Comments on: Shocker: The Rich Love Bush

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:44:28 +0000

And, yes, I’m drunk

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:38:21 +0000

Brass Monkey is great

By: Qetesh the Shaved Abyssinian

Qetesh the Shaved Abyssinian — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:18:26 +0000

The market IS doing great, but you loosrers with no money wouldnâ€™t know it, you havent reeped the huge profits from investments I have from smart investing hard work. Shut up and pay attention, this is America, with lots of oppertunity, you canâ€™t grab the brass ring if you sit and whine about how unfair everything is to gays all day.

Reepity, reepity, reepity, lo
The market is surging
But I’ve got to go
Reepity reepity reepity lan
Shoelimpy’s a fake
As poster and man.

Who wants brass rings? Or brass monkeys? Or, come to think of it, limp shoes? What is the deal with this git, anyway? Are all conservatards really this stupid, or is it some cunning ruse to put us off our guard?

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:04:53 +0000

The market IS doing great, but you loosrers with no money wouldnâ€™t know it, you havent reeped the huge profits from investments I have from smart investing hard work.
This is a promising start, but where is the invitation to the Shoelimpy Money Consciousness Seminars, for only $500? Where is the advertisement for Shoelimpy Sharemarket Software, 400% profit guaranteed or your money back? It is as if the comment was cut off halfway through.

By: Karl Rove II

Karl Rove II — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:30:13 +0000

“Shut up and pay attention, this is America, with lots of oppertunity, you canâ€™t grab the brass ring if you sit and whine about how unfair everything is to gays all day.”

How about we complain how hard the Christians have it here? That’d sure make me feel a whole lot better…

By: Shoelimpyâ„¢

Shoelimpyâ„¢ — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:11:29 +0000

The market IS doing great, but you loosrers with no money wouldn’t know it, you havent reeped the huge profits from investments I have from smart investing hard work. Shut up and pay attention, this is America, with lots of oppertunity, you can’t grab the brass ring if you sit and whine about how unfair everything is to gays all day.

By: Sinfonian

Sinfonian — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:37:29 +0000

celticgirl, that was gorgeous. â€œCleanup on Aisle Wingnutâ€?. Classic.

Why, thank you. I rather liked it myself. :)

By: Qetesh the Shaved Abyssinian

Qetesh the Shaved Abyssinian — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:54:24 +0000

celticgirl, that was gorgeous. “Cleanup on Aisle Wingnut”. Classic.

By: klein's tiny left nut

klein's tiny left nut — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:58:21 +0000

The markets are doing great meme really bugs the crap out of me. As Milo laid out abve, the markets hav grown at an anemic rate under Bush. Indeed, if you take the high water mark for the major indices around March 1, 2000, you will find the Dow at 12276, the S&P 500 at 1402, and the NASDAQ at 5048. As of yesterday they were at 12228, 1395, and 2382 respectively. In other words, seven years after they reached their peak, all three major indices are below where they were, with the NASDAQ less than half of what it was.

Do I blame Bush for this — not really, but I sure as hell don’t want him getting credit for great markets, which in real terms are still down by at least 20% from their peak.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:40:52 +0000

I love it when you guys start to sound like socialists.

Brings a little tear to the eye, it does.

By: millsapian87

millsapian87 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:22:21 +0000

Shorter Heidi Przybyla — “Four out of five eaters of shit sandwiches agree: the more bread you have the less shit you have to eat.”

By: Hype-Jersey

Hype-Jersey — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:18:44 +0000

$100k isn’t “rich.” I’d be more interested to learn what the top 1% of income earners think of W. I bet the gap is even greater, with the super rich overwhelmingly favoring Bush.

By: Teh Giant Sammich

Teh Giant Sammich — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:28:45 +0000

My portfolio is prospering nicely, losers. Cotto and priscutto futures are through the roof!

EAT FRESH, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

By: dAVE

dAVE — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:03:44 +0000

Some Guy – out here in California, $100K will get you a down payment on a starter home.

milo – the answer would be that the DJIA grew so well under Clinton as a delayed reaction to policies enacted by St. Ronnie Reagan. Amen. Conversely , the market doing not so well under Bush is because of policies enacted by Clinton. oh, and 9/11!!!!!

By: milo

milo — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:33:25 +0000

On Jan. 20, 1992, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3310.
On Jan. 20, 2001, the DJIA stood at 10887.
Today, the DJIA is at ~12120.
For President Clinton’s 8 years in office, the DJIA grew at an annual rate of 16.5%.
For President Bush’s 6+ years in office, the DJIA has grown at an annual rate of 1.7%.

When Evan Davidson describes the market under Bush as: â€œThe economy is doing fairly well, the market is doing extremely well,â€? I would like to hear his description of how the market and economy did under Clinton. It looks to me that it was nearly one order of magnitude better. That is, to say, a great deal better. What vocabulary would Mr. Davidson use to describe a market one order of magnitude better than one doing “extremely well.”

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:48:23 +0000

Republicans: Terrific at winning elections, and that’s about it.
Or, to put it another way; Republicans’ aren’t interested in leading, they’re interested in being in charge.

“53% of folks making over $100k disapprove of Bushâ€™s job performance, 48% disapprove of his handling of the economyâ€¦ Sounds to me like a pretty large portion arenâ€™t buying it even though they are more able to afford it.”

I think this survey needed more differentiation among the wealth lines. That’s a household income of +$100k, not individual income. Maybe I’m jaded by NoVA’s insane cost of living and housing standards, but $100k will get you maybe a starter home out here, so I wouldn’t consider that as a “wealthy” household.

By: RubDMC

RubDMC — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:04:25 +0000

…two words for you: â€œDeath Tax.â€?

Wait a minute…I pay extra when I die?

Fuck that shit – I’m not dyin’!

PS – I’m with George (the George in this thread, not the other one): redistributing income was the plan, along with opening up the spigot and filling up the trough (I can just hear them planning – “Lookit all that fucking money just lying around…”) – which coincidentally served the purpose of redistributing the income.

Simple, eh?

By: davis

davis — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:51:22 +0000

The theme of Tom Frank’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”.

By: tigrismus

tigrismus — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:18:42 +0000

53% of folks making over $100k disapprove of Bush’s job performance, 48% disapprove of his handling of the economy… Sounds to me like a pretty large portion aren’t buying it even though they are more able to afford it.

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:47:07 +0000

Christians and Wal-Mart and a 15-year low in the percentage of Americans who think the country is on the right track, oh my!

1. Absolutely, mikey, you nailed it.

2. It isn’t that Wal-Mart doesn’t let people work more than 35 hours a week; they just can’t be paid for any hours over 35. It’s a great system: that single mom may very well put in close to 50 hours a week, but she only clocks in for 35, see? Genius!

3. Hm. I’m having a memory lapse . . . whose single term in the White House was ending 15 years ago when Americans last had such a pessimistic view of the direction their country was headed in? It’s on the tip of my tongue . . . Nope. It’s gone.