Putting faith in the imminent collapse of the currency market is a kind of messianic fervor, isn’t it?  I’m reminded of all those prophets of doom and gloom over the centuries?

Fly Fly Fly,
The leaves are leaving the trees,
Hot is the wind,
Armageddon is coming.

But Armagedden never comes.  Still, things could get worse, much worse if you guys have your way.

If any of you were in Maine’s 2nd district, where I
am, you’d vote in the Tea Party nut, Jason Levesque,
and vote out the Blue Dog Democrat, Mike Michaud. 
Mike may be a Blue Dog in favor of a balanced budget
amendment, which I am not, but I infinitely prefer
him over the bitter liar, Levesque.  Michaud ended up
voting for the final Health plan that went through,
IMPERFECT AS IT WAS, but it IS BETTER THAN THE
ALTERNATIVE which is nothing.  It is a small step
forward but now is in danger of being torpedoed by
the very forces you will end up strengthening in this
election.  Did any of you know that the perfect is
the enemy of the good, or even of the fair?  But
what you all seem to believe is that impossible is to
be preferred over anything at all.

Mardy,

“Oh, and PatrickHenry, the way to get new ideas and new leadership is not vote the old out and replace them by the even more old and the really crazy (i.e.TPs), is it?

New ideas out of old leadership, I don’t think so.

Encumbent Democrats and Republicans have been paid off part and parcel, a good reason for term limits.

The ‘Tea Party’ is the hijacked remnants of the Ron Paul revolution consisting of disenfranchised Republicans, Independents and Democrats who tire of the business as usual attitude of the current U.S. government.

I don’t really worry about it as it will all come to an end when our currency tanks on the world market.

EJ Dionne is dusty old bones…full of green dust.  Red rover, red rover, let the extremists take over!  EJ, you may wish for neutered cons like Buckley, but Buckley ain’t here no more (back off grammar police!)

End the Fed. End the Wars. End the Empire.

It disturbing that commentators continue to blame this disaster on cleaver
wealthy Republicans who will jump up after Halloween and presto Armageddon!

But the real blame goes to the Democrats who became wannabe Republicans.

Here’s a large example (one so large that had the Dems done what the people
wanted, they probably would be sitting pretty right now - even with this
economy).

Example: Just sixteen short months ago, in June 2009, a New York Times/CBS
poll found -

”  72% of Americans ‘supported a government-administered insurance plan—
something like Medicare for those under 65—that would compete for
customers with private insurers.’  “

The Democrats chose to give us the short end of the stick ... It is important -
very important—to note that “us” is 72% of the voters. Not just those fringy
Liberals , but 72% of those polled.

The Demos thought we (“us”) ... Well , what did they think? We wouldn’t notice?
We’re too simple to know ?  We’d take anything? Or Did the Democrats just not
care? Obama did not lift a finger to lead; he simply sat there, lame and
disengaged, while Max Baucus crafted a bill to the insurance industry’s liking.

Here’s a question for the Dems from those of us who they ignored: Why would
we donate, campaign for, support people who did not support us?

Democratic answer: Oh those other guys will be worse.

Our answer. We’ll vote Democratic, but that’s about it. It’s hard to motivate
ourselves to go out, to donate, to get involved and to campaign (ie take positive
action) for a Party that does not represent you, but is merely better than other
guys.

PS The premise that you are “better than the other guys” is becoming harder
and harder to defend, given the paucity of meaningful legislation over the last
seventeen months.

The Republican Party has the Palin-Beck Republicans, the nominal Republicans
and the invisible heavy donor Republicans.

As EJ says, this “gives the Republicans a wealth of advantages.

But here’s a Republican advantage EJ didnt mention: The Republicans have the
Presidency.

Here’s what Obama has done in seventeen months:

1. Gutted real financial reform (no Glass-Steagle, no ‘too big too fail)
2. Rejected the only health care option that would simultaneously extend
coverage and cut costs (single payer)
3. Supported a stingy stimulus (one-third tax breaks)
4. Doubled-down & accelerated the Bush bailouts
5. Escalated a fruitless war in Afghanistan
6. Not helped people in bankruptcy & needing mortgage remediation
7. Not passed a jobs bill & had trouble extending unemployment compensation
8. Ignored previous Republican profligacy, crimes, misdemeanors
9. Used “Heck of a Job, Timmy” to promote low taxes for the wealthy on capital
gains, dividends and ‘carried interest’
10. Sand bagged the “Budget Commission” with Max Baucus clones

These are all Republican policies.

With the defeat of the nominal Democrats and the election of the three-
personed Republicans, having a Republican President should put an end to the
middle class within a decade.

