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In reply to the discussion: McClatchy reporter: 'Alarming power grab' of GOP by 'misguided group of extremists' [View all]Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)51. Bother. The GOP invited them in and now someone wants to claim
that the GOP is being ruined by extremists?
LMAO
Please!
The Republicans have pandered to racists and religious extremists and assorted other bigots for years and years. They have built entire election strategies around such groups. Those so-called extremists are the Republican Party. You don't get to invite the robber in, encourage him to steal your stuff, and then get to pretend you're the innocent victim while filing your insurance claim.
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McClatchy reporter: 'Alarming power grab' of GOP by 'misguided group of extremists' [View all]
Newsjock
Sep 2012
OP
Quite a few years ago, Norquist said "we've been trying to do this for 60 years" ...
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2012
#69
I doubt if Mittens even knows who "his" running mate is. He just goes along with the Koch flow. nm
rhett o rick
Sep 2012
#63
Smedley Butler yes and Ike's letter to his brother in 1952 --BTW welcome to DU
underpants
Sep 2012
#67
Sorry, but your hard line breaks make that very difficult to read because of DU formatting. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#12
Yes. Every post. If yours are the only ones, it isn't the rest of us "idiots."
WinkyDink
Sep 2012
#47
Correct, I do see them in all your posts. Solution is simple, but let us know how you enter text
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#48
in my lifetime, they've been bigoted, racist, mysoginistic, homophobic, xenophobic, corporatist
bigtree
Sep 2012
#9
Corporate media, profit before truth, because truth will lower the profit.
mountain grammy
Sep 2012
#14
I hope like hell one of the three asks Obama and Romney about the voter suppression stuff. I
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2012
#30
wow. kick for a full read later. love mcclatchy. the only investigative msm left. eom
ellenfl
Sep 2012
#50
From where I'm sitting that sure looks like a serious crack in the face of the dam...
HereSince1628
Sep 2012
#61