RNC gives verdict of first month: Disappointing

[47of74]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — It's the one-month anniversary of President Obama's swearing-in, and not surprisingly the Republican National Committee is out with its' verdict: It's been "disappointing."

"Obama's first month has been marked by wasteful spending, failed bipartisanship, and questionable ethics," the RNC said in a document circulated to reporters.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/20/rnc-gives-verdict-of-first-month-disappointing/

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Surprise, surprise. Break out the tiny violins.

[Cant trust em]

1. What kind of a story is this? Since when is the totally obvious headline news?

I don't remember anyone asking Democrats what they thought about Bush when he first got into office.

[No Elephants]

40. No, we were supposed to respect the office. Hey, I love the oval shape and the desk.. I have no

idea what they were whining about.

[Tempest]

2. But they look upon Bush with fondness

"wasteful spending, failed bipartisanship, and questionable ethics"

Sounds like the Repugs are projecting their behavior.

Another reason why they'll be nothing more than a regional party for years to come.

[47of74]

7. Yep

Obviously the bibles they thump are missing the passages about casting mineral deposits or the presence of wood products in one's eye.

[PatrynXX]

14. thats bush. Wasteful spending

which is how we got in this mess. Tax Cuts, borrow then spend. do'h

[PatSeg]

17. So true

They are painfully transparent, accusing the Democrats of doing all the things they've been doing for eight years. Do they really think people have such poor memories? They've made it quite clear they will oppose anything just for the sake of being the opposition party.

What a pathetic party they've become.

[clixtox]

27. Their target audience can't think, only listen and react...

Their message, i.e.: Rethuglican "talking points", will be repeated a few times on hate radio and faux news thereby gaining enough traction to be believed by dimwitted 'Merkins.

R. Limpballs will pontificate pointlessly while reinforcing the message, ad nauseam.

All of those among us who still have a functioning brain see the explicit hypocrisy and projection, but so what?

We are but a mere sliver, just irritating "liberals"!

Pretty much beneath contempt to the mindless, reactionary hoi polloi.

[PatSeg]

28. What is really pathetic is

they are appealing to a very small fraction of the public, instead of going to the middle where they would have a better chance of winning approval. They only play to the base and that isn't enough to win an election. What a sad bunch of idiots they have become. It wasn't always that way.

[No Elephants]

41. Pubs ALWAYS accuse Dems of Pub like behavior. It's so old. Maybe that's why they're called the

Gab Old Party?

[princehal]

3. Geeze

I hate Republicans.

[No Elephants]

42. Until recently, I tried and tried to avoid that. As I near 66, I just finally give up. I think I

hate them too. Including the ones who post here.

[onehandle]

4. Finally! I had no opinion of my own and now one has been gift wrapped for me.

Thank you, GOP. As usual, you light the way.

[No Elephants]

30. Like a mob of villagers with torches.

[Wildewolfe]

5. Translated version

We have been gravely disappointed *in our inability to obstruct without making ourselves look like complete utter assholes* in this first month. We feel that the lack of bipartisinship *what? is that even a word? I'll have to ask Rush* bodes ill for the next four years. The stimulus bill is chocked full of wasteful spending *if it doesn't go to my rich buddies it's a waste damnit!* and this new administration has shown itself subject to questionable ethical considerations *as opposed to us for the last 8 years who proved we don't know what the word ethics meant!*.

note don't place the commentary in brackets... the board doesn't show them

[Kolesar]

6. they should be disappointed: they (the RNC) accomplished nothing

No movement building, no message building, no issues to run on, and a big loss on HB1-the stimulus bill :kick:

[No Elephants]

31. That's funny bc I thought the headline referred to the new RNC head accomplishing nothing. Would

have been a more honest story. Which is why, I guess, it would not come from Republicans.

[tridim]

8. Keep on diggin' RNC

Idiots.

[booley]

9. why do they get to judge?

Where the hell is that Liberal media they keep telling me about?

[damntexdem]

10. I'm sure that it has been disappointing -- for the RNC.

May their months of disappointment continue for many, many months!

[47of74]

11. I hope that at least the next 95 months are of bitter, bitter disappointment for them.

[HopeHoops]

12. What, you expected a five star rating out of the shitwads?

[47of74]

13. Nope.

[Maccagirl]

15. "Failed bipartisanship"

My behind. They should be laughed out of town. As JFK said at his final new conference. when responding to "The Republincan National Committee has passed a resolution calling you a failure." he called back over his shoulder "I'm sure it passed unanimously.'.

How pathetic they are!

[No Elephants]

33. His press conferences were really " must see TV. " I'll never forget

when he was asked how he could possibly appoint Bobby as AG when he had never worked before. JFK answered

"He has to start somewheah," then quickly pointed to the next reporter.

I learned later that JFK had tried to buck Pappa Joe on appointing Bobby without creating a family war, but failed.

[beltanefauve]

16. Remember when

the Republicans used to say, "The Democrats have no plan?" Yeah, right. Obama's done more in one month than they've done in the past eight years. And now the party of questionable ethics thinks they can express their "dissapointment" over and over and hope it sticks, a la Karl Rove. This country just elected a President with the middle name of Hussein, fer chrissakes, which goes to show you that even "middle" America and a many registered Republicans have gotten over the fear-mongering and want something other than what the Republicans have been offering.
So my question is, why is this even a headline?

[PatSeg]

18. They still think,

if they repeat something over and over again, people will naively believe it. It worked so well for them before, but it is an old trick and only works with their hardcore base now.

