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Stupidity of the American Voter?

tres borrachos said:
Did you hear Howard this morning when talking about Scott Walker wanting to drug test welfare recipients, and he said how this is evidence that the GOP has not only declared a war on women, but a war on poor people too? :lol:

My favorite part of the whole show was when he said that Wall Streeters should also be drug tested because they get tax breaks and that's welfare.

I almost wet my pants.
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I don't know about you but every time I see that guy I can't help but recall

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I just wish it had audio.
 
Conservative said:
Speaking of not knowing "jack ****" anyone that believe National Polls on Congress are relevant is technically civics challenged as Congressional Elections are local not national. I don't give a damn about your Representative and vice versa yet that doesn't prevent people from quoting national polls.

As for the rest of your post, you make me laugh
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Well you are laughing at your own ignorance and inability to read in context. I made no reference about polls or caring about your representative, but at least you are in sync with the other partisan hacks and ideologues.
 
Ockham said:
He also said he wants Walker tested since he gets money (from the taxpayers as pay for being Governor) for doing nothing. Wasn't Howard a Governor of VT? So he was paid for doing nothing too. These clowns got bitch-slapped in the mid-terms and now need to show how "strong" they are... war on "poor people" --- laughable. But you know, I could agree to have all of WallStreet tested, all of the state assembly's tested, every governor, senator, house member from State to Federal level tested and if it shows they have illegal drugs then what? Can their paycheck be revoked? Of course not... the political class can mail line heroine without fear of repercussion unless they are caught with the drug or commit some other offense.

It would be easier to just legalize all drugs and let people do what they want to do. People are already using their welfare for all sorts of things welfare wasn't meant to be used.... so limit where it can be used. Isn't that a better solution or change the way it's doled out. Instead of giving them a plastic card with money on it put together a payment program which pays bills, issues credit at stores and will only be accepted for food and other essentials which are approved for use.
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Yup, Howard was governor of the state of VT. It explains a lot.;)

I agree that drugs should be legalized. I also agree that credits at food stores and other essentials is a far better way of handing out taxpayer money to people. I'll bet it would save everyone a lot.

I don't agree with Howard that tax breaks falls into the same category as "welfare" in the context that Walker is addressing it. Then again, I'm a voter, so I'm stupid...according to Jonathan Gruber.
 
Back to the topic.

What baffles me is how the far left almost had a collective heart attack when Phil Gramm called us a "nation of whiners" yet they are strangely silent on a direct, obnoxious, devastating insult like this. Except TDS who actually agrees with Gruber and who is proud to call himself "stupid".

What's up with that?
 
ChezC3 said:
That wasn't the part that really bugged me, though, I mean, c'mon numbers can be finagled to make it look like whatever they want it to. As the saying goes "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics..."

It was the bargaining restrictions and the mishegoss which was pure union busting which stuck in my craw...
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Personally, I have no problem with right to work legislation and allowing a worker to opt out of union membership if they choose to. Perhaps if unions hadn't simply become financing arms of the state and federal Democrat parties, and concentrated solely on workplace issues and worker protection, more people wouldn't opt out of union representation. As it stands, the teachers, one of the most militant of political unions in Wisconsin, saw over 30% of their members opt out of union membership. That speaks a great deal to the need for the reforms Walker and the Republicans brought to the table.
 
Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans.....

"I can't get past the irony to get to the arrogance. The most transparent administration since the continent shifted had to rely on artifice and deception to pass its signature piece of legislation, you can't make that up. He had to lie to people and then he justified it so I can't even get past the irony of that to get to the arrogance of him calling our fellow Americans stupid," Gowdy said.

"He just proved that he is willing to lie. He's willing to lie because he has the arrogance of thinking that he knows what is best for this country and the citizens and voters do not, so keep that in mind the next time anybody tries to sell you on a big piece of legislation by calling this comprehensive," Gowdy continued, adding that he'd like to see someone from the administration apologize for what Gruber said. "They lied, they got away with it and they got the bill that they wanted."

During the show, host Megyn Kelly pointed out that the Obama administration presented Gruber as an "honest broker" to the American people when Obamacare was being debated and eventually passed in 2010. She also ran through a list of examples of how many times Gruber visited the White House and his extensive relationship with President Obama as a top advisor and architect of the law......snip~

Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans - Katie Pavlich



This isn't just going to go away.....and going forward. All associated to BO will be seen as willing to lie to get their way.
 
tres borrachos said:
Back to the topic.

