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I Should Get Paid for This Too…
So David Ignatius thinks he has a novel idea in today’s column: he thinks that the Democrats should be running as the party of “accountability and reform.” *sigh* Let’s just cut to the shorter version…
Shorter David Ignatius: I’m getting paid to say things that people in the blogosphere have been saying for months… and they’re not even getting paid for it! Suckaz.
LittlePig said,
October 6, 2006 at 14:09
Even shorter David Ignatius: Why write when you can cut’n'paste?
ahab said,
October 6, 2006 at 14:42
What annoyed me about that column was this passage:
If they win the House of Representatives, will the Democrats embark on a two-year binge of investigations and score-settling? Or will they get serious about solving the country’s problems?
How can he see these as contradictory activities? This is pure GOP spin. Typical Ignatius.
TC said,
October 6, 2006 at 16:45
I should get paid for drinking beer too.
And sleeping. I’m really good at sleeping.
Dan Somone said,
October 6, 2006 at 16:46
The best part is his only concrete advice is to stop being so partisan when we win. Cause ya know, every time Dems do something bipartisan, the Repugs respond so well!
Gary Ruppert said,
October 6, 2006 at 16:52
Granted, Foley’s scandal is going to leave the front page soon, especially with the possible terrorist attack on that Chemical plant in North Carolina.
NobodySpecial said,
October 6, 2006 at 16:52
New name for David: Ignoramus.
tigrismus said,
October 6, 2006 at 16:59
Oh, Gary, I suppose past results are no guarantee of future performance, but have you ever been right about anything?
ahab said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:05
…especially with the possible terrorist attack on that Chemical plant in North Carolina.
Uh-oh! Will Eric Rudolph’s kin Deliverance up the elections to the GOP?
Gary Ruppert said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:19
And Nancy Pelosi wants to try and steamroll a bunch of legislation though the house, with no oversight or time to read the content of the bills, in just 4 days. If her and her extremist Dems win the House.
She also pledges massive tax increases.
She’s gonna be sorely mistaken, because she just blew Democratic momentum. Now the stories will be about how she wants to raise taxes and force her will on America.
Plus, the Dems will have no mandate for governing because they will only win due to Foley’s scandal. Therefore, the GOP will make sure that they, along with sensible Democrats, will block all of Pelosi’s San Francisco Agenda.
Seanly said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:27
Good for Nancy! Get some tax increases on the fat cat rich muthafuggers. Stupid SOBs don’t pay shit for all they got from America. Fuck the rich.
Gary, you stupid troll, next time you’re driving on a rutted piece of crap road with load-restricted bridges you can thank your lucky stars that you work for a CEO won’t pay much in taxes on that 16% pay raise while the local police, fire departments & courts cut staff. Then when you get home you can contemplate how you’re going to stretch your measly pay.
And if you have info on an impending attack in NC maybe you should report it to the authorities.
Gary Ruppert said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:33
Why should people pay a higher percentage because they’re successful?
The fact is that a “progressive” income tax is robbing the successful members of society. When in fact, you can gain a lot more from a national sales tax, or from a flat tax.
tigrismus said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:38
Explain to me the logic of taxing work-based income at a higher rate than wealth-based income, and not taxing the underlying wealth at all.
Marked Hoosier said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:46
We would pay the good people of Sadly, No!…
If we could afford it. We are Democrats after all.
Dorothy said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:55
And Nancy Pelosi wants to try and steamroll a bunch of legislation though the house, with no oversight or time to read the content of the bills, in just 4 days.
Four days is generous, compared to what the GOP has done in the past 7 years. The WATB should quit their whining and get over the election already.
(I’m trying to practice my wingnut gloat. Gary, how am I doing?)
mikey said,
October 6, 2006 at 17:56
Y’know, Gary, and you can pass this on to all your fellow trolls at the Society for the Preservation of Mediocrity luncheon, but out here in the world us real people are not afraid of Nancy Pelosi, nor do we believe any of your artificial demonizing of her or the west coast, which is also part of America. Nancy Pelosi is a strong, honest Democratic politician with integrity – Oh! I see why the Republican party is afraid of her. But as voters and taxpayers, those are qualities we deserve and will continue to push for in our representatives in Washington. So bite me…
mikey
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:11
Explain to me the logic of taxing work-based income at a higher rate than wealth-based income, and not taxing the underlying wealth at all.
