Frist fears 'landslide victory' for Dems
Republicans have been known, from time to time, to use the politics of fear to get ahead. That, of course, includes scaring the bejeezus out of their own rank-and-file supporters, in order to get them to open their checkbooks.
But former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) seems to have laid it on pretty thick in his latest email missive on behalf of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, sent this week. The subject line read, “Democrats Win Landslide Victory.”
I have a real fear of waking up to this headline after the elections this fall. Make no mistake about it: If our grassroots teams fail to come together and work as hard as they did in 2000, 2002 and 2004, that headline could very likely be the result!
In key states, news accounts indicate Democrats are outpacing Republicans registering voters. We also know Barack Obama’s campaign is utilizing the Internet to raise record amounts of money to support his campaign and Democrats nationally ... all in the hope that new voters and record resources will produce a Democrat landslide victory this fall.
There’s so much at risk, and conservatives I talk with from all across the country are feeling the rumblings of “what could be.”
Now, I’m obviously not the target audience of Frist’s message, but if I were a DSCC donor, and Chuck Schumer sent me an email about John McCain doing a great job registering voters, raising money, and rallying legions of supporters, all of which points to a Republican “landslide,” I might feel a little discouraged.
The New Yorker’s Hendrick Hertzberg offered some psychoanalytic observations about the email’s author.
Excellent, the more they're discouraged, the better it is. Both Dem candidates attract massive crowds and the GOP has a far lower turnout.
If we don't win here, we're done as a political force.
Squirm, former Senator Cadaver, Squirm.
Not according to the Obama haters who frequent this site and spread that ridiculous lie that Obama is "unelectable".
Left&Left @ 3:
Those asshats make me laugh. The Democrats have the Repubs beat in turnout, money, and electability.
The Republicans can't win a fair election.
"Don't worry Be happy"- Bill First,It's a normal 8 year sideline cycle. You got the media on your side. Wait for Senior Bush sky diving news clips--Repugs will win some.
Hey, you reap what you sow.
The GOP is fucked over and they know it.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
Bye, GOP, thanks for destroying America on your watch!
Next they'll have to trot our Boehner to shed some crocodile tears.
Instead of being "fired up and ready to go", the repubs sound like they are burned out and ready to start crying.
biff diggerence @ 2:
I saw it smile, it must be alive.
2000, 2002, 2004?? Didn't Republicans work hard in 2006, Bill?
99Luf Balloons @ 8
Frist, himself, looks like a cadaver, no?
Left&Left @ 3:
All crap.
The best reasoning for Obama's electability:
Are you kidding? The current white, bidness types in charge are proven, hapless fuckups.
Rethugs have computers to receive emails? Who knew?
General_Rennenkampf @ 4:
Very true. I just wish the Obama haters who keep using the baseless false phrase that "Obama is unelectable" would just be honest and admit that the only basis for that stupid claim is that "he's a black guy". There is no other justified reason to say it.
All he needed to do was to make a list of great Republican successes:
1) ......? 2).....? 3).....? Well there must be something.
I'll send the difference between my econ. stim. $$ and cost of gas for the year.
...and for the republican party, there is yet one MORE way to pick pockets and leave scorched earth...fearmonger each OTHER.
Good. The Republicans are feeling depressed. It's about time. I've been feeling depressed since 2000 when the Supreme Court appointed George W Bush as president of the United States. I hope that payback is a b*tch for these self-serving scum.
He has much to fear. If the poll trends continue, they're loss will be epic. They could end up the regional Jim Crow party of southern rich whites.
General_Rennenkampf @ 4:
I'm afraid that is very true. If Obama's electiblity is in any way dependent upon new voters - they should be warned and encouraged to check with their election official to make sure they are able to vote without being challenged. They should also be prepared to have photo ID with them even if their state doesn't require it. It will take more than simply getting out the vote, we need to prepare for challenges and deceit from the Republicans.
The esteemed Mr. Frist should look no further than the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill to understand the outrage of voters in this nation.
The drug bill was his baby, he nurtured it through Congress, and Big Pharma could not be more pleased with the results.
The Repugs have looted the Treasury, they have mortgaged our nations future, placed us in an untenable position in Iraq, devalued the Dollar, they have considerably reduced our nations position in the world, and foisted upon the worst sham Presidency ever.
