As Republicans gather in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney, Americans can expect to hear tales of how President Obama has failed to work with their party or turn the economy around.
But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.
The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.
Pundits looking to reduce something as big as a statewide election to a single photograph have blamed the result of my 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate on my greeting of President Obama. I didn't stand with our president because of what it could mean politically; I did it because uniting to recover from the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes was more important than party affiliation. I stood with our nation's leader because it was right for my state.
President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes. That's what makes him the right leader for our times, and that's why I'm proud to stand with him today.
That horrible thumping sound you hear are GOP heads banging on their desks all OVER the country right now.
To be fair Governor Crist broke from the Republican party in 2010 to become an Independent after which he ran for the Senate and lost against the new GOP heartthrob Mark Rubio, so the Republican delegates to this convention could hardly have hoped for Christ to stand on the street corner waving pom poms in their direction, but still you know THIS has to burn their ass.
So right now the Republicans have a very robotic like presidential candidate (Which to be honest MOST of his party can barely tolerate.), a tropical storm cancelling the first few days of their convention, are currently being ridiculed for their bizarre opinions about a woman's ability to fight off "rape sperm," while the last VP candidate is calling for a third party to challenge them in future elections, and now the once Republican former Governor of the state hosting the venue on which they are about to trot out their candidate for the highest office in the land suddenly endorses the OTHER guy.
I'm sorry but could the Democrats have ever even HOPED for a better set of circumstances than this?
Look I am still an Atheist, but if there IS a God I think we can all agree that He (or She) is definitely a Democrat!
To paraphrase Senator George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign slogan: Come Home GOP
ReplyDeleteYeah, go home GOP...after you lose the election again, and try to regain some sense of humanity and humility.
DeleteI would love to just once see the headline
ReplyDelete"CHRIST ENDORSES OBAMA"
Me too ... and as Gryphen says later, I just betcha he does!
Delete"Christ waving pom-poms on the street corner..."
ReplyDeleteBest snarky image ever (bet THAT former gov. had to put up with that teasing ALL his life)-!
Soooo hoping Sarah reads her morning dose of IM today- it will break her tiny bitter heart into pieces! "He's MY JEEBUS! He's MINE! He should be cheering for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !"
lovin' it! Wild Tortoise
FYI: Charlie is married to a woman who owns a costume company. Now, she not only makes beards, she IS one!
DeleteDear hrh:
Delete1. Bless your heart.
2. Who cares?
hrh cares. he's got that self-loathing thing going on.
DeleteI see we have wide-stance-foot tapping-rent-boy-renting-member of the right wing on board. Welcome sir, see here you will find acceptance regardless of your sexual orientation; you can come out to us and we'll still love you. We will always loath your politics but we don't care if you're gay. Unlike your cohorts over at the P we are open minded.
DeleteOops I just noticed I added an "H" and referred to "Crist" as "Christ" for the entire post.
ReplyDeleteHow's THAT for subliminal imagery?
Though to be honest, if in fact he was a real person, Christ probably WOULD endorse Obama. Just saying.
Your comment was on the mark. Christ does endorse Pres. Obama.
DeleteIn the spirit of Christ, Crist's recognition of the POTUS is spot on.
ReplyDeleteOne year ago, Sarah was at the apex of her political career when she gave her convention speech...
ReplyDeleteIt has taken four years, but her fall within the GOP ranks is almost complete.
She will soon announce herself as the leader of a new third party. She will beg for more donations.
She will proudly be the standard-bearer of the Wig Party.
DeleteYes, keeper of the wigs..perfect job for her. Then she can kick open as many doors as she likes, and we won't have to see her again.
DeleteYou mean the bad, faux-wig party. LOL!
DeleteFAUX wig making FAUX NOISE. How apropos.
DeleteHubby just said in response to your comment about God "or has a sense of humor." I think it is both: he (or she) is a Democrat with a sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteGryphen, this is a wonderful post; your coverage of Crists' endorsement is awesome. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love Charlie Crist! When I first saw the Tampa Bay Times headline this morning, I laughed out loud. Perfect timing. Also heard report of the Florida GOP Chairman who said "It (Crist's endorsement) was very bad timing since Florida is under a emergency hurricane warning". ROFL like the hurricane matters. The GOP "emergency" is how to sell their clown show to the voters.
ReplyDeleteWell, they had to criticize him for something, and couldn't just be adults and respect his thoughts. Or did his thoughts hit alittle too close to home?
DeleteMitt creates chaos whatever he does. There's problems between Mitt and the RNC because they're afraid Mitt's making a power play. Sununu flees the meeting.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-romney-sununu-republican-convention-delegates-fight-tampa-florida-2012-8
Mitt has publicly criticized the media for not covering the convention on Monday night but that doesn't matter now that they've cancelled Monday. I thought it was odd that Mitt originally changed the delegate voting to Monday - now planned for Tuesday. It's like he's scared if they don't do it ASAP, it won't get done.
