Mel is one smart guy. Would you want to captain the Titanic?


Van

"President Bush also chimed in with a statement: "As general chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mel has effectively communicated our party's commitment to addressing the issues most important to all Americans. "


When, exactly, was that, President Monkey's Butt?

Wait 2 days and we will hear the real reason for his departure. No need to comment yet.  Remember the Republican creed. Lie first. Deny repsonsibity. Blame the victims. Reward the guilty. Make the innocent pay.

'A Republican operative with knowledge of the situation tells First Read that with Martinez's exit, the RNC is "returning to its traditional leadership structure" '

He just had to use that word choice regarding the departure of the first minority RNC chairman ever, didn't he?

Another case of "Wide Stance?"

"Cut and Run Stradegy" it seems like a lot of the Republicans are making that choice.  Not only are they desserting and jumping ship but have you noticed they are totally disappearing from sight and sound.  I just hope this is a good sign and all those who were responsible for 9/11 are going to be held accountable and not a bad sign that President Bush is going to set the "world on fire" before he leaves office.

I can't wait for the Martinez scandal that must be coming down the pike.
Or maybe he decided to switch parties.

The Democrats in the U.S.Senate led by Harry Reid, abused their power of office to attack a private citizen, Rush Limbaugh. It was not only an abuse of power of the Federal Government Congressman to take away a mans livelyhood, but it was a total lie. It was created by a news watchdog group that Hillary Clinton helped start. You can only imagine that the Clintons may have played some part in this lie and smear. Then She, and 40 other Disgusting U.S.Senators signed this lie for one purpose. To silence Rush, and take away his right to free speech. This should be considered a crime by the Senate against a private citizen, that eliminates their immunity from lawsuits for slander while in office.
What I would expect from you as my Republican Senator is to stand up in front of the U.S. Senate, and ask Harry Reid for a letter of apology for slandering a private citizen of the Great State of Florida, and ask all of the other U.S. Senators that signed the slanderous letter to attack Rush, to sign it as well. I consider it your duty to protect us from these attacks, and not cowar when times get tough.
Rodney Holland
I'm starting to fear our own goverment more than the terrorist.

Gotta love liberal posters- always good for a laugh  :)

Mel was in a tough position.  He knows we need a crack down on illegal immigration and the elimination of "wet foot, dry foot" to have any credibility with immigrants from other countries - why Cubans and not us?  He was not the voice for that.  We'll leave the illegal immigrant pandering to the Democrats.  They know this raid on our resources by Mexico will destroy us as a nation, but they are willing to let it happen for political gain.  Nancy and Harry must be kissing President Monkey's Butt, because he keeps kicking theirs at every turn...

Mr. Martinez, Sorry to hear your departure from the RNC
so you can concentrate on your constituents here in
Florida, but your constituents wish you would RESIGN
your job as senator for Florida. Go back to your hole
and hide Mr. Traitor Martinez. Keep sucking up to Bush
because you are not going to get re-elected. You sold
out to your constituents. GO AWAY!@!!!!!

Mr. Martinez, Sorry to hear your departure from the RNC
so you can concentrate on your constituents here in
Florida, but your constituents wish you would RESIGN
your job as senator for Florida. Go back to your hole
and hide Mr. Traitor Martinez. Keep sucking up to Bush
because you are not going to get re-elected. You sold
out to your constituents. GO AWAY!@!!!!!

Wow... worried about the government attacking Rush. Huh.. I've been worried about the government since Bush took power in 2000.. guess you know what it feels like now?

As abusing power on private citizens in Florida.. um.. Terri Schiavo anyone?

"His message of hope and opportunity has resonated throughout America and strengthened support for our agenda."

What message of hope and opportunity?!  In the last fiscal quarter the Republicans have ignored a mortage crisis that is threatening our economy and destroying the lives of hunderds of thousands of families.  They have denied health care coverage to poor and lower middle class children. And they have done all of this while pushing retroactive immunity for telecoms that violated the law by participating in Bush's war on privacy, getting $200 billion more for Bush's folly in Iraq, and otherwise obstructing every peice of legislation that doesn't match up with the narrow minded neo-con war on the bottom 99% of America.

Oh and to Ronald Holland:  Rush can sure dish out the slander and lies when it comes to a 12 year old but when it gets thrown back in his face he does what every Republican with third grade mentality does.  Cry like a little kid in a time out. Noone with a brain cares about Rush (unless he's buying his pain killers from them).

Reading through all the comments, the LIBERAL posters all seemed to make sense. The only nutty comment was by R.B.Holland and I think I know which way he leans.

Everybody is abandoning ship or getting fired...and propaganda-monkeys in the GOP keep saying how it is actually a great success, losing what little credibility they still have.

