Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
On this slow Sunday news show day, John McCain was the lead story this morning on Fox News Sunday. He had some advice for the Republican Senate leadership as the election season officially begins with Labor Day Weekend.
“When you look at the approval ratings of Republicans, they’re just as bad as Democrats.” You got to give people a reason “to vote for Republicans rather than to vote against Democrats.” He thinks a positive agenda—a contract or commitment to America, like the one House Republicans have already put forward, but not Senate Republicans—should be something that, if it rallies House and Senate Republicans, might rally the American voter in the midterm election. On the panel later on, Juan Williams agreed with McCain in a backhanded way, saying “it’s time for Republican to put up or shut up…where are the ideas?”
Then Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic Party, spoke to Chris Wallace about the ironically named “Recovery Summer,” which has turned out to be an “economic and political bust,” as Wallace said. Last week Obama himself, seeing the bucket half-full, remarked “jobs are being created, they’re just not being created as fast as they need to.” In other words, we’re bailing out the ship—just not quick enough to keep our heads above water.
On Fox News Sunday, Kaine was more enthusiastic, noting that the Obama administration is about to announce “a series of steps” to get the economy growing: extended lending and tax cuts for small businesses. McCain called this a “death bed conversion.” With November around the corner, Democrats are using buckshot hoping to hit a bulls-eye. Grasping at anything to forestall what many experts are predicting to be an ignominious and major defeat. Their new economic plan, it was said, is the unintended consequence of bad polling.
Kaine’s response? “People ought to be proud to be Democrats right now,” and he added, with what can only be called frivolity, “we’re a happy warrior party.”
But on the one substantive issue that Democrats have to be “proud of”—namely, Obamacare—the public has swung 7/8 points against it. Political analyst Chris Stirewalt, speaking on the panel, made a fresh point when he said that this is the number that we should be watching as we approach the elections because it indicates how the public feels about what Democrats have actually done.
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May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
And when you run out of any effective defense just say America is in a ditch and WE have built a ladder. The talking heads all blend together, but I think it was Kaine that said that this morning. What is it with the Democrats and their simple metaphors? If they want us to visualize a ladder then they need to remove the excavator first. I wonder what Al Gore did with his lock box...
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm
May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Oh, that's funny. Now, I have an advertisement for a crane rental on my screen. Interesting...I wonder if you need a special license to drive it.
Jul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
I read on WaPo last night that the Democrat's rationale for their "small-business stimulus" goes like this:
Bottom line: instead of letting an entrepreneur whose business nets, say,$500,000 keep the extra $25,000 he now enjoys by virtue of the lower marginal tax rate and invest it in his business, the Democrats will confiscate it, spread most of it around, and allow the businessman to beg - er, apply - for the remaining morsels, in the form of some absurd new "Putting Americans Back to Work" tax credit.
Edited on Sep 5, 2010 at 9:02amJul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
When you're driving it, do you whistle at the construction workers, or do they whistle at you?
May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Kenneth: ...
You mean tax increases?
May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Kenneth
When you're driving it, do you whistle at the construction workers, or do they whistle at you? · Sep 5 at 9:02am
I don't know. Does it still count if I can't hear?
Jul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Andrea Ryan
Kenneth: ...
You mean tax increases? · Sep 5 at 9:37am
Yes, thank you. What I meant to say was, "...allowing tax cuts to...to expire..."
Edited on Sep 5, 2010 at 9:46amJul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Andrea Ryan
Kenneth
When you're driving it, do you whistle at the construction workers, or do they whistle at you? · Sep 5 at 9:02am
I don't know. Does it still count if I can't hear? · Sep 5 at 9:39am
Well, then you just wave and blow kisses.
Jul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
This might not be on point, but why is it that John McCain and Lindsey Graham are on the Sunday chat shows so often? There are 100 senators last time I counted, but it seems like these guys are on every other week. If I were conspiracy-minded, I would think they were the MSM's favorite RINOs or something.
May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
Kenneth
Andrea Ryan
Kenneth
When you're driving it, do you whistle at the construction workers, or do they whistle at you? · Sep 5 at 9:02am
I don't know. Does it still count if I can't hear? · Sep 5 at 9:39am
Well, then you just wave and blow kisses. · Sep 5 at 9:47am
Maybe I'll just text them instead. I'm sure I can drive a crane with one hand.
May '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
It does seem like the more conservative Republicans are on during the week and we see the middle of the road ones on the weekends. I think the mainstream media is more forgiving of their views than the DeMints, Brassos and the Coburns, so it's probably the demographic of weekend viewers that's the driver. Although, McCain has really stepped up his game.
Jul '10
Re: Fox News Sunday: Dems are the "Happy Warrior Party"
given his legislative history, I would not trust McCain to do anything but 'reach across the aisle' whatever that may mean...