For Republicans, some daunting numbers
You can lead an elephant to water but ...
Some numbers:
– Thirty-three U.S. Senate seats were up for grabs in the 2012 election. Democrats won 25 of those 33 seats.
– Mitt Romney is going to the White House today to have lunch, not to check out his new crib. And the main reason he will have to dine and dash is because American women rejected both his candidacy and his party, voting for Barack Obama by a margin of 55-44 percent. The gender differential in most down-ticket races was even larger.
– The Republican-run U.S. House has 19 major committees. Next year, it appears that all 19 will be chaired by white males.
– The current Republican House caucus includes 24 women. Next year, that number will drop to 19.
– In the last three presidential election cycles, Americans under 30 voted Democratic by an average of 60 percent. And lest Republicans try to comfort themselves with the argument that it’s nothing new, that young voters always vote Democratic, it simply is not true. In the previous eight election cycles, an average of just 46.5 percent of young people had voted for the Democrat.
What does it mean? Generally speaking, younger voters who cast repeated ballots for a particular party tend to form a lasting affiliation with that party.
– On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner reiterated his caucus’s strong opposition to raising taxes on the wealthy. Also on Wednesday, a new Washington Post poll was released reporting that just 37 percent of Americans agree with the position that Boehner and others have made the central focus of their party’s economic identity.
As longtime conservative Bruce Bartlett puts it in his much-cited piece for The American Conservative:
“At least a few conservatives now recognize that Republicans suffer for epistemic closure. They were genuinely shocked at Romney’s loss because they ignored every poll not produced by a right-wing pollster such as Rasmussen or approved by right-wing pundits such as the perpetually wrong Dick Morris. Living in the Fox News cocoon, most Republicans had no clue that they were losing or that their ideas were both stupid and politically unpopular.
I am disinclined to think that Republicans are yet ready for a serious questioning of their philosophy or strategy. They comfort themselves with the fact that they held the House (due to gerrymandering) and think that just improving their get-out-the-vote system and throwing a few bones to the Latino community will fix their problem. There appears to be no recognition that their defects are far, far deeper and will require serious introspection and rethinking of how Republicans can win going forward. The alternative is permanent loss of the White House and probably the Senate as well, which means they can only temporarily block Democratic initiatives and never advance their own.”
Political power ebbs and flows. It always has and always will. But it doesn’t just ebb and flow on its own. It fluctuates because losing parties take stock of why they’re losing and adapt to changing realities. If a political party not only refuses to adapt but makes a refusal to recognize changing realities a central part of its identity, ebb and flow can be delayed for a long, long time.
– Jay Bookman
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Thomas Heyward Jr
November 29th, 2012
11:25 am
“The Republican-run U.S. House has 19 major committees. Next year, it appears that all 19 will be chaired by white males.”
Jay Bookman
“Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity – in short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
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…..”We have women and black people on our side…………Resistance is futile”
Local Metro-sexual………now give me your wallet.
F. Sinkwich
November 29th, 2012
11:25 am
Nice chart, Jay.
Proves my point:
RIP USA 1776-2012
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:26 am
Thulsa
Actually Danny X was making fun of the conservatives on this very blog when on election day they were posting links from Drudge, Fox, breitbart, etc about the one new black panther who was standing outside of the voting precinct in Philly. None of those articles mentioned that two cops were also near by and what happened to that NON STORY?
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:26 am
Getaleech is on the “government” ice. Greedy old Boomer leech. Give back what your generation is stealing.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:26 am
Rip gop.
Simple Truths
November 29th, 2012
11:27 am
Ah, to be young and stupid again…
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:27 am
Sink
When are you leaving or will you just be hanging out with the “Grateful Dead”?
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:28 am
Thomas
Psst: Eventhough Alex Jones brainwashed you into believing it, Ron Paul didn’t get the nomination.
hahahahahaha
Recon 0311 2533
November 29th, 2012
11:28 am
It should be interesting to see how Obama and Congressional Democrats adapt to the reality of an economy in serious decline worsening with each passing day. The demands for more taxation on upper class income earners will soon be drowned out by demands from a large and growing segment of the population that can no longer receive vote pandering financial assistance because there’s no more money to give. Of course we’re out of money now but many of those receiving federal government financial assistance don’t know that and their political benefactors want to keep it a secret for as long as they can. Going over the so called fiscal cliff now might in the longer run be what’s best for the country.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:28 am
nero,
That Mexican ice is highly addictive.
