New Obama Adviser Calls House Republicans A 'Cult Worthy Of Jonestown

[warrior1]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/new-obama-adviser-calls-house-republicans-a-cult-worthy-of-jonestown

Good for him.



Bringing on John Podesta to advise President Barack Obama is widely seen as a move meant to shake things up in the administration, but the White House probably didn't have this kind of start in mind.

In an interview with Politico published Wednesday, the former Bill Clinton chief of staff and founder of the Center for American Progress compared House Republicans with members of a cult that committed mass suicide in 1978.

“They need to focus on executive action given that they are facing a second term against a cult worthy of Jonestown in charge of one of the houses of Congress,” he said.

Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), reacted by calling Podesta a "class act."


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[L0oniX]

1. K & R

[JaneyVee]

2. I like him already.

[LonePirate]

7. Same here. Take the fight to those obstructionists and maniacs.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. While I like, ...

and share his opinion, just because you think something, doesn't mean you have to say it ... out loud ... to a media outlet that has been proven, less than sympathetic.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Like the media will suddenly go soft on Podesta (and therefore Obama)

just because a guy says some nice things?

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. My point was ...

Just because you think something, doesn't mean you have to speak your thoughts ... and if/when you do, it serves to be conscientious of one's audience. No need to GIVE an unsympathetic media a stick to whack you with!

[okaawhatever]

23. You know, if this wasn't his first statement publicly i'd probably agree, but i think he

was just drawing first blood. The Republicans have been tying everything Obama does to a much worse event to conjure up images of horrible things and often, to explain away Republican history. I don't know how many articles or quotes you'd find if you googled: "this is Nixonian" in reference to something the Obama White House did, "gestapo tactics", they use Chicago and corruption synonymously, worse than Watergate, Nixon was impeached for less, but best of all they accuse Obama and the liberals of all these things and we've replied that the tea party is a cult and that they need to stop drinking the kool-aid. The tea party and the neo-cons are a dangerous cult. Time someone called the on it. They've used historical references to conjure up an image much worse than reality for Obama's entire career. Time to turn the tables, and Jonestown is more similar to the cult-like mental following the tea party than Watergate or Nazi Germany is to what Obama's done.

[daleanime]

3. Gotta call 'em like you see 'em.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Guessing he'll be forced to resign by the end of the day.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Yep...

Just like Van Jones- speak the truth, get axed.

[Mass]

5. This was weeks ago and Podesta apologized to Boehner in a tweet

(To Boehner, not to the GOP).

[awoke_in_2003]

10. So he tweeted a twit...

. Oh, and I am sick of us always apologizing

[SoapBox]

17. OH super ditto to that!

Dems...talk about the "Party of Apologists"!

Never a spine.

Anybody think that the Pukes or TeaTerrorists would/will apologize for the years of lies and made up shit?

Not. Never.

[MyNameGoesHere]

8. Starring Señor Rafael Eduardo"Téodoro" Cruz

as Jim Jones in the new mini series, Drink Cool-aid and die. A CBS and 60 minutes sponsored program.

[SoapBox]

18. LOLOL

[Ganja Ninja]

9. Don't get my hopes up. n/t

[Puzzledtraveller]

11. yawn

[boomersense]

12. Yea, me too. nt

ddddddddd

[Coyotl]

14. Perfect analogy for a bunch of suicidal politicians.

They are destroying their own party and can't seem to stop themselves. It is lunacy because they are lunatics.

[another_liberal]

15. No one who actually works for a living in this country would disagree with Mr. Podesta's opinion.

I guess if he had called Republican House members, "Nazis, Communists, Traitors," and, "Terrorist-loving Usurpers," that would have been acceptable to Speaker Boehner's lackey?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. oh no no no...

If the president's new advisor called THE PRESIDENT and all democrats "Nazis, Communists, Traitors" and "Terrorist-loving Usurpers", THAT would have been acceptable to Boner's spokesliar.

