Of course not..

And, neither did the Left who dragged the entire country thru a mess to further their own political agenda..

So, we agree..

Both the bad intelligence of Iraq and Benghazi were/are very real, very important issues that needed/needs to be addressed...

Right??

Michale

You are so right. In fact, that's why I wrote Wednesday's column -- he was getting too much of a free pass, I thought.

:-)

-CW

As you said, there's overlap. Just because the U.S. is a Republic doesn't mean it can't also be Democratic. Which would make it a hybrid. Polities outside of that "overlap" would be either Democratic or Republican.

Definition of HYBRID
1: an offspring of two animals or plants of different races, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
2: a person whose background is a blend of two diverse cultures or traditions
3a : something heterogeneous in origin or composition : composite
3b : something (as a power plant, vehicle, or electronic circuit) that has two different types of components performing essentially the same function

And, yet, you think over 4,000 Americans brutally murdered because of "bad intelligence" is a "non issue...?"

I just think it display's the ridiculous-ness of the Left so perfectly..

Our ambassador and 3 other Americans are brutally murdered and it's a "non issue"....

But an up and coming Republican takes a sip of water during a speech and it's "career ending"....

If only that applied to Obama... We would have been rid of him a LONG time ago....

Michale

"I suppose if {Rubio} farted {The Left} would call an exorcist. Good grief, grow up and get a life would you?!"

:D

Michale

I did point it out and it's JUST as ridiculous as getting all bent out of shape over a sip of water..

dsws,

It's a tradition of stupidity.

Truer words were never spoken...

Michale....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-state-of-the-union-and-mardi-gras--what-a-coincidence/2013/02/12/105119ee-7560-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_print.html

This is the best summation of the SOTU speeches to date...

Michale

It's like the Hysterical Right getting all up in arms that Obama made a speech where he said "57 States".

Gotta agree with that.

Al Gore looking at his watch. Dan Quayle going on autopilot with the card that said "potatoe" long enough for the camera to catch it, before realizing the card was wrong. Obama looking down at his notes during the first 2012 debate. And now Rubio and his water glass.

It's a tradition of stupidity.

You want a more-substantive critique of Rubio's speech? Well, ask and ye shall receive. Today's column is now up.

:-)

-CW

So you're saying the Republicans haven't slammed Obama for something every other politician has done since the 1950s?

(cough, cough, TelePrompTer, cough).

Yeah, right. And I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, pal.

Heh.

-CW

Yes...

CNN is right...

Rubio's career is OVER because he took a sip of water...

Turn it around...

Imagine what ya'all would think if Rush Limbaugh make the comment that Obama "looked uncomfortable and out of his depth" because he took a sip of water..

How would THAT go over???

Now granted.. I didn't see the speech..

But to get all this worked up over a sip of water???

Michale

It just seems like such a silly thing to get the panties all bunched up in a wad about..

It's like the Hysterical Right getting all up in arms that Obama made a speech where he said "57 States"...

It's ridiculous....

SNL's going to have a field day, that's for sure...

As they do with every minor insignificant faux pas committed by the Right..

With all the problems that the Left *claims* the Right has, what they latch onto is an up and comer taking a sip of water!!??

Fer real???

Michale

Then what's a Democratic-Republican?

Heh. Thomas Jefferson!

Heh heh.

(Sorry, been reading too much history of late.)

-CW

You'll just have to take my word for it, but two minutes before the water swig, my wife turned to me and said "he looks nervous, like he's getting dry mouth or something."

SNL's going to have a field day, that's for sure...

-CW

Of course, this only happens in MichtyLand, not in reality...

Michale

THE OBAMA GUN BILL
- This authorises anyone with a gun to be allowed to shoot Obama in the face.

Then when it is unanimously rejected 430-0 in the House they will be able to say 'AHA! Obama's gun bill is so extreme even all the Democrats rejected it!'

PS. You think I'm exaggerating but they have literally (not the exact wording but the exact same scheme) done this move before with 'Obama Budgets'.

Now THAT was funny!!! :D

Michale

A republic is any polity where some segment of the population, too large to be considered an oligarchy, acts through established institutions (the "public thing", res publica) to determine government policy.

We are a democracy. We are also a republic. We're not some hybrid, that's partly one and partly the other. They're overlapping categories, and we're in the overlap.

My impression is that the House votes on exactly what the speaker says it does, so Boehner can easily schedule a vote on the measure as part of the No Right to Air (Since All of You Stink) For Union-members act, or maybe attached to a bill to create the Unearned Income Tax Credit so that the effective income tax rate would be negative on all income over $250k, or ... . Whatever Obama wants to get passed, it has to be negotiated with House Republicans, whether he marshals pressure for a "vote" or not.

Seriously??

A sip of water???

Obama let Americans die in Benghazi and ya'all call it a "non issue" yet turn around and mock Rubio for a SIP OF WATER!???

And ya'all claim that *I* am blindly partisan???

Michale

The result should be that they do start doing their job or they get punished for not doing it in 2014. Regardless, this is the message Democrats need to keep pounding home.

How he manages to position himself as a moderate I'll never know - he is probably one of the most crazy lunatic Tea Party whack-job senators out there...

Once again, isn't it amazing how two people can look at the same event and come to a totally different conclusion.. :D

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/12/marco-rubio-got-it-right-in-his-response-to-obama/?intcmp=HPBucket

Full disclosure.. I did not have time to watch the speeches.. I have hired two new techs at my shop and getting them up to speed makes for 18 hour days...

Michale

I forgot to ask... what did you think of the speech?

-CW

I dunno. I heard it as a challenge more to the House than anything else. No matter what gets through the Senate, the House can sit on it until Boehner feels like putting it to a vote.

I still think the background check thing will go through, but nothing else.

-CW

I didn't hear a low bar. I heard a shot across the bow of the Senate. "A vote," as I understand it, means no filibuster. The new cloture rule means Harry Reid doesn't have to keep every single Democrat on board. That weakens his negotiating position in terms of how far right the Republicans can expect him to go in search of a few votes from their side. But it strengthens his ability to at least get something passed, in that he can effortlessly guarantee his side of any bargain he makes.