The Repugs contempt for representative government......OUR government, should be reason enough to vote them out of positions of authority.
The DNC has pulled the same tactics, I got one some time back with a heading saying the Republican's could still win. I don't think this is all that big a deal, but it is accurate, they have earned it.
a nouns @ 15:
Thank god they are going after each other's wallet for a change. There's nothing left in the US Treasury for them to steal.
Honestly I decided to support Obama because I feel he is more electable. He doesn't have 16 years of the Republican hate machine trying to strike him down like Hillary Clinton does, so this electability argument is pretty lost on me.
As for the email, hahahahahhaah. I got a copy of that from the DNC in my mailbox the other day, and it made me smile. I honestly do think this is going to be a landslide. Gas prices will go up, jobs will still decline, the war will continue to be endless, and the Republicans have shown that they absolutely fail at governing. Add in disgruntled Republicans who may end up voting for Bob Barr, and it looks like it's going to be a fun year to be a Democrat.
Also, you know, McCain just keeps withering and faltering as the spotlight gets more intense. Lobbyists all around, verbal flubs about Iraq (which is supposed to be his bread and butter), and a complete lack of understanding when it comes to the economy and health care, and he just keeps looking more and more like a dud. I can't wait for the debates. He is going to be so miserably outclassed in those. And in the end, I would like to think that the positive bi-product of this endless primary is that it has toughened Obama up as a candidate. Hillary is a far more formidable opponent and it's really been something to see how much Obama has improved in debates since the start of all of this.
The real problem is that the media doesn't want this to be a blowout -- they want it to be a tight race, because a tight race = ratings. So they'll likely continue to ignore McCain blunders and perpetuate the myth that he's some kind of reformer or maverick. And of course they don't want to be left off the invite list for the next barbecue. Gotta get those ribs!
Fristy-pants sounds stressed--wonder if he'll adopt a cat from a local shelter, then dissect it, just to take the edge off. Like in his medical student phase.
Jusker @ 18:
I would like to add that it is important for Democrats to have someone working outside the polls or inside the polls as "poll watchers" to make sure that there aren't any problems. Volunteer in November to work at the polls.
This is a big part of the reason that Frist (aka Kittykiller) cut and ran in the first place.
Time to take your medicine Bill.
Personally, I think Frist is correct. Every person that lives in the United States has seen and continues to feel the failed policies that the Republicans put forth over the past 7 and a half years. Frist can blame their grassroots teams or lack of money for their upcoming loses but in the end, the reason Frist feels this way is because of the Republican leadership itself which includes him.
Jusker @ 18:
Left&Left @ 13:
Left and Left: Ironically, if they absolutely must play by those rules, Obama's just as much a white guy as a black guy. McPapen is, or should be, unelectable. Obama? Pshaw, anyone like you and I are talking about is a racist who makes that statement.
Jusker: Yes, we do need to watch for that. The Republicans will likely also try to fix the machines by a certain percentage, though judging by their turnout, Obama's got it in the bag unless they try to make this a Kenyan or Zimbabwean election. And if they try that....
It'll be a Kenya and Zimbabwean reaction on this nation's soil.
Cats r Flyfishn @ 24:
That's also a good idea. Oversight is absolutely crucial, as no oversight could lead just as easily to the theft of elections. Poll workers are needed.
General_Rennenkampf @ 27:
I seriously doubt that, I am sure it will be a genuinely American reaction; from the couch, without rocking the job, and making sure they thank they lucky stars that they were able to score that fourth job to make do (having 4 jobs is better than 3, right?)
The Dude @ 29:
The Dude: Remember what happened in the 1960s when people were pissed at fair elections? An election fraud as flagrant as the run-of-the-mill Third World election would put large numbers of people into the street. I'm not talking a 10-20% form of fraud, I'm talking where Barack Obama only gets 10% of the vote despite far larger turnout and much more motivated voters.
That would provoke violence at scales unseen since the 60s.
And election violence is not such a unknown in this nation's history, either. The South used it quite frequently prior to the 60s to keep blacks in line. This would be the reversal of that situation, where the great masses revolt to keep the leaders in line.
Didn't he also watch an old tape of Terri Schiavo and declare her mentally fit? Were I a repub, I would keep that in mind.