The Alabama governor has cancelled his plans to be there, he blames it on Isaac which is a legitimate excuse. Gov. Rick Scott of Florida has resigned his responsibilities during the RNC - also a legitimate excuse. Tune in tomorrow .....
Well speaking as a former Catholic, God may not be a democrat, but certainly anyone who has read the New Testament would agree that Jesus was a liberal concerned with social justice for all.
ReplyDeleteI think Norquist made it pretty clear that the GOP/TP doesn't need to like or even respect their candidate. Heck he almost says the ideal guy doesn't even have to have any good ideas or much of a policy. All they want or need in his words is 'a president who signs stuff' handed to him by a Rethug Congress. One would think that would make a guy like Rmoney who thinks of himself as quite the idea and bidness wonk feel a little insignificant and unappreciated.
ReplyDeleteIt would if a guy like Rmoney was capable of feeling anything other than an overpowering lust for money, money, money. I guess his share of the anticipated tax savings from Ryan's plan rewarding the 1%ers is enough to assuage any feelings of inadequacy Grover's dictum might imply.
As the late John Denver used to say so often "Far Out!"!!!! Couldn't be happening to a more deserving bunch!! Sadly I'm greedy - I still want to see pond scum Palin's head (adorned with road kill wig) on a platter!
ReplyDeleteCrist: ""I did it because uniting to recover from the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes was more important than party affiliation. I stood with our nation's leader because it was right for my state.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes. That's what makes him the right leader for our times, and that's why I'm proud to stand with him today.""
Too bad the other Repubs don't feel this way.
Actually, Crist sums up what many Republicans have been thinking for a while.
DeleteI should know.
Iḿ one of them.
Well, this is good news.
ReplyDeleteAnd, this storm certainly will bring out the true motives of those Republicans who criticize big government. They may experience first-hand how "big" government is able to protect them during this storm. Low-paid rescue responders who made an annual salary that Ann Romney probably annually spends to do her nails.
There are probably lots of unpaid convention volunteers as well. But if the hurricane's winds and water (God forbid) do descend on Tampa and mess things up, it will show how real Americans can rise to the occasion and how those in government (first responders) do a great job. The whining and complaining against President Obama's administration won't go down too well either. All speakers will have to tone down their planned anti-Obama diatribes a notch.
And Sarah. Hahahahahahaha.....Sarah thought she'd interrupt media reporting on Monday's Convention schedules with her stint in Arizona......Now she's going to have to yield to Isaac because Isaac has precedence over Sarah and Isaac changed the Convention's opening day to Tuesday. So Sarah will have nothing to do on Tuesday to steal their thunder. Hahahahahahahaha
OMG! You're exactly right and that is fucking GREAT!
DeleteA stripper mattress actress has precedence over sarah.
DeleteCharlie Crist is one of the few republicans I have respected and admired. I wish he would have become a Democrat but an independent will do. now all the gotp closet queens are posting their homophobic twaddle all over the internet. As if they're so naive as to think most adults are well aware of the fact that most who obsess about someone else's sexual preferences secretly questions their own..lol
ReplyDeleteWouldn´t you rather have a Republican, like me, vote for a Democrat?
DeleteI resent people who hound gays.
Most adults do, including God.
The christian conservative activist are the ones who do not.
THAT is what used to be called statesmanship, back when the GOP actually cared about the country. And to the folks who chose Scott the felon over this fine man, shame on you. You would have had high speed rail projects with thousands of jobs and a way to get around your state without your blessed cars. You would be on the road to prosperity instead of another recession. Think hard, people. Crist did not say this lightly, and every word is correct.
ReplyDeleteActually Scott didn't run against Crist. His opponent was Alex Sink who at the time I believe was State Treasurer. She had served in state government for many years and was far more qualified than Scott. Scott came out of the blue to run as governer and he was not known in the state and was never in politics before. He almost completely financed his campaign by himself. Who said money can't by an office? If Scott's past had been better known I don't think he would have been elected. As it was, it was a very close election.
DeleteBeing a Democrat, I was impressed by Crist for being fair and by giving what seemed to be equal weight to both parties. Jeb Bush followed him, and Crist was a far cry better than Bush in my opinion. Scott is not well liked in Florida and I don't see him being re-elected. Currently he holds about a 35% favorable rating in the state. And you're not far away when you refer to him as a felon. As CEO and Chairman of the company who deliberately over charging Medicare, he should have been charged. The government fined them about $660 million in fines and they had to settle out of court settlements for a little over $2 billion dollars.
