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zentrum

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17. The more they think they're winning the safer..
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:50 PM
Nov 2012

...I feel. Their complete loss of reality makes them less dangerous than if they realized their peril and changed their stripes and got cleverer. Frankly, that is what they are going to do. I actually expect them to start dressing like stereotypical Hollywood style Mexicans at any moment.

But I think this sense of them having lost everything is way premature. They are going to give Obama hell in the next four years. They are going to start working through the Republican Governors who made gains, and who, like Scott Walker will further exhaust, impoverish and distract workers so that it's harder for us to progress by 2014--the next election cycle.

They count on the Governors to be destroying employment rates so that the House can look like it's trying and that the problem is O.

"Stabbed in the back" theories [View all] struggle4progress Nov 2012 OP
Good comparison. Fortunately, we won this one without "conventional weapons" libdem4life Nov 2012 #1
ten four heaven05 Nov 2012 #2
Given those facts, it would seem that false hope... dchill Nov 2012 #3
Ha ha. Republican loss of their election leads to Republican loss of their.... Bucky Nov 2012 #4
K&R! Mme. Defarge Nov 2012 #5
George Orwell's 1984 Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #6
oh, they are already there RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #7
Let the back stabbing begin! GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #8
The Hippies and the War Protestors ALSO... bvar22 Nov 2012 #9
So why is this a problem? Danascot Nov 2012 #10
IMHO, because deluded individuals are dangerous. fleabiscuit Nov 2012 #12
I propose we round up and detain the 47% of Americans who supported Mitt. Flatulo Nov 2012 #14
One big problem & symptom of other problems is the 3 or 4 times higher death threats against Obama. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #22
way too many veganlush Nov 2012 #11
there,s' no,thin,,g fugg,in,,, wr,,,ong, wit,h ,m,y, co,mma's struggle4progress Nov 2012 #13
Here, I fixed it for ya: freshwest Nov 2012 #15
fixed it? you done removed all my catastrophes! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #16
There is no such things as a CATastrophy. Only non-kitteh-catastrophes. So there! freshwest Nov 2012 #18
The two commas in the first sentence, while not incorrect, are quite unnecessary. Every other one of Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #25
not an anarchist veganlush Nov 2012 #26
I was joking, of course, but the commas are meant to clarify the written message, and, if used Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #31
The more they think they're winning the safer.. zentrum Nov 2012 #17
My current theory is blind hatred... DryHump Nov 2012 #19
Teabaggers have been lied to & manipulated for profit by RW media hucksters 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #20
Just got a big huge laugh from a facebook posting. japple Nov 2012 #21
japple Diclotican Nov 2012 #24
Wait, so she moved to France??? smirkymonkey Nov 2012 #28
Yes, her husband's employer sent them. They have rented a huge old house japple Nov 2012 #32
struggle4progress Diclotican Nov 2012 #23
Good Information. Sognefjord Nov 2012 #34
Sognefjord Diclotican Nov 2012 #35
I don't recall being told we were winning Vietnam. It was all over the news... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #27
Say what? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #29
I know what I saw on TV. I KNEW we were not winning. Everyone knew. That's how I remember it. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #33
Honeycombe8 Diclotican Nov 2012 #36
Yes, those are the things I remember. I just especially remember the metal tubes. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #37
Honeycombe8 Diclotican Nov 2012 #38
They're already claiming that it's 'voter fraud' Sirveri Nov 2012 #30
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