Thread: GOP: now & in the future

^Lee Atwater was responsible for the race-baiting Willie Horton ads during the Bush v Dukakis campaign. He later apologized, after he found Jesus, who still refused to cure his cancer.

Originally Posted by robuzo

^Lee Atwater was responsible for the race-baiting Willie Horton ads during the Bush v Dukakis campaign. He later apologized, after he found Jesus, who still refused to cure his cancer.

Oh, OK.

He found Jesus and apologized after being diagnosed with Cancer.

CHANGE!

Suburban Illinois Jews Embracing GOP.

“And it’s the horrendous economy and the liberty, not Israel.”

Well, we'll probably see a lot more of this in the run-up to November, eh?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

CHANGE!

Suburban Illinois Jews Embracing GOP.

“And it’s the horrendous economy and the liberty, not Israel.”

Well, we'll probably see a lot more of this in the run-up to November, eh?

On the topic of Illinois Boon, I googled the the most recent Illinois polling but didn't find anything recent enough.

Here is real-clear general election polling and also some state polling:

RealClearPolitics - Latest Election Polls

Republicans used to be pro-environment, dovish re; defense, and friendly to the black population. Wish they would go back to that. Honestly, both parties have lost their way.

^Indeed, liberty is now just a figment of everyones imagination. The reality is the majority of people from both parties have become obedient slaves to a federal government that has become an out of control monster.

Another update and a look at how the rethugs are trying to fuck your life up.

And again I’ll start with the GOPs War on Women,…….

House Republican proposes ‘unprecedented’ cuts to women’s health

Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), chairman of the House Labor, Health and Human Service and Education Committee, has proposed a far-reaching anti-choice bill that boasts $6.2 billion in spending cuts, many of which are achieved through attacks on services for women’s reproductive health.


If you hold any municipal bonds in Kansas, dump them,…….

Fiscal conservatives in Kansas have turned their state into a laboratory to test reforms similar to the "Ryan plan" for massive tax cuts at the national level -- and the result has been a Republican civil war.

Backers of recent state tax cuts argue they will create jobs and boost the economy to partially offset lost revenue, with budget cuts solving the remaining shortfall. The tax cuts go into effect in January, and the Kansas Legislative Research Department calculates the lost revenue will amount to the equivalent of 36 percent of the state budget within five years.: Kansas Republicans War Over Paul Ryan-Style Policies


Someone let Michelle Bachmann out of her box and she should be put back in it,…..

Republican Sen. John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton against unsubstantiated allegations that her family has ties to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, repudiating charges leveled by another Republican, Rep. Michele Bachmann.: McCain defends Clinton aide against allegations | Politics | The Seattle Times


I’m gonna slip this in you and it will not hurt,……..

CNN is reporting that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) office wrote a loophole into the House version of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK) exempting Congress members’ spouses and children from having to report stock market transactions over $1,000 in a timely manner.: CNN: Cantor’s office wrote loophole into insider trading bill


You first retard,………

The president of Tea Party Nation declared on Thursday that if Mitt Romney is to release his tax returns, President Barack Obama should release medical records to prove he’s not a drug addict who smoked crack and had gay sex with a lifelong con-man.: Top tea partier demands Obama prove he doesn’t smoke crack and have gay sex


Talk is cheap, you stupid cvnt,……..

Though the alleged gunman at the theater shooting last Friday was armed to the teeth, able to fire off 60 rounds in a minute, and dressed fully in bulletproof gear, former (R) Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce thinks one of the people in the theater should have been able to take him down.

In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Pearce criticized the people in the theater for a lack of courage and for not being armed, saying that if they had been, they could have saved lives. “All that was needed is one Courages/Brave [sic] man prepared mentally or otherwise to stop this it could have been done,” he posted: Former State Senator Claims Colorado Shooting Victims Lacked Courage To Stop Gunman


They love the 1 percenters and ta hell with everyone else,……..

Senate Republicans will press this week to extend tax cuts for affluent families scheduled to expire Jan. 1, but the same Republican tax plan would allow a series of tax cuts for the working poor and the middle class to end next year.

