AMERICAblog: The GOP may have found a convention keynoter: Lois Bloomer
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· 1 year ago
Why is my partner's photo on this blog below?
jackpatzer
· 1 year ago
I think that Lois Bloomer is bloomin' cool. She's one of the few people to have the courage to place the blame for rising unemployment where it belongs; on the unemployed! Really, it's just like homlessness. Why don't those people just buy a house, for crying out loud! She needs to speak at the convention and to warn America of the dangers of a Barack Hussein Obama presidency. If she wants to learn the whole truth about Obama, she should visit www.obamasecrets.weebly.com. If she wants to know about the Detroit area alternative band the White Stripes, she should visit www.whitestripesfanclub.weebly.com.
Milli
· 1 year ago
Oh God, she lives in the same county I do? Yuck.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Didn't you mean COUNTRY?
Milli
· 1 year ago
No - county. I live in Penobscot county in Maine, where this woman lives.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
You poor thing. I only thought rednecks lived in the south that support this idot-in-chief.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Ah yes just like a republican - blame the people. It is your fault the prices of gas, food, and medicines have been raised. For us republicans we continue to see, no evil, hear evil and speak no evil of our love for Jesus George.
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
I can't believe I just read that? Is she effing serious? "If they are it's because they made poor choices with their mortgages." That is sickening on so many levels. I have sat here and typed and deleted and retyped a response to this...this...revolting tripe but I can't. All I can do is shake my head and wonder how people like this got into power.
People like Ms. Bloom make me bitter.
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· 1 year ago
Don't let them get you like that.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Well my sister is a republican. She thinks that Bush is the greatest. Of course she has a small business and his plans have really helped people in her position. I told her he may be good for you and he certainly hasn't been good for most middle and lower class people. I get really mad at her. I told her she forgets where she came from. I have a very hard time speaking with her about anything because we end of fighting about it. I told her I was proud of her and what she worked very hard for but there are people out here that work just as hard and don't have college degrees and are seeing their jobs leaving our country and we are all struggling and praying that we don't lose our jobs or have to go on welfare. All any middle class person wants is a living wage.
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
I have a friend whose father is a die-hard Republican. I have to give him credit though, because of him I can SOMETIMES (a lot more lately) laugh off their rhetoric. He has called me a pinko pansy lover, a Communist, a freedom-hater, anti-American and the like. His son is an Iraq vet who has been stop-lossed and his car has a bumper sticker that reads: GIVE WAR A CHANCE. It gets worse when he's drunk. But he is a generally a nice guy and respectful...as long as politics doesn't enter this discussion. He is also a small business owner and has the mindset of social Darwinism. Unfortunately, "there are people out here that work just as hard and don't have college degrees and are seeing their jobs leaving our country and we are all struggling and praying that we don't lose our jobs or have to go on welfare. All any middle class person wants is a living wage." There are students who have to take on two jobs to save enough money to pay for one semester of classes. There are kids who have to get jobs to chip in or PAY FOR food/medicine/housing for and with their parents. And let's not even discuss gasoline.
Not everyone has the advantages of others and those advantages also do not guarantee success. When I see someone completely dismiss another's problems and trying to see them through self-colored lenses, it upsets me. How can you reach this person? I've been able to laugh it off or to question their views to understand...but I still don't understand. Life ain't fair. Stop pretending we live in a world of rainbows and butterflies.
And someone who is in a position of power, who claims to be from a party for the American people to say these things...angered me this morning and saddened me this afternoon.
But thanks for the words, y'all.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Thanks for your thoughts. I guess what upsets me so is that she didn't grow up that way. Our dad died when she was young and between my sister and I we helped her a lot. My mother lived on a fixed income and lucky for mom she was able to get my dad's retirement pay from the military. But I lived at home with my sister and a young little brother. I never asked for anything from anyone. All I think is important that people in general need a living wage. We came from a large family. My sister and I were 15 yrs older than my younger sister and little brother. We helped her to make sure she was able to go to college. My sister and I grew up not able to go because my dad impression we would get married and have a family and we didn't need to go to college. Well he died at 50 and left mom and us. We made sure she went to college. She did very well. The point is everyone needs help from someone and I am shocked by her actionss say that Bush is the best. She said she wished she could vote for him again. I totd her she was nuts.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
Small business owners need customers who can purchase their products or services, so they are just as vulnerable as the rest of us. When the middle class is squeezed out, the only business that will be growing is Wal*Mart. Your sister needs to thinks a tad more long term. Hope she hasn't gotten too attached to her lavish lifestyle.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Very good response. I like that. I don't think it will. She is a dentist. They make good money but in her defensive she has earned her degree. She works hard. But I don't understand their lack of compassion. I worry everyday about the american people and the future generations. They will not be better off than we were.
