Jim Greer Claims the White House Rewrote the President's School Speech
By Heather Tuesday Sep 08, 2009 6:00am
CNN just can't stop themselves from giving this guy some more air time, can they? Apparently hypocrite Jim Greer thinks that with no proof what so ever that the White House rewrote the speech the President was going to give to school children this week after they "got their hand in the cookie jar caught".
"Clearly last week there was a plan with the Department of Education," said Greer. "When you ask students to write a letter to the President on, how we can help you with your new ideas, Mr. President, that is leading the students in an effort to push the President's agenda. Now that the White House got their hand in the cookie jar caught, they changed everything, they redid the lesson plans, they released the text, and tomorrow he's gonna give a speech that every president should have an opportunity to give."
Suzanne Malveaux asked Greer if he had any inside information that the White House changed the speech.
"No, I don't," said Greer. "But I would anticipate, based on this President being so vocal and so aggressive about his vision of America, where government is in every aspect of our lives, I believe that the speech that he was gonna give, based on the lesson plans, is different."
As Steve Benen noted, apparently Greer is only worried about children being "indoctrinated" when the partisan message is coming from a Democrat.
Perhaps no one did more this week to push the mind-numbing "controversy" about President Obama encouraging young people to do well in school more than Jim Greer, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
It was Greer who, in a striking tantrum, issued a statement condemning the president for, among other things, trying to "indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." He added that Obama "has turned to American's children to spread his liberal lies." Greer's hysterical press release said the very idea of a political figure taking a political message to school children is "infuriating" and "an invasive abuse of power."
Obviously, for sane people, the claim itself is ridiculous. What we didn't know at the time was that it was also remarkably hypocritical. The Orlando Sentinel's Scott Maxwell had an important column today.
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Greer argued on Thursday, "Before anybody talks to my children from a political perspective, I want to know what they have to say." Of course, the administration is letting school districts know exactly what the president will say the day before his remarks. And how about Greer? Did he run his pro-Republican message by parents and school officials before he talked to school kids?
"That was different," Greer said.
Actually, it's not. The president of the United States wants to encourage children to work hard and do well in school. This caused Greer to have some kind of breakdown and accuse Obama of "indoctrination." But it's Greer who's taken partisan messages directly to school classrooms.
For more on Greer's rank hypocrisy check out Scott Maxwell's column at the Orlando Sentinal State GOP chief Jim Greer rips Obama -- but pushes Republican views at schools:
There once was a political operative who loved to tell crowds he had a simple way of explaining to children the difference between Republicans and Democrats."Republicans get up and go to work," he would tell his son.
"Democrats get up and go down to the mailbox to get their checks."
This man not only talked to his son about Republican values, he went into public-school classrooms and talked about them as well.
That man is Jim Greer — the same Jim Greer who, as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, just threw a nationwide hissy fit, claiming that the classroom is no place for politics and Barack Obama's "indoctrination."
MALVEAUX: Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was one of the harshest critics of President Obama's decision to make a back to school speech to the nation's school children tomorrow. He said: "As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology."
Well, now that the White House has released the text, what does he think now?
Well, he's live from Talli -- Tallahassee to tell us.
Chairman Greer, thank you for joining us here in THE SITUATION ROOM.
You've had a chance to see the president's text here.
Have you changed your mind?
JIM GREER, CHAIRMAN, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA: Well, I haven't changed my mind that -- I was very concerned as a parent last week when the White House was writing lesson plans and telling teachers what they should say to students before the president's speech and what they should say afterwards. And then when the White House said they weren't going to release the text, that concerned me. But now today, that they released the text -- and I've read -- it's an -- it's an upbeat speech, but is it the one the president was always going to give?
You know, the White House should not have...
MALVEAUX: You suspect...
GREER: ...been involved in writing lesson plans.
MALVEAUX: So you suspect that this isn't really the speech that he was going to give?
GREER: No, because clearly last week, there was a plan with the Department of Education. When you ask students to write a letter to the president on how we can help you with your new ideas, Mr. President, that is leading the students in an effort to push the president's agenda.
