July 31, 2013
— rdbrewer Embed fixed. I had the wrong one up.
Fantastic interview with Greta Van Susteren.
The Republican leadership isn't conservative. . . . [Conservatives] constitute a threat to the way Washington views the country. And I don't think it's so much conservative versus liberal, although it is; it's Washington versus the rest of the country.
It's a must-see interview. He talks about Detroit, poverty, the fact that the Democrat party needs a permanent underclass, immigration and more.
Below the fold is the first of several parts. Follow the links for the rest.
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Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 31, 2013 06:19 AM (Z9BWx)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 31, 2013 06:21 AM (jsWA8)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 06:22 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: MostlyRight at July 31, 2013 06:22 AM (w9AQ4)
Posted by: Flyguy at July 31, 2013 06:24 AM (xLSO4)
Posted by: Does this leg smell gammy? at July 31, 2013 06:24 AM (csm2J)
Posted by: Flyover Country at July 31, 2013 06:24 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 06:25 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 06:25 AM (z+Xap)
Guess this one is gonna have to go back with black sharpie scrawled all over it.
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 10:25 AM (z+Xap)
Make sure they have to pay the postage.
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 06:27 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 31, 2013 06:28 AM (Iyg03)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 31, 2013 06:28 AM (e8kgV)
I got mine yesterday! Already sent it back.
"SECURE THE BORDERS!"
"NO AMNESTY!"
And yes, it's in black Sharpie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 31, 2013 06:28 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 06:29 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: maddogg at July 31, 2013 06:29 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at July 31, 2013 06:30 AM (SwHqo)
Posted by: backhoe at July 31, 2013 06:30 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at July 31, 2013 06:30 AM (ndp2I)
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 31, 2013 06:31 AM (epxV4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at July 31, 2013 06:32 AM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 06:33 AM (z+Xap)
Posted by: Dave in Houston at July 31, 2013 06:34 AM (wB5dd)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at July 31, 2013 06:34 AM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 31, 2013 06:35 AM (ymovd)
Ted Kennedy has the only confirmed kill in the War on Women.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 06:37 AM (B/VB5)
I will make sure to watch all of it before Rush's show comes on today.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:38 AM (GoIUi)
Yup, they colluded with Labour to bring in a new base via amnesty. It's exactly the same thing.
Anyone see the story about Rove and 100 top donors sending a letter to Congress that no GOPer would get campaign funding unless they voted for amnesty?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 06:38 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 06:39 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 06:40 AM (z+Xap)
Steveegg, I was thinking the #Immigration push by some in the GOP was part of that effort.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 31, 2013 10:28 AM (Iyg03)
That IS the effort.
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 06:40 AM (o44nj)
I find even Charles and Camilla are preferable to Cameron.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:40 AM (GoIUi)
Option A - Start from scratch with a brand new party.
Option B - Hostile takeover of the Republican Party, complete with purges, banishment, public humiliations, etc.
Pick your poison.
Posted by: Jaws at July 31, 2013 06:41 AM (4I3Uo)
There's a story on WZ that Obama is sending McCain and Graham to Egypt because he believes "they have credibility with the Muslim Brotherhood".
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 06:41 AM (B/VB5)
Guess this one is gonna have to go back with black sharpie scrawled all over it.
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My standard practice for months now. I try to come up with new ways to insult them.
Have a couple on my desk waiting for them.
What I don't get is, these have to be working, they have to be getting some money from them: I want to know who these people are that get these phony-ass "surveys" and send money back?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 06:41 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: LGoPs at July 31, 2013 06:44 AM (lL1xY)
Posted by: steevy at July 31, 2013 06:44 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: George Orwell, Peruvian travel agent at July 31, 2013 06:44 AM (mCNwt)
I have ranted to RNC callers for more times than I can count. I have asked to be taken off all call lists. I have told them they are not defending us, and that they lied to me during the last campaign (they did).
Now I am getting the "past due" mailings. I have been a Republican since 1980 and am just so frustrated and disheartened than I cannot work up any interest in who even gets the presidential nomination.
