arbusto_baboso
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:20 PM
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Do the repigs even know (or care) that they're running a bunch of sideshow freaks for office? |
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I mean, really. Joe Miller? Sharon Angle? Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman? And for fuck's sake, Christine O'Donnell?
Actually, I'm sorry for impugning the character of circus people and carnies. They would actually be much better choices for office than these teabaglicans. Rodeo clowns might even be preferable.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:22 PM
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1. They don't care who they run. They just want the bodies. |
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They'll program the brains later.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:48 PM
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8. Exactly. They want the numbers. The current R leadership would still |
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run the show. The crazies would be marginalized, brought out when their votes are needed.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:22 PM
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2. These are the ones we hear about. How about others? |
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There is no more G.O.P., imo. It is the American Idol of politics - entertain the people. Don't think about substance.
I hope they all go down in flames next month.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:23 PM
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3. they know and they are scared to death... nt |
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:23 PM
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4. Don't Forget Crazy Carl Paladino And Rand Paul!!! |
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:26 PM
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6. Thanks for the reminder. |
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Yes, they're freaks, too.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:25 PM
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5. What was Smirky the Chimperor? |
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The last misadministration taught them they could put anybody anywhere, and it didn't matter. They will always have 20% support no matter what, and that is enough for them to declare a mandate, well that and the keys to the voting machines.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:42 PM
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7. I think you're assuming that all of these people have 100 percent support |
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in their own party, which definitely isn't the case. They are similar to the Dems in that way -- no candidate, figure, or wing has the confidence of every registered Republican. The religious right doesn't like McCain types and vice-versa. 'Paleocons' hate the 'Neocons' and plenty of Republicans are not particularly keen on the tea party (not least the 'establishment types,' who keep seeing their hand-picked candidates get trounced in primaries by those with Tea Party support). Just like the Dems, when push comes to shove, many Republicans will opt for their party's candidate over a Democrat, but not always happily and sometimes not at all.
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:11 PM
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9. Support is irrelevant if all the repigs still vote for these clowns. |
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Support is what shows up at the ballot box.
With Dems, at least, if we aren't truly on board with a candidate, some of us might stay home. 'Thugs tend to always vote, and always for their people.
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:15 PM
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But out of the 5 people you mentioned, 3 will definitely lose and a 4th (Sharon Angle) may or may not win. So in a 'republican year,' that's not a great showing in high-profile races.
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:20 PM
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11. Unrec for insensitivity |
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Actually, I'm sorry for impugning the character of circus people and carnies.
Too little and too late to avoid an Unrec.
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Rodeo clowns might even be preferable.
I could get on board with that idea. Meet me at the Busted Saddle after work, and we can discuss it over a beer.
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:33 PM
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12. GOP spent 30 yrs recruiting the torch 'n pitchfork crowd; now they want to drive the bus. |
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:43 PM
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13. The GOP HAD moderates, some of whom were actually good sensible people |
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with bigotry problems. But they were thrown out as the party found it got more NOTICE in the media with the wildly crazy bahavior of someone such as Newt Gingrich and his Contract On America, someone who was not necessarily truthful, but made great claims and got votes and cash. These people became the GOP, and they even THEY got replaced by the cartoon people we see now who have no business at all in what should be a somewhat serious business-politics.
Politics USED to be composed of people who wer thought fit two run the country...Palin? O'Donnell? Is anyone serious that these clowns are actually the same caliber as Mr. Obama or the Democrats?
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Wed Oct-06-10 01:52 PM
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14. Good point. I'm actually old enough to remember hearing "liberal wing of the Republican Party". |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 01:53 PM by arbusto_baboso
How the hell long has it been since THAT existed?
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Wed Oct-06-10 03:05 PM
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15. The GOP right thinks McCain is a RINO and that Mitt Romney is a liberal... |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 03:05 PM by old mark
And WE used to be the Democrats...
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Wed Oct-06-10 03:23 PM
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16. It's not like this is a sudden development |
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Tom Coburn, Sam Brownback, Haley Barbour, Jeb! Bush and the entire misbegotten Bush clan, Jim DeMint, and on and on. These sideshow freaks are what the Republicans mean when they talk about the big tent. More properly known as the Big Top.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:31 PM
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People actually vote for these candidates? Madness!
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:58 PM
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18. Mega corporations run the Republican party. They ARE the |
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Republican party. They want to run the country. They want to create a fascist country. Capitalism is their god.
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Wed Oct-06-10 08:00 PM
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20. What the fuck are them idiots smoking/ drinking/ snorting??? KnR |
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The election is fast becoming a contest of
" SANE vs INSANE "
Lets Fight all day, all night for the SANE
We need more SANE
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Wed Oct-06-10 11:56 PM
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21. The real base of the gop, the rich, don't care a bit. They just want their billions so they |
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can live in a gated community, invest in stocks overseas and send their kids to private school. Why would they care how these nuts debase American politics because they are totally disconnected from life in America. The recession doesn't even hit them. Only the tax cuts do. Which is why we have to let the tax cuts expire on the rich because it is the only way they participate in building up the nation.
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