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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:39 AM Original message |
Why are the Republicans being so brazen about their plans to dismantle America? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a test. They're testing just how far they can go. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because no one is trying to stop them. It's their MO. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +1 |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Before Sept 11th NOBODY was discussing the NeoConservatives. Nobody knew Grover Norquist |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think you're in denial |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Are you kidding? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No, not everyone who was paying even a little attention knew about Grover Norquist and his |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Look up "The Gang of Five" |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You have a very short recollection of history. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Bullshit. I remember on SmirkingChimp, after 9/11 some people were saying |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The PNAC outline was drafted and signed long before 9/11. Sorry, that's just fact. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Well maybe I'm just informed, but I remember Norquist's |
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grillo7 (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. It wasn't--and still isn't--widely known |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. You'd prefer them to be sneaky about it? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And how are they going to do that |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I already blogged about my theory |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That is right on the money. They don't need us anymore. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think it is worse than that. They not only don't need us, we've become a liability to them. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. they also know that revolutions are born in the middle class. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. So get one started now |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. They are organic, nobody "starts" them. The corporatist tried |
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grillo7 (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. That may be true... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Desperation. They're behind the curve-- they don't realize... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because the fascists know that post-CitizensUnited they control most broadcast media at this point |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. One last "smash and grab" before the "demographic window" closes on them? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. They want to own everything. "Stress tests." Financial martial law. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. B/c they sense that Obama and elected DEMS are going to let them get away with it? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. They are burning the oil fields, like Saddam did after Gulf War #1. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Right before we "won" over there. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. They masterbate to the idea of destroying America every night.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. The 2012 & 2104 senate maps & the slow-wittedness of most republican voters |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hateful greedy elitist Republican lying corporate fascist slime has no feelings for workers |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. They do not think they are dismantling THEIR America! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. They really are economic and social anarchists |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. They UNDERSTAND that you strike when the iron is hot. |
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