The Republicans are proving, once again, that snake oil can be a profitable enterprise with a sizeable portion of the American public.

Undereducated and overconsumed, Americans are looking for cures for disease brought on by years of Republican control in the White House, the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court.

Instead of offering cures for the sickness they caused, Republicans instead offer up a mob of TV and radio personalities using every lie and innuendo in the book to convince America that Obama is leading us into socialism and communism.

Like "Engine Rebuild In A Can", much of the public is buying it and the world is laughing at us.

The Republican Party is a toothless relic depending upon media blowhards to carry its' weak message.

A proper subject for satire indeed.

Anything Fox News presents should be viewed for what it is, a Republican bias.

Try NPR or PBS for the most balanced reporting available today.

of Republicanism. Like a fart in the wind, the GOP stampedes intself into obscurity.

Unfortunately for John Boehner, the emerging generation of American voters shares very little with the "Deep South" and Rush Limbaugh mentality of the GOP.

Her ability to grab headlines is just plain miraculous.

that matches the "social engineering" by the Democrats. Social Security, Medicare, the EPA, OSHA were fought against by the Republicans. Thank God they lost those battles.

I'm sure many more similar accomplishments have been made and Kennedy was instrumental in their passage.

Republicans' belief that profit trumps people is evident in their fight against ANY meaningful healthcare reform. They employ propagandists to distort the facts and present them as news.

They are the Party of yesterday.

and listening to Glenn Beck is a serious cause of depression.

I see a corollary between Fox/Beck ratings and mental illness.

You are absolutely correct. If the Dems can't get healthcare reform passed they will have failed as a viable Party in spite of the majority of Americans voting Democratic.

The penalty for failure here will be severe indeed.

I will not get on an airplane. I hate the damn things for being too crowded and a miserable way to travel.

I pity those that must travel by air.

It'd reduce costs and Republicans can buy their healthcare in Iraq.

for lying. The Republican campaign against health care has brought out the worst garbage that the GOP can scrape up.

A list of the GOP lies, published in plain language, is sorely needed.

So, you've got yours and everyone else can go to hell?

Who do you think pays emergency room costs? You do, and it is not efficient because when someone requires ER treatment it is usually for a serious condition that may have been prevented with earlier, proper treatment.

Of course the Republicans have no problems in this regard.

They lie and cheat but they want to shove religion down our thoats.

It should be obvious to all by now that Dick is the most practiced liar in government.

While not on the scale of the Nazi atrocities and genocide, our use of torture crosses a line that should never be crossed.

In addition, will we ever see the final body count resulting from our unecessary, Cheney/Rumsfeld devised, invasion of Iraq?

Cheney says that "torture works". I suggest that is the beginning of the slippery slope that destroys civilized societies. Cheney also asserts that any investigation into his activities constitutes mere "politics".

Are we seeing the parallel with Nuremberg yet?

Serving in the US Army was a mentally destructive experience.

It was boring.

99% of the time was spent in formations, mess hall lines, foot locker inspections, more formations, psycho training, polishing anything that shines, cleaning living quarters, painting rocks, lining up the rocks, raking dirt, butt patrols, washing vehicles, guard duty, KP, cleaning weapons, and none of these would be a very marketable video game.

A very, very small percentage of military life involves actual combat and that is limited to an even smaller percentage of the military population.

It is a short hop from using sleep deprivation, stress positions, waterboarding, in the name of "saving thousands of lives" to using those, and harsher, techniques against people suspected of all sorts of crimes.

It is a bright line that we cross at our peril because it puts us in an unwitting partnership with the worst despots in the world.

The irony is that the old promise of "push button warfare" has morphed into video games while the real deal is still being fought on the ground with hand grenades,flame-throwers, rifles and pistols.

Gosh, I remember the "Silent Majority" from ancient US history. Wasn't that a slogan dreamed up by Richard Nixon to bolster his effort to end the Vietnam War?

Both Cheneys have asserted that "enhanced interrogation" has prevented further terrorist attacks on the US thereby saving thousands of lives, but NOT ONE EXAMPLE HAS BEEN CITED.

How gullible does one have to be in order to assign any credibility to these liars?

Anything that the Republicans do must meet their first objective which is to keep the richest folks happy. These people are the life-blood of the GOP.

So it goes without saying that any social reforms must protect the interests of the money class. Failing that, the program is assigned to the wastebasket.

The Republicans apopleptic reaction to the enaction of the Social Security Program must have sent many of them into cardiac arrest. And now, years later, any politician seriously proposing Social Security "reform" is facing certain defeat.

This is being played out again with healthcare reform and I predict the same result. The GOP cannot slogan its way out of this one.

The GOP isn't noted for its brain power. It is, however, noted for its persistence and persistence gives great comfort to the mindless.

"Kenya and Indonesia, hmmm, what have THEY got that the CIA was interested in?"

Forged birth certificates?