Hi tigrismus! I think I can help.
Take the death tax, for instance. When we tax estates that have already been taxed, for instance by the parents of Paris Hilton, or Richard Mellon-Scaife, we disincent these individuals to inherit those estates. What if Paris shrugged? Just think of all those jobs that would be lost at People magazine, E!, etc.
Similarly, suppose Richard Mellon-Scaife had been so discouraged by the estate tax that he declined to inherit his share of the Mellon empire. Who would have been around to fund the Whitewater into Monica-gate scandal? That entire industry would have been lost to us. And think of all the wingnuts who would be out on the streets, deprived of the only jobs they are capable of filling. And there is all the ancillary damage: all those people who wouldn’t be productively employed at Frito-Lay.
Now of course, any tax is going to be on income that was already taxed. Many times. For instance, if you work at a bagel shop, the money your employer pays you was taxed when he earned it. But that doesn’t count, because it doesn’t have a catchy slogan like death tax. And Richard Mellon-Scaife, Rupert Murdoch, the Coors family, etc. don’t really care about people who work in bagel shops.
So you see, Gary is right. The estate tax is an assault on the work ethic.
fabbo said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:11
No, no, I’m with Gary here. I think we should tax the shit out of the unsuccessful. That’ll teach ‘em not to be born into poor families next time.
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:13
I should get paid for not screwing that post up, with no preview button. Look ma, no hands!
Seanly said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:16
fabbo ~ I’ve worked with people who actually espoused that idea. One of them called me a communist because I was against creepy Steve Forbes’ retarded flat tax.
tigrismus said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:24
The estate tax is an assault on the work ethic.
Hmm, so bein’ born rich *is* hard work, maybe even harder work than hard work is… sing hallelujah brothers and sisters, I’ve seen the light!
fabbo said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:31
Ah, Steve Forbes. Was it ever fully established whether he was a cyborg or just a lizard alien in disguise? Capitalist tool, indeed.
And the flat tax is a good reason to disallow him or his cronies from ever getting involved in politics again. If we tax everyone the same, then I insist that a loaf of bread should cost a poor man two cents, and a rich man the entire defense budget of Pakistan.
Republican Jesus said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:43
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. (Matt 13:12)
miker said,
October 6, 2006 at 18:49
Gary, you have a progressive tax if you care about middle america. You have a flat tax if you care about millionaires.
dAVE said,
October 6, 2006 at 19:08
Man, the same old playbook – (INSERT Democratic candidate) is Too Liberal for Mainstream America, he/she will Raise Your Taxes.
Every damn campaign.
Look, if,
in a capitalist society, self-interest is good,
and,
in a democratic society, the will of the majority is likely to be the best course,
then,
if the majority of the people aren’t rich, it is both in their self-interest and the best course to tax the shit out of the rich minority.
If the rich don’t want to be taxed so much, then maybe they oughtta work on making the average citizen more wealthy instead of trying to push everyone who isn’t super wealthy into poverty.
tigrismus said,
October 6, 2006 at 20:52
I see Gary’s possible terrorist attack chemical plant was fined $32,000 in March by the N.C. Department of Natural Resources for six violations, like “storing a container of hazardous waste beside an incompatible one and for not clearly marking containers to identify their contents.” Of course, it’s highly likely Apex, North Carolina is a terrorist hot zone, but I think we have to admit there’s a slight possibility that their carelessness with hazardous waste caught up with them.
Dr. Squid said,
October 6, 2006 at 20:57
What can you say? Gary would rather steal money from people who work for a living and give it to people who are wealthy for a living.
