tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post1175332633113431801..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: It's Too Soon to Bury the Republican PartyAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-35288582644807960302013-01-14T07:08:49.480-08:002013-01-14T07:08:49.480-08:00In regards to the Republican Party's alleged d...In regards to the Republican Party's alleged death made mostly by Leftists in the Media - I would say if I were Mr. Republican - "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-75131153692228091452013-01-13T22:26:14.147-08:002013-01-13T22:26:14.147-08:00Alan,
I also live here in Australia, in Queenslan...Alan,<br /><br />I also live here in Australia, in Queensland. I was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force for 25 years, and in the 70's during Nixon's Presidency, I was with a Squadron that would go away on deployments, mainly to Darwin, and during those deployments, other Air Forces would also participate as well. During one such exercise with a USAF Detachment, we made close friends with our American 'brothers', mostly in the 'canteen' after working commitments for the day, usually over a few beers. They were a friendly bunch, and we all got on really well.<br /><br />One of them told a joke that was an 'in joke' with Americans, but fell fairly flat when told to Australians, mainly because U.S. politics was not something that we, as Australian servicemen were au fait with, but this was at a time when I was becoming really interested in U.S. politics, so I saw the 'liberal' humour in the joke, much to the puzzled looks from my Australian friends when I laughed, as they had no idea what the joke was really about.<br /><br />The joke went as follows:<br /><br />A man was injured in a car crash in 1958 and fell into a coma. He finally came out of the coma in 1973. The first thing he asked was after the health of President Eisenhower.<br /><br />When told that the President was now dead, his reply was, 'Oh no, that means that idiot Nixon is President'.<br /><br />The joke sort of falls flat now, but at the time it was funny, mainly because the Americans had no idea that (some) Australians knew anything at all about U.S. Politics, and my Australian friends looked at me with puzzled looks, and it was actually me who had to explain the point of the joke to them. I got a few free beers from my American friends out of that little episode.<br /><br />Also, I just love that wonderfully emotive image you have used with this Post. I was surprised that I knew all the 8 faces at first glance, and just musing here, this is one game where my guess the winner would be Theodore Roosevelt, in my humble opinion, your best President, and the youngest ever President also.<br /><br />Tony.TonyfromOzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272988986249451458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-29223139567064177272013-01-13T18:30:02.733-08:002013-01-13T18:30:02.733-08:00@dfordoom. Okay, you have definetely convinced me ...@dfordoom. Okay, you have definetely convinced me not to move to Australia. I had no idea things are as bad as you describe. Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-54401028406895112502013-01-13T17:48:51.534-08:002013-01-13T17:48:51.534-08:00The problem throughout the English-speaking world ...The problem throughout the English-speaking world is not that conservative parties can no longer win elections. The problem is that they are no longer conservative parties. What they stand for is merely a slightly slower transition to socialism.<br /><br />Here in New South Wales our newly-elected conservative government has found a new cause to champion - the suppression of that dangerous evil, freedom of speech. Make any criticism of multiculturalism and face six months in prison. This from a conservative government that just won a landslide victory because people were fed up with the socialists.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-73675822496614601662013-01-13T17:43:19.455-08:002013-01-13T17:43:19.455-08:00It was supposed to lower healthcare costs. It has ...<em>It was supposed to lower healthcare costs. It has only served to increase the costs of healthcare insurance and the provision of healthcare.</em><br /><br />In Australia we began our experiment with allowing the government to take over health care. The health system has never recovered. The health system (with its army of social workers) is now in the vanguard of the movement to deprive Australians of their fundamental rights and freedoms. It's a system that fails to deliver health care, but it does deliver massive government control over the lives of citizens.<br /><br />The same agenda will undoubtedly be played out in the US. Once the socialists have completed their takeover of the education system then the health system becomes the inevitable next step.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-27656415062579761572013-01-13T17:06:35.038-08:002013-01-13T17:06:35.038-08:00Hugh, a lot of people are oblivious to Obama's...Hugh, a lot of people are oblivious to Obama's lies. For now his popularity numbers around above 50% and will likely stay there through his inauguration. The MSM will continue to cover for him, but the rise in taxes and other factors will take their toll.<br />Second terms are rarely happy ones for presidents.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-7697955054198016272013-01-13T16:20:51.165-08:002013-01-13T16:20:51.165-08:00The only thing on which I disagree in what you wro...The only thing on which I disagree in what you wrote is this:<br /><br />" Rep. John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell totally lack Obama’s personal appeal and neither has shown much inclination to directly or dramatically call him out on his continuous lies."<br /><br />There is no personal appeal in a constant liar with an agenda to either destroy or weaken the United States and most of his "appeal" has been manufactured by the MSM, in my humble opinion<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593994135554272869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-68375828692040436592013-01-13T14:58:40.254-08:002013-01-13T14:58:40.254-08:00@Fred. I am disappointed, too, but I have seen the...@Fred. I am disappointed, too, but I have seen the GOP make comebacks and it can again. Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-25101332884287552022013-01-13T14:57:31.789-08:002013-01-13T14:57:31.789-08:00The GOP is only defeated if it just gives up now. ...The GOP is only defeated if it just gives up now. Too many Republicans are still depressed over the election. The next four years may well be unkind to obama and the Democrats. <br /><br />Obama's margin might have been slimer if Republicans had turned out and voted. There is also the likelyhood that ballot boxes were stuffed in various Dem districts.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-4965215744400745742013-01-13T14:12:56.619-08:002013-01-13T14:12:56.619-08:00Personally, I think the GOP went from being a pret...Personally, I think the GOP went from being a pretty good place to be, mostly Conservative, America 1st and such, to being nothing more than *Democrat Lite*.<br /><br />Lately I don't feel like it's all that *Lite*... TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008912292703416417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-59594425596600142612013-01-13T14:07:33.090-08:002013-01-13T14:07:33.090-08:00Why do you call Obama's margin of victory &quo...Why do you call Obama's margin of victory "slim?" He got 51% of the vote, 4% more than Romney. Maybe you're just confused... his margin of victory is not 3 million votes, but rather 5 million. And, of course, he got an Electoral College landslide.<br /><br />And why do you think public opinion is beginning to shift against Obama? He has a 53% approval rating, which is a few points higher than the steady ~48% it hovered at for a long time.<br /><br />I agree that the GOP is not dead, but your analysis seems crippled by wishful thinking.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211720060888169877noreply@blogger.com