Now that the White House got their hand in the cookie jar caught, they changed everything. They redid the lesson plans. They released the text. And tomorrow, he's going to give a speech that every president should have an opportunity to give. This was never about the president speaking to children about the importance of education. It was about the White House writing lesson plans.
MALVEAUX: They did change the lesson plan. But -- but you have no information that the White House actually changed the text of the speech.
You don't have any inside knowledge of that?
GREER: No, I don't. But I would anticipate, based on this president being so vocal and so aggressive about his vision of America, where government is in every aspect of our lives, I believe that the speech that he was going to give, based on the lesson plans is different.
And, you know, Suzanne, we have Barack Obama, the auto king; we have Barack Obama, the banker; soon to be Barack Obama, the doctor. We don't need Barack Obama, the schoolteacher.
MALVEAUX: Why are you so...
GREER: And the White House should have stayed out of the classrooms.
MALVEAUX: Why are you so suspicious of the president's intentions?
GREER: Well, the president is very aggressive and very vocal on what he believes government's role is -- government should be involved in solving all of our challenges; government should be involved in our lives in every aspect. And there's no doubt that this -- this president is a great communicator.
What he communicates I don't agree with and it's not the Republican Party's philosophy of governing. But I believe that the White House was developing, clearly, in conjunction with the Department of Education, lesson plans that would have teachers lead students in a direction that, ultimately, at the end of the day, would have involved his public policy issues.
MALVEAUX: I -- I want to read you just, very quickly, part of the speech. He says: "I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms, get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn, but you've got to do your part, too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down. Don't let your family or your country down or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it."
Is there anything in his speech that is socia -- socialist ideology that you had complained about before?
Have you seen anything like that in his speech?
GREER: No. And I think we need to stay focused. The text that was released today, Suzanne, is a speech that every president, whether it's Democrat or Republican, should give to students about the importance of education. There's nothing wrong with it. It's never been about the president talking to them.
It's been about the president and the White House trying to circumvent parents in this country and go directly to students without even making parents aware that there were lesson plans out there encouraging teachers to have students write letters at how we can help the president.
MALVEAUX: Here's how a member...
GREER: That is just wrong.
MALVEAUX: OK. Here's -- here's how a member of your own party put it, speaker of the -- former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, said yesterday.
Take a listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
NEWT GINGRICH (R), FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER: It's good to have the president of the United States say to young people across America, stay in school, study. And do your homework. It's good for you and it's good for America.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: Do you agree with Newt Gingrich?
GREER: Excuse me.
MALVEAUX: Do you agree with what he said, Newt Gingrich?
GREER: Abs -- absolutely. There is nothing wrong, as I've said since day one, with the president of the United States talking to students on the first day of school, encouraging them to stay in school. I agree with Speaker Gingrich. There's nothing wrong with the president doing that.
It's -- the problem started last week when the White House got involved, instead of focusing on the economy and finding jobs for Americans...
MALVEAUX: OK.
GREER: ...the White House was writing lesson plans for our teachers across this country.
MALVEAUX: OK...
GREER: And that was wrong and that's what brought us here today.
MALVEAUX: I've got to leave it there. But -- but real quick here, are you going to send your children to see the speech tomorrow to school?
GREER: I am. My children have been taught to have the highest respect for the presidency and this president and all presidents. So after reading the text, seeing the Department of Education have told teachers they are not to lead students in the direction that they would have a week ago, my kids will be watching the president's speech, as all -- I hope all kids will. I don't advocate children not watching this president's speech with this text.
Now, who knows what last week's speech might have looked like?
But tomorrow, my kids will be listening to the president.
MALVEAUX: OK. Jim Greer, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
Thank you so much for joining us here in THE SITUATION ROOM.
GREER: Thank you.
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It is now a proven scientific fact!
That republicanism is a mental illness!
How much more proof do you need?
Listen to the crazy comming out of their mouths!
Look at the crazy in their eyes!
They are either dumb as a rock or crazy as hell!
..dumb as a rock!
And then some.
in my neck of the woods.
You're insulting stumps, which provide habitat for small animals, interesting fungi and other plants, and often sprout new young trees.
It's just so damned hard to find good metaphors for these people...
Even an old tin can has more ethics.
crazy as hell
I'm not saying your OPINION is wrong, as it is one I happen to agree with, but it's not "scientific fact!". Unlike the GOP, we should only make that claim when there is, like you know, actual science involved.
