GOP's Pledge to America

[Minor Axis]

The GOP's not-so-bright light bulb idea

The Republican plan to save jobs: Return to the laissez-faire policies that lost them in the first place

http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2010/09/27/lightbulb_lunacy

The GOP is sly like foxes. For their plans to work, they must rely on the stupidity of the voters, many of them single issue voters. "Yes, we demand you have a job! (a job at McDonald's).

I love this video from the Onion (20090:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-FTRZMwVw

Now that is rich

Look at the shit Obama and the democrats duped enough voters on

I qualified my statement regarding the democrats if you had digested my entire statement. How do you think Obama "duped" the voters? I'm not talking about your entire anti-Obama stance, everything that is wrong with Obama. I'm referring to voters being "duped".

 

[retro]

We need a party like the Democrats who are for the people (yes they are)

ahahahahahahahahaha... are you actually serious? The Democrats are for keeping themselves in power and in office. They'll do anything that they can in order to do that. They've won the propaganda war over the Republicans. They've convinced the American people that they're the only ones that care about the poor common man. You do realize that they haven't done a thing to prevent the Bush tax cuts from sunsetting for all of us "regular" people either, right?

Neither party actually acts in accordance of with the desires of their constituents for the most part. Sure there are exceptions to every rule, I think my congressman might be one of them. But for everyone like him, there's 3 like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barbara Boxer. We need to get the career politicians out of office and put some new blood in that actually gives a shit about the people that they "serve".

The GOP's "pledge" is a decent start, but it's still propaganda from an establishment political party.

 

[retro]

How do you think Obama "duped" the voters? I'm not talking about your entire anti-Obama stance, everything that is wrong with Obama. I'm referring to voters being "duped".

The hopechange express... he promised change for the better, an end to the recession, no new taxes (except for those contained in Obamacare of course), transparency in the White House (he's been every bit as bad as Bush). All we've gotten from Obama is a bigger dose of the same old shit.

 

[Minor Axis]

The GOP's "pledge" is a decent start, but it's still propaganda from an establishment political party.

No it's not a decent start, it's the same old bullshit your railing about except this is from a party trying to get back into power. Pick your poison and die. (No I'm not telling you to die.)

 

[retro]

No it's not a decent start, it's the same old bullshit your railing about except this is from a party trying to get back into power. Pick your poison and die. (No I'm not telling you to die.)

There are solid principles contained in the GOP's "pledge" and others that aren't so great. I'm more referring to the mandatory 3-day review period before laws could be signed into law. However, it should be required that every member of congress read the law they're voting on prior to the vote, but the review period is a step in the right direction. So also is the condition that laws must be in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.

 

[Minor Axis]

There are solid principles contained in the GOP's "pledge" and others that aren't so great. I'm more referring to the mandatory 3-day review period before laws could be signed into law. However, it should be required that every member of congress read the law they're voting on prior to the vote, but the review period is a step in the right direction. So also is the condition that laws must be in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.

Your first mistake is taking them at face value, although I realize you'll accuse me of the same thing in reverse. What is notable is the permanent unspoken pledge- we pledge to screw the common folk over in deference to our heros, those obscenely insanely rich bastards whom we love dearly. An we promise to abstractly reference this pledge only in the context of just being fair.

 

[Accountable]

The GOP's not-so-bright light bulb idea

The Republican plan to save jobs: Return to the laissez-faire policies that lost them in the first place

Republican have never been for Laissez faire policies, though they're perfectly happy letting everybody say they are. The fact that they think they can save jobs is a big giveaway.

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Knowing THEM as I do, I'm not surprised at all. The Democrat Party relies on the general gullibility of the American public to push their elitist pull-the-wool-over-your-eyes agenda.

See how it fits both ways? Here's more:

The Democrats are sly like foxes. For their plans to work, they must rely on the stupidity of the voters, many of them single issue voters.

ahahahahahahahahaha... are you actually serious? The Republicans are for keeping themselves in power and in office. They'll do anything that they can in order to do that. They've won the propaganda war over the Democrats. They've convinced the American people that they're the only ones that care about the working man.