So, "Put not your trust in princes" is a Bible verse I keep in mind. I am devoting my time to helping my family and my church.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:45 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: RWC at July 31, 2013 06:46 AM (fWAjv)
Even if starting from scratch is the more effective option, purges, banishments, and public humiliations would be just the thing to let the healing begin. Would a beheading or two be too much to ask for?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 31, 2013 06:46 AM (ymovd)
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Breath, relax, aim, sight, squeeze
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 31, 2013 06:46 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 10:37 AM (B/VB5)
Au contraire.
"Drs." Gosnell, Carhart, Hodari, Riley, etc.....
Posted by: Virginia SoCon once again! at July 31, 2013 06:46 AM (+/C3g)
If Sarah Palin announces a run for the Senate in 2014, as a Republican, running on a platform of free markets, free people, and deregulated energy distribution, Katie bar the door.
Posted by: mrp at July 31, 2013 06:46 AM (HjPtV)
Bah. If those two have credibility with the Muslim Brotherhood, all the more reson they should be primaried.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:47 AM (GoIUi)
The irony is that the GOP will wind up with the worst of both worlds. So-called moderates will be nowhere to be found since most voters are partisans even they refuse to admit it to pollsters. And the base will grow disenchanted and stay home. Say what you will about how awful the Democrats are at running the country, but they at least understand that in order to win national elections, you better appeal to your base first and foremost.
Posted by: Adam_ME at July 31, 2013 06:48 AM (J+jRf)
What I don't get is, these have to be working, they have to be getting some money from them: I want to know who these people are that get these phony-ass "surveys" and send money back?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 10:41 AM (VjL9S)
If they get 1 $50 donation out of 100 of these sent, that's a net profit.
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 06:48 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: backhoe at July 31, 2013 06:48 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 06:49 AM (jPS2y)
No need to beat around the bush, Rufus. You want that job? It's yours.
Just remember that performance is everything in the new and improved GOP.
Posted by: Jaws at July 31, 2013 06:49 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: sTevo at July 31, 2013 06:49 AM (Tssnh)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at July 31, 2013 06:50 AM (RFeQD)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 31, 2013 10:18 AM
Yes, he is. Too bad he takes the same approach as too many "pundits" on the conservative side and stops short of actually issuing a call for action, which his audience is primed to follow.
He's gotten fat from too many hours behind the "EIB Golden Microphone." The establishment been berry, berry good to heem, and he won't let a silly little thing like what's right for the country get in the way.
Oh, P.S. -- take a gander at the NY Post website. It's reporting an even more intrusive and dangerous part of the NSA spying scandal.
Heads need to roll. Soon.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 06:50 AM (/RIVS)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 06:51 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 06:51 AM (jlm/B)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 06:52 AM (GQ8sn)
To be joined with other One Party States in the pursuit of a One Party World.
You peons, it's section 584's turn to polish my knob this week.
Posted by: Caliph Barry I at July 31, 2013 06:52 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Clownf*cker at July 31, 2013 06:53 AM (F26eZ)
Then we join the screeching media, soros groups, and hollywood to tear republicans a new as*hole as we explain to the population the maliscious malfeasance of the GOVT and their stealing rights against it's citizen.
which would NEVER be noted if a DEM were in office!
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 06:53 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 31, 2013 06:53 AM (vWlST)
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:53 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: George Orwell, Peruvian travel agent at July 31, 2013 06:54 AM (mCNwt)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 10:33 AM (z+Xap)
I LOVE THIS! I am SO going to do that when I send back my marked up survey, which I'm currently workshopping to be particularly vicious and full of invective, as I mentioned on the Headlines thread.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 06:54 AM (4df7R)
See you guys on another thread.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 31, 2013 06:54 AM (GoIUi)
left to my own devices, and mad non skills, alone with my thoughts standing alone by themselves un cared about or heckled!
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 06:55 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 06:55 AM (MMC8r)
As for the vast swathe of moderates, the establishment RINOs want to believe in...well, this 'Ette would love to sell them shares in my brand spanking new enterprise, "Sparkling Green Unicorn Farts Electrical Power Production"--completely suitable for the Volt/Tesla/Leaf squatting in your garage waiting to burn it down.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 06:55 AM (kXoT0)
Because the problem has been bad and getting worse since W got elected.
