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LiberalArkie

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7. Best comment on Rolling Stone

Sun May 22, 2016, 08:50 AM

May 2016

Bernie Sanders will serve as the next POTUS in the White House. Hillary will serve time as an inmate in the Big House. It will be a Sanders/Trump contest in November, and will be "The Stand" in real time: Will the voter go to Boulder or Las Vegas.... and you know what happened there

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"If this isn't the end for the Republican Party, it'll be a shame." [View all] cali May 2016 OP

Beautifully stated but a line malaise May 2016 #1

the money quote: corkhead May 2016 #2

Total extremist garbage IMO. Trust Buster May 2016 #3

You really are on the wrong site cali May 2016 #4

The piece wasn't brilliant at all. It was an unhinged rant that sounded every bit as intolerant as Trust Buster May 2016 #5

Nothing remotely unhinged about it. It's a tightly crafted, scathing cali May 2016 #14

Highly accurate description. zentrum May 2016 #84

Thank you. cali May 2016 #85

If they don't get it they have outed themselves... AwakeAtLast May 2016 #91

I dunno, this was a pretty good sum up of the last 35 years: Hydra May 2016 #19

"The most successful trick was linking the corporate mantra of profit without responsibility to the Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #67

Not quite so. lpbk2713 May 2016 #25

People vote for Repugs against their own interests for many reasons, lark May 2016 #37

Ah, the old "they're just stupid" argument. Trust Buster May 2016 #44

YES, more people who didn't graduate from high school vote Repug than Dem. lark May 2016 #46

Not quite, Republican voting has more to do with income than anything else... Fumesucker May 2016 #53

A Deep Dive Into Party Affiliation ronnie624 May 2016 #66

"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans... alterfurz May 2016 #80

Yes, frankly skepticscott May 2016 #58

People who want to erect a wall on the Rio Grande ... lpbk2713 May 2016 #74

Hell, my Governer (sic) wants to build a wall through the Great Lakes! Scuba May 2016 #107

Not that IQs capture the breadth of intelligence, or that IQ is everything but cali May 2016 #69

Yup - stupid. Evangelicals voting for the thugs. 100% stupid. nt Lucky Luciano May 2016 #83

Spot on. Different Drummer May 2016 #89

Thanks and welcome to DU lark May 2016 #115

Right. JDPriestly May 2016 #99

How about the propaganda and lies that the 90% Republican-owned news media deliberately Cal33 May 2016 #63

Any journalist that throws out red meat to sell copy is wrong IMO. Trust Buster May 2016 #64

I am glad we agree on somethings. Cal33 May 2016 #87

They actually didn't win more votes. Fantastic Anarchist May 2016 #81

No. More Americans did NOT vote for Republicans world wide wally May 2016 #92

Scary how we're now supposed to idolize these people because they are moving into our party Hydra May 2016 #6

Sickening. cali May 2016 #11

What is sickening is someone who disagrees with a political party calling them Trust Buster May 2016 #16

Yeah, how dare people criticise a party that has become so hateful and racist cali May 2016 #21

Well, look at the record ThoughtCriminal May 2016 #93

So he's saying it, but they're DOING it skepticscott May 2016 #61

They are bringing more than just their money. Ferd Berfel May 2016 #41

Interestingly. The Democratic Party of the Clintons has been more welcoming and open to the JDPriestly May 2016 #100

Thomas Frank on Hartmann today Ferd Berfel May 2016 #116

"Extremist garbage?" Hardly. Go elsewhere to peddle that crap. CurtEastPoint May 2016 #8

I'll go where I damn well please. It was an unhinged rant IMO. Trust Buster May 2016 #13

Taibbi is a brilliant PatSeg May 2016 #15

"Monsters" ? "destroyed the character of America" ? "hell is not hot enough" ? Really ? Trust Buster May 2016 #18

Yes. Destroyed the character of America. Absolutely cali May 2016 #22

I have family members that are Republicans. You probably do as well. I will not call them Trust Buster May 2016 #29

He was referring to PatSeg May 2016 #33

I have family members who are ex-republicans cali May 2016 #35

Maybe in the person you are responding to, their case Katashi_itto May 2016 #39

Sure he is. You can't divorce Republicans from their Party. The Party looks at the polls and mimic Trust Buster May 2016 #43

Of course you can divorce party leadership from voters. cali May 2016 #47

No, politicians poll their base and react accordingly. Trust Buster May 2016 #48

Politicians have a responsibility to not encourage hate and bigotry cali May 2016 #51

But it's fine for a writer of the Rolling Stone to call millions of fellow Americans monsters ? Trust Buster May 2016 #56

