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Looks like the tea party is done


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2014 May 21, 5:46am   57,573 views  197 comments

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Seeing as how yesterday all of the tea party candidates got beaten soundly, when you add this to the movement's failure to stop Obamacare, I'd say that the billionaires and lobbys who started the tea party are going to see that this so-called "movement" is a waste of their money and so the plug will be pulled. Of course I'm sure they'll find some other weaselly way to get into congress, but as for now this latest experiment failed.

Never have I ever been happy "normal" Republicans won anything.

#politics

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190   indigenous   2014 Jun 12, 12:35am  

smaulgld says

The Federal Government doesn't have all the answers

Did you mean to say "any"?

191   AverageBear   2014 Nov 13, 6:26am  

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! Man, Nov 4th was REAAALLLL GOOOOD. I've never seen an ass-kicking so complete.

Just for fun, I tuned into MSNBC the night of the 5th, and Rachel Maddow (Mrs. Too-Tall-Jones, Auntie Goony-GooGoo herself), and she was talking about some tiny shit-stick town in northern california that re-elected a Mayor (Mr. Butts, IIRC) that will stand up to Chevron, which has a refinery in its town... REALLY Rachel? Is that all you got? It's like your house getting swept away in a tornado, but HEY! The mailbox at the curb was unharmed!!

There is NO WAY liberals can turn this shit-sandwich into cavier, in what went down Nov 4th. Obama REPEATEDLY said, that although he wasn't up for re-election, his policies were. And boy did the results show....

Finally, Edvard2, you are sadly mistaken that the Teaparty was created by billionaires. Do billionaires (Koch Bros) help out the teaparty? Sure, but billionaires (Soros, Hollywood, etal) help out the lefties too. What's next, you're gonna tell me the sun rises in the east?

Govenors being elected in Maryland, Illinois? Priceless. Black, hispanic, young, and women republicans getting elected in the house and senate? Black republicans winning in the south? Yeah, the GOP is the party of old white men... PFFFT!!!

192   JH   2014 Nov 13, 6:34am  

AverageBear says

AHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! Man, Nov 4th was REAAALLLL GOOOOD. I've never seen an ass-kicking so complete.

Was your head in your ass in 2006?

193   turtledove   2014 Nov 13, 10:29am  

@edvard2

I got so excited. I thought edvard2 was back with us.

194   AverageBear   2014 Nov 13, 11:12am  

JH says

AverageBear says

AHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! Man, Nov 4th was REAAALLLL GOOOOD. I've never seen an ass-kicking so complete.

Was your head in your ass in 2006?

Nope, but I'll tell you one thing JH. The boot was in the Dems ass 10 days ago.... Maybe you can help in pulling it out.... Most house reps since 1940 anyone? ...... How did it feel on Nov 5th, eh? I couldn't stop laughing myself...

195   JH   2014 Nov 13, 11:52am  

AverageBear says

Most house reps since 1940 anyone? ...... How did it feel on Nov 5th, eh? I couldn't stop laughing myself...

Felt like a Republican. How did you cope for 70 years? The best 70 years our nation has ever known.

196   Bellingham Bill   2014 Nov 14, 11:30am  

The GOP has already destroyed this country by what they did and allowed to happen 1995-2006.

blue is Gini, red is total debt / GDP ratio, right axis

They already retook the House in 2010, essentially detaching Obama from any policy levers that required new budget allocations, basically everything.

This election just cements their blocking position, as it extends to judicial appointments and treaty ratifications.

But our national prospect was FUBAR 6 years ago and nothing has changed that.

To unfuck things is not something the American people are going to be able to agree to, not without things getting a LOT worse for more people than they are now.

1932-33 style worse.

197   Bellingham Bill   2014 Nov 14, 11:40am  

edvard2 says

which happened in and around the 70's with the creation of the campaign from the GOP to single out folks on social services.

GOP also got attached to the 30-40% of the country that are single-issue voters willing to vote against their economic interest if it means fewer babies are killed in the womb and/or minorities get less access to government programs and/or gun rights are expanded or at least aren't further infringed and/or organized Christianity's pride of place in our community is respected and protected by government.

This base made them competitive again, at least in off-cycle elections when the youth vote can't be arsed to vote.

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