• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

No one could have predicted…

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

Mobile Menu

  • Seattle Meet-up Post
  • 2025 Activism
  • Targeted Political Fundraising
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2025 Activism
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Politics / Republican Stupidity / I bet he’s against it

I bet he’s against it

by Tim F|  November 1, 20111:20 pm| 34 Comments

This post is in: Republican Stupidity

FacebookTweetEmail

Romney to give a major spending spending policy speech at Americans for Prosperity, the Koch policy mill that tries less hard to pretend it is not a rightwing freakshow.

Also: lower taxes. Because deficit.

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « House Will Vote to Affirm “In God We Trust” as National Motto
Next Post: Ann Coulter on Cain: “Our Blacks Are Better Than Their Blacks” [updated w/ video] »

Reader Interactions

34Comments

  1. 1.

    Brachiator

    November 1, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    Romney to give a major spending spending policy speech at Americans for Prosperity.

    Presumably, he won’t come across as a rambling drunk, the way that Perry did recently.

    But maybe, like Cain, he will finish the speech with a song.

  2. 2.

    jonas

    November 1, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Don’t forget that unemployment would be 4% if it weren’t for all the overregulation and uncertainty about higher taxes under Obama that have business owners crying themselves to sleep every night.

  3. 3.

    lonesomerobot

    November 1, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    your first sentence needs a spending cut. bet you put the extra one in there just to give conservatives something to do.

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    November 1, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    @Brachiator:
    I can’t help but wonder, what song would Mitt Romney choose to sing? A Mormon hymn? One of the Nat King Cole hits that Donny Osmond used to cover when he was the 1970s’ Justin Bieber?

  5. 5.

    JPL

    November 1, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Tax breaks create jobs
    Spending cuts create jobs
    Deregulation makes Mitts magic undies tight.
    Maybe I can get a gig on Fox News…

  6. 6.

    dmsilev

    November 1, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    He’s against it now, sure. But what about next week? Where was he last month?

    (nb: answers are independent of the specific value of ‘it’)

  7. 7.

    lonesomerobot

    November 1, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    @Amir Khalid: how much for that doggie on the luggage rack?

  8. 8.

    Jewish Steel

    November 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    @Amir Khalid: He connects with other LDS by traveling with his own Tabernacle Choir. Now who’s the racist!?

  9. 9.

    Yevgraf

    November 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    @jonas:

    Don’t forget that unemployment would be 4% if it weren’t for all the overregulation and uncertainty about higher taxes under Obama that have hard-working, bootstrapping, strong-willed, white patriotic ‘Murka loving business owners crying themselves to sleep sobbing in desperation every night.

    Fixted it for you.

  10. 10.

    Warren Terra

    November 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Romney to give a major spending spending policy speech at Americans for Prosperity

    I like the way the Wingers use “Prosperity” as a code word. The group that illegally funded The Hermancain’s campaign for its first couple of months was called “Prosperity USA”.

  11. 11.

    trollhattan

    November 1, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Except for Pentagon spending, which is awesome, because it is awesome. “America, f*#k yeah!”

    Also, too, let’s be certain about ending economic uncertainty so everybody in Galt’s Gulch can come out for a beer run.

  12. 12.

    Certified Mutant Enemy

    November 1, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    I bet he’s against it

    Unless it’s military spending. Romney wants to increase military spending because, deficits will no longer matter when a Republican is President…

  13. 13.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 1, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    I’m thinking “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road”, myself. Except in Mitt’s case, it’s a live but distressed dog on the roof of his station wagon.

    The stinking to high heaven part is the same, though…

  14. 14.

    trollhattan

    November 1, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    This seems interesting.

    http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/01/316040/romney-solamere-ponzi/

    Is a Ponzi scheme actually private sector economic stimulus?

  15. 15.

    Mark K

    November 1, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    If your title had been “Dog Pees on Tree”, I would have found that just as interesting.

    Not to single you out but my God, I’m sick of hearing about Republican POTUS candidates. Even on MSNBC, its all they ever talk about. WHO CARES. We need to direct our attention to things like OWS or fighting the anti-labor laws or even marijuana legalization. There is nothing any of us can do about who the Republican loser is gonna be….which is Romney btw. He has no chance to win (I live in Macon, Ga. right now and they would rather vote for anybody but a Mormon) but the etablishment thinks he’ll pull in some Senate victories.

    We need to fight state by state. Who cares what this loser says/does.

  16. 16.

    AA+ Bonds

    November 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    Kochs, Kochs, Kochs.

    The shady “non-profit” that illegally funneled money to Cain’s campaign and then conveniently disappeared without collecting on the debts? Prosperity USA, another Koch front.

    This organization took in less than $70,000 and spent less than $60,000 – until a mysterious donor threw $150,000 their way, incredibly conveniently for Cain’s campaign.

    Honestly, if the Republicans didn’t appear so intent on hamstringing each other, I might even entertain the idea of Rove-Koch coordination to push Cain (as someone who’ll never win the nomination) and hurt Perry (or whoever they thought the real unelectable challenge to Romney was at the time).