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In all, the Republican plan would extend tax cuts for 2.7 million affluent families while allowing tax breaks to expire for 13 million on the bottom of the income spectrum, tax analysts say. An impact analysis released Monday by Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation said a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts would cut taxes on households with more than $1 million of annual income by $74,505 next year. The Democratic proposal would cut taxes for those same households by $7,055: NYT: Republican Senators Face Risks

From Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein’s It’s Even Worse Than It Looks:

"The second [of two sources of dysfunction in current American politics] is the fact that, however awkward it may be for the traditional press and nonpartisan analysts to acknowledge, one of the two major parties, the Republican Party, has become an insurgent outlier—ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by conventional understanding of facts, evidence, and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. When one party moves this far from the center of American politics, it is extremely difficult to enact policies responsive to the country’s most pressing challenges."
Amazon.com: It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism (9780465031337): Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein: Books
The GOP must be finally discredited and destroyed.

Today’s rethugs, dumber than dumb. Fact!

And yet again I will start off with the GOPs War on Women,….

Senate Democrats are rebuffing House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) push for bicameral negotiations to finalize the Violence Against Women Act, exercising their clout to demand the House pass their expanded bipartisan version.

On Monday, Boehner appointed eight members to an unformed conference committee: Reps. Sandy Adams (R-FL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX).
A senior Senate Democratic aide dismissed Boehner’s move.

“This shows that Boehner is clearly feeling the heat from women’s groups after having passed a bill that leaves millions of women in the LGBT, tribal, and immigration communities out. He is in an unsustainable spot and Democrats know it,” the aide said. “Moving forward means House Republicans dropping their opposition to including these groups in a final bill.”: Dems Show Their Spine On ‘Violence Against Women Act’

Rethugs showing us how to right things in their state,…….

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Wednesday criticized his successor, Gov. Rick Scott (R), and other Republicans for using "shameless" tactics that suppress voting rights, including requiring photo IDs, preventing felons from voting and purging voter rolls.: Charlie Crist blasts Rick Scott’s ‘unconscionable’ voter suppression tactics

And support to the above article,……

TALLAHASSEE — In a wide-ranging deposition that spanned two days in late May, former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer denounced some party officials as liars and "whack-a-do, right-wing crazies'' as he described turmoil in the months before his resignation.

Greer said some GOP leaders were meeting to discuss ways they could suppress black votes while others were constantly scheming against each other.: Jim Greer denounces Florida Republican Party officials as liars, 'right-wing crazies' in deposition - Tampa Bay Times

Proof there are twice as many stupid Rethugs as were in 2008,…….

The number of conservative Republicans who say Obama is a Muslim has doubled since October 2008 (from 16% to 34%). : 2012 Candidates Religion | Romney Mormon | Obama

A rethug,…..what do you mean my spouse who has been dead for 5 years cannot vote,……..

A Pinal County supervisor candidate has withdrawn from the race in the wake of voter-fraud allegations involving a former companion who, records show, has continued to vote by absentee ballot in the five years since her death.

John Enright, 66, had been seeking the Republican nomination for county supervisor of District 5, an area that includes Apache Junction and Gold Canyon.: Pinal County supervisor hopeful John Enright quits

Stupid, stupid, stupid,……..

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey on Thursday argued that guns should not be regulated after the massacre that killed 12 and wounded 58 in Colorado because the suspect could have “taken a car and driven it into a school bus” — and firearm restrictions would be like taking away football scholarships to punish a school for misconduct.: Dick Armey: Don’t control guns because cars can kill people too

The clown show continues,………

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Friday refused to condemn Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, had infiltrated the U.S. government on behalf of radical Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood.: Cantor defends Bachmann: Anti-Muslim witch hunt is ‘about security’

If you see Bachmann, do us all a favor and pour some water on the witch,……

The poll found that Bachmann comes home to only a 34 percent favorability rating, with 57 percent of Minnesota voters seeing her negatively. Only 37 percent of state voters think she should run for reelection to her House seat, while 57 percent believe she should scram.: New poll: Bachmann, Pawlenty unpopular with Minnesotans - Minneapolis News

No wonder rethugs don’t like education,………they are not good with science,……..

Inhofe's No. 1 myth, according to Sanders, is that "real scientists" say global warming is a hoax. In fact, the scientific consensus is nearly unanimous. "Global warming is unequivocal and primarily human-induced," according to the United States Global Change Research Program, which is made up of scientists at NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency and the departments of defense, agriculture, energy, state, health, transportation, commerce, and interior.

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and academies in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom all say "the need for urgent action to address climate change is now indisputable."

Moreover, 18 scientific professional societies including the American Geophysical Union, the American Chemical Society, and others say "climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver."

