tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post1895651564384516580..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: New Boss Same As The Old BossAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-85755134646437120222010-11-16T12:44:48.694-05:002010-11-16T12:44:48.694-05:00TJ, P.S. Any insight you can add on Shuler?TJ, P.S. Any insight you can add on Shuler?AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-48185347868493512372010-11-16T10:32:38.938-05:002010-11-16T10:32:38.938-05:00Individualist, I really despise those commercials,...Individualist, I really despise those commercials, especially since you and I are paying for them. But you're right, it does make you feel sad.<br><br>I agree about Pelosi. She's going to spend the next two years being about as vile as humanly possible.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17092682572212157452010-11-16T10:31:03.807-05:002010-11-16T10:31:03.807-05:00TJ, I suddenly realized that last night. Ug. The...TJ, I suddenly realized that last night. Ug. The mind is the first thing to go. Thanks for the correction!AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-44567990586199584562010-11-16T10:24:27.633-05:002010-11-16T10:24:27.633-05:00Interesting speculation Andrew, but one correction...Interesting speculation Andrew, but one correction: Gus Frerotte was the one who did the head butting and got hurt.<br><br>TJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-5088365355697295752010-11-16T03:01:42.168-05:002010-11-16T03:01:42.168-05:00Well I think we can look forward to Nancy P 's...Well I think we can look forward to Nancy P 's endless lectures in the press. That was her job before 2006 when she was minority leader. That is too shrilly make false accusations 24-7 so that CNN never runs out of sound bytes. I give it two weeks before her next big scandal is to be revealed.<br><br>As to Andy Griffith, I feel sad for him when I watch those commercials. He is barely able to finish his sentences. When that law starts to miserably fail it is probably going to ruin his legacy. He'll be remembered as the world's biggest shill. Sad, he deserves better........Individualisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11005025873042230314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-88955862389852580782010-11-15T23:00:41.207-05:002010-11-15T23:00:41.207-05:00Ed, I hear it's a used scooter too! ;-)Yeah, S...Ed, I hear it's a used scooter too! ;-)<br><br>Yeah, Shuler's NFL career never really took off. And he certainly never came anywhere near his draft status.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-50067198986165491432010-11-15T22:53:00.130-05:002010-11-15T22:53:00.130-05:00Joel, I can see that. I can really see that. No ...Joel, I can see that. I can really see that. No doubt the slaves are people who were convicted of tax evasion. . . kind of gives a new meaning to "getting the chair." :-(AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-72642863483162579882010-11-15T22:42:08.912-05:002010-11-15T22:42:08.912-05:00I agree with Bev, I want Pelosi as their leader. ...I agree with Bev, I want Pelosi as their leader. She just turns off so many people.<br><br>Minority Leader Scooter. ;D<br><br>I remember Shuler, he lost out to Frerrotte. Good game tonight, despite the score.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-54384681003976811272010-11-15T22:39:43.094-05:002010-11-15T22:39:43.094-05:00Andrew,No such luck on TSA finally going after the...Andrew,<br><br>No such luck on TSA finally going after the bad guys. See, Pelosi is bent on destroying Society. TSA's love that. My guess is that they will bring a Roman salon chair out to carry her through the airport, complete with matching slaves with their tongues cut out.Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-79723720690626312272010-11-15T22:28:44.038-05:002010-11-15T22:28:44.038-05:00Joel, LOL! You are on fire tonight!Sadly, I agree ...Joel, LOL! You are on fire tonight!<br><br>Sadly, I agree that TSA seems more interested in copping a feel on little old ladies than they are in stopping the guy who will blow up the plane. Wouldn't want to "racially profile" the guy with the bomb, would we?<br><br>Of course, now that Pelosi needs to fly with the rest of us, maybe they'll finally get serious about actually finding the bad guys?AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-58231362635051155092010-11-15T22:14:59.626-05:002010-11-15T22:14:59.626-05:00Andrew,My bad, I just realized something. Ignore t...Andrew,<br><br>My bad, I just realized something. Ignore the last because TSA is not designed to find and eliminate the antagonist bent on blowing up a plane or society. Those they give a pass to. TSA is intent on stifling any free man who has no such designs.Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-91373437888597582672010-11-15T22:07:20.204-05:002010-11-15T22:07:20.204-05:00Andrew,Since Pelosi has to travel like the rest of...Andrew,<br><br>Since Pelosi has to travel like the rest of us, doesn't she have to go through the TSA scanners and get felt up if she refuses to walk through?Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-53367584656757873472010-11-15T22:00:15.612-05:002010-11-15T22:00:15.612-05:00Bev, LOL! She is going to be late a lot now that ...Bev, LOL! She is going to be late a lot now that she gets the Minority Leader's Scooter rather than the Speaker's Limo! I'd love to see her hitchhiking! :-)<br><br>I'm not sure I agree that she won't keep them in line. From her perspective they wouldn't be "the party of no" they would be "the party of protecting the 'yes' we did". If that makes sense.<br><br>On Shuler, I doubt he could be a candidate in 2012, but 2016 or 2020 could be very different. (But let me stress again that I'm just speculating. He might really be a Democrat at heart?)AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17785580915020708502010-11-15T21:44:51.007-05:002010-11-15T21:44:51.007-05:00Joel, LOL! "Cargo cults"! Now there is...Joel, LOL! "Cargo cults"! Now there is something I haven't thought about for a very long time. :-)<br><br>I think you're right. It is like the anarchists who think that everyone is ready to turn society upside down just as soon as someone acts. And so they blow up a building or assassinate someone and then are shocked when no one rises up to join them, and are even more shocked to find out that people see them as the villains. Excellent analogy!AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-22028403940419414472010-11-15T21:38:21.067-05:002010-11-15T21:38:21.067-05:00Oddly, I don't see Nancy getting the Dems to h...Oddly, I don't see Nancy getting the Dems to hold the line like Boehner did with the Republicans. They risk becoming the "Party of No", if they don't start playing nicely. They just don't get that it's them, not us.