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2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vacante
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Thank Darwin I'm moving out of here in 8 days. 'Course, I'm headed to TX - win some, lose some...
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Whereabouts in TX?
dxmnkd316
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Except a tank requires someone to build it. (Jobs.) "Wealth transfer" or whatever you want to call it does nothing but keep people latched firmly at the teat of government. (But then again, I'd rather see them both cut.)
Except a tank requires someone to build it. (Jobs.) "Wealth transfer" or whatever you want to call it does nothing but keep people latched firmly at the teat of government. (But then again, I'd rather see them both cut.)
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Can't disagree (although even wealth transfers get spent and create jobs)...(oh and the products created are not incenting folks to start needless wars where people get killed)...(oh and and even transfer payments are less likely to be sent to Halliburton's foriegn headquarters).
Can't disagree (although even wealth transfers get spent and create jobs)...(oh and the products created are not incenting folks to start needless wars where people get killed)...(oh and and even transfer payments are less likely to be sent to Halliburton's foriegn headquarters).
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Yep, it's a bit of a drive. I'll probably be up that way May-ish for a curling tournament, the last two years it's been held at the Dr. Pepper center in Farmer's Branch, but I don't head up there regularly.
Flower Mound, near DFW. Pretty far from Houston.
Yep, it's a bit of a drive. I'll probably be up that way May-ish for a curling tournament, the last two years it's been held at the Dr. Pepper center in Farmer's Branch, but I don't head up there regularly.
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Not quite Geneve.
Flower Mound, near DFW. Pretty far from Houston.
Not quite Geneve.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Wichita? I can't think of a single other place in Kansas that has electricity let alone aircraft.
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You know, while I like to occasionally but rarely poke fun at our righty friends, I tend to not hold the GOP responsible if some citizen nutball launches a "birther" lawsuit....
But, these are the elected officials of the state, the AG, Sec of State, and Lt Gov. The very people who's job it is to ensure the govt operates its elections legally and properly. No wonder Kansas is widely considered to be a backwater sh ! thole. Its a bunch of laughingstocks running the state apparently. No surprise its strongly Republican..
You know, while I like to occasionally but rarely poke fun at our righty friends, I tend to not hold the GOP responsible if some citizen nutball launches a "birther" lawsuit....
But, these are the elected officials of the state, the AG, Sec of State, and Lt Gov. The very people who's job it is to ensure the govt operates its elections legally and properly. No wonder Kansas is widely considered to be a backwater sh ! thole. Its a bunch of laughingstocks running the state apparently. No surprise its strongly Republican..
FlagDUDE08
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Perhaps they should be told that Obama indeed was born in this country, but the father is really Frank Marshall Davis.
Perhaps they should be told that Obama indeed was born in this country, but the father is really Frank Marshall Davis.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
The biggest change in the GOP over the last 30 years has been the takeover of the actual party apparatus by the radical fringe. There were always these types on the right -- the John Birchers et al. But the adults always kept them in check. As the party has shrunk to a regional, racial, religious sect, the adults have left. The rump is all that's left, and it's now actually making the rules.
The biggest change in the GOP over the last 30 years has been the takeover of the actual party apparatus by the radical fringe. There were always these types on the right -- the John Birchers et al. But the adults always kept them in check. As the party has shrunk to a regional, racial, religious sect, the adults have left. The rump is all that's left, and it's now actually making the rules.
FlagDUDE08
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
I find it funny how the left thinks every GOP member, or alleged GOP member, hell let's just say anyone who isn't on the left, is a racist. Been watching MSNBC much?
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I find it funny how the left thinks every GOP member, or alleged GOP member, hell let's just say anyone who isn't on the left, is a racist. Been watching MSNBC much?
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Most Republicans aren't racist, but most racists are Republicans. As Kep noted, the GOP has for too long encouraged these idiots in order to win their votes. That's great up until they start taking out your own candidates and costing you in key elections. You reap what you sow I guess.