"The bottom line,' Sanders said, "is that when Senator Inhofe says global warming is a hoax, he is just dead wrong according to the vast majority of climate scientists.": Global Warming is Real - Newsroom: Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont

And GOP’s War on Women, ending on a good note with the help of some compassionate republicans………..

Score one for the ladies!

Recently, Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) took an ax to the state’s budget, hacking away a whopping $67.5 million from that budget, including funds for teacher pay raises, funding for the arts, and $450,000 for the state’s non-profit rape crisis centers:’

She cut more than $400,000 used to help pay for the state’s network of 23 domestic violence and rape crisis centers. In her veto message, she angered supporters by calling that portion of the budget — which also included money for people with sickle cell anemia, kidney disease and hemophilia — a distraction from the state’s larger mission of providing public health care.

She made matters worse when, in a Facebook post, she referred to rape crisis centers as a special interest.

In the vote to restore funding for the crisis centers, the South Carolina House voted unanimously, 111-0, to reinstate the funding. And lawmakers had some stern words for the governor:

“Of all the vetoes that need to be overridden, this is the most important one,” said Republican Senator Jake Knotts, voicing support for the rape crisis centers. ”Victims of assault, women and children, are the ones who need the most help. It’s money well-spent,” he said.: War on Women Update: Arizona Sued, Haley Vetoed and North Carolina Scores

This should be a surprise to no one..



While Republicans trying to justify voter suppression bills continue to struggle to find any actual cases of voter fraud, once again a Republican politician may be the exception that proves the rule.


While voter fraud is exceedingly rare — a person is more likely to be hit by lightning than to commit it — then-Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R-IN) was convicted of it earlier this year. Now, a candidate for Pinal County Supervisor in Arizona has dropped out amid questions about who cast ballots on behalf of his long-deceased girlfriend.

The Arizona Republic reports:

A Pinal County supervisor candidate has withdrawn from the race in the wake of voter-fraud allegations involving a former companion who, records show, has continued to vote by absentee ballot in the five years since her death. John Enright, 66, had been seeking the Republican nomination for county supervisor of District 5, an area that includes Apache Junction and Gold Canyon. …

His statement made no mention of the scandal unleashed in an anonymous, undated letter sent several weeks ago to the Pinal County Recorder’s Office. As recently as this year, the letter alleged, someone had been filling out and mailing in absentee ballots addressed to a woman who died on Feb. 3, 2007. The woman, Sheila Nassar, and Enright lived together at the time of her death.

Enright has not been charged with any crime and told the Arizona press “I look forward to learning more about these allegations. If they are indeed formal allegations, I will defend myself. I very much look forward to clearing my name.”

But if Enright was indeed casting ballots in his late girlfriend’s name, he would be guilty of what the Pinal County Recorder called “an absolute act of fraudulent voting” — and a Class 6 felony.

Voter identification laws would have done nothing to prevent the sort of absentee ballot fraud alleged here. And the fact that this is already a felony shows that laws already on the books are clearly sufficient to punish this exceedingly rare crime.

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Heh...how 'bout that Ted Cruz the Tea Party dude who just won BIG in Texas, eh?

The Bro Gotta Go

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Heh...how 'bout that Ted Cruz the Tea Party dude who just won BIG in Texas, eh?

Is a tea bagger winning a GOP primary in Texas news or somehow surprising?

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Heh...how 'bout that Ted Cruz the Tea Party dude who just won BIG in Texas, eh?

Is a tea bagger winning a GOP primary in Texas news or somehow surprising?

It's been suggested that David Dewhurst his opponent was a RINO. This election victory for Cruz is going to reverberate way beyond the Great State of Texas!

Originally Posted by raycarey

the teabaggers are dragging the party so far to the right that only the most extreme conservatives are going along with them.

The teabaggers are in turn being led by the nose by right wing 'foundations' such as various Kochbot entities, and Dick Armey's Freedomworks. If the GOP is to return to a situation of broadly based relevence to the electorate, there will have to be a lot more Congressmen speaking up like this-

Freshman Republican says House GOP 'angry,' 'incapable of governing'


Freshman Republican Rep. Richard Hanna (N.Y.) compared the parties in Congress to sports teams only interested in “winning,” and this week credited Democrats in Congress with having “less anger” than Republicans toward the other side.

...He called his Democratic friends “much more congenial” than Republican ones.