Ooooh, BarbieQue, you’re checking up on me.  Pretty
good. I suppose I could check your profile too.  DLC? DCCC?  Ha ha.  Yes, I’ve contributed money ($25
levels) several times in the past.  So?  Am I
advancing an agenda?  I’m simply responding to views
I think are wrong, or crazy.  Well, maybe that is advancing an agenda.  You apparently have an agenda
too.  Hey, here’s my agenda: Vote the Dems out of
office at your peril.  You see, I do believe there’s
a difference between Dems and Republicans, a party
that has really gone off the deep end.  My agenda is:
I’d rather be in the frying pan, where there may
still be hope, than in the fire where I’ll be surely
destroyed!

Oh, and PatrickHenry, the way to get new ideas and
new leadership is not vote the old out and replace
them by the even more old and the really crazy (i.e.
TPs), is it?

Mardy,

I plan to vote out Steny Hoyer, Barbara Mikulski and any other AIPAC mongers.

There is no difference between (R) and (D) any more, only old and new and we need new ideas and new leadership.

Mardy:

A glance at your profile indicates you’ve made 11 posts in about 3 weeks, interestingly after signing up 10 months ago.

DLC? DCCC?

Telling people what to do is not the best way to advance your obvious agenda.

And continuing to vote for the same old will continue to get you more of it. You may not think the wars are a big deal now that a (D) is ordering drone strikes, or building another base in Afghanistan, or mandating (unconstitutionally) that Citizens must fatten the wallets of major for profit insurance companies. But you are not the only one here.

Some of us are trying to think outside the box. I haven’t seen anyone tell you how to vote.

Big mistake, PatrickHenry, you’ve been believing too
much of the current propaganda, not just on Fox but on
the mainstream media as well.  By voting Dems out of
office, or even Blue Dog Dems, you’ll be replacing them
with Tea Party crazies and they will only make matters
worse, much worse!  Think twice.

I plan on voting all encumbents out next election.

We the people need to send a message.

Hammond Eggs, aren’t you on the wrong website?  Sounds
like Red State or equivalent would be more appropriate
for your comments.

Monsieur Dionne forgot to add that if Obama had not turned out to be the Liar and Betrayer that he is, the Dims wouldn’t be in the trouble they’re in now.  As for political ads, you have to be dumb enough to believe any of them, or even pay attention to them.

eggroll, where do you pick up these beliefs?  Pretty
presumptive stuff, I would say.
morristhewise, I think you’re pretty wise on that one.
BarbieQue, you are a riot! What a bunch of wild-a**
statements.  They may be your reality but it’s
certainly not that of every other American. 

Meanwhile, the Republicans take over and the country
goes from the frying pan into the fire.

My reality is that EJ is a party hack. My reality is that unless this nation gets over this divisive insane (D) vs (R) BS it’s going the way of Rome.

Change My Ass. We’re in Afghanistan, probably about to invade Pakistan, we’re drone bombing civilians (by mistake of course) creating many more real enemies daily, the new president makes jokes about said drone bombs (which would have outraged some people if the last dingbat said it).

We’ve gone from manufacturing giant to being dependent on China to make our damn soldiers boots while smirking sellout bullsh*t artists like Bubba signed “agreements” like NAFTA.

O-Change-O has given this entire nations health care future to scummy thieving insurance companies and lemmings like DiDroneOn have cheered it on.

O-Change-0 has given billions and billions to banks and companies like AIG while stacking the cat food commission with punks like Simpson who said social security is like ““A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits” [...]

If Dumbya had done these things some fake (D)emoRats would have been OUTRAGED.

That’s MY reality and every other Americans.

And to watch a lemming like DiDroneOn yammer away at divisive bullsh*t is disgusting. There. Happy? :D

Despite constant bad mouthing from angry Americans, Obama has a lock on his
job as president. People need a scapegoat for all the nations ills, and Obama has
become the bad boy and perfect target. He is battered and abused but like an old
shoe cannot be replaced.

I’m coming to a different conclusion, in part because I believe Obama is practicing a longer strategy and David Plouffe just isn’t that stupid. What seems to be going on is the Long Con, or more precisely the Long Rope-a-Dope, whereby the House is handed back to the Republicans, who can have investigations and hearings to their hearts delight over the next two years. But they come in on a promise to cut spending and Obama holds them to it. What seems to have had little play was the Cameron’s government has demanded, and will get, a 7-8% cut in defense spending as other spending categories have been “protected.” Here in the US, I would expect that Christmas 2011 and 2012 will be pretty lean for poorly connected defense contractors. 2 years of gridlock, 2 years of currency devaluation, 2 years of “making our country weaker” and Obama will be reelected by a landslide.

So, BarbieQue, you know better?  How about that E.J.
describes reality?  What’s your reality?

E.J. Di-Drone-On