Mika Brzezinski: 'Republicans Look Stupid and Mean' Resisting a Debt Deal
On Tuesday's Morning Joe on MSNBC. co-host Mika Brzezinski harshly criticized Republicans for not caving on tax increases to make a debt-limit deal.
"I think the Republicans look stupid and mean. I'm sorry, this is stupid. This is a no-brainer in terms of a deal. This is a no brainer and they look mean and they look difficult and they're going to lose this," she said. Video is below...
Brzezinski's remarks came after she read an excerpt of the very end of an op-ed in Politico by co-host Joe Scarborough. "I read this section or another piece of this is because I do think there are people on the far right who think that more is being asked of them in terms of their ideals. And that this makes perfect sense. There's nothing wrong with this. Who would have a problem with this? I don't get it."
Interestingly enough, the op-ed she cited was not primarily about Republicans' unwillingness to raise taxes. It was about the circus of hyperbole carried out by the media in describing it. Although Scarborough's criticism of columns by Richard Cohen and David Brooks is not unwarranted by any stretch of the imagination, it would be easier to take him seriously had he mentioned Newsweek editor Tina Brown, who compared Republicans to "suicide bombers" on Morning Joe while he was out last week, or any number of his colleagues at MSNBC.
A transcript of the statement, which aired at 6:48 am on Tuesday, follows.
MSNBC
MORNING JOE
07/12/2011
6:48 am EDT
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: [quoting op-ed] "If Obama moves forward with specific cuts on entitlement programs and Pentagon expenses, Republicans must work aggressively to close loopholes that favor billionaires and multinational corporations. I am quite confident even Tea Party members would be fine with Warren Buffett paying more than the 14% income tax rate and would be happy to see the world's largest corporation, GE, pay more in taxes than their own household. Think about that. There is room for compromise. There's still hope for a grand bargain, but launching hyperbolic attacks at conservatives for staying true to their campaign promises only keeps us further away from that final deal." I just think - I read this section or another piece of this is because I do think there are people on the far right who think that more is being asked of them in terms of their ideals. And that this makes perfect sense. There's nothing wrong with this. Who would have a problem with this? I don't get it.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: I, I yeah. Mike?
BRZEZINSKI: Maybe this isn't the table to ask.
MIKE BARNICLE: Why haven't they done this years ago? I mean, it's so obvious to so many people, and yet there are legions of tax lawyers and lobbyists to throw roadblocks.
BRZEZINSKI: I think the Republicans look stupid and mean. I'm sorry, this is stupid. This is a no-brainer in terms of a deal. This is a no brainer and they look mean and they look difficult and they're going to lose this. Because at this point it's a chess game and if it comes down to this -
SCARBOROUGH: Well, the discussion's been about raising income tax rates I think they -
BRZEZINSKI: Oh, you know what, it's called cut a deal on things that make sense.
SCARBOROUIGH: - they need to do a deal on closing loopholes.
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→ No, Mika
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:24pm.
What looks stupid is the bubble-head who contributes little more than "uh huh" in on-air conversations and a chuckle when a lame joke is told about conservatism.
There is no league from which Mika could possibly out. Not since Anna Nicole died, anyway.
Don't forget her broad array of facial expressions
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:34pm.
She's a human emoticon -- the E-Mika-con.
Awwww,
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:43am.
You beat me to it. My favorite is the "disapproving side-glance with appropriate chin-tuck".
Re-runs!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:30pm.
Aw crap, re-runs again??
"Republicans look stupid and mean." How many times have we heard this nonsense? Way too many.
-Jon
tough love
Submitted by sawing batta on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:06am.
Liberals are addicted to spending....and their decades of "goodies for votes" schemes have produced disaterous results....the adults in the room are doing what they should (save explaining why they're doing what they're doing)
Cutting off a junkie is called tough love
Bewildering the Mika-head
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:30pm.
Resolving crises isn't about achieving a compromise so everyone can declare a political victory. It's not about making everybody feel good about themselves. It's not about making Obama look good or bad.
It's about choosing the most effective course of action to avert catastrophe.
Ms. Brzezinski doesn't get it, and she never will.
I first thought that was a screenshot from "Laugh-In"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:32pm.
.
And if anyone knows about "No brainers"
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:36pm.
it's Mika.
"No Brainers"
Submitted by wingnut55 on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:05pm.
