America is going to pay a huge price for being slow learners.

[HughBeaumont]

What's America's logic here? "Our country's in terrible shape, so the sensible thing to do is vote for people who have the exact same economic and societal policies of ruination as their Republican predecessors did, because I just KNOW they'll be better!!"?



(wince) Thank you sir, may I have another?

When the hell is America going to kick it's addiction to the right-wing?

[Dawson Leery]

1. This country deserved McCain and the depression his policies would have brought.

[jimlup]

7. Well no, nobody deserves that.

Remember, we actually care about people. Republicans think that way but we actually try to help people despite their ignorance.

[Dawson Leery]

10. Yes they did. No bailouts, let 30 years of debt

bleed out. People then would be ready for the type of change that FDR brought.

[Silent3]

17. I don't believe in collective punishment.

I might have to settle for it anyway, but there's no "deserve" in the suffering a lot of people will experience.

[MattSh]

24. Well, it's going to happen anyway.

The pubs will just do it quicker.

[melody]

2. Speak for your own state

California just elected and reelected good Democrats.

[walldude]

16. Colorado too!

You guys needed it really bad though, If Brown does half as good as his last time out you guys should be in great shape soon...

[melody]

25. Congrats to Colorado

I always knew Colorado was really a blue state.

And I have every faith that our Governor Jerry Brown will do what he did when I was a youngster -- restore California to all it can be.

[the redcoat]

3. It's not slow learning, it's amnesia

I can't believe how quickly Americans lose their memory.

[tblue37]

4. It's the power of propaganda and the enormous amount of money that keeps the propaganda

front and center and prevents the truth from ever being heard.

[tavalon]

5. We have been for quite a long time

Tonight is just a vivid example of teh stupid. Vivid.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Our City manager once said that public records requests, or was it Sunshine

Laws, was for when a City was already developed. The implication was that they wanted to have the ability to break the law without suffering ramifications for their actions. It was good for the economy, though only a few benefited from the work. And because it is a white community, they got away with it.

[marmar]

8. Reminds me of lyrics to a Sheryl Crow song......

Lie to me, I promise I'll believe. Lie to me, but please don't leave.

[Old and In the Way]

9. We haven't suffered enough yet.

So now the Republicans have to pony up a Budget resolution that matches their rhetoric (taxcuts, defense increases, and budget cuts) - lets see how that bottom line costs the taxpayers in the middle-class.

[HughBeaumont]

14. All while supposedly reducing the deficit and debt.

Yeah. I don't think Houdini could have pulled that off.

Clinton-era gridlock RULES!!! :sarcasm:

[leftstreet]

11. No one was bashing voters when Obama got a mandate

:shrug:

[HuckleB]

13. Are you saying the Connie goons weren't bashing the voters?

:shrug:

[leftstreet]

15. er...what's a connie goon?

[HuckleB]

19. Yawn.

[HuckleB]

12. Unfortunately, the majority of the slow learners probably won't pay a thing.

[taught_me_patience]

18. They sold a fairy tale that Americans wanted to hear

and pretend it's possible. No tax raises, balanced budgets, and economic growth. Let's see if they can deliver (I highly doubt it).

[AmandaMae]

20. It's not slow learning. It's willful ignorance and an inability TO learn.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. we are a failing empire...

this will only speed up the demise.

[deacon]

22. "It's a maddddddddddhouse!!!!!!!!" [charlton heston voice] n/t

[Lugnut]

23. They always do.

I've watched this process repeat itself for more years than I care to discuss. It's distressing.