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Axelrod: A GOP Congress Could Be More ‘Extreme’ Than Bush Administration

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The 2010 Midterms are in exactly eight weeks. Considering the tone of the current national political conversation one shudders to think of the sort of headlines we may find ourselves posting eight weeks from now. In the meantime, behold David Axelrod who is launching the ‘official’ midterm season by declaring that a GOP Congress will be more extreme than the Bush administration. Here’s what he told Sam Stein at HuffPo:

“I saw that [Alaska GOP Senate candidate] Joe Miller said that he would abolish Social Security if he had the chance and he is not alone…This is akin to what [Nevada GOP Senate candidate] Sharron Angle has said in Nevada and also a number of these other Republicans. So, this could go one step beyond the policies of the Bush administration to something more extreme than we have seen.”

Presumably, this is a scare tactic on Axelrod’s part to gin up Dem support. However, factually accurate though it may be (and I will leave that for others to hash out) it strikes as a tad tone deaf. In recent weeks, particularly since the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ furor leapt to the fore, George W. Bush has been used by many in the press as an example of both a moderate Republican (also, a quiet one…Bush has opted for the high and silent road, something that is increasingly rare at the moment) and more recently as a president unafraid to be decisive.

The fact that it has taken less than two years for the rehabilitation of George W. Bush to begin may be striking in and of itself but if Axelrod et al hopes to effectively use him as a scare monger I think perhaps they have not fanned the right Facebook pages because rightly or wrongly George W. is not looking all that bad these days.

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  • puck30

    Axelrod: A GOP Congress Could Be More ‘Extreme’ Than Bush Administration

    Okay it’s official! The Dems little Trolly has left the tracks!

  • Rogue-Comic

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the “Bush brand” polls higher than the “Obama brand” at this point.

  • chucken

    Bush not looking all that bad these days?No, he has lapped the field as the worst president in our nations history.9-11,Katrina response,Iraq,financial meltdown, you see Bill Clinton out campaigning all over the country but a 2 term president Bush is treated like a leper.The party of Limbaugh,Beck,Palin,Hannity represent brain dead rightwing religious idiots that have not a fucking clue how to run a country.Bush is a genius compared to that dumbshit 1/2 term governor.

  • dhg

    Umm ok now back to the topic…

    Axelrod is engaging in scare tactics,something often associated with Republicans but ultimately as here a common political tactic.

    What we got with an all Dem congress was essentially nothing.Yeah we got a watered down health care bill that took the government’s focus off the economy for a year but otherwise we,re in big trouble and a Republican congress couldn’t be any worse.

  • Rogue-Comic

    chucken said:
    Bush is treated like a leper.

    First I’ve heard of this, but lots of democrats up for re-election are certainly distancing themselves from Obama.

    chucken said:
    The party of Limbaugh,Beck,Palin,Hannity represent brain dead rightwing religious idiots [sic] that dumbshit 1/2 term governor.

    Feel better?

  • Rogue-Comic

    dhg said:
    we,re in big trouble and a Republican congress couldn’t be any worse.

    It helped Clinton get re-elected.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Sorry to be picky about grammar, but “Axelrod et al hopes” is wrong for two reasons.

    First, it should be “Axelrod et al.” (note the period in “al.”, which is an abbreviation for “alii”).

    Second, “Axelroad et al.” means “Axelrod and others.” Therefore, the verb that follows should be “hope” and not “hopes,” as in “Axelrod and others hope that . . .”

  • Corvax

    Wont be difficult Bush was way more centralized than Obama.

  • More Liberty

    Fear mongering much there Axelrod?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    LOL the old attacks are back. LOL They won’t work this time.

    Rejection election on the way. Bye Bye Barry. YES WE CAN.

  • BatBoy

    I am betting Axelrod will be dragging out one of their long time favorites….

    . If you elect Republicans, they will take away Social Security from our Seniors….”

    My guess…that will be out by the end of September….

    PS Axelrod…WE seniors do not believe you!

  • Rogue-Comic

    AnonymousFinch said:
    Sorry to be picky about grammar

    You should check that sentence’s structure if you really want to be “picky.” ;-)

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    the country is gonna see why the republican congress was rejected in 06…even with a democratic majority, congress can barely order lunch without a filibuster and after nov. with a repub lead house and a smaller majority for the dems in the senate, nothing is gonna get done…as it is now, there are almost 300 bills just sitting around waiting for the senate to get off it’s ass
    if john boener can drag hisself away from the bar long enough, there is gonna be a government shutdown

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    haha..who gave thumbs up for grammer lessons?

  • Rogue-Comic

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    haha..who gave thumbs up for grammer lessons?

    Who gave thumbs down?

  • chucken

    Newsflash!! One week after Beck’s Whitestock nobody gives a shit about that cokehead morning zoo jock racist douche bag’s one day jerk off in DC.MLK changed the world Beck just took your money.

  • juan

    Yes, President Bush, We Miss You Very Much!