If it is a "No Brainer" to raise taxes, why didn't Obama get it done when he had a 59 majority in the Senate and a majority in the house? What is really a "No Brainer" is that this is a "Got ya" for the Democrats. I think that the Republicans in the House should simply pass the bill and make the Senate and Obama make a choice as to what to do with it.
All the GOP has to do is to
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:46pm.
All the GOP has to do is to say these are the terms. Cut spending by 4 trillion and nothing else. The GOP is in the drivers seat. The GOP is not going to get any credit except the blame any way this goes down.
McConnel 'caving??
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:46pm.
All the buzz now is that Mitch McConnell is 'caving' by offering Obama a deal to let him spend his trillions, as long as he agrees to a 'non-binding' list of cuts.
So that's the 'compromise'? Mitch gives Obama everything he wants, letting him spend and spend and spend without stop? In exchange for what? A 'promise' from Obama that he will, at some unknown and undefined point in the far and distant future, maybe perhaps possibly agree to maybe perhaps possibly agree to a 'non-binding' list of things that he may and/or may not cut?
Does anyone believe for a moment that Obama, who has already blown trillions of dollars in his Keynsian Casino, will stop spending for one moment? The time has come to say ENOUGH to this reckless spending. It's time for Obama to bow down and eat HIS peas.
I urge everyone to call McConnel's office (I already have) and order him to NOT cave in to the Dems or to Obama - they are PROVEN LIARS and no 'deal' with them is worth a plugged nickel.
Even if true, McConnell doesn't call any of the shots here
Submitted by lsudolemite on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:13pm.
Only the House can give Obama his allowance. Only what Boehner says and does matters here. And Boehner has put himself so far out on the limb on tax increases that it'll snap if he even thinks about walking any of it back. And even if he did, he'd have an open revolt among House Republicans if he caved. The stakes are too high for the GOP to back out now. If they cave they might as well hand Obama and the Dems their 2012 reelection today.
There she goes again
Submitted by Herbster on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:56pm.
Poor Mike. She still hasn't taken to heart that it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people THINK you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
This woman couldn't run an elevator without daily retraining.
The "dick" that looks stupid
Submitted by jdhawk on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:59pm.
The "dick" that looks stupid and mean is O'bummer - threatening to take away granny's Social Security checks if those rascally Republicans don't play nice.
Mika
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:13pm.
Look in the mirror and you will see a stupid and mean person. Leave the Republicans alone, they out number you 2 to 1 and have brain power.
Mika
Submitted by Curly on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:18pm.
You would know, Mika, you've perfected looking STUPID!
Mika MIKa MIKa
Submitted by desert3030 on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:24pm.
POTUS had both Houses and couldn't do what your asking the Republicans to bend over and do. Why is it we never have heard you say;
The President is now appealing to the Republicans to help close the tax loop holes he couldn't get done when his party controlled both Houses?
Why bother reporting what
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:26pm.
Why bother reporting what this fool says. Morning Smoe only had 445,000 viewers on Monday morning. If i am doing my math correctly that is about .14% of the population of the US. Overall Fox is still eating their lunch in all shows. Nancy Grace had some good ratings but she has been sent back to the ratings waste bin.
Tel me if this is correct. 445,000 viewers divided by 300,000,000 Americans gives me the % that watch Morning Smoe and the Jimma Kotta stupid Mika.
This show isn't for the
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:41pm.
This show isn't for the common people silly! It's an inside the beltway show for those elites sucking in the rarefied air - it's why they hate us, don'tcha know!
Ronald Reagan
And that's exactly what Obama wants!
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:27pm.
He's worked hard at painting Republicans as stupid and mean, and Mika proves his plan is working!
Mika, Warren Buffet and any of his filthy-rich buddies are welcome to deposit as much money as they want into the government's debt-reduction fund.
[anyone] can write a check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt, and in the memo section, notate that it’s a Gift to reduce the Debt Held by the Public.
the address is there too!
It has already brought in $1.7 million in fiscal year 2011, and brought in $2.8 million last year.
$4.5 million.
Warren Buffett has said that he should be paying a lot more in taxes.
And he could write a check for that amount without breaking a sweat.
So why don't you harangue HIM about why he hasn't done more?
Sorry, Mika, but 'stupid and mean' is...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:49pm.
...hitting the nation's largest employer with a tax increase in the midst of an economy that is currently teetering on the brink of tipping over.
Too bad you are too stoopid to understand that.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Yes, Mika walks like this!
Submitted by gailannr on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 12:20am.
