tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post944599934692595896..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: First they came for the individual marketErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-49739225249747464652013-11-12T20:49:50.910-05:002013-11-12T20:49:50.910-05:00Thanks for your comment.Thanks for your comment.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-66145677558048797362013-11-11T22:21:36.895-05:002013-11-11T22:21:36.895-05:00Yes, Republicans cared deeply about Benghazi the d...Yes, Republicans cared deeply about Benghazi the day before it burned. And they understand that avoiding future Benghazis is much more important than gotcha politics. The Republicans also care very, very much about improving health care. And supporting the troops, and embracing science, and reducing the debt, and paying our bills. Some blowhards talk the talk, but only today's GOP truly "Sincerity is just around the corner"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-57951251400566281842013-11-10T09:00:08.164-05:002013-11-10T09:00:08.164-05:00I realize that the spending angle is a defense mec...I realize that the spending angle is a defense mechanism for you leftist types. It's Paul Krugman's bread and butter: if we'd only spent more, the recovery would be great. It's the education system's excuse for our stupid kids. It works for global warming, Obamacare, whatever you have.<br /><br />And, yes, as this country careens towards <b>doubling</b> our national debt inErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-26945153720296688432013-11-10T00:13:52.022-05:002013-11-10T00:13:52.022-05:00Aha, so Warren Buffett needed to "put his mon...Aha, so Warren Buffett needed to "put his money where his mouth is" when he said the tax system is unfair. Liberals need to "put their money where their mouth is" whenever publicly challenged by a conservative to make a stunt bet about future success in Iraq, or the fraud of global warming, or whatever. And everybody needs to have "skin in the game" if they're NMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-1377682644677168972013-11-09T20:32:41.195-05:002013-11-09T20:32:41.195-05:00Stevens - for some reason - turned down offers for...Stevens - for some reason - turned down offers for additional security. Yet in the blameless Obama administration, it's not the ambassador or the Secretary of State or the Commander in Chief at fault. It must be some Republican on the House budget committee.<br /><br />Mitch McConnell told the Navy Seals to stand down and Ted Cruz booked Obama's flight to Las Vegas on September 12th. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-82586080825586196262013-11-09T18:14:51.450-05:002013-11-09T18:14:51.450-05:00It's time for another exciting episode of the ...It's time for another exciting episode of the GOP's favorite game show, "Duck... Those... Consequences!"<br /><br />Chris Stevens is more valuable to conservatives dead than he was alive. That's how they voted. Good thing the seats on the Benghazi Accountability Review Board all face one way.I'd have omitted the phrase "eternal responses" for a chestnut that stale.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-71699415675143175822013-11-09T16:46:58.394-05:002013-11-09T16:46:58.394-05:00Ah yes, the eternal liberal response to every fore...Ah yes, the eternal liberal response to every foreign and domestic disaster: "if we'd only spent more money."<br /><br />Coming soon to Obamacare.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-83656329923853974782013-11-09T13:04:32.152-05:002013-11-09T13:04:32.152-05:00That was probably the Republicans' thinking wh...That was probably the Republicans' thinking when they cut about $300 million in diplomatic security. They're shocked that the embassy didn't devise a free market solution.<br /><br />Republicans still fervently believe that government shouldn't be "picking winners and losers." But hard choices must be made, and better four dead diplomats in Libya than five dead Chris Stevens, debt reduction martyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-90625703800665344112013-11-09T08:19:33.931-05:002013-11-09T08:19:33.931-05:00The four guys killed in Benghazi were only 5% of t...The four guys killed in Benghazi were only 5% of the Americans in Libya so what's the big deal?<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-18964806471795182372013-11-08T23:12:17.967-05:002013-11-08T23:12:17.967-05:00Of course, it would be nice if you also ran some s...<i>Of course, it would be nice if you also ran some stories about people who are benefiting from Obamacare,</i><br /><br />Where would the fun be in THAT? <br /><br />Just look at Fox News - they ran thirteen separate segments about the "60 Minutes" Benghazi story on the Monday after the report aired. <br /><br />But today, on the day after CBS conceded the story was complete crap, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-88663772394020766792013-11-08T20:19:48.037-05:002013-11-08T20:19:48.037-05:00So says Humana. Another option for the Dunns is g...So says Humana. Another option for the Dunns is going to the exchanges, which are frequently offering much better and less costly deals than the insurers, even though that minor detail doesn't make it into the cancellation letters.<br /><br />Paul Waldman's skept-o-meter is a little more finely tuned. He starts by talking about Deborah Cavallaro, profiled last week on NBC News as being "Are All Those Insurance Company Cancellation Letters Too Good to Check?"noreply@blogger.com