Comments on: Fight.

By: Ned Reck

Ned Reck — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:03:34 +0000

Notwithstanding the differing responses to the GOP’s heretofore tepid approach to this egregious legislation …

This topic header has got to be one of the most motivationally inspiring pieces that I have read in some time. I have emailed Eric’s patriotic and impassioned call to “Fight” to everybody that I know.

Ned Reck

By: sammyc

sammyc — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:27:03 +0000

Tell us what to do to change the fact that the Republican Senators are not listening to the people. I call, write and email, all to no avail. I get pat letters back that prove they don’t even read what I write. We have had the tea parties, Town Hall meetings, and these with little or with no results as far as the Senators responses go. I am willing to do things, if you tell me what I need to do. I am one person, with limited capabilities as I am handicapped, but will work hard for the cause. We are in need a strong leader, one who can pull the party together and we need to stop the in-fighing. From what I can observe that is why we get nothing done. we are finger pointing and spinning our wheels. There is NO way this bill should have gotten to this point. And if it is signed we will never get rid of it.

By: proudmarinemom

proudmarinemom — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:25:25 +0000

Remember what Stalin said: “Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.” They don’t care what the polls show, they don’t care that they would lose seats in a fair election because they don’t intend to allow a fair election to take place.

I’ll be there tomorrow at 1:30, along with Laura Ingraham and others, but I do not expect them to listen. I’m going so that I can tell my grandchildren that, back in the olden days, when Communism was just taking hold in America, I really, really tried to stop it.

By: robert23

robert23 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:13:37 +0000

These Leftist/statist have been dismantling our Constitution and Rights as a free people for a hundred years now. This HealthCare sham is to date their biggest power grab-far beyond Healthcare.

As they have come this close I do not see the Leftist/statist giving up power to anything so trite as an election in 2010.

By: smagar

smagar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:59:15 +0000

By: smagar

smagar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:53:33 +0000

I’ve read the Note, and its author says that Senator Cornyn feels that, if the bill passes, it will be politically bad for the Democrats.

Sen. Cornyn is now making clear that he believes the Democratic health care reform legislation, should it become law, will help his party make gains in the 2010 midterm elections.

I agree with him. I think that the voters will freak out in 2010 if that happens.

But that’s not proof that Cornyn WANTS the bill to pass.

Do you have any other evidence that Cornyn, or some other GOP leader, reportedly said they want the bill to pass, for whatever reason? Or, are you drawing that interpretation yourself?

By: smagar

smagar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:30:03 +0000

By: clowngirl

clowngirl — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:03:31 +0000

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:39:42 +0000

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:30:53 +0000

I call out Ace all the time.

Jaded I’ll try to reel back.

Ditto Becker.

Ditto you.

I don’t play favorites among the regulars. I’m genuinely happy when you guys just get along. I don’t want to have to go Rodney King on anyone.

You have my email address. Please, Please give me the opportunity to give them similar guff when they get carried away against you.

I’d rather everyone get along, but I’ll settle for everyone united in hating me for being a jerky moderator.

By: Achance

Achance — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:15:52 +0000

when you call one of them out for the things they’ve said to and about those who oppose them, I might take your laughing and pointing a little better. The fact that you don’t really want to primary every Republican officeholder in America really shouldn’t make one a liberal or a pussy, dontcha think?

The general run of comment from this lot has been somthing along the lines of “let’s get them all.” I have yet to hear one idea of policy or program from any of these sel=annointed ideological purists. Hell, I might agree with them if I actually had any idea of what they stood for other than defeating every Republican officeholder in the Country.

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:04:22 +0000

but I don’t think this is what he had in mind

By: smagar

smagar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:01:24 +0000

Neil’s given the cease-and-desist sign and I’m obeying.

Thanks for stepping in when I needed some backup; until next time…

By: smagar

smagar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:56:24 +0000

By: redneck_hippie

redneck_hippie — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:54:57 +0000

I could swear smagar was belittling jaded a little while ago for using an analogy. That’s making trouble for the sake of making trouble.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:52:42 +0000

If you don’t like it, you know where the door is.

Aaron isn’t a moderator but he’s an FP contributor and I have his back.

By: Jack_Savage

Jack_Savage — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:51:42 +0000

I seem to remember the term “whackos” being bandied about. Of course, I always thought it was “wackos”, but whatever….

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:51:37 +0000

I found what you said particularly offensive and uncalled for, especially the comment directed at penguin, who is a very mild mannered commenter. You are the one who decided it was more important to drag this out into a pissing match rather than a simple warning that things were getting too heated.

If you have so little respect for the site that you only care if it is a moderator correcting you, then that is a very said state for you to be in. You could just put all this behind you and quit using rhetoric which is clearly an attempt to increase the hostility in the debate rather than decrease it. But again, I am not a moderator so that would be your choice.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:51:05 +0000

Tell you what Art: When you can show me where Jaded and Ace are having people brutally murdered for disagreeing , then I will stop pointing and laughing at your ridiculous comment.

By: Vegas_Rick

Vegas_Rick — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:50:38 +0000