Democrats offer Change that Matters because we can no longer believe in the change they gave us in 2008.
By Ward Smythe | Thursday, September 16th, 2010 | PoliticsYesterday, we were in anticipation of Tim Kaine’s big announcement that was going to (and we quote), “excite Democrats across the country.”
Well, here it is:
Seriously, it’s a new logo and a new website (get yer own link). It’s no longer “Change we can believe in,” it’s “Change that Matters.”
We are not making this up.
Trust me, the change they gave us in 2008 still matters. In fact it matters so much that Democrats are running from the President’s policies all across the country.
So Tim Kaine calls in HGTV’s “Design on a Dime” to give the Party a makeover. I think he should ask for his dime back.
Please DNC, whatever you do, please don’t fire Tim Kaine.
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Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.
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23 Responses to "Democrats offer Change that Matters because we can no longer believe in the change they gave us in 2008."
D for DUHHHHH
OK, if voters are going to swing right in these mid terms, just what are Republicans going to do? Realize that the pendulum swings both ways. Democrats might not have all the answers, but when you achieve leadership positions you need to provide the leadership.
Are Republicans truly willing to face and take on the the yoke of leadership? Me thinks the Republican answer of providing tax cuts to the wealthy is not going to solve the unemployment problem in America either. It might solve unemployment in China, but not here in America.
Cut taxes on the wealthy in America and watch the wealthy in America invest in China.
@LittleDavid,
Democratic talking points are stupid, please come up with something original. Tax cuts for the wealthy is class warfare, a politician’s dream. Do you understand that $250K hits about every small business that employs more than three people.
It’s about time that we become Americans, rather than rich and poor; black and white or any of the other DNC/RNC talking points that drive a wedge in our society.
Little D,
I’m certainly skeptical about what the Republcians currently in Washington can do. But for the last 20 months, we’ve seen what the Democrats can(‘t) do. Not to mention their 24 months control of Congress before that. Personally, I’d like to fire the lot and start all over.
But c’mon, making a major announcement that’s supposed to thrill your party base and it turns out to be nothing more than a cheesy photoshop and some html skills?
the American people are pushing for a repeal of Obamacare. Unless & until there are enough Congressmen to override Bambi’s veto, that will not happen. However, Sen. Hurt & other Republicans have said that if they can’t repeal Obamacare, they’ll start defunding it.
I think the “defunding” bug is catching on among Republicans. They are eyeing other programs to defund. And the rabble-rousing constituency will demand it.
so maybe Tim Kaine put the big “D” on the logo for “defund”.
Clearly, thinking americans cannot fathom a return to the policies of the past administration that did everything for high net worth individuals yet actually depressed conditions for the middle class and caused the great recession from which we are just now recovering. And that is exactly what voters will get if we go back to these policies. But fear, derision, swift boating, and obstructionism have worked so far, so we must expect that will continue unless something changes. The election of radical candidates to represent the GOP may just be the turning poiint.
Mike,
We would have 47% unemployment if it weren’t for the stimulus right??
Was it an overly “blame-bush” morning at the huffington post? Keep trying, A for effort.
Doe anyone think that the new symbol looks suspiciously like a bullseye? Hell, most of the party was proverbially wearing it on their backs before Tim Kaine’s big announcement.
Keep digging that hole, keep digging.
No Scott, the CBO study revealed that without the TARP and Stimulus, imperfect as they were, that the unemployment rate would be double what it is today. Say 20% instead of 10%. In other words, one out of five Americans would be unemployed. Of course, Boehner and Cantor’s country club friends would still be doing just fine, drinking their fine wine and cheese at the Club comparing notes on how cheap labor has become. Sure, now rage is directed at those in charge, even though we are in recovery and the economy is growing. To put the red fox back in charge of the hen house again is absurd, even if he has a great tan he got playing golf with his cronies.
Mike,
So the policies of the previous administartion actually were good?
No Scott, the vodoo economics that led to the fiscal chaos were predictable and terrible; just ask Main Street and Wall Street. The TARP, while imperfectly administered, probably was necessary. Of course, the Stimulus of the current administration, again, as imperfect as it was, in combination with TARP, stopped impending collapse and put us on the road to recovery. Plenty of blame to go around in the recovery, but not the cause of the fiscal emergency; that rests squarely on the policies of the Bush administration and their allies in Congress.
Worst looking logo ever.
You bash the man who implemented the policy, that you say was necessary… for his policy?
Where do you think Dodd and Frank fit into that problem?
The Bush administration is solely responsible for turning the budget surpluses of the Clinton Administration into deficits for Bush, and for starting the mounting federal debt into the stratosphere. Their policies caused the irrational exhuberance with borrowed money, lax regulation, and fighting two wars without paying for them. Their actions caused the world wide financial collapse and their policies required TARP, Stimulus, and recovery. To put their team back in control? Have we gone mad?
