Tea Party Senate candidate dabbled in witchcraft

[Conan71]

O'Donnell weighs much more than a duck and is therefore not made of wood....

And she doen't think chopping wood is appropriate.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Wouldn't mind having some of what Conan is smoking from time to time...must be really good s***!!!
He is talking about Baby Bush right down the line, then calling him a Democrat!  Everybody knows Baby Bush wasn't a Democrat.

Except Conan.

[Conan71]

Wouldn't mind having some of what Conan is smoking from time to time...must be really good s***!!!
He is talking about Baby Bush right down the line, then calling him a Democrat!  Everybody knows Baby Bush wasn't a Democrat.

Except Conan.

He spent like one on a good cocaine binge.

[Hoss]

He spent like one on a good cocaine binge.

Agreed.  Not sure why most of the MS Republicans didn't call Bush Jr. a RINO.

[Gaspar]

Agreed.  Not sure why most of the MS Republicans didn't call Bush Jr. a RINO.

I think many hoped he would be his daddy, and many hoped his daddy would be Reagan.  You're right though, he was no better than a Democrat.

I heard a funny analogy a couple of days ago.
If you have a friend who is irresponsible with money, and that friend tells you he's gotten himself into some serious debt.  Do you advise him to cut his spending, or do you tell him to spend even more, and ask his boss for a raise?

[guido911]

I heard a funny analogy a couple of days ago.
If you have a friend who is irresponsible with money, and that friend tells you he's gotten himself into some serious debt.  Do you advise him to cut his spending, or do you tell him to spend even more, and ask his boss for a raise?

Nails it.

[nathanm]

If you have a friend who is irresponsible with money, and that friend tells you he's gotten himself into some serious debt.  Do you advise him to cut his spending, or do you tell him to spend even more, and ask his boss for a raise?

Macro is not micro, and fortunes (and empires) have been lost by losing sight of that fact.

[Conan71]

Macro is not micro, and fortunes (and empires) have been lost by losing sight of that fact.

[RecycleMichael]

The republicans really want to win this Senate seat and felt very confident against a shaky democrat in Chris Coons. But unfortunately, the republican primary winner Christine O'Donnell  hasn't seemed to magically appeal to the rest of the state's voters.

Polling out last Wednesday showed O'Donnell behind 53% to 35% with 12% undecided.

[Red Arrow]

If you have a friend who is irresponsible with money, and that friend tells you he's gotten himself into some serious debt.  Do you advise him to cut his spending, or do you tell him to spend even more, and ask his boss for a raise?

I hate to say it but in today's world, spend more.  Don't worry about the raise.  If you are only in a little trouble, everyone will expect you to make good on your debt.  If you are in big time debt, there are programs to help and creditors will take something rather than risk getting nothing.  Spend now. After you settle you will be expected to pay again.

[Gaspar]

I hate to say it but in today's world, spend more.  Don't worry about the raise.  If you are only in a little trouble, everyone will expect you to make good on your debt.  If you are in big time debt, there are programs to help and creditors will take something rather than risk getting nothing.  Spend now. After you settle you will be expected to pay again.

Vegas Economics. . .Let it roll!

[nathanm]

Conan, I didn't realize you were that good looking.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Amazing how many are still so delusional about who the big spending/big debt people are!  It is much more denial than that river in Egypt!  (Clue for the clueless; it ain't the Democrats!)

Especially when reality is such an easy click away!

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

[Conan71]

Conan, I didn't realize you were that good looking.

That's not me, but we do look a lot alike, from the waist down, I assume.

[Gaspar]

Take a look at these figures:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431404575067350881049536.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion

When the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, the debt held by the public was 36.2% of GDP. It rose to 40.2% the next year. This year it will be about 63.6%, next year 68.6%, then 77% of GDP in 2020. And the Obama administration's budget estimates 218% in 2050.

The deficit in 2007 was $160 billion. In the next year the Pelosi-Reid Congress took it up to $458 billion, and when President Obama came into office in 2009 it hit $1.4 trillion. The current 2010 projected deficit is $1.6 trillion, which will lead to a tripling of our national debt from 2008 to 2020.

If Obama had simply kept Bush's spending policies in place, federal deficits over the next eight years would be 60 percent lower. In 2018, we'd have a deficit of just $188 billion, instead of the projected $996 billion under Obama's budget.