<br><br>I expect that Nancy's gonna be late a lot without the military jets and limos at her disposal.<br><br>Oh, and Shuler is going to have to get through Jindal and Rubio if he has designs on the Repub ticket.BevfromNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-42583336754198617602010-11-15T21:03:39.575-05:002010-11-15T21:03:39.575-05:00Andrew,The idea that all will rise up and accept w...Andrew,<br><br>The idea that all will rise up and accept what she and her statist's have done is reminiscent of what anarchists believe when they blow up buildings. The people will rise up and realize that they (the anarchists) were right all along. It is about as logical as the cargo cult villages. Build a runway with buildings and then cargo shows up magically.Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-18865235946693337822010-11-15T19:42:38.426-05:002010-11-15T19:42:38.426-05:00Joel, I think that's absolutely correct. Pelo...Joel, I think that's absolutely correct. Pelosi sees the world very differently than the rest of us.<br><br>She sees herself as a winner because she got things passed that could change our entire country if they can't be undone.... and she thinks that they won't be undone.<br><br>I also agree with your assessment that she will be happier having a smaller, but loyaler, more ideologically uniform caucus.<br><br>Plus, as a "true believer," she probably believes that the vast majority of the public is ready to support her ideology "once they understand it." And she probably very much believes that she will return to power after she can convince the public that the Republicans are horrible people and are responsible for everything that is going wrong.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-47935434902261406102010-11-15T19:30:41.115-05:002010-11-15T19:30:41.115-05:00Andrew,I think Pelosi is a "True Believer.&qu...Andrew,<br><br>I think Pelosi is a "True Believer." She is the type that losing the plane is not a sufficient reason to quit. She also believes that she did win. She won during the year when HCR passed against overwhelming odds and opposition. Losing a plane is small peanuts. She fully expects that in two years, she will be back in power.<br><br>To everyone else, she lost the House. To her, that is good, because she doesn't have to deal with impure blue-dogs. She certainly doesn't realize that she is toxic, that she was used as the poster child of what is wrong with DC. She also doesn't realize that she will be used for what is wrong with DC in the future.Joel Farnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-66753463773865635992010-11-15T19:21:27.936-05:002010-11-15T19:21:27.936-05:00T_Rav, I know some people who are very actively pl...T_Rav, I know some people who are very actively plugged into WVa politics, and there have been a lot of discussions about him switching parties. Moreover, as governor, he was very much unlike the Democrats before him. He was pro-business, anti-tax, etc. So I would not rule out at all that he may change sides. The state already is reliably Republican in the Presidential elections, so the writing may be on the wall there.<br><br>On Shuler, I agree that he will need to make the move quickly, and the re-election of Pelosi does give him the chance. We'll see. Like I said, I'm only guessing on that point.<br><br>Yeah, 52-14 sounds a little excessive. LOL!AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-19782343176779949102010-11-15T19:12:44.554-05:002010-11-15T19:12:44.554-05:00Andrew, I suppose Shuler becoming a Republican her...Andrew, I suppose Shuler becoming a Republican hero is plausible, but probably unlikely. Unless he switches parties in the very near future, he'll likely be perceived as trying to avoid defeat by an actual Republican. Personally, I'd keep more of an eye on Manchin. The Senate GOP made some overtures to him after the election about possibly switching parties, and he didn't exactly give them an unequivocal "no," which you would think someone truly devoted to the party would do. Since he's filling out the rest of Byrd's term, meaning he'll be up for re-election again in '12, he'll be one to watch.<br><br>And no, there's not really an SEC rivalry going, just sour grapes from an Ole Miss fan. (It's an off year for us, but 52-14? Really?)T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-24581722725976076432010-11-15T19:09:11.897-05:002010-11-15T19:09:11.897-05:00Writer X, I like that, "taking candy from a b...Writer X, I like that, "taking candy from a bunch of cry-babies"! :-)<br><br>I agree, 2012 will be the Republicans to lose. I just hope they're up to the task. They can't sit back and assume that Obama will hand it to them.<br><br>I also hope they keep that in sight in the House and Senate. They can't let the Democrats play the "we're really conservatives" game by making meaningless votes on conservative issues.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-13386525074929935042010-11-15T18:59:57.957-05:002010-11-15T18:59:57.957-05:00Andrew, it's the Republicans' election to ...Andrew, it's the Republicans' election to lose in 2012. It will be like taking candy from a bunch of cry-babies. If they can't pull this off, we're doomed.Writer Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-83304946444408849942010-11-15T18:57:16.395-05:002010-11-15T18:57:16.395-05:00Writer X, I think we're all actually pulling f...Writer X, I think we're all actually pulling for her, for the very reason you cite. It's just funny that the Democrats are thumbing their noses at the public on this issue and saying -- "we aren't changing a thing!"AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-63062230982476818442010-11-15T18:48:55.837-05:002010-11-15T18:48:55.837-05:00I might be in the minority here but I am pulling f...I might be in the minority here but I am pulling for Pelosi to be re-elected as the leader for the House Democrats. I can't think of a bigger idiot to handle the job.Writer Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17558852941445969292010-11-15T18:34:08.159-05:002010-11-15T18:34:08.159-05:00Ponderosa, All animals are equal is right. I unde...Ponderosa, All animals are equal is right. I understand they need to let people know about new benefits or whatever, but he's actively trying to sell Obamacare to the public. He even starts by telling us how the new bill sounds like real good thing. That should be illegal lobbying.AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com