I think you need a intervention.
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:29 am
Thulsa
Allow me to clarify if you will, some of the conservatives on this blog………
Not all were posting those links
Fly-On-The-Wall
November 29th, 2012
11:29 am
Jay, I think Nero is now making this personal. Please warn him/her because I find those posts to be offensive. USinUK is more than able to deal with it but I personally find it offensive.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:30 am
del,
“Third-Quarter Economic Growth Is Revised Up to 2.7%
The American economy grew at a substantially faster pace in the third quarter than first thought.” NYT
The only thing standing in the way of our economy is the gop.
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
11:30 am
tbs,
lemme know when cons were saying that Romney was our “lord and savior”, or show me video of where cons were rejoicing because they thought an imminent Romney victory meant their mortgage would be paid by Romney and their gas tanks filled. and lemme know when cons start walking around with silhouetted tshirts glorifying Romney or other R leaders as if they’re some kind of God on earth that can nanny peoples lives for them. geez
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 29th, 2012
11:31 am
Doom: I’m sure the white libs agree with DannyX about having a new black panther posted outside barracks door. Right Whitey libs? that’s Danny Xs way of letting you white boys know that you sit in the back of the democrat bus. hilarious!
I think this speaks a whole lot about Doom’s latent racism myself. Between that, the drinking problem and who knows what else, Doom should just tuck in his tail and leave after apologizing. But all know he’ll never man up for that.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
11:31 am
hey – since we were talking about Maddow downstairs … I just learned from Bill O’Reilly that Christianity isn’t a religion!
who knew!
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer leech...and liking it!
November 29th, 2012
11:32 am
Simple Truths
November 29th, 2012
11:27 am
Young and stupid and no aptitude for sarcasm…
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
11:32 am
Cool picture.
Is the liberal going to rip the elephant’s ear off and poke his eyes out with that stick?
and PETA could care less.
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
Thulsa
All Democrats said that or like usual you are painting with your broad brushes?
Thought so
Take off your pull ups and put on your big bout pants…. ROMNEY LOST, fella
Even you mentioned months ago that Obama would be leaving the WH.
GET OVER IT.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
I will argue that we need to remove the biggest regulation to our economy.
The gop.
So tell your failed party cons to get out of the way of free commerce.
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
“the lord and savior would be damn proud of these robots.”
Why do republicans worship Obama as their “lord and savior”? I’ve never seen anyone do that except republicans…weird…
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
Leech-On-The-Wall,
I find your sucking up to Bookman offensive. Just another example of name calling sycophant that can dish it but cant take it. Why don’t you cry some more? Hypocrite.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
That’s right … the belief that Jesus died for our sins and was the son of God born to a virgin … it’s not a religion, it’s a philosophy … like Capitalism. or Absurdism.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
Hold up on the black panthers idea…
The GOP is more frightened by Pink Panthers.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer leech...and earned it!
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
Maybe My Nom de Blog should be this…
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:33 am
big boy pants
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:34 am
Thulsa
So let me know when you can substantiate that what you said was the majority of those who voted for Obama?
Thanks
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
11:34 am
Getalife,
perhaps you missed the part in that economics report that said a main component of that increased economic growth was increased gubment spending.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
11:34 am
sorry … forgot to include linkee TWICE
http://huff.to/Toe3Kl
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
11:35 am
Classy, feel good song written for Obama by one of his good friends and favorite “musicians”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c9DuavThNI
JamVet
November 29th, 2012
11:35 am
Take a look at how the Republicans lost the election, with a crushing lack of votes from the Jewish, African American, Latino, and single white women demographics.
If you guys think that’s a good thing so be it…
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
“51% isn’t something to get so excited about.”
Owl – It apparently doesn’t matter much to you who the president is, right?
BRW
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
Stop feeding the leech-troll. Goading is all he’s got.
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
Thulsa
Heck, there were a few on Kyle’s blog already talking about what President Romney would do, not do, say and not say
hahahahahaha
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
Get,
So is that govt check you keep getting. Generation greed is why this country is gasping for relief. Stop borrowing against our future. Live within your means.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer leech...and earned it!
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
Granny G…
“The GOP is more frightened by Pink Panthers.”
I’m so stealing that!
curious
November 29th, 2012
11:36 am
The answer is obvious for the Republicans.
Grover Norquist for President in 2016!
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
11:37 am
getalife,
after you remove the opposition, can they be your butlers?
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:38 am
doomy,
Stop deflecterbating in public and tell your losing party to get out of the way of business.
Do it now!
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:38 am
Corbin,
Voted it would be more apropos.
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:39 am
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:39 am
moonbat,
The opposition removed themselves.
The focus is on good paying jobs for the middle class.
Focus.
JamVet
November 29th, 2012
11:40 am
Sink
When are you leaving or will you just be hanging out with the “Grateful Dead”?
Too funny.
Maybe he too will be Singapore bound.
Self deport, cons…
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:40 am
“It’s true, our country is turning into one where people would rather have others pay for them, they would rather rely on others to make it in life, they don’t want to work hard and be rewarded for it, take a look at how the Democrats won the election, the African American, Latino, and single white women vote won the election for Obama, if you guys think that’s a good thing so be it… Life will go on either way…”
Yup, all them girls and brown folks gittin” purty uppity, huh?
Alex
November 29th, 2012
11:41 am
“tool”, more AGED swiss cheese, brilliant response…..exit stage left for the drama queen…”tool”..haven’t heard that since I was in Home Depot….
2 Jamvet, Probably more repubs not in the extreme, of course there are some as there are libs. ..
Yes, Obama won..Done, Done..move on. the country is badly split which bodes bad for the COUNTRY, our country… Repubs have to evolve or will stagnate and decline, of course..So do the Dems. So what do you think a few million voted for Obama or against Romney, could be some of both. no one party has control..a good thing…ask cali…
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:42 am
Jam
Supply Side Singapore isn’t going anywhere.
He will be back in Atlanta before he leaves the country to live elsewhere.
All talk from him. I haven’t seen him post anything about the stock market in a few days. He and a few others were hot and heavy on that issue a few weeks ago.
What happened?
Fly-On-The-Wall
November 29th, 2012
11:43 am
Nero,
I find your comments offensive. They do nothing but insult other people. You just snipe at people without engaging in a relevent conversation. Your comments are just like a schoolyard bully and I believe that you should be dealt with in a civil matter – removed and ignored.
Recon 0311 2533
November 29th, 2012
11:43 am
getalife,
The increased GDP is mostly a result of increased government spending which isn’t the best contributing factor. Weekly jobless claims remain far above 350,000 and until they fall below that number we’re not going to see healthy private sector job growth that propels a healthy increase in GDP and our economy.
bookman parrot
November 29th, 2012
11:43 am
all these libs (the party of spend spend spend; give me give me give me) congratulating themselves on helping start the economic downfall on it’s way… and i’ll bet they will all conveniently forget their part and support in bringing it about. they forget the housing bubble was due to lib policies of give give give mortgages to those that could never hope to pay at some point) I hope i’m wrong about the economic downfall, but ….
JamVet
November 29th, 2012
11:44 am
Probably more repubs not in the extreme…
????????????????????????????????????
Then where the hell are you hiding them?
Certainly not in Washington DC…
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
11:46 am
tbs,
please substantiate where i said “most democrats”
Fly-On-The-Wall
November 29th, 2012
11:47 am
It was interesting to hear the comments of the Republicans in the House. They act like nothing has changed and that the President must meet all of their demands before they will approve anything.
Talk about a total disconnect.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:47 am
The speaker is boxed in and whining about it.
No crying yet.
George
November 29th, 2012
11:48 am
That photo of the elephant above, is that taken from the Rose Garden? The white house looks funny, is it being painted? Or is that just a composite photo shop of how the GOP left our government and white house grounds. The only vestige of the once proud GOP elephant are the dung beetles still in the congress.
bookman parrot
November 29th, 2012
11:49 am
if the BHO admin can bring about recovery and huge deficit reduction, without making a larger list of impoverished and gov’t dependent) then kudos to them
but if they can’t, i hope the lib faithful will finally act on logic and not just party-line.
