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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Glenn Beck Rips Apart ‘Madman’ Alex Jones For ‘Crazy’ Piers Morgan Rant
Richard Ben Cramer, influential campaign biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 62
Yikes. That is pretty bad.
But all is not lost! Congress is still more popular than North Korea, telemarketers, Fidel Castro, Lindsay Lohan, meth labs, ebola, and John Edwards.
edited 8th Jan '13 4:19:12 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
lack of education + narrative that climbing out of your uneducated hole is socialism and eeevil makes it unlikely anything short of utter collapse of the republican party will stop them.
No seriously. part of their narrative is that higher education is a place where people are brainwashed into being libruls.
edited 8th Jan '13 4:37:26 PM by Midgetsnowman
But I want that to happen... Thats is to have people correct me (I wil correct any mistake that I notice I make of course and double check some words I am not sure about but many many words still get trough).
Also I hadnt tought about dyslexic people. From now onwards I will make an extra effort to double check everything before I send it.
I think Fidel Castro has higher approval rating than congress for sure. Also Lindsay Lohan, and John Edwards, and probably meth labs to though I am not that sure about that one.
edited 8th Jan '13 4:46:53 PM by Baff
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.<graps head to alleviate headache> What the heck is becoming of this country? I don't even live there or like it, and yet I pity its people.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Jon Stewart Tears Apart House GOP Over Sandy Aid: If You Can’t Vote For This, ‘Then We’re F*cked’
@46606: Regarding your question about conservative radio talk shows, they predate the Tea Party. By a lot.
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Not according to recent polls.
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edited 8th Jan '13 6:34:33 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016@Marq
its an entertaining trainwreck to wastch at least. especially when the saner heads reralized right after obama's re-election that treating everyong that wasnt white and paranoid as not worth their time is now their doom. and the party of course didnt listen and decided to be even more conservative as though conservativism only failed because they werent conservative enough.
edited 8th Jan '13 4:51:39 PM by Midgetsnowman
The Republican Party is now in a four way split between:
- The Republicans who think the best move for there party is to become more centrist. Think Christie and Bobby Jindal.
- The Republicans who think the best move for there party is to pretend to be more centrist. Think Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan.
- The Republicans who think the best move for there party is to become more Conservative. Think Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Part of the Tea Party.
- The Republicans who think the best move for there party is to become more Libertarian. Think Ron Paul and the Libertarian.
edited 8th Jan '13 5:38:29 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Aren't those first two the same?
edit: I'd say the divide is between the Libertarians (Ron Paul), Religious Right (Santorum), and the plutocrats (Romney). Logically these three should be different groups but they've coalesced to battle the Democrats. Now it seems like they're coming apart.
edited 8th Jan '13 5:02:30 PM by Kostya
What are the possible "Bad Ends" for this "trainwreck" course? I am not keen on having the global market go haywire due to the US economy imploding upon itself anytime soon.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Well the Democrats will probably be a super majority for a decade or so while the Greens and Libertarians start pushing out the remaining GOP members. Overall I think it would be better for our nation since we won't have them holding us back and using things like the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling to blackmail the nation. The Blue Dogs could also join with the RIN Os to make the second major party while the Teapublicans fade away.
As it stands now Liberals/Democrats are actually in a good position due to a number of reasons:
1. The Electoral System. The 5 most populated states are California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois. 3 of these States are Blue (Democrat), 1 is Purple (Swing State), and 1 is Red (Republican) but it is rapidly becoming a Purple State. Added to that is the fact that the once solid red states of Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado have all recently turned into Purple States.
2. Latinos, Asians, and Blacks are making up an increasingly larger percent of the population.Latinos and Blacks are firmly sided the democrats. Asians as a whole tended to be divided on which party they support, but recently they are becoming increasingly more pro-Democrat.
3. Social Conservatism is becoming increasingly disliked. The Republican's positions on LGBT rights, immigration, and Marijuana legalization are starting to get unpopular. Though the issue of gun control seems to be an exception to this fact.
4. The Youth vote belongs to the Democrats.
5. The Baby Boomer generation is dying out. This may seem morbid, but senior voters make up a vital part of the GOP's voting base.
edited 8th Jan '13 5:37:13 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
4 and 5 are the reason they're in such a panic. It's finally dawning on them that the "You'll just become conservative once you're older" mentality isn't happening anymore. This leaves them with a base that's continuing to shrink. 2016 and 2020 could very well be their last shot at taking control and reversing this trend.

@Fighteer
: So to get elected as a Republican, you have to be either a Tea Party-style extremist, or pretend to be one. Cripes. But that begs the question of why the hell don't they rouse the rest of the voter base to offset the extremist voters?
@That Guy There 47
: This... is Bad. With a capital B. In more ways than one.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.