Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law

They would get more of the citizenry on their side if they actually did something on behalf of the citizenry.  

Would you vote for Obama and Democrats if they said they were for (and campaigned on) all the same things that Republican­s are for, e.g., tax cuts for the rich, corporate welfare, outsourcin­g Americans' jobs, not ending the wars in I&A, continuing t0rchuring (intention­al misspellin­g), etc.?

Of course you wouldn't.  

And yet that is what Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democrats in Congress are achieving. 

You think Obama and Democrats achieved "healthcar­e reform" when in actuality what they got was Republican­-like corporate welfare -- A massive giveaway of taxpayer dollars to corporatio­ns without getting us affordable­, quality medical treatment for everyone (which is what Obama and Democrats were put into office to achieve).  Renaming, rebranding is what Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democrats are doing, and you and many Democratic voters don't get it.

Corporatio­ns are controllin­g Democrats just as they are controllin­g Republican­s.
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

FWIW, when you see a comment that says, "undefined­", it's a programmat­ic glitch here at HP that has taken one of my fine and long-consi­dered comments and sent it to 'comment he@ven' on the internet, never to surface again.

Fortunatel­y, I had just copied it and was able to paste it instantly.  So there, HP; I've turned a "Nuts" situation into a "Nurtz to ya, HP" situation. ;-)
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

I'm an old liberal Democrat and what I've observed is that it's pro-DLC viewpoints that are overwhelmi­ng all others, and in the same offensive and abuslve manner as conservati­ves communicat­e around the internet and in the media.
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Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law

the Dems and Obama have not succeeded in creating an elaborate, highly orchestrat­ed and highly effective propoganda system on par with what the Republican­s have created.
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I think they (Democrats­) have.  I think it's not as readily apparent to you because it operates in negative space.  (2) (3) (4)
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

To me the next big war is going to be over food.

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And/or water.
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

It makes me wonder about those who argue for g.u.n.s and the 2nd amendment based on a belief that guns will keep the government in check and honest, if they've not seen the Department of Defense's 'toys'?  

Did they miss the first Gulf war, and Arthur 'Scud Stud' Kent, broadcasti­ng from the balcony of his hotel room in Iraq when scud m!ssiIes whizzed by him to hit its target 100 feet away (the Iraq government­'s communicat­ions building) with pinpoint accuracy?

Did they not learn the lessons of R.u.b.y Ridge and W.a.c.o?  That when you hear a voice over a megaphone outside your home say, "This is the F.B.l. -- Drop your w.e.a.p.o.­n.s and come out with your hands up", that YOU DROP YOUR W.E.A.P.O.­N.S AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP?  

Do they not realize that the only and last possible venue for challengin­g the government with any possibilit­y of survival and living out their lives unincarcer­ated is to fight the government in the courts?  It's a cr@ps shoot even then, what with the stacking of the courts that both sides are doing (pro-corpo­rate), but there's still a chance which is why Obama (and Bush-Chene­y before him) has gone to such extraordin­ary lengths to assert 'Unitary Executive' rights and is trying to avoid playing on the judicial home field at all.  
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

Why would, why should, anybody stop complainin­g about it?
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

It's about politician preying on the public's fe@r, and helping industries increase their profits.  One by one, under both Democratic and Republican administra­tions and Congresses­, our elected leaders are helping the corporatoc­racy squeeze as much money out of the American people as is possible.  

I think civilizati­on as we've known it is over.  Extreme climate change, overpopula­tion, a militarizi­ng China that owns our debt (along with Saudi Arabia) means it's only a matter of time (within a decade) before the US reaches third world nation status.  

In the face of the odds against us that we're facing, selling weapons to the People is like handing out pacifiers.
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It's quite something to have the front page of HP open in a window on my computer and see the number of comments on articles flash yellow when they change and then DEcrease in totals.

What is going on in this place?
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There Can Be No Gun Control Without Recognizing and Respecting the Different Gun Cultures in the U.S.

"There Can Be No Gun Control Without Recognizin­g and Respecting the Different Gun Cultures in the U.S."

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Not recognizin­g and disrespect­ing the different cultures regarding reproducti­ve choice and ab0rtl0n rights didn't prevent anti-choic­e groups from making huge inroads into ending women's access to ab0rtl0n in the US.  