And we held our noses, trudged back into the trenches one more time in 2010 when they "cross our hearts, hope to die" promised they would roll back everything TFG and his party had done.
And what did they do?
Jack. Fucking. Diddly. Shit!
See, it's not "one more time into the breach" anymore. We are fucking DONE with this party, this leadership.
You backed down from a nobody pretend law student, you knuckled under.
Don't tell us we need to do something--if you're cowering in the corner with all of your resources, what message do you think you've sent to the troops? Hmm?
I listen to you when you--and all these others who claim to be conservative leaders--DO SOMETHING.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 06:56 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 06:56 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at July 31, 2013 06:56 AM (pginn)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 06:56 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 10:51 AM (jlm/B)
I've gotten at least two "Past Due!" notices from the RNC in the last six months. I send them back covered in insulting graffiti. Fuckers can sit and spin for all I care. Since when do I have to pay fucking DUES for the "honor" of voting Pubbie, for chrissakes?
But it pisses me off because I KNOW -- KNOW -- that there are elderly people out there who are getting these notices and honestly think, "Oh no! What'd I forget to pay?" and sending off money FOR NO REASON AT ALL. It's disgusting.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 06:57 AM (4df7R)
hate.you.guys.
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 10:50 AM (Jy4tI)
{{willow!!}}
I mentioned it on another thread yesterday, but you're magic! When willow posts, a new thread appears. Embrace your power!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 06:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 06:59 AM (da5Wo)
We seem to be repeating the Labour/Tories back stab of the British public again with another mass amnesty to import a new voting base for both parties (of course the majority will still go to the Democrats/Labour, but that's by design).
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 06:59 AM (jPS2y)
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Of course. Without a deep farm system of dependents they have no future. Democrat's party future is built on your futures demise.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 31, 2013 06:59 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 07:00 AM (VtjlW)
laying on the floor in a little ball whining , no one cares, all alone, by myself, room of darkness .
and out of wine!
alex tea.
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:00 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 31, 2013 07:00 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 10:59 AM (jPS2y)
And you'd THINK that taking a gander across the pond at the festering shithole the UK has become would make our alleged leaders stop and say, "Hang on... Is this really a good idea?"
But no. Because "festering shithole" is a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:00 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 07:01 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: zsasz at July 31, 2013 07:01 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 10:59 AM (kXoT0)
ooooh Sherry, You really are the bomb. thank you dear.
hugs and kisses.
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:01 AM (Jy4tI)
laying on the floor in a little ball whining , no one cares, all alone, by myself, room of darkness .
and out of wine!
{{{{{{willow}}}}}}}!
Sherry gave you some nummy champagne and chocolate, ne? We love you!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:01 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 07:01 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 07:02 AM (jlm/B)
Posted by: steevy at July 31, 2013 07:02 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 31, 2013 07:03 AM (tmzN0)
My liberal relatives BTW can't understand why TFG doesn't speak out against the rot in black precincts as opposed to the Trayvon case or why he's for amnesty. *face palm*
There is more tonight on Greta, I think, with Rush.
Posted by: PJ at July 31, 2013 07:03 AM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: BornLib
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That's so racist!
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 31, 2013 07:04 AM (ymovd)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 11:02 AM (jlm/B
lol! No, not yet. I haven't gotten a chance to work on it. If I'm particularly proud of my snarkiness, I'll post some snippets for y'all. They want to extort money out of me? Oohhhh, they messed with the wrong lady.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:04 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at July 31, 2013 07:05 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: kreplach at July 31, 2013 07:05 AM (pOhSg)
Posted by: eleven at July 31, 2013 07:05 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: PJ at July 31, 2013 11:03 AM
Even if I was a huge Limbaugh fan -- and I'm not -- watching Greta is simply too much to ask.
I'm not gonna die on her hills....
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (/RIVS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56KseGtncwc
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (IN7k+)
Posted by: Your RNC Betters at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BornLib at July 31, 2013 10:56 AM (zpNwC)
They're big bold and clear. Can't miss it when its written over everything else on the page.
