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Republican Leaders Worry Their Party Could Divide in Two
Yahoo! News / National Journal ^
| February 14, 2013
| Ron Fournier
Posted on 02/14/2013 5:54:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: slapshot
You are correct. The author of this piece, Ron Fournier, is a rabid, agenda-driven Marxist.
Something to keep in mind.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:04:14 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We can only hope! But I must say that these people ‘inside-the-loop’ are definitely slow learners.
To: FlingWingFlyer
There is no middle at all. Our political landscape is in the shape of a bi-modal saddle ~ which gives you two large poles each of which is composed of a large number of factions.
Our national parties, and their state affiliates, engage in a battle to pick up followers from the factions. Sometimes a large faction will shift from the Demos to the Reps, or vice versa. More frequently small factions do that without being noticed.
There is a fringe around the poles ~ virtually depopulated. it is not a middle filled with undecided voters.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:12:55 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx; cripplecreek
And it would primary the Moderate Republicans Fault.
It's like a business partner who comes in every day and knee's you in the balls and yet criticizes you when you express your desire to leave stating that the rival company will gain the upper hand.
The Great Whig Party has Spoken!
They don't want Conservatives in their party and we don't want to stay.
Not after the way the Treat Sarah Palin(stupid!), Michele Bachmann(crazy!), etc etc etc etc
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:16:59 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: KC_Lion
Ya ever notice how much Millard looked like Alec Baldwin?
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:20:30 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republican consultant Scott Reed summed up the state of politics and his beloved GOP. The party, he told me, is irrelevant. Scott Reed a leader of the GOP? He's a joke.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:27:26 PM PST
by
Darren McCarty
(If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
To: cripplecreek
Don't be so mean to Millard Fillmore Cripple.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:28:23 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: cripplecreek
Much more importantly, the Carnival Cruise Ship Carnival Triumph LANDED and people are getting off.
I half way expected to see the local volunteer fire department out there hosing them down.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:29:19 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey dumbass elite Establishment Republican wing of the ruling political class!!!
Ever think about growing a pair of balls?? I don't remember ever seeing them split!
What a bunch of tools.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:37:03 PM PST
by
cashless
(Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well if we are going to split, let us do so right away.
Give us time to re-establish a base of real support, and start to organize for a take-over election.
Stay or go. But let us make up our minds quickly please.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Rand is a fake conservative and fake Republican, just like his nutjob old man. That's it in a nutshell. Thanks 2nddivisionvet.
- ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]
- One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:48:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Revelation 3:16
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:57:40 PM PST
by
Theophilus
(Not merely prolife, but prolific)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Revelation 3:16
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
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posted on
02/14/2013 7:57:57 PM PST
by
Theophilus
(Not merely prolife, but prolific)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This article reeks of an exercise in social engineering. Divide and conquer is the name of the game here. Although from recent events, the republicans are bent on purging the conservatives from their ranks, to appeal to moderate republicans of course. It almost seems like the republicans are content with playing the part of minor opposition within the party. Go along, get along, and get a piece of the ever shrinking pie, country be damned.
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posted on
02/14/2013 8:07:11 PM PST
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: Flycatcher
“You are correct. The author of this piece, Ron Fournier, is a rabid, agenda-driven Marxist. Something to keep in mind.” I don’t think a lot of these people on this thread understand what you are talking about. The old ‘Divide and conquer’ battle plan only work when about 5-7% of the opponents side buys into the notion that losing is winning. They are fools. I never ever thought we had so many that could be led around by left wing trolls and talked into not voting and letting Obama back in the oval office. God help us all.
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posted on
02/14/2013 8:07:56 PM PST
by
ynotjjr
(Under Construction)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“That’s it in a nutshell, isn’t it? “
You said it, and don’t forget the “pink milk”.
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posted on
02/14/2013 8:13:47 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: KC_Lion
“It’s like a business partner who comes in every day and knee’s you in the balls and yet criticizes you when you express your desire to leave stating that the rival company will gain the upper hand.”
I saved that one and will laugh every time I read it or think about it!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does this mean the establishment GOP capitulating SOBs are starting to pay attention?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Republican leader.
That’s a contradiction in terms.
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posted on
02/14/2013 10:02:25 PM PST
by
lurk
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