Comments on: THE POTENTIAL ANTI-OBAMA VOTE IN NOVEMBER

By: Richard Bottoms

Richard Bottoms — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:13:44 +0000

~~Obama is a Socialist who reads Miranda and coddles terrorists.~~

Well there goes that narrative.

Republicans may have a hard time keeping up their talking point about how reading Miranda rights to the Christmas Day bomber represented a dangerous new direction under President Barack Obama.

It turns out that that back in December 2001, Richard Reid — the “shoe bomber” — was read or reminded of his Miranda rights four times in two days, beginning five minutes after being taken into custody.

Furthermore, the Bush administration specifically rejected the idea of a military tribunal — another step that Republicans have argued should have been taken in the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to bring down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day and was read his rights after 50 minutes of FBI questioning.

After Reid attempted to blow up an American Airlines flight out of Paris, Massachusetts State Police officers boarded the plane at 12:55 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2001, handcuffed Reid, and removed him from the plane, according to U.S. District Court records.

“At around 1:00 p.m., one of the officers (it is unclear who) read Reid Miranda warnings,” according to a court order in Reid’s case. “The officers then placed Reid inside a police cruiser. … At some point while in the cruiser, Trooper Santiago … asked Reid ‘What happened on the plane?,’ which Reid answered by stating that nothing happened on the plane. … Reid then asked Trooper Santiago ‘Where are the reporters?’”

Republicans. Lying jerks. Again.

By: Bruceinsocal

Bruceinsocal — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:52:42 +0000

People didn’t dislike Clinton in 94. In fact, he won easily in 96. The GOP still kicked ass in 94 because they espoused conservative ideas. This time around, we have a vastly more leftist President, piles and piles of debt, another failed socialist take-over of health care and a vastly more educated electorate (thanks to internet and conservative media outlets). The economy isn’t growing, foreclosures are getting worse, unemployment is awful and soon the corporate real estate bubble will pop. This year’s mid-terms will be a pasting. Oh, Scott Brown ran as a conservative, not an independent. He stayed away from GOP moniker..but that is good because GOP hasn’t been conservative for years. Peeps like Rick, McCain et al think being a squish wins when we all know that conservatism wins (ask all those conservative Dems who won in red states).

By: KenGirard

KenGirard — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:29:19 +0000

“Imagine rather than screaming “socialist” every day since Obamacare has been an issue, the GOP had calmly and repeatedly countered with Ryan’s common sense health care reforms.” - Rick Moran

Please? Pretty pleae? All anyone kept pointing at was the 9 pages of bullet points that was more of a wish list, so that they could complain about how the Dem version was so big and complex. Can’t really do that when the Ryan bill is 248 pages, and tons of it is “See this sextion X in a different document”.

If everyone would offer up the best ideas they have, who knows, maybe we can get something useful out of the politicians.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:53:52 +0000

Have the Dems done a good job governing? No. But Americans still recall what a mess 8 years of gop rule wreaked.If people think Americans have gone far right with Beck and company they are sadly mistaken.We are a centrist country with a distrust of Washington.Republican politicians aren’t loved anymore than Democratic ones.Right now the party in power is getting the brunt of the anger as it rightly should.There is no passionate groundswell to have Boehner become majority leader of the House.Independents like Scott Brown will be the wave of the future. Obama needs to run to the center and he’ll be fine.

By: Richard Bottoms

Richard Bottoms — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:30:49 +0000

I can always go to the emergency room and get treated and say No habla Ingles, dont you think Richard, and not have to pay my bill.

Yes, the best time to see a doctor about the cancer in your gut is when you’re bleeding out of your rectum.

For the rest of us on planet Earth, we prefer preventative care and not to have to beg in the street when we get sick.

By: CZ

CZ — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:21:17 +0000

Richard Bottoms Said:
8:02 am BTW, exactly how many black folks are in national office from the Republican Party? None, zero, zilch you say??

More of the same from a one-trick pony with a one track mind. When you have nothing else to offer, bring up some racial bullshit. Same tired old tactic, same tired old ideologue. Same old jackASS party.

By: JohntT

JohntT — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:06:21 +0000

Right, I can make the case against illegal aliens with being racist because I am not racist. I don’t care which country they come from and what colour their skin. If our country “needs” them, then figure out how to legally get them here, and not just to import an underclass of Democrat voters either, ala Obamas immigration scheme, coming soon to a broken state near you.
The fact is we don’t need them, we are aborting out our population growth, subsidizing laziness and broken families and giving our country away.

I can always go to the emergency room and get treated and say No habla Ingles, dont you think Richard, and not have to pay my bill. That is what my counterparts are doing as they are willing to work for 5$ or 10$ an hour and live 10 in a house and drive 6 in a pickup truck, single cab I may add.
All I can say is you get what you pay for and our country is getting what we deserve with Chinese manufactured junk and illegal immigrant labor. No loyalty, no country.

By: Richard Bottoms

Richard Bottoms — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:17:49 +0000

And BTW, a construction worker is exactly the kind of person who should be shouting from the rooftops for affordable Universal Health coverage so employers in the United States can compete against countries that do offer such insurance.

Should you ever get hurt on the job or develop a pre-existing condition like arthritis try moving to another state and get coverage. Your chances of finding a reasonablypriced policy with a company that won’t be drop you the first time you get sick are between slim and not a chance in hell.

By: Richard Bottoms

Richard Bottoms — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:11:19 +0000

Illegal aliens have destroyed this State and economy mr.bottoms, would you like to come try and compete against illegal aliens in the Construction Industry in CA?

I’m a software developer, so I compete against 18 year olds kids barely old enough to shave who are living in Belarus and India.

Thanks, I know all about competition.

I’m no fan of H1B’s believe me, but you can make the case against illegal immigration without coming off as a racist hothead.

The GOP has not mastered that skill, and since their track record for putting minorities into office, black folks in particular is so dismal they have no credibility when it comes time to make their case.

I simply put forth that come spring there will be lots of rally and protests all featuring guys with guns and signs that will embarrass and anger people you might otherwise attract to your party. All this has happened before and it will happen again.

By: JohntT

JohntT — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:04:01 +0000

OOf, I guess I should have read all comments first, Richard is skimming the bottom of the barrel isn’t he??
Illegal aliens have destroyed this State and economy mr.bottoms, would you like to come try and compete against illegal aliens in the Construction Industry in CA? You would perish in an instant, like most of the law abiding businesses here. Only the Unions, and they are just barely, and those who are willing to break the Law(using illegal alien, tax payer subsidized workers)are managing to keep afloat in my area right now. With a few well connected exceptions, of course. Well connected in a good and honest way, too there are still some of those opportunities out there.
To deny that illegal aliens didn’t contribute all the manpower to overbuild in the bubble is to have not paid attention here. Those jobs that Americans wouldn’t do were just jobs that there were too few Americans to get to. And now we know why, because the economy could not sustain all those jobs and people.
I would bet Rick Bottoms has a Government job or is “getting” money somehow. Or is that Rick’s alter ego?
JK!