  • Sidhekitten

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    the country is gonna see why the republican congress was rejected in 06…even with a democratic majority, congress can barely order lunch without a filibuster and after nov. with a repub lead house and a smaller majority for the dems in the senate, nothing is gonna get done…as it is now, there are almost 300 bills just sitting around waiting for the senate to get off it’s ass

    You say this like it is a bad thing. Gridlock is good.

    No, not much is going to get done, then again, any way to curb the Federal Government from its mad rush to suicide is something that should be encouraged. Why on earth do we need 300 more bills with an exponential jump the number of laws that will follow passage of those bills. We need less legislation, in fact we need to kill a great deal of the laws that we already have on the books. Do you know what it’s like to try to run a business with these clowns in charge. And don’t for a moment think that I believe its just a donkey thing, the elephants have almost as much blood on their hands.

    Career politicians feel compelled to do something when they are in chambers in order to justify why they are stealing our money to pay their salary. I believe that a growing number of people have had enough. Now if you love your big ass bloating whore of a Federal government, tell you what, send your money, all of your money to the harlot and I will keep all my money in my pocket and spend it as I choose. If you trust those politicians then you get what you deserve, which is nothing. Hope you have a good set of shoes for when it’s time to stand in the bread lines…

  • puck30

    chucken said:
    Bush not looking all that bad these days?No, he has lapped the field as the worst president in our nations history.9-11,Katrina response,Iraq,financial meltdown, you see Bill Clinton out campaigning all over the country but a 2 term president Bush is treated like a leper.The party of Limbaugh,Beck,Palin,Hannity represent brain dead rightwing religious idiots that have not a fucking clue how to run a country.Bush is a genius compared to that dumbshit 1/2 term governor.

    chucken said:
    Newsflash!! One week after Beck’s Whitestock nobody gives a shit about that cokehead morning zoo jock racist douche bag’s one day jerk off in DC.MLK changed the world Beck just took your money.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtn2eczCZHU

  • BatBoy

    puck30 said:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtn2eczCZHU

    I’m going to give it a 40…it had a good beat… but you just couldn’t dance to it!

    That was a good one Puck30….good choice for chucken and some others floaters here!

  • hanoisteve

    Corvax said:
    Wont be difficult Bush was way more centralized than Obama.

    American conservatives have moved so far right that St Reagan could not get elected even as a democrat these days.
    • He gave blanket amnesty to illegals
    • traded weapons to Islamic extremist of Iran for the hostages
    • Raised taxes 11 times while in office
    • Ran up a massive budget deficit
    What would Fox News have to say about that if a Dem did that? Tea baggers would throw a hissy fit.

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  • Patrick Henry

    chucken said:
    Newsflash!! One week after Beck’s Whitestock nobody gives a shit about that cokehead morning zoo jock racist douche bag’s one day jerk off in DC.MLK changed the world Beck just took your money.

    You seem rather pissed off.

  • Patrick Henry

    Sidhekitten said:
    Why on earth do we need 300 more bills with an exponential jump the number of laws that will follow passage of those bills.

    Amen!

  • felixw

    Sad spectacle from the White House. They can’t run on their achievements, since they have none. So they still need to run against Bush. But they should look at the polls. Gallup recently asked voters in a traditional swing state (Ohio) who they would rather have in the White House, Obama or Bush, and respondents favored Bush by a huge margin of 52 to 40 percent.

    The fact the White House persists in this “blame Bush” approach, despite its obvious futility, tells you how little they want to talk about the stimulus, Obamacare, the looming tax increases coming on January 1, the new casualties in Iraq (where supposedly combat has ended), the lack of progress in Afghanistan, the terrible unemployment situation, the unprecedented deficits, the poor consumer confidence numbers, etc. etc.

  • Tony the Fist

    Sihekitten says: “Career politicians feel compelled to do something when they are in chambers in order to justify why they are stealing our money to pay their salary.” Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Cheers.

  • Tony the Fist

    To some people anything right of Karl Marx is considered extreme.

  • orionantares

    Apparently to most conservatives anything left of social Conservative dogma is considered extreme.

    Sorry Conservatives, you’re as much center as the Liberals are center.

  • http://none pyrope

    gordonbloyershow said:
    YES WE CAN.

    Perhaps we should change that to read “Yes we Shall.”

  • http://none pyrope

    Sidhekitten said:
    Gridlock is good.

    ABSOLUTELY. A government that does least does best.

  • http://none pyrope

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    haha..who gave thumbs up for grammer lessons?

    I recall when I had difficulties with English.

    δεν βρέθηκαν αποτελέσματα.
    Παρακαλώ δοκιμάστε πάλι.

  • http://none pyrope

    gordonbloyershow said:
    YES WE CAN.

    Or maybe it’s NO YOU DON”T.

  • DrFunke

    If they get a majority or even near it, we should expect virtually nothing to get through

    The Republicans will try and hurt the country as much as humanly possible so they can get the White House in 2012

    Pretty pathetic but common for them

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