Loyal Maverick

Republicans need more like the late Jack Kemp.

By Eleanor Clift | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 4, 2009 | Updated: 10:13  a.m. ET May 4, 2009

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  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/12/2009 11:16:16 AM

    the 2010 senate and house elections are coming up fast. the dems. are expected to get 3 more of the reps. seats. this week the senate is redoing the makeup uf the committees to reflect their overwhelming majority. in 2012, how long will it be until the senate republican seats are reduced to the 27%. only 275 of those polled by rassmussen and gallop say they identify with the party. how long will collins, grassley and snowe hold out until they defect. the gop is going down the drain so fast and are calling on the very spokemen and women who destroyed the party to save it.

    are there any republicans left here who can dispute these trends and facts/ maybe it's my spelling and punctuation that make my comments untrue. maybe it's my hate that make these comments untrue. maybe i'm too liberal and that makes these comments untrue. that certainly is a lot easier for you mouth breathers than facing the truth. can't wait until the 2010 primaries begin to watch you squirm and weep. it's going to be so lovely watch the gop party of racism and hate disappearing into the sunset. watching the independent party grow larger than the gop is a dream that many share.

    • Posted By: concerned liberal @ 05/14/2009 2:32:42 PM

      The squirming and weeping you speak of, was it similar to yours as Hillary went down in flames because iI distinctly remember howls of gender bias and general unfairness?

    • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/12/2009 11:20:23 AM

      that is the worse example of spelling and punctuation ever visited upon a newsweek blog. 275 should have been 27%. you're on your own with the rest.

  • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 05/07/2009 4:05:33 PM

    How One Set Of Crooks Replaces Another.


    Obviously,we are talking Democrats here,as they are the ruling party. If The GOP is the Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight,the Democrats are somewhere in between Meyer Lansky and John Diillinger,as todays US House amendments schedule proves.


    ACORN has several of its members nailed on federal felony arrest warrants in Nevada [ where several state leaders were enjoying the confines of the Clark Co.Jail prior to bail being posted, trial to commence at a later date], and is the subject of even more felony investigations and indictments in 12 other states.
    What to do. Well, in the House, a rider was placed on a funding bill to housing and voting rights groups that ''would not allow funding to those groups involved in a criminal enterprise or facing charges or indictments'' Michelle Bachmans [R-Mn] rider was clearly referring to the ACORN mafia ,and it seemed a reasonable enough demand. Break the law, then do not expect federal funding. Even Barney Frank signed on and the bill passed out of committee...

    ... UNTIL, Frank looked closer at the language of the bill that he signed as chairman ,put two and two together which equals Obamas Chief Pals N' Votegetters [ a stretch for Frank but even he can perform this on occasion], and placed a hold on the bill in order to remove the offensive language. ''I was tired and not looking too clearly at the bill'' is Franks BS response.

    This is not ''representative government''. It is a Reichstag.


    www.house.gov

    The Washington Examiner May 07,2009:''ACORN Recieved 54 Million In Federal Funds Since 1994. Eligible For 8 Billion More''

    • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/13/2009 3:54:24 PM

      Amen Lee. You could also call this Congress the politburo

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 7:03:18 PM

      Excellent post, Lee. And how sad. Barney Frank strikes again.

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/07/2009 4:41:58 PM

      "How One Set Of Crooks Replaces Another.


      Obviously,we are talking Democrats here,as they are the ruling party. If The GOP is the Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight,the Democrats are somewhere in between Meyer Lansky and John Diillinger,as todays US House amendments schedule proves"

      No, the democrats are somewhere between Spiro Agnew and Bozo the Clown.

  • Posted By: pablob @ 05/09/2009 8:59:41 PM

    the policies of jack kemp are exactly what the republicans DO NOT need at this time. he simply viewed immigrants ( he neither cared, nor acted like he cared, if an immigrant was here illegally or not ) as future consumers. immigrants were to be imported as fast as possible, and turned into debt-ridden consumers as fast as possible, to benefit 'business.' he was hardly 'principled.' the 'money is my only god' faction of the republican party needs to be excised from the party, and a return to the rule of law before the greed of business needs to be the guiding light for the republicans ( the democrats long ago became a lost cause to caring about the rule of law ).

