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Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)
9. I might get pounded for this...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:25 PM
Nov 2012

But I think that Boehner really does want to work across party lines. He just doesn't have the backbone needed. I wish he did.

He has been overcome by the radicals who have held the RW in handcuffs. And that is what is holding him back. Fear of losing his power and worse, fear of not being re-elected....which is effectively, the real bottom line.

Victims of their own making. Now they have to face the fact that their party is in rapid decline. They have no exit strategy, because they have no other thoughts beyond their current ones.

Who do they turn to now that the electorate isn't made up of older white males who long for their "good 'ole days."

This is the demise of the Republican Party. They have no future because they live in the past...long for the past...hope to restore the past. A past that is long gone. One that has become ashes in the fire pit of renewed optimism and hope for better days, equality, fairness and prosperity.

May FREEDOM persist. Especially within the confines our own Republic!!

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GO TO HELL ...because all you've done is obstruct everything! L0oniX Nov 2012 #1
Why? SoapBox Nov 2012 #2
They need to move further right! We all need to let them know! OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #3
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #12
This is exactly where we were in 2000. The pendulum has swung. Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #4
Just go home. The times have passed you by, GOP. DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #5
why? These repugs are either stoopid or so rich they think everyone is like them on their private wordpix Nov 2012 #6
please heaven05 Nov 2012 #7
Here's one explanation for "why" boyedav1969 Nov 2012 #8
Very good read! GrantDem Nov 2012 #24
This is an excellent piece boyedav! Welcome to DU! riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #28
I might get pounded for this... Sophiegirl Nov 2012 #9
...He just doesn't have the backbone needed. I wish he did. Volaris Nov 2012 #25
I hope they take it as a national rejection of their extremist positions bhikkhu Nov 2012 #10
+100 argiel1234 Nov 2012 #13
If they can't see why they lost... Acornsouth Nov 2012 #11
The problem is not that they can't see why they lost meow2u3 Nov 2012 #31
I recommend that they head to the nearest surgeons that can cstanleytech Nov 2012 #14
a) because you suck; b) away gtar100 Nov 2012 #15
I have a few suggestions of where they can go and Gemini Cat Nov 2012 #16
Why and where to go from here? ReRe Nov 2012 #17
Wait a minute..... ReRe Nov 2012 #18
Hard-core conservatives ... called for a shift to the right JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #19
They've painted themselves into a corner bloomington-lib Nov 2012 #20
Where To Go From Here RobinA Nov 2012 #21
The schadenfreude never stops, does it? GliderGuider Nov 2012 #22
If your party would get away from the racists, teabaggers and religious groups Marrah_G Nov 2012 #23
Could the Republican Party's demise open the door to a third party? olegramps Nov 2012 #26
Two Star Trek episodes come to mind. louis-t Nov 2012 #27
Let's just sort this out for them and make it easy to digest... fuck off and die, repukes. truthisfreedom Nov 2012 #29
They'll go farther FiveGoodMen Nov 2012 #30
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