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First of all, welcome to myLot, Rigel4! I hope you enjoy it here as much as I have for the five or so years I've been a member. Since your post is critical of the GOP I feel I should warn you that you'll get some flack from the mostly conservative Republican myLotters who post regularly in the "politics" interest, but please don't let them scare you away, they're actually quite harmless...lol! I agree totally with your last two sentences! Actually, I agree with your whole post. I've come to the conclusion that these guys will never learn. They're set in their views and nothing is going to change them and even if they lose dozens more seats and their House majority they'll STILL insist they're doing what "the American people" elected them to do. What happens when they no longer get elected...lol? Annie

Hi Annie ... I too agree with poster!! To your comment, Today's GOP (mostly white males) must, it appears, be obedient to their base ... keep women in the "cafeteria" or kitchen and make sure they're home to prepare dinner in time ... and, neatly toss out all those Boehner bottles!

If Republicans were blatantly keeping women and minorities and so and such deliberately out of the fold, it would be a legitimate and ongoing story and not the stuff of conspiracy. There would be actual evidence of people coming forward constantly saying that they are held back by these white males, and it wouldn't have to be assumed by looking at a photo. It wouldn't have to be called things like "covert" and supposedly just implied rather than found. Republican-haters can't have it both ways. These guys can't be both dumb, rich-catering racists and evil geniuses leaving no trail at the same time. If anyone's holding women and minorities back from joining up with Republicans, just ask people like Sarah Palin and Condoleeza Rice what they have to deal with. Yet another thing Republican-haters want both ways -- to berate women and minorities for being Republicans while simultaneously asking why there aren't more women and minority Republicans.

It sure is sad, Bluebell. And, no, I don't think unqualified people should be put in high positions simply for the sake of "diversity"; however, I certainly don't believe "the best" candidate for every position just happens to be a man. I can commiserate with you about your governor because mine in Pennsylvania is almost as bad! Annie

Bluebell, I sure feel your frustration! It seems that we liberals are "open game" when it comes to being insulted. I also get tired of being called an idiot and told I have a closed mind, both of which are far from the truth. I respect everyone's right to their opinion but I think I have the right to the same thing in return. Annie

You know, I totally find myself on this site getting more angrier when I personally get into political discussions. I quote one conservative neanderthal on here 'us liberals don't answer with facts, only rhetoric'. It's ok to have your own views on certain things, but, my problem is, (maybe I'm not the only one) is that when its a politician, albeit democrat, republican, independent have views on trying to make a change, it insults the others intelligence and they want to sit back and label them, call them names, etc. I guess, and yes, I'm a bleeding heart liberal, I'm passionate about my beliefs and there are others like me. So, when others out there & especially uninformed individuals (especially on this site...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!) who have no capacity of learning something other than from 'Hannity', Fox News, or deep in the backwoods, come with this idiotic nonsense about government, our president, or anyone trying to make a change, I get very passionate about it. So, thanks to you for your input & awesome feedback!

Excellent point about Bush. I know a lot of my friends on the right feel it's too late to continue to blame the bush policies for our current state of affairs but it really isn't, not by a long shot. The recession we're coming out of was the worst since the Great Depression and it's foolish to think we could have gotten out of it entirely in four years or less. We were losing nearly 800,000 jobs per month and that can't be made up overnight! To get back to the main topic here, it's laughable how the party that fought back so vigorously against charges of waging a "war on women" wouldn't realize how ridiculous it would be to totally shut women out of leadership positions on nearly all their committees. Boehner had to place his token woman in a committee she hadn't even previously been on in order to let her chair it but there were numerous women on the other 19 committees who could have been chosen. It's more than clear that all we're in for from the GOP is more of the same old same old. Annie

I am not really an expert on your politics, but I do not thin the party of presidency candidate has anything to do with his party. Romney was just a horrible conservative choice, in my opinion.

'It's okay for every "group" to group, unless it's white males. Then it's obvious racism.' Well said! A 'Black Caucus' is (by definition) racist. I find it offensive that Obama is classified as 'black' when he is very clearly of mixed race and quite definitely American in upbringing, education and culture!

Let's just say I HOPE it's just you but I'm sure it's not. Since I realize this is meant to be a dig against the Congressional Black Caucus I'll just say this - I'd find THAT offensive if Congress had been led by black members since its inception. But THAT'S just me... Annie

I certainly understand. It's okay for every "group" to group, unless it's white males. Then it's obvious racism.

They've been saying it themselves, over and over again; they want to "take our country back", presumably to the middle ages! Annie

LOL. I like that one. Yes I agree. What kin of world would it be if we are stupid again? Not such a good one I am sure. We live in a computer world today. I personally love technology so for me it is wonderful. But we do have to move forward. There is no other way to go.

