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Warpy

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3. The party bosses are losing their grip on the party

Reply to randome (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 04:21 PM

Sep 2013

and the article is correct in that 150+ years ago, we saw the demise of the Whigs over internal battles. They couldn't get it together to nominate their own incumbent president as their candidate. They sputtered on for a few years as a local party, but then they died out completely.

We might be seeing the same thing going on with the Republicans. The Whigs' deal with the devil was with the abolitionists. Those went on over to the fledgling Republican Party after the Whigs self destructed.

This time it's the radical reactionaries who will be stomping off in disgust and heaven help the country if they're ever fully in power.

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qotd: "A kind of politics we have not seen for more than 150 years" [View all] phantom power Sep 2013 OP

k&r for the truth (or, at least part of it). n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #1

Very well written. The GOP is losing its grip on reality. randome Sep 2013 #2

The party bosses are losing their grip on the party Warpy Sep 2013 #3

From one of the links: calling this hostage-taking isn't fair - to hostage-takers muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #4