Republicans are like a cornered animal right now

[NNN0LHI]

So, we had better be vigilant here because any cornered animal will bite.

This is not the time to let our guard down.

It is time to get tougher. Or we will lose all the gains we have made so fast our heads will be spinning.

Lot of Reaganites still out there who would just love to kick our heads in if we ever give them the chance. And if they ever do get the upper hand again they won't slack off. They will push their bigoted agenda every chance they get. They will go in for the kill. I know how these sick fuckers think because I study them.

Just a little warning.

Don

[99Forever]

1. I think you are absolutely correct.

I seem to remember a quote that went like:

"The vile beast is loudest as it's about to die." (or something like that)

[Horse with no Name]

2. That is what I have felt these last two years in particular

With all this ramming stuff through...

[ewagner]

5. Been thinking about that too...

especially here in Wisconsin where the repub controlled legislature is passing right-wing legislation at warp-factor 3......


First, there is the fear that they will lose this opportunity and have to take advantage of every second of it to get their agenda passed.

Second, a lot of the legislation they are passing is designed to permanently damage the Democratic Party and its base; to stifle abilities to raise campaign funds and undermine the ability of the traditional Democratic Base to vote.

It's a two-pronged approach...

God help us if Walker wins.

[lunatica]

7. He will only 'win' if he steals the election

Any state that gets double the amount of recall signatures needed isn't going to suddenly turn around and love that man.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Watch Wisconsin as the bellwether.

We're running about 6 months ahead of you on this trend.

[lunatica]

6. Wisconsin is our Flagship

We're watching and learning.

[wandy]

11. You are so right.....

Look at the mess the repubs have made in those states where they have taken complete control.
Think of Benton Harbor, America's first feudal country.
What would the buggers do if they had an entire country to screw up.
Bush the dumber would be just a prelude.

[geckosfeet]

4. Ready to rock and roll.

Like the dimmest son said, "bring it on".

It's not a question of letting down our guard, but keeping a growing and vibrant progressive liberal agenda active. When the fuckers fall, the void must be filled quickly, finally and in perpetuity.

Always vigilant.

[freshwest]

8. This is going to be one on one in many communities. Very harsh and they have more money.

[proud patriot]

9. I wrote a poem about the exticntion of the republican party a few years back

I truly believe they are on their way out


POETIC EXTINCTION...desperate grasping , barely holding/unexplained convulsions of logic/Lashing out fierce screams of blame/thinking of survival Wailing Flailing/lying dealing death to survive/Screams , Pain , hate, agony , fear oh yes FEAR/Eating one's own, you know that kind of Fear The fear of nightmares/Camouflage it , hide behind it , meta morph it/puffing plumage raising hackles loudly barking changing colors/altering strategies smokescreens of stench/hungry predators, following the trail , searching/weakened hiding running Scared/hoping hoping predators circling/focused dedicated hungry/backed into a corner/Cowering Sniveling Crying ,THE EXTINCTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: by Proud Patriot

[gateley]

10. The Republican Party of old is on its way out -- ushering in the Tea Baggers. nt

[drm604]

14. Actually, I think that, rather than replacing the Republican party,

the tea party nonsense is a big part of what's killing it.

[gateley]

16. I sure hope you're right. But what do you think will happen to all those baggers?

[drm604]

20. They'll be around, like they always have been (just not under the "tea party" name)

and they may win an election here and there, but hopefully they'll be a permanent political minority.

[gateley]

21. I fear they'll keep multiplying -- like tribbles! :-) nt

[hifiguy]

12. Indeed. A filthy, rabid weasel to be precise. nt

[drm604]

13. This is exactly what I've been thinking.

They're desperately doing everything they can to weaken us because they know that they can't survive if the populace is informed and able and willing to vote.

So they attack in three ways.

1. Keep the populace as ignorant and misinformed as possible.
2. Do everything they can within the bounds of the law (and sometimes outside the law) to make it more difficult to vote.
3. Make the populace apathetic and hopeless by pushing false equivalence.

[ailsagirl]

15. More like they painted themselves

into a corner (myself, I love animals). You reap what you sow. What I don't get is why it's taken so long!

[nanabugg]

17. What a nasty thing to say about cornered animals! nt

[tex-wyo-dem]

18. Agree...we have to keep the pressure up...

I think they see the writing on the wall and are getting more and more desparate. With that group of fascists, desparation could be highly damaging to the people and nation.

[MrSlayer]

19. As crazy as they are, fully forty percent agree with them.

They are hardly cornered and the country is in real danger. They can very easily win this election.

[bluestate10]

22. I agree.

Now is not the time to become soft. Be fair, but be relentless. The very destiny of our nation depends on our standing our ground. The issue become one of whether we want a nation where only people that are priviledged at birth have a chance of a good life, or one where everyone that is willing to work hard has a chance for a good life. Democrats stand with everyone willing to work hard to make a better life for themselves and the country, regardless of the circumstances of their birth.