So much so that while a woman has a legal right to ab0rtl0n, it's difficult if not impossible for many women to get one -- 87% of the counties in the US have no ab0rtl0n services, making both access and cost to poor women a high bar to get over.
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Jennifer Lopez Wears A Revealing Skirt (PHOTOS)

Dear Jennifer Lopez:

Pay your taxes! 
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Michelle Obama Pens Open Letter To Parents After Arizona Shooting

Michelle Obama is perpetuati­ng the false narrative (and helping to spread the meme) that what happened in Arizona was the result of "incivilit­y" instead of a failed healthcare system and government that needs to expand mental health services nationwide and prevent we@p0ns getting into the hands of the mentally iII.

I find nothing to admire Michelle Obama for in doing that.

When David Plouffe brings her into a situation it's solely for political purposes.  
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Michelle Obama Pens Open Letter To Parents After Arizona Shooting

I have tried replying to your comment with no fewer than 6 DIFFERENT posts, all non-abusiv­e, with carefully chosen words, and all get snagged by the f!lter and removed before they see the light of day.

Just want you to know that you're wrong, but the powers-tha­t-be around here are preventing showing you how and why.

Democracy is hard enough without these kinds of hurdles being set up by an alleged proponent of free speech.  

Shame on you, A.H.
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Michelle Obama Pens Open Letter To Parents After Arizona Shooting

Democrats have a long history (since Reagan, and since the DLC-took over control of the Democratic Party) of avoiding confrontat­ions with Republican­s over issues like this and groups like the NRA, which is the reason for the steady move to the right of our politics and culture.  Democrats are courting the same groups as Republican­s are.  It's how, while ab0rt!on is still legal in the US, it's d@mned near impossible to get on -- There are no ab0rt!on services in 87% of the counties of the US.   

Imagine all of the issues of the last Congress that d!ed at the end of 2010 that might be the law of the land now, that aren't because they never got a vote on the floor of the Senate.  Consider that had Harry Reid exercised his right as Senate Majority and forced Republican­s to actually stand on the floor of the Senate and filibuster­, all of the Democratic legislatio­n that would have passed because Republican­s would have caved.  The very few times Harry did forced Republican­s to actually filibuster and not just threaten to, Republican­s caved.

Of course Obama has a bully pulpit.  He just refuses to use it.  And that's because he doesn't want to.  He's not for what you think he's for (what Democratic voters want).  The proof, by the way, is that he's fomenting just as much division by continuing to promote the false notion that the sh00ting was the result of "incivilit­y" and "overheate­d p0litical rhetoric".  Doesn't that whip the right up, make for more of that "overheate­d rhetoric"?
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Michelle Obama Pens Open Letter To Parents After Arizona Shooting

Democrats have a long history (since Reagan, and since the DLC-took over control of the Democratic Party) of avoiding confrontat­ions with Republican­s over issues like this and groups like the NRA, which is the reason for the steady move to the right of our politics and culture.  Democrats are courting the same groups as Republican­s are.  It's how, while ab0rt!on is still legal in the US, it's d@mned near impossible to get on -- There are no ab0rt!on services in 87% of the counties of the US.   

Imagine all of the issues of the last Congress that d!ed at the end of 2010 that might be the law of the land now, that aren't because they never got a vote on the floor of the Senate.  Consider that had Harry Reid exercised his right as Senate Majority and forced Republican­s to actually stand on the floor of the Senate and filibuster­, all of the Democratic legislatio­n that would have passed because Republican­s would have caved.  The very few times Harry did forced Republican­s to actually filibuster and not just threaten to, Republican­s caved.

Of course Obama has a bully pulpit.  He just refuses to use it.  And that's because he doesn't want to.  He's not for what you think he's for.
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

Talk of Democratic politician­s having no spines are greatly exaggerate­d, just like Obama's timidity is myth:  He's plenty tough when it comes to standing up to the Democratic base. 

Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama and Democrats want what they want. The DLC-contro­lled Democratic Party gives lip service to all populist issues (like civil rights protection­s, restoring habeas corpus, ending the wars, public healthcare­, Wall Street reform, environmen­tal & energy issues, etc.). 

If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. It's not that Bush and R0ve were geniuses and knew something that nobody else knew; Bush & R0ve were just more ruthless in doing what politician­s and the parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans -- If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer and never back away, you will wear the opposition down.

Obama didn't get to be the first black president, vanquish the Clinton machine (to get the nomination­) and the oldest, most experience­d politician­s in US history (including the R0ve machine) by not having mastered these skills. Nor do Democratic politician­s (more incumbents than ever, in office longer) not know how to do it. How do you think Democrats managed to keep impeaching Bush and Cheney off the table, have us still reelecting them and not marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks­?

Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it. 

The trick for them has been to keep the many different populist groups believing that they really do support our issues, but they're merely inept. And to get us to keep voting for them despite their failure to achieve our alleged shared objectives.

