The Fractured State of the GOP - Democratic Underground

nomaco-10

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:18 AM
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The Fractured State of the GOP

I'm remembering the boastful swagger of republicans just a few short years ago. "I'm a Reagan REPUBLICAN". "I'm a Conservative REPUBLICAN". "I'm a Compassionate Conservative REPUBLICAN". "I'm a Fiscal Conservative REPUBLICAN", I'm a Socially Conservative REPUBLICAN".

Then it all started to change during the second regime of the bush* admin. More and more republicans started identifying themselves as "Moderate Republicans". When that label failed to put enough distance between them and the nutjobs running the country, they started calling themselves "Independents". When that became just another code word for "I'm a Republican", they tried to change the meme to "I'm a Moderate Independent". Some of them even trying to explain away their their political affiliation as "Fiscal Conservative with LIBERTARIAN leanings".

I noticed several articles and a couple segments from news shows last night regarding Sanford, where he was described by some republicans as a Libertarian, and he was really not one of us anyway.
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The GOP is so fractured at this point, that I don't think it will ever be a viable, competitive entity in this country again. And that my friends is good news.

RIP GOP.

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Psychic Consortium

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:19 AM
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1. Those who have harmed American will fall, karma time. nt

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lapfog_1

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:24 AM
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2. If they are still breathing (even though they only use their mouths)

they are still dangerous.

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Bandit

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:26 AM
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3. Independent is not and never was a code word for Republican

Your imagination is getting the best of you.

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nomaco-10

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:32 AM
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5. Tell bill o'reilly that. He claims to be an "Independent", of course....

somebody uncovered his voter's reg card, and he started out his career aat FUX as a guess what? Republican.

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patrice

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:32 AM
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4. I happened to overhear 2 members of their historical base complaining about Rednecks, because

Edited on Thu Jun-25-09 08:32 AM by patrice

"They don't think", the other day.

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Happyhippychick

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Thu Jun-25-09 08:37 AM
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6. Now they call themselves "Conservatives" or "Independents". But they're still assholes

eom

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malaise

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Thu Jun-25-09 09:00 AM
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7. I just hope Bill Clinton has a nice marker board and is

ticking off the hypocrites one by one.

Call it the Bill Clinton Haunting :rofl:

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