[TeamPooka]

20. Bring it John!

[gussmith]

22. Why the Incivility?

President Obama, with the ACA and the NRA crisis, is in a downward spiral. Already his fifth year has a lower rating that GW Bush. He does not need a loudmouth Podesta to incite Washington further. Where are the diplomats, not the floor mats wallowing in all the crud?

[okaawhatever]

24. Diplomacy doesn't work with a party that uses the full faith and credit of the American

people as a hostage to get what they can't achieve through democracy and the use of the Constitution. I think the Republicans put everyone on notice when they shut the government down that we need to stop kidding ourselves about diplomacy and democracy. If you can't stop an intruder from harming you by talking to him, start swinging.

[TeamPooka]

25. Who the fuck are you to say President Obama is in a downward spiral? That's a Fox News talking point

The problem is we haven't had enough Dems calling the GOP out on their bullshit the last 5 years and you want to be the one that goes along the GOP and plays nice after all that has happened?
Whatever noob.

[gussmith]

26. Just Reading

"In the first week of November in the fifth year of their presidencies, Obama and Bush have nearly identical approval numbers, according to the latest Gallup polling.

In fact, Bush comes out one point ahead, 40 percent to 39 percent, respectively." By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo News November 5, 2013 5:44 PM

[TeamPooka]

33. you should stop now Bushie.

[gussmith]

31. And This on the Downward Spiral

From Washington Post: President Obama has had a rough 2013. His job approval has fallen 11 percentage points since last year, the steepest full-year decline so far, and his trust advantage over Republicans has been diminished. His signature health-care law has rebounded from a low in support but most say the federal insurance Web site is dysfunctional and a sign of broader problems in the rollout.

[TeamPooka]

32. well don't you just have all the anti Obama talking points at the ready. How fucking convenient...

Terrible
Republican
Orations
Lack
Lucidity

[gussmith]

38. Reactionary

Just mentioning the facts of Obama's ratings. Don't get in a snit. What is anti-Obama about reading the news and being concerned? Please, we need thinkers, not radicals.

[TeamPooka]

39. Illiterate

You don't even know what the word reactionary means.

re·ac·tion·ar·y (r-ksh-nr)
adj.
Characterized by reaction, especially opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative.
n. pl. re·ac·tion·ar·ies
An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.


Keep using those GOP talking points though.
That way we won't have to listen to your crap much longer.

[Vogon_Glory]

27. Wakey! Wakey!

Wakey! Wakey!

It's time to wake up and pay attention.

Whenever I read some naif expressing dismay that some Democrat DARED to say that the Elephant Party and their Mad-Hatter Tea Party pals are acting anything less than rationally, my first impulse is to give that person a good hard pinch to see if he or she is awake or sleepwalking.

Where, pray tell, were you these last two decades? Out touring this galaxy's outer rim? Strolling through the poppy fields outside the Emerald City of Oz? I very much doubt you were in the here and now and paying attention.

For your information, Republicans, particularly self-professed "conservatives", have been saying far uglier things about the Democrats in Congress as well as about the President.

To see some naif (or troll) pop up like a particularly dull -witted gopher and pretend to be upset about a Democrat saying something rude (and all too close to the truth) about congressional Republicans tries my patience past the snapping- point.

[gussmith]

29. Yeah, Yeah

Do you think a Repug notices if you respond in kind? Get a message and get proactive. We are not going to beat them at their game but we can be true to our beliefs (our manners too).

[FatBuddy]

28. there is no incivility

it is the truth.

the tealiban has become a dangerous extremist movement.

[Berlum]

37. Wow - gussy gots a Faux News (R) fantasy thingy going on with "downward spiral' false meme

[ck4829]

30. Republicans, if you can't take the heat, get back in the compound

[DonCoquixote]

34. It's about fucking time!

Any attempt to play nice will not only be rejected, but it will embolden them to newer heights of derpaved agression. It is time to stop carrying knives to gunfights!

[Hekate]

35. KnR

[Motown_Johnny]

40. If only they served Kool-Aid at their holiday parties.

KIDDING!!!

I'm Just Joking Here People!




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