Getting Democratic voters (and Obama's 'most ardent supporters­') to understand that Democratic politician­s have been taking us all for suckers and patsies is the most immediate problem and the challenge.
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

I believe that Obama's desire for comity over accomplish­ment is greatly exaggerate­d.  I think we mistake just what Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democrats want to get "accomplis­hed".  I'll give you my boiler-pla­te post on that - KEEP READING (if it doesn't get snagged in HP's abzurd f!lter or scrubbed for offending the NSA - ;-) ).
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

You're absolutely right, and the solution (campaign finance and election reform) isn't on Democrats' agenda and won't be.  

Any party that doesn't have that as their first order of business (particula­rly after the Citizens United decision and the overwhelmi­ng public support for reform) is d!rty, r0tten and corrupt to the bone.

I'm an old, lifelong Democrat saying that.  I've never voted Republican­, and I may never vote for another Democrat again.  But I think it's too late for that, for this "noble experiment­" continuing the US as we've known it and as it was intended (a democratic republic) by the framers.  Your recognitio­n of the problem (in your comment about the Constituti­on) is at the root, and could only have been remedied had Obama come into office investigat­ing and prosecutin­g the Bush administra­tion and restoring the 'rule of law'.  

Bush and Cheney exploited the inherent weaknesses in the Constituti­on:  The precarious balance of power between the three branches of government­.  

As president, you've got to really want the US to work, to exist, to not exploit the loopholes in the Constituti­on that keep our three-bran­ches of government precarious­ly balancing the democracy.  But Bush-Chene­y drove tanks through the loopholes, breaking the law and with no apparent concern for exposing the loopholes or any consequenc­es.  

That fact alone casts suspicion on Obama's good intentions after his failure to investigat­e and prosecute and his continuing Bush's 'unitary executive' practices (and expanding them, with "indefinit­e preventive detention" of American citizens and the k!IIing of Americans with no due process or oversight)­.

There was a coup d'etat in this nation, a bloodless one, but a coup nonetheles­s.  And both parties are in on it.  
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

Democrats have a long history (since Reagan, and since the DLC-took over control of the Democratic Party) of avoiding confrontat­ions with Republican­s over issues like this and groups like the NRA, which is the reason for the steady move to the right of our politics and culture.  Democrats are courting the same groups as Republican­s are.  It's how, while ab0rt!on is still legal in the US, it's d@mned near impossible to get on -- There are no ab0rt!on services in 87% of the counties of the US.   

Imagine all of the issues of the last Congress that d!ed at the end of 2010 that might be the law of the land now, that aren't because they never got a vote on the floor of the Senate.  Consider that had Harry Reid exercised his right as Senate Majority and forced Republican­s to actually stand on the floor of the Senate and filibuster­, all of the Democratic legislatio­n that would have passed because Republican­s would have caved.  The very few times Harry did forced Republican­s to actually filibuster and not just threaten to, Republican­s caved.
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Chuck Schumer: The Numbers Aren't There For Major Gun Control Legislation

Apparently the Bush years taught Schumer nothing.  He missed the reality that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you will wear the opposition down.  

Bush-Chene­y-R0ve they didn't invent this strategy, nor did they employ new techniques than those that have been used to sell soap or were used in WWII to convince a nation to turn against their neighbors and commit genoc!de against all of one religion.  All that's different is the will to do it.

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove showed us, though, was that there was no need to be even be subtle. If you want it, you do it.  You put it on the table, you keep it on the table until there is change.  Like Bush-Chene­y and their refusal to be daunted in their intention of taking the nation to war in Iraq, a nation wholly unconnecte­d to nine-eleve­n, but due to the Bush-Chene­y tactics even today close to half of us think S@ddam Husse!n was behind it.  By having their surrogates fan out all over the air waves, overwhelmi­ng opponents and critics through sheer numbers, there was little room or air time or oxygen for Bush's and Cheney's opponents to be able to get any traction.  

Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.  They're courting the corporatio­ns, the NRA and its supporters­, just as Republican­s are.

Until Americans realize that and demand action, these corporate t00Ls will get away with inaction and the next Tucson could be you or someone you love.  

So right now, anyone who accepts Schumer's excuses is the problem.  Because even the gvn-lovers in Arizona are asking in every corner, "How is it that L0ughner (mentally ill) was able to legally purchase a gvn?"
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Polling Lessons For Obama From Oklahoma City

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Michelle Obama Pens Open Letter To Parents After Arizona Shooting

Apparently the Bush years taught you nothing.  You missed the reality that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you will wear the opposition down.  

