The Republican Coup, ongoing since 1994

[edhopper]

the Democrats should have controlled the Government for the last 20 years.
The so called "contract with America" win in 94 was due to nothing more than redistricting. Not the "swing to the right" bs.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/us/the-1994-election-voters-did-racial-redistricting-undermine-democrats.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm
http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-pol&month=9411&week=d&msg=Luu/qUKWYi07zcXZy3JT4g&user=&pw=

If not for that the Dems would have kept the Congress in the 90s. (They gained seats in each election)

200 was a Coup by Scotus and 04 was most likely stolen.

They got less votes in Congress this last time as well. They haven't represented the majority of voters in decades.

Outside of the South, the American people have not supported the GOP since Reagan. And when asked about actually policy, they overwhelmingly side with the Dem view.

So while the majority of voters do not want to think about a government that resembles a Latin American dictatorship more than a democracy, let us remember we have a largely illegitimate Party trying to usurp this country.

[Coyotl]

1. I'm going to register a few more accounts so I can rec this more times

kidding

[edhopper]

2. Thanks

[grasswire]

3. the coup attempts go back to the plot to depose FDR

That was only foiled by Marine General Smedley Butler. That was a plot for a military takeover of the government. It was plotted by the same band of industrialist interests. It nearly succeeded.

[1-Old-Man]

4. Its not 20 years, its over 30, not 1994, but 1980

You can trace every bad thing that this country endures right now to Ronald Reagan - the worst President in the history of this country.

[edhopper]

5. True

but I haven't seen evidence of them stealing control in the 80s.
The last 20 years they have ruled by fraud.

[brooklynite]

6. Irresponsible hyperbolie...

This illusion that the electorate is naturally liberal/Democratic is silly. It is pretty much split down the middle, with enough independent, low information votes in the center to swing things either way.

1) The 1990's redistricting you claim as responsible for the 1994 Republican win was in place for the 1992 election. Remind me, who won that?

2) Even if what you say is true, who voted for the Republican State Governments that passed the redistricting plans?

3) As late as last year, nearly half of the electorate voted for Mitt Romney. No redistricting forced them too.

[Scuba]

7. You lost me at "This illusion that the electorate is naturally liberal/Democratic is silly."

You're correct if you ask the electorate if they're "liberal/Democratic" but you're very wrong if you ask them about the issues.

[edhopper]

8. But not a majority

as not a majority voted for G W Bush in 2000, nor a majority voted for the Republican Congress last year.
They are and remain a minority who has gained power through subterfuge.

[Bake]

9. One problem is that Rethugs will, by God, turn out their voters.

That's something that we haven't done as well. Pollsters find that a large majority of people support Democratic POLICIES. But how many of them turn out to vote EVERY TIME? The Thugs never miss an election. We do, all the time. Our mid-term turnout is invariably poor.

Another problem, along with gerrymandering, is Thug efforts to suppress traditionally Democratic voters -- minorities, lower income, etc.

Bake