This is exactly what you get when you put a bunch of rich clueless assholes who hate government, in charge of government. These fucking morons have done what I believe is irreparable damage to our country. They sure as hell have destroyed the good name of America. Go anywhere in the world and you see that America is not liked or respected. We are feared, and mostly hated. Thanks GOP, you stole our money, our future, our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and tarnished our good name.
President Obama is going to be worse than your wildest nightmare. That man isn't going to forgive your crimes against this country. You all best get the fuck out of dodge before he appoints a real Attorney General who's going to nail your hides to wall. I hope you bastards rot in hell. I really do.
Republican donors ought to give every last penny they have to the campaign. Half of it will be stolen, the other half wasted, and the country will be better off when the wingers go broke.
pissed off patricia @ 31:
Yes, and even worse,It was an edited "highlight" video.
JustSickOfIt @ 32:
just when will obama start being the repigs worst nightmare? i find it strage you obama folks dont read what obamas said! hes stated thier will be no investigations , no criminal charges filed against the republicans , because , because we must get on with the nations buisness, that sound like hes going to bring the bush cheny cruds to justice?
At least the republicans still have HRC working for their campaign.
No offense meant to her supporters (I was one at one time), but it is unbelievable to me that any democrat right now would claim they'll vote republican if she doesn't get the nomination. They think she's more electable, so they'd prove it by voting against Obama in November! Go figure.
This sounds like a standard Republicrat campaign fund raising letter. I've re-written as a Democratic Party letter:
Poor Bill, can't accept he lost all credibility by diagnosing Terri Shivo on three minutes of vidieo. Don't forget all the profits he and his father collected by turning hospitals into instistutions of healing into buildings for profit. Go away Bill. You did enough damage.
Don't be too certain of a Democratic landslide
Although conditions are ripe for throwing all the bums out
I still remember the election of 1984 when ray gunn was so unpopular going into his reelection, and than won virtually every state but Minnesota.
Turn out is everything
Scare enough people, they'll show up
Feel too secure, they'll think winning is a foregone conclusion and not show up.
Many of the Republicans or even Independents that I know are turning against the Republican Party now. Its hard to stick with a group of people that have failed so often. Many of those people that I mentioned, at first turned to Ron Paul and now they are turning more and more to people like Obama. Its hard to fathom that they would do such a thing but then again, it really is not. They, like everyone else want sound, effective leadership and they are not finding it in the Republican Party.
Maybe old Bill should have thought about the consequences, for his party, of rubber-stamping a fool's actions. Surprise, surprise.
Why would people want to continue the failed policies of the last eight years?
As Dr. Phil says, "The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior."
All those years of dividing the country, keeping people riled up over gay marriage, abortion, and other social issues has come home to roost. Now people are being forced to examine how the Bush administration has impacted their everyday lives. McCain and other Republicans will pay the price.
tyree @ 35:
Don't call me an "obama folk". I don't like any of my 3 supposed choices, but I dislike him the least. Obama has to say things like that right now because he can't scare the repigs. If he was running on a platform of "lets get the man" he would have a hard time making it to the white house. From what I have seen of his actions, he's a man who believes in enforcing laws. He isn't going to be bought off once he's got his foot in the door.
lj @ 14:
I'll tell you one thing that makes me happy the Republicans are in charge right now, it's really easy for me to buy a house and car because they destroyed the economy and housing market. Who knew that incompetence could benefit me?
Herr Doktor Frist... Herr Doktor Frist... Paraguay calling.
pissed off patricia @ 31:
I had forgotten that one. Another act in the theatre of the absurd that the Republicans have been running for the social conservatives in the party.
JustSickOfIt @ 41:
your argument is bogus! when a man tells me hes not going to prosicute the bush cheny gang and hes supposed to be an honerable and truthfull politician what am i to believe? how is it you can interpret for obama what he really means? thats the same thing the news whores did every time bush made a stupid statement , oh what bush really ment was .........
General_Rennenkampf @ 28:
Anyone else here in favor of UN voting oversight of this election?
The Republicans have nothing to offer America's working middle class. That's why they are not succeeding right now. Theirs is not a political position that can be reasoned or argued cogently. It is a mindset. And thanks to Obama's ability to attract record numbers of younger voters, America's voting class is increasingly becoming one that is reasoned and makes sense.