And the mainstream media--with a straight face, no less--just repeats their gibberish.

Whatever happened to this country?

"Gotta love liberal posters- always good for a laugh  :)"

R.B. doesn't sound very liberal to me...

"Everybody is abandoning ship or getting fired...and propaganda-monkeys in the GOP keep saying how it is actually a great success, losing what little credibility they still have.

And the mainstream media--with a straight face, no less--just repeats their gibberish.

Whatever happened to this country?"

Amen.

This guy is no better than the pro illegal immigration Senator from Florida, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.  Both will be remove from office when they are up for re-election.

once again the republican party (remember them they have destroyed our counrtry)have another banner day.
when Mr.Martinez can make the comment that he accomplishe his goalsthey either were shallow goals or non existent. Glad to see ya go

Seems like a lot of Republicans are jumping ship or not running for office next term. If we can only get to the people who are profiting off this invasion and jail some of these evil-minded people for war crimes, U might stop this country from being looked at as war-hungry boobs.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD BE RENAMED THE M.A.D. PARTY - "MEAN AND DUMB."

THE SENATE RECENTLY PASSED A RESOLUTION CENSURING MOVEON.ORG FOR A TASTELESS AD THAT QUESTIONED THE PATRIOTISM OF GENERAL PETRAEUS.  I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH NOT ONLY CENSURING MOVEON.ORG, BUT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DENIGRATED MAX CLELAND, McCAIN AND SENATOR KERRY.  APPARENTLY, THE LIST CAN GO ON INFINITUM FOR WE LIVE IN A LAND OF COWARDLY POLITICAL ASSASSINS.  

I AM A BORN CITIZEN OF THE USA AND MANY MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE BRAVELY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF CRISIS.  MY FATHER FOUGHT WITH PATTON IN THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION DURING WWII.  MY UNCLE SERVED IN THE O.S.S. AS A MAJOR AND A MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE NORTHERN SECTION OF OCCUPIED ITALY. HE LATER SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE AS A LT.COL. WITH THE CIA WORKING AS A COUNTER INSURGENCY SPECIALIST IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - INDONESIA, THAILAND, PAKISTAN.  MY COUSIN SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES DURING THE VIETNAM PERIOD WORKING WITH TRIBES IN LATIN AMERICA TO COUNTER COMMUNIST INSURGENCY.  MOST RECENTLY MY BROTHER AT THE AGE OF 48 SERVED AS A MAJOR IN THE US ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT AND RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR FOR HIS WORK AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR IN REESTABLISHING HOSPITALS IN NASARIHYA AND BAQOUBA.

A FEW YEARS AGO, BUSH APPEARED BEFORE THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF MEDIA PERSONALITIES AND MADE A VIDEO OF HIS SEARCH FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN THE OVAL OFFICE TO THE LAUGHTER OF THOSE PRESENT.  THE PRESIDENT MAKES A JOKE OF LOOKING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE REACTION WAS LAUGHTER.  IS OUR COUNTRY RUN AND SUPPORTED BY PSYCHOPATHS?

A NINETEEN YEAR OLD GIRL SOLDIER WAS TRAVELING IN A CONVOY THAT LEFT THE BASE IN BAQOUBA, IRAQ WHERE MY BROTHER WAS STATIONED AT THE TIME AND SHE WAS BLOWN TO PIECES.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED FOR THE ACT OF MAKING A JOKE OF LOOKING FOR WMD.  HE THEN GOES OFF TO AUSTRALIA RECENTLY AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES THAT THE US SOLDIERS ARE "KICKING ASS" IN IRAQ.  NOW WE LEARN THAT HE HAS HIRED CONTRACT KILLERS BETTER KNOWN AS THE DEATH SQUAD (STORM TROOPERS) TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT WORKERS.  TELL ME, WHAT SETS AMERICANS APART FROM THE GERMANS THAT LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN THE NAZIS INDISCRIMINATELY KILLED NON-GERMANS OR THOUGHT LITTLE OF SENDING GERMAN SOLDIERS TO THEIR DEATH WHEN THEY INVADED OTHER COUNTRIES?

OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK AND IT IS FROM OUR OWN COUNTRYMEN WHO PROFESS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR ONCE GREAT NATION.  THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN REPEATED TOO MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY OF ONCE PROMINENT NATIONS OF THE WORLD WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.  IN THE WORDS OF SENATOR McCONNELL WHEN ASKED AFTER THE 2004 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION - WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED AND ARE SEVERELY WOUNDED FROM THE US INVASION OF IRAQ? - "ITS NOT MUCH WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY DURING WWII."  RUMSFELD WENT BETTER YET IN REVEALING THE DARK AND EVIL SIDE OF THE AMERICAN SOUL WHEN ASKED THE SAME QUESTION - ITS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.  SPOKEN LIKE A MAFIA CHIEFTAIN, TO PARAPHRASE "ITS NOT PERSONAL, ITS BUSINESS."

