Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult

piercehawkeye45 · 09-07-2011, 12:39 AM

Long and extremely scary if half of what he says is true...

http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all...ult/1314907779

Griff · 09-07-2011, 05:57 AM

There is a lot in there to think about.

A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress's generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.

His analysis of the Democratic Party's ineptitude is spot on as well.

BigV · 09-07-2011, 11:16 AM

Griff, that was the paragraph that struck me first, too.

But I don't share your cynicism about the Democratic party being inept because they're less evil than the Republicans.

The corrupting poisoning influence of money is one of the major root causes of this shit.

GREAT find, great post piercehawkeye45. Thanks.

09-07-2011, 12:39 AM	#1
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult Long and extremely scary if half of what he says is true... http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all...ult/1314907779 __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

09-07-2011, 05:57 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	There is a lot in there to think about. A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress's generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner. His analysis of the Democratic Party's ineptitude is spot on as well. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-07-2011, 11:16 AM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Griff, that was the paragraph that struck me first, too. But I don't share your cynicism about the Democratic party being inept because they're less evil than the Republicans. The corrupting poisoning influence of money is one of the major root causes of this shit. GREAT find, great post piercehawkeye45. Thanks. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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