Comments on: Republicans in the Northeast: Going, Going … http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jiggs http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-256283 Jiggs Fri, 08 May 2009 10:49:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-256283 As a lifetime NJ resident and living in one of the last Republican strongholds in north New Jersey, I agree that we are a dying breed. Of course, few can afford to retire here except state and county employees and the rest of us will have to find another more tax friendly state. Since more than half of the population is dependent of the government for their salaries and benefits they are welcome to pay for the influx of illegals and welfare recipients who are draining the system. Eventually the state will run out of money and the cash cows will have moved on. I loved to visit my mother in Paterson where many of her neighbors work off the books and receive food stamps, rent, tuition etc. Surprise! The well is running dry. As a lifetime NJ resident and living in one of the last Republican strongholds in north New Jersey, I agree that we are a dying breed. Of course, few can afford to retire here except state and county employees and the rest of us will have to find another more tax friendly state. Since more than half of the population is dependent of the government for their salaries and benefits they are welcome to pay for the influx of illegals and welfare recipients who are draining the system. Eventually the state will run out of money and the cash cows will have moved on. I loved to visit my mother in Paterson where many of her neighbors work off the books and receive food stamps, rent, tuition etc. Surprise! The well is running dry.

]]> By: Will http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-256074 Will Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-256074 We sure hope so,however I believe we have a way to go. We sure hope so,however I believe we have a way to go.

]]> By: grampa guy http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255929 grampa guy Thu, 07 May 2009 20:44:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255929 The Pastor of Muppets thinks that Sarah Palin's having a brief contemplation of abortion, a temptation if you will, and then sticking with her principles qualifies her as a "hypocrite and a fascist." (comment 28) A mind such as that is straight out of Lord of the Flies. What an relentlessly stupid thing to say. The Left tosses around those words as if they had invented....OOPS! The Pastor of Muppets thinks that Sarah Palin’s having a brief contemplation of abortion, a temptation if you will, and then sticking with her principles qualifies her as a “hypocrite and a fascist.” (comment 28)

A mind such as that is straight out of Lord of the Flies. What an relentlessly stupid thing to say. The Left tosses around those words as if they had invented….OOPS!

]]> By: Fred Beloit http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255906 Fred Beloit Thu, 07 May 2009 20:05:55 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255906 "The point I was conveying was that quotes like these turns off many non christians." -I'm not a Christian. I'm not turned off. -How many non-Christians have you interviewed on the subject. And don't forget McCain's saying: “But that doesn’t mean that I’m sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president.” "Do you think any republican politician would say something like that in a speech?" -McCain might have. He said it in the quote I presented to you. Fast and loose with words is no way to go through life...unless you are a Democrat, of course. It gets them elected, doesn't it. “The point I was conveying was that quotes like these turns off many non christians.”
-I’m not a Christian. I’m not turned off.
-How many non-Christians have you interviewed on the subject. And don’t forget McCain’s saying: “But that doesn’t mean that I’m sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president.” “Do you think any republican politician would say something like that in a speech?”
-McCain might have. He said it in the quote I presented to you. Fast and loose with words is no way to go through life…unless you are a Democrat, of course. It gets them elected, doesn’t it.

]]> By: Charvakan http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255850 Charvakan Thu, 07 May 2009 17:58:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255850 Your are missing my point. I never said I have the full quote in my comment. What I wrote did capture the gist of what McCain said, that he preferred a christian as a president. The point I was conveying was that quotes like these turns off many non christians. Compare what McCain said to a quotes from Obama that makes it a point to include all other faiths as well as non believers. Do you think any republican politician would say something like that in a speech? Think of the flak that Obama got from the right for mentioning non believers. Here is another full quote from George H. W. Bush: "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." Why would someone who does not belong to any religion ever consider voting for a party whose leaders say things like this? Regarding the "lefty" comment, I was responding to you as well as other comments above regarding me like #76 that used the term. I agree you only said that I think like a lefty. But again my point is that my views on social issues have nothing to do with leftist philosophy. Your are missing my point. I never said I have the full quote in my comment. What I wrote did capture the gist of what McCain said, that he preferred a christian as a president. The point I was conveying was that quotes like these turns off many non christians. Compare what McCain said to a quotes from Obama that makes it a point to include all other faiths as well as non believers. Do you think any republican politician would say something like that in a speech? Think of the flak that Obama got from the right for mentioning non believers. Here is another full quote from George H. W. Bush: “No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.” Why would someone who does not belong to any religion ever consider voting for a party whose leaders say things like this?

Regarding the “lefty” comment, I was responding to you as well as other comments above regarding me like #76 that used the term. I agree you only said that I think like a lefty. But again my point is that my views on social issues have nothing to do with leftist philosophy.