One can only hope that Ms. Bloomer will get her just reward: being persued by an enraged democratic populace and set on fire, burning to death in a slow painful fashion. Hey, its the least we can do, no more or less than most of the Bushes and the republicons deserve as well as a few selected democrats who continue to show a strong need for attitude readjustment! (Are you listening Nancy?)
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· 1 year ago
My ritual garden is sick. It's because there's been no atonement from the wingnuts like Busboy--no kidding. I can't intervene with harsh chemicals because that would defeat the whole purpose. Only natural remedies like for getting rid of mosquitos. All I can do is observe...
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
We sure don't need that compassionate conservatism cause it is killing us.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Hey, GG, I'm part of the solution, not part of the problem. Have a great day and stay out of traffic....
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· 1 year ago
You must atone for voting for bush twice.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Here's some good news; Rush just signed a $400 million dollar contract to stay on the air. That means the gov't just made $160 million in taxes from poor ol' Rush.
Aw yea, let them poor eat cake while we eat steak.
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
And he talks about being a regular American. What the hell does he know?
woodroad34
· 1 year ago
Bloomer is no different than any other head-stuck-in-the-sand Republican. And, frankly, I don't think they're really Republicans, anyways. I don't think they're facists, either. Apparently, the Republicans love the Chinese and their tactics, which I believe makes them Communists. The George Bush/Dick Cheney approved interrogation techniques come straight from a 1957 Chinese Communist interrogation manual : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02detain.h...
Blueflash
· 1 year ago
Damn. That Scott Kleeb ad is distracting.
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· 1 year ago
Tell me about it...
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
More: If people are having such a hard time, and food prices are higher, why are people so fat? If gas is so expensive, why are people still driving, instead of walking? If people aren't paying their mortgages, why aren't they living under bridges like they should? If unemployment is higher, isn't it because they lack Yankee ingenuity? If people lack Yankee ingenuity, why don't just they go back to Mexico, where there isn't any ingenuity?
SkippyFlipjack
· 1 year ago
Anyone wonder what the original quote was? She said "I think the unemployment rate is mostly for people who don’t want to [or can’t] work anyways." What words do you think she used that the editor felt like would be clarified by replacing with "or can't"? The editor or reporter isn't supposed to clarify in a way that changes the meaning of the sentence; "or can't" definitely softens the impact of saying that unemployed people just don't want to work. It sure seems like they did that, though. Hmmmm
Sugapea
· 1 year ago
Ms Bloomer said: "Good grief. That’s ridiculous," she said. "How can people blame the current situation entirely on the president? Many people and all of Congress [are responsible]. [The blame] should be equally shared. -------------------------------------------- There you have it...the GOP Talking Points!
Sometimes I think the Pubs merely allowed the Dems to win in 06 so they too would be included in this mess.
Probably with one caveat: If we let you win...you MUST take Impeachment of the table!
Left of the Hill
· 1 year ago
I almost expected there to be a quote in there somewhere saying "I almost got an education and paid attention to the issues, but that's only for people who don't trust in God and George W. Bush to be the deciders."
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
This reminds me of a conversation I had with a former Bush administration employee who now lives in KC. I think he said he worked in the EPA department and was a young lawyer. We were sitting next to each other at the bar and our conversation evolved into him telling me how he just moved to KC after working for Bush for 4 years. (I think he expected me to be impressed- what an idiot!). I know better than to engage a moron, but he seemed otherwise normal and logical that I thought I would attempt to understand him so I brought up healthcare and used my Aunt, who has a family history of breast and cervical cancer, and how she lost her job of 15 years and with it, her insurance. She is terrified that she will suffer the same fate as her mother and 2 sisters and without insurance will have no fighting chance. Thinking this guy would be able to relate to a real person's fears and insecurities about the horrifically unfair healthcare system, he very seriously retorted, "why should the majority pay for someone with defective DNA"? I just sat there, too stunned to respond. How do you deal with someone so heartless and immoral? A conversation on liberal values with a Republican is like trying to have a conversation with Satan on morals. They just have no capacity to relate to anything beyond their own experience.
Butch1
· 1 year ago
I imagine he will have an epiphany when his own genetics begin to fail himself. What an insensitive ass. His parents should have practiced "safe-sex" otherwise it wouldn't have led to this diseased cretin.
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
That is the most disgusting thing I have heard...since I read what Bloom said. I actually gasped when I read that.