Actually, I think you're referring to Anthony Weiner who is no longer in Congress and is a Democrat. Annie

Looks like him... Didn't recognise him with his clothes on

Wow. So tell me, suspenseful, what is it that us blacks are suppose to realize he's not working for us?! Would it have been better to have voted for the other guy? The other guy that wanted to get rid of Planned Parenthood, where nearly 90% of women (white, black, Latino, Asian, etc) rely on for getting affordable health care & not just abortions. Should we have voted for the other guy that wanted to make this country another viable money-making corporation and diverse as it could be? (That is, older, white gentlemen as the heads and us minorities doing what we do best....cleaning up and remaining on the bottom) Should we have voted for the other guy that ships our manufacturing jobs overseas? Very good observation. You're right. Maybe we should've voted for the other guy. What the hell was I thinking?!

Actually Planned Parenthood is for abortion and limiting your family. If you want to get help in other female things, you go to a gynocologist. You go to a hospital, there are free clinics that do not require one to have an abortion. And you could have voted Liberterian or Independant, but I feel you should not just vote for a guy because he is black. You should vote for someone who will work for your best interest and not just make it easier for some to have more babies out of wedlock because the rich will pay for them, for someone who is a Communist and why should it be all right for a black man to be an out and out socialist and not for a white man? You judge a man by his color, if he is black, then whatever he does is all right but if he were Spanish-American, Chinese-American, Native American, and the list goes on, well if he did the same thing as Obama, you would not accept that. And I do not want to see an America if the only race allowed to be president is black and all the other minorities do not have a chance.

Pergammano, of course you have every right to give your opinion on the sorry state of U.S. politics. Please don't let anyone here tell you otherwise! I tend to believe you're seeing the picture quite clearly regarding the American GOP. NOBODY could possibly be more elitist than Willard Mitt Romney...lol! Debbie, I don't know that I'd say there are a "bunch" of poor Republicans but I certainly realize there are some people who for some totally unknown reason not only vote against their own interests but vote FOR people who hold them in utter contempt. I won't pretend to understand it... I must admit I'm trying to recall the last time...or for that matter the FIRST time...I've ever heard the rich referred to as "evil". Granted, some have been called things like "greedy" or "out of touch" but that's only because they ARE. However, it's very interesting how you've just kind of made one of my points for me; you're absolutely right, there are many "rich" Democrats which means they're happy to vote against their own interests regarding taxes. Apparently they don't think an extra $40 per $1000 of the income over $250,000 would break them and they DO think the good of the country is more important than what would amount to change in their pockets. That brings up the question of WHY the Republicans are so against taxing the rich a tiny bit more when most of the rich are more than willing to BE taxed more! Then again, what do I know, right? After all, I'm just a stupid idiot liberal! Annie

I know a whole bunch of POOR republicans. Has NOTHING to do with MONEY, everything to do with what is valued.

http://newamericangazette.com/2011/01/top-20-richest-people-democrats/ From the, “you never hear about that from the media” file – Those “Evil, Rich People” that Democrats are always wailing about are actually – Democrats. While I don’t agree in referring to rich people as “Evil”, Democrats are often making such accusations. But what most people don’t realize is that the Top 3 “richest” people in the country are all Democrats. This list includes: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett & Larry Ellison are all Democrats. Together, they are worth $126 Billion Dollars. An analysis of the Top 20 Richest People in America (from Forbes Top 100) reveals that a full 60% are actually Democrats. Furthermore, if you look at it from a “family” point of view and not as individuals, that ratio widens even further to: 25% Republican / 75% Democrat.

I give up...exactly where did I quote Rachel Maddow, not that that would be a bad thing? Seriously, you're comparing Rachel to racist, sexist, homophobic pig Rush Limbaugh? Anyway, since YOU brought it up, doesn't it say something that out of 234 current GOP House members only 20 are women? Or that over 90% of Republicans are men? I don't know about you but I have a big problem with a party of mostly all men - never mind what race or color these men are - being "in charge". Annie

So Annie, how do we correct this dilema of men to women ratio in the congress? Take people's voting rights away and appoint women because it's just not fair that more men are elected than women? Please tell me I didn't wake up in Russia today. Please excuse the Rachal Maddow rant but her name was mentioned in the posted link and I go a little bonkers when I see anything having to do with the mad cow. Racist, sexist, homophobic pig, what a laugh!

Maybe someone needs to be easily amused as I am to pick up on these odd standards. Why aren't there more black hockey players proportional to the number of black athletes? I guess there are two schools on this. One: Hockey is racist. Two: Basketball and football are bigger parts of the culture and are bigger draws. I suppose if there were a shortage of hockey players to fill spots, leagues would directly cater to "groups" of people. But since there isn't, teams sign who's available. Is it a hockey team's fault that the overwhelming majority of minorities are drawn to other sports? According to progressive logic, yes. They should be doing more to increase diversity. To not do so is bigoted.

Did you read the post? Annie