... He then went on to warn that House Republicans are becoming “incapable of governing” by habitually deferring to “extremes.”

Hanna referred specifically to a controversial letter sent to the State Department by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and four others earlier this month that warned of possible influence exerted on the agency by the Muslim Brotherhood.

“We render ourselves incapable of governing when all we do is take severe sides,” he said. “I have to say that I’m frustrated by how much we — I mean the Republican Party — are willing to give deferential treatment to our extremes in this moment in history.”

Freshman Republican says House GOP 'angry,' 'incapable of governing' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room


We don't hear much from or about them, especially given a Press coverage that focuses on gaffes and sensationalist soundbites, but there must be quite a few frustrated Republican party members, Senators and Congressmen right now. They know their beloved party is on a demographic and societal ticket to nowhere.

They just never die. Now banging at the door of the US Senate:
Political Animal - Defending the Suburbs—and Golf—From the U.N.
In a blog posting early this year, [Texas GOP Senate nominee Ted] Cruz vowed that as senator he would fight against “a dangerous United Nations plan” on environmental sustainability that he said was aimed at abolishing “golf courses, grazing pastures and paved roads.” He blamed all this on the Democratic financier-philanthropist George Soros.
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I wouldn't expect to have a productive conversation with someone like Cruz any more than I would expect to have one with a zombie.

Another Wednesday, another update on what the crazy rethugs are doing/thinking,…

GOP’s continued War on Women

Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R), an ardent opponent of abortion rights, said that today's date would live in infamy alongside those two other historic occasions. Wednesday marked the day on which a controversial new requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires health insurance companies to cover contraceptive services for women, goes into effect.

"I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7th, that's Pearl Harbor day. The other is September 11th, and that's the day of the terrorist attack," Kelly said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates.": Republican likens contraceptive mandate to Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - First Read

And more on the GOP's War on Women

North Carolina GOP state Rep. Larry Pittman openly called for publicly hanging abortion providers, proving just how fanatical Republicans are in their anti-abortion stance. Pittman is now making headlines again for attacking Planned Parenthood and calling for the organization’s utter destruction.

[Planned Parenthood] is a murderous organization…getting wealthy on murder for hire. It deals out nothing but deception, death, personal devastation, and moral degradation. Never will I agree to give that bloody, indecent, immoral organization one penny. I will not be satisfied until it is outlawed.”: North Carolina Republican Calls Planned Parenthood A ‘Murder For Hire’ Organization | Addicting Info

They are out there. Waaaay out there

WASHINGTON - A Republican member of the Tennessee state legislature emailed constituents Tuesday morning with a rumor circulating in conservative circles that President Barack Obama is planning to stage a fake assassination attempt in an effort to stop the 2012 election from happening.

Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown) sent an email from his state email account to constituents containing a rumor that Obama and the Department of Homeland Security are planning a series of events that could lead to the imposition of "martial law" and delay the election. Among the events hypothesized in the email is a staged assassination attempt on the president that would lead to civil unrest in urban areas and martial law.: Kelly Keisling, Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama 'Staged Assassination' Rumor

Science is something Rethugs just don’t get

The Senate hearing on climate science this Wednesday, unsurprisingly enough, appears to have changed little with respect to the politics of climate change on Capitol Hill. Indeed, a significant portion of the discussion was dominated by debate over Dr. John Christy’s particular brand of denialism, a well-trod debate.

Nonetheless, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) was more than surprised when informed by Senator Barbara Boxer that roughly 98 percent of climate scientists, contra Christy, accepted that anthropogenic warming was real and serious — he was outraged:

Sessions: Madam Chairman, I am offended by that, I’m offended by that — I didn’t say anything about the scientists. I said the data shows [sic] it is not warming to the degree that a lot of people predicted, not close to that much…

Boxer: The conclusion that you’re coming to is shared by 1-2 percent of the scientists. You shouldn’t be offended by that. That’s the fact.

Sessions: I don’t believe that’s correct.: Sen. Sessions: 'I Am Offended' By Views Of Climate Scientists

That’s not how a 501 (c) 3 works

The charity, Genesis Foundation, was created to provide tuition for children attending Cornerstone Schools, a system of nonprofit schools Durant (Republican Senate candidate) co-founded in Detroit. But tax returns showed that about 95 percent of all funds donated to the charity go directly to Durant and his daughter, Hope Durant Loomis.

