Remember when everyone wrung their hands over Obama and wondered what he meant by "post-partisan politics"? This is an example by negation: Party first, country second if at all. Here's what post-partisan means: We still have parties. You can be a Democrat if the beliefs of the Democrats line up with your beliefs, and you can be a Republican if the beliefs of Republicans do instead. It's actually conceivable that people from all parts of the spectrum love this country and have useful ideas in governing it. But you must not be partisan -- dedicated to your party. You can't put the success of your party before the success of the country.

Post-partisan means kicking to the curb idiots like this who think their little club of fellas is more important than the citizens of the nation.

At first the GOP was a horror movie, now they're a comedy and they're going to wind up a snuff film.

Remember that Republican slogan from not too long ago? "Country first"?

Oh Steve, you know they were talking about RealAmerica. You know, that mythical land where everyone is str8, Caucasian, Christian and middle class.* No one in RealAmerica cares about the environment and RealAmericans never get sick so they don't worry about health insurance. RealAmericans don't go to college and don't send their kids to college because they might be exposed to Intellectualism. RealAmericans just want to be protected from Darwin, scary brown people and nasty homos. That's the Country in Country First and I love the fact that the GOP is trying to get the RealAmerican vote.

*less than 500K/year according to John McPOW.

Thanks, for describing Branson, Missouri to a T.

Blackwell is a perfect candidate for the job; he's a blockhead.

Country First
Four Legs Good Two Legs Bad
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

Just so I get this straight.

The GOP hopes to keep the Depression going for FOUR YEARS so a Republican president gets credit for the recovery instead?

Not saying it might not work. I just shudder at the craven Machiavellian nature of the plan.

Furthermore, assuming the GOP is allowed to filibuster all Keynesian stimuli for at least 2 years and they take over one of the houses, what then? Tax cuts just like the past 6 years that put us here?

Look, I'm not asking the GOP to explain why more of the same skewed tax cuts (capital gains, death taxes over 1 million, etc.) that produced the depression banishing that same depression is LIKELY...

I'm simply asking why such a plan is even PLAUSIBLE.

Isn't it like putting sour milk back in the frig hoping it might be okay later?

They hate Keynes, trickle down caused the mess. What's their "third way"?

They are anti-progressive, thus they block progress. Conservatism is stagnation at its core--even bad times must be preserved by redefining them. Very Politburo-like.

When your politics becomes your religion you get priests like Blackwell. The Vatican is looking for a few good men. He should apply there - and no competition from women, not that there is much in the GOP.

"Remember that Republican slogan from not too long ago? "Country first"?"

Ido, but the Rethuglicans don't and hope that "RealMuricans" don't either. We know the MSM won't remind them.

toowearyforoutrage asks "The GOP hopes to keep the Depression going for FOUR YEARS so a Republican president gets credit for the recovery instead?"

This is the kind of thing that needs to be quoted and on the front/home page of every news service, discussed ad infinitum by every talking head and paper pundit, and talked about at every company water cooler and coffee pot.

Sunshine - still the great disinfectant.

Wasn't it Ken Blackwell as the Ohio Secretary of State in 2004 who was responsible for providing the votes that gave us the last four years of Bush?

Is anyone surprised by Blackwell's comments.

The Republicans are consistent with their previous outlook of "me first to hell with everyone else".

The GOP is truly a corrupt, rotting corpse.

The Republicans, the Regressive Party.

Projection. What do we think the GOP has been doing for the past 8 years larding the area with government "contractors" who get to do the jobs of federal employees for higher salaries as long as the follow the approved line?

"Rescue, schmescue. If it might undermine Republicans' electoral strategies, I'm against it."

so...

how's that working out?

gop 2009: fewer results for freedom

lol...

"Country First" refers to "country" refers to "country music" refers to white people. Republican dog whistling at its finest.

South Carolina Republican Chairman Katon Dawson... ELEVEN YEARS member in a WHITES ONLY KKKountry KKKlub.

Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who would be the party’s first black chairman could have a job checking your coat there... because, being a negro, he wouldn't have a membership in Dawson's all WHITES ONLY KKKountry KKKlub.
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Ken isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the Repub shed is he. The Repubs in Congress intend to pass the economic stimulus package but only after they are "bipartisan" enough to hamstring it so that it will fail. Then they will claim tax cuts are the answer in 2010 and try to win back Congress and gridlock the country. They don't care if the country is going down the tubes. They are trying to maintain the status quo for their base - the ultra rich.

It's time for reporters to start asking Republicans directly, whenever they make statements like this, what their priority is: party or country? They are lately making noises to the effect that if Obama is successful in fixing problems, people will be more likely to vote for him and for Democrats, therefore the Republicans must make sure that he fails. The fact that the country would suffer from failure is a lesser concern.

"Country First" is a perfect motto for the republican party as it highlights their total hypocrisy. Holding up signs of "Country First" McCain picked Palin as he running mate at the convention.

To be accurate the standard should be "Republican Country First". That is factual. Referring to them as the "People's Obstructionist Party" (POP) is more concise as this is how they operate...obstructing every piece of legislation put forward by dems or liberals...this is their tactic. The American people be damned.

One would be hard pressed to find a single piece of legislation put forward by republicans over the last 8yrs that was for the good of the American people...yet it can be easily seen just how much legislation they have opposed...they have set new records in filibusters (or threatening to filibuster) of all time.

They will impede the progress of our nation for purely political reasons, start wars for political reasons, cultivate the ignorance of the masses for political reasons. Over and over they have demonstrated that they have one mission in government...to protect the holdings and the business of the very wealthy and the multinational corporations using everybody and every thing for that end. Making sure they stay in power dominates what is good for the country.

They have proven themselves a detriment to democracy with all factions wanting either a theocratic police state or a fascist corporatocracy and all variations in between. But not a democracy or a socialist democratic state for the good of all.

This is why I equate de-Nazification with de-Republicanizing. Neither has any place in a democratic government. They will attempt to destroy it every time they gain power. One nation, under GOP?...I don't think so

Also note Blackwell's use of the "Democrat party" slur. This is the Republican take on "bipartisanship", institutionalize disrespect for your opponent then whine when they don't want to accommodate your every childish whim. My advice to President Obama and the Democratic congress is to work with the ever-diminishing number of adult Republicans and just ignore the others. They don't want to do anything constructive anyway, all they care about is preventing Democrats from succeeding in giving the country what it needs, lest the voters continue to elect them. Horrors, a party that actually cares about people! They could stay in control for, like, decades with an attitude like that.