  • Posted By: doctorfixit @ 05/04/2009 3:59:09 PM

    The liberals couldn't wait for Kemp's body to be cold before they started lecturing the GOP. What a disgusting POS this Clift is. How heartless to use a man's death to make a bad political point. When he was alive, the liberal fascists dishonored the man, they continue to do so in death. The liberal fascists are deserving of no one's respect if they can't resist the urge to make a talking point out of every circumstance. Clift, you are a vile woman.

    • Posted By: jtudor2002 @ 05/04/2009 4:02:41 PM

      How's that minority label working for you? Later, Loser.

      • Posted By: doctorfixit @ 05/04/2009 4:06:34 PM

        I'm proud to be in the minority of Americans who have enough class not to use corpses to score political points. Call names all you want, you have no argument.

        • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 2:36:52 PM

          well get used to being proud bunky, because your minority status is permanent. there is more to be proud of on the horizon when the gop party of hate takes it's rightfully earned spot as the minority third party behind the independents in a few more election cycles.

          • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:06:45 PM

            Since you like to talk about the GOP as a party of hate, let's look at some famous or infamous haters. 1. Bill Maher once likened mentally retarded children to being the intellectual equivalent of dogs (You may look this up in Andrea Peyser's book "Celebretards"). Bill Maher also mentioned that if he believed in God then he should be admitted to Bellview (more of that liberal tolerance). 2. Keith Olbermann, while although entitled to his opinion, rants on hatefully about anybody who disagrees with him, Not too many years ago, a liberal was a progressive minded person who welcomed dissent. Today's left wingers (incidentally they are not realy liberal or progressive) are close minded and they do not welcome dissent. If you disagree, then you are provincial, redneck, stupi, whatever. This is why I think that so many on the left are close minded, hatemongerring, extremists, blowhards. There are so open minded progressives: Juan Williams, David Broder, etc. are liberal, but in the good senes. The moveon.org, dailykos, huffingtonpost crowd thinks that there is only one way to think. They want lock step conformity and believe in persecuting others with whom they have disagreements.

            • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:41:34 PM

              maher is a clown, no different than oberman, mathews, beck, hannity, ole rushbo and ed shultz. they have no interest in the failure or success of this country. their one and only focus is making a living in showbiz and to do that they have to preach to the choir with the only motive being to sell you gold, weight loss pills and sleep numbered beds. to get your news from any of these snake oil salesmen is pathetic. so what was mahers motive in calling anyone believing in god a mental defective? was it to play to the agnostics or was it to shock and awe rubes like you. here you are quoting maher and can't wait to tune back in and be insulted some more.

              • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:47:16 PM

                Since you started resorting to namecalling by calling me a rube I would like to say that I am probably as if not more educated than you are. Your "rube" comment revealed what a stupid comment that you just made. Incidentally, I don't get my news from the snake oil saleman. I read the papers.

                • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 7:01:17 PM

                  Bella's posts have a definite pattern. Anyone who disagrees with her is a rube, a hick, a redneck, or my personal favorite, is engaging in 'hate' speach, is a member of the 'party of hate', etc, etc, ad naseum.

                  From where I sit, this makes Bella a Thug, not a Pug. Stereotyping in these ways is just another form a racism and an insideous way to attempt to squash free speech.

                  Bella, hate (your favorite word) to tell you this, but you are a racist.

                • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:55:24 PM

                  rubes are gullible, not necessarily ignorant. some very intelligent people were taken in by madoff. did you know columbus is a republican stronghold and headquarters the states republican party and has a republican mayor. didn't you read about the pennsyvania presidential dynamics in the papers? you can have the last word, time to reach for mysalt & lime.

        • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 1:41:16 PM

          "I'm proud to be in the minority of Americans who have enough class not to use corpses to score political points. "

          Paging Mary Lou Kopeckne...

          • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:07:54 PM

            I don't think Mary will be answering your page...Teddy and the party of brotherly love saw to that one. And to think that some nasty politician would stoop so low as to call out a minor little act of manslaughter...shocking.

            • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 2:17:56 PM

              Oh, wait, so now it IS okay to throw corpses around to make a political point?

              Okay, just wanted to make that clear.

              • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:28:28 PM

                So you think bringing up a drunken manslaughter incident to be on the same "dirty politics" par as using the death of a political foe to re-write his history and lecture his political party?

                • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/06/2009 4:01:58 PM

                  Link to a conviction?

                  • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 12:00:53 PM

                    You can't be serious...Teddy boy was neatly and conveniently led off the hook by a well established Dem controlled Mass judiciary... atop of the fact that he was a Kennedy -- and therefore, infallible and not to be touched. He ran off the bridge, killed Mary Jo, left her to die as he tried to save his ass. Those are the undeniable facts.

                • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 3:42:19 PM

                  don't forget all of the killings by bill and hillary, mouthbreather.

                  • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:19:14 PM

                    You didn't address the question...not that you could actually. To do so would require a shred of intellect and consideration beyond your gutteral urges to name call.

              • Posted By: 40YearR @ 05/06/2009 10:44:33 PM

                You are waaaaay too good for everyone, doc!

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 1:40:42 PM

      "The liberals couldn't wait for Kemp's body to be cold before they started lecturing the GOP. "

      You need a little lecturing. Your party is a mess.

      • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:00:44 PM

        A "mess" perpetuated for headlines and with political bias by morons like Clift. Yes, the GOP lost big in the last election. That's politics. But to equate winning an election with any "winning" ideas of the Dems is laughable...particularly when their only ideas are empty notions of Hope & Change.

        • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 2:03:20 PM

          "A "mess" perpetuated for headlines and with political bias by morons like Clift. "

          No, a mess caused by Steele and his insistence that no dissent inside the party will be tolerated. Eleanor Clift didn't do this to you, YOU did this to you.

          • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 2:38:37 PM

            does steele travel in a "pope mobile" when traveling in the southern republican areas?

            • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 6:56:33 PM

              Wow, there is a clear pattern to your witless posts, Bella, that point to your very clear prejudice and racist attitudes towards anyone from the south, from Appalachia, who doesn't think just like you, etc.

              Racist witch.

          • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:13:59 PM

            WHAT?? No dissent? Where are you getting this ridiculous notion that GOP stiffles any dissent...Christ, the Media feed on the stuff daily...from Specter's jumping ship, to Rush's ramblings, to Moderates vs. the Bible crowd...there's dissent all over the place and that is just fine. I see far more crushing of any opposing viewpoint going on the Left these days than anywhere else...I see more hate speech, name-calling, and calls for government intervention coming from the Pelosi and Reid than out of all this Big Tent crap we hearing.

            • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 2:17:04 PM

              "WHAT?? No dissent? Where are you getting this ridiculous notion that GOP stiffles any dissent..."

              Ask Specter. Or Snowe. Or Voinivich.

              Or, rumors have it, John McCain.

              • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:34:53 PM

                Again, how has Steele or any other GOP'er for that matter impacted Snow's (my home state's senator), curtailed their dissent? Quite the contrary, Snow is quite proud of her independent streak and Specter? C'mon...he was simply saving his political ass with the upcoming election. But just for argument's sake...how does a minority Party stiffle dissent?

                • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:09:51 PM

                  um, i don't know. maybe by supporting a partyliner in the upcoming primary over an incumbent senator, like arlen specter for instance.

                  • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 6:53:45 PM

                    Arlen Sphincter deserves to lose. His switch was nothing but a political stunt because his pollsters and media advisers told him to in order to save his worthless behind. He very clearly has no core beliefs, and if the people of PA have a single, solitary hair on their a@@es, they will send him packing.

                  • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:25:43 PM

                    A fairly week way to crush dissent, particularly on issues of the day. Not saying internal tugging for the Party campaign dollars doesn't happen, but I haven't see a whole lot of curtailing of the mouth by a politician in many a year.