“For that reason it does not appear that this Foundation is organized and operating as a tax-exempt charitable organization,” attorney Tammie Tischler explained in an IRS complaint filed on behalf of Democrats Monday. “Contributions come in from two donors and go directly to Mr. Durant and Ms. Loomis as compensation for program services.”: Michigan GOP candidate allegedly siphoned off 95 percent of charity’s money

When you do anything for money you’re a

During an appearance at San Francisco’s Gold Club, “Queen of Porn” Jenna Jameson told WTSP that Romney was her guy.

“I’m very looking forward to a Republican being back in office,” Jameson said. ” “When you’re rich, you want a Republican in office.”: Porn star Jenna Jameson backs Romney: ‘When you’re rich, you want a Republican’

Even Christie doesn’t think Dim Mitt has a chance

Gov. Chris Christie says he hopes fellow Republican Mitt Romney defeats President Barack Obama this November and runs again in 2016. But the Garden State's governor says he will consider a White House bid if the presidency is open in four years.: Christie open to 2016 White House run - New York Daily News

A business trip looking for guys

BOISE, Idaho — Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous June 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.

Craig is hoping to avoid repaying $217,000 in campaign funds the Federal Election Commission claims he misused to defend himself. : Larry Craig: Trip To Airport Bathroom Where Arrest Took Place Was 'Official' Business

She should keep her trap shut

A Republican candidate for Congress received a flurry of criticism on Monday after she compared President Barack Obama to mass-murdering dictators.

“Beware of people who rose meteorically from nowhere like Obama. His agenda has been carefully planned 4 him!!!” Marisha Agana wrote Sunday on Twitter. “History has a way of repeating itself: Stalin , Hitler, Mao Tse Tung and now Obama!!!”: GOP candidate in Ohio compares Obama to Hitler, Mao and Stalin


How a prominent Right-wing Blogger thinks

Sikhism, a non-violent movement: Sikh Articles - Origin of non-violence in India

Given the way things are, it would be a good idea for every minority religion in America to keep a few weapons inside their place of worship for such an eventuality. Especially when you've got a dufus like this murdering seven innocent people at their church service, thinking they were in fact members of a different faith entirely.

But it's probably against their religion.

Heh...no more boring white guys for the GOP!



"...the Latino vote has been growing less Democratic over the last 30 years, according to Sean Trende, the senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics.com.

"Young, energetic, whip-smart and philosophically coherent politicians like Cruz and Rubio can confidently appeal to Latinos without sounding condescending and without caving to liberal assumptions about how to win over Latinos. They're also harder to demonize."

The. Bro. Has. To. Go.

Well, if Romney picks Rubio, the Latino vote is in the bag, eh?

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Young, energetic, whip-smart and philosophically coherent politicians like Cruz and Rubio can confidently appeal to Latinos without sounding condescending and without caving to liberal assumptions about how to win over Latinos.

Agree. Either would go a long way to help Romney. However, the Romney campaign needs to move miles away from "immigration" policies heard from the far less politically important right wing of the party. On balance, losing support from right wing but gaining support from even a small percent of the Latino vote will even the race.

cruz just won his primary a couple of days ago, so i don't see how he's going to help or hurt romney in november.

rubio, on the other hand, would likely be a net loss. first of all, yes, he's a latino...but he's cuban. and to the latino community there's a distinction. but that still would probably get romney a few more votes in florida, virginia and nevada where there are a lot of latino voters.

now for the downside...
he's got some really questionable financial dealings that haven't undergone serious scrutiny. yes, the media in florida was poking around last year....but that's not quite the same as full force of the national media turning over every rock.

his compelling personal history was a lie. it could be argued that without that lie he never would have been elected to the senate in the first place. maybe he would have, but we'll never know. what we do know is that he'll have some serious explaining to do about this.

he was baptised a mormon. how in god's name are the republicans going to have two baptised mormons on the same ticket. evagelicals might be willing to hold their nose and vote for one....but two? not likely.

he's green...and not in the environmental sense of the word. i really wonder if he's ready to handle the bright lights. he did an interview with politico a few months ago, and he was clearly upset by the questions and wasn't able to control himself.

so in the end, i think rubio would hurt more than help romney's chances.

Originally Posted by raycarey

he's got some really questionable financial dealings that haven't undergone serious scrutiny.

Given that if picked he'd be running with Romney it's doubtful that would be a problem..