The "bomb bomb Iran" crowd, the extreme right-wing religious nuts, and the people who gladly support sending other families' kids off to kill and to die in Iraq simply can't compete with the number of cogent voters today who support the Democratic Party.
The only thing that will get McCain elected is election fraud, and you can bet your whole set of teeth that their plan is in full swing as we speak. Oh, and the real possibility that Bush/Cheney will declare martial law and postpone a general election for national security purposes.
"it's enough to make you want to go out and kill cats!"
ysbaddaden @ 39:
I think we'll definitely have a landslide in the House and Senate races. The three recent Repub losses in conservative districts indicate as much. The presidential race will be very close, though.
Frist, some words of advise, "it's better to burn out than to fade away".
no need to psychoanalyze the ploy here of Frist. In declaring all is lost and he dreams of the headline Dems win in landslide, there is no deep dark strategy at work here. It's as simple as it gets. All along we've been giving the Republicans way too much credit in analyzing what they were up to. We devised plots that showed that bush was actually very bright in escaping all of the scandals that seemed to surround him on a daily basis. We wondered how the scandals that emerged on an almost daily basis did not end up with impeachment proceedings. We didn't have to look any further than our wonderful fair and courageous media. They chose to overlook rather than dig and uncover.
So now we have Frist proclaiming his dream of a democratic landslide.
All he's doing is trying in his feeble way to rally the troops. I do believe that even Republicans can see their party really doesn't have a platform to stand on. I'm still not so sure about middle America. They are still willing to sit down and have a beer with GW.
goodgirlroxie @ 46:
You obviously don't live in a red state. The level of ignorance is just incredible. These people DO NOT KNOW that the republicans have screwed things up, and they don't want to know. They probably don't figure in polls either. I think it will be a close call in November, unfortunately.
YourMom @ 51:
Living in Florida, I agree completely. Unfortunately, I don't think there will be much time for enough education of the befuddled red-state masses before November.
incidentally, there is no joy in winning in a landslide. There's only work ahead. Someone has to repair the damage wrought by this administration. Is it irreparable? In all honesty, who knows. I doubt it. The country will survive and slowly crawl out of the mire that GW and his cronies have placed us in. WE need first a president who is visionary and willing to take risks and do the right thing, sometimes going against strong public pressure. WE need a supportive Congress. Lastly we need a cleansing, a wholesale cleansing of those who conspired to bring the country down for their own personal gain. This would include not only the figureheads of the Bush Admin but those in the media who were right wing pundits for what passed as political radio. Impeachment and incarceration and loss of jobs as anchors and radio hosts. Nothing less will work to put this country back on the right track. And middle American can crawl back under the rock from whence they have emerged for the last eight years.
Further proof of how out of touch Frist is with reality the Dems have pretty much finished themselves off this weekend he really has nothing to fear at this point.
It would seem that those supporting Clinton have become nothing more than a cult of personality. Their priority is to getting her the nomination rather than supporting and unifying the party. Without unity within the party the likelihood of McCain being elected increases but then she has to know that.
Gotugye @ 56:
Unity? That went down the toilet with the USSC decision to install Bush.
There is no personal responsibility among the republicans. Frist blames the grassroots for the problems of the Republican party without looking at his own failed leadership or those in the White House and Congress. Yeah... it's the little guy's fault. A few bad apples.
METHINKS that Frist protests too much...can't believe it but I'm actually agreeing with some of the points being made right now by LIONEL on AAR...in my opinion we've "shot ourselves in the foot yet again!" with the "selection" of Obama ...I've watched in DISMAY the course of this nation since 2000 and see little reason to be hopeful that the majority of voters have learned anything or are willing to inform themselves beyond the superficial celebrity driven foolishness that is put out there for them to consume...too much work is involved in becoming informed and critical thinking seems to make the heads of many EXPLODE!
no longer a proud american @ 54:
Well put. I agree that whoever the next President is will have an enormous mess to fix, and it will take more than one four-year term to see results that much of America will appreciate the next President for. Face it, no President will bring back $3/gallon gas or the real estate market so many lived off of for many years. We need someone who doesn't necessarily have all the answers himself/herself, but can unite groups of people together to dig our way out of the pit dug by (especially, but not limited to) the GWB administration.
Of the three remaining (major) candidates, I believe Obama has the best chance of doing this.
