Rep. McCotter: Because conservatives have hit ‘rock bottom,’ they are now ‘free to start thinking...

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Rep. McCotter: Because conservatives have hit ‘rock bottom,’ they are now ‘free to start thinking again.’»

In an interview with the Washington Times, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) – who is the policy committee head for the House GOP — said of the conservative movement: “We’re rock bottom.” He added, though, that losing has its advantages. “We are now free to start thinking again, acting again, and doing the right thing by what our constituents and our country need.” Apparently, it takes being out of power for conservatives to “think” and “do the right thing.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/06/mccotter-thinking/

[mrcheerful]

1. Cons/think = need more touch screens in all states

[BobRossi]

2. Translation:

"We are rudderless ship, our captain is dead, we have lost our sextant, and our radio is dead"

[amdezurik]

4. and it's everyone elses fault.

[amdezurik]

3. the only ones stopping them from thinking before

was themselves. they COULD have started a long time ago but were to content and lazy and thought they had their re-born slave state wrapped up.

[curse of greyface]

5. You saw a little bit of this when they banded together against the White House's Bailout bill. nt

[Arugula Latte]

6. Their policies and ideas have proven to be massive failures.

They've got nothin.'

[LeftinOH]

7. Re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic........n/t

[Liberal Gramma]

8. He could have left it at "free to start thinking"

since they haven't been doing any of that lately they must have a lot of it stored up.

[qb]

9. Doesn't 'rock bottom' imply it's time to start a 12-step program? nt

[marmar]

10. Hopefully a 12-decade program......I hope their movement is wrecked for a looong time.

n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. For starters - they all need to buy a calendar

and discover that it is NOT 1850.

[Vickers]

12. Well, Thaddeus, think about this:

YOU SUCK, AND YOU AND THE GOP HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED.

Hope this helps.

[Bozita]

13. McCotter represents an area decimated by auto and auto related job losses. Why didn't the Dems ....

... target him. Every block in his area has at least one foreclosed home. He was certainly more vulnerable than Knollenberg.