PS: Given Obama's inevitable victory this year, you'd really better get to work on finding that Kenyan birth certificate. I'd suggest booking your flight now to get a jump on all the other nutjobs, and make sure you tell Bob Gray's sheriff "hi" when you see him over there.
Most Republicans aren't racist, but most racists are Republicans. As Kep noted, the GOP has for too long encouraged these idiots in order to win their votes. That's great up until they start taking out your own candidates and costing you in key elections. You reap what you sow I guess.
PS: Given Obama's inevitable victory this year, you'd really better get to work on finding that Kenyan birth certificate. I'd suggest booking your flight now to get a jump on all the other nutjobs, and make sure you tell Bob Gray's sheriff "hi" when you see him over there.
FlagDUDE08
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Still trying to cover up your party's racists, especially the outspoken ones that are never called out in the MSM?
Most Republicans aren't racist, but most racists are Republicans. As Kep noted, the GOP has for too long encouraged these idiots in order to win their votes. That's great up until they start taking out your own candidates and costing you in key elections. You reap what you sow I guess.
PS: Given Obama's inevitable victory this year, you'd really better get to work on finding that Kenyan birth certificate. I'd suggest booking your flight now to get a jump on all the other nutjobs, and make sure you tell Bob Gray's sheriff "hi" when you see him over there.
Still trying to cover up your party's racists, especially the outspoken ones that are never called out in the MSM?
You can say the same thing about the Demoncrats. I blame the gerrymander.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
Correct.
The all-whiteness of the Republican party doesn't mean the party is racist, but it does mean that there are enclaves of racists who are quite comfortable being Republicans. That's normal for any association that is basically tribal. The GOP is no longer really a political party, it's midway between a Water Buffalo Lodge and a church congregation, and it gives its members a shared identity. Part of that identity is rallying to the defense of any member who is criticized from the outside. The flip side is that any member who is criticized will cry out to his brothers that any criticism of him is an attack on them all. This works especially well since the association as it now stands is doomed demographically and it has a victim complex a mile wide.
Correct.
The all-whiteness of the Republican party doesn't mean the party is racist, but it does mean that there are enclaves of racists who are quite comfortable being Republicans. That's normal for any association that is basically tribal. The GOP is no longer really a political party, it's midway between a Water Buffalo Lodge and a church congregation, and it gives its members a shared identity. Part of that identity is rallying to the defense of any member who is criticized from the outside. The flip side is that any member who is criticized will cry out to his brothers that any criticism of him is an attack on them all. This works especially well since the association as it now stands is doomed demographically and it has a victim complex a mile wide.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
The one thing that this does gain for the Republicans is focus -- they ought to be able to deliver a laser beam message that is substantive and sincere, whether you agree with it or not. In an environment where gridlock and inaction are such a problem that should appeal to a lot of people who don't really care about politics but want "something to be done." That ought to be a tremendous advantage for the Republicans. That they can't convey it seems to be a pure accident of who they nominated. Pretty much anybody else would have been a spearhead, while Romney is just a wilted flower stem.
I agree with you on the gerrymander, but I disagree with you completely about the national Democratic party. Local party associations definitely fall into this trap. A local meeting of the Brooklyn Democratic party is just as full of nutbars as the RNC was. The thing that is weird is that the idiocies of local politics now infect the Republicans at the national level. The reason seems to be that the GOP is now so homogeneous that it doesn't have to engage in any sort of internal coalition building. That coalition building is where the crazy gets rooted out.
The one thing that this does gain for the Republicans is focus -- they ought to be able to deliver a laser beam message that is substantive and sincere, whether you agree with it or not. In an environment where gridlock and inaction are such a problem that should appeal to a lot of people who don't really care about politics but want "something to be done." That ought to be a tremendous advantage for the Republicans. That they can't convey it seems to be a pure accident of who they nominated. Pretty much anybody else would have been a spearhead, while Romney is just a wilted flower stem.
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Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca
politicians are psycho. Of course, we all knew that.
politicians are psycho. Of course, we all knew that.
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