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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Mon May 20, 2013, 05:26 PM May 2013

Just how large and who are the GOP players involved in the Railroading of President Obama

The question no one seems to want to ask. Just how large is the GOP organization and who are the main people involved in destroying President Obama's ability to govern?

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Just how large and who are the GOP players involved in the Railroading of President Obama (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2013 OP
About 45-47% of the country BlueDemKev May 2013 #1
All the more reason to fight for 2014 Politicalboi May 2013 #2
Oh yeah, Socialism rocks! xtraxritical May 2013 #7
If Chris Christie is one of them, Addison May 2013 #3
The vast right-wing conspiracy is as active as it has ever been Proud Liberal Dem May 2013 #4
The big donors (money launderers) who are sponsoring the Teaparty groups Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #5
The Koch Bros, Richard Scaife, Bill Kristol, religious wingnuts like Pat Robertson, big oil funds okaawhatever May 2013 #6
One really loud Republican and a microphone blkmusclmachine May 2013 #8

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
1. About 45-47% of the country
Mon May 20, 2013, 05:40 PM
May 2013

35% of which are die-hard, damn-the-facts conservatives (i.e.--far right, tea-baggers, libertarians, etc.) and the rest are establishment Republican supporters.

We are becoming the majority thanks in part to the growing African-American and Hispanic populations, but for now the country is very evenly-divided. This is why it is imperative that every Democratic voter, every faction of the Democratic Party, GET OUT AND VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION...midterms as well as presidential election years.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
2. All the more reason to fight for 2014
Mon May 20, 2013, 05:41 PM
May 2013

We need to get more people involved and get a majority in the congress, and 60 seats or over in the Senate. Then show them how socialism is a good thing, and we need to use our government to it's full extent.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,396 posts)
4. The vast right-wing conspiracy is as active as it has ever been
Mon May 20, 2013, 05:44 PM
May 2013

even more so whenever the Democrats are in charge

okaawhatever

(9,457 posts)
6. The Koch Bros, Richard Scaife, Bill Kristol, religious wingnuts like Pat Robertson, big oil funds
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:22 PM
May 2013

alot of it. There is billions to be lost if we get off oil in this country. They don't want regulation or oversight. If you're making billions it's real easy to spend a few hundred million. The Perry Family, Sheldon Adelson, (he spent $150 million minimum trying to get romney elected). One of the reasons he wanted romney elected is because he has 20Billion overseas he made at his Chinese casinos and if he brings it back here he'd have to pay about 2B in taxes. So clearly, 150m is small change to avoid that. Romney would have probably cut cap gains tax.

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