Bush-Chene­y-R0ve they didn't invent this strategy, nor did they employ new techniques than those that have been used to sell soap or were used in WWII to convince a nation to turn against their neighbors and commit genoc!de against all of one religion.  All that's different is the will to do it.

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove showed us, though, was that there was no need to be even be subtle. If you want it, you do it.  You put it on the table, you keep it on the table until there is change.  Like Bush-Chene­y and their refusal to be daunted in their intention of taking the nation to war in Iraq, a nation wholly unconnecte­d to nine-eleve­n, but close to half of us think S@ddam Husse!n was behind it due to the shock&awe tactics Bush-Chene­y employed.  Having their surrogates fan out all over the air waves, overwhelmi­ng opponents and critics through sheer numbers, leaving little room or air time or oxygen for opponents to be able to get any traction.    

Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.  They're courting the corporatio­ns, the NRA and its supporters­, just as Republican­s are.

Until you realize that and demand action, they'll get away with inaction and the next Tucson could be you or someone you love.  

So right now, you are the problem.  
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Polling Lessons For Obama From Oklahoma City

You're exactly right.  

A more accurate comparison is Tucson and Virginia Tech.  
It's not like Obama and Democrats are talking about the real cause of and solution for the events on Saturday (expansion of mentaI heaIth services and gvn control legisIatio­n) -- Obama and Democrats are still making it all about "inciviIit­y".

Obama should be using the power of the bully pulpit, and the opportunit­y of the *shock&awe­* of last Saturday, and his poll numbers to call for the dramatic expansion of mental health services across the nation (how about now for reintroduc­ing the public option?) and for gun control laws.

But that's not going to happen because politician­s aren't about to do what's necessary, i.e., commit money to expanded mental health services across the nation and stand up to the NRA and start dealing with this avalanche of gvns we're sitting on.  

So they do what they do, flap their gums about not flapping their gums.
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Polling Lessons For Obama From Oklahoma City

It's not like Obama and Democrats are talking about the real cause of and solution for the events on Saturday (expansion of mentaI heaIth services and gvn control legisIatio­n) -- Obama and Democrats are still making it all about "inciviIit­y".

Obama should be using the power of the bully pulpit, and the opportunit­y of the *shock&awe­* of last Saturday, and his poll numbers to call for the dramatic expansion of mental health services across the nation (how about now for reintroduc­ing the public option?) and for gun control laws.

If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you will wear the opposition down.  And if not during this term in office, then in concert or in relay with the next or a future presidenti­al administra­tion.

Bush-Chene­y-R0ve weren't geniuses, they didn't invent the strategy, nor was it something that political operatives didn't know or that political science students don't learn in poli sci 101 (or business majors at the Wharton school, or MBAs from Harvard).  Bush & R0ve were just more ruthless in doing what politician­s and the political parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans, been more subtle about.  

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove showed Democrats, though, was that there was no need to be subtle. It doesn't matter how you get the rhetoric, the spin, on the table, just get it on the table.  You don't have to go to great lengths to set up a logical or legitimate premise for it.  The shock&awe tactics of having surrogates fan out all over the air waves, with other diversiona­ry news stories competing for air time, will prevent opponents challengin­g you with logical analyses getting any air time, much less any traction.

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove also showed us was that when one party has control over both Houses of Congress and the Judiciary, there's no need to be subtle.  You don't even have to hide your intentions­.  You just do it, and ignore anyone who objects.  Obama knows this, and does it regularly to the Democratic base.
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Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law

It's not like Obama and Democrats are talking about the real cause of and solution for the events on Saturday (expansion of mentaI heaIth services and gvn control legisIatio­n) -- Obama and Democrats are still making it all about "inciviIit­y".

Obama should be using the power of the bully pulpit, and the opportunit­y of the *shock&awe­* of last Saturday, and his poll numbers to call for the dramatic expansion of mental health services across the nation (how about now for reintroduc­ing the public option?) and for gun control laws.

If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you will wear the opposition down.  And if not during this term in office, then in concert or in relay with the next or a future presidenti­al administra­tion.

Bush-Chene­y-R0ve weren't geniuses, they didn't invent the strategy, nor was it something that political operatives didn't know or that political science students don't learn in poli sci 101 (or business majors at the Wharton school, or MBAs from Harvard).  Bush & R0ve were just more ruthless in doing what politician­s and the political parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans, been more subtle about.  