((((((((((( and backwards she walks like this ))))))))))). She is so STOOPED!!!!!
GE: A trillion dollars in PROFIT and ZERO taxes paid
Submitted by ChrisNH on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:51pm.
Immelt is an Obamo breast-feeder, we all know. How hypocritical to favor higher taxes on everyone ELSE, but allow 'good friend' GE to skate through tax-free. Think how many THOUSANDS of jobs GE could create in THIS country with a tax-free cash-flow like that. But the jobs GE created--as few of them as there were--were outside the U.S.
This hypocrisy knows no bounds...Obamo says 'Eat your peas' while Michelle says 'eat your vegetables.' The hypocritical First Shrew then chows down on a 1,600-calorie lunch of burgers and fries.
These next eighteen months are going to PURE HELL for the Obamo regime. It will be a pleasure to observe.
Rush went into this today,
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:16pm.
GE, since '08, has cut about 32K jobs, while raking in the profit. And Immelt had the stones to tell the Chamber of Commerce to stop talking about the government.
So, GE has created no jobs while getting by with paying exactly 0 in income taxes.
Let's pretend those employees are only receiving $200/week
Submitted by TheHistorian on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 9:09pm.
That means that Government pays $6.4 million per week (about $300 million//year) for the unemployment benefits for these people. Immelt should make a contribution of about $600 million for the 99 weeks of unemployment that he is causing.
Dennis Prager
Who's being mean? I would
Submitted by dscott on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:51pm.
Who's being mean? I would think it would be the person who makes threats of taking the senior citizens as hostages for an ransom of a trillion dollars.
That's after having raised taxes under ObamaCare for billions that are set to begin in 2013. WSJ had a article on this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230381210457643813002802741...
What else is new. To mia
Submitted by buddyc on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:52pm.
What else is new. To mia republicans always look mean or stupid. Who cares what she thinks, assuming, she really thinks and is not just reading material supplied her by the liberal staff puppet masters are MSNBC.
Why Isn't It the Other Way Around:
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:02pm.
Namely, why isn't it the Democrats who look stupid? They are the ones who want to raise the debt ceiling, borrow more money, and forever go down the debt road to the graveyard of bankrupted countries.
Mika Brzezinski and the Democrats have something less than a child's understanding of economics. The world may not finance their Progressive Welfare State much longer without extracting some terrible concessions.
pop quiz
Submitted by hayate1 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:31am.
Which of these presidents increased the debt and the size of the welfare state and which decreased the debt and the size of the welfare state*
Carter
Reagan
Bush
Clinton
Bush
Obama
For extra credit, attribute the amount of debt increase or decrease to each.
*I include any government handout of money to any taker for any reason including tax subsidies and reductions for certain activities. After all, a tax credit or subsidy or cut is the same as handing out cash to the subject taker. AS in Joe the cripple gets a check every month from welfare is the same as Joe Inc. getting a credit every month from the IRS for hoarding grain. either way, it is cash in their pocket from the government till.
"Facts are not decided by how many people believe them. Truth is not determined by how loudly it is shouted."
hayate1, Answer NONE
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 2:30pm.
Democrat controlled congress....
Spending:
Jobs
You Didn't Build That.
As she sits there in her sundress
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:04pm.
Have you ever noticed the clothes this woman wears? Usually bright pink or bright yellow sundresses like your two or three year old daughter wears. Today it was a pink AND yellow one. And I laughed and changed the channel when Mika in her pink and yellow sundress said "Oh, who do we have coming up? Oh, look!" and it was a photo of her commie father.
Anyone who would host mike barnicle...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:04pm.
Isn't very intelligent.
So much for rhetoric, labels, and name calling by the most tolerant and diverse among us, huh?
Ship of tools...
The faces she was making at
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:04pm.
The faces she was making at Pat B. were priceless yesterday!!! Sucking a sour lemon there Mika?
Ronald Reagan
Meanwhile, Mika and Joe just look stupid
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:23pm.
Meanwhile, Mika and Joe just look stupid . . . I mean a "box full of Megan McCains" level of stupid
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Why is this a "no brainer"
Submitted by TheHistorian on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:28pm.
when it was such a SMART idea when Obama wanted to withhold approval for President Bush to increase the ceiling?
The only "no brainer" in the room is you, Mika. And your father, of course.
Dennis Prager
How would
Submitted by Bodini on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:15pm.