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:49 am
” no one party has control..a good thing…ask cali…”
Right. In California, the republicans did their best to bring gridlock to a new artform – and you like the result? Figures…
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:49 am
“No crying yet.”
“yet” being the keyword……….
JamVet
November 29th, 2012
11:50 am
Give me give me give me is part and parcel of GOP economics.
The bad news, parrot?
If you ain’t super-wealthy or a BIG corporation, virtually none of their giveaways, handouts, tax dodges and massive welfare are for you.
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
11:50 am
aaaaah. so keep up the sorry fight is also a psychologist. who knew? i just knew the boy couldn’t stop obsessing over me. Creepy…
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:51 am
Fly,
Get thicker skin. Pointing out your ideology of leech behavior is precisely relevant. Sycophants like you don’t like to hear the brutal truth. You just want people who disagree with you to go away. If the truth hurts, then change your ways. Stop whining. Come down off the wall and engage instead of crying to Bookman.
Aquagirl
November 29th, 2012
11:51 am
Yup, all them girls and brown folks gittin” purty uppity, huh?
I love the assumption that the world consists of two groups—white guys and leeches. Anything beyond dark tan = leech. XX chromosome = leech. Basically not a white guy = leech. Of course!
And these geniuses wonder why they took a big nutshot.
You whiner boys better put on a good cup before the next election.
getalife
November 29th, 2012
11:52 am
It was a short press conference for the speaker.
He will stay the course but our President warned him he will take it to the American people.
The 14 cycle is on.
The gop will lose the house.
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:52 am
“all these libs (the party of spend spend spend; give me give me give me)…”
Parrot – when you start a post like this, we know you have no grasp of reality, and we need not continue reading. Thanks for that.
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
11:54 am
Thulsa
So you are admitting that a vast MINORITY of the millions who voted for Obama engaged in the things you mentioned?
Thanks for that clarification.
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
11:55 am
“Talk about a total disconnect”
Except…it is NOT a “total disconnect”. They don have the majority in the House, now don’t they? And the CAN block any bills from passing. Problem, of course, is that they can’t get any bills passed either, because they don’t control the Senate.
BUT as long as they are content with block the Dems and the President, they don’t HAVE to compromise on anything.
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
11:55 am
The speaker seems to believe Romney won – the positions he’s holding on the “fiscal cliff” are all Romney’s.
He must have REALLY believed those unskewed polls… *sigh*
Nero
November 29th, 2012
11:56 am
Aquagirl,
Leeches come is all shades and colors. A majority of the leeches in this country are white. Only leeches inject race and color in everything.
Alex
November 29th, 2012
11:58 am
@ fly as the recepient of a few “kind words”-all part of it….
@ Regnad, Cali repubs-the problem, Really, you read anything about it, really, yep it’s cured with a 13.5% tax…Really….can anyone be so dense( jamvet you are NOT allowed to answer that), no it’s not a rehtorical question….. girls and “brown” people–brilliant assessment, goodness, send him to D.C.
@ jamvet-you have a point with the D.C crowd, but less of them after this election, right?..happy,happy
We have a Dr. Phil……
Welcome to the Occupation
November 29th, 2012
11:59 am
Nero: “inting out your ideology of leech behavior is precisely relevant.”
You seem very very invested in this idea of a “leech” relationship in our politics. Which is odd considering that you are looking in all the wrong places for the real leech-dom.
Maybe you’re building up a strong psychological defense against looking at where the real source of the leeching is coming from — which as everyone knows is from the top 1% of the plutocracy and their armies of lobbyists and political operative hangers-on and think tanks, who have been busy for the last 30 years redistributing wealth up the wealth ladder towards the very top, at everyone else’s expense, including YOU.
But if you admitted that grim truth to yourself, and the fact that there’s no easy way to do anything to reverse it, you would be hopelessly depressed. So instead you mouth silly rhetoric that gives you a short-term satisfaction, but in the end does nothing. Am I getting warmer?