DISGUSTING. Republicans = simply repugnant.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
In addition to just a completely heartless thing to say, he said it to me, the niece of this woman with defective DNA- whose DNA I SHARE! He looked right in my eye and said that without the slightest hint of humanity. I've never been told to eff-off in such a mean spirited, evil way. This guy truely believes Republicans are from a superior gene pool.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Hitlersque.
No surprise given Prescott Bush's adoration of the Nazis.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Hitleresque.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
and one last thing- before I ventured into liberal values and had the gall to ask about healthcare, he was working overtime to pick me up! I did manage a bit of payback. he got up to go to the restroom and I ordered myself another drink and a round for my friends on his tab. (No, I don't normally do that- ever. But, given my poor genes, it was bound to happen sooner or later! LOL
Butch1
· 1 year ago
Typical. She's a callus and unsympathetic witch who will always blame the victims of Bush's policies.
To people who are trying to survive working two or three jobs, she would still claim that if they worked a little harder they wouldn't be in this situation and it's their own damned fault they made the choices that got them into this mess.
I ask, " Who voted this bitch into office?" They need her like a poke in the eye. She should be shown the door and she should be made to do 400 hours of empathy training whilst she scrubs toilets. The word "humble" is not in her vocabulary.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
This whore did a lot of fucking and sucking to get where she is. And, I'd like to trade my SS for her income--bet she didn't have to work nearly as hard to earn it as most working Americans. They never do. I have more respect for a crack-smoking street walker than I do these types.
In China, this guy would have been dispatched by a 22 bullet on the steps on the courthouse for crimes against the people, not given a month to report to prison...
scytherius
· 1 year ago
Oh PLEASE have her speak and tout the wonders of George Bush. What I can't wait for is Bush himself speaking. Utterly AWESOME. lol Wonder if it's daily that McSame wishes he had joined the Dems all those years ago.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Just look what we will have to look forward to if McSame wins. He'll need to make sure LiarMan stands next to him whispering sweet nothings in his ears.
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
LiarMan...that's a good one.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Thanks Mel I like the things you are saying also. You have a good day.
barts
· 1 year ago
The GOP can smoke crack and shit on the American people, many will still vote for them.
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
Sorry to say you are right. Its all about the green ($). The repuks don't care about anybody else. Its me, myself, I and my family and f--k the rest. They live comfortable.
scytherius
· 1 year ago
Not sure that's true . . . I mean they DO care about the guy in the next stall. =)
Melanie_Denise
· 1 year ago
That made me smile.
vwcat
· 1 year ago
The perfect little Bushbot for the gop give their great leader a great send off. lol.
jr
· 1 year ago
authoritarian cultism is always in fashion in repub circles
All Comments
People like Ms. Bloom make me bitter.
Not everyone has the advantages of others and those advantages also do not guarantee success. When I see someone completely dismiss another's problems and trying to see them through self-colored lenses, it upsets me. How can you reach this person? I've been able to laugh it off or to question their views to understand...but I still don't understand. Life ain't fair. Stop pretending we live in a world of rainbows and butterflies.
And someone who is in a position of power, who claims to be from a party for the American people to say these things...angered me this morning and saddened me this afternoon.
But thanks for the words, y'all.
or services, so they are just as vulnerable as the rest of us. When the middle class is squeezed out, the only business that will be growing is Wal*Mart. Your sister needs to thinks a tad more long term. Hope she hasn't gotten too attached to her lavish lifestyle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM
(Are you listening Nancy?)
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm
: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02detain.h...
"Good grief. That’s ridiculous," she said. "How can people blame the current situation entirely on the president? Many people and all of Congress [are responsible]. [The blame] should be equally shared.
--------------------------------------------
There you have it...the GOP Talking Points!
Sometimes I think the Pubs merely allowed the Dems to win in 06 so they too would be included in this mess.
Probably with one caveat:
If we let you win...you MUST take Impeachment of the table!
DISGUSTING. Republicans = simply repugnant.
No surprise given Prescott Bush's adoration of the Nazis.
To people who are trying to survive working two or three jobs, she would still claim that if they worked a little harder they wouldn't be in this situation and it's their own damned fault they made the choices that got them into this mess.
I ask, " Who voted this bitch into office?" They need her like a poke in the eye. She should be shown the door and she should be made to do 400 hours of empathy training whilst she scrubs toilets. The word "humble" is not in her vocabulary.
Here's another example: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/fugitive-hedge-fun...
In China, this guy would have been dispatched by a 22 bullet on the steps on the courthouse for crimes against the people, not given a month to report to prison...