"Show me the proof" should be universal for scientific claims.
Because the democrats do not have the bal.s , spine , guts or backbone to tell the republican's hate and BS is a cansor to American citizens and their welfare .....
F... them all ,,..
Things could be different if these crazy Republicans took their meds as scheduled.
They own us, man. They've got Dems on the defense, running.
When it turns out that the facts don't match the lies you've been telling then you have to come up with an alternate reality, more lies.
alternate reality ......... very true, crossing the border into the US is like the intro scene to the twilight zone .........
So basically this guy was allowed on national TV to spew something negative that amounts to nothing more than "I just had a feeling". He couldn't even bring himself to LIE about having inside information, which is saying something lol.
That was a good decision, CNN. Where's the mega rolleyes smiley?
goes on teevee to tell kids something like:
Taxes are evil. The thought that people can contribute to a common cause and collectively solve problems is unamerican.
If you hang on to your money and scream,"MINE! MINE!" That is the American Way.
Well, that's peachy.
Fresh in from Bonzo's Bizarro World,
Reagan, friend of the educated "Negroes";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFAXnCFk5IE&eu...
28 years of failure, all started by the Saint Ray-Gun Gang.
little ones. Their teachers spend so much time trying to teach them values like sharing, and then Ronald comes along to teach them greed. Poor kids would be totally confused...
if Mr. Greer was as concerned when Ronald Reagan did the same thing! Ronald Reagan also had the students write about how they can help him and he even talked to them about low taxes!!!!!!! WTF?
Democrat secret weapon at town halls; put Saint Reagan up on the big screen.
When the Pugs all kneel in prayer, lift their wallets and put it in the
2012 - Obama bin.
I told Bush he needed to pour all the booze in the country into sewers (long story, no need to go into it tho). We all did that activitity, and the sky did not fall.
..hypocritical things to come out of a conservative's mouth, this takes the cake.
As much as the White House and the president in particular have bent over as of late to appease, i would not doubt that they rewrote the speech to make it more sanguine and appealing to conservative right. if so they've missed the point, that being, no speech, no matter how milke toast it be, will ever be acceptable to the right, beause dear people. that is NOT THEIR AGENDA. Their agena is oust this Black pretender and his liberal followers from office and from the forefront.
n/t
As I said earlier today, my husband called this play before the republican team even played it. He said yesterday after the transcript was published that the lunatics like Greer would simply say the speech was changed as a result of them raising hell about it last week. Sure enough, that's exactly what they did.
Damned pathetic if you ask me. The sorry son of a bitch couldn't just say that he was wrong. Only cowards have that problem.
at an opportune time. A Jebbie wannabe, looking and acting like some combination of Apalachicola sheriff and Orlando developer/con man. With Crist (hardly a "man's" Rethug) and Rubio eying higher offices,
this turd looks well-placed to climb Rethug ladder with support of Orange County northward. He looks like one of "them".
CNN is mini FIXED Noise.
Time Warner, who happens to own CNN, knows the vast majority of cable news viewers are rightwingers. It's a case of follow the money and where ad revenue is most effective.
Let's not forget, it was CNN who gave Glenn Beck his start on cable news. He was on CNN Headline News before they went to all all-crime, all-child molester format.
CNN, like FIXED Noise, is irrelevant.
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that President-Dictator Obama's speech now has the Jim Greer Stamp-Of-Approval. We can all sleep soundly tonight. We just dodged another day of tyranny!
Morans Unite!
Gingrich the Newt, too!! He appeared on morning TV and gave his stamp of approval......thank gawd.
Oh yeah, I sure do remember. Every kid in the World watched as the first school teacher to go into Space got blown to smitherines by Reaganomics.
Good message to children Saint Ronnie; cutting corners and saving ceo jobs is more important than human life. All you have to do is blame the scientists who told yuo not to launch below 40 degrees. But noooooo...
Teflonnie Ronnie killed a few more suckers in the sacrificial GOP fires that day. But Georgie Bush was in the wings with bigger ideas on how to enrich wealthy guy's pockets and kill off a few more "Merkins".