BUSH NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED NOW, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THEN HE IS A DISGRACE TO THE HUMAN RACE.  I AM AN INDEPENDENT VOTER AND AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF ABOLISHING POLITICAL PARTIES.  IT ALSO APPEARS THAT COUNTRIES THAT OPERATE UNDER A PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT ARE COUNTRIES THAT BETTER SERVE THEIR CITIZENRY.  IF BUSH WERE THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED A LONG TIME AGO.  IF HE WERE THE PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN, HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS FIRED AT HIM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE USA IS SUFFERING WITH SOMEONE MASQUERADING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA WHO CAN ONLY MAKE SOME WHAT INTELLIGENT STATEMENTS FROM PREPARED SCRIPTS.  IF I WERE THE PRESIDENTS OF HARVARD AND YALE THAT GAVE BUSH DEGREES, I WOULD ASK FOR THEM BACK FOR HE HAS SINGLE HANDILY DISPARAGED THE REPUTATION OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.  

NO WONDER BUSH IS TRYING TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN OUR COUNTRY UNDER THE SLOGAN "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND."  HE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STANDARDS ARE NOT ADHERRED TO.  

The Repugs can spin it all they want. Melmann & Martinez were trying to open the party up.  Where are they now, gone. What does that say about the party. Might as well call your party the "Moral Majority Party".  Start practicing saying "Maddam President" or even better "President Obama"  

The Republican Party might be having an identity crisis.  Allowing an organization to have "two heads" is something that does not work, particularly in the field of Representational Government.  It's hard to know in advance whether the Party will be more responsive to the needs of the People through this move, or if they'll continue to drift over toward minority opinions like those of Tom Tancredo and Sam Brownback ....  At least with a single voice at the top, it will be quite clear where the buck stops ....  

The bigots have lost their token.

the people in this country allowed this to happen when there was even a ‘hint’ that vote fraud ‘might’ have occurred, and no one took to the streets.

then the people in this country allowed this to happen when we our rights were being traded for ‘security’ and no one took to the streets.

then the people in this country allowed this to happen when evidence that 9/11 might have been an inside job, and no one took to the streets.

then the people in this country allowed this to happen when Bush was re-'elected', and ‘once again’ the question of voter’s fraud didn’t rush people into the streets.

as i see it, the one unified message that the American people have sent to our politicians, the government, and the world is that we will keep lying down, and complaining about how hard the ground beneath us feels.

don’t push us, or we’ll grumble louder!

Dan:
Ronal Reagan happened to this country; ever since he was elected, our personal "civil" rights have started disappearing, now at a rate faster than ever.
Our country is on the brink of total chaos. We need a new political party, a force of "middle-class" Americans to take our country back from the brink, before it's too.late.

Martinez was the wrong man appointed for the wrong reasons by a President who had the wrong position on ILLEGAL immagration and wanted a yes man.  With him gone we can only hope the person who should have been appointed 9 months ago will be now - Michael Steele.

Someday the United States is going to have a Democrat President, House of Representatives and Senate and thats a promise.  A full-blown Democrat controlled Washington and thats a promise. We are going to have a rubber stamp congress to a Democrat President just like how Bush had a rubber stamp congress.  But the Democrat rubber stamp congress will change the country for the better.  Someday there is going to be a Democrat version of Karl Rove.  When this day comes it is going to be the Republicans and Far Rights worst nightmare. The full-blown Democrat Washington will pass a Universal Healther Care Plan, put the United States in par with the European Union when it comes to social issues, consider having open border crossings into Mexico and Canada just like the European Union has, repeal the law that requires a passport when going into Mexico, and Canada, cancel No Child Left Behind, repeal the Laci Conners Law that makes it a crime to kill a human fetus, cancel the Patriot ACT, and appoint Supreme Court Justices that will rule in favor for the American people the Republicans worst nightmare.  Someday the Democrats are going to control the media and shut the Republicans and far right out just like how the Republicans are doing to the Democrats right now.  Someday the Republicans are going to have a taste of their own medicine.  When this day comes it is going to feel really good!!!! When the day comes when there will be a full-blown Democrat controlled Washington I advise to Republicans to consider to leave the country just like the way the Democrats threatend to leave the country if the Republicasn took control of Washington because they may not like what they see. A Message for the Republicans and Far Right What goes around comes around.  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The Golden Rule. You Republicans cannot callange or repeal the Golden Rule.  The Golden Rule is just the way it is like what Walter Cronkite use to say. I am a Liberal Democrat and proud of it.

