The Respectfully Republican Conversation

The only good thing about everyone going crazy over this guy is they might take a little more interest in what really goes on in Congress. 

I have a huge problem with duplicity.  Pelosi, Reid et al, are all telling the world how they care for the common person because they will lower our payroll taxes.  Hey,  that's great.  They've been shouting it from the highest hill.  But at the same time they're going to be upping payroll taxes for S.S. and whatever.  This, hardly a murmer.  Say what?.  I can't hear you. 

Then the blame game that goes on.  They didn't think to put conditions into the first TARP bail-out plan, and you've got to hear them blame everyone else.  None of them will take personal responsiblity for anything.  They know they don't have to because we really don't care.  How do they know we don't care?  Because we keep reelecting them.  The entire lot of them who got us into this mess are all back in place, now ready to get us out of it.  What a hoot.

I just came back from reading a story about how the housing market might be correcting itself.  Gee, without government interference?  Motivated sellers are lowering the prices of their homes, and guess what, some are getting into bidding wars for them.   If there are bidding wars going on, then the prices might be too low, but that's another story. 

Some can lower their prices because they didn't mortgage every last dime of value that's in them.  Others can't because they started with a mortgage that was more then the house was actually worth.  Our government at work made that possible. 

I think Bush is basically being dipped in hot oil now over the war.  His administration made huge mistakes in Iraq.  They had no exit plan in place and made it far worse then it had to be.  We created the civil war that started there.  Then we had to pay for it without having the funds to do so.  On top of it, we put a spending democrat congress in the majority, and off to the poor house we went.   It should have stopped, (the spending) when we had to dip into S.S. funds to pay for our excesses, but nope, no bells and whistles went off.   If we ran our homes the way the gov't spends our money, we'd all be living in tents.

phone rang.

Ok, and now they want to spend more money to fix this,  that we don't have.  It's going to be a very interesting 4 years to come.  Yes, unemployment was low, the stock market was high, and housing  prices was based on thin aiir values.  In all, Bush's time in office was really a success if we look at our everyday lives that we lived during his terms in office. And he kept us safe.  Overall, I'd give him a B+.   

I hope Glenn doesn't want to just rehash the past with her.  It's time to move on and ask her the questions of the day.  I'd like to know about what she thinks about Russia cutting back on oil deliveries to certain nations.  What's that about? 

Bush pardons the two border patrol agents.   To borrow a phrase  WhooooooooooooooHooooooooo.

Actually, the news says their sentence was commuted.  They weren't pardoned unfortunately.

Oh Gosh .....  online casinos are betting on MO's potential weight gain in the WH ..... and this is from Chicago!!!  This is the part of politics that gets pretty bad .. But they did it to Nancy, Laura, and Hillary.  I think a man must have written the article because it's not just AA women in their 40's who gain weight .. we all do!!  ... I really do hope they leave the girls alone ( it must be like Xmas to them).

--CHICAGO, IL -- Michelle Obama's college and adult-life has been spent studying liberal thinking, debating politics, working as a community organizer, becoming an attorney, and, of course, staying in-shape at the gym. Despite the effects of two children, Michelle has managed to ward-off pounds and remain in above-average physical condition. Now that the First-Lady can finally relax, as her family has reached the pinnacle of USA success, online casinos are asking, 'How much weight will she gain in the White House?'

Her broad shoulders, large legs, buttox, and wide physique have many speculating she could gain a tremendous amount of fat during the Barack Obama presidency in the White House. A large increase in weight is something many African-American women experience in their mid-40's. Michelle's access to a 24-hour gourmet chef in the White House will not make things any easier.

Michelle, who was born January 17, 1964, will turn 45-years old just before the inauguration of Barack, the first African-American president to take office. As you know, some have debated whethor or not he is truly the first Black president, as his mother was 100% White.

In today's world of never-ending betting, the online gambling community will try to uncover the odds of Michelle's potential gain-in-weight.

Many gaming analysts have speculated the difficulty in producing betting-odds of Mrs. Obama's weight-gain while her husband is in office, especially since she will be reluctant to weigh herself on official, international scales, both before and after.

At this point, she is most likely in the 5'5" - 5'9" range, probably weighing anywhere from 145lbs to 160lbs.

How much weight she will gain in the White House over the next 4-8 years is something to gamble-on. Stay tuned to Online Casino Sphere in the coming days for the betting-odds.

ROck, your first post was great news! Love the way everyone seems to working together to make a smooth transition. Your second post cracked me up!

And the news about the border guards is wonderful, But why not a full pardon? These guys deserve it!

McGeeHee has been released from hospital; no internal damage. Good!!!!

If the homeless have been persuaded into shelters, that is a good thing. It's been brutally cold here, and now we are on a snow watch. I don't think they would be "kept" anywhere against their wishes. The District does its best, but our homeless citizens have very firm ideas about what kind of assistance they wish to accept.

What a lousy article re Mrs. Obama, including the misuse of hyphens and bad spelling: disrespectful and incorrect. Las Vegas is in very bad shape, so I guess they will place odds on anything.

I did NOT eat the last of the ice cream. 

