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Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
17. Amazing piece of writing there Gulliver.
Sun May 20, 2012, 10:33 PM
May 2012

Your perspective on this is spot on. I noticed that as the Republican agenda began to seriously fail, more of my Republican acquaintances began to declare: "Well, I'm not really Republican, I'm more of a Libertarian." But that didn't quite sit right with them either.

Enter the Tea Party, hawked by the likes of Fox News and Glenn Beck and suddenly they found an umbrella under which they could duck and cover. It was an easy out - no need to do some research or examination of those failed policies. This new identity was rife with simple convenient phrases (like: "It's all the government's fault", or"I want my country back&quot to explain away their fears and frustrations at where our country was headed.

Gulliver, please, post this where ever you can. It is that good!!

Very well written A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #1
Spot on. Good post. PufPuf23 May 2012 #45
Spot on. Arctic Dave May 2012 #2
they have warrior1 May 2012 #3
Doing it for a long time brush May 2012 #71
Most Excellent Post !!! - K & R !!! WillyT May 2012 #4
Preach it! Aristus May 2012 #5
They just angrier when they are wrong. JoePhilly May 2012 #6
You forgot: more non white births than all others. jaysunb May 2012 #11
Pat Buchanan is having a heart attack over that. JoePhilly May 2012 #16
+1 n/t jaysunb May 2012 #20
Nothing brings out the craziness among the right-wing than when they lose what they feel Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #38
Agree completely. patrice May 2012 #7
couldnt agree more; its been personal since Clinton beat BOTH their "war heroes" pasto76 May 2012 #8
Most excellent DU OP longship May 2012 #9
A most honest depiction of history... kentuck May 2012 #10
Nice analysis.. sendero May 2012 #12
How very true..... Grassy Knoll May 2012 #13
“We will make it so that a Democrat cannot govern as a Democrat.” Grover Norquist loyalsister May 2012 #14
The GOP is the party of the politics of spite. ancianita May 2012 #15
I don't think it's just spite newspeak May 2012 #65
Amazing piece of writing there Gulliver. Marie Marie May 2012 #17
Well Done........ RagAss May 2012 #18
It's funny because they see us the exact same way. Jamaal510 May 2012 #40
It's the essence of divide and conquer. Larry Ogg May 2012 #63
The difference is, we understand that essence. Old and In the Way May 2012 #102
The smallest minority on the planet are those who understand! Larry Ogg May 2012 #104
An enthusiastic K&R DJ13 May 2012 #19
The Republican Party that had the genteel Country Club set as membership is dead. Ikonoklast May 2012 #21
. blue neen May 2012 #31
Great post (nt) Shankapotomus May 2012 #22
+1000 SalviaBlue May 2012 #23
Yep. They Re-Branded Like Phillip Morris Became Altria Yavin4 May 2012 #24
Fifty percent of the USA is public land. Break up the USA and you can steal all that land and the L. Coyote May 2012 #25
They don't like the concept of the commons. National parks should be turned alfredo May 2012 #66
Ironic eaglesfanintn May 2012 #70
TR was a Republican, what we have now is the Reactionary Party. alfredo May 2012 #76
The first national park came into being under US Grant Art_from_Ark May 2012 #99
Very well written. Stargazer09 May 2012 #26
Is it that complicated? How about the fact that there are no adverse consequenses to them? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #27
exactly... dennis4868 May 2012 #59
WELL SAID!!!!!!! Skittles May 2012 #28
interesting take. chknltl May 2012 #29
Excellent post. blue neen May 2012 #30
Repugs in power brush May 2012 #78
I think you've hit the nail on the head. n/t pnwmom May 2012 #32
Thank you for that spot on post! Paka May 2012 #33
Damn it! Now Fox will need to spend more time reinventing history. ffr May 2012 #34
Brutally plausible Populist_Prole May 2012 #35
Well written screed! Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #36
Thanks for the uncommonly good and well thought post. +1 n/t stevedeshazer May 2012 #37
Absolutely right! JDPriestly May 2012 #39
KNR for original writing, KnR for being spot on, Knr for readability FogerRox May 2012 #41
Great Post nt DLine May 2012 #42
I loved reading this. pacalo May 2012 #43
I think they might have a bigger problem... Kalidurga May 2012 #44
Every living person in America should have to read this as it explains it about as good madokie May 2012 #46
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #47
Great post nxylas May 2012 #48
Sometimes the truth is right in front of us... kentuck May 2012 #49
Great post, so right! JNelson6563 May 2012 #50
Best OP I've read in awhile... TroglodyteScholar May 2012 #51
The very definition of insanity lunatica May 2012 #52
It is also face saving. quaker bill May 2012 #53
Get the rat bastard republiCONs out of Congress, it's simple. xtraxritical May 2012 #90
Exactly! butterfly77 May 2012 #54
We all... GTurck May 2012 #55
What they can't own, they try to destroy. +1, NT. Mc Mike May 2012 #56
Democrats have been handed the gauntlet randr May 2012 #57
And the media... dennis4868 May 2012 #58
YES! I love Republican bashing posts on DU!!! Evasporque May 2012 #60
Kryptonite cutroot May 2012 #61
great article.... obietiger May 2012 #62
EXACTLY! Great post..I've said before what choice do they have!? The contrast is sooo big it's uponit7771 May 2012 #64
can we spread this to other sites? blm May 2012 #67
I've been trying to put this in words PatSeg May 2012 #68
I almost didn't click on this tularetom May 2012 #69
Oh, the humiliation libodem May 2012 #72
Add Joe Wilson's "YOU LIE!!" moment to the GOP's state of denial... KansDem May 2012 #73
And President Obama took away their Dems are weak on foreign policy bullshit after he got OBL. jillan May 2012 #74
I'll just pile on with everyone else and say what an excellent post this is. drm604 May 2012 #75
Couldn't agree more with your observations! Old and In the Way May 2012 #77
The Christian right was blamed for the loss of the moderate vote. The CR's solution: rebranding. alfredo May 2012 #79
It is interesting to see who is never in these kind of threads. Rex May 2012 #80
That just about sums it up. n/t Cali_Democrat May 2012 #81
On points of style and intellect alone, Obama is sooo much more attractive and "presidential" whathehell May 2012 #82
And then when one posts dreampunk May 2012 #83
Poppy Bush told you the answer years ago, but I'd already heard about it. Hubert Flottz May 2012 #84
"New World Order" was a big clue, wasn't it? FiveGoodMen May 2012 #85
As I've read, poppy mentioning the NWO was actually a slap in the face to the third world countries newspeak May 2012 #105
Every so often Doc Holliday May 2012 #86
Not sure who came up with this line mac56 May 2012 #87
Well, that's ProSense May 2012 #88
Exactly. Well said. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #89
Wow. Brigid May 2012 #91
You expect me to rec this stuff? Uben May 2012 #92
Very well said! LiberalLovinLug May 2012 #93
I completely disagree stupidicus May 2012 #94
If you could be a fly on the wall..... dtom67 May 2012 #95
IMO wd make a great DCCC campaign ad ProgressiveEconomist May 2012 #96
Spot on...K&R!! rury May 2012 #97
good post by the OP but... ensemble May 2012 #98
Way too complicated GETPLANING May 2012 #100
I agree. Arugula Latte May 2012 #106
Spot on. I also don't think it's because Obama is black. Beartracks May 2012 #101
Good post but remember that the Tea Party was made by malaise May 2012 #103
Lest we forget the complicit corporate media!! vsamuels Feb 2015 #107
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