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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe need to break this fucker across our knee. But good.
Wow.
If there are history books in the future should this prick win - if there is anyone left to write them, and any infrastructure left to print them - they will begin with Mitt Romney at the 2012 convention saying,"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans." He paused, with a shit-eating smirk on his face, before continuing with, "and to heal the planet."
The groans, shouts, and yowls of contempt were palpable, even in the polite NBC speakers.
"My promise," said The Candidate, "is to help you and your family."
So much for the global crisis staring us in the face.
Thanks, Mitt. You remind me of an old poem. How does it go?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair"'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Fuck him.
Let's get this done.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)and I totally agree with you (and Chris Hayes).
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Flatpicker
(894 posts)But his party has to be broken more so than the man.
It's not just that their views are archaic, but, they are borderline 1930's Germany fanatical.
If the party isn't broken this year, they will be a threat in 2016. All we will have done is delay a huge national disaster.
cali
(114,904 posts)snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)truly scary. Not going to be so flexible with the Russians!>? Did I get that right?
He was all over the place throwing out keywords trying to get something to stick.
edit: YES...we need to stop this clown.
proud patriot
(100,700 posts)Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)This is all about him, well, and the Koch Brothers.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)I don't think the nation can stand more of that "help".
spanone
(135,635 posts)Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)to watch. I forgot to get Rolaids for the sick feeling that I now have from this crap tonight. Mitt reminds me of a car salesman. How can one person tell so many lies...
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)If he were powerful enough to make the oceans rise, he'd also be powerful enough to make them lower. He'd be powerful enough to be world emperor and do away with the whole election thing. They're saying some batshit crazy things.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)emulatorloo
(43,981 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Routed.
Humiliated.
Destroyed.
We must not merely defeat the GOP this year, but we must crush them so completely that they can never recover in their present form.
The GOP is the most sick, twisted, bigoted, jingoistic, sadistic, cruel, willfully ignorant, delusional and psychopathic that it has EVER been. They've outdone the Bush years, they've outdone the Reagan years, they've outdone Nixon and they've outdone Roaring 20s of Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Teapot Dome that helped lead us to the Great Depression. This is the most ugly and evil that I've ever seen them. EVER!
I'd venture so far as to say that you'd have to go all the way back to the mid 19th century, to the lead-up to the Civil War, to the Democrats of that time (remember, the Republicans and the Democrats switched places in the early 20th century - the Democrats were the pro-slavery racist bastards who were pulling a Tea Party and grinding the country's business to a halt, and the Republicans were trying to be reasonable).
That's how bad they are.
And that's why we must not merely win, we must utterly destroy the GOP.
We must make it clear that the Southern Strategy must die. We must make it clear that demagoguery, bigotry, mendacity, corruption, greed, class warfare, religious fanatacism and jingoism cannot win more than the lunatics in their base, and cannot gain enough support to assume power. We must make it clear that if they take the road they are taking today, they will not survive as a party.
We must wage absolute, total war on the Republicans.
We must abandon notions of bipartisanship and civility when dealing with the GOP. The Republicans are psychopaths. They WILL NOT work with us. Any attempts of negotiation and deal-making with the GOP will end with knives in our backs. They are ALWAYS looking for creative new ways to fuck us.
We must be absolutely ruthless, and completely merciless. We cannot afford to be nice. Those times are over. We strike hard, and put every ounce of energy we have into destroying our enemies, or we will be destroyed.
We must be vicious. We must treat this contest as a fight for the soul of America. We must win this war, or we could lose what America is supposed to stand for: freedom, equality, decency. America is this >< close to being as weak as the Weimar Republic, and if we can't find the strength to win this power struggle, this country will endure a dark age lasting decades, maybe centuries.
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)southmost
(759 posts)+9000
rockingirl
(39 posts)yeah what u said! i'm all in!
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)I'm going to vote a straight Democratic ballot. I'm not going to have a stroke over it if RnR win it, which they might. Between the Koch money buying plenty of air time for their lies, dubious Deibold voting machines and photo ID voter suppression I think I may have thrown away $50 bucks. I'll adapt if I have to.
Mimosa
(9,131 posts)Abandoning civility and using violent language will lead to defeat. Nothing's to be gained by acting hysterical.
Cha
(295,912 posts)rocktivity
(44,555 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)CrispyQ
(36,226 posts)I said I wasn't going to donate to this president, but I just sent $25.
on edit:
http://www.barackobama.com/
"We are being outspent 2 to 1 in battleground states."
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I'm in.