As a Former Repub, I Can Tell You That They Are Now Unelectable

[butterfly77]

This is from Daily Kos:

I watched last nights debates, however difficult that was, looking for the sane man in the room.

Full disclosure. I WAS a registered Republican up until last year when I realized that the current party no longer represented my best interests.

When your goal is to eliminate the EPA, DOE, repeal Dodd-Frank, cut or eliminate SS and Medicare and to grow the Military when we already spend more than every other country on earth combined, you have lost me.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/12/1006233/-As-a-Former-Repub,-I-Can-Tell-You-That-They-Are-Now-Unelectable?via=siderec

[Javaman]

1. Unelectable in the traditional sense...

However, they are electable in the Citizens United, crooked electronic voting sense.

[villager]

2. ...and a complicit media desperately tries to sell us on that *being* the "traditional sense"

n/t

[butterfly77]

5. Many of them who are supposedly electable..

Or who are elected over and over didn't win they steal elections over and over from what we see of the republiCON politicians in power they have no respect for the law and a lot of the are running the election boards or commissions..

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. *sigh*

That's the crux of it, isn't it?

[Cosmocat]

25. And VERY electable when ...

you have elements of the presidents own party chirping the same BS against him that the Rs are singing in unison.

[lunatica]

3. They hate Obama so much they'll elect anybody

[GSLevel9]

4. Two words. 2000. 2004

nuff said

[butterfly77]

6. Exactly...

[SusanaMontana41]

17. Two more: Supreme Court. I'm ponderin' ... n/t

[grantcart]

7. Yep

Romney could never win Michigan where his father was Governor and 4 years ago he still had a resevoir of old ties.

No Republican will be able to take Florida unless they put Rubio on the ticket as they blast Social Security and Medicare.

This group is going to reduce the Republicans to a regional party with nothing on the coasts.

Also without a clear leader the disparate parts of the party will continue to war at each other until a clear leader is found.

Ironically with all 10 raising their hands against a 1 - 10 tradeoff in revenue to reduction they just made all of Wall Street, including the reddest Republicans gag.

And the topping on he cake is that it appears that a new isolationism is creeping into the party and that will drive away the Colin Powell national security types.

All in all a very positive night indeed.

[GSLevel9]

8. the electorate will elect a ham sandwich over Obama if the Economy hasn't improved. nt

[n2doc]

10. Almost all of them hold or have held high offices

Governors, congresspeople, etc. So by definition they ARE electable. It remains to be seen if they are nationally electable. I'm not feeling all that smug.

[socialindependocrat]

11. Why would any mid-class person vote republican????

Answer me - What have the republicans done for the middle class???

[louslobbs]

19. Why would any gay person become a Republican let alone vote for one? What have Republicans ever

done for GLBT people? That's why I never understood the "Log Cabin Republicans" and "GOProud," the political party they chose to join, the GOP, hates them for who they are and yet they joined a party of people who hate them, talk about self loathing, who joins a group of people who hate you and votes against everything and anything that might benefit you in life? Also, why would any woman vote for a Republican or any African American, or anyone who has a family memeber or friend who is undocumented? I can't understand why anyone votes for these people (Republicans), they're so out of touch and seemingly insane.

And to answer your question, it's not what the Republicans have done for the middle class, we know they've done nothing for the middle class, but rather, it's what they've done to the middle class. It's been nothing but austerity, cuts, cuts and more cuts for the middle class with respect to earned benefits, and tax cuts, tax breaks and tax subsidies for the rich, the super rich and the corporations. Cuts to social welfare programs for the poor and middle class and tax subsidies freely given for corporate welfare programs.

Anyone who votes for a Republican is probably just like them, a liar, a fake, a phony, a fraud and a hypocrite.........also, most likely they are very wealthy or the heads of a large corporation, bank or wall street investment company. You also have to be a bigot and not want others to have what you have regardless of whether you earned it or you stole it. One last thing you must have to vote for Republicans, little or no education and a specific type of "Christian/Evangelical" belief system. I really can't stand the lot of them, especially the teabagger faction.
Lou

[socialindependocrat]

21. Thanks Lou - that's what I thought...

I understand that some may still believe in "trickle-down" but after so many years? after all this proof that the GOP is owned.

And here's another - I used to look up to the Supree Court. Now I see that they are bought, too.

Who do we sick on these people - the ethics committee? Who's got teeth these days?


What do you do when you find out there is no TRUTH in the world?

Tell me, tell me, tell me, Lou!

There must be a way to charge all these people with derelection of duty or something.

I want to stir up a giant can of worms!!!!

[Cosmocat]

24. Taught them to feel proud about voting against their own interests

and to hate with severe rage the MFers who actually are trying to advocate for their benefit.

[Lint Head]

12. Fascism does not care about electability. My way or the highway is all they know.

[kelly1mm]

13. Intrade has Obama at 49.2% chance of reelection. So, apparently,

some who are willing to put their money up are betting that a republican is electable.

Link:

http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=743474

[PaulUdouj]

14. Anger does not equal victory

The Republicans have focused their anger on attacking Obama and are definitely forgetting to invest in a candidate. The Democrats make this same mistake when we focused on Bush and ended up with Kerry and a a loss.

[sabrina 1]

18. Kerry did not lose the 2004 election.

[Bandit]

15. The one truly great thing about this post is you are a FORMER Republican.

IMO they have become about as anti-American as one could be. they are trying to destroy the entire social fabric of America... A country is a lot more than just a geographical location.. It is the people and everything Republicans stand for this day and age is anti-people.

[butterfly77]

16. This post isn't mine...

follow the link to daily kos...

[Oasis_]

20. I disagree they're unelectable

To me that's terribly underestimating our opponent. Rick Perry, if he's the nominee, will run on the "Texas Miracle" or whatever nonsense he terms it.

We're also defending 24 Senate seats (IIRC) and they obviously already hold the House, so there's potential for real trouble.

If gas prices remain sky high along with Unemployment, we could be in SERIOUS trouble. What do you think they'd do with a filibuster-proof Senate majority as well as a Tea-bagger led House?

The New Deal would be DESTROYED. Along with every other piece of progressive legislation that's been enacted the last 70 years.

Now is not the time to become dismissive or complacent. We do so at our own peril.

Oasis

[lonestarlib]

22. I disagree. The fact that so many crazies are representing

the republicans, must mean there are a lot of other crazies to whom they're pandering.

[_ed_]

23. I disagree.

I live in a very conservative place, so my view is skewed, but they seem to be doing fine despite trying to fuck up the whole country.

2000? 2002? 2004? 2010?

They've been doing fine the past decade. In a rational universe, no R would ever be elected, but we don't live there.