Bill Clinton Praises George Bush's Book

Further, the rabid Righties do not seem to have a foot on her neck which they would be quick to do if there were cause.

Why do you think that might be?

If I as an old liberal Democrat, for example, had no problem with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice or Secretary of State Jim Baker or Secretary of State Larry Eagleburger or Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, etc., what would you think?  Would you think they were doing a good job as I, a liberal Democrat want and expect the US foreign policy to be?  

I am forming my opinion by the favorable reactions from those she has dealt with around the world.

The reactions to Hillary Clinton and any respect she receives when she travels around the world are about her as a popular First Lady, and not as Secretary of State.
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Jim DeMint Would Accept Compromise On Bush Tax Cuts

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Jim DeMint Would Accept Compromise On Bush Tax Cuts

The rich have gotten rich off of the sweat & labor of others and then taken those profits to buy politicians who gamed the system so that they wouldn't have to pay taxes through all manner of sundry tax schemes not available to the poor and middle classes.  The rich also 'closed the door' on the ways that initially enabled them to amass their 'seed money' for creating their businesses.  

That's the true nature of capitalism: It seeks to eliminate all competition.

Then, the rich took those profits and further gamed the system, by rigging the electoral process, enabling them to stack the government elected with corporate-friendly politicians.  Business interests over the People's interests.  

Over the course of US history, corporations have managed to game our political system, and done it so effectively that the two-party system competes to serve corporate interests while defending that service as, "What's good for GM (corporations) is good for America (We the People)". 

Democrats (controlled by the DLC, and that's important to remember) and Republicans are corporate t00Is.  Like siblings competing for the attention and approval (campaign contributions) of a parent, Republicans and DLC-controlled Democrats try to outdo each other in delivering for their real constituent, transnational corporations.  The trick for them has been to make it seem as if they were really working on behalf of WeThePeople. 

Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama and Democrats were for strong regulations on banks, Wall Street, investigations, prosecutions, restitution of what has been robbed from the middle class and poor for the past 30+ years, environmental clean-up, clean, sustainable renewable energy (and that isn't nuclear), putting an end to the wars and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, affordable, quality universal healthcare (which Obama's healthcare legislation is not), and more.

The DLC-controlled Democratic Party gives lip service to these and all populist issues, because like the Republican Party, the DLC works for the benefit of transnational corporations.
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I have a hard time believing people's memories are so short.  

No, it wasn't a done deal.  

To begin with, the TARP was passed into law by a Democratically controlled Congress.  Paulson wanted all of the money, then, no accountability whatsoever, but because of the outcries by the People, only half of it was released.  

Obama had the opportunity and the clout to impose any kind of restrictions, regulations, even nationalizing the banks, but chose not to before handing out the second half of the money.
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It's not wrong, and I rest my case.

I'd go back to your physician for a meds consult if I were you, zoloft.
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It's not their money.

It's borrowing so that We The People wind up paying what the rich should be paying in taxes.

We would be increasing the deficit by borrowing. 

We're already insolvent.

You're no patriot, dearie.  Why do you hate America so?  Why do you hate Americans?  And, because I doubt you are making that kind of money to qualify, why do you hate yourself so?
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Insulting and stup!d -- That's a tough combo to go through life as, zoloft.

Try reading entire comments before you go off on ad hominem attacks.
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Jim DeMint Would Accept Compromise On Bush Tax Cuts

If Bush's tax cuts are allowed to expire as they are set to on December 31st, the deficit would be cut in half, instantly.   

If the tax cuts are continued for the rich, we would have to borrow $700 billion to pay for it.

If the tax cuts are continued for everyone, we would have to borrow $3 trillion to pay for it.

This 2-year extension "compromise" would have us needing to borrow $70-140 billion for the rich's portion and $383 billion for the middle class's portion.  

As usual, Obama intends to deal with this backwards, too -- He intends to give Republicans what they want (tax cuts for the rich) and put off all other legislation for the benefit of the People (like, oh, adding a public option to healthcare legislation) until later, hoping that Republicans will agree out of gratitude for the rich's tax cuts.

It's for actions like this that I call Obama a fraud, a con man.  Any lawyer who negotiated a contract like this on behalf of a client would likely find himself facing a malpractice suit for breach of fiduciary duty.  This is history repeating itself.  This is exactly what Obama did releasing the TARP money.  The banks were over a barrel and wanted the money so badly that Obama just gave it to them, no strings attached.  "We'll talk about transparency, who the banks are actually giving the money to, and regulations later."  

Once the money was in spent, the banks said, "Forget you and your regulations and transparency!  We don't have to tell you anything and we're not going to."  

Then they gave themselves great big bonuses.
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David Axelrod Leaving White House In First Half Of 2011

This isn't news, people.  Axelrod already did this after Obama first got into the White House.  He's brought back in when Obama's numbers plunge and are needed to rise, to pass major legislation or upcoming elections.  As political director, Axelrod yo-yos back and forth.
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Dan Coats, Senator-Turned-Lobbyist, Headed Back To Senate With Business Victories

I don't know if you've seen this or this (or any of the many other problems in both directions that you can read about on the pages of those links, that Republicans should be concerned about, too), but Democrats did nothing about this in the past 4 years that they've had the power to do something about it.  

The United States works, or it did work, because of the covenant We The People make with our government:  We agree to live under the rule of law in a democratic republic (where other people make the laws under which we agree to abide) as long as we get to choose who those people are who will be making the laws, and that will be applied to everyone.

It is under those conditions that we consent to be governed.

When we no longer trust in the process, when we no longer trust that the selection process by which our elected representatives is fair and accurate, or that the laws don't apply equally to all, that all bets are off.  

No government can stand once that happens.  

I am struck by the carelessness (and the sheer stup!dity, really) of those who are alleged to be the best and the brightest, in the highest offices of leadership in our land, who appear to have forgotten this.
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