Uh - oh - bad news for angry white guys...



GOP:   We're not going to be the party of angry white guys. If you don't like it, you can leave.


Frist Addresses Tennessee's Birther Problem

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist attempted to skirt a question on Thursday as to why nearly half the Republicans in his home state of Tennessee believed that President Barack Obama was born in another country. But in an admission that the birthers are becoming problematic for the GOP, the senator stressed that there was a need to reach out and educate those individuals, so as to rebuild the party's brand on modern ideas as opposed to conspiracy theories.

Speaking at a conference in Washington D.C., the Huffington Post asked the former Senator about a recent survey which showed 47 percent of Tennessee Republicans and 34 percent of the entire state thought Obama was constitutionally ineligible to hold office.

Frist replied that there was a need to have "good people [in Washington] get facts out, explain to people, communicate with people, get rid of... a certain arrogance, and listen to real people on the ground."

"When a patient comes in I don't care where they are from or how much money they have. I spend the time and communicate," Frist, a doctor, concluded. "I listen to them and get a more educated populace out there."

After the event concluded, he told the Huffington Post that there was an onus on elected Republican leaders in Washington to reach out and calm some of the more extreme elements of the party.

Frist's comments are another small reflection of a growing recognition among senior voices in the GOP that the inflammatory rhetoric and conspiracy theories directed at the Obama White House are likely not constructive. Earlier in the month, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called the birthers "crazy" and told them to "knock [the] crap off." This past week, the South Carolina Republican was shouted down by town hall protesters for his position on climate change legislation.

"We're not going to be the party of angry white guys," Graham responded. "If you don't like it, you can leave."

While Frist may see similar demographic problems ahead for the GOP, he pledged on Thursday that he would not be returning to elected office to help the party right the ship.

"I'm not running for governor, vice president, president, any of the cabinet positions. I'll just get that out of the way," he said, at the onset of the conference.



Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/16/frist-addresses-tennessee_n_323639.html

fuman wrote on Oct 18^th, 2009 at 3:06pm:


Riffy predicted this, fast and hard...

Ginda wrote on Oct 19^th, 2009 at 1:52pm:



I think the main problem with private health care is Wall Street.

The investor's want more profit, and dropping people after they have been paying premiums generates profit.

Pdog wrote on Oct 18^th, 2009 at 7:30pm:

riffy is on injured reserve, no?

Fear Not: What does virtual rumor-mongering say about Christians?
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So, why are Christians so willing to believe unsubstantiated rumors? And more troubling, why are Christians, who should hold the highest standards of truth-telling, so eager to spread such rumors -- and even downright libels?


http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4496&Itemid=53

Hey Obama, you're not leading if you walk back on defense !!
Obama must have been a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fan.

Pdog wrote on Oct 21^st, 2009 at 7:39am:

if you watch 2 more shows you will become Riffy

Pdog wrote on Oct 21^st, 2009 at 10:26am:



Yep, that's it. And Beck delivers for this mindset everyday.

They compare Obama to Hitler, Stalin, Mao, etc . . . I mean really, they're speaking to the fringe.
So stop watching. It will harm you !! No more than 2 or 3 minutes at a time, just for laughs.

fuman wrote on Oct 21^st, 2009 at 11:04am:

look away Pdog.

Jenny U. from Missouri did what any parent would: When her son needed a kidney, she donated one of hers. But she didn't realize insurance companies would use her kindness as an excuse to never cover her again, calling her donation a "pre-existing condition."

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Jesus Christ wrote on Oct 21^st, 2009 at 3:50pm:



i posted this on FB , and Riffy went off about Obama... lol. oh man, how that dude isn't posting here, he is avoiding this place hard!!!