East Lake Ira
November 29th, 2012
12:00 pm
A top Democratic official said talks have stalled on this question since Obama and congressional leaders had their friendly-looking post-election session at the White House. “Republicans want the president to own the whole offer upfront, on both the entitlement and the revenue side, and that’s not going to happen because the president is not going to negotiate with himself,” the official said. “There’s a standoff, and the staff hasn’t gotten anywhere. Rob Nabors [the White House negotiator], has been saying: ‘This is what we want on revenues on the down payment. What’s you guys’ ask on the entitlement side?’ And they keep looking back at us and saying: ‘We want you to come up with that and pitch us.’ That’s not going to happen.”
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 29th, 2012
12:00 pm
tbs, heheh
Mittens is surging! Maybe its today, he’s at the WH
Elmer Fudd did not rsvp
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
12:00 pm
“Leeches come is all shades and colors. A majority of the leeches in this country are white”
Nero – how do we identify non-leeches?
Aquagirl
November 29th, 2012
12:01 pm
Leeches come is all shades and colors. A majority of the leeches in this country are white.
Frankly Nero, you offend me with all the talk about Boomer leeches. It’s disrespectful to ignore us Gen X leeches. *sniffle*
The Thin Guy
November 29th, 2012
12:01 pm
The main numbers problem is that morons are increasing exponentially such as the fool who misrepresents me in Congress, old Island Tipping Hank Johnson who now wants to get rid of the Constitution and force we peons to genuflect to the left wing thugs who are now running this country
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dem-rep-hank-johnson-amend-constitution-restrict-freedom-speech
Under the current regime you don’t need a job. Just let the government take from the workers and give what they earned to the bums.
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
No one told ME that “Elmer Fudd” is the catch phrase of the day!
How do I sign up for the memo?
The other half of your brain.
November 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
Jay, Please tell us how many women are in Obamas cabinet? hahahahahaha
mm
November 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
“lemme know when cons were saying that Romney was our “lord and savior”, or show me video of where cons were rejoicing because they thought an imminent Romney victory meant their mortgage would be paid by Romney and their gas tanks filled. and lemme know when cons start walking around with silhouetted tshirts glorifying Romney or other R leaders as if they’re some kind of God on earth that can nanny peoples lives for them. geez”
“So is that govt check you keep getting. Generation greed is why this country is gasping for relief. Stop borrowing against our future. Live within your means.”
You cons really are idiots. You will be slowly erased if you do not start dealing with reality.
Regnad Kcin
November 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
Nero made me feel so guilty, I quit using roads and mail delivery…
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
and that’s not going to happen because the president is not going to negotiate with himself,” the official said.
arrrrRRRRGGGGGHHH! this “white house negotiator” needs to be FIRED. FAH-URRED. FIRED.
The last time I heard the phrase “negotiating with myself” was Chimpy McWarHard-On who was answerin’ questions on his Social Security Piratization Tour, aka “Ah got po-litical Capital and Ah’m gone spendit!”
Don’t ever ever allow anyone from your office to use that phrase again. Ever. It is cursed.
DannyX
November 29th, 2012
12:04 pm
“It should be interesting to see how Obama and Congressional Democrats adapt to the reality of an economy in serious decline worsening with each passing day.”
Whoops…
3rd quarter GDP revised upward. Revision released today, 3rd quarter GDP +2.7%, up from the initial report of +2.0%.
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
12:04 pm
tbs,
and btw i can deal quite well with Obama winning. i think its sad for the country and for its finances in particular but I’m cool with it because after 4 more years of destruction, declining purchasing power, and crushing debt I’m going to look at people like u and simply say ” You voted for it”. And the reason i can deal with the o win is because i don’t let. who is potus decide my fate or lott in life. Unlike some dems I’m not dependent on gubment. No matter what happens i am the decider of my destiny and not anyone else. And its a damn comfortable feeling knowing that.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
B. Parrot — “they forget the housing bubble was due to lib policies of give give give mortgages to those that could never hope to pay at some point)”
Can’t forget what never was.
Nero
November 29th, 2012
12:06 pm
Occupation,
Nah, I think you just farted is all. Leeches infect both political parties. They infect every economic demographic. It’s a pandemic.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
November 29th, 2012
12:07 pm
Jay, Please tell us how many women are in Obamas cabinet? hahahahahaha
I count 7. Hahahahahahahahaha
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
Hey “Thin Guy”, why don’t you quote the rest of what Hank said.
