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LibDemAlways

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11. I'm with you. The conservative R's when I was
Sun May 27, 2012, 10:46 AM
May 2012

growing up were fighting Medicare and Civil Rights. No evidence that they gave a damn about the good of society.

Grover Norquist. He's tied the repubs' hands. imho nt snappyturtle May 2012 #1
How in the name of all that is good and holy is HE able to do this???? Moostache May 2012 #13
I don't understand his power but obviously he has it...a lot of it! nt snappyturtle May 2012 #19
This helps explain why so many otherwise decent people astoundingly >>> Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #2
Dionne nails this. longship May 2012 #3
They are in a a panic to be the wealthiest in order to buy a space trip off boiling planet. glinda May 2012 #4
I believe you nailed it glinda, they're not stupid, they know the truth but instead of trying to Uncle Joe May 2012 #6
The very thing that makes them rich is the very thing that kills us all. glinda May 2012 #8
Some one should investigate who gives the largest sums of money to glinda May 2012 #21
Don't get me wrong, Uncle Joe May 2012 #22
The conservative EJ refers to had living memory of the dangers of fascism. kristopher May 2012 #5
They also had a "living memory" of the great depression. 25 to 33 percent out of work...nt Stuart G May 2012 #18
The problem he doesn't name is that economic Libertarianism has completely taken over the GOP. pnwmom May 2012 #7
When did conservatives care about community? Zoeisright May 2012 #9
I'm with you. The conservative R's when I was LibDemAlways May 2012 #11
They have always been on the wrong side of history. Zoeisright May 2012 #20
They cared if Sears had enough customers. They cared if Detroit could sell cars. McCamy Taylor May 2012 #16
Point well made Demeter May 2012 #17
The conservatives in my community were more concerned about destroying it Art_from_Ark May 2012 #25
it's the spread of Randism muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #10
Dionne is Delusional Demeter May 2012 #12
When the GOP represented all business, not just a handful of venture capital predators McCamy Taylor May 2012 #15
Gore Vidal said we have one party--the Money Party. But that was before Citizen's United. McCamy Taylor May 2012 #14
No money in "Community." blkmusclmachine May 2012 #23
The conservatives are all in the Democratic party. Neocons are something else entirely. WriteWrong May 2012 #24
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