Topic: GOP Will Eat Itself (Read 64258 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #380 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:01:04 PM »

Quote from: Bal on August 01, 2011, 10:25:39 AM

It's really not hard to get labeled as a "reasonable Republican" these days. All you have to do is talk sense for five straight minutes. I don't even mean shit I agree with or something, just literally speaking in a way that makes sense in context for five whole minutes.

I think that's it. It's like the old Tom Tomorrow strip about Jeffrey Dahmer as a GOP candidate.

Also: Knowing basic math or being able to project more than one step ahead seems to help make one seem reasonable too.

Bal · « **Reply #381 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:11:30 PM »

Usually "None" and "None" respectively, but I get the impression that he at least would say "Some".

Thad · « **Reply #382 on:** August 01, 2011, 08:50:04 PM »

He would now. He didn't a few years ago.

Mongrel · « **Reply #383 on:** August 02, 2011, 07:58:48 AM »

Thad · « **Reply #384 on:** August 09, 2011, 01:52:22 PM »

...so, multiple recall elections in Wisconsin today. We'll see what happens.

Turnout is reported to be high, which I see as likely a good sign; high turnout in a recall election seldom indicates a groundswell of support for the person being recalled.

Cait · « **Reply #385 on:** August 09, 2011, 08:32:57 PM »

Looks like Democrats secured 2 of the 3 seats they needed to win to flip control (out of 6), and 3 more confirmed Republican, leaving... the seat that includes Waukesha County. The same clerk that had 'severe irregularities' during the Wisconsin Supreme Court election earlier this year which led to the Republican candidate winning by the skin of his teeth. (Brazenly partisan justices up for public election is a discussion topic on its own merits.)

Mongrel · « **Reply #386 on:** August 13, 2011, 08:02:17 PM »

GOP Candidate Herman Cain quoted Pokemon 2000. Four times.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #387 on:** August 14, 2011, 05:43:01 AM »

Actual story: guy doesn't seem to realize the origin of a single quote he uses four times (on completely separate occasions).

Humorous, but god damn I hate ~~how they try to word that~~ ~~make it sound~~ Joystiq.

McDohl · « **Reply #388 on:** September 05, 2011, 05:33:00 AM »

http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-left-cult/1314907779
This article is probably one of the more insightful things I've read in a long time: a retired GOP staffer talks about the state of the party. He says that the party of Eisenhower is dead, in so many words, having been replaced by a squad of religiously hypocritical and duplicitous people.

I like how he points out the fact that the Ayn Rand-ian shills seem to gloss over the fact that Rand was a "militant atheist who held nothing but contempt for Christianity."

Mongrel · « **Reply #389 on:** September 05, 2011, 06:38:19 AM »

That was actually really good!

I'm sure it'll just go into a black hole with all the rest of such things. Reminds me (in a distant way) of Buckley's growing ambivalence towards the party right before his death.

Büge · « **Reply #390 on:** September 10, 2011, 08:32:40 AM »

On Rick Perry and Superman

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #391 on:** September 10, 2011, 08:45:47 AM »

Yeah, Rick Perry's kind of a shit for all kinds of terrible reasons. One of my personal favorites: Texas is having probably the worst drought its seen in decades. Houston is literally so hot and polluted that it actually pushes hurricanes away. Rick Perry denies global climate change. Rick Perry decided to pray for rain instead of actually doing something to help the environment.

Rick Perry is the worst.

ALSO: Perry prayed for rain, and instead he got a giant fucking forest fire burning up half of Texas.

Brentai · « **Reply #392 on:** September 10, 2011, 09:03:08 AM »

He also tried praying for emergency services.

That one's working out a little better though because the Texans themselves are proving a goddam point: Texas is thriving despite Perry, not because of him.

座頭市 · « **Reply #393 on:** September 10, 2011, 09:03:27 AM »

Quote from: Wikipedia

Immigration
In 2001, Perry expressed his pride in the enactment of the statute extending in-state tuition to children of undocumented workers. He said:

We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate.[173]
Perry has opposed the creation of the Mexico – United States barrier, which is meant to keep out illegal aliens. Instead of barricading the border completely with a fence, Perry believes that the federal government should fulfill its responsibility to its citizens by securing the borders with "boots on the ground" and technology to improve safety while not harming trade with the state's biggest trading partner, Mexico.[174] Perry said the Arizona immigration law SB 1070 “would not be the right direction for Texas” and would distract law enforcement from fighting other crimes.[175]

I'm not seeing how Perry's choice of Superman as a role model is in any way incongruous.

Classic · « **Reply #394 on:** September 10, 2011, 10:43:26 AM »

That said, being relatively welcoming isn't exactly the same thing as being welcoming.

Büge · « **Reply #395 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:31:27 AM »

Also

Quote from: Zatoichi on September 10, 2011, 09:03:27 AM

Quote from: Wikipedia
Immigration
In 2001, Perry expressed his pride in the enactment of the statute extending in-state tuition to children of undocumented workers.

Quote from: Zatoichi on September 10, 2011, 09:03:27 AM

Quote from: Wikipedia
Immigration
In 2001,

Quote from: Zatoichi on September 10, 2011, 09:03:27 AM

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A lot can happen in ten years.

Brentai · « **Reply #396 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:59:09 AM »

Guys Perry is actually pretty leftist when it comes to immigration. It's actually the Tea Party's biggest beef with him.

The man has a lot of real actual flaws to attack without looking like a zealot by making up new ones.

Thad · « **Reply #397 on:** September 10, 2011, 12:22:16 PM »

...maybe that's why it's in the "Eat Itself" thread? Because Perry's an example of a Republican who the base disagrees with on one of its core issues?

On the other hand, so was Bush.

I don't think the Tea Party will sink him because of immigration -- I think when all's said and done he's going to be their guy, moderate on immigration or not. It's the moderates who are going to shy away from him and back Romney. Mostly over social security.

Brentai · « **Reply #398 on:** September 10, 2011, 02:22:17 PM »

It's probably time to change the name of this topic, honestly. The GOP has already eaten and digested itself and is now just a steaming pile of shit.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #399 on:** September 10, 2011, 02:52:58 PM »

... that's implying that shit can't eat itself and shit itself out again.

News:

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