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It’s Not “Game Over”— It’s Time for the GOP to Counterattack
Townhall.com ^ | January 9, 2013 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 01/09/2013 4:46:09 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/09/2013 4:46:22 AM PST by Kaslin
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2 posted on 01/09/2013 4:49:54 AM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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On multiple fronts.

For instance I think now is a great time for a couple more GOP held states to move on RTW legislation.

Force the democrats to divide their forces.


3 posted on 01/09/2013 4:50:10 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Bump and a half!

Darn.


4 posted on 01/09/2013 4:51:32 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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Indeed


5 posted on 01/09/2013 4:54:38 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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The real fight will come with the debt ceiling increase. Republicans can basically get anything they want if they play their cards right. But of course it will require backbone. So far, McConnell sounds like he has more of it than Boehner does, which is unfortunate. This fight can only be won in the House.


6 posted on 01/09/2013 5:01:13 AM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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When an RPG is required, count on the Republicans to bring out their flakey feather duster.


7 posted on 01/09/2013 5:02:40 AM PST by deadrock
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OK, it's WWII and the GOP counterattacks...with “Brewster Buffalo Boehner” and “BAR McConnell” against Democrat Zeroes and MG 42s.

Talk about taking a rubber chicken to a gun fight...

8 posted on 01/09/2013 5:04:29 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Banning guns over Adam Lanza would be like banning speech over Bill Maher.")
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The GOP woluld need to grow a pair to do that. Hell has a better chance of growing snowballs.


9 posted on 01/09/2013 5:06:00 AM PST by Daveinyork (."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
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LOL.


10 posted on 01/09/2013 5:12:14 AM PST by TADSLOS (I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
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To: Kaslin; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; ...
RE :”Obama and his minions are serious about defeating us, so we need to be serious about defeating them. Let’s banish cheesy talk about “Working together for the good of the country.” The only thing that is good for this country right now is defeating Obama’s leftist agenda, fully, completely and in detail. You can’t work with him, you can’t compromise with him, you can’t convince him. He’s a progressive Terminator and the Constitution is Sarah Connor. You have to beat him, and that means counterattacking to seize the initiative by getting on the scoreboard with some wins and restoring our team’s morale. “

This guy is good, I would also add the following:

You(we) can’t work with Obama, but he will win for sure if we refuse to work with fellow Rs to defeat him.

BTW : Obama doesnt compromise, he plays up the compromise act to get public support to win. There is a difference.
In private he tells Bohner to go to hell. In public he says he has given Rs nearly everything they asked for,.
Many in the GOP have it backwards which is why they lose.

11 posted on 01/09/2013 5:12:31 AM PST by sickoflibs (Losing to O is NO principle!)
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The current state of the GOP brings to mind the surviving Marines in Aliens, with no shortage of demoralized hacks lamenting their inability to resist by channeling Private Hudson: “Maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events but we just got our a**** kicked, pal!”

So what? So we took a hit on the Fiscal Cliff. Stand up, brush off and get back into the fight. This is no time for self-pity, no time for weakness. Every combat leader knows that when you take a hit, you regroup, reorganize, and prepare to counterattack. The defense is but a temporary, transitory period that serves just one single purpose – to prepare your forces to resume the offensive.

I think it might be "game over" when the Republicans kind of forget to mention that we can't go into the alien nests and destroy the 90%+ "voting"/replicating because That's Raciss!, and the DemoAliens have a court order saying so...

12 posted on 01/09/2013 5:12:36 AM PST by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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Here’s another consequence that the election had – now that the tax cuts have expired, Obama can’t do anything unless we say “Yes.” From here on in, if he wins it’s because we let him win. So don’t.

Given the wording of the Constitution, this was also the case prior to the Cliff Cave. He won because Republicans let him win.

So why did they?

13 posted on 01/09/2013 5:15:22 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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The Dems know how to set the agenda and stick their premises in the forefront (e.g.)”we need more revenue”. Until the republicans can stop reacting to their false premises nothing will change.


14 posted on 01/09/2013 5:16:17 AM PST by HChampagne
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If the GOP had willingness to fight, it would have already. As soon as “media” or democrat operatives say so much as “boo,” they cower in the corner, piss their pants and blow snotbubbles out of abject terror.

Michael Savage is dead-on right. A new conservative party is needed. Enough placing hopes in this feckless gaggle of invertebrates. No Republican will ever be elected President again, so what better time than now?


15 posted on 01/09/2013 5:19:43 AM PST by ScottinVA (More dizzying than a Tilt-a-Whirl is an around-a-circle argument with a liberal about gun control.)
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Nice Aliens reference. Of course, we also have the problem of chest-bursters all around us.


16 posted on 01/09/2013 5:27:54 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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Photobucket GOP... A bunch of little peckers.....
17 posted on 01/09/2013 5:31:30 AM PST by baddog 219
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It’s hard to attack when you are in full retreat.


18 posted on 01/09/2013 5:32:35 AM PST by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: sickoflibs; All

It’s “game over”...the GOP would lose a beauty contest were they were the only participant. The “Lawrence Welk Show” mentality of the GOP and many conservatives ensures that the game is lost.

Good to see others are picking up on what you’ve been preaching SOL...still it does suck to be a lone voice in the wilderness. Thank you for your efforts.

Folks should have already started looking at alternative living arrangements.


19 posted on 01/09/2013 5:33:30 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Time to musk up.)
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To: kiryandil
The defense is but a temporary, transitory period that serves just one single purpose – to prepare your forces to resume the offensive.

This can't be said often enough to the eGOP.

It may or may not be the reality behind closed doors, but out in the public perception, the eGOP only seems to have a defend and fall back strategy.

Their offense is to not give too much away while trying to look good for the One Stream Media's propaganda feed and, of course, to not be called racist.

20 posted on 01/09/2013 5:33:36 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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