Republicanism should be considered a mental illness under the new health plan.
This clown is a birther, and anyone who believes any of these quacks should be encouraged to move to Texas or Arkansas and secede from the Union. Cut the fat and thin the herd, it'll only make this country stronger and smarter.
White folks love it when black folks in responsible positions, like Bill Cosby, get all up in the grill of the non-white 'slacker' parents and kids, preaching 'bout hard work, studying, and all.
But when those parents and kids are WHITE?
No cracker in "Crackerdom" (the old south, roughly, and its nodes in Bakersfield, etc) gonna stand idly by and have the President go all "Cosby" on them...
And that's what going on...
No Knee-grow gonna make them look bad to THEIR drooling, mono-browed, knuckle-dragging get...
Cosby didn't whup the 10%'s Sarah Paliban.
given a dumbed-down copy of the speech to some fuckwit like Newtie or Jebbie to read and translate to the GD crackers who only listen with their eyes.
..animal noises and stomping of hooves to make them understand.
*heavy sigh*
I live a stones throw from Bakersfield. The local news indicated at least some Bakersfield parents kept their kids home from school over this.
I'm sure the trailer parks of Oildale had kids running all over the place during school hours...
Just offering some feedback.
instead of offering feedback why don't you just GO SOMEWHERE ELSE and do something useful.
I mean come on already how is this news?
This guy Greer stirred up all this shit based on absolutely nothing but his own narrow mind and the thoughts he produced directly from his anal area. Now he has been shown to be exactly what he is and hopefully in the future people of his ilk will be questioned about their choices and decisions, instead of what they say being taken as facts.
This guy Greer stirred up all this shit based on absolutely nothing but his own narrow mind and the thoughts he produced directly from his anal area. Now he has been shown to be exactly what he is and hopefully in the future people of his ilk will be questioned about their choices and decisions, instead of what they say being taken as facts.
You can say that again! HA!
Yeah, I fu*ked up. I took the error message to mean what it said.
C&L is just calling them on their bullshit move to put yet another negative spin on something Obama does.
It's news because the news desk editor and his boss(es) say it's news. Only what they present as news is news and nothing else. I mean come on, if it wasn't news they wouldn't report it.
Right?
/end snark
also a waste of time?
Not for me. from what I understand, this is a CHAT room. If I don't like the subject or don't feel like chatting, I leave.It's that simple.
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the "triumph of spectacle" let's at least go top of the line I mean I never even heard of this idiot.
LOL
Limbaugh, Beck, Joe the Plumber
Who else?
..it would be on facebook.
topic is pertinent.
seems that some folks in Texas just can't get the hang of that whole, separation of church and state thingy...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/d...
More douchebaggery from teh right...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/08/obam...
C-span is now showing the speech Ronnie Reagan gave to students at the beginning of National Education month back in 1988. In one part of it he tells the kids about how much money his administration has given to "Negro Colleges". Can you imagine today is the President made it a point to tell the kids how much money his administration had given to African American colleges? Jesus, the right wing heads would be exploding all over the fu*king country.
in the 2nd grade! But then, there are chunks of my childhood I don't remember. But I bet I saw it!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p300/djbur...
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feel free to browse my photobucket if you want to steal some of these. they're absolute gems. not blogwhoring here (after all, its kinda hard to blogwhore when you don't have a blog to blogwhore) just thought some of you folks might enjoy.
you managed to say whore 3 times in that post!
but blogging just isn't her thing. I make sure the computer is locked away, just to be safe...
damn booosh recession, even whores are forced into part-time work....it's just horrible!
All the whores can be found on F**kNews and CNN.
Probably the corporate guys offer better healthcare than I can afford.
Isn't it nice knowing we live in such a carefree happy country.
Just look at all the comedy shows we have on cable.
Greer is just another scared, paronoid, racist and very stupid Reslug.
that these clowns are trying to put them out of business? I thought that the Repulsive party was supposed to be pro-business, but here we have yet another incident of douchebaggery without benefit of any incidental purchased product! (And I certainly am not buying what they're selling!)
MALVEAUX: You have no information that the White House actually changed the text of the speech. You don't have any inside knowledge of that?
GREER: No, I don't.