How would any member of the liberal press see anything since they've got their heads so far up BO's a$$ they haven't seen daylight for years!
liberal press
Submitted by hayate1 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:23am.
or politicians for that matter are exactly where? Who are they, exactly? the congress barely has any liberals left, the senate a few but the white house is far to the right of what liberals are and were. in fact Obama is to the right of what conservatives were 20 years ago. Reagan couldn't even win a seat in congress as a democrat these days. he would be considered too liberal. You are aware of this trend, aren't you? the right is radical and extreme while the left has been following them to the right bc they are afraid to stand up for what they think is right and they see how the fear and lies constantly being spewed by the right wing wackos actually work in controlling a large portion of the population. facts, reason, compromise and sacrifice no longer enter the dialog.
"Facts are not decided by how many people believe them. Truth is not determined by how loudly it is shouted."
Absurd.
Submitted by dscott on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:02am.
Absurd.
You are the poster child
Submitted by Bodini on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 7:56am.
You are the poster child ... for the medical marijuana scam!
Silly post. Really. Either
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:34am.
Silly post hater1. Really. Either ignorant, or deliberately fallacious.
Try harder next time.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
This is why we are *so* far
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:03am.
This is why we are *so* far apart. I contend the opposite has occurred, that we have been pulled further left as evidenced by our MUCH larger Fed. gov't.
As a people, we are compassionate, and the gov't boosters used that to push more and more welfare programs, taking it out of our hands at the local level to a "one size fits all" that hinders more than it helps.
Same with education, health, and housing - the very things that are out of parity with what we earn/can pay for. And you want more of this? I picture the producers in yokes with the left cracking whips over them when I hear their "compassionate" ideas to MAKE the rich "pay their fair share" Tell me, what is fair about that?
In college {I was in my 30's} I had a teacher ask the class if they were ready for an exam. Groans abounded. Only I said yes. The teacher then asked the class if they would prefer I took the test and they would get MY grade. She was greeted with a chorus of YES!!! With me saying oh HELL NO!!! I did all the work and they would benefit from it? HOW is that right? 'm reminded of that every time I hear "fair share"
There is NOTHING fair about it, it's just the lazy want the producers to do it FOR them. ENOUGH!!!
Ronald Reagan
Compromise with libs
Submitted by Bodini on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:23am.
Compromise with libs got us what? Compromise with libs got us to spend the Social Security Trust money as general revenue. Even though higher payroll taxes have been extracted for years to keep the retiring baby-boomers from breaking the bank, the empty lock-box has resulted in the "ONE" stating that he can't guarantee August SS checks!
Compromise also got us substandard public education, no viable energy policy, $14.5 trillion dollars in debt, destruction of the American nuclear family, degraded moral values, 40 million aborted babies ... and countless other examples of pond scum policies with substandard outcomes!
Poor little Mika
Submitted by Richard.Halavais on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:26pm.
Poor little Mika, big daddy won't buy her unlimited ice cream so she's gonna pout and call us names and, and, and whatever else she can think of doing to those mean old republicans, just like any good two year old would.
Mika, Mika, Mika
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 2:19pm.
After her petty rant, she would have said, "You'll see. You'll see."
poor mika
Submitted by scarletandgold on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:40pm.
the things that must be rattling around in her head,,well the very few things...oblama had the house and senate for 2 yrs,,,now he expects the republicans to make deals,,,nah i dont think so mika dear..your a cutie but such a typical empty headed progressive...just chug the kool aid girl ...chug chug chug
I think Mika should also look into why Joe looks stupid ......
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 9:10pm.
......by not explaining (clearly avoiding) the suspicious death of his office assistant, Lori Klausutis. See for yourself:
1. http://archive.democrats.com/preview.cfm?term=Joe%20Scarborough
2. http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html
3. http://flyingsnail.com/Dahbud/firejoescarborough.html
It's also the tenth anniversary of her unresolved death .... and we should get an update on MSNBC, especially from the man in the know - Joe!
Well, that's takes the cake.
Submitted by Clemenza on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 9:25pm.
This ballon headed Pollock calling someone else stupid. Didn't she say that Lincoln was one of her favorite founding fathers.
Dumb Blondes everywhere are outraged...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 9:48pm.
...they want a new classification known as, "Mika Blonde"...
mika Mika Mika
Submitted by cdnrod1 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 12:46am.
"our next guest is my dad and we will right back"
now this suppose to be a serious news show and Mika calls a guest "DAD"
new drinking game. take a shot every time Mika roles her eyes
Didn't see it
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 2:16pm.
