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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 5:51 pm
My in-laws were all gung ho over Ted Cruz when he was doing his filibuster stunt. Anything to be against Obama.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 6:03 pm
Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
I guess we have to look at the silver lining, which is that anyone who couldn't see that the tea party is crazy and destructive now knows the truth. That's not much of a consolation, though, if the shit really hits the fan.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 6:18 pm
The upshot might be this distancing may prove a death knell to the teabaggers. Then again, unfortunately, 'Murica has a short memory...these jackholes may be indicative of the lunacy yet to come.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 6:35 pm
There is no shortage of stupid in the republicunt party....or FOX news.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 7:38 pm
I don't think the left should be in a hurry to see the Tea Party disappear. They represent a threat to the GOP as I see it, in that they are muddying the political picture and scrambling the slate of candidates. And I think that "libertarians" will wind up muddying the "message" even more. The Tea Party risks being caught between the GOP (anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-drug, pro-religion) and what passes for libertarianism in this country (pro-drug, pro-choice, pro-lgbt). Being on the same side on a couple of issues doesn't come close to bridging that gulf. When it finally disappears it will probably just be absorbed into the GOP and any dissent stamped out. The longer that takes to happen, the more political damage the GOP suffers.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 7:54 pm
They aren't going anywhere...except off the deep end. Might be amusing to see them decide to go the 3d party route.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 8:18 pm
Of course the truly amusing thing is that the Affordable Care Act began as a republicunt initiative. Of course, that was before President Blackenstein got his hands on it.
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RE: The Houston Chronicle Regrets
October 16, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Yeah, like why do we even need a constitution anyway now that we have Obama. ;-)