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In reply to the discussion: What the GOP is **really** afraid of... [View all]dtom67
(634 posts)22. Not at all....
All GOP economic policies have been shown to be false in the past, that has never stopped them before.
I don't understand all this euphoria over winning the election. We won bigger than this in 2008; look what happened just 2 years later. In 2012, we won to maintain the status quo , that's all.
" But, we beat Mittens and his billion dollar campaign ! "
Yeah. Wow.
We now have proof that it takes more than a billion dollars to get the most un-electable man on the planet into the presidency. Just by looking at Mitt Romney, 99% of the population knew that he was not on their side. Just by looking at Mitt, your standard of living went down. We really didn't need the 47% video to know that Mitt was the candidate of, by and for the wealthy. He didn't care about anyone else.
So what?
What if they run someone who is more charismatic? Same old policies, yet is more visually palatable to voters?
don't count these villains out yet...
I don't understand all this euphoria over winning the election. We won bigger than this in 2008; look what happened just 2 years later. In 2012, we won to maintain the status quo , that's all.
" But, we beat Mittens and his billion dollar campaign ! "
Yeah. Wow.
We now have proof that it takes more than a billion dollars to get the most un-electable man on the planet into the presidency. Just by looking at Mitt Romney, 99% of the population knew that he was not on their side. Just by looking at Mitt, your standard of living went down. We really didn't need the 47% video to know that Mitt was the candidate of, by and for the wealthy. He didn't care about anyone else.
So what?
What if they run someone who is more charismatic? Same old policies, yet is more visually palatable to voters?
don't count these villains out yet...
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Yep, Wounded Bear, the republicans have been trying to overturn all "social safety net"
iemitsu
Nov 2012
#54
republickconism's myths are being exposed for the cynical prevarications they are.
SubgeniusHasSlack
Nov 2012
#5
Exactly.10 years of tax cuts & jobs hemorraged.Return to Clinton era tax rates let the healing begin
judesedit
Nov 2012
#8
"Raygun ... was a very spiteful person." No. The problem was that he was an amiable idiot who never
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#35
What the GOP should really be afraid of is that we will replace even more Blue-Dogs and 3rd-wayers.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#39
Absolutely true. I have made it a rule of thumb to beware of Republican pseudo-practicality.
Raksha
Nov 2012
#58
Well duh! Republicans have always been afraid that the plans and policies of the democratic party
merh
Nov 2012
#65
Already proven under Clinton who raised taxes on the rich and created 23 million jobs.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#69
yep-- and you have to wonder if their constant hounding of him on BS charges
NoMoreWarNow
Nov 2012
#71