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    GOP freaked out the tea party could cost them the House in 2014

    Before you freak out and say "Salon?" remember that this story is all over the press right now as the GOP civil war is raging. The GOP has lost a lot of races which, by all accounts they should have won and this is because they ran crazy candidates which scared the **** out of voters as soon as the nutters opened their big mouths thus the GOP establishment is trying to control the crazies before it costs them the house.

    http://www.salon.com/2014/01/21/gop_...ction_partner/

    The Republican Party is mired in a civil war, and the mainstream is desperately trying to prevent crazy candidates winning primary races over mainstream candidates, then have the crazy candidates say crazy things about rape, religion, sex and race.

    Karl Rove's American Crossroads is the group that is freaking out, and is desperately trying to help moderate, mainstream, sane (many of them incumbents) Reeps beat tea party crazies.

    Good read. Well worth the time.

    BTW a good quote from the article which is absolutely true:

    The establishment wing is discovering that it’s hard to keep the crazy quiet when your party’s voter base consists of neo-confederates, white supremacists, know-nothing libertarians, and evangelical theocrats.
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    What do you think will happen when Obama is impeached? With Clinton threatened with the same, as the last Democrat serving, that could get a little dicey.
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    • #3
      Won't happen. That's right wing nutjob fantasy land stuff.
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      • #4
        The establishment wing is discovering that it’s hard to keep the crazy quiet when your party’s voter base consists of neo-confederates, white supremacists, know-nothing libertarians, and evangelical theocrats.
        I'll go with the libertarians and leave the matter of governance to my local and state legislatures where it belongs

        I was listening to Donald Trump and he said the Tea Party loves him. But when they find out his true love is eminent domain, they wont love him long...

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        • #5
          I'm state and local myself.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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          • #6
            It's hilarious you think there is any chance of the House flipping when the reality is if any chamber is going to flip its the Senate and even that is a long shot.

            Only crazies like Oerdin would both posting crap like this.
            "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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            • #7
              GOP approval rating is at 32%. They still think they're going to win the Senate. We live in hilarious times.

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              • #8
                My health insurance (group) went up 15% and I'm one of the lucky ones. The only hope for thr left is that enough deadbeats get subsidies. That's not sustainable. What are you liberals celebrating? They destruction of your own country?
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                • #9
                  Would you care to make a bet on the Democrats taking the House Oerdin? If the GOP holds it, I want your avatar and signature for a month. If the Democrats take it, you can have mine.
                  Last edited by DinoDoc; January 22, 2014, 09:10.
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                  • #10
                    I don't think they will. I think the establishment has learned their lesson and will actively campaign against the most extreme candidates. There are dozens of examples at both the Federal and State level though where Republicans have lost seats they should have picked up because the candidate was too crazy for the voters to vote for. It's nice that at least some people in the Republican Party have figured out they need to beat down the crazies.
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                    • #11
                      Betting on US politics is always a crapshoot. On one hand you can be completely positive that the GOP will continue to be horribly offensive and vile, but on the other you can never safely bet against the Dems being faced with an open goal and then missing it completely.

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                      • #12
                        That's easier than you might assume when you consider how many Americans hold horribly offensive and vile views.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by kentonio View Post
                          Betting on US politics is always a crapshoot. On one hand you can be completely positive that the GOP will continue to be horribly offensive and vile, but on the other you can never safely bet against the Dems being faced with an open goal and then missing it completely.
                          So true.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Dinner View Post
                            I don't think they will.
                            So you give this article as much credibility as I do. Why did you feel the need to post it?
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
                              My health insurance (group) went up 15% and I'm one of the lucky ones. The only hope for thr left is that enough deadbeats get subsidies. That's not sustainable. What are you liberals celebrating? They destruction of your own country?
                              I'm sure you'd support universal health care where your taxes pay rather than billing to companies...
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