The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

[cindykimlisa]

Re: The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

[QUOTE=verdo;293101]I'm sorry but, whether you agree or disagree with the president/prime minister of your country is one thing, but for hells sake...what kind of crap is this? One cannot debate policy with your elected leader at home without having to send open letters to your enemies abroad? Last i checked, Iran was a de facto enemy of the USA. You don't go making memos to foreign leaders like this in the middle of negotiations. Debate with your leaders at home, in the congressional chambers, but the memo was unnecessary. Even if you disagree with Obama's move here, this memo does nothing but make your country look like a divided mess, nor does it help tensions between the USA and Iran in any way. No one needs "reminding" of what a next administration might do to these negotiations...i mean we don't all live under a rock. I just can't fathom what good a letter like this does for relations or the image of the country

Huffington Post




How could this possibly be more ridiculous than George Bush invading Iraq looking for WMD and trillions later not finding any?

[flintlock]

Re: The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

Neither side wants to play by the rules anymore. King Obama rules by decree so the GOP feels they can do as they like. An American "Barons War" in the making.

[LorenS]

Re: The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

I'd prefer Iran not to have nukes as well, but I think this "letter" from the GOP looks bad. As Yoda would say, do or do not, there is no try. The GOP needs to focus on doing what they can. In 2016 they won't be able to run "against Obama".

These guys remind me of the "boneless chicken ranch":

http://www.madedition.com/funny-pict...ranch-far-side

[astonas]

Re: The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

Let's be clear. This letter represents the necessarily uninformed opinion of people who want to open the pockets of Sheldon Adelson and like-minded donors before their next campaign by actively sabotaging United States nonproliferation interests in the Middle East, from a position of total ignorance of the necessary facts.

A few more details about the money path involved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/op...RecEngine&_r=0

Israel has much stricter laws on individuals donating to political campaigns, so Adelson got around that in 2007 by founding a free, giveaway newspaper in Israel — Israel Hayom — whose sole purpose is to back Netanyahu, attack his enemies in politics and the media, and enforce a far-right political agenda to prevent any Israeli territorial compromise on the West Bank (which, in time, could undermine Israel as a Jewish democracy).
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At this same conference Adelson was quoted as saying that Israel would not be able to survive as a democracy: “So Israel won’t be a democratic state,” he added. “So what?”

When the mission of big donors - by self admission - includes destroying democracy itself, the need for exclusively publicly funded elections should be self-evident, right?

*sigh* If only.

[dcarrigg]

Re: The most ridiculous thing I've seen the GOP do in my lifetime

A few more details about the money path involved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/op...RecEngine&_r=0



When the mission of big donors - by self admission - includes destroying democracy itself, the need for exclusively publicly funded elections should be self-evident, right?

*sigh* If only.

Good catch on the Sheldon quote! It reminds me of Peter Thiel: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."

When the nobility - err - billionaire class - starts donating millions to politicians while publicly saying they want to destroy democracy, maybe it's time to take them at their word.