tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post5764028033180387987..comments2024-03-29T05:03:05.347+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Back to Basics for BachmanJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87518540247827753472011-01-30T14:20:27.696+02:002011-01-30T14:20:27.696+02:00Geez, and I thought Reagan had defeated the Soviet...Geez, and I thought Reagan had defeated the Soviet Union ; )James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-45439090174850534142011-01-30T07:44:35.532+02:002011-01-30T07:44:35.532+02:00I just heard last night about Sarah Palin claiming...I just heard last night about Sarah Palin claiming the Soviet Union fell because of Sputnik and the cost of the space program.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-22338386729457642162011-01-28T20:05:51.443+02:002011-01-28T20:05:51.443+02:00One would think . . .One would think . . .Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-11505294376749305032011-01-28T07:19:12.131+02:002011-01-28T07:19:12.131+02:00I would think that Palin, Bachman and Coulter woul...I would think that Palin, Bachman and Coulter would be insults to Republican women. After all, they have and have had strong women within their party like Elizabeth Dole, Christine Todd Whitman and Kay Bailey Hutchinson. But, this new generation is like something out of the Stepford Wives.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49764699874254541332011-01-28T03:06:53.865+02:002011-01-28T03:06:53.865+02:00Folks, Palin and Bachmann are Coulter clones. Cou...Folks, Palin and Bachmann are Coulter clones. Coulter made it safe for every member of the republican party to come out of the bigot closet.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-5639191153460437932011-01-28T01:05:06.839+02:002011-01-28T01:05:06.839+02:00She's an idiot--an insult to her constituency ...She's an idiot--an insult to her constituency and just plain uneducated in history. She couldn't psss the test to become a citizen. Is stupdity a qualification for tea party membership--a grade school student would not have made the remarks she did....Have we all gone madd!!!!robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-45804741399721631522011-01-27T22:02:57.240+02:002011-01-27T22:02:57.240+02:00Certainly playing into the same fears. It is appal...Certainly playing into the same fears. It is appalling the way they have lashed out at Obama. Birthers represent nearly one-half of all Republicans, and the overwhelming majority of Teabagggers, judging by the nasty outbursts. They simply can't stand the idea of a black man leading the country.<br /><br />Yet, at the same time they seem to be trying to make an appeal to Hispanic voters, whichJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-89097974243157359262011-01-27T18:17:06.729+02:002011-01-27T18:17:06.729+02:00What interests me is why she's going into thes...What interests me is why she's going into these long asides on slavery at a meeting on taxation (without making some obvious statement that taxation is slavery or some such nonsense). <br /><br />The talking heads say it's because the Tea Party wants to prove that the Founders were infallible but I wonder if that's really what they are getting at. It can't be a coincidence that avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-81982862948868758752011-01-27T17:28:58.286+02:002011-01-27T17:28:58.286+02:00This Tea Party phenomenon seems like fascism under...This Tea Party phenomenon seems like fascism under a new guise.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-23824659982605436142011-01-27T16:13:43.380+02:002011-01-27T16:13:43.380+02:00Whew... just looked at the opening of that video. ...Whew... just looked at the opening of that video. Sarah Palin is scary. Bachmann is just plain weird.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com