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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
56. Well,
Mon Mar 4, 2013, 02:04 PM
Mar 2013

"Boxed in for what? The GOP controlls only 1/3rd of the government. They can only vote up or down on things."

...at least you admit that they're powerless.

"Obama did not win a massive landslide. He won 51% of the vote against a shitty candidate....possibly one of the worst candidates we have ever seen in modern times."

I didn't say "massive" (as in 2008), I said he won by a landslide. If you need a reality check: 332 to 206 electoral votes is a landslide, and so is this:

“Barack Obama is the first president in more than five decades to win at least 51 percent of the national popular vote twice, according to a revised vote count in New York eight weeks after the Nov. 6 election,” Bloomberg writes, adding, “The president nationally won 65.9 million votes -- or 51.1 percent -- against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who took 60.9 million votes and 47.2 percent of the total cast, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Obama is the first president to achieve the 51 percent mark in two elections since Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, who did it in 1952 and 1956, and the first Democrat to do so since Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four consecutive White House races. Roosevelt received 53.4 percent of the vote -- his lowest -- in his last race in 1944.”

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/04/16348268-obama-agenda-first-since-ike-to-win-51-back-to-back


"The GOP is in a civil war that the extremists will eventually lose. It is inevitable. The old, rich, religious-right, white guys are a dying breed and are losing influence. They can't even get their man nominated anymore. The future GOP will be more moderate and more libertarian. More than half of Republicans under age 45 voted for Ron Paul. More than 2/3rds of Republicans over age 65 voted for either Gingrich or Santorum. In a decade or so, political animals like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock will be extinct. "

It appears you agree they're being destroyed.

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Oh, please, pretty please... love_katz Mar 2013 #1
Obama also needs to be careful about screwing with peoples heads over the issues. w4rma Mar 2013 #2
David Gregory is a lap dog for conservatives. RainDog Mar 2013 #3
A destroyed GOP will lead to a more centrist Democratic party davidn3600 Mar 2013 #4
Republicans going away will make the country more progressive. The electoral choice will be bluestate10 Mar 2013 #12
Then why are they still calling most of the shots? MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #5
Actually, ProSense Mar 2013 #11
They're squealing like pigs, they always do. But don't fool yourself. MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #13
Those were ProSense Mar 2013 #14
Get back to me when Nancy Pelosi is SOTH. Until then, Repugs are ANTYHING but destroyed. MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #15
They're ProSense Mar 2013 #16
You are not going to change my mind MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #18
I'm not trying, I'm ProSense Mar 2013 #19
Also a fuckload theKed Mar 2013 #36
They are mostly doing it to themselves. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #6
The Reagan coalition of the rich and the religiously insane is breaking down Warpy Mar 2013 #38
K&RRRRRRR! The Washington Press Whores "do not like Pres Obama" Cha Mar 2013 #7
+1,000 freshwest Mar 2013 #21
Perhaps Bonobo Mar 2013 #8
I wish I could see the first image, love the second. bettyellen Mar 2013 #23
Republican extremists are destroying the Republican party upi402 Mar 2013 #9
Thank goodness we the people don't elect Presidents for the press to "like" Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2013 #10
Though, he is well-liked by the press. Zax2me Mar 2013 #17
Really? Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2013 #27
Well, at least you're admitting what the party establishment is doing-- though I don't see Marr Mar 2013 #20
Well, ProSense Mar 2013 #22
wait til he approves Keystone Enrique Mar 2013 #24
Actually, ProSense Mar 2013 #26
Yup, and agrees to the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement. woo me with science Mar 2013 #32
lols d_b Mar 2013 #45
...while adopting most of its policies. woo me with science Mar 2013 #25
How ProSense Mar 2013 #28
I've seen that commercial. woo me with science Mar 2013 #29
Watch it again. ProSense Mar 2013 #30
In case anyone missed this one: woo me with science Mar 2013 #35
I admit, that one is most troubling Wednesdays Mar 2013 #50
Here's a perfect example of fact-free spin ProSense Mar 2013 #33
"Win" by losing. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #31
Right, and yet, somehow, we're getting austerity instead of stimulus. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #34
The last ProSense Mar 2013 #37
Kick and Rec, ProSense Hekate Mar 2013 #39
I have noticed this too. indivisibleman Mar 2013 #40
They were dead in 2008. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #41
No, ProSense Mar 2013 #43
elections have consequences? Skittles Mar 2013 #46
Yes, they do ProSense Mar 2013 #47
Ain't that the truth. nt woo me with science Mar 2013 #44
They've been in self-destruct mode ever since they started teabagging. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #42
If I had a dollar for every time Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #48
Well, ProSense Mar 2013 #49
Boxed in for what? The GOP controlls only 1/3rd of the government. davidn3600 Mar 2013 #53
Well, ProSense Mar 2013 #56
Speaking as a Radical Centrist, I'd just like to say to the President riqster Mar 2013 #51
Shrub did a better job of it One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #52
''Obama Destroying the Republicans'' discharge Mar 2013 #54
In reality, the GOP is destroying itself. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #55
More nonsense from sk... Dawgs Mar 2013 #57
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