Posted on 06/14/2011 3:32:13 PM PDT by Tom Mullen
The 2012 presidential election cycle is underway. With the Democratic candidate a foregone conclusion, there is not much uncertainty about where the Democratic Party is going. For better or worse, Democrats will likely continue to dance with who brung them, meaning Barack Obama and his brand of 21st century liberalism.
Not so on the Republican side. After historic defeats and victories in the past two elections, respectively, the Republican Party has yet to define itself for the future. It must come to grips with the fact that its miraculous comeback in 2010, after crushing defeats in the presidential and congressional elections of 2008, was due in large part to the Tea Party. However, with that victory came a large group of new Republican lawmakers, many of whom were not ready to fall in line with the Republican leadership. The most striking example, of course, is Rand Paul, who has constantly challenged mainstream Republican positions that do not jibe with his libertarian-leaning constitutional conservativsm.
Critics dismiss the Tea Party as simply a Republican Party publicity campaign rather than a grassroots movement that truly seeks change in Washington. However, it is impossible to ignore the fact that the Tea Party did indeed challenge the Republican establishment and defeated many establishment Republicans in primary elections which means they obviously cared about far more than simply defeating Democrats. So, if not simply a front group for the Republican mainstream, what does the Tea Party stand for?
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Another great graphic!
People are champing at the bit in anticipation of the 2012 election. It’s going to be a rough 17 months.
And the full moon doesn’t help either.
Thank you. I spend minutes poring over Bing images to find this stuff, LOL!
I agree with everything you say ... except I think that you meant "Saratoga".
This wasn't all that creative, just another blog pimp wanting us to hit his blog. Big mistake was to start with a bad premise.
That flamingos/anteater link was funny. Thanks!
Indeed. They used to stay and play for a while before going completely over the ZOT edge, but now they’re at the outer limits right out of the box.
I really like it when they opus to Jim Thompson and he accepts.
Sigh... I guess the clever ones are all gone, and the left is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Poor us. LOL!
” Indeed. They used to stay and play for a while before going completely over the ZOT edge “
Yep. They start out sounding half way reasonable, then....all of a sudden...they drop the anvil on our big toe ;-)
More like the anvil is dropped on their own big toe. Then again, many post just to get the zot. It’s like some rite of passage in DUmmieLand. They can then go back with “Hey, look what I did” (which amounts to nothing,really).
But there’s always the ones who take on Jim as TheOldLady points out. There were a couple a few weeks ago that were way over the top. These are probably my favorites as well.
To Ron Paul Libertarians, who want World Terrorists to multiply and prosper without restraint, because they mistakenly think that if we leave them alone, they will leave us alone...........Here is a bulletin for you.......PISS OFF!
I love that picture. Good thing it’s on your home page.
Oh, that’s why there are so many of them these days. They’re like evil gang bangers making their bones, LOL!
Yeah, the opus eaters are always interesting. They tug on SuperJim’s cape. I wonder if they’re surprised when he shakes them off from orbit?
Oops, and thank you.
You're right. Didn't notice it till now. Was thinking, then and now, about West Point Museum, where Arnold is credited with the Saratoga win.
All over a silly tagline (below) I came up with...
” They tug on SuperJims cape. I wonder if theyre surprised when he shakes them off from orbit? “
Probably not......they are more happy playing the “victim” ;-)
The founding fathers started a war over a far smaller invasion of their liberty than that which I suffer today.
Ping!
Oops. Did a search, didn’t find you, so pinged.
But you don’t have SPACES. LOL
Nope. No spaces, LOL! Photobucket is down for me right now anyway, so my pictures are all unavailable anyway.
Indeed. Here’s hoping that they get the same popularity and esteem at DU/Kos as zer0 got from Osama’s demise. ;-)
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