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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Rendell: GOP "Being Taken Over By Wackos"

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine came to the University of Pennsylvania this afternoon hoping to fire up the generation of new voters who elected President Obama two years ago, ahead of the Nov. 2 mid-term elections.  But Gov. Rendell nearly stole the show while introducing Kaine to a room of about 150 students and organized labor members when he claimed the Republican Party is being taken over by "wackos."

As proof, Rendell cited a Republican push to hold hearings on the section of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that grants citizenship to people born in this country, continuing doubts among the party's voters that Obama was born in this country and claims from GOP officials that laid-off workers would rather stay on unemployment than take new jobs.

“It’s the party that’s slowly but surely being taken over by wackos," Rendell said, drawing laughter and cheers from the crowd. "“We’re going to turn the reins of Congress over to the people who are more and more dominated by the wacko wing? Of course not. So we have a lot to sell. We haven’t done a good job selling it."

Rendell and Kaine argued that federal stimulus spending criticized by the GOP to attack Democratic candidates has created and saved jobs in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country.  Rendell accused Republicans of wanting the economy to continue faltering.  "They want to use it as an election issue all the way up to 2012," Rendell said. "That’s destructive. It’s unfair. And frankly, it’s outrageous."
Posted by Chris Brennan @ 3:11 PM  Permalink | 73 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:41 PM, 09/08/2010
    ... and what are the democrats turning into, the party of whiners?
    — junethe4th
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:47 PM, 09/08/2010
    better a whiner than a flat-earth lunatic who hates America (and of course the tea party does hate america, that's why they want to rewrite the constitution and why they're always complaining about how awful america is and how they need to "restore" the country).
    — brendancalling
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:48 PM, 09/08/2010
    Wow, all the things Rendell noted as being "wacko" are exactly the problems I have with the Dems inaction except the Obama being born in the US part. If you want to look at Wacko, take a look at Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangle, Maxine Waters and Barney Frank..and throw in AlGore for good measure, oh, and how about Harry Reed ..the list goes on. I actually like Rendell, but when he talks on a national scale, he talks "stupidly".
    — jphil
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:00 PM, 09/08/2010
    rewrite the constitution? Um...that's what the amendment process is for. You do realize we only had 10 amendments back when the constitution was written.
    — palmyra21
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:00 PM, 09/08/2010
    brendan, did you go off your meds? Explain how the tea party hates America? What do they want to change in the Constitution? What was said that leaves you to say the tea party complains about how awful America is? Before you start spouting off be sure you know what you are talking about.
    — junethe4th
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:09 PM, 09/08/2010
    How's your former city doing being run by the party of non-wackos, Eddie?
    — Echo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:17 PM, 09/08/2010
    "So we have a lot to sell." Ed, are you kidding? We are paying attention here. President Urkel spent time "selling" Unhealthcare that few people wanted and jobs were lost. This unholy alliance of government unions and Democrat politics is heading for a disaster. Oh, and thanks for DROP. I vote we dissolve the current government of Philadelphia and start over, without government unions, DROP, etc.
    — tomj139
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:26 PM, 09/08/2010
    Poor Ed Rendell, in the twilight of his career, losing power, grasping at straws to prevent the inevitible GOP takeover. Time to sit in the rocking chair Eddy.
    — #1withabullet
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:29 PM, 09/08/2010
    Wacko solutions from both parties. As the American "vision" has been replaced with greed and power. Time to tip the scale backwards.
    — Clark_Kent_SuperHero
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:35 PM, 09/08/2010
    Political discussions are becoming more and more banal and irrelevant. It's the de-braining of America.
    — SirEdward
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:37 PM, 09/08/2010
    "So we have a lot to sell. We haven’t done a good job selling it." - Sorry Eddie. To sell something you need a buyer and we're not buying what you're selling. "We haven’t done a good job selling it." - Oh, my sides.
    — PhillyTru
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:48 PM, 09/08/2010
    The debraining of America began when republicans took over Terry Schiavo's private medical tragedy and turned her into a fundamentalist bible thumping prayer vigil in the US Senate. Apparently the metaphysical is all the republicans can find the time to vote on, because they have been on strike since a Black man took over power in the White House. Using the organized labor tactic of the general strike, with one difference, the republicans who refuse to do work in Washington are still cashing paychecks that come from my tax dollars. Thanks for nothing but filibustering BS. Why did you run for office in the first place? If you go to Washington DC to work, get something done other than say NO over and over again.
    — Fernando08
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:51 PM, 09/08/2010
    All true Gov, all true - of course the paid hacks and nut jobs are sure to blog on here otherwise.
    — SoundGround


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