It's hard to win when you can't be seen with the leader of your party because he has an approval rating in the 20's. Frist is right. Democrats will win big in the fall. Obama is being attacked by both sides, has been plagued by inconsequential scandals, and is still virtually tied with McCain.
Mc Cain/ Clinton would be perfect!!! So the line is drawn and everyone knows whats up. It would as well stop clinton from sniping and moleing as democrat to undermine obama. No more liebermans!!!
fastfeat @ 60:
Oh Really? Whens Obama going to start Uniting instead of dividing?
tyree at 44 :
your argument is bogus! when a man tells me hes not going to prosicute the bush cheny gang and hes supposed to be an honerable and truthfull politician what am i to believe? how is it you can interpret for obama what he really means? thats the same thing the news whores did every time bush made a stupid statement , oh what bush really ment was ………
Feel free to link to the article that says Obama isn't going to prosecute any of the Bushites . Because if you do, then it flies in the face of THIS :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/obama-would-immediately-r_n_966...
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 64:
"Immediately Review"
Think Hard now
This is so pathetic. It is the progressive version of "OMG what if we're stuck with a repuke for 4 or 8 more years", but totally in reverse. What is Kristol afraid of, peace or prosperity?
Frist. Ah, the politics of fear. How else could one rule in a democratic republic?
L.A. Confidential @ 65:
Ahhh, so now we've gone from "he said he won't prosecute" to "when he says he will immediately review he's full of shit ." By the time the election rolls around, I suppose it will be " he hinted he will pardon them all ."
Keep up the good work, guys . Unity, unity .
so the tele-diagnostician has used his tele-predictive abilities to tele-forecast what is blatantly obvious to the non-tele-enabled. only a telepath could determine if doctor dog-killer is telegraphing or simply seeking another moment to demonstrate his typically republican tendencies to be telegenic.
L.A. Confidential @ 63:
Whenever you stop hating?
I think Senator Obama can really unite the American people on both sides of the divide but this unity is going to come from the youth, people from 18 - 29 on the conservative front and the liberal front. I think this demographic alone will propel the democrats into a massive victory come the general election.
L.A. Confidential @ 63:
LA, you amaze me. You never in any of your posts have anything decent to say about Obama, giving him no credit at all. Yet you speak of UNITY? What a sad depressing constant black cloud you are.
48 Rusty Shackleford
That's what I keep hoping.
But it may also fire up dormant repugs that their bailiwick is no longer so secure.
Hopefully this is a correct diagnosis.
I see that the posturing bloviating little idiot still persists in using the deliberate "Democrat" word instead of "Democratic"...maybe he'll have more time after November to perfect his skill of remote brain function evaluation by watching video of the patient...
Wow there's a name I haven't seen in awhile. 'Cry havoc and let loose the (lap)dogs of war!' Is this an urgent and fevered call to all the GOP Noeo's to get started working on manipulating and fixing the election like no election has ever been fixed before? Get on the phones and start scaring people away from the polls? In the mean time he's calling MicroSoft and Diebold to to call in favors and form a meeting of the best code-writers they have?
There’s so much at risk, and conservatives I talk with from all across the country are feeling the rumblings of “what could be.” Bill "CatKiller" Frist.
Bill, the only thing at risk is you and your buddies ill gotten wealth you blood sucking exploiter of peoples health care. If your so fucking concerned why don't you and members of your white collar criminal family donate your pilfered millions you sick piece of shit.
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 64:
oh man i dont save all that shit in my computer , ive read several statements hes made in reguards to not getting the country involved in going after these bush criminals , as hes said we must get on with the countrys buisness, not settle up for past crimes by bush and cheney, and i see no real difference in the statement you managed to drag up about obamas views on this subject, he seems in it to have little interest in bringing bush to justice , and whats he mean if thier are , certainly thier are crimes against the american people, if you doubt that , then i guess obamers your man cause he cant see them either!
pissed off patricia @ 31:
The same group continues to watch Chimpy on the TV and think he's mentally fit.
Left&Left @ 72:
We were pretty darn unified 4 years ago and we missed by 2.5 million votes.
Left&Left @ 72:
Left², when you write your first objective post please let everyone know.
tyree @ 78:
"All that shit in my computer ..." ???
I got my link from the first Google search I tried .