I didn't see the interview but it must have been a hoot since her father is a bigger stooge than she is.
Do any republicans honestly care about the greater good?
Submitted by hayate1 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:09am.
They want to cut deeply into programs that help so many of us at a basic level to cut the deficit, an issue the majority of Americans who don't even consider it a top 5 issue. why? so that taxes on the very wealthy can remain very low and go even lower. unless you are among those elite wealthy the cuts will almost certainly touch your life in some way. taxing the so called job creators, who just don't seem to create jobs even when they pay zero taxes, as a scare tactic is insulting to our intelligence. furthermore, how can republicans argue with a straight face that they want to create jobs for Americans as the aggressively eliminate them by the 10s of thousands? in case you didn't know, when you fire government workers and squeeze unions you are killing jobs. not only those jobs but the jobs of people who provide goods and services for the formerly employed and soon their jobs go away and so on. so their idiotic answer is for the gov to cut more deeply and put less money inn the hands of consumers driving demand even lower and unemployment higher. all so folks who make millions of dollars don't have to make any sort of small sacrifice for the good of the nation as a whole.
"Facts are not decided by how many people believe them. Truth is not determined by how loudly it is shouted."
No one would honestly believe
Submitted by dscott on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:14am.
No one would honestly believe your nonsensial premise, not caring about the greater good. You liberals have squandered the nation's wealth and not content with wasting most of the tax revenue, borrowed trillions and wasted that too. What's the result? Unemployment of 9.2% which as high as it is is understated. During Obama's reign of stupidity, not one full time job has been created on a net basis - mission accomplished, spare us anymore of those bright ideas.
http://floppingaces.net/2011/07/08/obama-jobs-by-the-numbers-reader-post/
Gee thanks for letting us know what Obama's far left thinks, now the rest of us need to take a shower just to wash off the insanity. The statements you make have no basis in reality but then the far left's agenda is based on creating a new reality (utopia) so it doesn't surprise anyone here that you are in denial of it because you don't like it.
dscott..
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:58am.
I don't know anything about this guy "Dan Scott" whom you cite for authority, but if you run into him anytime soon you might advise him that none of the linked references at the end of his article published at Flopping Aces will open.
;-)
Jer
Links are now fixed. Thanks
Submitted by dscott on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:58pm.
Links are now fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
Don't forget the corporate jets, Hayate
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 6:21am.
Corporate jets and yachts are destroying the country. If only there were no corporate jets or yachts, we'd all be millionaires, and the government could tax us more to make us sacrifice and pay our fair share, lol. Here's a thought...if sacrifice is good, how about the folks in your tax bracket(50% who pay no federal income tax) step up to the plate and start contributing? It's for the greater good, ya know? I think it's time you folks paid your fair share.
Do democraps like you honestly ever get tired of being complete morons? And by the way, I don't think you have to worry about having your intelligence insulted....for obvious reasons.
Government trickle
Submitted by Bodini on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:29am.
Government trickle-down economics works, but the root source of all government money, the free-market economy, doesn't? You are the poster-child for public education economics teaching!
Which fairywinkle is Mika
Submitted by Thoreau on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:28am.
Which fairywinkle is Mika again?
advice from our creditor on reducing the deficit.
Submitted by hayate1 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:49am.
The United States is spending too much on its military in light of its recent economic troubles, China's top general said Monday while playing down his country’s own military capabilities.
The chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, Chen Bingde, told reporters he thought the U.S. should cut back on defense spending for the sake of its taxpayers. He was speaking during a joint news conference in which he traded barbs with visiting U.S. counterpart Adm. Mike Mullen.
"I know the U.S. is still recovering from the financial crisis," Chen said. "Under such circumstances, it is still spending a lot of money on its military and isn’t that placing too much pressure on the taxpayers?
"If the U.S. could reduce its military spending a bit and spend more on improving the livelihood of the American people ... wouldn’t that be a better scenario?" he said. . . .
China’s military budget of $95 billion this year is the world’s second-highest after Washington’s planned $650 billion in defense spending.
"Facts are not decided by how many people believe them. Truth is not determined by how loudly it is shouted."
You're too stupid to even be a troll
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 6:05am.
By all means, let's take our marching orders from China....a country where a significant portion of the population lives in abject poverty, and drinks out of the same water they piss in. And that doesn't even take into account the contradiction of his argument. Is that you, Mr. Friedman? Maybe we should take some advice from the Taliban and Al Queda too. I hear they say we could save a lot of money if only we'd cut back on the number of Predators we have, lol.
