The Republican convention has started and with it, the political attacks on the Democratic counter part, President Obama, and his economic policies.

The Republicans are very optimistic. This Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Forum was full of people who truly believe that getting Obama out of the White House is possible.

The Texas delegates were some of the most cheerful; they all wore the same cloth with the colors and symbol of their state and in cowboy hats. We should not forget that Texas is one of the states were the Republican Party is strong and is the native state of the former President George W. Bush.

The Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, was the one that started the activities this Tuesday. He first reminded the crowd that under President Obama’s leadership there have been almost 23 million people who struggle to get a job.

Reince Priebus also said that he is convinced that the greatness of the United States comes from its people, not from the Federal Government, which he said was what President Obama believes. Priebus also accused Obama of having no experience managing a business.

Priebus also made reference to the two national debt clocks installed in the Tampa Bay Forum, one showing the total U.S. national debt and the other showing how much the national debt has increased since the convention started. Priebus reminded the crowd that the national debt is almost $16 trillion dollars and that since Obama took office, it has increased $5 trillions; Priebus criticized Obama’s administration for unnecessary spending.

The Wisconsin congressman, Sean Duffy, also criticized President Obama saying that young people are not able to live the American dream because of Obama’s failed economic policies. Duffy said that this has been the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression; he also said America needs to vote for Ryan and Romney to get fiscal responsibility in Washington.

Most of the speakers this Tuesday criticized the government unnecessary spending and also accused the Federal Government for intervening in areas were it shouldn’t — like in religious freedom, by forcing religious sponsored institutions like schools or hospitals to cover contraception methods in their employees insurances.

Congressman Tim Griffin, second district of Arkansas, also accused Obama for setting a new unemployment record; Fisher also said that under the Obama administration the government has taken $716 billion from Medicare to Pay for Obamacare. Congressman Fisher also said that Obama has opposed to the construction of the Keystone Pipeline, which, according to him, would be very beneficial to the country and would help to achieve energy independence of the United States.

Griffin also said that Obama has no idea on how to solve America’s problems and with Joe Biden as his navigator, things would not get better. Tim Griffin reminded the crowd that under a Romney administration things could be better.

Senate candidate for Nebraska, Deb Fisher, also had something to say to President Barack Obama. At the beginning of the speech she explained that she decided to enter politics because of the record spending, record debt and record unemployment the country is facing. She invited Obama to look to Nebraska, which has an unemployment rate of 4%, which was achieved by cutting spending and balancing the budget, and also letting the private sector do what it does best, which is growing the economy.

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As if the historically low 17 percent approval rating of Congress wasn’t low enough, certain members of congress seem to want to get this even lower.

Despite unemployment rates that have hovered just below double digits for a very long time, record foreclosures and a stagnant economy that can’t get moving, some members of congress are whining about their low paychecks. I am not kidding. Does it infuriate you??

Even though members of Congress are paid $174,000 a year, get a month off for summer, weeks off for the holiday season, paid travel, excellent health care and plenty of under the table lobbyists perks, these spoiled idiots are saying they are not being paid enough. All while trying to cut spending and put decent government workers out of job.

First up, we have Republican idiot Steve Southerland from Florida. Speaking to a retirement community in Tallahassee, the freshman congressman complained about some of the parts of his new job. He claimed that his salary is not so much because of the amount of hours he puts in. He said there was no instant pensions or free health insurance. Yeah, none of us “normal” folks get that either, jackass.

“And by the way, did I mention? They’re shooting at us. There is law-enforcement security in this room right now, and why is that?” Southerland told about 125 people in an auditorium at the Westminster Oaks retirement community.

“If you think this job pays too much, with those kinds of risks and cutting me off from my family business, I’ll just tell you: This job don’t mean that much to me. I had a good life in Panama City,” Southerland whined.”…He added that ‘if you took the hours that I work and divided it into my pay,’ the $174,000 salary would not seem so high.”

Southerland was a funeral home director before he became a congressman, making about $90,000 a year.

Rep. Sean Duffy from Wisconsin (remember the state that complained teachers’ salaries were too high????????) also complained about his paycheck a few months ago. He said it was a “struggle” to pay his mortgage and student loans with his congressional salary. “At this point, I’m not living high on the hog,” Duffy, a father of six, said.

Sorry, Mr. Duffy, but I don’t feel sorry for you at all. Buy a freakin smaller house. Use birth control. That is the same bullshit you as a Republican would tell a mother when you cut off her food stamps.

It is not only Republicans that whine though. Linda Sanchez, a Democrat from California, told MSNBC last spring that she was living “paycheck to paycheck.” Wow, these people need to budget a little better. You make more than four times what my husband and me make together.

You stupid lawmakers always have the nerve to tell us to cut out expenses. Really? If you can’t make it at six figures, what the hell else can I cut?

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Politics remains staunchly divided in Wisconsin and the local Labor Day parade is just another example of the divide. After the vote earlier in the year in Wisconsin led by Republicans to limit collective bargaining rights, a Wisconsin union has voted to ban Republican politicians from a local Labor Day parade. The Marathon County Central Labor Council, which sponsors the parade, includes some 30 local unions.

Council President Randy Radtke said in a statement on the group’s website that politicians are only welcome at the festivities if they have demonstrated support for workers’ rights.

“It should come as no surprise that organizers choose not to invite elected officials who have openly attacked worker’s rights or stood idly by while their political party fought to strip public workers of their right to collectively bargain,” Radtke said.

“It is a time for working families to come together to celebrate their hard work and a time where we recognize the labor movement for all they have given us — the weekend, the 40 hour work week, child labor protection, a safe work environment.”

Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), a federal congressman representing Wausau released a statement decrying the vote. “Having walked in this parade in past years, Congressman Duffy was hoping that for a moment, we could set our differences aside and simply have some fun in a family-friendly event,” a Duffy spokesperson said.

“[The congressman] walks in a lot of parades, and staff called to register a spot last week and was informed in colorful language that no Republicans were being allowed to participate this year,” added Duffy Chief of Staff Brandon Moody in an email to The Huffington Post.

In February, 14 Democratic state senators fled the state in order to prevent a vote on the controversial collective bargaining bill. Thousands of protesters flocked to the state capital in Wisconsin to protest the legislation. Through a last-minute budgetary and possible illegal move, Republicans were able to pass the measure without any Democrats present. All but one GOP state senator voted for it.

Radtke said the reaction to his decision has been mixed, with “some negative comments but mostly it has been overwhelmingly positive.” Other politicians who won’t be welcome at the parade include state Sen. Pam Galloway (R-Wausau) and state Rep. Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon).

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