What we are seeing is the slow agonizing panic of the ALL AMERICAN PARTY, remember Karl and his one party rule, we had it for six years, they embarassed themselves and are now finding good reason to leave the party, it will be the night of the long knives at the RNC after this defeat. Business is giving more money to the dems, more rebum senate seats and house seats are up for grabs, not to many safe seats this year boys! The breathless righ-wing ranters are RED in the face over the littlest of things and south carolina republicans are apologizing to Senator McCain for their hateful campaign against him. The rep. from Ohio Payne is leaving because a five day work week implemented by the democrat majority was too much. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT SOOOOOOO MUCH. I don't care who the dem. candidate is, they have a better chance to win because the MONEY MACHINE OF THE THEOLOGICAL RIGHT WING IS DEAD this year and well into the next ten years. All the demographics show a big big lose for the BOY KINGS party.

MSNBC.Com allows racist and bigoted remarks on this forum and offers no explanation for why they allow hate speech. Perhaps someone should investigate them for encouraging terrorist acts against Americans on American soil.

Given their support of Hillary (not Rodham) Clinton's anti-semitism it follows they are also Jew haters.

MSNBC.Com Jew Haters? Encouraging terorism? Hillary an anti-semite? Are you really expecting anyone to take you seriously?

The time for being afraid and intimidated in AmericaIf is over! Hurricane Katrina which was followed up Hurricane Clueless ripped the protective scab of 9/11 off the festering sore of serial incompetance,  fubar, and failure, that is the hallmark of conservative movement in this nation.

You  foam at the mouth, koolaide drinking enablers of the righjt-wing are going to have your head handed to you in 11/08.  The more shrill,  the more ludicrous your rants, the more obvious is your desparation.

MSNBC.Com Jew Haters? Encouraging terorism? Hillary an anti-semite? Really?

The time for being afraid and intimidated in AmericaIf is over! Hurricane Katrina which was followed up Hurricane Clueless ripped the protective scab of 9/11 off the festering sore of serial incompetance,  fubar, and failure, that is the hallmark of conservative movement in this nation.

Martinez is cutting and running like the 16 Republican legislators not seeking re-election because he,  like they can read the writing on the wall.

Yep ... smart guy!  Mel Martinez abandons the ship as the rest of the republicans led by the captain of the ship, George Bush, re-arrange the deck chairs!

remember civics class - that was what all the fear was for. What's a little election fraud when it "elects" a brave and wise warrior prince like the retarded pumpkin we got?

Anyone who supported that deserves slavery.

Gotta love liberal posters- always good for a laugh  :) Monroe, Wash. (Sent Friday, October 19, 2007 3:35 PM)

----Thanks, I try to add a little levity.

remember civics class? said: "no one took to the streets."

-- I don't know about you but I took to the streets 4 times now in massive rallies of over 100,000 people each time. 400,000 people turned out in DC to urge Bush not to invade Iraq before he did so.  The mainstream media has engaged in a massive coverup of not reporting people taking to the streets. The evening of my return from the massive pre-invasion protest I was shocked to find that the local Fox evening news in Washington DC did not even report it. They received so many complaints that a couple of days later they actually apologized for the oversight but still didn't cover it. The other networks were little better by spending most of the news time covering and interviewing the 200 counter protesters.

remember civics, you can add to your list of reasons to take to the streets our loss of a free news media not controlled by corporate and government interests.

 hey ma, i wanna go

"The Democrats in the U.S.Senate led by Harry Reid, abused their power of office to attack a private citizen, Rush Limbaugh."

First of all, Limbot is not a "private citizen". He is a celebrity, a public figure who broadcasts using the public airwaves and his show is carried on Armed Forces Radio, therefore it is appropriate that Congress monitor and comment on what he says on radio. The Supreme Court has ruled that public figures may be satirized and/or are subject to comments without the possibility of retribution unlike private citizens.

I happened to be listening the day Limbot, the Bush mouthpiece, used the "phony soldiers" remark which he used to designate ALL military personnell who came out against Bush's incompetence as Commander in Chief or against the mishandled and bungled war. As the furor arose, Limbot then edited the transcript of that days show and miraculously about a minute and a half was cut from the audio of his show on his website.  Unfortunately for Limbot, the full transcript and audio file can still be found at various places on the Internet including Media Matters showing exactly what he said.

What did you think of the Congressional denouncemnt of Move On for the ad they placed in the NY Times? Do you agree they had the right to free speech just as you insist Limbot does, or are you just another Bush acolyte hypocrite?

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