Nuffsed
At least he admits that he is basing what he says on absolutely nothing at all.
... that "absolutely nothing" is all the evidence they need to feed their paranoid delusions.
Of course, what would one expect from the believers in an administration that launched a war in Iraq based on absolutely nothing.
These people are completely insane. Can we get a judge to agree so that they can be locked up for their own, and the public's, safety?
..why would faux-lite (cnn) have him on in the firs...oh wait, msm!
That damned liberal media! I'll tell ya!
LOL!
Ha.
cannot stand the fact that:
The Democrats WON the election, and yes, I said * E *lection.....
and the president is bi-racial. And 'half-black' is as bad in their book as 'black'. (if not worse)
I really hope the GOP wins back the majority.
The country needs more pain.
in this country-system. It sucks but I guess that's just the way it is.
ANYTHING that Obama says, does, or even thinks is----to a certain rascist portion of the American population----viewed through a white supremisist perspective. It has nothing to do with the message, it's all about the fact that he's a man of color!
No doubt in my mind. Some of them come ever so close to actually saying it.
Patricia, I think we can expect this type of bullshit to continue----a total non-story simply because of color!
THAT is what none of these corporate media outlets have the balls to discuss.
Sadly racism has been around a long time and yes too long, but just electing a black president won't end it. Hopefully it will die out a little more with each generation.
..and accusing them of "almost-saying" it, gets them all in a huff because they didn't "say" it, merely IMPLIED it.
I can't get the image of Jon Favreau groping a Hillary Cutout with his inebriated pal out of my mind.
Who's wasting time now?
who can waste his/her time is him/her.
That President Obama is also younger, smarter,slimmer and has more hair than these pasty faced bloated gasbags.
with a Democrat majority and bulldozed through Congress with his wacky ideas and wants and the Dems would just bend to his will.
What you been smokiing on the farm?
And a better tan!
prevention as an issue, we'd see a lot of dead wingnuts. It may be hyperbole, but there's a bit of truth to it.
Greer is just admiting that he doesn't like the taste of the shit taco.
Thank you Jon Stewart for that phrase.
850-222-7920 is how you reach the Florida GOP. I just called them and asked when Jim Greer is going to publicly apologize for his hypocrisy. The woman on the phone said she could not speak for him but would pass on my message. (year right)
Call them and ask the same things!
I'm in Florida and I'll let you know the first signs I see of pigs flying by my window or if I hear the the temps in hell are falling.
This moron makes the wacky right look even wackier! Kudo's for pasting his dumb face all over the airwaves. You can't pay someone enough for this type of self destructive non-sense.
Keep 'em comin'!!!!
fans love watching athletes preform their acts despite knowing its fake and well choreographed. The fans will even stand and cheer on their favorite "selected" winners.
No worries...the GOP is chock full of bloated pasty faced gasbags.
A never ending supply suitable for America's viewing habits.
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the rest just like keeping the shit comming. It's not about any thing that has fact, it's about just how much shit they can put on to get people to tune in. They don't care about facts. any bullshit that gets people to tune in is good. I don't tune in. The people talking shit are fucktards, the people who put them on the TV are bigger fucktards. Any thing for money, no matter what kind of shit it is that gets a rise is good. Don't talk about any real issues and how to fix them, who would want to see that.
Our country is so fucked up after 8 years of a retatd, wonder if we will ever get back to haveing the facts on any thing on TV.
The republicans gave this POS a very large megaphone and he totally screwed up his message. I wonder when they are gonna realize being represented by such as Greer and Rush and Beck, is not the best idea.
The media loves reporting lies. It's great television.
Facts are sooo tiresome. I mean, you can't expect viewers to actually THINK now can you. If they start thinking, they might not watch the commercials.
a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still getting its boots on.
I wonder how it feels to have egg on your face while you're eating crow?
Hmmm...just ask anyone who voted for Obama.
I happily voted for Obama and I have a clean face and no crow on the menu.
I sent this idiot two scathing emails last week, I was so pissed at him.
Does this asswipe know that G.H.W. Bush gave a speech to school kids and asked them to send him ideas of how to help him? WTF? Now he claims to be concerned that Obama was going to ask the same thing?
The ignorance, the ignorance.
