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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:58 AM Original message |
so... how does the GOP ever regain legitimacy? |
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Engineer4Obama (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Only if they can figure out how to detach themselves from their radical base |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. right, that's why I'm asking the question: this is new territory. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, they're the ones not cutting the steel-tight ankle shackles to the fundies and Red-baiters. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. the only way they are going to regain anything is if they stand up to the |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ditch the religious right |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. If they survived causing the Great Depression, siding with Hitler in the 30s |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Right now they are trying comeback like in the early 90s. After that? 9/11 II. nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. They are the new "Know Nothings" |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. Easy. Let the Dems keep fucking up, losing the message, not stopping corruption, etc. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. They've been teabagged |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Only if we as a party continue to allow them to beat us down the way they did Sen. Baucus. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. All it would take for the Republicans to come back stronger than ever is one good Leader |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. They Don't... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. What are you talking about? 60 million people voted for them |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Someone had a wonderful post yesterday and it, it said |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. of course they will be back |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. Idiocracy |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. I was on a campus yesterday |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Wow. I am impressed |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. Who cares, when you have armed insurrection to fall back on! |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
21. Now is not their time. But just wait a while. nt |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. By having Democrats pass the Baucus bill. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Why do you think they call them neoCONS? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Take lessons from the Democratic Party about trashing and ignoring your base. Maybe we can |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. Scare the populace into supporting 'strong leaders' w/another false flag? |
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