A bad day for Republicans

[realFedUp]

The Republican members of the Judiciary committee
contorting themselves to embrace the use of torture
and dismissing the proof of election fraud, obstruction
to voting, vote padding and votes thrown out as
trivial and a waste of time mark a particularly bad day for Republicans.

What do they stand for anyway?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. YES!

Precisely

[CottonBear]

2. Facism. n/t

[Tacos al Carbon]

12. It was asked by another poster in a different thread but never answered

What on earth is "facism," anyway? Is it a new form of discrimination like "lookism?"

[realFedUp]

13. definition of fascism

1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality -- J. W. Aldridge>


or Bushista control of four branches of government
with little oversight, few checks and balances and
disregard for the law unless it works for their goals.

[Tacos al Carbon]

14. That's not what I asked.

eom.

[Debs]

15. What is eom?

also what is n/t?

[LynnTheDem]

20. End Of Message....No/Topic

HTH! (hope this helps) :)

[Lerkfish]

24. actually, that IS what you asked (?)

you asked "what on earth is fascism?" and someone gave you a definition. Then you claimed you didn't ask for a definition.

Perhaps you're confused, or I am.

[Tacos al Carbon]

27. Read what I asked again, more carefully

And no, there is no typo in my original post.

[Lerkfish]

30. OH, MY....such a clever use of typo to irritate everyone

sorry I missed it. You must feel so superior and clever now. Hope that works out for you.

[Tacos al Carbon]

31. It was a joke about a pet peeve

It's a word that many people don't spell correctly. Sorry it irritated you. Must be rough to go through life with such a thin skin.

[Lerkfish]

33. oh, its horrible...just horrible....

because assholes keep telling you to get a thicker skin, instead of taking ownership of their own irritating behavior. Somehow, they expect me to get a thicker skin so they can continue irritating me more intensely, as if that's a goal I ascribe to .

weird, huh?


but thanks for your concern.

[leesa]

25. He's making a stupid comment about the spelling error.

[48pan]

3. It won't even make the news...

The MSM won't cover it because their buddies would be embarrassed.

[realFedUp]

5. Use the Republican's statements

You still have a phone, fax, e-mail.
Make sure your local paper covers it
and if they don't... quote what Republicans
said about votes and election irregularities

[sui generis]

4. they NEVER break the rules though

if they don't like 'em, they just change 'em. /Sarcasm

[Dhalgren]

6. We have to begin work on a REAL underground.

Because the US is now a truly fascist state. One party rule without even the trappings of multiple participation. The oppression will begin in real earnest now; we need to be prepared for it...

[AngryAmish]

32. They are our enemies

They must be crushed. Drive those cockroaches into the ground. Destroy them utterly.

[jonnyblitz]

7. good points but will anybody notice?

I hope so.

[realFedUp]

8. Make them notice

write letters to the editor, call in radio
stations, c-span etc. Call the Congresspeople
who participated in this exercise in democracy
today...on the side of right and the side of
wrong. Let them know you are on the side of
allowing all registered voters to vote in a timely
manner, without obstruction and a guarantee they
are voting on the best equipment with a backup
paper trail that can be recounted.

[calimary]

29. 1 (800) 839 - 5276 - TOLL FREE to Capitol Hill Switchboard.

Always a good one to keep handy. They'll transfer you to anybody's office you name.

[wiggs]

9. Good day for them.

Lying and getting away with it is a good day for republicans.

It's like saying it's a bad day for the bank robber if he gets clean away with a million bucks.

Tampering with votes and getting away with it is a good day.

Going through the motions of asking tough questions of Bush's personal attorney so that he can become attorney general (who is supposed to work for us) is a good day for republicans.

[realFedUp]

10. but they don't like the light shining on them while they're doing it.

That's what happened today...the light finally
shone on what happened in this past election.

[BrendaStarr]

16. Lets keep the light shining on them.

We know so much here, but we could share it better with the rest of the country.

I really want to encourage people to also visit some mixed message boards in addition to the liberal ones and keep bringing up the injustice.

These could be political or even a board about your interests. To share with others and to watch out for attempts to hijack such boards by the lying right wingers that often infiltrate them.

In my main set of mixed political boards we use even the times that MSM (aka corporate news media) hide the facts by covering them with other news to insert reality.

It really is even fun sometimes and very satisfying knowing that we are getting the real news to people.

[realFedUp]

11. Just watched the end of the Judiciary committee Gonzales hearing

with the three panelists who disagree with this
administration on Gitmo and torture. Someone
should have Dean of Yale Law School Koh on
a show...
this segment was worth watching if repeated on
Cspan.

[TrustingDog]

17. a bad day for repugs is when ...

sorry, there's no when...

[moondust]

18. Yeah.

I watched some of the challenge proceedings. I saw a group of white people hurling insults and condemnation, slamming the door in the faces of a group made up largely of black people standing up for their civil rights. It reminded me of the 1960s civil rights clashes in the South.

[proudbluestater]

19. The demonization of everybody who doesn't agree with them and other

"Christian values."

[mattclearing]

21. Yeah, they look like looney assholes.

But then, they always look that way when their mouths are moving.

[0007]

22. What do they stand for anyway?

The big fat dollar bill
You'll have many Republican friends if you have money!

[robbedvoter]

23. In other words, bullying and lying ? Just another day at the office.

I hope than in the near future when aliens look for proof of civilization in a radioactive Earth, they find these names:
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
Senator Barbara Boxer
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. Corrine Brown
Rep. Julia Carson
Rep. Bill Clay
Rep. James Clyburn
Rep. Danny Davis
Rep. Lane Evans
Rep. Bob Filner
Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Alcee Hastings
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Ed Markey
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. John Olver
Rep. Major Owens
Rep. Frank Pallone
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Rep. Bennie Thompson
Rep. Maxine Waters
Rep. Diane Watson
Rep. Lynn Woolsey

Everything else is better left forgotten.

[rodeodance]

26. yes, "just anothe day" some ol' same ol' (sadly)

[orpupilofnature57]

28. THAT GLOBE TO YOUR LOWER LEFT,is up one, on shrub and his leaches

EXPOSE! EXSPOSE! EXSPOSE!

[bemildred]

34. They stand to herdlike groupthink, conformity, and mindless obedience.

An odd interpretation of "conservatism" that is too.