This one works both ways without even any editing! :24:

Your first mistake is taking them at face value, although I realize you'll accuse me of the same thing in reverse. What is notable is the permanent unspoken pledge- we pledge to screw the common folk over in deference to our heros, those obscenely insanely rich bastards whom we love dearly. An we promise to abstractly reference this pledge only in the context of just being fair.

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We need a party like the Democrats who are for the people (yes they are), but has a better handle on being fiscal responsibility- fiscal responsibility with a heart.

:24:

:24:
Stop it! You're KILLing me!! You should write for Jon Stewart.

The GOP's "pledge" is a decent start, but it's still propaganda from an establishment political party.

:24::24::willy_nilly: And one for Colbert!
:eek AAaachh!! Somebody call 911! I think I'm gonna have a heart attack!

 

[Minor Axis]

Accountable, I'm glad you've gotten over your stressed out period.

 

[Anukulardecider]

Does anyone else find it absolutely stunning that the author of the pledge to America is a lobbyist?

Brian Wild who has lobbied for:
AIG - $740,000
Andarko Petroleum - $800,000
Comcast - $1.1 million
Exxon Mobil - $1.3 million
Pfizer Inc. - $625,000

A pledge to America to clean up politics written by a lobbyist? :24: It just goes to show the complete audacity of the Republican party. It would have been better if they just dusted off Newt's contract on America

What are you saying? LOL


I'm shocked, I'm beside myself.....I must be having deja vu! :willy_nilly:

 

[Anukulardecider]

I think they could have made their pledge in one page.


Line our pockets with money from the lobbyist.

Sling mud
Distract
Point fingers

 

[Accountable]

Accountable, I'm glad you've gotten over your stressed out period.

Glad to be back, buddy.

 

[Minor Axis]

The Republican's pandering to the rich is very apparent. Rich = Success, therefore we must protect this symbol of success. If this is your (not directed) party, then you, the average citizen get a below in head work.

Go here to read the White House's take on the Pledge.

The Congressional Republicans' Pledge: What if the Rubber Hit the Road?

September 23, 2010 at 02:05 PM EDT
Last night, we got a preview of the Congressional Republican “Pledge to America.” This morning – at a small business that would likely benefit from the President’s plan to help small businesses – they unveiled the full thing. As news reports have already noted, there weren’t many new ideas in it, and the document was largely fluff obscuring a return to the same old special interest policies that caused this recession. But a close look at what the real-life implications of their “pledge” would be if enacted are nothing short of alarming:
Cut Taxes for Millionaires and Billionaires While Adding Trillions to the Deficit: We have been through this before. So let’s be clear again. Under the Obama plan, every American family will receive a tax cut up to the first $250,000 of their income. For those who make more than $250,000, this change would leave their tax rates on income above $250,000 at or below the rates that existed when President Clinton was in office and when the economy created 23 million jobs. As for the Congressional Republican plan, their pledge is to continue hold middle class tax relief hostage in order to provide an average tax cut of $100,000 to millionaires and billionaires. And the price is one we simply can’t afford: $700 billion. This tax cut would be, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, just about the worst way to jumpstart our economy and help create jobs.

 

[Tim]

Something that people don't get/understand... even if we don't extend the tax break for those families making over $250,000/yr they will get a tax break of $2,500 because we have a progressive tax system in this country. The tax break for those under the $250k mark will also apply to the first $250k for those making over that mark. So if you are making $350k/yr, you will be paying and additional $3k in taxes, but got a break of $2.5k... so they will only be paying an extra $500

 

[Minor Axis]

I know I'm getting repetitive in my message, but it is a message worth repeating...
Any political party who only wants to talk about cutting your taxes and not what you want for your tax dollars is like a slippery used car salesmen appealing to your stupidity and not your common sense. This is not ment to be blanket support of Democrats, they have serious flaws too, but today you'll never hear a Republican start a balanced discussion about taxes. You only hear one message, vote for me and I'll cut your taxes and they will never tell you whose taxes they want to cut the most.

 

[Accountable]

Any political party that demands more loyalty from their members than they give their charge, their nation, or their constituents, does not deserve our support, our votes, and certainly not our trust.

 

[Azazel]