                    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/06/2009 4:01:16 PM

                      Tell it to Arlen Specter, Joe Liebermann, etc.

                  • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 4:57:24 PM

                    Don't get too happy...the Dems did the same thing with Lieberman.

                • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 4:56:54 PM

                  Within it's own ranks? Easy. By granting or withholding re-election funding.

                  What, are you suggesting that the dems now control the RNC?

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 6:49:54 PM

      Agree 100%. Well said.

  • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 05/09/2009 6:48:48 PM

    OMG, Eleanor Clift, the aging water-carrier emeritus of the Democrat Party, is now going to tell the Repulbicans what they need to do! LOL

    This woman needed to retire at least 12 years ago. She is now just a sad joke.

  • Posted By: Uday Salizar @ 05/08/2009 4:45:25 PM

    Will miss Jack Kemp. Is remind of Uday's grandmother.

  • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/08/2009 11:35:59 AM

    "Posted By: paulejb @ 05/08/2009 10:32:16 AMAnd just think, Arlen was the darling of the left wing loons just the other day. It indeed must suck to be him."

    My mind boggles at the stupidity of Harry Reid. Yeah, Harry, let's see how many other republicans will ever cross the aisle.

    What a friggin' MORON. How does he keep getting elected? Is there lead in the plumbing of his state?

  • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/07/2009 1:48:53 PM

    "Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 12:00:53 PMYou can't be serious...Teddy boy was neatly and conveniently led off the hook by a well established Dem controlled Mass judiciary... atop of the fact that he was a Kennedy -- and therefore, infallible and not to be touched. He ran off the bridge, killed Mary Jo, left her to die as he tried to save his ass. Those are the undeniable "

    Okay, so if you can use dead people as political tools, so can teh dems. And if you can "just know" someone is guilty without a conviction, than the rest of us can state that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld are war criminals.

    Unless you're prepared to admit you're a hypocrite.

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 3:08:37 PM

      By your apparent definition of War Criminal, then we'd need to send up the majority of Congress...nearly all the military commanders etc... along with your despised Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. And, while we are it, we should also retroactively convict Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon...and their advisors and military commanders...for the mistakes they made that cost thousands of lives. And, we should remind Obama and all other political leaders and alike that any decision they make that results in deaths of innocents will be considered as war crimes as well. As long as we do that...then count me in. Ok now Omar?

      • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/07/2009 4:46:41 PM

        "By your apparent definition of War Criminal, then we'd need to send up the majority of Congress...nearly all the military commanders etc... along with your despised Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld."

        Unless the commanders committed war crimes in and of themselves, they aren't at fault. The day the military decides what wars it feels like fighting is the day the republic is officially dead. However, all of the democrats and republicans that voted to cede their authority to the president should be booted out of office and prosecuted. Likewise, the executive branch officials that lied us into war should be held accountable. I include Bush the younger and Clinton in this, plus their respective cabinet members involved.

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 3:09:14 PM

      Whoops, my bad...Osama. My apologies.

  • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/06/2009 4:03:19 PM

    ""Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:51:45 PMCompletely agree with you, Osama with regards to Freedom to speak. But I am troubled by the lack of balance and perspective shown by the liberal leaning press when it comes to reporting events that run counter to their political opinion. "

    The free market should handle that, right?

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 11:57:18 AM

      On second thought...the market is handling it, albeit slowly. The NYT is busted...Seattle Intelliger is gone. MSNBC is short for this world -- despite being the official White House cable station. And how long can CNN hold out on its blindingly socialist bend?

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/07/2009 11:52:13 AM

      If you think that you are goating me into calling for government action to ensure such balance (ie. the Fairness Doctrine) think again. No, my complaint is just that...a complaint, as well as a calling out of the ridiculous hypocrisy spewed from the "mainstreams" that they are somehow "above" such bias. We ALL need the a less biased media since it has become the most powerful third party of our political system.

