Comments on: Democratic Response by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi

By: likwidshoe

likwidshoe — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:50:06 +0000

ken says, "It has long bugged the hell out me that starting with Reagan conservatives have always chosen borrowed money as the way to finance their tax cuts." You don't "finance" tax cuts. Unless you believe that the government owns the money to begin with. Simply put: tax cuts don't "cost" anything. And oftentimes a cut in tax rates will actually increase tax intake. Smaller taxed amounts + more economic activity = greater tax take. This has happened every time the federal government has cut tax rates.

By: LJD

LJD — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:16:21 +0000

"It's unclear why Pelosi was chosen..."
She's proven to have the venom the Dems are looking for.

By: John

John — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:11:47 +0000

Listening to the two--okay, I quit about 5 minutes into Pelosi's ramble--I had the distinct impression that somehow GW had gotten his hands on their speeches. Every "salient" point they made had already been addressed in the SOTU. They were left raising questions that had already been answered.

Guess they can't be trusted to go ad lib.

By: basil's blog

basil's blog — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:52:05 +0000

State Of The Onion
While not tyring to jump on the bandwagon, I do think it's appropriate to give my thoughts on the State of the Onion. I first discovered the Onion a few years back. It's always been a little left-leaning in its

By: The MUSC Tiger

The MUSC Tiger — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:40:39 +0000

SOTU
The Live Blogging:
The full text of the speech is right behind this link.

The President just heard some serious grumblings from the crowd when he announced that Social Security was in a bind...I believe that's the first time I've ever heard anyon...

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:26:48 +0000

Pelosi's delivery is not only slow, every word that has the sylable "it" gets emphasis: sek-ur-IT-ee and in-her-IT-ed. It's as if she is overpronouncing everything. Weird.

By: The Political Teen

The Political Teen — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:21:31 +0000

Responses
Did anyone else notice the obvious reading from the teleprompter from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Outside the Beltway did and so did Ankle Biting Pundits. Ankle Biting Pundits also has a great discussion going on. GOP Bloggers have some...

By: ken

ken — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:04:32 +0000

From Harry Reid's response: "Too many of the President's economic policies have left Americans and American companies struggling. And after we worked so hard to eliminate the deficit, his policies have added trillions to the debt - in effect, a `birth tax' of $36,000 on every child that is born." That strikes me as very significant. It has long bugged the hell out me that starting with Reagan conservatives have always chosen borrowed money as the way to finance their tax cuts. This means my child will eventually have to pay for their irresponsibility. And who will my child pay this money to? Mostly to foreigners.!!! The money, principle and interest, does not even go back into our own economy. It makes me absolutely furious. It's like a tax my child will be paying to the Chinese. And by the time he is grown and paying taxes to China, will China be a friend or foe?

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:59:35 +0000

STATE OF THE UNION: QUICK NOTES
President Bush threw a bone to fiscal conservatives in tonight's speech with these lines: America's prosperity requires restraining the spending appetite of the federal government. I welcome the bipartisan enthusiasm for spending discipline. So next ...

By: M. Murcek

M. Murcek — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:50:12 +0000

* channelling Homer Simpson * Donkey toast. Mmmmmmmm!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:32:09 +0000

Anyone considering running for president should stay far, far away from giving that rebuttal speech, regardless of party.

By: caltechgirl

caltechgirl — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:28:02 +0000

She needs to get off the Botox train.

Her rhetoric is also completely asinine. Brit Hume is now tearing the dems a new one as fairly as he can...

By: Leopold Stotch

Leopold Stotch — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:21:38 +0000

And can we call this a "response" in any way? It's like a bizarro SOTU address where the Democrats get to say what they would have said had we not rejected them in November.