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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:57 PM Oct 2012

So thats what a GOP policy genius looks like

pretty sad showing for Ryan
but its great that the truth is out there
Is there any way to turn Ryan's weakness against Romney, you know the way Palin's clear lack of cred undermined McCain's reputation?

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So thats what a GOP policy genius looks like (Original Post) Fresh_Start Oct 2012 OP
This is more what he looks like! RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #1
The Golden Boy done good jsr Oct 2012 #3
Wait til Queen Ann talks to him. Lyin Ryan might just quit. Booster Oct 2012 #2
Ryan can't quit Fresh_Start Oct 2012 #5
Thus ended the political career of a terribly shallow man. nt. Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #4
hopefully you have that right nt Fresh_Start Oct 2012 #6
It's hard when you'll never get those smart people BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #7
I get that they can't get the smart voters Fresh_Start Oct 2012 #8
Sometimes the slippery slope is real BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #9
The bar is set pretty low for what constitutes a genius in RW circles. stopbush Oct 2012 #10
What we need now is an Angry Black Man B Calm Oct 2012 #11

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
8. I get that they can't get the smart voters
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:09 AM
Oct 2012

but did you really expect the politicians themselves to be so weak?

BarackTheVote

(938 posts)
9. Sometimes the slippery slope is real
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:22 AM
Oct 2012

For years, the GOP has been cultivating the racists, the one-issue voters, and those resentful of "the intellectual elite." But this was just a cynical poll by savvy old guard GOPers... but then what happened? These resentful racist one-issuers started deciding to start running for office... and they utilized that base of their cohort to take office. The TEA party politicians are the same kinds of people as the TEA party themselves... uneducated and completely indoctrinated by twenty years of Rush and Faux. Now the Old Guard is prisoner to their electorate because Old Guard Republicans have seen their own taken down by TEA party candidates... so now they either have to pander to these people, or they get supplanted by a TEA Partier... and soon, there will be no Old Guard left, only the crazy fringe.

stopbush

(24,393 posts)
10. The bar is set pretty low for what constitutes a genius in RW circles.
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:32 AM
Oct 2012

All you need do is say things that stupid people think sound like the things smart people say, and you're good to go.

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