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The Gold Standard » Quick comments on US October NFP report — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:13:34 +0000

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By: DiggidyDan

DiggidyDan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:39:21 +0000

In American politics, the words “stupid” or “greedy” or “cowardly” or “corrupt” or “asinine” will always be more accurate then either “conservative” or “liberal”.

The Great One. . . FTW! That is the best political commentary i’ve seen in 3 years. In my view, government is just accounting for the stupidity of man, but then again, i’m a misanthropic pariah.

BTW, CNBCS, you should get some of that BYU/NM Soccer girl fight up on the site.

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:13 +0000

Until I see the GOP come up with a reasonably-sane candidate to lead its party, then I think O wins it in ’12 by default. And, no, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty don’t count.

By: techy

techy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:34 +0000

In American politics, the words “stupid” or “greedy” or “cowardly” or “corrupt” or “asinine” will always be more accurate then either “conservative” or “liberal”.

that nails it perfectly…

By: techy

techy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:44:44 +0000

ahab…

read the whole paragraph….and you will get the picture why this country politicis is F**ed up.

*****
in this country to win an election….you have to be a christian…..better make it protestant…..
and if you want to run on republican brand….better be “pro life” and anti gay….and yes its better if you are white male.

By: call me ahab

call me ahab — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:42:35 +0000

“in this country to win an election….you have to be a christian…..better make it protestant…..’

duh-

and would you expect a Hindu to be elected in Poland?

my guess- whoever is elected there is Catholic-

and what of the Coptic Christians in Egypt- how many of them are in power?

it’s just a numbers game

By: torrie-amos

torrie-amos — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:15 +0000

@common man, my fear is that in the room where they all kick back and smoke stinky cegars, the things they discuss are very bad, and what is happening now is in fact the very best they can do, meaning this path was chosen a year before obama took office, and he is putting on his best face and grinding through like us all, at times you want too see him show some anger and strength and outrage, rather than an always even hand, of course every year that ticks by demographics work in his favor, and fifty year old white politicians look follish for the most part, the guy from south carolina did not know what dithering was, isn’t he a lawyer, lol

By: madman130

madman130 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:28:03 +0000

In American politics, the words “stupid” or “greedy” or “cowardly” or “corrupt” or “asinine” will always be more accurate then either “conservative” or “liberal”.

Love it!

By: techy

techy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:27:47 +0000

ahab..

or anyone else who does not think that “white religious pople”(45% of population) care about any other issue than “white person – pro life – anti gay” then you are lying to yourself.

come to my south…the louisiana…the alabama…the missisipi…georgia…texas…and so on ….heck even maine seems to be more religious leaning than we think.

in this country to win an election….you have to be a christian…..better make it protestant…..
and if you want to run on republican brand….better be “pro life” and anti gay….and yes its better if you are white male.

these are the facts on the ground…..everything else is side show done by the politicians and lobbyist taking advantage of the divided voters.

By: CNBC Sucks

CNBC Sucks — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:23:57 +0000

madman — You posed a terrific clarification question, then followed it up with a mind-boggling assertion!!!

In the context of my comment, I mean Europeans are “social democrats”, if you want to use the term.

However, Europeans are hardly “Libertarian in American context”. Libertarians in America are “classic liberals”, or perhaps neo-classical liberals.

Whatever the nuanced definition you choose, it is time we stop associating stupid government spending with liberalism, no less than we need to stop associating Republicans with small government. In American politics, the words “stupid” or “greedy” or “cowardly” or “corrupt” or “asinine” will always be more accurate then either “conservative” or “liberal”.