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Better Than Tea: Let the GOP drink the TP brew. Progressives shouldn't wish for the equivalent
The American Prospect ^ | May 3, 2010 | Paul Starr

Posted on 05/03/2010 6:00:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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I wish they'd make up their minds: Are we racists, terrorists, reactionaries, idiots or pawns of Rush/Sarah/Glenn or something else?
1 posted on 05/03/2010 6:00:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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"The Democrats are the party of responsible government"

BWAHAHAHAAHAHAAA!!!


2 posted on 05/03/2010 6:02:27 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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The Democrats are the party of responsible government, ...

That's far enough on this article. I wouldn't want to live inside this $&%^*'s skull.

3 posted on 05/03/2010 6:04:03 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: DemforBush

I know, I just dusted myself off from rolling around on the floor...


4 posted on 05/03/2010 6:05:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242)
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The Democrats are the party of responsible government

I stopped reading here..

5 posted on 05/03/2010 6:09:34 PM PDT by cardinal4 (In Obama Land, it is racist to be white..)
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The financiers who profited from the bailouts should have paid a higher price at the time and should pay higher taxes now.

When the Bush tax cuts expire after December 31, th financiers who profited from the bailouts will be paying higher taxes, greatly reducing the federal budget deficit. The problem is that we all will be paying higher taxes after December 31, unless Congress works out a deal limiting the expected tax increase to households making more than $200K annually.

Congress also needs to work out a deal on the federal estate tax. The "Kill Grandma' situation for persons passing in 2010 should be changed ASAP. Congress needs to act soon to provide guidance for estate planners and to reduce the federal budget deficit.

6 posted on 05/03/2010 6:10:37 PM PDT by MaPitt
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The cone of koolaid ...


7 posted on 05/03/2010 6:14:07 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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fires burn on the right?

Ask for a cigarette light from the blue haired grannies at the Tea Parties at your own risk. Lectures about smoking, invites to church, but never a light.

Seems to me some lefty projection about burning things is going on.

/johnny

8 posted on 05/03/2010 6:16:27 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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I expect the expatriate trickle to become a tsunami.
http://www.LivingInThePhilippines.com


9 posted on 05/03/2010 6:16:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242)
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Delusional.

"...these progressives yearn for Democrats to express that same populist anger -- but to direct it against the big banks and other corporations."

Ah, big government is the partner with big banks and big business and big labor. They're all together. Now, for a liberal or progressive to make such a statement is either a rube, who's been fooled or one of the foolers attempting to manipulate people. Either way, truth is not a factor.

10 posted on 05/03/2010 6:18:11 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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I wish they'd make up their minds: Are we racists, terrorists, reactionaries, idiots or pawns of Rush/Sarah/Glenn or something else?

Depends; Depends; Depends; Depends; Really Depends...Your something else. An American. Which really scares the shit out of them.

11 posted on 05/03/2010 6:18:37 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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I’m a Sumo-sized armed American veteran, which makes them cry themselves to sleep.


12 posted on 05/03/2010 6:20:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242)
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I stopped reading here..

Same here.

13 posted on 05/03/2010 6:23:48 PM PDT by digger48
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Another village idiot heard from...You maybe we could auction off the idiot to pay the rest of the FReeper bill.


14 posted on 05/03/2010 6:28:23 PM PDT by hstacey (Army Mom...)
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Well Played.
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15 posted on 05/03/2010 6:28:37 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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Another village idiot heard from...You know maybe we could auction off the idiot to pay the rest of the FReeper bill. There fixed it.


16 posted on 05/03/2010 6:29:28 PM PDT by hstacey (Army Mom...)
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To: DemforBush
Here is the essence of the problem with progressives and their movement, which is a gigantic problem for all of America: One of the only things we really know about progressives, and that they know about themselves and their ideology, is that they favor constant "change," "reform," an ever-shifting, ongoing "evolution," or, yes, progression. And therein lies an inherent, significant difficulty: Progressivism offers no clear, definable end. The goal post is always moving, forever pushed farther away. Ends are never ends; they always "progress" with culture and society -- all along relying on the ludicrous assumption that the changes are always (or largely) good.

Progressive Death
American Thinker | May 02, 2010 | Paul Kengor


17 posted on 05/03/2010 6:43:16 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ( DRAFT PALIN)
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Probably wouldn’t get much for him..


18 posted on 05/03/2010 6:43:53 PM PDT by cardinal4 (In Obama Land, it is racist to be white..)
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>"Many progressives blame Obama, saying that he fell in with the wrong crowd in Washington and Wall Street, gave too much ground on policy,"

Oh sure. The progressives blame satans sphincter boy.

They should be blaming themselves, they elected him.

19 posted on 05/03/2010 6:44:10 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, John 1:14)
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Their median answer was 40 percent; the actual figure is under 18 percent.

That’s pure BS. When you add up All Federal revenue and Social and corporate welfare, it’ closer to 35%. On top of that add in State and Local revenue, we consumer are paying close to 50%.


20 posted on 05/03/2010 6:57:58 PM PDT by steveab (When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
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