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45646. robertjayb - 9/30/2013 2:18:50 AM No offense taken by this Texan. But I do want to observe that, like the much-despised (in some circles) Wayne La Pierre of the NRA, Cruz knows exactly what he is doing and is doing it damn well.
He is rounding up the mouth breathing knuckle-draggers to support a quixotic run for president in '16. Not a bad gig. He's young enough to make it a career. 45647. robertjayb - 9/30/2013 4:16:09 AM No offense taken by this Texan. But I do want to observe that, like the much-despised (in some circles) Wayne La Pierre of the NRA, Cruz knows exactly what he is doing and is doing it damn well.
He is rounding up the mouth breathing knuckle-draggers to support a quixotic run for president in '16. Not a bad gig. He's young enough to make it a career. 45648. judithathome - 9/30/2013 9:41:07 PM Which is exactly the problem...he will never make it past the Republican Presidential primary and even THAT won't make the gullible supporters of his see the light...hopefully, he will move on to the real money job...on K Street. 45649. arkymalarky - 10/12/2013 8:24:58 PM Question: which will implode first--the economy or the GOP? I've never seen anything like it. 45650. Ms. No - 10/12/2013 8:47:32 PM I want to know what's so Patriotic about holding the entire country (if not soon to be the world) hostage because you didn't get your way in the last democratically held election.
The Affordable Health Care Act is the fucking law. If the Tea Party --- and by default, apparently, the Republicans -- want to grant the President the power to start unilaterally overturning any law he pleases, they should maybe take a moment to think if that's really going to turn out well for them.
They're essentially extortion the President to commit an impeachable offense.
And they call themselves Patriots.
I just hope the President and the Senate stand by the statement that the United States does not negotiate with terrorists. 45651. judithathome - 10/12/2013 9:32:36 PM Amen. 45652. arkymalarky - 10/12/2013 11:27:11 PM Exactly. Well said. They're patriots when they get their way and anyone who disagrees is commo-fascist. They're fine with blowing up everything when things don't go their way. They need to study Solomon. The real mother would never cut the baby in half. 45653. judithathome - 10/13/2013 7:33:24 PM I had to laugh when last week, the Koch brothers chided certain factions of the Republican party by saying the sh(u)it-storm was a bad idea...these two guys created the Tea Party and sic'ed them on the country...they shouldn't be so shocked! shocked, I tell you!! when the mainaical arsonists they set loose actually come back to set fire to THEIR homes. 45654. wabbit - 10/14/2013 11:42:18 PM Saw something on Facebook about a month ago. Usually I bypass all things political on FB, people have dug in and won't be budged and FB sucks at a place for discussion (not that there is much political "discussion" these days).
This one caught my eye and I think it is a great idea. Imagine it - all Congress critters, House and Senate, must wear uniforms. Said uniforms will resemble NASCAR driver uniforms, in that they will be covered with patches, sized according to campaign donations, showing who actually owns their votes. Maybe their cars should be similarly festooned. 45655. arkymalarky - 10/15/2013 2:49:06 AM Lovecthat idea. Big money has created a Frankenstein it can't control and as long as they have the power of the primary they will be a threat to their creators. The best hope for the GOP is a third party. 45656. judithathome - 10/15/2013 5:10:57 AM They...the Tea Party...see no value in becoming a third party as long as they can control the Republican Party to the extent that they have in this shutdown matter.
They're getting exactly what they want...the government in chaos.
A bunch of thugs have a leader and they've got the Republicans exactly where they want them: scared shitless of a primary. They've proven that they don't need the Senate OR the Presidency to bring about what they want.
If the House HAD any balls, the Tea Party now has them in a vise. 45657. arkymalarky - 10/17/2013 2:27:13 AM Senator Heidi Heitcamp, ND. Love her. The GOP should look to some of the conservative Dems as an example of ,he type of candidates to recruit and cut the Tea Party loose. Which may be exactly what happens. Freedomworks is already threatening primaries. 45658. arkymalarky - 10/17/2013 2:30:46 AM with all the talk of holding the government hostage, what's being held hostage is any Republican who doesn't kowtow to the 20 percent Tea Party contingent. They have to get away from that, or they will lose no matter how gerrymandered they are and no matter how packed toward the right wing the federal and supreme courts are. 45659. judithathome - 10/17/2013 7:39:17 AM The long Republican snit fest is over...House voted 285 to stop the madness.
And at only 24 billion in lost monetary productivity, who can say if it was worth it or not? S*
*sarcasm 45660. iiibbb - 10/17/2013 7:17:22 PM They built it
That's what they say... 45661. judithathome - 10/17/2013 8:25:25 PM That link doesn't work, 3i3b.. 45662. Jenerator - 10/17/2013 10:24:06 PM I just want to thank all of you Obama voters for helping to raise my insurance costs and for making my and my children's lives more difficult.
My insurance premium is set to increase by 17% (and that doesn't cover copays and deductibles, etc.) I have to switch carriers to one that isn't accepted by the various specialists mys on has to see.
My dentist and my gynecologist don't take the new provider either.
I hope you all get to enjoy this too.
Fun times. 45663. arkymalarky - 10/17/2013 10:48:05 PM I want to thank Tea Partiers for seeing that people got furloughed and America lost 24 billion dollars and .5% GDP in 17days. I thought the fun times were the last two weeks when the government was shut down and our credit and economy put in jeopardy. I think they need to rename the Tea Party the Pity Party.
It's like one of my students said her grandmother told her: if Obamacare fails let it fail on its own merit. If you have the guts and patriotism to let the Democratic American System work, then if you're right that will reveal itself soon enough; certainly sooner than NCLB, Iraq, and Medicare Part D did. Obamacare is not cover for the price gouging of the insurance companies though, which is happening here in Arkansas as well. I don't have a lot of patience for people who are more than willing to let the whole system blow up over things that at least they have some degree of choice over. Plenty of working people haven't had the burden of choosing between insurance policies at any level. It's fine and normal to be unhappy when things don't go your way, but to make everyone around you suffer until you get your way is beyond pathetic. of course I'm sure you're not in that bunch Jen, but it's the counter to your expressed appreciation over Obamacare. 45664. iiibbb - 10/17/2013 11:10:54 PM Jen--
if Republicans would come to their senses I might vote for them again. As it is, I'd rather have you pay 17% more for health insurance than live in a place where gays can't marry, science is discounted, alternative energy is scoffed at, the environment doesn't matter, and they're not honest about unfunded wars. 45665. judithathome - 10/17/2013 11:33:14 PM Why don't you blame Rick Perry, Jen? He's the one who refused to participate fully in the ACA.
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