    I suppose it’s still possible if unlikely that Rove baited the Kochs into such a scheme and then turned around and put the whammy on Cain when he started to beat Romney in the polls.

    But most likely, there’s nothing here but serendipity favoring Obama.

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    November 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    OT: Must get to SAM sometime soon!

    :: pokes the Seattle crowd ::

  18. 18.

    Regnad Kcin

    November 1, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    I don’t care what you have to say
    It makes no difference anyway;
    Whatever it is, I’m against it!

  19. 19.

    Paul in KY

    November 1, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    @Amir Khalid: He’s more an Irving Berlin kind of guy.

  20. 20.

    MikeJ

    November 1, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    @Yutsano: Say when. I haven’t been since the Picasso show.

  21. 21.

    cleek

    November 1, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    @Amir Khalid:
    Who Let The Dogs Out

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwwAaVmnf4

  22. 22.

    Zifnab

    November 1, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    I bet he’s against it

    Today, sure. Tomorrow? Who knows.

  23. 23.

    Jewish Steel

    November 1, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    @Yutsano: I saw the Picasso show there last year. It was dynamite.

  24. 24.

    Carnacki

    November 1, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    It really doesn’t matter what Romney says there. His views will change to appeal to the next group he speaks to anyway.

  25. 25.

    Suffern ACE

    November 1, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    He’s definitely 100% forgainst ethanol subsidies when he’s in Iowa.

  26. 26.

    Chris T.

    November 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    I like to call them “Americans for Billionaires’ Prosperity”…

  27. 27.

    amk

    November 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    ‘herb’ cain is the only candidate whose Positive Intensity Score has increased in comparison to Gallup’s initial measurement earlier this year. In fact, each of the eight candidates Gallup tracks began with scores in the double digits, but now only three remain in that range.

    Great to see fucking perry ‘leading from behind’.

    What assholes all.

  28. 28.

    Turgidson

    November 1, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    I bet he’s against for for against for it.

    Fixed your title for you.

  29. 29.

    BGinCHI

    November 1, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Romney already knows why he’s against what he’ll propose today. He’s already walking back the walk before he walks it. He’s got the 114 on the 411 before he even dials.

    He’s the magic man.

  30. 30.

    kd bart

    November 1, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    Here’s Romney’s speech/song number.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v3etuIw-aM

  31. 31.

    Calouste

    November 1, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    @Warren Terra:

    Just like “Freedom”.

    What did Orwell say again?

    War is Peace
    Freedom is Slavery
    Ignorance is Strength
    Prosperity is Poverty
    ?

  32. 32.

    Served

    November 1, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    I know it would require someone to be an actual journalist, but how has no one ever directly asked a Republican how many jobs Tax Break A will create? Why don’t the Republicans get a “pledge” from the overlords that says “We will create xxx jobs for this tax break?” I mean, even if it’s a lie (it would be) they can always go back to the well of “IT WASN’T ENOUGH”

  33. 33.

    Betsy

    November 1, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    The common “Prosperity” thread in both orgs is the tobacco lobby.

    As detailed last week by Stolberg in the NYT, Cain was the head of the restaurant ass’n lobby. It was a front group for Big Tobacco (which has a hard time lobbying on its own behalf, for obvious reasons) and most of the policy goals the restaurant ass’n pushed were in fact aimed at public anti-smoking legislation.

    Americans for Prosperity is a creation of Dick Armey, longtime tobacco lobbyist par excellence. AFP specializes in astroturfing ops that use older, white, rural people as “grassroots” stooges for its corporate lobbying efforts.

    Someone really needs to sniff all this out and write a nice article drawing the links between all these orgs.

  34. 34.

    ABL

    November 1, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    Also: lower taxes. Because deficit.

    this made me snicker.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

On The Road - BarcaChicago  - Off the Gunflint Trail/Boundary Waters 6
Image by BarcaChicago (7/7/25)

World Central Kitchen

Donate

Recent Comments

  • Soprano2 on Tubas & Trombones for Peace (Open Thread) (Jul 8, 2025 @ 11:25am)
  • opiejeanne on Tubas & Trombones for Peace (Open Thread) (Jul 8, 2025 @ 11:23am)
  • Miss Bianca on Late Night Open Thread: Elon’s Latest Public Tantrum (Jul 8, 2025 @ 11:23am)
  • JeanneT on Tubas & Trombones for Peace (Open Thread) (Jul 8, 2025 @ 11:21am)
  • opiejeanne on Tubas & Trombones for Peace (Open Thread) (Jul 8, 2025 @ 11:17am)

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
No Kings Protests June 14 2025

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)
Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Social Media

Balloon Juice
WaterGirl
TaMara
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
DougJ NYT Pitchbot
mistermix

Keeping Track

Legal Challenges (Lawfare)
Republicans Fleeing Town Halls (TPM)
21 Letters (to Borrow or Steal)
Search Donations from a Brand

Feeling Defeated?  If We Give Up, It's Game Over

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!