O.K. , let's simplify this : Since, as you imply, Obama is an insincere used-car salesman, please link me to ANYTHING that says Hillary will pursue bringing her husband's golf partner's son to justice . Since she's the only other Dem in the race, I assume she's your girl, right ?
You want more wars, more deficits, more lies, more cheating, more CIA agent outing traitors, more incompetence, more division, more religious extremism, more trampling on civil liberties and the constitution, more dragging America's name through the mud, more enemy emboldening, more ally alienating, more corruption, more hypocrisy....vote for more of the same, vote Republican.
This is why the Republicans are going to loose big time and it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
Rusty Shackleford @ 48:
The country has traditionally had "divided" government. After the debacle of the GOP Congress and Bush Presidency, we may be headed in that direction again. It really is going to come down to how pissed off the public is, and how badly Hillary has damaged the Party.
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 82:
dont get redicules, did i say clinton had any plans either of going after bush? wtfs that got to do with anything ? i was refering to just sick of its statement that obama was going to make the bush cheny gang shiver in thier boots , and i dont spend my time googeling , on the internet, i told you what i read , your google only confirms what i read , obamas not going to go after bush! and if thats fine with you who am i to care ? youll get what you asked for !
fastfeat @ 45:
Sure, just as long as they don't send 'peacekeepers' to do it.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809761,00.html
Liberal AND Proud @ 84:
There you go again
bethy @ 22:
Electability is the concocted term to allow that idjit on the next barstool to be president. Thus "Boosh: the preznitwit you can have a beer with". It was invented to create the notion that facts and records and personal history can all be ignored by the press and the pundits and the analysts.
The media wants this to be a tight race so that they can declare mcAssjacket the victor by DIEBOLD count in the key states of Fla., Ohio, as well as the southern, entrenched DIEBOLD/voter suppression strongholds.
ysbaddaden @ 73:
they already know what's going on. the media is just giving another repug airtime to keep from announcing an impending Obama nomination.
tyree @ 35:
another hateful rant. but, of course, it's the Obama people who are hateful.
Annie @ 74:
:)
dennis @ 81:
After Hillary's appearance on Fox's O'Reilly Factor I stated that she did a great job against that asshole. Also on Mothers Day I complimented Sen. Clinton on her great job raising Chelsea. I was called a suck "up" by another blogger for saying that. And one more thing, I WAS A HILLARY SUPPORTER UNTIL HER AWFUL DEAL BREAKING MLK COMMENTS. Go back and check my posts.
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 90:
yeah hatefull rant , that the best you got bascomb? you people are bad as any repigs ive seen who protect bush, i dont care about your hate charges , in fact it only shows none of you are interested in holding obama to any kind of a standard,
tyree @ 93:
the truth really upsets you,eh? too bad.
tyree @ 93:
Oddly enough, many Obama supporters (especially high profile) fanning the flames of this Clinton hate are former Republicans. I suppose we'll have to deal with the Neodems next.
C+L has a bright future ahead at the rate things are going.
Liberal AND Proud @ 84:
we always need to factor in 1) voter suppression and 2) DIEBOLD.
L.A. Confidential @ 95:
NEODEMS?
are you compiling a conscription list?
are you planning to turn people in to homeland security?
or are you actually referring to DINOs like LIEberdouche and Feinstein?
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 94:
no sonny the truth upsets you ! it doesnt affect me ! no matter how this turns out ,its you who will will reap the inefective government the obama do nothing policys will bring to america, enjoy!
L.A. Confidential @ 95:
If this is the " Who is more Republican" game between Obama v Hillary, that's a game you really don't want to play. You don't believe in ANYTHING, you just believe in Obama the least. Depressing.
L.A. Confidential @ 80:
2004 was stolen <-evidence at the link.
tyree @ 98:
there you go again with the misdirected Obama hatred....
Left&Left @ 99:
they certainly believe in bashing Obama and anyone who supports him as well as anyone who points out any hillary flaws.
and I thought this thread was about frist and the repugs' fears. whodathunkit?
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 101:
get over it obamerite thiers still such a thing as free speach in this country, oh wait not with obamers!
"Frist fears ‘landslide victory’ for Dems" ~ Now that would seem to make sense!!!
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 97:
Man you need to go out in the Desert for 30 days an clear your head.
