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Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:31:40 +0000

E-Tom,
Although I angry with the Republicans, I can’t say that I’m cheering the Democrats on either. I think I’ll summarize your thoughts this way: Too many in Washington are more interested in their interests than the interests of the country.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:43 +0000

Tim,
To me, Citizens United is part of the problem, but a lack of scrutiny by the IRS is pathetic.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:24:46 +0000

Tazein,
Many thanks!!!!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:22:01 +0000

Kayjai,
No kidding … they are everywhere!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:21:30 +0000

Twixt,
I think that comments with two or more links automatically get tagged for attention. Thanks for the heads up!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:22 +0000

Twixt,
That’s encouraging … I was just thinking about the force the millennials could be! Thanks for the articles, and I will read them.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:18:09 +0000

Guapo,
Well … I wonder if great leadership can make it through the system! As for the Blogger Party …. well, I imagine the hard-core partisans would make their presence known.

Comment on On a Backwards Monday by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:27 +0000

Debra,
Thanks for confirming how SoCal is used to lightning (which surprised me). …. she saw quite the light show!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:14:10 +0000

Weebs,
Ding ding ding ding … for using the word of the day … bloviating! Meanwhile, saying that they are embarrassing and frustrating is being kind. When will it stop? …. Unfortunately, I can’t see that happening.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:11:25 +0000

Hansi,
Many thanks … cheers!

Comment on On a Backwards Monday by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:11:06 +0000

Hood,
Typically, your muggy weather is worse than mine. Good luck out their with the storms … and I’ll pass along the birthday greeting.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:28 +0000

Cathy,
Many thanks!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:15 +0000

Cyclist,
I’m with you on that one as the IRS has been too lax on their interpretation!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:08:07 +0000

SDS,
I agree with your ID of the losers. Interestingly, as Congress has a very low approval rating, incumbents have about a 90% re-election rate. In other words, voters want everyone else to vote their Reps out while they re-elect their own.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by aFrankAngle

aFrankAngle — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:05:30 +0000

Thank you kind sir!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by etomczyk

etomczyk — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:47:48 +0000

Frank. This is an excellent article. What really causes me to be sick to my stomach is that I believe the core of these “scandal” attacks stem back to Mitch McConnell’s slip from the onset durng President Obama’s first days in office that his primary goal was to make the President a one-term president. (The Republican’s hatred for this man is palpable.) When that didn’t happen, and especially after such a stunning loss for the second term, I believe that there are groups within the Republican party that will do whatever it takes to try and drum up a scandal(s) to frustrate the President’s agenda (one of the reasons a Repub. Congressman said the gun background check failed) or to get him impeached, as well as stop Hilary in 2016. The only person the Republican’s hate more than President Obama is Hilary Clinton.

I agree with another one of your commenters: What was so wrong about scrutinizing groups who requested tax-exempt status when they clearly have a partisan political mission statement and not a “help the poor and destitute” mission statement? The IRS methods were clumsy but not scandalous, and I remember black groups (NAACP, Black churches, and Black community groups) being targeted by the IRS for the same thing in my activist days, and I don’t remember the Republicans having a fit–in fact, they cheered it. (FYI-when the Black Panthers were sporting rifles as part of their show of strength, the Republicans were all over gun-control legislation–as they should have been. Isn’t that ironic?)

None of the tax-exempt groups were turned down except a democratic group from what I’ve read. The motives of the “haters” in the Republican party stink to me, and I am furious that they would try and hold our country ransom while they play dirty pool. Did anyone even notice that the deficit was going down? No good man or woman will want to be President in the future. God help us!

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by Tim

Tim — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:08 +0000

Thanks for including the column by Ruth Marcus and the commentary from Roll Call. Both assail the “disastrous 2010 Citizens United decision” and point to it as key to the questions concerning the presently unfolding IRS scandal.

Comment on On Parties and the Partisans by tazeinmirzasaad

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