What baffles me is how the far left almost had a collective heart attack when Phil Gramm called us a "nation of whiners" yet they are strangely silent on a direct, obnoxious, devastating insult like this. Except TDS who actually agrees with Gruber and who is proud to call himself "stupid".

What's up with that?
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Libbos hate America. Not much else to say about that. :shrug:
 
fmw said:
You missed #3 which is the most obvious one. Voters don't like the way things are going so they punished the party in power. They would have punished whichever party was in power regardless of who they dislike more. Like I said, it happens over and over.
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True, that is very true. The party is in power is always equated to whomever holds the presidency regardless of who controls the house or the senate or both.
 
MMC said:
Mornin Pero. :2wave: Btw, Begich lost Alaska Last night.....its Official. That's 8 Senate seats won.
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It will be 9 after the Louisiana run off. Landrieu was out there yesterday campaigning saying she had been in two run offs before and expects to win this one. Landrieu barely won a race when the republican vote was split between two candidates. Add the Republican vote total up you get 56% to Landrieu 44%.

Cassidy and the Republicans better not get over confident because of those numbers. If they do, Landrieu is a good politician and candidate and comes from a family of Louisiana politicians with know how. But over confidence by the GOP is the only way I see her prevailing.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
It absolutely has a lot to do about what we are discussing. It shows that as a population we are pretty goddamn stupid.
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I concur.

In 2008, Millions equated empty platitudes and bumper sticker slogans to Presidential qualifications.

In 2012, Obama was re-elected.

Yes, there's allot of idiots in America.

The Liberal elitist just have it a little backwards. The idiots were NOT the one's who opposed Obama's policies.

We were the one's who were intelligent enough to at least know that we were being lied to. That these policies would have destructive results.
 
Perotista said:
It will be 9 after the Louisiana run off. Landrieu was out there yesterday campaigning saying she had been in two run offs before and expects to win this one. Landrieu barely won a race when the republican vote was split between two candidates. Add the Republican vote total up you get 56% to Landrieu 44%.

Cassidy and the Republicans better not get over confident because of those numbers. If they do, Landrieu is a good politician and candidate and comes from a family of Louisiana politicians with know how. But over confidence by the GOP is the only way I see her prevailing.
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DSCC has pulled all funding for her. TV ads too. She will be sent to pasture.
 
apdst said:
Libbos hate America. Not much else to say about that. :shrug:
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Liberals love power and their own personal gain rather than doing what is right for the rest of the country
 
tres borrachos said:
Back to the topic.

What baffles me is how the far left almost had a collective heart attack when Phil Gramm called us a "nation of whiners" yet they are strangely silent on a direct, obnoxious, devastating insult like this. Except TDS who actually agrees with Gruber and who is proud to call himself "stupid".

What's up with that?
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They collectively don't feel they whine, so they had to raise cain about that; and naturally they feel justified in exempting themselves from the "stupid American" classification. After all, since they know what's best for everyone on any topic - that certainly doesn't apply either! See how easy that is? :lol:
 
Conservative said:
Liberals love power and their own personal gain rather than doing what is right for the rest of the country
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You're talking about Mitt Romney and Dick Cheney?
 
Fenton said:
I concur.

In 2008, Millions equated empty platitudes and bumper sticker slogans to Presidential qualifications.
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Thats every presidential election bud.
 
MMC said:
DSCC has pulled all funding for her. TV ads too. She will be sent to pasture.
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I expect as much, but the one thing one can't do is take an election for granted. Has anyone seen any polls on Louisiana since election night? I keep looking but find none. As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over until it's over."
 
Leeburte said:
You're talking about Mitt Romney and Dick Cheney?
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Really? Because of people like you the country re-elected an incompetent vs a business man with actual executive and leadership experience and the results are there for all to see if you only chose to look at them or actually feel them
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Thats every presidential election bud.
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No, its not the same and you know it.

Obama was a Jr Senator with radical ties and a paper thin resume.

He wasn't qualified period.
 
Conservative said:
Really? Because of people like you the country re-elected an incompetent vs a business man with actual executive and leadership experience and the results are there for all to see if you only chose to look at them or actually feel them
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Wait, because I voted for Gary Johnson, that lead to another welfare Democrat winning the election? How does that work?
 
Leeburte said:
Wait, because I voted for Gary Johnson, that lead to another welfare Democrat winning the election? How does that work?
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Took a vote away from a more qualified candidate knowing that yours didn't have a snowballs chance in hell to win. Now rather that solve a problem from the inside out you prefer to bitch about results from the outside looking in
 
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