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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8561)	3/6/2009 2:21:48 PM
From: tntpal	2 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

Kenneth - I agree with you on all counts as to the source of the problem. I am an Independent. I fear that more spending by a Democrat Administration is not going to solve excessive spending by a Republican Administration. The problem with our two party system is that it is really two faces on the same side of Big Government. I do believe that it is time to think outside the box - I wish Ron Paul was Prez. because he thinks differently than all the other politicians. (even though he is Republican, his actions are Independent)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8561)	3/6/2009 3:29:27 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 103300

Yeah and now Obama's budget more than doubles the national debt. It adds more to the debt than all previous presidents put together... Yet you'll defend that because you're a worthless partisan hack.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8561)	3/6/2009 4:15:42 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 103300

In a country where conservative talk radio is so widespread that congressional Democrats have pondered how to rein it in, Limbaugh is preeminent. Last year he signed an eight-year extension to his contract worth a reported $400 million. He is beloved by conservatives but viewed skeptically by many Americans for controversial statements such as his 2006 pronouncement that popular actor Michael J. Fox was exaggerating the effects of his Parkinson's disease. Republicans have been careful to avoid riling the influential Limbaugh, with new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele apologizing to him after saying he sometimes delivered an "incendiary" and "ugly" message. Still, Republicans were smarting from the White House attack and accused Obama's team of trying to distract attention from Democrats' high-spending ways, such as the economic stimulus plan, a $3.55 trillion budget proposal, and a $410 billion omnibus budget bill larded with pet projects. "My theory is they would rather have the argument with Rush than with the congressional Republicans over the substance of the stimulus, the omnibus or the Obama budget," said Karl Rove, who was President George W. Bush's political adviser. "This is misdirection." Republican pollster Whit Ayres said the Democrats were setting Limbaugh up as the voice of Republicans "which is very smart from their perspective." "By branding the most conservative major voice as the voice of the entire Republican Party, it makes it exceedingly difficult, if they are successful, for Republicans to reach out to independents and other Republicans who are nowhere near as conservative." Democratic strategist Bud Jackson said any time Obama's team can cause friction between the right-wing part of the Republican Party and its more moderate core supporters, "it's a net victory." "I'm sure they're just trying to have a little bit of fun and keep the Republicans divided," Jackson said.