Posted by: buzzion at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (da5Wo)
now that i have emotionally coerced hugs and love from you guyz.
was my idea shitty?
to vote republican and than USE the medias, hollywoods, etc.. malice against republicans to get govt overreach rolled back?
Join them in their screeching because we Know they will Yell past the rooftops if we point out Govt RUN by Republicans are looking in Your wombs, (healthcare) stealing your rights (ATF_IRS EPA) etc?
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:06 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: Your RNC Betters at July 31, 2013 11:06 AM (GQ8sn)
We've already got it. Why do you think we missed the Tsarnaevs?
Posted by: NSA at July 31, 2013 07:07 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 07:07 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Agenda 21 at July 31, 2013 07:07 AM (xvolr)
Now that you need to post so the Horde can appreciate it in all its glory.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 31, 2013 07:07 AM (knoK7)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at July 31, 2013 07:07 AM (pginn)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 07:08 AM (GQ8sn)
I'm sure the mailroom kid at the fundraising clearing house reads them all, too.
Posted by: HeideRadieschen at July 31, 2013 07:08 AM (/kI1Q)
'Cause I can guarantee you that's a nice story: Let's get these hapless shitstains off the record and find out what they are hearing. Better: Ask them why, if they're getting so much negative response, they aren't telling their bosses?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: George Orwell, Peruvian travel agent at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (mCNwt)
Posted by: dougf@pittsburghstage.com at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (UhXzR)
For example. Bannion! Go fetch pillows and a comfy chair for willow!
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 11:07 AM (VtjlW)
smiles gently, flutters eyelashes, See My Queen Is the wisest and most loving of all those before her..
adds Sherry's offering to Queen, she brought the bestest chocolates Ever!
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (da5Wo)
It's a good idea, Willow, except that it would give the Dems Moar Ammoz, and rather than making the greedheads, power-hustlers and compromisers of the GOP actually live up to their promises (at least one damn time!), it would simply broom them out of office.
A soldier should not complain about his CO to Tokyo Rose.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 07:09 AM (/RIVS)
Posted by: eman at July 31, 2013 07:10 AM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Your RNC Betters at July 31, 2013 11:06 AM (GQ8sn)
*makes note to send RNC video of a dog taking a shit and labeling it "Me on a Trampoline"*
See how they like the ole bait-and-switch routine that they pull on us every fucking year.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:10 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:10 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2013 07:11 AM (pZ0pM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 11:06 AM (da5Wo)
We should! Everyone in the Horde who intends to do the same should share, ne? If they want to, of course. I just enjoy subjecting the Pubbies and their turncoat RINO leadership to as much public ridicule as I can dish out.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (4df7R)
I almost guarantee it's outsourced. You can tell when you get a call from them and it's a lib on the line trying to sound convincing saying bad things about TFG.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: dougf@pittsburghstage.com at July 31, 2013 11:09 AM (UhXzR)
Only because you couldn't "guarantee freshness" with 7 pounds of dog shit. lol
Posted by: Berserker at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (jlm/B)
He's got it right. If GOP leadership were sincere, we'd be seeing subpeonas left and right out of the House.
Conservatives have to stop allowing themselves to be treated like doormats by the GOP.
Posted by: @JohnTant at July 31, 2013 07:12 AM (eytER)
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 11:09 AM (/RIVS)
hmm, yes that's a point. Yet during that gfrace period of a few years this election and both midterms we could find a way to infiltrate the progressive party and Rep party local stuff etc? as Sherry was speaking of in Oklahoma a take over?
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:13 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 07:13 AM (da5Wo)
But now I have it all figured out in my head.
Carry on.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2013 07:13 AM (NyTSp)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula_51 at July 31, 2013 07:13 AM (HkQRm)
Posted by: EC at July 31, 2013 07:14 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: eleven at July 31, 2013 07:14 AM (KXm42)
Revenge....she got the house and he got an order to paint it?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 31, 2013 07:14 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 31, 2013 07:15 AM (DMa9Y)
My wife's job caused her to meet Rove often when he came to Austin. She told him if the Rs voted for amnesty, we'd be gone.