]]> By: Fred Beloit http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255824 Fred Beloit Thu, 07 May 2009 16:59:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255824 #87 Charvakan MSNBC reported this: "In an interview with Beliefnet, a multi-denominational Web site that covers religion and spirituality, the Republican presidential hopeful [McCain] was asked if a Muslim candidate could be a good president. "I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles ... personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith," McCain said. "But that doesn't mean that I'm sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president." Charvakan said this: "IF that were the case McCain will not have made the comment that he would want the president of the country to be a christian..." Sorry. Poor match. It was an answer to a specific question, it was not a comment. Char left out the last sentence. Impression: Char is fast and loose with words. Char also said this: "Another thing, [Fred's] calling me “lefty” is not going to make me one.' Fred said this: "Charvakan #74. You “think” like a Lefty, i.e., you feel, you don’t think..." Impression: Char is fast and loose with words. #87 Charvakan
MSNBC reported this: “In an interview with Beliefnet, a multi-denominational Web site that covers religion and spirituality, the Republican presidential hopeful [McCain] was asked if a Muslim candidate could be a good president.
“I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles … personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith,” McCain said. “But that doesn’t mean that I’m sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president.”
Charvakan said this: “IF that were the case McCain will not have made the comment that he would want the president of the country to be a christian…”
Sorry. Poor match. It was an answer to a specific question, it was not a comment. Char left out the last sentence. Impression: Char is fast and loose with words.

Char also said this: “Another thing, [Fred's] calling me “lefty” is not going to make me one.’
Fred said this: “Charvakan #74. You “think” like a Lefty, i.e., you feel, you don’t think…”
Impression: Char is fast and loose with words.

]]> By: sheesh http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255732 sheesh Thu, 07 May 2009 14:32:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255732 101. Tammy, Boston: . . . "Everyone is getting very tired of the Democrat party." Everyone? I think you may be referring to that 21% of people who call themselves Republicans. I'm not math wizard, but I don't think that qualifies as "everyone." 101. Tammy, Boston: . . . “Everyone is getting very tired of the Democrat party.”

Everyone? I think you may be referring to that 21% of people who call themselves Republicans. I’m not math wizard, but I don’t think that qualifies as “everyone.”

]]> By: Fred Beloit http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255665 Fred Beloit Thu, 07 May 2009 12:27:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255665 Herb#93: "It’s called a remote control in Mom and Dad’s hands. :)" Thanks, Herb. That's a very conservative position. The Libertarian refuses to control remotes. The Left wants no controls whatever, under any circomstances, especially if Bush/Chaney have anything to do with it. The Dems want the village to control the remote, Now tell me, if you will, what is the moderate Repub position? Herb#93:
“It’s called a remote control in Mom and Dad’s hands. :) ”
Thanks, Herb. That’s a very conservative position. The Libertarian refuses to control remotes. The Left wants no controls whatever, under any circomstances, especially if Bush/Chaney have anything to do with it. The Dems want the village to control the remote, Now tell me, if you will, what is the moderate Repub position?

]]> By: Tammy, Boston http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255642 Tammy, Boston Thu, 07 May 2009 10:43:58 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255642 Everyone is getting very tired of the Democrat party. The problem is that the Republicans have given up. Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts should take anything Obama has to offer because he will not be re-elected. Everyone is getting very tired of the Democrat party. The problem is that the Republicans have given up. Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts should take anything Obama has to offer because he will not be re-elected.

]]> By: Herb http://pjmedia.com/blog/republicans-in-the-northeast-going-going/#comment-255600 Herb Thu, 07 May 2009 07:46:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=54913#comment-255600 "98. G Alston: Free speech doesn’t mean you get to wear a “F**k Bush” shirt to the grade school Xmas play." Woah, where did you get that? In any case, the FCC doesn't have jurisdiction over grade school Xmas plays. That would be the school, and if the school said no F*ck Obama shirts, then so be it. It's a school! I'm talking about broadcast TV. At any rate, seeing as you've already decided that the FCC should police broadcast TV (and apparently the Christmas program down at the local high school) but not satellite radio, cable TV, the internet, or any of the other media children have access to, I guess we'll just leave it at that. Like I said, small government...when it's convenient. “98. G Alston:

Free speech doesn’t mean you get to wear a “F**k Bush” shirt to the grade school Xmas play.”

Woah, where did you get that? In any case, the FCC doesn’t have jurisdiction over grade school Xmas plays. That would be the school, and if the school said no F*ck Obama shirts, then so be it. It’s a school!

I’m talking about broadcast TV.

At any rate, seeing as you’ve already decided that the FCC should police broadcast TV (and apparently the Christmas program down at the local high school) but not satellite radio, cable TV, the internet, or any of the other media children have access to, I guess we’ll just leave it at that.

Like I said, small government…when it’s convenient.

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