Monday Open Thread [7.21.14]
GEORGIA–SENATE–Landmark Communications: Michelle Nunn (D) 49, Rep. Jack Kingston (R) 41; Nunn (D) 48, David Perdue (R) 42
The runoff between the two Republicans finally takes place tomorrow. Kingston leads Perdue 48 to 41 in this poll. It will be funny if the GOP picks up North Dakota and West Virginia (both of which they should), but then lose Kentucky and Georgia (which right now is likely). That would mean that, in order to win the Senate majority, the GOP will have to run the table and win in North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Montana, Colorado, and Alaska. Polling has been sparse in Alaska and Montana, but Begich (D) is holding his own out there and is expected to win. Hagan in North Carolina has drastically improved her position in North Carolina such that most prognosticators consider that race Lean Democratic (and usually, when there is a hint of competitiveness, the prognosticators always say Lean GOP). Landrieu is leading in Louisiana (though that race will be tough to read until after the November election due to Louisiana law requiring a runoff). And Senator Pryor is holding his own in Arkansas and the same can be said for Udall in Colorado. Right now, the only race of these six I see the GOP picking up is Montana.
NEW YORK–GOVERNOR–Siena : Gov. Andrews Cuomo (D) 60, Rob Astorino (R) 23.
OKLAHOMA–GOVERNORA–Rasmussen: Gov. Mary Fallin (R) 45, Joe Dorman (D) 40. This is probably an outlier.
Until each and every elected Republican everywhere condemns Sarah Palin, I will consider an important voice of the GOP. And as such, I think it is important when an important voice of a political party states that she has spoken with God and God has told her that he wants the President of the United States impeached. Indeed, Sarah.
Palin tried to revive her case for impeachment at the Western Conservative Summit, “I’m hearing some argue for ‘cautious inaction.’ They’re terming it. They’re saying ‘Well Obama’s policies expose his failures anyway, so why rock the boat.’ But that argument, it misses the point. Folks he is radically changing the balance of power. It’s setting a wicked dangerous precedent. With his pen and his phone, hes abrogating his presidential authority. Making himself a ruler not a President.”
Uh, you cannot abrogate your presidential authority and then make yourself supreme ruler, exercising all possible authority (including authority that goes beyond your constitutionally proscribed role). They are on opposite ends of the presidential authority use spectrum.
This is why, according to Sarah Palin, God wants Obama impeached, “This president’s forgotten man is we the people, and we the people know that our best days are still ahead because we know that God shed his grace. He’s given us our freedom to do what’s right. God doesn’t drive parked cars. I think he expects us to get up and take action in order to defend these freedoms that are God given. I think it’s an affront to God to let this go on because he gave us these freedoms. We’re not going to let someone, a person, a party take them from us. We’re not going to dethrone God and substitute him with someone who wants to play God.”
There is nothing quite like a Sarah Palin word salad. God doesn’t drive parked cars? So what, he takes a car already moving on the road and takes over, freaking everyone out?
Mrs. Palin, what freedoms are you talking about in the first place, and which of those freedoms are being taken away? That’s first and foremost.
Second, this God you are describing. Boy does he sound like a wimp. Remember, Sarah, you have described Barack Obama as a feckless whimp, and yet this person has somehow dethroned they almighty God? And this God ain’t going to do shit about it others do it for Him?
Talk about a lazy supreme being who does not believe in Republican principles.
Palin would be funny if her crazy gibberish wasn’t so dangerous.
Had I posted the current poll, I would have added a third option – “Ultimately, does it really matter?”
Your words might have some validity if you could remove some of your vulgarity and disrespect for her opinions when presenting your reply.
If you cannot understand where your freedoms are being eroded then perhaps the problem is with you. Palin expressed her thoughts but somehow that very freedom only applies if they agree with your position?
Freedom of speech was meant to “enhance” America through open dialogue.
Her opinions are worthy of nothing but disrespect.
Hahaha. GTW, I will show Mrs. Palin the respect she shows us and the President of the United States. You want to be treated with respect, you give respect.
Further, once again, please identify what freedom(s) are being eroded by the policies of President Barack Obama. You seem to want me to answer the question since you cannot answer it yourself, so my answer is:
None.
Not a single freedom you had on January 19, 2009 has been lost to you forever through the actions of President Obama.
You still have your freedom of speech. You seem to imply that because I disagree with Mrs. Palin, I am somehow infringing on her free speech rights. LOL. If you truly believe that, you are a stone cold idiot who needs to go back to elementary school because you did not learn a thing the first time. So let’s go back to school.
What is your right to free speech? Well, let’s look at the Constitution that you so constantly talk about but never in fact read.
The First Amendment says, in full:
Congress cannot abridge the freedom of speech. Ok, what does this mean? Who is prohibited from interfering with your and Mrs. Palin’s freedom of speech? Congress, and by extension, the federal government, and by extension of the 14th Amendment, all other levels of government. I can abridge Mrs. Palin’s freedom of speech all I want, as a private citizen. If I owned a private TV network, I can cancel her show and refuse to put her on my air. If I owned private land as a private citizen, I do not have to allow her onto my property to give a speech. And as a private citizen, I can refuse to even listen to her. That is my freedom of speech. Just as she can refuse to listen to me (and I guarantee you, Mrs. Palin has never actually read any liberal policy paper ever).
