Dumb Things Politicians Say

[dapoes]

Alan Grayson, D-Fla.

What this bill (STIMULUS) does is it meets human needs. It does what a just society does; it feeds the hungry, it shelters the homeless and it heals the sick. It helps look forward to a day when we can beat our swords into plough shares, our spears into pruning hooks and when a nation does not lift up a sword against nation anymore, that's the change we need and that's the change we got.

:blink:

 

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Nancy Pelosi, Dem CA 8th District, Speaker of the House

"Every month we do not have a Economic Recovery Package, 500 million Americans lose their jobs".

Video

err...there's only 300 million people in the US.

 

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Obama

I've visited 57 states, I think 1 left to go...

Oregon campaign Speech

Last time I checked there were only 50... :unsure:

 

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Obama

Guantanamo closure makes US more secure.

Link

Huh? :blink:

 

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Joe Biden, VP DEM

"We want to TAKE money and put it back into the pockests of the middle class people. It’s time to be patriotic... Time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.

Video Link

But, what if democrats don't pay taxes?...
Are they being unpatriotic?
:down:

 

[dapoes]

Obama

In his interview with al-Arabiya on Tuesday, President Obama said he intended to send a message that America is willing to forge a new partnership with the Arab world.

“(W)hat I want to communicate is the fact that in all my travels throughout the Muslim world, what I've come to understand is that regardless of your faith -- and America is a country of Muslims, Jews, Christians, non-believers -- regardless of your faith, people all have certain common hopes and common dreams,â€￾ Obama told Hisham Melhem, the Washington Bureau Chief for al-Arabiya.

But mentioning “non-believersâ€￾ to a Muslim audience is dicey, according to some experts on Arabic and Arab culture, given the fact that to some Muslims and nations, “non-believerâ€￾ is synonymous with “infidel.â€￾

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidel

Obama takes foot, inserts into mouth.

 

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Tom Daschle, South Dakota DEM

“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. â€￾ Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507.

LINK

Doh!

 

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Obama

At Prayer Breakfast;
But no matter what we choose to believe, let us remember that there is no religion whose central tenet is hate. There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being. This much we know.

Oh really? :unsure:

"O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him)." -- Qur'an 9:123

"Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein (for aye). They are the worst of creatures." -- Qur'an 98:6

"Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security...." -- Qur'an 3:28

"O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk." -- Qur'an 5:51

"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." -- Qur'an 9:29

 

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Obama

In his interview with al-Arabiya on Tuesday, President Obama said:

Now, my job is to communicate the fact that the United States has a stake in the well-being of the Muslim world, that the language we use has to be a language of respect. I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

and lets not gorget the freudian slip...
Sen. Barack Obama slips up on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos and refers to "my muslim faith". Video Link

And yet during the election the left and MSM would have seizures if any one dare speak Obama and Muslim in the same sentence. :down:

 

[Cosworth]

Obama



Oh really? :unsure:

"O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him)." -- Qur'an 9:123

"Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein (for aye). They are the worst of creatures." -- Qur'an 98:6

"Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security...." -- Qur'an 3:28

"O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk." -- Qur'an 5:51

"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." -- Qur'an 9:29

Leviticus?

 

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Leviticus?

No...Qur'an

 

[delldude]

Monday 2-2-09

WASHINGTON -- President Obama "absolutely" stands by Tom Daschle's nomination to be secretary of health and human services even though the former Senate majority leader dodged paying more than $128,000 in taxes until he after he was nominated.

Tuesday 2-3-09

President Obama admitted he made a "mistake" in his handling of Tom Daschle's Cabinet nomination, telling FOX News on Tuesday that he takes full responsibility for a process that ended in Daschle withdrawing his name amid tax problems.

 

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Obama

In an off-the-cuff moment during his speech to House Democrats at a retreat in Virginia, the president ribbed Republicans, including former rival John McCain, who call the recovery package a "spending bill."
Link

"So then you get the argument, 'well, this is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill.' What do you think a stimulus is? That's the whole point," Obama said to laughter.

:blink:

 

[southwind]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18482

"Obama, speaking to about 200 House Democrats at their annual retreat at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, dismissed Republican attacks against the massive spending in the stimulus."

WTF?....................Does anyone else have a problem with the words } Demorats, Resort and spa and annual retreat , in the above quote ? :blink:

 

[Dignity]

I think the issue is massive spending..

The housing collapse was an absolutely direct result of Fannie and Freddie, that can be debated back and forth and blamed on the Bush administration till the cows come, but the bottom line is simply it appeared any way possible to put someone in a home regardless if they qualified or not was the issue..Bush should have known what was going on in that committee but ultimately Congress controls it all..
Deregulation had absolutely nothing to do with that at all..the first stimulus had a effect...and boosted the economy to a degree however most people probably banked that money(at least part of it)... now another potential trillion dollar debt is to be placed...again on the tax payer that is supposed to fix it all? they just want another bill that will boost the economy again but there is no real infrastructure repair in this new package, spend spend spend is not the way to repair this economy..
it will take years..what would be necessary is to focus on a real tax cut with smaller government and less finger pointing...

the article mentions the blame is the GOP and that is not the issue. the problem is the money they will eventually allocate, and watch a bulk of it go overseas..at the taxpayer expense. I do not understand why this is being even a rescue plan, because ultimately its going to make it worse (I hope that will not be the case)..

I try to be very openminded but this stimulus and massive spending is going to screw it all up,
I guess they need to try to do something but it takes years for these types of recovery, a quick fix is not the real solution.