PastaJoe

Well numb-nuts, please list the specific things that Sestak has done that qualifies him to be labeled a 'rat-bastard'. Not just a politician you disagree with, but a 'rat-bastard'.

Sestak served 31 years in the Navy, and he's a 'rat-bastard'? Really? I'm glad he won, better to have a true Democrat than someone who switched parties just to keep his job. The Democrat base will be more likely to come out and support him than they would have Spector. And so much for the conservative tsunami with Democrat Mark Critz winning John Murtha's seat. And it's going to be fun watching Rand Paul make the Republicans nervous when he goes off their script.

You're still buying that BS Swift Boat smear campaign on Kerry, unbelievable. Yeah, he didn't respond forcefully enough to the liars and let them form the narrative, but in the end it was a sad chapter in dirty politics where the liars profited from their lies.

In addition to her competency, even though her views on all issues aren't known, the left won't throw her overboard and reject her nomination like the right did with Myers because she wasn't considered conservative enough for them.

Spending more in the short term is the only way out of a recession, and prevented a depression. That's how it's been done historically. Once the economy recovers, spending on social support programs decrease because more people are employed and don't need the gov't assistance, and tax revenues increase, which both contribute to reducing deficits, and eventually debt.

And Bush didn't pack the court with judicial activists? The only difference is that you agree with their activist decisions, so in your view they're not activists, they're mainstream.

Putting aside the curious confession that you've checked out my nutsack... Yes I complained when Bush raised spending with a needless and unjustified invasion of Iraq AND cut taxes, therefore significantly increasing the debt while lowering revenue. But once we were in Iraq, that black hole of spending (not included in the yearly budgets) had to be paid for to provide our troops with the support they needed, yet Bush and the Republicans continued the unprecedented policy of lowering taxes in a time of war. And those are facts that you conservatives just can't walk away from. Obama didn't start the Iraq war, and even voted against it, but like the bank failures and recession, he now has to clean up the mess started by others, and that unfortunately means spending more than we or he would like, but what is necessary. And the result is slow but steady progress, with increased job growth, more people restarting their job searches because of renewed hope in job growth, and a continued rise in the stock market and our investments in it. More jobs means more tax revenue, and more tax revenue means less debt.

Funny how there wasn't an outcry from the right and a Tea Party movement when Bush was doubling the debt and fighting a war off the books, or even when Reagan significantly raised the debt. And much of the debt Obama has accumulated was to prevent a further economic decline, but I suppose you would have preferred a depression. And reducing the debt will require a combination of cutting spending and raising taxes, that's just common sense. We've gone too long with reduced taxes while increasing spending. Just this week the military industrial complex has been told that the waste and excess in the military will need to be cut back. Will the Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, have the guts to make the tough cuts? Obama can only propose, the Congress has to enact.

You just keep believing that. Most people vote with their pocketbooks, and by 2012 the economy will be sufficiently recovered with job growth and the continued rise in the stock market. And all you can do is hope that we don't recover. How's that feel rooting against the home team?

They don't get pilloried because they're conservative women, they get pilloried when they say stupid or offensive things, like when Ann Coulter told a 17-year-old Muslim student to "take a camel" instead of the flying carpet she has previously suggested Muslims use for transportation. But she and others make their money from like-minded people by being offensive.

He's having severe migraines from the thought that he might get traded to Buffalo.

I thought it was GWBush; selected by the SCOTUS, and clearly not the most qualified candidate for the job.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/artic...ns-jerseys.html The Phoenix Suns made a bold statement Tuesday denouncing the controversial new immigration bill that recently was signed into law. In announcing that the Suns would wear their "Los Suns" jerseys in recognition of Cinco de Mayo for Game 2 against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, Managing Partner Robert Sarver also addressed the immigration bill that has been a divisive national topic since Gov. Jan Brewer enacted it into law April 23. "The frustration with the federal government's failure to deal with the issue of illegal immigration resulted in passage of a flawed state law," Sarver said in a statement released by the Suns on Tuesday morning. "However intended, the result of passing this law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question, and Arizona's already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them." "I looked around our plane and looked at our players and the diversity in our organization," Sarver said. "I thought we need to go on record that we honor our diversity in our team, in the NBA and we need to show support for that. As for the political part of that, that's my statement." Suns co-captain Steve Nash has no problem expressing his political views under the basketball spotlight. He once wore a "No war. Shoot for peace." T-shirt during 2003 All-Star Game interviews. "It's a clear-cut issue for me," Nash said. "I don't agree with this bill. I don't agree with the spirit of the bill or the message it sends, not only to people in our community but how it represents our community across the country and the world. "I think the bill opens up the opportunity for racial profiling, racism. I think it puts the police in an incredibly difficult position that isn't fair to them. It's an infringement on our civil liberties to allow the possibility for inequality to arise in our community." The San Antonio Spurs wanted to be a part of the Suns' statement Wednesday but could not get the "Los Spurs" jerseys to do it in time.

