FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Hey, remember when every time someone criticized Bush, people screamed "RACISM!!!!!!!!"?

That was cool.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Remember the t-shirts and bumper stickers from 2004 with "Don't Renig" on them?

That was pretty cool.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Wow, seriously?

Hadn't heard of those.

That's pretty bad.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

A vast majority of conservatives are not racist.

On both sides, there are plenty of people who like to scream until their blue. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans would likely think today's partisans are a bunch of pussies. Pretty sure Republicans and Democrats from the late 1850s would say the same thing.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

this one was cute, too:

http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/obama-monkey.jpeg

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

The top half of that looks like Reagan. Where's Mommy?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Donald Trump said he may sue Bill Maher.

I thought conservatives didn't like frivolous lawsuits.

http://www.extratv.com/2013/01/09/exclusive-donald-trump-on-bill-maher-rosie-odonnell-and-katherine-webb/

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD





Why didn't Congress fight to extend the temporary payroll tax cut?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

OBAMA: Four years ago, when I stood on this stage, I said that I would cut taxes for middle-class families. And that's exactly what I did. We cut taxes for middle-class families by about $3,600. And the reason is, because I believe that we do best when the middle class is doing well. And by giving them those tax cuts, they had a little more money in their pocket, and so maybe they can buy a new car. They are certainly in a better position to weather the extraordinary recession that we went through. They can buy a computer for their kid who's going off to college, which means they're spending more money, businesses have more customers, businesses make more profits, and then hire more workers.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD


"We were not going to allow Democrats to continue to play games and cause a tax increase for hardworking Americans," Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill. "We made a decision to bring them to the table so that the games would stop and we would get this worked out."


www.cnn.com/2012/02/15/politics/payroll-tax-deal/index.html

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Yes, every time a black person wins something we can just bitch about the taxes and what it would cost.

Nice precedent.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Because as much as we'd like to believe the 1% can solve everything by paying more, putting a dent in a trillion-dollar deficit pretty much requires 100% cooperation.

No spending cuts and no extra revenue except on those making in excess of $450,000 would solve . . . what with regard to the deficit?