If Crist ran against Scott for governer, I'm pretty sure he would win, but the same holds true for just about anyone else who may throw their hat into the ring. Scott would surprise me if he decided to rerun as governer.
Well, if SHE can be bothered with all her other most important tasks, I hope she looks into the Diebold machines and such. That will be the Repub's last ditch effort - to rig the election and miscount votes. Be fun if all the machines suddenly short-circuited and the election officials would have to go back to the old hand filled out ballots. Bwwaahaahah!
ReplyDeleteHey, Gryphen,
ReplyDeleteI thought you might like this video. Hey, White Guys!
Hope this works.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021203736
Somebody needs to get a petition started to get Palin to run as a third party candidate. That would really be awesome.
ReplyDeleteGryphen:
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent interview by Gov. O'Malley.
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Maryland) rubutting the GOP message this morning in non-flustered, non word salad, but in a truthful, calm, well spoken way. No fidgeting, no nerves - on spot!!!
On earlier was RNC PR BS'er Priebus and the fantasy idea that the convention is to 'expand the party' and reinvent Romney -- (Wasn't that what he was doing after the GOP primaries?? - so we're on Romeny Part 3 in just one election cycle!).
O'Malley within the first few sentences said people will see from 'the pictures that come into their living rooms' of these two conventions, is the party of 'exclusion' - (YEAH BABY!!! a la 'Austin Powers' Mike Myers).
As O'Malley spoke about diversity, etc, he was asked if that was 'code' for 'he was appealling to the white vote'. WTF? O'Malley responded that the party does have a problem, like JEB BUSH has said. (SMACK!!)
The discussion included immigration, women's rights, diversity, voting rights - 'coded things/messages' - birth certificate - where the anchor tried to connect President Obama joking about it at the last 2 Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner and can't we just take Romney at his word that he was joking -- to which the Governor was having no part of that!!!!
Governor O'Malley did President Obama proud. He did us proud.
http://sotu.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/26/rebutting-the-gop-message/
I will freely admit -- there is no love from me for the cable station nor the anchor, who at one time I respected but now that having a show of her own - her credibility has tanked. It appears that the station is trying to also re-invent themselves by the actions of the anchors getting fiesty & using comeback questions. Too little - too late.
Sarah ... "Todd, what happened? I can't even get a story on Wonkette, Gawker or HuffPost any more."
ReplyDeleteTodd ... "maybe it is time to fake another downs birth".
Sarah ... "screw you Todd, faking a birth is too much work and it won't be big enough news any more."
Todd... "well then, just go to Tampa and shoot flames out your ass"
Sarah ... "I'd rather just sell pictures of Willow's baby. I can get back in the news and make money at the same time".
Hey, Sarah and Todd - both of you go screw yourselves. Your Palin/Heath clans are of no more interest to the majority. Thank God! It's waaaay past time!
DeleteOBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Joan Rivers by 50, or Anna Nichole/Elvis/Michael Jackson. She WILL not be ignored.
DeletePathetic. She's got nothing, We knew that with her Belmonts, Jesus buckle, Star Of David, lego hair, word salad, f-me shoes, teeny bopper clothes, energy "expert" that CAN be proven WRONG if that doggone "lamestream media" would just do their JOB.
The United States is not crying out for you, $arah. Less than 2000 on that silly petition to let you speak when your pee pages swear there's tens of millions behind you.
SNORT!
I know you're an atheist, Gryph, and that's your choice. Freedom of religion is still a right.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP only mentions God, never Christ, because Jesus is the biggest socialist there ever has been. I give you The Sermon On The Mount.
"Look I am still an Atheist, but if there IS a God I think we can all agree that He (or She) is definitely a Democrat! "
ReplyDeleteOnly if President Obama and Dem Senators and representatives win, Gryph, only if we win.
Yea, outstanding! Any disruption to the Republican party is God given! Romney and Ryan would be disasters in the White House!
ReplyDeleteOBAMA/BIDEN 2012
I love how this man stood up against "The Haters". There are Republicans who are moderate, but Boener and his band of chronies let a bunch of idiots take the helm and the entire party.
ReplyDeleteThese aren't my father's GOP, and they certainly don't have the middle class, students, elderly and poor's best interest at heart.
I heard the GOP hired hollywod choreographers to set the stage in a way to make Romney seem more human. About as wise an investment as Sarah and Family's wardrobe and make overs.
The "hurrycane" might change course and hit New Orleans instead. Good Luck with the "woo hoo" partying while other people are suffering. Bad Optics.
Obama Biden 2012!
Crist would have won and the disaster of Rubio could have been prevented if Meek dropped out. You can thank Meek for Rubio.
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