  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/07/2009 8:55:37 AM

    on virtually every media outlet over the past weekend kanter, bonner and jeb bush made the rounds and promoted what they called the republican party listening tour. the tour was to be designed to get new ideas and appeal to the more
    moderate voter.

    that was saturday and sunday. but on monday the word came down from ole rushbo that this was a sham meant to attack conservatives like palin.

    opps, sorry maharushie, kanter, er re-kanted, i guess and announced on wednesday, that it wasn't really a listening tour after all.

    don't these buffons know better by now, not to plan anything until they run it by limbaugh?

  • Posted By: greatmidwest @ 05/06/2009 8:09:50 PM


    The GOP's mastering of the art of divisiveness iin its political playbook has gone so far as undermined its very own party into Right -wing and Moderate Conservatives who do not play well on the playground and won't in the near future...Their disjointed party will never be reunited as long as a Rush or a Palin is at its helm...Arlen Spector did what many in the GOP only wish they had the courage to do. Senators Collins and Snowe declared their dissatisfaction with the outdated GOP agenda way before it was in vogue...God Bless America

  • Posted By: mahalapril @ 05/05/2009 11:18:26 AM

    All the republicans need is Sarah Palin. I respect the other young promising smart governors who also want to be president but the unbeatable candidate would be Sarah Palin who is very charismatic ,a,regular,smart,governor with executive experience and actually balanced the budget and is more experiened with national security,forigen policy because of the unique position of Akaska and as commander-in-hief of the Alaska National Guards has frequent briefings because we have offensive nuclear and defensive nuclear missiles with early warning systems in Alaska to counter the threats of a nuclear missile attacks on the US from Russia and North Korea. SARAH PALIN IS THE UNDISPUTABLE LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVES.

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:20:11 PM

      Sorry, but I find it difficult to believe that your being serious here.... As one who believes that Palin was unfairly roasted and the target of absolute seething Left hatred...she is most certainly NOT the leader of the Conservatives... Conservatives don't take to leaders much...we're too busy making our own way and not relying on Messiah-like pols to lead us to the promised land. We leave that to the Democrat Party.

      • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 2:22:10 PM

        Gee, that's a nice switch, from the days of hearing conservatives howl that it was "treason to disagree with the president during wartime", etc.

        • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:47:07 PM

          It was treasonous to publically expose and undermine the plans and tactics of the military as they went under fire. But I remember no media squashing of dissent at the time...the unrelenting bashing of Bush and the War (despite their voting for it before they voted against it) was all over the media, day and night; year after year. It was covered ad nauseum... hell, even one wack-job woman camped out in front of Bush's ranch was covered religeously. Sheehan not only had her 15 minutes of dissenting fame, but years of it. But the Tea-baggers...despite having rallied thousands, the newstory was dead after two days. Is that not more representative of squashing dissent?

          • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 4:53:25 PM

            "It was treasonous to publically expose and undermine the plans and tactics of the military as they went under fire."

            Other than Geraldo Rivera, who did anything like that?

            • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:39:11 PM

              Murtha did a fine job. Durbin as well. Toss in several major media outlets who in their zeal to prove the wrongness of of the War made it awfully easy for our enemies to figure out our military tactics on a daily operation level. We had war room scnenarios and editorialized war news reporting night after night. In today's connected world, this may not seem treasonous -- and, perhaps, it isn't in the legal sense of the word -- but it certainly makes it far tougher on our troops and on ANY mission for that matter. I think Obama is finding this out now with the ever craphole Pakistan-Taliban-Afghanistan nightmare continuing. But interestingly, this time around...its all empathetic news and support see coming out of MSNBC, CNN and alike. My how things change....and then don't.

              • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/06/2009 3:59:55 PM

                "Murtha did a fine job. Durbin as well. "

                Which military tactics did they reveal?

          • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 4:54:36 PM

            "But the Tea-baggers...despite having rallied thousands, the newstory was dead after two days. Is that not more representative of squashing dissent?"

            I wasn't aware than any tea party members had been arrested for their views.

            Freedom of speech is not a guarantee that anyone will listen to you speak. It just means you can speak...and they were allowed to do so.

            • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:51:45 PM

              Completely agree with you, Osama with regards to Freedom to speak. But I am troubled by the lack of balance and perspective shown by the liberal leaning press when it comes to reporting events that run counter to their political opinion. The Tea Baggers are a classic example of this. If this had been in reverse...a collection of local gatherings spread out all over the country denouncing some aspect of Bush...or a Republican proposal of some sort...would we not have seen it covered relentlessly? As far more of an Independent Conservative...its the power and activist press that defines and sets the agenda in may ways for the national diaglogue. Yes, there is more conservative media outlets, but they are far outnumbered AND the majority of voters spend precious little time on news. Any "man-on-the-street" interview or college student polling would bear out that assertion.

          • Posted By: whatisreal? @ 05/05/2009 3:33:58 PM

    • Posted By: whatisreal? @ 05/05/2009 3:51:16 PM

      That is sad for the conservatives, because they will forever be rejected with leaders that are not even in the same league as GWB, and we know how lame that was. The party is no longer the republican party, it has been destroyed by the base.

      • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:00:04 PM

        interesting comment. a party destroyed by it's base. absolutely true and not the original base. it has been destroyed by a former democratic base. the southern racist democrat evolved to become the southern racist republican and started a 40 year decline and all because lbj, with the help of northern republicans signed into law the civil rights act. all of the talk is that the gop is off message, the truth is no one with any sense of morality can stand the southern republicans.

        • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:12:54 PM

          Nice of you to make a disparaging comment about the South. Seems to me that in 1974, when that liberal bastion, BOSTON, had a court order to desegregate their schools. African American studente who were bused into white South Boston neighborhooda were met by a hate mob. Before you start labeling, you might want to do a little research.

          • Posted By: whatisreal? @ 05/05/2009 6:49:37 PM

            I for one care about the south of our country. I see racists across the board, and hypocrites.

            My comment was about the base of the republican party destroying the party. The comment from Bella did point out that the base moved from the democratic column to the republican. Where do they go next? They are out of touch, they believe in "state's rights" (which is fundamentally republican) only when it suits their beliefs.

            They have been rejected for what they show, for their out-of-touch ideals. Much of that does come from the bible belt, though it is a far cry from the southern Baptist way. The more 'pentacostal', 'America is a Christian Nation" believers will continue to erode the republican party and alienate until they find the next thing to destroy.

            I am not bashing Chritianity here. i am talking about treligion and politics, and when you mix the two you end up with politics and it flies in the face of the real message of Christ.

            • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 8:28:16 PM

              there's plenty to be optimistic about as far as the south is concerned. first of all i grew up in the south and i'm not a racist but easily could have been considering my upbringing. if you take a look at west va., tenn, n.c., and ga. you realize that things are changing. as far as s.c., ala, la., and miss. are concerned, they're a long way off. as mlk said we may not get there together. as cities grow larger ala, atlanta, nashville or get closer to states that are progressive the voting demographic will surely have a liberal bias. ga., was actually competetive in 08. surely these states will cycle but before long will be securely in the dem. column. the gop will fade and die and independent parties will emerge and become competetive. hate and racism will die with the gop and the world will be much better off for it. these are not wild dreams but are real and happening now. please forgive spelling, caps and punctuation. i have adopted the no spell check/no proof reading method. i just can't read the silver on white newsweek comment box and refuse to deal with it. goodnight for now

          • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:25:54 PM

            whats to research, i was around when the boston racists attacked forced busing. does that make them equal to the kkk or neonazis, nope. there are racists and plenty of them in most states but the concetrated group of kkkers and neonazis headquarter in the poor southern states and the gop party of hate nurtures and protect them. it is an absolute necessity for the southern republicans to court them or it would be over for them. deny it if you wish. your denial changes nothing.

            • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:43:17 PM

              I saw a TV show on within the last 5 years and they said that many Klansmen live in Pennsylvania. In 2002, I saw a Confederate Battle Flag on a house near the city of Columbus. Columbus, Ohio that is.

              • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 5:31:29 PM

                sorry my answer didn't get posted. columbus is the headquarters for the ohio state gop. i rember during election night hearing that cleveland was the democratic stronghold and columbus was the republican counter part. you point on the boston scum was correct however.

          • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:30:35 PM

            have you any idea how weak that response was. citing boston's racist against busing in 1974, to somehow euate that to southern racism and hate. i lived in, went to college in and worked in georgia for 25 years and i know what i'm talking about.

            • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:41:16 PM

              You are not giving any scientific evidence to show that Southerners are more racist. You are giving anecdotal evidence that is very weak. But I will use some anecdotal evidence myself. In 2006, I was in a very white community of Millinocket, Maine. The waitress was very nice and she found out that I was from the South. She made that the comment that she was afraid to come down South becuase she was afraid of blacks. Is this ia a racist and bigoted comment. It sounds that way to me. I have travelled all over this country and I don't feel that the South is any more racist than any other part of the country. You are entitled to your "opinions" though.

              • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 5:04:00 PM

                ok, i'll try to put together a scientific team of expert racist census takers. until then let's just assume that the kkk is not headquarted in the south, that the kkkers are democrat and that they are democrats sharing the party with 99.9% of the african american voters. bye now.

            • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:49:13 PM

              Bella. Learn how to subtract. 1974 was 35 years ago. I realize that weakens my point. But go out and get a math book and practice.

              • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 5:00:06 PM

                i guess you didn't understand that the first sentence was about the referrenced boston issue and the second was a referrence to southern racism. not blaming you. i'm the one who doesn't use caps or puntuation.

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 1:39:18 PM

      Hahahahaha!

      Oh, yes, PLEASE run Sarah Palin.

    • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 12:27:12 PM

      i would love for her to be the republican nominee.

  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 2:55:41 PM

    what does the term "loyal maverick" mean to you? to me it means that he was a republican who promoted issues that the majority of his party or it's leadership did not. this was true when it came to some fairness and social issues. if he get credit for that, then doesn't he deserve credit for those things he didn't have a problem. it seems he didn't have an issue with the deep rooted racism and hate of the republican south. no problem with thekkk or the neonazis, both hate groups that the southern wing of the gop covets and solicits votes and donation from. without the south will rise again campaign tool, the gop party of hate would have folder several years earlier than it did.

    • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 3:05:52 PM

      Get off your one-side Party of Hate crap, Bella. You think racism only exists in the GOP world?

      • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 3:33:27 PM

        nope, i don't, but i know it thrives in the gop. for the republicans to denounce it, something would have to make up the short fall of the gop would have to shut their doors. the southern senators and congressmen rely on this support. but for the good of the party, people like yourself are in denial. to admit it would also brand you as an enabler.

        • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/06/2009 3:14:55 PM

          You're hopelessly self-delusional. And I suppose all the Republicans out West and in every other State outside of the South are also "racists"? It must be hard to ignore the blatant racist policies and bigoted dependency growing policies pushed by the Dems for the last forty years. But, hey, its easier to point to guys in white sheets...easier to see at least, right?

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 05/06/2009 11:51:25 AM

    Who in the Republican party is very like Jack Kemp? John McCain?

  • Posted By: 40YearR @ 05/04/2009 10:56:21 PM

    For those interested, the following provides an interesting overview on the financial institution stress tests

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/us/politics/04stress.html?ref=todayspaper

    Yes, yes. I probably could write your posts for many of you. It's just information for those who seek it.

    • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 10:33:41 AM

      hi 40 you're beginning to worry me with the website referrences. seems that you were critical of that before. i'd be more interested in you personal views.

      • Posted By: 40YearR @ 05/05/2009 11:18:49 PM

        Howdy BP. I thought that article provided really worthwhile info. Too busy to opine then. I think that what was done is what should have been done a year ago, or at least started then and be completed in the two months this administration did. Rational, analytical, just like the superior President we have now, at long last. You?

        How are ya? Good to see you around as always. I've taken on some new responsibilites that will limit NW for me to nights and some on weekends.

        • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 05/06/2009 11:49:50 AM

          40, being the new VP of a large mortgage banking institution is hardly what anyone would consider "responsibilities."
          This is big time 40 and you worked hard to get it. I say humility has no place in this.

        • Posted By: 40YearR @ 05/06/2009 12:22:51 AM

          P.S. I have always preferred citations to support what people say. I used to do a lot of that. Then I learned that there was only backbiting and unsupported assertions anyway, so I've pretty much stopped bothering. The only objection to citations I remember is to radical ones that have no modicum of credibility to begin with. That post really was for info. I appreciate and seek info and wanted to share it in that post.

  • Posted By: Dr. James @ 05/05/2009 7:43:04 PM

    I loved Jack Kemp. He would have been a great president. The GOP should have promoted his ideas more. He understood business and people. The GOP is lost as we speak. They have failed to understand business and people. Sure they can tap into the less educated and those who love Reagan as did I. Yet that will not create one new job. People we learn to trust President Obama more as time goes by. America is fair as a whole and all we need is a good life to raise our families. Sure we what less taxes. Sure we want less government. However, we need jobs and homes . We need the government to protect these so called rights. Jack Kemp and Reagan understood these points. The GOP has trouble saying yes to anything and now must pay the price.

    • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 8:39:15 PM

      why don't we let this person be the last word for jack kemp.

  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 8:34:11 PM

    time for the night shift to come on. i'm punching out. c.u. manana

  • Posted By: skeetchamp @ 05/04/2009 1:45:08 PM

    Need more? Wasn't Kemp, like McCain, involved deeply in the Keating bank crimes? The Republican party has PLENTY more like those.

    • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/04/2009 2:17:13 PM

      i don't think he was. i know he wasn't on of the keating 5. dole chose kemp as his running mate. if kemp had been involved it would have been a campaign issue and i don't remember it being one.

      jack kemp was quarter back for the bills and very little more. like gingrich, he got a lot of credit for knowing very little.

      • Posted By: paproudmom @ 05/04/2009 4:24:38 PM

        Jack Kemp was much more than just a quarterback. What a really ignorant comment. Those who don't know what they talking about are better not offering their opinions.

        • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 12:30:54 PM

          what else can he claim responsibility for that was useful to the country? he was basically a guy with ideas that were never considered vible. no different than newty. sure, it will get you on tv, but that's it.

          • Posted By: jh35180 @ 05/05/2009 4:56:32 PM

            Bella, It is "quarterback" not "quarter back." Incidentally, it is "viable" not "vible." I will give you a pass on "vible" because this light gray type that Newsweek uses does lend itself to typos.

          • Posted By: paproudmom @ 05/05/2009 2:00:36 PM

            I love how people on these blogs put others down as having accomplished so little Kemp was more than a football player he served in the Army Reserves, was a 33rd degree Mason, was on various corporate boards and non-profits, was an elected congressman from the state of New York 9 times, main architect of the 1981 Economic Recovery Act, Sec of Housing and Urban Development etc. I wonder how your accomplishments would stack up. If you want your opinions respected why don't you try respecting others. You can disagree politically from someone and still be fair and objective about them. At least intelligent fair-minded people can.

            • Posted By: libertyfirst @ 05/05/2009 2:15:46 PM

              Agreed. Kemp was a terrific man who will be missed by many.

              • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:16:47 PM

                and a maverick.

          • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 05/05/2009 2:05:43 PM

            Jack Kemp was an able politician, and a credit to his party.

            Just saying.

          • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 12:33:24 PM

            viable

  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 4:48:14 PM

    that it, marguarita time. for those of you that lamented the disrespectful treatment of jack kemp, cheer up. just think, when bill clinton dies, you'll have the opportunity to take the high road and refrain from speaking harshly of him. i'm sure i'll be very humbled by your restraint. ciao

  • Posted By: Bella's a Pug @ 05/05/2009 3:54:53 PM

    we should make it clear that we're making our points on this article because it's the opening page of the politic's blogs. jack kemp is basically just in the wrong place at the wrong time. he was just a run of the mill politian and has the misfortune to run into us on a bad news day.

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