Republicans - Your Rhetoric & Hype is dishonest & embarrassing

Jon Stuart playing a clip of Republican Trent Franks of Arizona  saying in 2008 that if Obama were elected, no doubt we'd have a socialist economy and that it would be impossible to stop this.  Stuart commented that the only thing Obama did that was kind of socialist was to redistribute wealth in the form of tax payer dollars going to the banks...a kind of dyslexic socialism.  We were warned!   Then a clip of Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who warned in 2008 that if radical islamists would be "dancing in the streets."   Stuart commented that the only dancing was dancing to get out of the way of drone attack hellfire missiles.  Then for the trifecta, in 2008 we were warned that if Obama were elected, nothing you could do to defend yourself because the "dictator," Obama, would have thought out a plan, as John McCain's clip pointed out as he spoke to the NRA, that the rights of law abiding gun owners would be at risk.  Turns out the only legislation dealing with 2nd amendment rights Obama has signed actually permitted gun owners more freedom to carry concealed weapons into national parks and Amtrack trains.   Newt Gingrich in 2008 said an Obama presidency would "eliminate freedom of speech for Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity."  

We are hearing the same rhetoric.  He's been in office for four years and we are not socialist, we have not had gun rights taken away, and the terrorists have not been embolden by anything more than the war in Iraq, which he got us out of.   And last I saw, Limbaugh still had a chance to run his half truths and out and out lies to his zombie followers without impedance.
Here is some of the blatantly ridiculous rhetoric spewed as of late.
Newt Gingrich -Feb 12th..."The morning after he is reelected, he will wage war on the Catholic church."
Dec 22  2011 Mitt says if Obama is elected "you will not be able to get a job."

Dec 28th 2011 Trent Franks "We will step into this night of European Socialism."

Feb 6th Rich Santorum -"America will not be the land that believes in free people and free enterprise."

Nov 12 Mitt Romney -"If we re-elect Barack Obama Iran will have a nuclear weapon."

Michelle Bachman -"There is no future, there is no hope"
 You've lost your damn mind.

The President of the NRA , Wayne Lapierre  told his followers that the Obama strategy, a" massive Obama conspiracy"  as he said, his 2nd term strategy which was "crystal clear, to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the second amendment," which as Stuart says was preposterous as if the whole first term was just to "set the trap."

It's too much and this rhetoric machine needs to be laughed at.  Without serious, factual, intellectual debate, we can't solve our problems.  Even with those things I guess we aren't sure it's possible, but lets be honest, if these wild accusations and falsehoods were bandied about in an elementary school atmosphere instead of the national media, the Republicans parents would be called after a long sit down in the Vice Principals office.   It's just crazy talk, and though the dems have their faults, does anyone see quite the same disconnect from reality from them ?

Demand more! ..demand common sense from our politicians.  Tell your friends ...even if you think that Obama has not been that effective of a President, even if you think his leadership has failed, that the way to show him the door should be more about merit or lack thereof, which can be documented with civility, and not THIS kind of egregious and delirious ..and if I were republican I would add embarrassing diatribe. 

Please share this on FB, email, and twitter ..and the other ideals of common sense may someday prevail.

Jon Huntsman won the 09-07-2011 Republican Debate

I watched the republican debate from the Reagan Library on September 7th, 2011 and I am a bit perplexed as to why Jon Huntsman hasn't gained traction in the presidential polls.

He is the embodiment of what this blog is about as the campaign heats up. COMMON SENSE.  At this point I'd add, COME ON SENSE, meaning, Come On ...what are you not getting about Huntsman ?

I think the groundswell of Perry support will crumble in the face of his backwoods hick "don't tell me how to think or what to say" mentality.  The firm beliefs of the Texas governor are admirable for being just that, but if it  doesn't come back to bite him in the ass I will be very surprised and will begin to believe the GOP is hell bent on handing Obama the chance ice cubes chance in hell he so desperately needs.

If they would elect a common sense moderate, the republicans would get the votes of all the pissed off Dems and currently right swinging and fed up with Obama independents.  The man the GOP needs seems to be John Huntsman in every way shape and form.   Huntsman is correct that if the Tea Party gets so enamored with Perry or anyone else that embodies the current "anti-science" stance of some, they will appear uneducated and dogmatic, and become a laughing stock that loses in 2012, and can make history for missing a wide open slam dunk of an opportunity. 

In my eyes, Huntsman may not have gotten the biggest applause, and perhaps isn't as charismatic as some, but was the clear winner for anyone who watched and scored on honesty, integrity, and appeal to a mainstream, common sense middle.