Republicans Rejoicing with More Americans Jobless?

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/22741

Republicans Rejoicing with More Americans Jobless?
by Brent Budowsky | July 9, 2009


Sure seems to me that certain Republicans appear to be taking unseemly joy as more Americans lose their jobs. The party of Bush and the Party of No is dangerously close to being the party that hopes America fails!

On The Hill's Pundits Blog, in recent hours, consider this: One Republican, Cheri Jacobus, looks like she can barely contain her glee as more Americans lose jobs while she yearns for the glory days of yesteryear, when Republicans attacked Bill Clinton over sex. Another, John Feehery, looks like he does math with a calculator about how many jobless elect how many Republicans.

Meanwhile, a third, Ron Christie, appears to be questioning the president's patriotism when he says, inexplicably and falsely, that the president does not sufficiently proclaim his admiration for those who served during the Cold War. Excuse me? The president pushes more support for veterans than the Bush administration. I suppose when previous attacks on Obama from this source, such as the "Messiah" attack and the Muslim-roots attack, failed, why not try patriotism again?

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Don't get me wrong. I am critical of certain Obama policies on the economy (in my opinion, more cogently than my Republican friends). And I try to offer concrete solutions. I have warned both parties that if this continues, there could be an anti-incumbent wave in 2010, in which the party that rules, and the Party of No, both lose members.

But would someone point out a solution offered in these Republican hee-haws about higher joblessness? More Bush policies?

Meanwhile, a little advice to my Republican friends: Don't look so gleeful, so happy, so joyous when bad things happen to good people in the American heartland. Keep it up, and the only glory days Republicans will return to will be more elections like 2006 and 2008.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. They have one solution to all economic woes: Tax cuts. eom

[Ardent15]

8. Specifically, tax cuts to the wealthy.

The wealthy are ALWAYS the most productive in society, according to the GOP.

[Hello_Kitty]

9. Yes, and their dumbass low-income followers believe it!

Joe the Plumber Syndrome is an all-too-common affliction, it seems.

[DCKit]

2. Geez dude! Don't warn them of the consequences of their glee in the face of destroyed lives!

Let it be a surprise in 2010.

[scheming daemons]

3. If they lower income taxes on those without any incomes, it will pull them out of poverty, silly!

Geez.... didn't Reagan teach you ANYTHING?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. For them, it's good that there are a lot of jobless people

(who they won't help with increased unemployment or public assistance BTW).............as long as they are not the ones in power, of course. Of course, when they are in power, people whom are jobless and need help, well, they just simply cease to exist. IOKIYAR

[Taverner]

5. Some CA State employees aren't gettting paid, but given IOU's instead

A republican acquaintence of mine said "well that's good - maybe we can eliminate some waste now!"

Oh, like hospitals, firemen, Highway Patrolmen and Highways, right?

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Fail America, Fail." - Replicon Homelanders

"If we can make America FAIL, the way we have so ingloriously failed, then...We will have FAIL all over the stinking place. Smirk."

- Republicon Homelanders

[customerserviceguy]

7. It's simple

If President Obama is perceived to have cleaned up the mess left to him by Dubya, he wins in 2012. If he's perceived to have been ineffective, the Rethugs win. Even if they nominate Caribou Barbie.

[Carl Skan]

10. How soon you forget...

"Meanwhile, a little advice to my Republican friends: Don't look so gleeful, so happy, so joyous when bad things happen to good people in the American heartland. Keep it up, and the only glory days Republicans will return to will be more elections like 2006 and 2008."

The exact opposite thing was said by Republicans to Democrats over and over in 2005.

It's just another reminder that there's no right or wrong, just people who make excuses for their side.

[zbdent]

11. they kept accusing US of wanting America to fail, for the economy to go to hell

just to win an election ...

but now look ... they're practically making it their campaign platform ... "Drive down the economy to drive Obama out!"

[OhioChick]

12. K&R n/t