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On C-SPAN’s Newsmakers Mary Ann Akers asks Roy Blunt about telling Republican members of Congress that it’s okay to run against the Republican brand, and about members like Rick Renzi, John Doolittle, Jerry Weller and Ted Stevens who are all potentially in a lot of trouble and why they haven’t been censured by the Ethics Committee.
Blunt responds with saying that basically voters are too stupid to really understand all those crazy specifics of the Republican corruption and they’ve said they’re innocent so of course they must be, he’s happy voters are buying into their latest talking point on Off-shore drilling instead of paying attention how corrupt so many of them are, and now that they’ve got one more corrupt Democrat besides Jefferson in Charlie Rangel to go after he uses that as an excuse to ignore responding to what the members of the GOP did that the reporter was asking about.
Any member of Congress that’s been there too long is probably corrupt in some way shape or form, but the level of corruption with the GOP that Blunt is giving a pass on, and comparing the scandals that Stevens and others are accused of to Rangel getting a discount on an apartment is really laughable. All of it needs to stop but using the second lousy Democrat they could find to hammer on compared to the dozens and dozens of extremely corrupt GOP Congressman they cover for daily is ridiculous.
cameleopard42 says
December 24, 2015 at 3:04 AMHe doesn't need to worry about people finding out where he gets funding from because he can just have his cable buddies block those sites.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 3:44 AM@bweazel You lose peoples attention when you insult them. You have to prove them wrong, then add a sly passive aggressive comment. These are the rules.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 4:36 AM@bweazel You're wrong because you can't leave a reply without making anyone who reads it an enemy. Stop being to offensive, I agree with your opinions, but you're rude as fuck…
circusmaximus10 says
December 24, 2015 at 4:48 AM@MaudsPas
Ray Tayvan says
December 24, 2015 at 5:47 AMFox News addicts need to seek mental health services.
Kevin Carter says
December 24, 2015 at 5:51 AM@SmogHouseTradingCo I agree with that sentiment completely and I wish you luck in your battles.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 6:35 AM@KevinADCarter I don't really care what people say for the most part, I only dislike people spreading hurtful propaganda.
Kevin Carter says
December 24, 2015 at 6:52 AM@SmogHouseTradingCo I consider it more a matter of reserving intellectual conversations for those capable of participating in kind, but yes, not wanting forums to become overrun with so much nonsense that legitimate discourse is lost is a valid concern as well. However, if you want to battle trolls you have my full support, just so long as you realize no amount of logic, common sense, or scientific proof will ever penetrate their thick skulls.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 7:07 AM@KevinADCarter So the Finnish stories are true? If you feed the troll it will eat the village?
Kevin Carter says
December 24, 2015 at 7:24 AM@SmogHouseTradingCo Just thumbs down idiot comments and ignore them. When you reply you only encourage further nonsense from these people.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 7:31 AM@bweazel Your comments explain your errors perfectly.
polemius01 says
December 24, 2015 at 8:27 AMAre there ANY politicians that are not on the take?!
Otokogoroshi says
December 24, 2015 at 8:56 AM@SentimentOfGuilt Insane dangerous people like bweazel should be ignored. Either he's a troll and thus not worth your time or he's a nutjob and not worth your time. Either way you're better off arguing with a brick wall.
SmogHouseTradingCo says
December 24, 2015 at 9:10 AM@bweazel You're wrong…
SentimentOfGuilt says
December 24, 2015 at 9:42 AM@bweazel I didn't say I wasn't going to keep responding, but if you're going to offer lack-luster arguments and pretend that Orwellian and Socialism in the same sentence isn't an oxymoron, I'm going to stop, because arguing with you would be like arguing with Glenn Beck, fundamentally pointless due to the lack of your belief in anything past your ignorant little nose being right. Or maybe I should just ask a bunch of rhetoric questions? Maybe make three comments full of rhetoric questions?
SentimentOfGuilt says
December 24, 2015 at 9:46 AM@bweazel What ambiguous twoddle, rant in circles if you wish, make unsubstantiated claims and spin all you want, it's your time you're wasting, kid.
xadam2dudex says
December 24, 2015 at 10:42 AM@MisterEvil1 they will all restrict bandwidth….those that own the infrastructure will control what u see and can do
OafBoaster says
December 24, 2015 at 11:04 AM@bweazel Sprint, Qwest, Level 3, and Global Crossing are the big data providers. AT&T and Verizon own large chunks of the network as well but only through acquisitions. The Bell Infrastructure (Verizon Qwest etc) was paid for in substantial part by taxpayers. Additionally, we paid for fiber which was never received in the 90's. The FCC is within its power to regulate their subsidized network. Further, we regulate power and other industries where deregulation has shown to cause market failure
xadam2dudex says
December 24, 2015 at 11:27 AMhow can people vote for these right wingers and republicans ? r they just crazy ? they are all corrupt.. do they sell their souls for a few pieces of silver ?
SimplyStupidNews says
December 24, 2015 at 11:28 AMchange the GOP, to OLD, and KICK there old but outs!
Jotun Obsidianeyes says
December 24, 2015 at 12:19 PMHa that's my congressman. I never voted for him though.
moejardines says
December 24, 2015 at 12:24 PMNo shit, he's an embarrassment. Missouri is an interesting state though: its got KC, which is pretty cosmopolitan, St. Louis, which is largely ghetto, the suburbs of STL, which are relatively affluent, and then southern MO, which is pretty much podunk.
Demographically a really tough spot to make calls on. Clair McKaskill rocks though!
I'm from the east side in IL, so I know the 'Lou well. Between North St. Louis and East STL, jesus, its like both of the USA's armpits.
swaggajee says
December 24, 2015 at 12:37 PMWe need term limitations in a big, big way. Two terms and you're out. There wouldn't be a status quo in D.C. that we've been seeing. And it would probably help to curb lobbyists from buying politicians when they'd have to buy new ones almost every election.