He shrugged his shoulders and said, Bye.
I'm still going to vote for Abbott, Perry and Cruz. I won't hold their being Rs against them. Rove and the RNC can DIAF.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at July 31, 2013 07:15 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: eleven at July 31, 2013 07:15 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 31, 2013 07:16 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 31, 2013 11:12 AM
"Hello, Mr Republican Donor. May I please to have your credit card? Weather is so nice in Mumbai today. I am such pleasure to help you with your computer issues...uh...[sound of rustling paper] political party."
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 31, 2013 07:16 AM (/RIVS)
yes a trend that might be over soon. as trends go.
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:16 AM (Jy4tI)
YOU HEAR THAT WILLOW???
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 11:15 AM (da5Wo)
luvs you.
Posted by: willow at July 31, 2013 07:17 AM (Jy4tI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 31, 2013 07:17 AM (da5Wo)
In reality, the Rubicon was crossed 20+ years ago.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 31, 2013 07:17 AM (S3yfV)
Posted by: George Orwell, Peruvian travel agent at July 31, 2013 07:17 AM (mCNwt)
And I want know who the fuck at the RNC is manning the phones, opening the solicitation letters.
I'm pretty sure it goes like this, at least so far as the solicitation letters go:
*Intern gets mail*
*Intern opens mail*
*Intern looks for check, money order, or credit card information*
*If none of these things are present, intern trashes letter*
Repeat ad infinitum.
As for the phone calls, I suspect the staffers who receive them have been coached to say conciliatory things, but on the other end of the line they're doing one of two things:
A) Rolling their eyes and thinking, "I don't get paid enough for this shit" (and they're right); or
B) Making exaggerrated wanking motions.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 31, 2013 07:18 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 31, 2013 07:19 AM (qyfb5)
He shrugged his shoulders and said, Bye.
Power > country, even if means the GOP is just a small voting bloc for the Dem majority and a willing scapegoat for all their foibles.
Disgusting.
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 07:20 AM (jPS2y)
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 07:20 AM (jPS2y)
Posted by: eleven at July 31, 2013 07:21 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: CarolT at July 31, 2013 07:24 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: karen at July 31, 2013 07:25 AM (EcVRg)
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I can't imagine how low the moral in that room is, I bet a debt collection for funeral homes is more cheery.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 07:25 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: CarolT at July 31, 2013 07:28 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at July 31, 2013 07:29 AM (jlm/B)
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So, your saying I should send them a bunch of those phony "here's a check for $1,000 (toward the purchase of your new car)" type deals?
'Cause that'd be fucking funny: "Here's a check for $1,000 (upon the repeal of the EPA)."
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 31, 2013 07:30 AM (VjL9S)
Man, why the heck don't italics work? Do you have to use html tags to force them?
Posted by: Gaff at July 31, 2013 11:20 AM (jPS2y)
No - BBCodes. Here's what I know works (remove the spaces, and unless you want to be put into the barrel, remember to close them with a / between the [ and the letter):
[ i ] for italics
[ b ] for bold
[ s ] for strikethrough
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 07:31 AM (o44nj)
81 I mentioned it on another thread yesterday, but you're magic! When willow posts, a new thread appears. Embrace your power!
Perhaps we should design a super suit for willow?
Posted by: Anachronda at July 31, 2013 07:34 AM (NmR1a)
something I've wondered: why do conservatives allow the GOP to define the party/position? Are there more of (fill in your favorite pejorative for Democrat who is on the R ticket here) than (fill in your favorite term for true conservative)? Is it all about money and control of the 'high' positions in the party?
Shouldn't this be a more selective system? Isn't the Republican party supposed to represent us, the registered (or formerly registered) members?
Prebius should be out after the debacle of 2012. Don't enough hold that point of view or just the wrong type of 'us'? Likewise Rove, and anyone else who tanked the election. They didn't produce results, why should I give them another chance?
Likewise for the elected representatives: McCain is an example of who should be dis-invited to the party, since he's not exactly expressing core conservative values.