The country is racist because of an "irrational fear of black men."  So says the other thread.

All of us have friends, bankers, neighbors, politicians, fellow workers, business owners, policemen, firemen, public service workers, bosses, employees and more and more often relatives that are non-Caucasian and we have no "irrational fear" of.  We have an irrational fear of young black punks with red or blue do rags that carry 9 mm and use violence to prove their manhood.  I have an irrational fear of the crazy white vietnam vet that flys a US flag upside down and has a no trespassing sign that says, don't beware of the dog, I shot the damn dog, and anybody else that trespasses. That does not make me a anti-veteran person.  I have an irrational fear of the white guys with there head shaved and a swastika of there forehead.  I don't have an irrational fear of white men.  I have an irrational fear for my grandchildren because of white pedophiles, that does not make me afraid of people with a different sexuality than me. 

It is so easy to blame racism on the failures of a community to clean up the gangs and stop the violence.  It is not racism that caused a young NFL player to say that he and his siblings as children had to sleep on the floor of their house in South Central LA because bullets would come through the walls in gang shootings outside.  I truly believe that racism has finally gotten to the point that it is more black toward whites than the other way around.  Maybe, some day it will balance with only the nuts on both sides practicing. 

"This is so absurd that people would even think of betting on such a thing....geesh"

I don't know, I might take that bet.  I say less than 10 lbs. 

It's good news that the border cops are getting out.  They set an example not to shoot unless it's to defend themselves, but let the punishment fit the crime.  Lou Dobbs will be thrilled.

Rosemary-- Well at least the Steelers are still in.............Frankly, the Eagles were a lovely fairy tale while it lasted;  Although, after years of this I guess we fans always wonder whether McNabb is capable of not choking in the big game............. I guess Terrell Owens permanently left that stink in our mouths...............

Glad to see the border guards sentence commuted---It was the right thing to do.........You are right .  Dobbs will be thrilled.

On another matter

With all the better qualified candidates is Patterson really going to go through with this:

From the New York Post today.

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CAROLINE THE 'CERTAIN' PICK FOR DAVE: RIVALS

By FREDRIC U. DICKER

January 19, 2009 --

DESPITE claims that he's still undecided, Gov. Paterson is "certain" to pick Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate, several unhappy contenders for the job have told friends and associates in recent days.

The contenders based their conclusion on the view that Paterson, after nearly two months of indecision, would "greatly embarrass" and "entirely humiliate" Kennedy, anger her prominent political family and even offend President-elect Barack Obama by picking someone other than President John F. Kennedy's daughter.

As for the governor's claim to be weighing a last-minute finalist, the contenders agree with a close Paterson friend who said, "It's clear David is just trying to play mind games with the press."

Some of the contenders warned, however, that the unelected Paterson, who must face the voters next year, could face a serious backlash from Democratic activists by choosing Kennedy, whose standing with the public, and with Democrats in particular, has been sliding in recent weeks.

US Rep. Carolyn Maloney of Manhattan, a would-be Clinton replacement who is backed by several women's organizations, was the most publicly adamant in saying the fix was in, citing a scenario - first outlined in last week's Village Voice - under which Paterson, in a deal with Mayor Bloomberg, a Kennedy friend, selects Kennedy in exchange for help for his own election bid next year.

Another potential candidate told The Post that he was convinced that Kennedy would get the job because Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, - who polls show is the public's favorite to succeed Clinton - failed to line up the right replacement at the AG's office.

"Andrew just couldn't assure the governor that he could arrange for [Assembly Speaker Sheldon] Silver to provide an acceptable successor," said the contender.

A third potential candidate claimed that Paterson's repeated contention - told to the media in private - that there is no front-runner is "baloney."

"It's been a done deal from the start," said the would-be candidate.

"David goes with Caroline with the understanding that Caroline, and her family and its resources, go with David next year. This stuff with Paterson saying he's looking at other people is a crock," the source continued.

Meanwhile, several Democrats pointed to Paterson's already-declining public-opinion poll numbers to warn that selecting Kennedy could worsen his chances to be elected next year.

"The polls show Kennedy is not who the public wants, and every upstate newspaper has come out against her," noted a longtime Democratic operative.

"Picking Caroline could turn into a disaster for Paterson," he continued.

A little-noticed Marist College poll last week showed Paterson, who became governor last March after Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a hooker scandal, with a rapidly declining job-approval rating.

fredric.dicker@nypost.com
 

Go Palin, go Palin, go Palin.  She did great on Beck.

Susie,

Well there are embarrassments in sports but the Oilers being 32 pts ahead at a halftime playoff game, to only come back in the second half and give the game away, that made history. I don't think that record will ever be broken, so we keep hearing about it.   That's when we wished them well and a fond farewell. 

About Caroline.  She's not a politician.  She might come in to the seat with an open mind with life experiences that isn't honed on nasty political dealings and unabashed power grabbing.  Not too open a mind because she'll have to sit for re-election in a couple of years.  She needs to get rid of those "you knows".   I don't think Paterson will get re-elected no matter who he appoints anyway. 

I watched Palin on the Beck show.  They still won't ask her the tough questions but it was nice to see her again.