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global1

(25,224 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:46 PM Aug 2013

Is It True That Both The Repug Party And Tea Party Have Been Infiltrated By Progressives......

that are working as double agents inside these parties to make them do and say stupid things that will make them look bad and discredit them so that they become more fragmented and disorganized and lose big in future elections? Just asking?

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Is It True That Both The Repug Party And Tea Party Have Been Infiltrated By Progressives...... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2013 OP
Nope, they really are this stupid. RGinNJ Aug 2013 #1
But They're Going To Need A Good Excuse When It Happens..... global1 Aug 2013 #2
It does sound plausible, RGinNJ Aug 2013 #4
The coming purges will be well worth the wait, a rare thing of beauty watching them devour HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #9
not likely carllarsen Aug 2013 #3
no doubt BainsBane Aug 2013 #12
No, I actually sat in on a few meetings of one group. I wanted to see if they were Katashi_itto Aug 2013 #5
YES! Must Purify! More Pure! More Pure! More Pure! Motown_Johnny Aug 2013 #6
i`m not sure if progressives have the stomach to do that madrchsod Aug 2013 #7
I think progressives have major problems that undermine their effectiveness in politics ... defacto7 Aug 2013 #8
Huh?.....nt global1 Aug 2013 #10
Ooops... sorry defacto7 Aug 2013 #11

global1

(25,224 posts)
2. But They're Going To Need A Good Excuse When It Happens.....
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:51 PM
Aug 2013

and this is one that their followers will believe.

RGinNJ

(1,019 posts)
4. It does sound plausible,
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 10:00 PM
Aug 2013

but having the sheeple think that they were fooled by that party of queers and hippies could have a backlash on the repugnant bosses.

 

HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
9. The coming purges will be well worth the wait, a rare thing of beauty watching them devour
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:23 AM
Aug 2013

one another in a fit of self-induced ratfucking paranoia.

carllarsen

(1 post)
3. not likely
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:59 PM
Aug 2013

i don't think so. when i was in the navy we had an issue with some clown trying to recruit for the KKK. I was among those asked to try to infiltrate the group to see who was behind it. while the group leader was discovered and the group broken up, very few of us could put up with pretending to be that stupid. it would take a specially trained undercover dude to put up with the idiocy of the tea party.

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
5. No, I actually sat in on a few meetings of one group. I wanted to see if they were
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 10:00 PM
Aug 2013

that stupid. They weren't. They were much worse than what I imagined.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
8. I think progressives have major problems that undermine their effectiveness in politics ...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:20 AM
Aug 2013

Honesty, facts, sanity, reason, a world view, ethics, empathy...

and lack of funds.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
11. Ooops... sorry
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:49 AM
Aug 2013

I guess you need a sarcasm thingy....



You see, I am stating that most progressives have all those mentioned attributes... but I put it into the context of being a problem to have those attributes in politics. This magnifies the irony that politics lacks those attributes and that repugs are devoid of those attributes as well; it's a contrast between the serious and the overstatement. And finally it ends with the humorous hook.. progressives also lack funds.

edit for further clarification:

If progressives have those attributes they likely would not be infiltrating the GOP or the Tea Party to undermine them since that's the game the GOP and Tea Party would be more likely to do since they lack the attributes mentioned in my original comment.

To answer the question: no

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