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They could just outright call

TJ — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0000

They could just outright call him Herr Boehner. Maybe put some subliminal red and black logo in the background. Or get some skinheads to endorse him. Or some big time CEO with a german accent.

The Dems have just never learned how to slide a shiv in between the ribs.

Exactly. I'm not bothered by

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:21:41 +0000

In reply to But Boehner, McConnell, Armey

Exactly. I'm not bothered by the Democrats going after Boehner, but they way that are going after him indicates that they still don't get it.

Yep, it was four years. And

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:50 +0000

In reply to I think the McCarthy analogy

Yep, it was four years. And the political climate became a fair bit more toxic by the end than it is today. So put in your art smock, it's going to get a lot muckier around here.

Boehner is probably an

Atheist — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:52:28 +0000

In reply to i think boner is closer to

Boehner is probably an Americanization of Böhner. That vowel sound is somewhere between the long o and long u sound, unless you're in München, in which case you get something like the long a (those crazy Bavarians).

i think boner is closer to

anna am — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:47:41 +0000

In reply to You said Boehner. Heeheehee

i think boner is closer to how it would be in German, and boehner is a deutschamerikaner.

I think the McCarthy analogy

Atheist — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:23:39 +0000

In reply to Call him out loud and clear

I think the McCarthy analogy is apt. How long did it take for him to get called out? I'd say about 4 years. How long have Beck & Palin been performing their act? Palin's only been on the scene 2 years, so maybe (optimistically, I'd say), we only have 2 more years of dealing with her. Does it depress you that we might have another 2 years of this nonsense? Would it depress you more to consider that Limbaugh has been going (more or less) strong for a couple decades now? (It depresses me.)

But Boehner, McConnell, Armey

Beetlejuice — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:27:40 +0000

In reply to Call him out loud and clear

But Boehner, McConnell, Armey and the rest have been playing their McCarthy act for a few years and the Democrats have chosen to ignore them which in turn gives them the legitimacy they seek with the public. Reason being if they were so far off base Democrats would have been attacking them. So because Democrats have refrained from challenging them, they must be right. If you don't believe me, go ask a tea-bagger or birther.

You said Boehner. Heeheehee

Orlando — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:14:53 +0000

In reply to Nah, I think I'll wait for

You said Boehner. Heeheehee

Call him out loud and clear

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:48:13 +0000

In reply to But how does one develop a

Call him out loud and clear for what he is and what he represents--as the country once did, eventually, to Joe McCarthy. The Beck-Palin Variety Show is the most potent and pernicious political force in the country right now, but Obama and most of his fellow Democrats act publicly as if it didn't exist. Eisenhower tried the same ignore-him-and-he'll-will-go-away tactic against McCarthy. It didn't work.

But how does one develop a

Beetlejuice — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:50:33 +0000

In reply to Lost in Boehner Land

But how does one develop a political tactic to counter His Holeyness Beckus a' Dickus ?