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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'
: Blast From The Past Time...
Should US elections be more like the papal conclave?
: Remember, the length of an average Parliamentary Election Campaign, worldwide, is Four to Six Weeks.
edited 16th Mar '13 9:17:54 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnBut that is the thing. Romney might get voted out by his own party for a lot of things but the vast majority won't support some guy who says slavery was a okay. If the vast majority is against this idiot than one of his ilk isn't going to get a lot of power out of their own group.
Is this or the gun thread the right place to talk about gun rights? The gun thread seems to be talking about the different kind of guns and debating about the merits and bugs of each of them. But this thread seems more focused on the parties in the general.
edited 16th Mar '13 9:31:59 AM by Wildcard
my guess it is has to do with the Go P's increasing support of throwing out facts when they conflict with gut feelings of "right" and "wrong".
edited 16th Mar '13 10:11:23 AM by Midgetsnowman
There's also the fact that they think the average person
is more conservative than they really are.
I think their side has higher voting rates which is probably what skews their perception.
edited 16th Mar '13 10:15:32 AM by Kostya
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Is it even that? I figured it was more that the GOP think it's Conservative when it's actually Reactionary. I recon America is as Conservative as they think, it's just that they think Conservative means Republican, which it doesn't.
edited 16th Mar '13 10:39:15 AM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Nope. If you poll on the issues Americans generally support Democratic positions but when you tell them the Democrats are in favor of that they suddenly don't support them as much. This is very evident when you talk about gun control and Obamacare. People agree with most of it but when Obama's name is attached they suddenly hate it. The right wing media complex is just that good at controlling people.
Holy wow everything about that exchange at CPAC is disgusting.
That is incredibly ironic given the Republican party had a higher proportion of its representatives vote for the nineteenth amendment and were very vocal in the early women's rights movements. Then again the Democrats of those days would mostly be Republicans of today.
edit: Editorial on the subject.
edited 16th Mar '13 12:19:42 PM by Kostya
While we're on the "are you shitting me"
tangent:
The London-based oil giant accused the court-appointed administrator for the settlement, Patrick Juneau, of trying to rewrite the terms of the deal. BP said Juneau violated the settlement in the way he used a complex formula to determine the payments to businesses.
Clinton was easily more Conservative than Obama is, and I've already pointed out why the Cleveland/Obama comparison is silly.
And why shouldn't the use 'Liberal' and 'Conservative' in the American sense? This is America after all.
Scott Walker says he would consider run for president
Sarah Palin: Obama's the one who needed a background check
Jeb Bush: GOP Can’t Be the ‘Anti’ Party
North Dakota governor gets bill to impose nation's tightest abortion restrictions
Maryland: Repeal of Death Penalty Awaits Governor’s Signature
edited 16th Mar '13 1:26:51 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Re John Boehner: Not surprised. The effect of It's Personal is often subjective.
Re abortion: Is that a "trigger law" waiting for Roe to be overturned?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman![]()
Well Boehner I hope you like it when your child refuses to talk to you.
Palin you're irrelevant. Go away.
Bush I think most of the people that don't vote for you don't do so because they think your core beliefs are moronic or offensive. If anything more of your constituents need to realize that their party doesn't actually care about them.
edited 16th Mar '13 1:27:08 PM by Kostya
Yeah, that abortion bill is basically banning it 2 weeks after a missed period.
Also, Please do try it, Walker, we'd love to have you out of the state so you can stop fucking everything that we've worked for over the past century up.
edited 16th Mar '13 1:29:16 PM by Enkufka
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryYes but I believe the restriction is so absurd that a woman would have to get one almost immediately after realizing she was pregnant. I don't know how far in advance you have to schedule abortions but if it's anymore than a week it's probably going to be almost impossible.
I know it would never pass but they really need a law saying you can't restrict it to before the baby is able to survive outside the womb on its own. That's...five months I believe?
Senator Mitch McConnell claims that the Democrats plan a $1.5 trillion tax hike
Obama to Press Congress for $2 Billion Clean-Energy Fund

To be honest I don't think it matters if the leaders support this talk. If they stray too far they'll just get voted out and replaced with someone that is that extreme. This is why the party purge is so dangerous. It forces sane people to behave like idiots because if they don't they lose their seat to an actual nut.