Jeff Stahler Editorial Cartoon, January 15, 2013 on GoComics.com

cenright said, 4 months ago

Or Grover Norquist

rightisright said, 4 months ago

Nor did the rest of us vote for the cretinous cavalcade of communist cronies Lord Obozo has hired.

Robert Landers said, 4 months ago

@rightisright

Just who is the “us” that you refer to?

Of course, it is all the extreme right wing ultra conservatives in this country embattled with such!!

Unfortunately for you and yours, not only did the majority of people in this country vote to place President Obama back into office for a second term, they also reduced the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, and even increased the Democrat majority in the Senate, when it was originally thought that the Republicans would take over there as well.

I would say that the ultra right has just about 25% of the voters, the ultra left (who indeed are just as bad in their way as the ultra right) has just about 25%, and the far greater majority of American voters vote towards the middle of the political spectrum (and does NOT vote along party lines).

Further, if the Republican Party continues to bow down to such as the Tea Party, and to do absolutely nothing except hold the government of this country as a hostage to their stupidity, then it is quite possible that in 2014 they may very well become extinct.

To tell even you the truth, I as a relatively middle of the road liberal would actually consider that to be rather sad, to happen to the former party of such as Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and yes even a relative conservative such as Ronald Reagan.

What is needed is for moderate Republicans to stand up and see to it that a reasonable opposition party that is willing to compromise for the general good of the American people does not perish from the political stream.

But with the kinds of comments that I see on here from others like you, is that even possible?

mickey1339 said, 4 months ago

@Robert Landers

“What is needed is for moderate Republicans to stand up and see to it that a reasonable opposition party that is willing to compromise for the general good of the American people does not perish from the political stream.”
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Okay Bob, are you ready? Take a real deep breath and hold it!!!
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Before you write off the Republican party, look back a few years and see where the Democrats were for almost 20 years before Clinton. With the exception of Carter they were out of power. Then they got their act together and elected Clinton and Obama. Remember 2010? The political sentiment turned against the democrats and they lost the house. Politics is a very fickle business and the republicans still have boat loads of money if they can get decent candidates. Of course that is questionable for the moment as well. Okay, I’ll go back to being a Libertarian and emphatically state both parties suck…

Radish said, 4 months ago

You would think La Pierre was holding a gun to the head of congress.

Robert Landers said, 4 months ago

@mickey1339

You may very well be correct, in the affairs of humans and politics nothing is certain. But I do not really remember a time when even the original party of disorganization in the Democrat Party, was as little united as the current Republican Party.

Perhaps, the current Republicans should remember their first president (and many say the greatest of all) when he stated something to the affect that united we stand and divided we fall. And this was just before the US fell about as hard as any nation has fallen with the Civil War!!

Michael wme said, 4 months ago

The US keeps saying they want the EU to survive. What could be better than the US defaulting on its debt and making the US dollar worthless? It’s a great strategy to save the EU!

Gary Williams said, 4 months ago

you didn’t vote for Nordquest either. the Republicans are only parrots to the money that bought them.

Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago

@ Rightisright – you are on record as saying a revolution is overdue and you are totally uncompromising on any view not your own. You present no compromise in your comments and while I have seen a few of your posts where you show you know how to communicate without venom, it is too rare. You are not “right”. You are simply an extremist who makes moderate conservatives look bad. I would love to see evidence that you are not the hater I perceive you to be. I’ll be happy to apologize if you care to show me your respectful side.
@ RobertLanders – A generally good post, but you strayed from your happy place. General Colin Powell was on Meet the Press last Sunday. You might enjoy going on line and watching his interview. You are one of the more objective and reasoned commentators here and I enjoy reading you. Don’t let the trolls bring out the dark side. I need you to set me a good example. ;)
@Mickey – Thanks for the grin. Great post.
@Radish – Not a gun to the head, just withholding the wallet from reelection coffers. btw, you posted a comment the other day, but I saw it after the cartoon had expired. Thank you for your many reasoned comments.
@Michaelwme – that’s the USA bro. We’re givers. :D
My own comment on the toon is that it is a great example of legislation by lobbying. Dems and Repubs have their backers. Write to them and let them know who their voters are, and what we want.
Respectfully,
C.