Nance Greggs: Ah, the Smell of Desperation!

[DemocratsForProgress]

I admit it. When it comes to politics and the GOP, I love the smell of desperation. And of late it is a scent that wafts from every pore of the Republican Party and its cheerleaders, a distinct odor that permeates the air, as well as the airwaves.

The GOP powers-that-be, along with the bobbleheads at Fox News (aka the propaganda arm of the party) are already at the point of grasping at non-existent straws and feigning outrage with a ferocity that is at once as amusing as it is pointless – and we still have three months to go before the election. I suspect the stench of flop-sweat will be so overwhelming by November that even the staunchest Republicans will be unable to take a breath without a gas-mask.

But this was inevitable. Now saddled with Mitt Romney, a man who will probably go down in history as the worst candidate to ever run for the presidency, the Republicans have no choice but to defend the indefensible, and do so in a way that smacks more of Pee-Wee Herman movie dialogue than a proffering of persuasive political realities.

The brouhaha over Harry Reid’s recent comments on Romney’s tax returns is a great case in point. He has been called a “dirty liar” for stating that he has been told, by a credible source, that The Mittster probably didn’t pay income taxes for ten years. The response from the other side of the aisle has been for Reid to “put up or shut up” – when it is obvious, even to the most dense Republican voter (and they are legion) that the only person who can “put up” anything enlightening in this regard is the candidate himself...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/08/08/ah-the-smell-of-desperation/

[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R (nt)

[dballance]

2. Thank you Nance. I've been opining on the irony of Mitt saying "put up or shut up." /eom

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. You have done it once again, my dear Nance...

Such skewering! You are deft indeed.

Thank you.

[Skittles]

4. love ya Nance

[calimary]

5. Superb! Nance, you rock!

BRAVA!!

[12ZTR]

6. Wanna bet.

Reid needs to bet $10,000 that Romney didn't pay any income tax for 10 years.

[goclark]

7. Hi Nance!

Mittwit is out to lunch and lost in space.

He needs a " Time Out" for bad behavior.

goclark

[longship]

8. We miss you here Nance!

But glad to see a surrogate posting your articles. I read every one.

Keep on keeping on. DU loves you madly.

[Matilda]

9. Well said, as always.

But comparing Romney to a pig is really demeaning to pigs.

[seanpencil]

10. very polished

[SidDithers]

11. DU rec...nt

Sid

[blondie58]

12. awesome, Nance!!

You have a gift and I am so grateful that you share your words with us.

I gotta adnit, I missed the uproar when you first left DU I moved and was offline for years before I got this smartphone.

[pacalo]

13. Awesome!

When “I know you are, but what am I?” is your only reply to serious allegations of your candidate avoiding paying his fair share of taxes, it’s time to hop on your Schwinn and ride off into the political sunset.

It’s not easy to come to the defense of a presidential wannabe who is running for office on the basis of his business acumen, his experience as a governor, and his alleged “saving” of the 2002 Olympics, when none of the above can be discussed nor assessed – hard-drives having been erased, records having been expunged, and tax information being stubbornly withheld from view...

[progress2k12nbynd]

14. Aptly titled for a NanceGreggs post! nt

[libodem]

15. Great Rant

You call great bullmitt.