So the lessening of regulations on mortgage lenders under Clinton was Bush’ fault? We could play the blame game all day long.(you still never said anything about Dodd or Frank by the way).
I think there is plenty of incrimination to go around but you and Obama refuse to realize it’s your problem here and now… Bush was a popular punching bag in 08, but two years in politics is a lifetime.
I honestly believe that your only solution to an issue is to raise taxes to solve it, or spend money we don’t have to fix it. That will not work now.
Is that a logo or a grade?
Brian! best post! “is that a logo or a grade?”
woooohoooo
I tire of hearing these people talk of a “surplus” under Clinton. Two answers could be given, the second more correct than the first:
1. Clinton moved so far to the right after the 1994 elections he became ambidextrous. The GOP Congress forced fiscal discipline on him and he is considered a moderate compared to the city bumpkin NOW in the White House, he of whom Clinton is so jealous.
2. How the hell can anybody claim a “surplus” when the Social Security Trust Fund coffers were filled with worthless IOU’s? It is budgetary and accounting gimmickery and it means nothing. In addition, was the national debt eliminated under Clinton’s occupancy? NO! If not, THERE IS NO SURPLUS!
Nobody has said it yet, so I’ll have to do it – “D” is for Dumb, as in dumbasses (get it, donkey?).
Well, if you don’t know the difference between the national debt and a deficit from year to year, you are not qualified to post. Clinton and Congress eliminated yearly deficits and reduced the national debt. Contrast that with Bush who cut taxes, created deficits every year, raised the national debt, fought two wars off budget, deregulated banks and Wall Street, and caused the greatest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. And tea party members want to put the same guys back in charge? Frankly, that is absolute madness.
I know the difference, Michael D. Barret, but it is a difference without a distinction in the greater scheme of things.
Glad to see one of you D’s giving “credit” where credit is due – you are the first I have heard credit the GOP Congress with the so-called surplus.
I could care less who calls it a surplus. If I have $500,000 in debt hanging over my head with no way to pay it, and yet I have a balanced checkbook each month only because I am not paying on the half-million, no one should brag on my great financial shape.
Neither the GOP nor the D’s can claim any manner of fiscal discipline, and under the current D administration, the debt and deficits are skyrocketing, seeming at Chief D’s mortal pleasure.
You will not find many conservatives claiming W. Bush was a budget hawk, but for you D’s to try to assail him on that is like Stalin complaining to the 9/11 terrorists that they killed too many. Pot calling kettle black doesn’t do the idiocy any justice.
Your so-called regulation of banks and Wall Street really helped us this time, didn’t it? Helped us 1929, too. Regulation helped stop Madoff, also. Your type’s call for more regulation everytime someone gets pooh on their hands because it makes you feel like you are calling for real solutions when in fact you are increasing the size of a bankrupt and corrupt government that spent almost $2 million per so-called stimulus job in Los Angeles. See:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/16/los-angeles-official-disappointed-city-used-stimulus-funds/
Your Keynesio-Marxists policies fail everytime. Just ask Fidel. At least the GOP is stating the right things, and at least many of them have records to prove the seriousness of their rhetoric. The best your latecomers to the tea party can do is run from their own votes and plea for Nanny Pelosi to hide under a rock for the rest of the campaign and promise she’ll stay there.
Why, oh why, can it not be 2012 in stead of 2010. O would have to join the soup kitchen lines he created Chicago.
Nopse: Well, do you believe Bob McDonnell when he said the state had a “surplus” in FY 2010? If not, then you can criticize the Clinton claim.
McDonnell’s supposed surplus was built at least in part on budgetary shenanigans with the state contributions to the state employee retirement system, to the tune of some $600 million, which was used to push the numbers toward a balanced budget.
As I understand it, the money is still owed, with interest. This is true voodoo economics, not that which Reagan did. GOP and D’s engage in this type trickery that is dishonest, and I hope the tea partiers across the country know it and hold these people accountable for it.
As I see it, the people of Virginia, being so sickened by what they saw in Washington and in Creigh Deeds sucking up to The One, would have elected Larry the Cable Guy if he ran under the GOP flag.
The elections in 2009 in Virginia and elsewhere and early 2010 in Massachusetts were against Washington and the liberal policies supported from the nations capitol to state capitols across the country, and not necessarily a vote of support in the GOP. No one thought Scott Brown would be a conservative stalwart, but he was the undemocrat, and he was supported by pro-life, ultra-conservative folks like me just to send a message to O and his cronies in Congress. McDonnell needs to drop the idea we are so enamored with him that he cannot get the boot as well.
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