The hatred, the hatred.
The horror, the horror it is to be a repuglican.
It's totally mind numbing.
It's totally mind numbing.
Only for a few moments, then you are filled with a sense of calm. Soon you will be attending tea bag marches and polishing your weapons.
Then, you will have found sublime happiness.
Soon, I will be worshipping the likes of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Michelle Bachmann. They have been appointed by God to run this nation.
All hail the right wing leaders!
sublime happiness
http://www.ilounge.com/images/uploads/idiocra...
:D
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(Stop it! You're killing me with teh idiocracy!)
I typed somethin called..."electolytes"...
Sounds like brainwashed beck viewers.
..won't know what electrolytes are anyway.
(Your spell-check-fu is stronger than my spell-check-fu!)
electric lights I suppose.
My spell-check-fu is strong today...tomorrow...maybe not so much.
Let's see.
I blew that image up, trying to find sublime happiness. I see something about "When God is hungry, he reaches for a ???"; I see "Virilade"; I see "Beer online"; I see something that says "A very special...." with what appears to be a silhouette of a stripper or prostitute in a window; and, of course, "Ow! My Balls!"
I'm wondering which one of these is "sublime happiness?"
"When God is hungry, he reaches for
BRAINS!!
Now you know why the theocrats are the way they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSAkm3_kI84&fe...
Dang, YSB.
Never ceases to amaze me how quickly you find appropriate videos to accompany these posts.
BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to him, and no one lost their marbles over it, and the sky did not fall. (and we were sent souvenir booklets from the White House)
What's the point of allowing someone as misinformed and obviously so politically locked into his own views of the world, to even make such inane statements on live TV? He says the White House re-wrote the speech yet has no factual evidence of such. He says Obama wants to indoctrinate our children, with no factual evidence. He says a President shouldn't be soliciting letters from kids, asking how they can help, yet Bush did the same. (Reagan literally preached lower taxes with his address to school kids.)
I have a very difficult time not believing much of this is based on race, primarily because I've never heard such ridiculous comments about any previous President.
In case anyone missed it, this guy is a Florida GOP chairman. He actually holds a position in the republican party. And damn, I can't remember where I read it this morning but seems Greer himself has gone into Florida schools and spouted off some right wing crap.
I think he's angling to be JebII. Why not start with f*cking up (again) FL schools, just like that waddling f*ckwit Jeb did.
nutbars have every right to fear Obama's speech. It really doesn't matter what Obama says. In this case the medium is very much the message. The people who have demonized Obama to their children can hardly risk allowing them to see a reasonable, well spoken and possibly inspiring Obama. He would make liars of those parents.
Isn't amazing how this SOCIALIST who supports and endorses SOCIALIZING CORPORATE America that he can not stand a EDUCATED Man in the White House this RACIST Bigot CLOWN is so use being on his knees and salivating on his contributors zippers this MORON does not have a CLUE. Stupid TALKING MONKEY bush can advance his agenda that brain dead fool reagan can advance the Socialist party (RNC) Racist Nazi Christian agenda. Further proof the PARTY of HATE as demonstrated by this walking talking piece of BILE Ignorance is Bliss and this MORON is in his GLORY.
Saddam moved the weapons...
I'm noticing a theme here. Make some wild, ridiculous claim, and when you're exposed as a liar, just make up an even bigger, more ridiculous claim.
That's the repuglican/conservative M.O. Lie, lie, lie, and even bigger lies will follow. Some percentage of people will believe the lies, even if the liar has been exposed, and they will continue to believe the lie and spread it.
Bush kept us safe!
Isn't it funny how they never think about the fact that these attacks only happen every so many years? After the '93 trade center bombing there wasn't another one, unless I'm forgetting something, until 9/11. You notice none of them were crowing about how Bill Clinton kept us safe in the time between those two? Lying Bast...
...and an arguement could be made for the Ruby Ridge incident as well as the Waco Branch Davidian incident.
My question is why is terrorism domestic during Democratic administrations and foreign during Republican administrations?