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 101:
LOL. These people act as if Obama has been in office fucking up the country the last eight years. 1)He has no experience. 2)He has a ineffective record. Make up your minds. Some of these folks are so consumed with anger and bitterness from this loss that it has them on the verge of madness.
Left&Left @ 107:
reefer madness ?
hey TARBENDER
Frist needs some more koolaide
better make it a double
he's starting to reality and stuff
peaceful easy feeling @ 86:
Yeah, that decidedly sucks; let's hope for convictions here.
I never felt that the UN was perfect, but given our recent history of questionable election results, I'd be more than happy to have other eyes overlooking the results. Provided, of course, the oversight group isn't comprised chiefly of ex-Diebold employees.
I present these comments as evidence that I do not belong to an organized party
you guys are about as organized as a flock of chickens
keep it up and we'll all get plucked
hillary lost, Obama won
put on your big girl panties and DEAL WITH IT
ya fucking sniveling shits
is you or is you ain't a fucking DEMOCRAT ???
Is Bill Frist a Richard Little impersonator ?
free patriot @ 111:
it aint over till the national convention in denver ,deal with it ya fucking whiner!
free patriot @ 111:
Mike ?
Mike Pfleger ?
That you ?
Orangutan. @ 105:
Yeah, but as he's proved in his Schiavo incident, his powers of diagnosis are not always up to par.
I'm hopeful, but I'll get a second opinion...
I'd like someone to tell me if they think that when the Democrats have control of both the Congress and the White House that all the disastrous policies of the past 8 years are going to be reversed.
I sincerely doubt this.
Will the Department of Homeland Security be repealed? No, that's here to stay.
Will the permanent bases be halted/removed in Iraq? No, those are there to stay.
Will Posse Comitatus be restored? No, that's a gone pecan.
Will the Military Commissions Act be repealed? No, habeas corpus is dead.
We'll see, though, come January what goes and what stays.
I have a feeling that nothing much will change.
The military/police state has been put in place and the Dems will not abolish it, they will merely overlay the healthcare/enviro control grid on top of it, and we will have been successfully transformed into a fascist nation.
wheyghey @ 116:
Somehow, even all THIS would be acceptable as long as that Arrogant, smirking, miserable failure of a commander-in-chimp is OUTTAHERE !!
wheyghey @ 116:
exactly , nothing changes ,once government grabs complete powers they wont give them up,
Never fear, republicans....according to National Petroleum Radio (NPR) you republicans will still win big in November. See their prediction map.
Chico Hussein @ 117:
expect nothing from your government !get nothing from it! i believe that quizzeling suits thoes who settle for fachisim !
I have no proof to this claim but I'm starting to think there are Republican operatives infiltrating liberal websites like here and Democratic functions (like in D.C. Saturday) with the sole purpose to ignite, instigate just to create irreparable wedges to help the very desperate McShit in November. When people write in suggesting that Obama should drop out when he is on the cusp of victory, is a giant red flag.
Red flag, wasn't that communist?
Sometimes a little fear mongering isn't a bad thing. In fact, the Democrats should use it strategically this election. While people are getting distracted by silly preachers saying crazy things at church, they should be thinking about the scary world that would exist if McWorse won. Bush's foreign policy is disasterous - McCain's would be devestating. Bush's domestic and economic policy is awful - McCain's would be unrecoverable (with Phil Gramm as his advisor, his backwards healthcare ideas, his ideas on equality in pay, etc.).
Very importantly, imagine the horror of letting McWorse appoint Supreme Court justices, which the next president will very likely have to do at least once.
Learn the lessons of the Bush years and know that there really is something to fear (more loss of civil liberties, standing in the war, economic security, health security and more) if McWorse wins.
Yes, a little fear mongering might be in order.
Left&Left @ 121:
when you have some proof about that youll let us know ,wont you?
YourMom @ 51:
You are correct. I live in a very blue area. However, I grew up in a red family, lived in red states during my entire growing up years (Georgia, Kentucky, Kansas, Virginia), and attended college in Florida, another highly problematic red area.
There is no talking to those who have been drinkin' the kool-ade, the racists, the lunatic fundamentalist Christians, people like that. We can just write them off. But there are a lot of other people out there who, when they realize that those of us who are progressives don't "hate America" and have the same concerns they have about the future of America, would be willing to discuss our candidates from a values perspective.