Here it is, from your very own Cracker News Service site:
“These corporations, along with the people they support, other millionaires who they’re putting into office, are stealing your government. They’re stealing the government and the U.S. Supreme Court was a big enabler with the Citizens United case,” Johnson said at the Annesbrooks HOA candidate Forum in Georgia in October.
“They control the patterns of thinking,” said Johnson. “They control the media. They control the messages that you get. So, you are being taught to hate your government–don’t want government, but keep your hands off of my Medicare by the way. I mean, we are all confused people and we’re poking fingers at each other saying, well you’re black, you’re Hispanic, immigration, homosexuals. You know, we’re lost on the social issues, abortion, contraception.
“And these folks,” Johnson said, “are setting up a scenario where they’re privatizing every aspect of our lives as we know it. So, wake up! Wake up! Let’s look at what’s happening. We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.”
Anyone here have a problem with that?
Nero
November 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
Aquagirl,
Don’t cry too hard. When the Boomers are done, there won’t be much left for you to leech off.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
“Jay, Please tell us how many women are in Obamas cabinet? hahahahahaha
I count 7. Hahahahahahahahaha”
yeah.
but how many BINDERS of women does he have?
Welcome to the Occupation
November 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
Nero: “Leeches infect both political parties. They infect every economic demographic”
Except that it’s you who seem to be the one who totally buys into the mystique of parties.
Do you see me on here cheer-leading for the Democratic party?
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
12:11 pm
“Can’t forget what never was”
But the “Looking Glass people” can apparently believe more than 6 impossible things before breakfast!
Tom Middleton
November 29th, 2012
12:11 pm
As much as I like to see this GOP on the ropes, Jay, I’d much, much rather they learn to moderate and come to the center for all of us. It’s just the American way.
But first they’ll have to disavow Karl Rove and his quest for a permanent conservative majority and unwillingness to compromise, the Neocons and their might-makes-right, starve-the-beast mentality, and, yes, the party’s love of selfish white men, who still can’t believe they lost the election.
Then there’s Fox News that isn’t helping them any, and, of course, John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte (the three Muskathugs), John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Grover Norquist, Ayn Rand and her prophet Paul Ryan, the Tea Party, the Koch Brothers, and….My gosh, Jay, we’re talking about the whole damn party. Nevermind, sir!
paulo977
November 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
Dunwoody Granny…”they’re still looking at excuses: a fancy new GOTV database didn’t work the way it was supposed to.”
_______________________________________________
Well said……………………
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” !!!!!!!!!!
Andre Gide
Nero
November 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
Regnad,
Acceptance is the first step..
ByteMe - Got ilk?
November 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
but how many BINDERS of women does he have?
I’m sorry, but that’s just too weirdly sexual to answer here.
Common Sense isn't very Common
November 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
Doggone/GA
But the “Looking Glass people” can apparently believe more than 6 impossible things before breakfast!
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That’s because last nights meth hasn’t worn off.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
ByteMe – 50 shades of White House?
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
“I count 7. Hahahahahahahahaha”
More to the point, how many women chair committees in the Senate? I don’t actually know.
Thulsa Doom
November 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
tbs,
it is of my opinion that look at 100 people who pull the lever D vs 100 people who pull the lever R that there will be substantially more people who pull the lever D who are dependent on govt or on other taxpayers footing more of the share of the bill. I don’t remember where i read or heard it but it was said that households making under 30k per year broke to Obama by 7 million. If that’s true then i wouldn’t be surprised in the least.
weetamoe
November 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
Is that an African elephant or an Indian elephant? The ears are supposed to be the identifying characteristic but the signifier may have *unexpectedly* changed like the gdp and unemployment figures are wont to do under the Obama.
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
12:14 pm
“but how many BINDERS of women does he have?”
FLAG: 15 yard penalty and loss of down. The catch phrase of the day is ELMER FUDD.
BINDERS is so last month.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
November 29th, 2012
12:15 pm
Quite a lot in the current Senate and likely more in the next one, since they added at least one new female
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/e_one_section_no_teasers/org_chart.htm