Republican Party Has Become Like Organized Crime

[babylonsister]

http://manifestojoestexasblues.blogspot.com/2010/10/republican-party-has-become-like.html


Republican Party Has Become Like Organized Crime
By Manifesto Joe


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Organized crime is the only description that seems adequate for this. The Chamber of Commerce and its slush money from foreign sources is just one example of the racket. All these alleged grassroots movements like the Tea Party are being bankrolled with shadow money.

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And then, to top it all off, our new Cosa Nostra has its own giant TV "news" network. Millions of Americans sit and absorb Fox News' mind-rotting swill day after day, being persuaded to vote against their own interests.

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The American people are about to be complicit in the purchase of one branch of their government by organized crime. The obvious intention is for the rest of the deal to be struck in November 2012.

It gives me sincere pain to describe one of our major political parties this way. But privately, I started calling the Republicans "the party of Satan" back around 1995, when the idiots shut down the federal government out of sheer pig-headedness. (My wife said, "You're going to give Satan a bad name.") Anyway, no skin off their butts -- most of them don't have to live even partially off Social Security or VA pensions.

We need a strong and viable conservative party as one of our two major political parties. Right now, what we have is a bunch of ruthless opportunists who are much too obviously on the payroll. They have made Faustian bargains with a variety of groups -- ranging from Religious Right kooks to the kinds of corporate powers that would, if they could, have people working 80-hour weeks for a dollar an hour, and pay no income tax. (Oh, I forgot -- some of them already have the latter worked out. And we see how well it's worked for the economy.)

What Germany and Japan couldn't do in World War II, the Republicans may soon actually succeed in doing -- with the help of their rich gangster friends. To ironically paraphrase Glenn Beck, I love my country -- and I fear for it.

[Jokerman]

1. I've been saying this since 2000.

As far as I'm concerned, anyone who supports republicans in any way is complicit in their crimes.

I may not like every single democratic candidate but I will always support a D over an R.

[AndrewP]

6. Absolutely

I'm reading "The Clinton Tapes" by Taylor Branch and these right wing bastards were pulling the same shit 15-20 years ago.

The Democratic Party certainly has it's own issues, but I will support it to my dying day over the anti-American nonsense the Republican't party pushes.

[ThatsMyBarack]

13. Even in Chicago....

A corrupt Democrat is better than a corrupt Republican!

[democracy1st]

2. K & R for later

[NBachers]

3. They've been a RICO outfit for decades and it's past time to start prosecuting them

[Swamp Rat]

18. Yep, they recently cashed in and are now preparing for their next step.

[WinkyDink]

4. "like"?

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. +1 n/t

[HopeHoops]

5. HEY! That isn't really fair to members of legitimate organized crime groups.

Comparing Republicans to organized crime groups could sully the image of organized crime groups. Besides, since when have Republicans been "organized"?

[Scruffy1]

7. This is why I've sworn off of the press and tv

The regular "news" outlets are just a propaganda stream paid for by the big money. Sure they let the occasional Olberman or Maddow on to look balanced, but even they realize on corporate money. Has there ever been a socialist show?
Pretty amazing when about 20% of Americans define themselves as socialist.

[HopeHoops]

8. I turned off the tube in '82. I get the local paper (daily) and read it. Then there's DU.

I don't know how, but DU members seem to post things (with links to original sources) DAYS before they show up on MSM sites. Hell, half the stuff in the "national" or "world" section of the paper are things I had seen a few days earlier. The local stuff is the main reason to get the paper.

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:thumbsup:

[DemocracyInaction]

11. Wall Street is Organized Crime

haven't you figured that out yet!? I remember some Russian disidents after USSR fell warn the USA the unbridled capitalisim would be worse than the USSR>

[felix_numinous]

12. You cannot say no to the RW

they force their violent agenda and dissenters are enemies. Today's Republican Party is against democracy and have been taken over by totalitarian mobsters. I wish real Republicans would take back their party!!

[fascisthunter]

14. They are Organized Crime

not just "like". They have been enriching the worst elements in this country at the cost of country itself.

[flvegan]

15. Actually, most organized crime keeps their murder and violence

amongst organized crime...at least as much as possible. The Republicans would be more than happy to kill everybody ELSE without blinking.

[Swamp Rat]

16. RICO

as I suggested years ago

[RagAss]

17. They wouldn't last 5 minutes in the mob.

[Zax2me]

19. Become?

It's been that way over there for awhile.