GreatCaesarsGhost
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Wed Sep-15-10 11:57 AM
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CNN - Sen DeMint says "GOP establishment is out" |
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and supports O'Donnell.
Interview with Dana Bash.
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:03 PM
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1. They really want to self destruct! |
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Here's the gasoline and matches..no charge for Republicans!
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:06 PM
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2. Hang on -- need to get my popcorn first |
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:popcorn:
Aaaaannnnndddd, GO!
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Wed Sep-15-10 02:42 PM
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:popcorn: You just can't make something this good up!
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:10 PM
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3. Senate locker room must be so much fun today. |
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:11 PM
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4. Sure wish I had a "set myself on fire and run around the room" gif. |
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Ah, well, I likes the popcorn, too....
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:19 PM
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5. isn't this what we want to do with the blue dogs? |
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:49 PM
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8. They screwed up in Delaware, but the Tea Baggers are doing well in many places. |
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Edited on Wed Sep-15-10 12:50 PM by w4rma
So, yes. We do need to do this to our own "establishment" jerks.
It would be very bad to hand over the populist mantle to the Republican Party.
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Proud Liberal Dem
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Wed Sep-15-10 01:15 PM
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11. What "populist mantle" do the "teabaggers" have? |
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Edited on Wed Sep-15-10 01:19 PM by Proud Liberal Dem
Their agenda is almost identical to the Republican Party, which is, of course, to attain/maintain power at all costs, maintain a "privileged status above "others", obstruct any progress that seems in the least bit threatening (to them), and ultimately to serve the interests of the upper 1% class. They're just wackier and less restrained about things than the average "politically astute" establishment Republican like, say, Karl Rove, whom the "teabaggers" are now turning on for his criticism of O'Donnell's victory in Deleware's GOP Primary.
If "teabaggers" REALLY cared about 1/10 of the things that they claim to be concerned about- now that a Democrat is back in the WH and the Democrats are in control of Congress incidentally- then they should have been fighting GWB and his (mis-)administration tooth and nail during most of his (mis-)administration but they didn't. What's worse is that I'm pretty sure that most of them enthusiastically supported Bush/Cheney and cheered along their agenda for all eight years- all the while shouting down the Democrats and other naysayers, which is a large part of why I seriously question their motives, principles, and sincerity in general.
The Democratic Party (most of it anyway) is the only party genuinely interested in doing anything to advance the interests of the average person and the "teabaggers" will NEVER be able to claim that mantle IMHO.
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Wed Sep-15-10 02:38 PM
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12. They are getting the mantle because they are asking for it. The DLC doesn't want populist Democrats. |
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And unfortunately the DLC is in charge and ignoring what folks want. Again. The Tea Baggers are just filling the populist vaccum.
Yes, I know that they are funded by billionaires and are usually almost Nazis, but they are asking for and taking the populist mantle.
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Proud Liberal Dem
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Wed Sep-15-10 06:08 PM
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17. well, if the "populism mantle" that the teabaggers have *taken up* |
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Edited on Wed Sep-15-10 06:09 PM by Proud Liberal Dem
is what the American public actually wants, then we are all pretty screwed. :banghead:
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Wed Sep-15-10 02:53 PM
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14. It is one thing to Primary a couple of Blue Dog Democrats, but they are not the establishment |
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Tea Baggers want to eliminate the entire Republican establishment unless it buckles under to their demands.. Is that a hard one to understand?
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Thu Sep-16-10 11:13 AM
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18. wow, you are soooo smart, thanks for helping me to understand........ |
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:20 PM
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:23 PM
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7. When your opponent is drowning, toss him an anchor |
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And never, ever interrupt your adversary when he's making a mistake. The Senate race in Delaware went from a near mortal lock to be a Republican pick-up to a near mortal lock to stay Democratic overnight. O'Donnell is already polling 44-32 behind Coons. Among people who voted for Castle.
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Wed Sep-15-10 12:59 PM
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9. Wonder if the real republicans will go to the Independents |
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or maybe side with the Blue Dogs. Could be interesting. I can not conceive of a real republican aligning themselves with some of the kooky crazy nuts that have been elected in primaries to run as republicans. Republicans have a different view of what they want for this country, mostly passing laws for corporations and raking it in themselves. But there is no way these kooks would even think of siding with corporations. They have so much ego they think they IF ELECTED, and what a joke, will run this country by themselves.
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Wed Sep-15-10 01:01 PM
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10. Dement is "GOP Establishment" |
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Wed Sep-15-10 03:20 PM
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15. uh, isn't dement part of the goop establishment? |
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Wed Sep-15-10 03:24 PM
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They will all vote republiCON..
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