Workers should be punished for not being wealthy – that’s true conservative policy.
mikey said,
October 6, 2006 at 20:59
No, no tigrismus. If something catches on fire or blows up or crashes and it makes the national news, to Gary, who’s terrified of litteraly everything, it MUST be a terrorist attack. He really wishes they were more common, ’cause if they were we could kill lots more muslims…
mikey
Shoelimpyâ„¢ said,
October 6, 2006 at 21:05
The Democrats wouldn’t know accountability or responsibility if it bit them in the ass. I should get paid for saying that.
tigrismus said,
October 6, 2006 at 21:28
Well, Mikey, it is true that Muslims hate boiled peanuts, and will do anything to destroy the boiled peanut crusader culture, even if it means burning innocent chemicals in the process. Thank God for clear-sighted heroes like Gary!
annieangel said,
October 6, 2006 at 22:07
I should be paid for posting on this site.
MCH said,
October 6, 2006 at 22:33
Or paid not to post, perhaps.
Gentlewoman said,
October 6, 2006 at 23:39
I see Shoelimpy/annieangel is out of rehab. O frabjous day!
Jillian said,
October 7, 2006 at 0:09
I hear it takes an average of eight tries in rehab before it’s successful, Gentlewoman.
Kathleen said,
October 7, 2006 at 0:12
she just blew Democratic momentum
so you admit the Dems have momentum, Gary? I thought that “the American public will know that Foley was trapped by a hoax and that its all the fault of the Dems, blah blah blah.”
Smiling Mortician said,
October 7, 2006 at 0:21
Oh, Kathleen, that’s so twenty minutes ago. Gary has also beegun substituting “granted” for “the fact is,” perhaps to facilitate the scorekeeping in his begging the question tournament (I hear he’s going to the finals).
les said,
October 7, 2006 at 0:22
What I truly love about idiots like Gary is the way they gobble up the coswollop provided to them by the extremely rich, especially the bull about the estate tax hitting money that was “already taxed.” The vast majority of estates subject to significant tax consist primarily of appreciated assets, and the increased value has not in fact been previously taxed. The wealthy counting on, and receiving, the support of the terminally stupid.
His Grace, the Duke of Ruppert said,
October 7, 2006 at 0:25
The fact is that the Democrats don’t have momentum, only the lack there of. Similarly, the Republicans never aren’t lacking momentum and as the Foley Scandal shows, it is a win-win situation for them. If the leadership resigns due to their cover-up of a sex abuser, the Republicans will have fresh New Leadership, while the Democrats will only have Tired Old Pelosi, who as we keep saying, is simply too far out of the mainstream to really govern America. If the Leadership remains in place, the Republican Party will demonstrate its resolve to persevere under difficult circumstances.
To go even further, A Pelosi controled House Actually benefits Republicans, because it will show America how truly dangerous the Democrats are when it comes to power.
Karl Rove II said,
October 7, 2006 at 1:31
I should have been paid for being forced to endure FIVE YEARS of living (dying slowly?) in North Carolina (Fort Bragg).
…and no, military pay isn’t sufficient.
mikey said,
October 7, 2006 at 1:56
I didn’t win no medals…But I liked to shoot the guns
–Tom Cody
Kobie said,
October 7, 2006 at 3:28
Friend of mine just told me this one …
Why don’t Republicans use bookmarks?
They just bend the pages over.
annieangel said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:17
Why don’t Democrats smoke cigars?
Cuz the cigars are all up inside Monica Lewinsky.
mikey said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:23
Nope. Not gonna…
mikey
Matt T. said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:38
mikey,
No sense in it, really.
annieangel said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:40
Don’t like that one?
Why did the Democrat bomb Iraq?
Cuz he lost his cigar in Monica Lewinsky. :)
mikey said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:41
Word…
Shoelimpyâ„¢ said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:43
What is the difference between Mark Foley and Gerry Studs?
Gerry Studds actually had sex with a page but was a Democrat so everything was fine and he got elected to five more terms.
annieangel said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:43
He likes it! Hey Mikey!
b said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:49
Latest polling shows that Republicans are TOTALLY winning on this Foley issue:
http://tinyurl.com/n55s2
Denny, stay right where you are. Don’t let the libs get you down, man. We’re here for you, brother.
Kobie said,
October 7, 2006 at 4:52
What, did the methadone clinic let you three idiots out at the same time today or what?
Anne Laurie said,
October 7, 2006 at 5:23
Ah, Steve Forbes. Was it ever fully established whether he was a cyborg or just a lizard alien in disguise? Capitalist tool, indeed.
