tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post4261206059083108142..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Oh, yeah, it's a big surpriseErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-31996414179527750012013-09-19T11:39:58.733-04:002013-09-19T11:39:58.733-04:00Bush ate cake with McCain while New Orleans drowne...Bush ate cake with McCain while New Orleans drowned, but hurricanes have stopped under the leadership of President Obama. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-12818245794396560642013-09-19T00:51:43.227-04:002013-09-19T00:51:43.227-04:00He's busy making hurricanes? Do you mean the s...He's busy making hurricanes? Do you mean the slowest hurricane season since records were started?<br /><br />Geez, Nietzsche was right.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-30546883918961080862013-09-19T00:20:46.056-04:002013-09-19T00:20:46.056-04:00He's busy making hurricanes because of same-se...He's busy making hurricanes because of same-sex marriage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-42929792906976545392013-09-18T23:46:23.430-04:002013-09-18T23:46:23.430-04:00Your Grandpa's dialysis was refused by Obamaca...Your Grandpa's dialysis was refused by Obamacare.<br /><br />Where's your God now?<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-63787481620578334242013-09-18T23:44:06.498-04:002013-09-18T23:44:06.498-04:00Eric: after 2012, the Republicans agreed to tax hi...Eric: after 2012, the Republicans agreed to tax hikes on the top bracket and got exactly nothing in return.<br />The top 1% pay as much in taxes as the bottom 95%. It's an open question: What is the "fair" amount of taxes to be borne by every American?<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-77203054723133758302013-09-18T23:11:08.504-04:002013-09-18T23:11:08.504-04:00Can we ask Christine Romer where the unemployment ...<i>Can we ask Christine Romer where the unemployment rate would be today thanks to Obama's "stimulus"?</i><br /><br />Yeah! And my grandpa went on dialysis a year ago, but today he <i>still</i> has bad kidneys. That machine didn't do <i>anything!</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-58951339918776901292013-09-18T23:03:51.776-04:002013-09-18T23:03:51.776-04:00I'm trying to be fair. I voted for Obama twic...I'm trying to be fair. I voted for Obama twice and for W. Bush zero times, but I think it's an open question as to who has harmed the economy more. The problem is that the Right's hysterical rhetoric makes them difficult to take seriously, and their refusal to consider tax hikes as <i>part</i> of the solution sends a clear signal that they're no more sincerely interested in another Eric Lindholmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-43100720932643473052013-09-18T22:07:29.691-04:002013-09-18T22:07:29.691-04:00Can we ask Christine Romer where the unemployment ...Can we ask Christine Romer where the unemployment rate would be today thanks to Obama's "stimulus"?<br /><br />In other news: Obama's economic policies have done more damage than Bush's.<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-39745538048962270422013-09-18T21:52:46.359-04:002013-09-18T21:52:46.359-04:00The premise: Obama's economic policies and res...The premise: Obama's economic policies and results have done more damage than Bush's. <br /><br />Gee, close one. And it's not like there's a national consensus on the subject. <br /><br />Let's ask President Romney.The temporal cortex: the GOP's most dangerous foenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-9674278041080157172013-09-18T19:54:48.009-04:002013-09-18T19:54:48.009-04:00Do you mean poorer policies and worse results than...Do you mean poorer policies and worse results than Obama's?<br /><br />We're trying to live in reality here.<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-6358070670268695092013-09-18T19:42:47.789-04:002013-09-18T19:42:47.789-04:00Check, and mate!
Ah me, ah my, if only the Repu...Check, and mate! <br /><br />Ah me, ah my, if only the Republicans also had earlier statements and actions which, if cited, would be in conflict with their current economic rhetoric and actions. If only they had a recent history of poorer policies and worse results which could be be used as a counterargument.<br /><br />But they do not, and that means you are the winner!House Leader Please Stop Hitting Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-47889138172001402292013-09-18T19:27:18.730-04:002013-09-18T19:27:18.730-04:00Senator Votes Present: "Raising the debt ceil...Senator Votes Present: "Raising the debt ceiling is a failure of leadership."<br /><br />Candidate Blank State: "Adding $4 trillion to the national debt is unpatriotic."<br /><br />President Says Stuff: "I'm not going to negotiate my unlimited credit card."<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-80860922354429788162013-09-18T18:18:37.050-04:002013-09-18T18:18:37.050-04:00Today's Daily Beast, on Ben Bernanke's ann...Today's Daily Beast, on Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Fed will continue pumping money into the economy:<br /><br /><i>Hard money types— libertarians, gold bugs, inflationphobes, many Republicans— have wanted the Fed to stop doing what it’s doing. Bernanke had words for these folks, too, though they were characteristically indirect. Essentially, he said, “You’re part of the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-45144866321933093082013-09-18T16:09:53.084-04:002013-09-18T16:09:53.084-04:00Your problem is with the CBO, not the GOP.Your problem is with the CBO, not the GOP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-37295331712096882332013-09-18T10:28:47.751-04:002013-09-18T10:28:47.751-04:00"This is not some distant pain in the neck we..."This is not some distant pain in the neck we can worry about in the future — we need to worry about this <i>now.</i>" Sounds an awful lot like what everyone else is saying about climate change. Too bad the Right's ability to think about the long term is restricted to purely financial matters.<br /><br />Although I agree that rampant deficit spending is a serious problem, I don&#another Eric Lindholmnoreply@blogger.com