I am going to work in a red state this summer to engage with some of these potential progressive voters. I encourage all progressives to find ways to engage in productive dialogue with their neighbors, without insulting them. You might be surprised by your own ability to bring about change.
Here's a link to a site that touches on this, and which I've written about at my site.
Left&Left @ 121:
Even if HALF of all Democrats stayed home protesting the other half, the Repugnicants would still come up short because their brand is so broken that even all the king's men could not possibly put it back together in time for November.
free patriot @ 111:
EXACTLY ! The freakin' energy wasted crying over Hillary losing at her own game and attacking Obama is greater than the combined effort to question the stolen elections of 2000 and 2004 . What gives ? Why do Dems shit all over themselves yet back off the Republican criminals ? Might it be that the complainers are not really Dems ?
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 127:
then if thier not democrats they should not share in the comeing obama utopia!
Chico Hussein @ 126:
Hahahahahahahah.... Well Bill Frist, you little pissant.. I sincerely hope you are right...... A landslide is probaby what it will take to truly drive a stake deep enough into the heart of this hateful, debilitating neocon ideology.... My hope is that by this time next year all you bastards find yourselves working parking lot attendant/Wallmart greeter jobs...finding out firsthand what the rest of us know about a Bush/neocon driven economy, your political careers?? Toast motherfucker!!! Fuck you Fristl, why don't you and your new boyfriend Jimmy Carville make another commercial to make me gag on...... JD
OT, but Bo Diddley has died.
Not Fade Away.
Tyree at 128 :
So you're not a Dem , I gather .
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 132:
and you gather strawberrys , blueberrys, blackberrys , huckle berrys , and dinggle berrys i gather!
You're right to be afraid Frist.
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And it's more than just the war (even as re-PIG-lics pretend it's not) -- the economy is starting to snowball on its trip downhill.
Who's holding that bag Frist? Here's a newsflash for you and the other egregiously greedy bastards in DC (whatever your party) -- PEOPLE VOTE THEIR POCKETBOOKS.
How is it you bastards overlooked that one? It's bigger than your head - how could you miss it?
Oh yeah -- with the re-PIG-lics - elections DON'T MATTER.
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What is glaringly absent from Frist's e-mail is the fact that the republicans will lose because of the greed & arrogance they have exhibited the last 8 yrs. No mention of how they totally fucked things up, just that they need lots more money so that they can continue to fuck things up. Now that's fucked-up!
I like what Will Rogers said, "I don't belong to any organized party,
I'm a Democrat."
tyree @ 134:
Spoken like a proud sixth-grader .
Get a load of this one skeptics.
TROY, Mich. - Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be “working together in November” despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign.
Not a peep or mention on mybarrackobama.com. Can you imagine all the WTF??..'s if they did?
iraqhusseinconcilable @ 139:
well inlike you sport i never had a daddy work his ass off so i could feed off his dieng carcass and send me to faruke u college! go team go!
It is not that these morons will experience a LANDSLIDE..... it is that they will put BROWNIE on it to control the damage...
-------HECK-OF-A-JOB Brownie !!!!!!!
-------Mission Accomplished ROVE
-------You fooled us twice DUBYA
-------We're onto you like white on rice, CONDI
Actually if y'all saw the Texas Democratic Caucuses, what happened on Saturday was a tea and cucumber sandwich party (crusts removed of course.)
This one party operative was trying to confirm that those at the caucuses voted in the primary, as required in Texas. These folks for the most part didn't understand the procedure, and Obama supporters tried to rip the voting list out of her hands.
She ended up having to run for the nearest police station, so the records wouldn't be lost or destroyed.
To be complete the mob claimed they were chasing her, because she was a Hillary supporter trying to steal the records.
I'm simply amazed at the amount of crazy leftist here.
I'm amazed because you people HONESTLY think that the Demos are any better than the Repubs. It's amazing you, obviously intelligent people, think there will be "change" if you vote for one over the other.
Keep dreaming. Oh, and I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
BOB BARR '08
Frist is stirring up the kool-aid.
Amazed @ 145:
Yeah. Please vote for Bob Barr.
Amazed @ 145:
I didn't realize this was satire until the last line.
I think whats scaring them is that they are so terribly screwed they probably can't even BUY their way out of this crap-fest.
pissed off patricia @ 8:
Poor baby Repugs, I feel their pain but can't reach them. Haaaa!
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