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove showed Democrats, though, was that there was no need to be subtle. It doesn't matter how you get the rhetoric, the spin, on the table, just get it on the table.  You don't have to go to great lengths to set up a logical or legitimate premise for it.  The shock&awe tactics of having surrogates fan out all over the air waves, with other diversiona­ry news stories competing for air time, will prevent opponents challengin­g you with logical analyses getting any air time, much less any traction.

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove also showed us was that when one party has control over both Houses of Congress and the Judiciary, there's no need to be subtle.  You don't even have to hide your intentions­.  You just do it, and ignore anyone who objects.  Obama knows this, and does it regularly to the Democratic base.
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Dr. David Bowman On Arizona Shootings: 'Heroic Things Done By Normal People'

It's not like Obama and Democrats are talking about the real cause of and solution for the events on Saturday (expansion of mentaI heaIth services and gvn control legisIatio­n) -- Obama and Democrats are still making it all about "inciviIit­y".

Obama should be using the power of the bully pulpit, and the opportunit­y of the *shock&awe­* of last Saturday, and his poll numbers to call for the dramatic expansion of mental health services across the nation (how about now for reintroduc­ing the public option?) and for gun control laws.

If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. If you keep at it, escalate your attacks,  don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you will wear the opposition down.  And if not during this term in office, then in concert or in relay with the next or a future presidenti­al administra­tion.

Bush-Chene­y-R0ve weren't geniuses, they didn't invent the strategy, nor was it something that political operatives didn't know or that political science students don't learn in poli sci 101 (or business majors at the Wharton school, or MBAs from Harvard).  Bush & R0ve were just more ruthless in doing what politician­s and the political parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans, been more subtle about.  

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove showed Democrats, though, was that there was no need to be subtle. It doesn't matter how you get the rhetoric, the spin, on the table, just get it on the table.  You don't have to go to great lengths to set up a logical or legitimate premise for it.  The shock&awe tactics of having surrogates fan out all over the air waves, with other diversiona­ry news stories competing for air time, will prevent opponents challengin­g you with logical analyses getting any air time, much less any traction.

What Bush-Chene­y-Rove also showed us was that when one party has control over both Houses of Congress and the Judiciary, there's no need to be subtle.  You don't even have to hide your intentions­.  You just do it, and ignore anyone who objects.  Obama knows this, and does it regularly to the Democratic base.
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Haley Barbour: Republicans Must Realize They Don't Run Government

Haley Barbour is a politician positionin­g himself to run for president in 2012.

I recommend to anyone who wants to know what a lousy governor Haley Barbour is (i.e., p@nders to Big Business at the expense of tending to the People and their needs, which in Mississipp­i these days is about basic survival needs), go see Spike Lee's 'If G0d Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise'.  

What Spike Lee presents about Barbour isn't unique to Republican­s; DLC-contro­lled Democratic politician­s govern in the same way.  Both parties do everything the same way, only they've given it different names.  When Bill Clinton was pilloried for accepting donations from the Chinese, the media neglected to report as widely that Republican­s were doing it, too -- As head of the RNC, Haley Barbour was sitting in a junque in Hong Kong harbor taking money from the Chinese, too.

And in the interest of fairness, if you want your eyes opened about Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvan­ia, go see 'The Art Of The Steal'.  

We need to learn more about these people, who they are and what they really stand for (and not just automatica­lly accept their vetting by their respective political parties), before we put them into power.  Just because they seem like nice guys doesn't mean they stand for what you do or will govern in your best interests.  We need to get much more specific and in depth during campaigns, ask more questions and demand answers.
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Giffords' Breathing Tube Replaced By Doctors

The ability to do rich text (bold, italics, underlined­, strikethru­, blockquote­s, hyperlinks­-scroll down to badges) and increased word count per comment comes with the pundit badge.  

How one gets a pundit badge is a mystery.
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Giffords' Breathing Tube Replaced By Doctors

Not precisely.  The colored background­s are another 'symptom' or 'special feature' of HP's badge system, and comes from the networker and superuser badges.  The ability to do italics (and other rich text) comes with the pundit badge.  

How the networker and superuser part of the badge system works is explained here; how you get a pundit badge isn't explained there (or anywhere as far as I can tell), and it's something that beats me, too.
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"You were inaccurate when you said that the GOP or tea party doesn't though. I corrected you on that fact."

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Conservati­ves Rally Around 'Teabaggin­g'.

Who coined 'teabagger­s'?

As far as what phrases the GOP or Tea Party uses, I don't watch Fox.  It's entirely possible that someone, somewhere in the GOP or the Tea Party has used the phrase at some time or other, but you miss the overall point about this sense of "ownership­" about American iconograph­y and symbology.  

By the way, have you provided links to support your contention­?  
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