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Marrah_G

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49. Frankly I don't think the party system can be fixed

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:10 AM

Oct 2012

The people needed to fix the problem are the very ones benefiting from it.

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My answer to ALL of you who want secession in some form. (And my hair is on fire!) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 OP

Gee, I live in Florida. djean111 Oct 2012 #1

Yes HankyDub Oct 2012 #20

Do you think the corporations will stop coming for you in your Blue states? Think again! Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #29

Nah HankyDub Oct 2012 #34

No argument here, I get tired of the Bubba mentality of the Fox propaganda machine! Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #79

No Thanks. bvar22 Oct 2012 #47

that was some sweeeet outrage HankyDub Oct 2012 #72

Bless you! We love having y'all down here! ncgrits Oct 2012 #78

Didn't Florida go for Obama? nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #56

I am in fact meh about this..since it won't be happening any time soon or more likely ever.. pipoman Oct 2012 #2

My 'meh' Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #3

There are words not fit for this forum...? Whiskeytide Oct 2012 #35

If I don't want the thread locked.nt Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #43

Who wants secession now? n/t TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #4

Go back through some of the OPs Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #6

Oh, yeah. I never take that stuff seriously... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #10

It wasn't the idea of 'union' in itself that animated Lincoln's thought. Rather, it was coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #38

True dat, and I'm aware of the realization that if the Confederacy could... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #58

Well, I too have been caught on occasion (by my wife mostly), saying coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #61

Isn't that merely a reaction to Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #13

If Texas were to secede, Austin would be like West Berlin!nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #60

I prefer Aerows Oct 2012 #77

I do. Sirveri Oct 2012 #81

Brava! Thank you for this! LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #5

i'd bet that EVERY state barbtries Oct 2012 #14

You think? Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #62

While there is something to be said for Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #7

And YOU and your ilk are the reason I wrote this. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #8

Me and my ilk? Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #31

Why in the world did you drag in Lex Luthor? Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #45

Grits. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #54

Frustrations! Are_grits_groceries Oct 2012 #64

I agree with some of what you said. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #65

Gee, Tell that to the Chinese, French, Spainiards DonCoquixote Oct 2012 #30

Genuine unity is great Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #48

You know, this past weekend in Des Moines there was an Un-caucus in which people of all political Skidmore Oct 2012 #51

It wasn't cynicism Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #55

It is cynical because you totally have written off the people of this nation as being incapable Skidmore Oct 2012 #63

I can't wait to see how you react Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #68

I live in a rural community where there are many evangelicals and other conservatives among us. Skidmore Oct 2012 #69

Sure it can be done...when people are ready Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #70

funny how allthe other states I mentioned DonCoquixote Oct 2012 #67

I don't think there will be a civil war Marrah_G Oct 2012 #9

Would it even be a "civil war?" oldhippie Oct 2012 #15

true Marrah_G Oct 2012 #17

"Separatism" Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #19

You are buying the South's frame - Confederate apologists call it 'The War Between the States'. But coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #40

I call it "The War of Northern Aggression" .... oldhippie Oct 2012 #42

Please rest assured that the slaves did not view it as coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #44

The Federal Government would be more effective if one of our political parties,... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #18

Frankly I don't think the party system can be fixed Marrah_G Oct 2012 #49

Mitch McConnell said,... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #71

My answer: Don't help the "extremists" break up the USA to steal all the public land and minerals Coyotl Oct 2012 #11

It won't be secession; it will be a nasty, brother-against-sister religious war... arendt Oct 2012 #12

So you suggest we just let the entire country turn into a fascist hell-hole? Doctor_J Oct 2012 #16

LOL @ turn the Wild West "into one big Mississippi" - that is an image I will coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #46

What I find hilarious is the same folks who hate the idea of a tyrannical federal government,... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #21

I think of this often, I live in the south and since my first campaign have SaveAmerica Oct 2012 #22

What inspired this? nt Javaman Oct 2012 #23

I don't think southern States should secede davidthegnome Oct 2012 #24

If the Democratic Party would allocate some funds to Southern States bvar22 Oct 2012 #52

Yeah... Dean is awesome davidthegnome Oct 2012 #59

I get tired of some here wanting to get rid of my state. It gets old. I am an American before Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #25

As was Ann Richards and some of our greatest Dem's, orpupilofnature57 Oct 2012 #32

The problem is kentauros Oct 2012 #36

These racist assholes make me ashamed to be white. judesedit Oct 2012 #26

Oh yeah, and... davidthegnome Oct 2012 #27

Antebellum is a mental disease, not an Era . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2012 #28

How do we maintain unity? porphyrian Oct 2012 #33

Let me condense that down for you. bvar22 Oct 2012 #73

Are you saying that Democrats and republicans should unite against the 1%? porphyrian Oct 2012 #74

No. bvar22 Oct 2012 #75

Really? Start at Free Republic. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #76

To all those who love the small nation idea DonCoquixote Oct 2012 #37

I just moved back home from a 3 year stint in TX.. bamacrat Oct 2012 #39

They would never dare succeed now Drale Oct 2012 #41

Those A1 Abrams tanks didn't help much in Iraq nor in coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #50

The Irregular forces in Iraq and Afghanistan Drale Oct 2012 #53

Plus, the John Brown attack at Harper's Ferry had caused coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #57

Are you aware.. SQUEE Oct 2012 #66

"Secessionists" are number three on my "Bless Your Little Heart" list. LanternWaste Oct 2012 #80