Those Republicans Are Toast

 Here is a look at the Republican Party  by a paper based in Germany. As is usual, they are dead-on with their views.

die Tageszeitung, Germany
The Republicans Will Lose

By Ulrike Herrmann
Their stubbornness means future tactical problems for the conservatives.
Translated By Ron Argentati
15 July 2011

Edited by Gillian Palmee

Germany - die Tageszeitung - Original Article (German)
Is America going broke? Of course not. The sound-effects thunder in Washington is loud, to be sure, but it’s already certain that Republicans and Democrats will compromise on further borrowing. Neither party can risk bankruptcy for the United States because it would be Americans who suffer. By far, the largest portion of America’s debt lies not in China, but in domestic pension funds and insurance companies.
The losers in this political showdown have also been decided already: Republicans who had assumed they could fall back on a strategy of permanent boycott because of their House of Representatives majority. This intransigence assured them only tactical problems. First, President Obama has already made huge concessions to the opposition and comes off looking like a reasonable statesman. Second, the business community and investors have begun having doubts about the Republican strategy and are turning to the Democrats. Third, moderate Republicans recognize these dangers, but the radical tea partiers do not.
The “Grand Old Party” is now so terribly divided that it is unrecognizable even to voters who want to defeat Obama in the next election. Conservative media outlets like the Wall Street Journal are expressing outrage at how stupidly Republicans are acting.
But the Republicans have not only lost tactically. The demands they’ve made in negotiating future budgets may also result in an election disaster for them. They insist on making reductions in Medicare. Many Americans don’t appreciate that idea in the least, as evidenced by the recent congressional election in New York. The Republicans suffered a surprise defeat there principally because their candidate also supported cutting Medicare.
That pattern may well repeat itself.

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Friday Funnies:What A Week

  Not sure about you, but this past week has been hell for me. When it comes right down to it, the month of July has been bad all the way around. I do not have much of a sense of humor, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Jay Leno: Scientists say life on Earth is wiped out every 27 million years, and we have 16 million years left. So we’re all going to die just when we finally get our debt paid off."

"Michele Bachmann and her husband run this institution where they try to 'pray away the gay.' They want gay guys to think outside the bun."

A report says that a growing number of Americans are worth $1 million. The bad news: last year they were worth $5 million."

David Letterman: "Congress is pledging to work around the clock until they're absolutely certain they will get nothing done."

It's so hot that instead of tapping phones, Rupert Murdoch has been tapping kegs.

"Michele Bachmann says that if she's elected, she'll ban pornography. We have multiple wars, skyrocketing debts, a recession, unemployment . . . Yeah, let's ban pornography."

 

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