[Winterblues]

19. Well at least he didn't allow big campaign contributors to drive a nuclear submarine

and kill a bunch of Japanese Students...:shrug: I somehow missed the RNC report about that little Bush* fiasco..

[GTO_fan]

36. Whoa

You got a link to this? :o

[tclambert]

20. "Disappointing?" not "Disastrous?" You know the Republicans wanted to

go with stronger, more dramatic language. But all they could muster up was "disappointing?" Coming from them, it's like saying, "Wow, this guy has been way better than we hoped. Dammit."

Of course the "failed bipartisanship" was them slapping away Obama's hand every time he reached out. The rest is just them complaining that Obama refuses to do exactly what Bush did. They still want to argue that Bush wasn't the worst president ever. And they're still trying to polish Bush's legacy by claiming "no one knew, no one could have known" whatever crisis Bush caused was going to happen, even though lots of people did know and accurately predicted it all.

[Trajan]

21. Trajan gives verdict of RNC: Amoral Asshole Criminals

Funny how they think they can blame Obama for 'failed bipartisanship' ....

The President TRIED, and they refused to fucking budge .... and it's HIS fault ?

Bullfuckingshit ....

The GOP years in control of government were 'marked by' wasteful spending, unnecessary wars, outright theft of the nation's wealth and a simply stupendous level of malfeasance on every level of government, across the board ....

This isnt a matter of playing violins: It's a matter of grabbing them by the scruff of the neck and telling them "You're a fucking hypocrite, liar and a danger to the world" ....

Violins ? ..... Try trombones at 12 inches ....

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[nini]

22. that's all the proof I need to know things are on the right track

if they're pissed - we're doing something right.

[Budgies Revenge]

23. Wait, shouldn't that headline read.....

Public gives verdict of the RNC: Disappointing

[ConcernedCanuk]

24. O.K.

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[RFKHumphreyObama]

25. I would say the same thing about every second of the lives of the members of the RNC

They are all living, breathing disappointments to humanity

[and-justice-for-all]

26. Fuck those whiny pricks...

and Fuck the RNC!! "wasteful spending, failed bipartisanship, and questionable ethics" oh Really!! I think they need to reflect.

[pampango]

29. Not according to this poll.

http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP_GfK_Poll_Feb_09_Topline.pdf

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/poll-shows-approval-of-obamadems-performance-on-economy-disapproval-of-gop.php

"wasteful spending"?

"• 52% of Americans approve of the stimulus bill, with 41% disapproving. And the public is confident by a 54%-45% margin that the plan will result in significant improvement."

"questionable ethics"?

"• Congress' approval is at only 31%-59%, but additional questions show a much more complicated picture. The number for Congressional Democrats is at 49%-45%, while Republicans are at 33%-59%. The Republicans appear to be cramping Congress' style."

"failed bipartisanship"?

"• Only 30% say Obama hasn't done enough to cooperate with Republicans in Congress -- the GOP base vote, basically -- while 62% say he's doing the right amount and 6% say it's been too much. Flipping it around, only 27% say Republicans have done enough to cooperate with Obama, with 64% saying not enough and 5% saying too much."

[No Elephants]

34. ONLY 6% say it's been too much? Wake up, America.

[tom_paine]

32. The Toady M$M continues is work for the Rushpublicans apace.

Remember the way the DNC was quoted monthly on what they thought of the Bushies?

:rofl:

I thought Obama meant that Old America was being restored, and maybe it can be, but I see little sign of it.

America remains an Inverted Totalitarianism, and the Bushies, in order to stave off the revolution that was coming if they'd stolen THIS election, released the steam and can now go into Clinton-Carter mode, especially the Bushie-Controlled M$M. Then in 8 years, probably 4, Emperor Jeb or Sarah (you DO realize they can still steal elections at will) comes back like they'd never left off.

Nothing has changed. Nothing.

I should have known. You can't beat Bushies or Nazis with elections. Which deosn;'t mean we should stop trying or give up.

Get ready for some more lessons out of the Bushie-Nazi Playbook, anyway. It seems as effective as it always has been, but for a brief period in post-WWII America now long LONG gone.

Somehow I also suspect, that in the Greater War which is going to follow the Greater Depression just beginning, it's America's turn to play the Nazis.

We have roughly 30,000,000 Stormtroopers-Knoxvile Shooters just ready and rarin' to go. The tiniest "permission from authority", and they will instantly become Brownshirts or Good Germans, according to their individual tastes and ruthlessness and how much they have to "pretend" to themselves.

I think in the next Great War, now in sight, though it may be a decade away (as WWII was from 1929), will have us playing the role of the Nazis.

[rocktivity]

35. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" award

They're not disappointed--they're jealous because it's no longer THEIR "wasteful spending, failed bipartisanship and questionable ethics!"


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[Deja Q]

37. Since they had an active hand in failing that bipartisanship...

Never mind ethics, which they have shown to be phony too. :(

Tiny violins?
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[trof]

38. Yeah, disappointing...for THEM.

:-)

[No Elephants]

39. No Elephants gives verdict of last 8 years: FAIL, perhaps FATAL.

[crim son]

43. A favorable assessment, then.

If they hate him, he must be fantastic.

[radfringe]

44. as one DUer put it - If Obama walked on water...

the republicans would say it's because he can't swim..

[rocktivity]

45. Candidate tor this year's "You Call This NEWS?" award

I'm shocked, I tell you--SHOCKED!!!


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