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To: Kaslin
The Republican Party almost unanimously opposed Obamacare, and the Republicans who've been in office far longer than Cruz & Co. have voted more than three dozen times to get rid of the disastrous program.

Complete, utter and bald-faced BS. The votes to 'get rid' of Obamacide were votes that Republican leadership knew would never, ever see the light of day in the Senate. They were safe political votes, simple gamesmanship intended to show the folks back home that yeah, the Republicans really are standing up to Dear Leader.

Only, they weren't. The time to actually get rid of Obamacide just passed and when the Republican Party had a chance to stand up on its hind legs and actually take a stand that meant something, they folded like a house of cards.

When the chips were down, the establishment Republicans that Goldberg is trying so hard to suck up to had retreated once again. Leaving the base left holding the bag -- once again.

Conservatives are not fooled. It's now open war.

17 posted on 10/18/2013 7:47:31 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
The time to actually get rid of Obamacide just passed and when the Republican Party had a chance to stand up on its hind legs and actually take a stand that meant something, they folded like a house of cards.

They "folded" in the same sense that the Japanese "folded" at the end of WW2 when, entirely defeated, they acknowledged their defeat rather than having their country destroyed.

They "folded" in the same sense that, at the end of a football game, the losing team walks off the field, rather than stomping their feet and insisting that the game continue until there is a different outcome.

What does "not folded" look like, in this definition? I'm reminded of this scene from the movie "Trading Places":

Turn Those machines back on!!!

33 posted on 10/18/2013 9:37:57 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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