberalism but have to get rid of their socion side?<br /><br />As if they could stand a chance as sheer libertarians with a neocon foreign policy and a "drugs and sex and rock 'n roll" plank in the platform?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-87089682136385202532012-09-17T06:14:10.853-04:002012-09-17T06:14:10.853-04:00There's no denying that The Village is skewed ...There's no denying that The Village is skewed towards Republicans.<br /><br />And Republicans still remain brilliant at keeping it skewed that way.<br /><br />Just look at the way they've whined away the last 3 weeks, bitching about the "Liberal Media."<br /><br />Their ideas suck, they scare the living sh*t out of most people when they're factually explained, Mitt is a terrible candidate, and both he an Ryan are sociopaths - and it's ALL the fault of the MSM?<br /><br />We have to hope that enough of our fellow citizens don't fall for them in the next few elections. <br /><br />Somewhere in the next few elections, the demographics will force them to either start to try to appeal to women, brown people, and gays, or go down in flames with their old white male voters.<br /><br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89497286361823214142012-09-17T00:59:05.036-04:002012-09-17T00:59:05.036-04:00I think you're dead on about this. If the old ...I think you're dead on about this. If the old Romney were running, he would be doing better.<br /><br />I hate to read all this nastiness about Stevens. It sounds too much like what people say about me.Frankly Curioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856493006656967411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33236264989362910652012-09-17T00:56:59.459-04:002012-09-17T00:56:59.459-04:00The media narrative will be inside gossip, you kno...The media narrative will be inside gossip, you know that. Then each journalist who got a couple of conversations with Romney insiders will have their own contributing detail. <br /><br />The Republicans will decide that the so-called Republican Establishment foisted this RINO on them, when he won the delegates in the most open Republican primary and caucus season ever. They will be pissed, and they will demand conservative purity. Most House seats have been gerrymandered into safety, and Senate count will depend on whose terms are up. <br /><br />The question is whether Republicans will face the responsibility of governing, or continue to try to sabotage the country to make a Democratic president look bad. <br /><br />I'm not expecting miracles.bluespapahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943537574000901373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-42989104853288313852012-09-17T00:36:18.631-04:002012-09-17T00:36:18.631-04:00The media pushes for Republicans because they want...The media pushes for Republicans because they want narratives. They want Republicans to surge, to bounce back, to come from behind and to make the hail mary pass. Why? Because it's new, it's fresh, and Villagers want to meet new people and make more connections. <br /><br />From a corporate media standpoint, the two party system is a god-send of endless sports narratives and national, partisan tribalism. What's this foolish of platforms, ideas, and policies when there's the much juicier stories of who isn't in the cool kids club vs. Obama is a dork or a nerd or maybe a stealth jock tee hee, I think he's got a crush on me.<br /><br />Once you think of national political journalists as high school cheerleaders, it all makes sense.Lit3Bolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407681812425172672noreply@blogger.com