Rather than going 3rd party shouldn't an effort be made to truly clean up the Republican party or is the name/brand too damaged?
</mindless rambling; thanks for letting me waste your e-paper>
Posted by: nuke it from orbit; mtcmtmail= at July 31, 2013 07:34 AM (vg/CE)
In reality, the Rubicon was crossed 20+ years ago.
Posted by: Purp at July 31, 2013 11:17 AM (S3yfV)
And the bridge was burned down to the valley floor in 2003 with Medicare Part D.
Posted by: steveegg at July 31, 2013 07:37 AM (o44nj)
I prefer DIABLO; Democrat In All But Label Only.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 31, 2013 07:44 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: rickl at July 31, 2013 07:45 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at July 31, 2013 07:55 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at July 31, 2013 07:58 AM (7ObY1)
Generally, third parties get what crumbs they can get because of quiet sponsorship and financing by a major party. Thus, Dems support Libertarian interests because they believe that it will hurt the GOP. Likewise, the Repubs quietly support parties such as the Green Party because they believe that it will take votes from the Dems.
Read Robert Heinlein's Take Back Your Government for pointers on how to retake your local party apparatus. If the Paulists can do so, then conservatives can too. The key mistake to avoid that the Paulists have made is that not to push things that are non-starters that scare the chickens. Unless there is a crisis, conservatives must play the long game just like the progressives have done. People generally vote their economic interests and seek to avoid losses in such. Thus, for the long run so you will need to persuade a majority that conservative policies will help them benefit. It took 100 years of progressivism to get us to this place, it might take a generation or two to fix it at the least.
Assuming SMOD of some sort doesn't arrive then all bets are off. The chances for some sort of Mussolini winning/seizing office become quite good. I think someone like Chris Christie could quite possibly view themself like Il Duce.
Posted by: wg at July 31, 2013 08:11 AM (JeZBS)
I got mine yesterday! Already sent it back.
"SECURE THE BORDERS!"
"NO AMNESTY!"
And yes, it's in black Sharpie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
It's amazing how many of us are doing the same thing, at the same time.
Posted by: Paladin at July 31, 2013 08:24 AM (QGbEp)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 31, 2013 08:31 AM (qIFL7)
Option B - Hostile takeover of the Republican Party, complete with purges, banishment, public humiliations, etc.
I don't think B is doable. They are entrenched the top. The idle rich get up at 10:00 am, an hour before welfare recipients, to go a brunch meeting at the club. So they can plan the next $5000 a plate fund raiser. Don't know about yuz-guys, but I can't spring for that party. They proably spend more for the party than they raise, but it's expedience. Look what they did to Col. West.
Posted by: Paladin at July 31, 2013 08:35 AM (QGbEp)
Posted by: Sargent Fuck at July 31, 2013 08:53 AM (hemD9)
I want to be part of a new party's base.
The Libertarians have a shaky foreign policy stance that has kept this military man out of there but...I am starting to think that they might be the ticket.
Where is the Tea Party? Why can't they be a choice on my ballot free and independent of the Republicans?
Posted by: sgmstv at July 31, 2013 08:54 AM (crTpS)
To those who say that a Third Party just dilutes the Republican vote...who cares?
Look at what the Republicans have given up over the years. It is death by dribbles. They get villianized by Democrats for Issue A, they refuse to budge in Issue A because thier base hates Issue A for awhile, then the perceived villiany for opposition to Issue A becomes Issue A and the former Issue A becomes Issue B.
Then, since Issue A is now Republican Villiany they decide to solve the new Issue A by conceding on Issue B.
So who really cares if we split the vote? All that does is let the damage happen more quickly instead of the slow death we suffer now.
They fought a good fight against Obamacare but only because the emerging Tea Party forced it. Look at Amnesty...Amnesty is an Issue B for them now. Issue A is not looking racist. For me, Issue A is still Amnesty. I need that party.
The only reason they stand behind the 2nd Amendment is because failing to would birth a 3rd party almost instantly.
Posted by: sgmstv at July 31, 2013 09:09 AM (T0dFH)
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