That is not what he did cali May 2016 #60

LOLOLOLOLOL AntiBank May 2016 #103

"No, politicians poll their base and react accordingly." Wrong, again ... Scuba May 2016 #110

You have been extremely argumentative, especially so in the last 90 days. You sure are passionate... ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #88

Don't bother speaking truth to that one... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #59

You are so right cali May 2016 #70

On a political level, I would call them monsters. They know not what they do. Fools is an even B JDPriestly May 2016 #101

Really PatSeg May 2016 #27

and just as obvious is you haven't been paying attention the last Mbrow May 2016 #30

Sure as hell did. Took us from people who DID care about others and science and space to LiberalArkie May 2016 #40

I replied to wrong thread. Sorry. We are in agreement. CurtEastPoint May 2016 #79

lost? heaven05 May 2016 #10

It's absolutely correct n/t gollygee May 2016 #12

Why don't you read the entire article? mountain grammy May 2016 #28

I did. "Monsters" ? "Destroyed the character of America" ? "Hell is not hot enough" ? Trust Buster May 2016 #45

He is right. The Republican Party is a monster. It has destroyed the character of America, and JDPriestly May 2016 #102

Lolol...revealed to what you truly are. Katashi_itto May 2016 #36

Free Republic is that way. ------------------> Feeling the Bern May 2016 #42

Have you seen what the republlicans throw at us including trying to get rid of healthcare patsimp May 2016 #49

You don't seem to understand how message boards work. yardwork May 2016 #50

DU has sunk so low TransitJohn May 2016 #52

I challenge you before this entire forum to rebut each and every point Taibbi makes. Get busy. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #86

Best comment on Rolling Stone LiberalArkie May 2016 #7

On Sun May 22, 2016, 09:31 AM an alert was sent on the following post: baran May 2016 #32

Here's the alerter, apparently in some stage of grief: silvershadow May 2016 #77

Not grief wryter2000 May 2016 #113

The RS comments are mostly from right wingers but I thought this was the best SharonClark May 2016 #72

Agree! jaxind May 2016 #9

I googled "accomplishments of the Republican party" and got this nonsense IronLionZion May 2016 #17

Wow PatSeg May 2016 #71

Kicked and recommended to the Max! nt Enthusiast May 2016 #20

From what I'm seeing, the Republicans I know are even more determined to back the party. bulloney May 2016 #23

It's going to be reaaly strange as they move over to our party Hydra May 2016 #24

Same here... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #62

Two GOP parties is what we have but one of them calls itself jwirr May 2016 #75

They are so brainwashed PatSeg May 2016 #73

YEP Cosmocat May 2016 #105

Wake Up. They Always Say This billhicks76 May 2016 #26

Kick your enemy when he's down and he's 'inspired' to get back up? randome May 2016 #34

It's a club. nt thereismore May 2016 #76

It will be a shame, but the GOP will soldier on..with help from their "friends" mountain grammy May 2016 #31

We don't need a one party system. A weakened GOP is good enough for me. alfredo May 2016 #38

Totally agree we do not want a one party system yeoman6987 May 2016 #57

They don't have the capacity to self correct. It is never their own fault. alfredo May 2016 #68

lol Cosmocat May 2016 #106

Great read. thanks for posting. spooky3 May 2016 #54

People can talk all they want about how this is the end for the repug party mdbl May 2016 #55

I love this piece Cosmocat May 2016 #108

Another Taibbi Masterpiece Leith May 2016 #65

That fucker Cruz embaces his insane father but not his wife. Look! thereismore May 2016 #78

"I know nothing about either Republicans or small towns", the article. Shandris May 2016 #82

I don't understand this. I am surprised at Taibbi, whom I enjoy greatly merrily May 2016 #90

My prediction: Republicans will get thrashed this year, but rebuild for the next election. backscatter712 May 2016 #94

06/08 Cosmocat May 2016 #109

I hope you're right, but the polls say otherwise.. mountain grammy May 2016 #112

They have been dead to ever since Tom McCall died. JEB May 2016 #95

I'm afraid that instead, this is a new dawn for the Republican party. Kablooie May 2016 #96

"They even sullied the word "American" by insisting they were the only real ones." C Moon May 2016 #97

The libertarian wing of the Republican Party is the most intellectually JDPriestly May 2016 #98

only issue I have (it is nitpicking sorta) is that it has NOT been 50 years of Rethug domination AntiBank May 2016 #104

K&R.. disillusioned73 May 2016 #111

The demise of the Republican Party is greatly exaggerated. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #114