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IkeRepublican

(406 posts)
41. Bullshit indeed!
Mon Mar 3, 2014, 10:38 PM
Mar 2014

I'm sick and tired of our side constantly playing the race card. Seriously. It's always thrown out way too early in the game, keeps the focus away from the root cause and has essentially become a dog whistle similar to Benghazi on the right. Okay, maybe not like Benghazi to the right. Benghazi is a Republican mating call, which is far more intense than any dog whistle.

But, to be serious, the Democrat race card has heavily diminished the urgency when real racism does occur, such as a physical crime against someone of another race which is infinitely more harmful than any asshole spouting off some dim-bulb nonsense; commonly known as a "racial slur".

The TP came from a similar agenda to the Dupont Co. and their cohorts to take down FDR. Learning from that mistake, they exploited the use of useful idiots to spout off their own low-rent melodrama cries of bogus tyranny/socialism to stymie Obama and hinder what's necessary to get America on the right track. That's all it was. Astroturf and nothing more.

Another clip, Maher: Have You Ever Met a War You Didn't Love tomm2thumbs Mar 2014 #1
Bill Kristol supports ALL wars... nolkyz Mar 2014 #3
Yup n/t LittleGirl Mar 2014 #12
So true. maddiemom Mar 2014 #33
Kristol just aired out a split in the party too PatrynXX Mar 2014 #15
damn. the clip ends where the most relevant bit begins. 2banon Mar 2014 #19
You can view the FredisDead Mar 2014 #2
not really LittleGirl Mar 2014 #13
sorry. ignore my other post and LittleGirl Mar 2014 #14
Hey Thanks! Stellar Mar 2014 #32
really bummed me out iamthebandfanman Mar 2014 #4
that's one thing it was about.. the Kochs needed a subject change Cha Mar 2014 #5
yeah well PatrynXX Mar 2014 #16
Poor red-faced, angry guy -- can't understand why Bill is deviating from the scripts pacalo Mar 2014 #6
It was worth watching to see how Maher wiped the grin off Kristol's face... CTyankee Mar 2014 #22
With Bill Maher, guests should expect attitude rather than platitude. pacalo Mar 2014 #29
Kristol's a hundred percenter tea and oranges Mar 2014 #7
I saw the whole panel, Kristol is an even bigger idiot than I thought. Initech Mar 2014 #8
"Off the rails" Yes. Off the wall, too. merrily Mar 2014 #9
Original Tea Party was about taxes. The more recent version is a reconstitution of John Birchers n/t Triana Mar 2014 #10
Yep, but not about what today's TP thinks it was about ... brett_jv Mar 2014 #35
how can people like kristol heaven05 Mar 2014 #11
Probably because he gets away with it every other day of the year JHB Mar 2014 #17
That is why he was so upset.. butterfly77 Mar 2014 #38
For once Kristol was right (well, about 10-20% right) JHB Mar 2014 #18
That was a platform for more of the same, not a "takedown" .. 2banon Mar 2014 #20
FTTP! bobhuntsman Mar 2014 #21
fttp= fiber to the premises? irisblue Mar 2014 #23
I'm going to guess: Fuck The Tea Party JHB Mar 2014 #27
dear bobthehuntsman irisblue Mar 2014 #28
And you can't overlook the CNN bimbo LiberalLovinLug Mar 2014 #24
I wonder if she noticed... albino65 Mar 2014 #26
the telling thing rtracey Mar 2014 #25
Lesson One in How Conservatives Rewrite History gtar100 Mar 2014 #30
I recall TP forming around the market crash cprise Mar 2014 #31
Around here, it was to stop the ACA... freebrew Mar 2014 #36
I'm thinking back just before Obama's first election cprise Mar 2014 #39
Kristol is a living reverse barometer MrScorpio Mar 2014 #34
I totally enjoyed this show.. butterfly77 Mar 2014 #37
i thought his head would explode konnie Mar 2014 #40
Bullshit indeed! IkeRepublican Mar 2014 #41
I think Maher's point has been proven daybranch Mar 2014 #42
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