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In reply to the discussion: That crying you hear is the Republican Party. That crunching is Obama eating their lunch. [View all]Hekate
(90,683 posts)73. Oh hell, I said it was a coup the day it happened
I was in absolute shock. All my life the news media (and by that I mean respectable journalists like Cronkite and the LA Times) had used the words "bloodless coup d'etat" to describe events in banana republics and tin pot dictatorships that had just happened here.
You are right about their inability to stay dead. Only in lovely works of fiction do you ever get to permanently kill Sauron and Voldemort, although their authors wisely noted that smaller evil still remains in the world anyway.
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That crying you hear is the Republican Party. That crunching is Obama eating their lunch. [View all]
DonRedwood
Jan 2013
OP
in reality the dead can't rise as long as there is bright light shining on them
Voice for Peace
Jan 2013
#43
'Killing them with kindness' is a good strategy. Still give them room (rope) to change...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#86
I'm disgusted with the amount of negative politics that all this has created
DonRedwood
Jan 2013
#23
Yes, apt and sad analogy, which happens all too often in the (sur)real world. (n/t)
klook
Jan 2013
#37
It does lend itself to comedy. If Boehner cries today, it will be, well, a perfect day
DonRedwood
Jan 2013
#16
I like your whole observation. But what I worry about is these seats that are
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#39
Your right he is but remember these districts are really red districts. I pray your right.
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#67
It's a dam shame that our government has been reduced to some form of 3D chess game...
wandy
Jan 2013
#64
"republicans tend to bring checkers to a chess match" is my favorite thing from DU today
DonRedwood
Jan 2013
#74
Sarah got it from Rush. He helped get a GOP majority to prevent Hillary's Death Panels:
freshwest
Jan 2013
#112