Asking someone to give you ideas = you giving someone ideas
These letters are going straight into the wastebasket save for one or two potential photo ops, anyway
These assholes are unbelievable , you would think after eight years of Bush , Republicans and the insanity of the right wing nuts I'd be used to this but still these dirt bags just blow my mind . Absolutely these people are without conscience , there is no low that is too low for these scum , the right and the stupid ones are going to destroy this country , hell , they've almost accomplished that already . Grover Norquist must be a happy man these days . The friggin Dems and Obama had better learn fast how to fight and get tough but they will likely continue to self sabotage and defeat themselves . One thing for sure , Emmanuel's strategy of bringing conservative " Dems " on board to get a majority has hurt the Democratic party , those jackasses are Republicans sabotaging the Democratic party from within and there needs to be a purge. OK , I vented and I feel better now . Thank you very much .
How does Greer KNOW the WH re-wrote the speech?? Was he there?? No..So all of his stupid ranting and all of CNN pandering to the nutbags of the world amounts to what??
NOTHING but filler in their programming schedule..Murdoch wouldn't let them run anything else!!!
I really don't care much if Obama did "rewrite" his speech, as long as you didn't write it for him!
...based on this President being so vocal and so aggressive about his vision of America, where government is in every aspect of our lives...
Greer is pro-choice!
Greer you are a nitwit. Take some responsibility and admit you were wrong. You were just assuming President Obama was going to do what you would do if you were in power. Be a "Mench"-Make a public apology.
I just watched the president's speech and I gotta tell ya, I wish someone had talked to me when I was a kid the way he just spoke to those school children. If they had, I would have become a better person and who knows where I could have gone with my life.
The kids at Wakefield were amazing. They sure did give their president a warm welcome. I imagine most of them would say he is awesome.
I didn't even have time to grab my Stalin or Hilter primers to follow along!
So what has been done? Lots of Rethugs get their panties wadded, get lots of undeserved airtime, and waste their collective breaths, all while reinforcing hatred and racism in their kids, who should have instead, been in class.
Wow it sure is nice to hear the media presenting dissenting viewpoints. Because we sure as shit never heard this kind of dissent in the media in the last 8 years.
The media has again shown itself to be an important tool of the corporatists. Their role is to create divisiveness and controversy where none exists, and to promote specific political viewpoints that protect the status quo of the super rich elitists. The republicans (who represent the corporatists) have been voted out of power by a wide majority in the last two major elections, and yet their minority dissenting views and fabricated dangers are still given significant air time. This is negatively affecting us all by pitting us against each other over contrived issues while the corporatists continue to reap their profits.
The media is a propaganda tool of the corporatists. Reporting news is NOT their job.
... by passing the buck.
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Remember,the right wing has distain for education. Right wingers tend to be uneducated. Is it any shock that in liberal areas, like Massachusetts and Vermont, education is a priority and respected, but in conservative areas, like the deep south, it's quite the opposite?
The right wing is openly hostile to intellectuals. They admire Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, GW Bush and Sean Hannity BECAUSE these people are not intellectuals.
The right wing rejects science- They feel it's 'the work of the Devil'- and thus want classes in science and evolution dropped from school, to be replaced with classes that bash 'teh queers', and demand people worship Jesus.
Perhaps it's politically incorrect, but it seems that the Republican Party has a new theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT20r3K5vSk
P.S. Just in case, this is a very old song (1983).
sarah palin's new campaign song for 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-OO0xqTe4
Oh wow man...
Like your sooo totally telepathetic...
Is that pathetic over long distances or even more pathetic than Telly Savalas?
Sorry. Thinking of the big Hawaii 50 and not Kojak.
Hawaiian Eye. Had the hots for Connie Stevens.
Actually Telly Savalas made an excellent Blofeld.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZlLgdVXdVc
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that IS a change (snark)....btw..just watched the commentaries on Dr. Nancy Snyderman's show....and Joe Watkins was yapping/rattling on so much EVERYONE - including Chuck Todd - was just speechless. Even he looked like he was thinking..."Wha...!!!"
I can honestly listen to Johnathan Capehart....but not Watkins or Ron Christie.
Greer's squinty eyes are just like Joe Scarborough's. He's from Florida, too. Are they twins that were separated at birth?
Mouthpiece.
Dork.
for sniffing bicycle seats?
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This clown going around to K-6 schools and sniffing bicycle seats.
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