I think we should unite with the Tea Baggers on one important issue.

[kentuck]

That is, that we should try to clean up the Senate a little bit. A lot of the old timers that are tied to special interests should be sent home. I'm talking about people like Arlen Specter, Blanche Lincoln, and a couple of other Democrats. The Tea Baggers have already sent home Senator Bennett from Utah. John McCain is on their list also. The Senate should be better without them. All of them. Is this something we could agree upon? Not expected here on DU but the majority of America probably agrees?

[katandmoon]

1. Only if we also want to elect the hideous likes of Rand Fucking Paul.

[kentuck]

2. Bunning is retiring.

Rand Paul doesn't have to beat him. There is another right-winger running that is just as bad or worse. Take your choice. There is a Democrat in the race, the KY Atty-General.

[katandmoon]

6. What I meant was, the teabaggers would have zero interest in electing progressive candidates

To replace existing ones. They are vile, ignorant, racist throwbacks.

[kentuck]

7. Life is a gamble.

Sometimes you have to get rid of the snakes in your house, even if there is a chance they will be replaced by even bigger snakes.

[X_Digger]

3. Only if I can add Frank Lautenberg & Chuck Schumer ;) n/t

[baldguy]

4. One small problem.

The candidates supported by the Teabaggers are even more corrupt than the incumbents they seek to replace. Not to mention more insane as well.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. +1

[kentuck]

11. And less likely to win the general election.

If one or two luck up and win, they will still be in the minority.

[Enthusiast]

15. I agree with, baldguy.

Teabaggers don't support better candidates, they just don't. In most cases we would be as well off with the incumbent.

[patrice]

5. Only if it can result in getting a Green Party candidate in.

[scheming daemons]

8. They're replacing Bennett and McCain with the likes of JD Hayworth.... no thanks

As bad as McCain is, you could never argue that the Senate would be better with Hayworth.

[kentuck]

9. Is that "our" problem or their problem?

I doubt they will take the majority in the Senate. It could only highlight their insanity, in the next Senate.

[Bitwit1234]

12. It is a shame we can't put a referendum

on the ballot like they do in California. And have term limits. The senate is what is screwing up everything. The House gets it's job done, sends the bills to the senate and the screw it to hell and back. Too many special interests raking in the money. If they had term limits they wouldn't listen to lobbyist because they wouldn't need the money to get re-elected.

[Scuba]

13. Tea Party wants term limits. I'm with them on that.

[Biker13]

20. Same Here.

[cali]

14. why does it take uniting with the bigot pig teabaggers to support getting

rid of Lincoln and Specter? It does not. Do you have any idea who the teabaggers want to replace the wingnuts they're knocking out?

I don't see that supporting progressive candidates in primaries requires ANY kind of uniting with bigoted fuckwads.

[Quantess]

16. It's futile to do any appeasement to the teabaggers

because they are too dumb to recognize any common ground they may already have with liberals.

[NNN0LHI]

17. The only Senators they want to get rid of are the Democratic ones

These are the same fools who voted for GWB twice.

Don

[B Calm]

23. BINGO!

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[cali]

21. Oh, I think there's still thinking going on here.

Someone who disagrees with you, is not, merely by dint of said disagreement, not thinking. And that seems to be what you're saying. As for the op, despite his op title, I don't think kentuck is actually suggesting that we unite with the teabaggers, but that we tear a page out of their book re getting rid of of Senators who don't represent our interests.

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[cali]

25. wow. word salad. I 'm terribly impressed.

Maybe Jamastiene has a point... you certainly are evidence of her declaration that thinking isn't going one here, shining jack.

[Shining Jack]

26. "going one" ?

Well milady at least I know how to spell and my ass is well greased thank you very much.:*

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[Shining Jack]

28. I love your lack of sense of humor.

And you sure like my name a lot for repeating it four times in one post.I love you too you know,Cali. :loveya:

[cali]

29. yes indeed, insults exemplify your sense of humor.

it's just a laugh riot, shining jack.

[Shining Jack]

30. Insults ?

Where did I insulted you ? :shrug:

[cali]

31. oh, now this isn't an insult?

Hum...

Your hands are all greasy.I guess that Jamastiene anticipated your reaction to her daring to think.

yeah, right.

[meow mix]

19. what am i to do with my max baccus vote?

select a write-in i suppose

[NNN0LHI]

22. Hey Kentuck why not concentrate on replacing Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell with some progressives?

That would be a helluva good start and I would agree with that.

See if the teabaggers like that idea.

Don