The only right to free speech you have in this country is the freedom to not have your government unduly interfere with it. There can still be Time, Place and Manner restrictions, but those are fairly rare, especially when Mrs. Palin’s friends, the Westboro Baptist Church, are allowed to protest private funerals everywhere in this country.
So, in summary, freedom of speech does not mean open dialogue that eventually leads to everyone being forced to agree with Sarah Palin. That is called Nazi Germany, with Sarah Palin’s name being replaced by Adolf Hitler. In America, I have every right to disagree with her and not even hear her nails on a chalkboard word salad that emanates from her mouth.
Freedom of speech to a conservative….. “saying anything you want with no expectation of consequences or reaction other than praise”.
The freedom that they feel slipping away is the freedom to discriminate against gays, blacks and other unworthy pseudo-citizens on “religious” grounds. That’s not really a freedom, but they take it to be one (as does a majority on the Supreme Court).
They think that it is Obama who is depriving them on this “freedom” but in fact it is modernity.
There is no freedom to discriminate, that having been banned explicitly under the 14th Amendment.
If they want to fight a war on this, we will gladly defeat them again.
C’mon rusty, can’t wait to hear your take on on the word salad that the half-term governor and Quittah from Wassilla just spewed, NOT!
Somehow the IRS never entered your discussion on stifling freedom of speech. Have a great life.
What about the IRS? GTW, you took people to task for attacking Saint Sarah’s freedom of speech because they pointed out that she is wrong, stupid and obviously only exists to make money for herself and joke fodder for the late nights. In fact, you attacked OUR freedom of speech by SAYING we attacked freedom of speech. SO what about the IRS?
“There is no freedom to discriminate, that having been banned explicitly under the 14th Amendment. ”
Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. begs to differ.
Oh, I see. The IRS “scandal” of when they reviewed certain tea party 501(c)(3) organizations to see if they were complying with the law and not engaging in politics.
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First, and dumb conservatives like GTW and Darrell Issa always forget this or willfully lie about it: the IRS actually targeted progressive groups (like Occupy groups) more than conservative groups.
Second, review of these political groups by the IRS is mandated by the fucking law. Because, by filing to be a 501(c)(3) organization, you are certifying under penalty of perjury and tax law that your organization is to be involved in charity and not in politics or campaigns. But by filing as such and complying with the limitations imposed under Section 501(c)(3), you get to raise money tax free.
But you see, conservatives like GTW and Karl Rove love to break the law. They wanted to have their political orgs be tax free 501(c)(3) orgs but they wanted to engage in political and campaign activity.
So in truth, GTW and his or her ilk should in fact be in prison for committing tax fraud, and yet they are here crying that the IRS has violated their freedom of speech.
GTW, you are deranged and the sooner you are institutionalized, the better this planet will be.
Every time Palin speaks a certain song by Buck Cherry runs thru my mind. O.K., mostly the chorus.
Del Dem:
Who pissed in your Wheaties . . . . today? Or did you just wake up bitchy and sweaty/clamy?
Fundamental difference between Occupy and the woebegone Tea Baggers. The Tea Baggers were no more than offensive. The Occupy folks were law breakers – Dumb ass, door knob kinda of stupid, leaning but not sure why, left wing idiots.
The IRS has no more mandate to review 501(c)(3) organizations than the Fire Department has mandate to investigate those who tear mattress tags off. If that’s the best argument you have, go back to bed you need more REM sleep.
Funny thing is that history will shit on you. In the late 1950’s it was the Democrats that were crazy as shit. Full of themselves in the name of national security. Today it is the Republicans that can’t discriminate their own ass from their mouth pieces.
“The IRS has no more mandate to review 501(c)(3) organizations..”
Simply false. Try again.
@ATIAM: You posed as an intelligent person for quite a while there. What happened?
LOL. So according to conservative lies, the IRS is not allowed to review or approve organizations that are formed under THE FUCKING INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
Seriously, do you feel any shame at all when you lie like this so blatantly?
A bit of a correction; the IRS scandal is not about 501(c)(3)’s it is about 501(c)(4)’s. Differences between the two; you may deduct contributions to 501(c)(3)s, but not to (4)s. (3)s are prohibited from participating in political activity, (4)s may within limits. The issue as I understand it is about donor secrecy / privacy. Nonprofits do not disclose the names of their donors, other political organizations do.
And I’m glad to learn the IRS can’t review nonprofits. I guess we can all stop filing those pesky 990s.
Delaware Dem. sewer mouth. Cannot respond without vulgarity says much about you.
Feel free to refute any of DelDems claims, gtw. High speed, low drag, fact free non engagement trolling is just so…….Palin.
(sewer mouth is also covered under freedom of speech provisions)
DelDem,
I feel like my liberty to live my life unsurveilled has been eroded by President Obama. That is not to say the same isn’t true of his predecessor too. But you asked about President Obama