From this post and others, it's pretty clear when the stupid was being passed out, you went back not for seconds, but fourths.
I addressed this on another blog,
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:07am.
but for your education, I'll have another go at it.
One: if the Chinese government owns the factories that make their knock-offs of Russian fighters, Russian rifles, Russian trucks, Russian subs, Russian missiles, who do they write the checks to for the next 500 knock-offs of a Mig 29? An AK-47/AK-74? Think about that, in the context of what they spend on defense. Do they pay themselves?
I imagine a private in the PLA, that's People's LIberation Army for you, Hayate, makes the equivalent of about $11.70 per month. You can employ a lot of cannon fodder for very little money at that rate. Or, would you prefer our service members to be paid at the rate the Chinese pay?
And, who gives a rip what the Chief of Staff of the PLA thinks about our defense budget? I'm sure he would just love for the US to follow HIS advice. Not that Barry isn't trying.
Leftists always listen to
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 12:06pm.
Leftists always listen to Commie generals. Funny, but true.
But General Petraeus? Meh, no so much.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Right, Jack,
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:30pm.
and it doesn't even require "the willing suspension of disbelief" for them.
Joe the RINO
Submitted by cobokat on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 6:14am.
Once again, Joe Scarborough is bashing the Republicans-this morning-7/13/11. When you look at MSNBC and see the commercials with Chrissy Mathews, Rachel Madcow and Larry O'Donnell-they are all praising BO! Remember-MSNBC is more than just a wing of the Democratic Party-they are a wing of this White House. What's with Pat Buchanan??!!
Pat Buchanan
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 2:11pm.
Pat Buchanan must be in dire need of a paycheck, otherwise a true Conservative with any sense of self esteem and pride wouldn't show up on that show for any amount of money.
The debt ceiling is a political placebo
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:38am.
The debt ceiling -- like the Pay-Go legislation -- is the creation of a Congress that wanted to be able to demonstrate to constituents that it was spending our money responsibly.
And as we've witnessed, everytime we approach that ceiling, the Congress raises it again, and we go borrow more cash. Currently, we borrow $.40 out of every $1.00 the Federal government spends.
This time, there is some heavy posturing and bluster, but in the end, the Republicans will cave in after getting some nominal spending cuts that will never really materialize, and each side will claim victory.
However, the MSM will portray it as Obama's Great Presidential Moment, where he had to marshal all his community organizer skills to prevent the impulsive and mean Republicans from triggering another Great Depression. Obama is the biblical David and Boehner is Goliath.
I predict that when this is over, Obama's image will have been heightened and McConnell and especially Boehner will come off looking like the dogs who pee'ed on the carpet. That's because it is exactly what happened with Clinton, and that's exactly what Obama's handlers are counting on, because the rest of his agenda is dead.
while republicans may look
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:44am.
while republicans may ONLY look mean and stupid, mika and her cronies in the democrat party ARE mean and stupid.
democrats = liars, crooks, cheats and hypocrites. now i can add mean and stupid to the list. thanks mika.
If you hold Mika up to your ear......
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:46am.
You can hear the ocean.
Did anyone hear this airhead today?
Submitted by trahantg on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:59am.
She tried to jump in Kasich's(sic) grill over his low approval rating in Ohio and he smacked her out of the park. I am sure NB will be posting something about this today.
Just now watched this {I'm
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 2:17pm.
Just now watched this {I'm behind and the DVR is almost full ;-P } he was AWESOME!!! We need more voices that tie it all together like he did - I loved his response to "You are balancing the budget on the backs of the poor public workers" bs!!!
Ronald Reagan
Mika, Mika, Mika
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 2:08pm.
This air head would be better off devoting her time to baking pies and shopping in Salvation Army Thrift Shops instead of displaying her ignorance in front of a limited audience every morning who probably forget what every one of those clowns say after leaving for work. Too bad Joe doesn't fit her with a dog muzzle, but she would be mistaken for a miscreant mutt who dodged the dog catcher.
Mika, You Are Giving Dumb Blondes a Bad Name.
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:32pm.
The DemoHacks are being stupid, irresponsible, reckless, and demagogic (that means they are petty hacks, like you). The interest on the debt for August 2011 is a mere 15% of revenue into the treasury for August. Look it up.
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"
Wrong, Liberty
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 8:40pm.
Chris Matthews beat Mika to it.