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10-16-2015, 11:19 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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A radical shift sounds like a good plan right now - the current direction of travel is not very inspiring.
The thing is - you were always a pretty sensible and reasonable republican (iirc) - unfortunately the Republican Party seems to have gone careening off into bizarroland and left behind all the sensible and reasonable republican supporters.
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10-16-2015, 11:45 AM
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Scott Walker cured me of repubicanizm. I voted for him the first time, and I'm very sorry I did. The tea party republicans are the problem, being willing to bring down the whole thing over some stupid cause. These people are really fucked up.
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10-16-2015, 12:47 PM
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still says videotape
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I look at the GOP right now and I don't see a clear way for them to right the ship. It seems like there are at least three separate constituencies who are incompatible with each other. I don't feel bad that monopolists and Tea Partiers are gonna get punched in the gob but small business people need representation.
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10-16-2015, 01:13 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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Very disheartened here. The GOP has no one that I like and I HATE Killary.
So far the political quizzes have me supporting Bernie the most. I'm still hoping Joe runs. At least I think he loves this country. Thats more than I can say fro the rest of them.
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06-04-2016, 11:32 AM
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^^^ update, on Thursday, Wolf lost the appeal; and now there will be a battle over ballot access laws for third parties in Pennsylvania.
Which will affect the upcoming election season. Someone can give the Johnson/Weld campaign a boost, or a headache, according to how the law is legislated or interpreted from here on out. It's kind of a big deal, but the only reason I know this happened is because one of the people in the lawsuit is a good friend. Because there is no coverage of any of this, in any media... yet... |
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06-04-2016, 12:08 PM
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The future is unwritten
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OK, glad to hear no coverage, because I hadn't heard anything.
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06-04-2016, 12:20 PM
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still says videotape
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Legal battle or legislative battle?
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06-04-2016, 06:59 PM
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Don't know, I think it clears the land for new legislation to figure out how it works. But there isn't much time and I don't know what happens if they don't get it done.
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06-08-2016, 06:50 AM
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still says videotape
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I'm still trying to figure out how we could have come up with worse candidates for this thing. Maybe if the Stanford rapist would run?
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06-08-2016, 07:06 AM
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It's disheartening.
It was a train wreck happening in slow motion right in front of our noses, and there was not a damn thing we could do about it. |
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06-09-2016, 06:21 AM
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still says videotape
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What's the prognosis for either party? My gut says whoever wins destroys their party but will the losing party do a sensible realignment?
The Dems have an obvious need to move in a Progressive direction but I don't expect the Waltons etc... to let that happen. The Republicans don't appear to have an obvious move. They're in deep trouble with the next generation on social issues but their core is driven by the same. It looks like the Whigs are back.
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06-09-2016, 10:38 AM
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The future is unwritten
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The GOP has been victim of the chest burster tea party, destroying their friends-with-benefits affair with the Chamber of Commerce, and biting the hand, while giving the finger, to the Koch&Co imperial council.
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06-23-2016, 03:31 PM
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still says videotape
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I've decided to blame lesser of two evils voters.
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