Steve Forbes is the male Nicole Richie — someone who insists he should be famous because he’s the spawn of someone who actually *succeeded* in becoming famous. You may not approve of either Lionel Richie’s or Malcolm Forbes’ work, but at least you knew why they were all over the pages of People, or Forbes, magazine.
George Dubya is the male Paris Hilton (and, yeah, I know Radar magazine beat me to that one). He’s never actually done anything that wasn’t a low-level felony, but his handlers have managed to parley his genetic inheritance into an actual “career” of Being-famous-for-being-famous.
And America is the twenty-first-century Roman Empire, because we’re actually having a discussion about the celebrity of individuals whose greatest achievement came on the day they were born.
ahem said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:00
I should be paid for posting on this site.
Does ‘limpy take that big of a cut for pimping you?
EdsAppliance said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:07
I have to agree with this–
Denny, stay right where you are. Don’t let the libs get you down, man. We’re here for you, brother.
Yes, Denny. Yes, yes, YES!! Stay right there!! Stay right there until November 7!! Baby!!!
J— said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:34
I tried to post a response to annieangel and her friend, but when I hit the Submit Comment button, I got this message:
After reading through the background information, I decided against posting my original comment.
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:36
That’s why we can’t be too mean to Gary. Otherwise, we’re stuck with trolls even the 99 cent store wouldn’t carry.
EdsAppliance said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:43
I would like to apologize to all those I have hurt.
I just get so… excited, by the prospect of having the sweaty wrestler to kick around for the next month.
And… I’m addicted to vanilla (you know, the really good kind from Mexico.)
And… I had a traumatic childhood. So you can see why it’s not my fault at all.
I’m seeking treatment immediately.
annieangel said,
October 7, 2006 at 6:56
See? I should be paid, I’m so damned popular!!! Maybe I could sell ad space in my comments….hmmmm…..
*THIS SPACE FOR RENT*
Marq said,
October 7, 2006 at 8:57
How much is that doggie in teh window…?
Col. Klink said,
October 7, 2006 at 9:40
“When the Dems retake Congress the first thing they do is authorize the President to immediately attack Iran in a strong show of bi-partisanship. Then they should stand up, clap their hands, and worship at the alter of Big Brother.” David Ignatius
Kathleen said,
October 7, 2006 at 9:52
Esteemed Sadly, No! user,
Your comment has activated this site’s Automated Tedious Troll Engagement Warning System. You will not be prohibited from posting your comment, but you are asked to review this background information, especially this item and those that follow it, before proceeding. Thank you.
Ron Mexico said,
October 7, 2006 at 10:15
Cuz he lost his cigar in Monica Lewinsky.
*Funny not found* (Abort/Retry/Ignore?)
Such is the brand of humor that gave us Prickly City and Mallard Fillmore.
celticgirl said,
October 7, 2006 at 13:18
Automated Tedious Troll Engagement Warning System – I like it!
Righteous Bubba said,
October 7, 2006 at 16:37
What is the difference between Mark Foley and Gerry Studs?
Mark Foley broke the child predator law that he passed while working for the no-sex-especially-if-you’re-a-fag party.
Tulkinghorn said,
October 7, 2006 at 17:04
Hey! how did we get from Mark foley to Malcom Forbes without stating the obvious?
J— said,
October 7, 2006 at 17:36
Let us now praise honorable trolls.
Despite the grief he gets for his eloquent regurgitation of GOP talking points, Gary, to his credit, keeps his poise and does not get personal with the commenters. I salute you, Gary, for you are truly a troll of honor.
Hysterical Woman said,
October 7, 2006 at 17:37
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because Clinton left his cigar in Monica.
(Eww, that brings up a weird mental image involving chickens and vaginas)
Kathleen said,
October 8, 2006 at 0:05
at a wingnuts house:
“Knock knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Bill Clinton’s penis.”
“AEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIII” (back door opens, footsteps running, car starting, car peels away).
DS said,
October 8, 2006 at 2:08
annie, you should contact that floor humping guy. also, i hear jeff gannon is available these days.
IPOX said,
November 23, 2008 at 19:34
Nono…. It’s Scaife that’s the cyborg.