Tom Golisano called Charlie Crist a few days ago, offering his support of Crist's independent Senate run. "Let me know what I can do to help," was Golisano's message. And... Billionaire Jeff Greene, a Florida businessman who made his fortune in the real estate and credit default swap markets, plans to jump into his state's Senate race on the Democratic side, a source familiar with his plans told POLITICO. Greene's entry into the race would represent the latest dramatic turn in a campaign already upended once this week by Gov. Charlie Crist's decision to end his bid for the GOP's Senate nomination and run as an independent. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36579.html

Ha! This guy makes typical political generalizations without any specifics. Most people agree that Medicare and SS need reform, but the devil's in the details. Is Rubio for or against raising the eligibility age, and for or against reducing payouts to seniors? He also waffled on the AZ immigration law. "That's not really something Americans are comfortable with, the notion of a police state," Rubio said of the Arizona bill. "But I don't want to underestimate the level of frustration from a law enforcement aspect that exists in Arizona. You have serious violence crossing the border, and they're fed up. Particularly with federal inaction." He did not say outright whether he opposes or supports the bill. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/...bid=2AR_md8eIvF He won't take a stand because it will either upset his Hispanic or Tea Party supporters. As far as him beating Crist easily, from the last poll April 15... Marco Rubio has opened up an elephant-sized 56 - 33 percent lead over Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida's U.S. Senate Republican primary, but in a three-way general election with Rubio on the GOP line, Crist as an independent and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, Crist has a razor- thin edge, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. If Crist were to file as an independent for the general election, he would get 32 percent of the vote, compared to Rubio's 30 percent and Meek's 24 percent. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1445

Given that 30% of our oil comes from the Gulf Coast offshore rigs, I doubt there will be any significant change in policy. Sure, BP is responsible for paying for the clean-up, and they previously documented that they could handle even a greater sized accident, but when drilling a mile below the surface, it's going to be an imperfect science. Just like mining has been for as long as it's been done. Hopefully the end result will be more scrutiny on the failsafe systems and ability to minimize damage in the future. Unfortunately there's not much we currently have available to contain an oil spill of this size in bad weather. As long as the profit and economic benefit outweigh the costs, offshore drilling will continue.

Nice job trying to equate drug smugglers with the majority of immigrants who just want to make a better life for their family. If there wasn't a demand for marijuana from legal American citizens, then there wouldn't be drug smuggling. Anybody who smokes it is the root cause of the problem.

Because "the left" are not Americans.

So all illegal aliens are parasites? They don't want to work and be contributing members to the U.S.? Do you agree with Duncan Hunter that the U.S. born children of illegal aliens should be deported? I didn't hear any practical answers to my questions, just more complaints.

I take it the side you would have rooted for lost the Civil War and the supremacy of states rights. We could have had comprehensive immigration reform a couple years ago, but most of the Republicans in Congress wouldn't support Bush's proposal that had bipartisan support from Democrats and moderate Republicans like McCain, who's now changed his tune because he's being challenged by the right wing. Yet now they say that Arizona is taking action because Washington hasn't. And they even have the gall to then say that now is not the time for immigration reform. Friggin hypocrites. If not now, when? I'd like to know what those who say the solution is to just close the border, round up all the illegals, and throw them out, propose to do with all the children of illegals who were born in the U.S. and therefore are American citizens? How are you going to round up the millions of illegals? Are you willing to pay more for food and services because Americans will have to take over the jobs the illegals currently do, and won't do it for the money the illegals get paid? And are you willing to pay to have a soldier or guardsman every 300 feet across the border to make sure nobody sneaks in? I hear the complaints, but not the practical solutions.

What's even funnier is that you don't acknowledge that the politicians who I have voted for don't support the AZ law, but don't let facts get in the way of your generalizations. Where's all the libertarians protesting this policy? Too busy at the Tea-Party protests attacking Obama? I fear for your children too...and it has nothing to do with the gov't.

According to Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.), "trained professionals" can identify undocumented workers just by looking at their clothes. "They will look at the kind of dress you wear, there is different type of attire, there is different type of -- right down to the shoes, right down to the clothes." http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives...their-shoes.php Funny how the same people who are quick to call Obama a socialist and use images of Hitler to characterize his policies, support the type of policies that were used by police in Germany and the Soviet Union.

Papers please. Then barcode tattoos. Then tracking chip implants. First they came for the Hispanics and I did nothing...

Maybe they picked him with the intent on trading him, perhaps to Seattle who has another 1st round pick, but they couldn't complete the deal in time. Or they're positioning themselves to tank this year so they have a top 3 pick next year when they'll pick a QB.

It still bothers me.