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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
95. They have been headed this way since Nixon
Sun Oct 13, 2013, 12:57 AM
Oct 2013

They are the party of the big lie. The lies have just come to roost.

Consider the lies. Here are just a few of them:

"Secret plan to end the war in Vietnam"--No, Nixon and his fellow war criminal dragged that out for what was worth

"Not give in to terrorism"--Reagan's people negotiated behind Carter's back and Reagan cut, run, and caved in 1983 in Syria after the Marine barracks bombing

"The party of small government"--nope, not did the Republican oversee federal government growth, but a more intrusive government.

"Fiscal Responsibility," "Deficit Reducers"--the numbers speak for themselves

I could go on but we all should know the score. They are the party of lies and hate, of fear and greed.

Technically, they've been insane for a long time. Now they're under observation. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #1
Now they're backed into a corner... magical thyme Oct 2013 #15
That's why we need pointy boots Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #27
And they have their finger on the trigger of their suicide vest. Kablooie Oct 2013 #98
Maybe Obamacare will get them much need help kairos12 Oct 2013 #44
Exactly! Phlem Oct 2013 #47
I'm in! Feel the same as you. Want to live to see these idiots get the beat down coming to them. maddiemom Oct 2013 #57
It can be done! Phlem Oct 2013 #94
Exactly davidpdx Oct 2013 #87
padded cells kardonb Oct 2013 #93
I think they have gone off the rails. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #2
Mr. Speaker, please proceed.... mike_c Oct 2013 #3
Agreed.... Buddaman Oct 2013 #4
Long time ago. Triana Oct 2013 #5
Yup. And BatShit Bachman is at the helm. RBInMaine Oct 2013 #10
not just insane...batshitinsane SummerSnow Oct 2013 #6
A few fries short of a Happy Meal DJ13 Oct 2013 #7
Yeah..nuts PearliePoo2 Oct 2013 #8
They're feverishly digging their way out of their hole. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2013 #9
I think are they are still digging in. Coyotl Oct 2013 #28
That's a great toon - TBF Oct 2013 #60
So many great toons on this subject, TheCowsCameHome Oct 2013 #120
Except that they forgot the first rule of holes... Salviati Oct 2013 #58
I just read a few hundred comments at Huffington Post about IMF fears and warnings displacedtexan Oct 2013 #11
Straight from the mouths of Beck and Rush. These knuckle dragging, mouth breathing SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #134
A long time ago... GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #12
I think it's important that the Pres and Dems summerschild Oct 2013 #13
Yes, more rope. elleng Oct 2013 #14
The rethugs deserve everything blue14u Oct 2013 #105
Gone from insane but under control to out of control insane! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #16
The GOP intends to bring this Country down, let alone the World. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #17
I miss the days when they were just criminal... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #18
What the fuck is taking people decades to open their eyes to this undeniable fact? longship Oct 2013 #19
It isn't religion--it's the John Birchers who took over duffyduff Oct 2013 #174
A paid for bag of badly mixed nuts! madashelltoo Oct 2013 #20
They are suicidal and homicidal Generic Brad Oct 2013 #21
yes. not only insane, but dangerously so. k and r. n/t NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #22
hey, were you the dude featured on the news with an insane bunch of 'maters you cross bred? dionysus Oct 2013 #59
I've been on the news in NC (local) - have been in this and that article through the years... NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #65
i saw the feature about you on DU. always wanted to tell you, that's a fantastic dionysus Oct 2013 #71
thanks....my tomato book is written - publish date (Storey) Dec 2014. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #72
They Homicidal Zombies wandering the capital and the countryside. Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #23
It was such a short trip, the car never had time to warm up. tclambert Oct 2013 #24
They have been paranoid delusion since the McCarthyite-John Birch era. Coyotl Oct 2013 #25
Absolutely batshit crazy. n/t Ian David Oct 2013 #26
K/R Jack Rabbit Oct 2013 #29
It's not a good thing to make fun of the mentally challenged. icymist Oct 2013 #30
NOT making fun of anyone. Using a METAPHOR and it is ACCURATE. RBInMaine Oct 2013 #125
Checking in... ReRe Oct 2013 #31
Tarheel, checking in! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #32
Absolutely gopiscrap Oct 2013 #33
Even if this is a trick question, I'll bite! House of Roberts Oct 2013 #34
Here Th1onein Oct 2013 #35
Hey, let's not blame mental illness for this! bravenak Oct 2013 #36
The GOP is now clinically psychotic based on observed behavior. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #37
Yes checking in to crazy politics polynomial Oct 2013 #38
Welcome to DU, polynomial! And yeah, calimary checking in with a big AFFIRMATIVE on the berzerk calimary Oct 2013 #86
about 30+ years to late on this one but Phlem Oct 2013 #39
It's a train wreck struggle4progress Oct 2013 #40
The GOP was right that there was going to be a trainwreck this month Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2013 #51
How can I not check in on this one! Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #41
They've been batshit crazy as long as I can LibDemAlways Oct 2013 #42
no question about it lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #43
Yes they are but it is their followers (voters) that scare me. Marie Marie Oct 2013 #45
There is no other logical conclusion than collective mental illness. dorkzilla Oct 2013 #46
Why would anyone with a normal brain support republicans? mwb970 Oct 2013 #168
Obama is playing chicken with the insane. kairos12 Oct 2013 #48
Had to warn several fraternity bros to play nice on my Facebook feed. Efilroft Sul Oct 2013 #49
That's an astounding YES. sakabatou Oct 2013 #50
They have completely rejected reality in favor of an artificial construction Warpy Oct 2013 #52
The teabaggers are beyound crazy. texanwitch Oct 2013 #53
Pretend this is 1987... liberalmuse Oct 2013 #54
Boehner isn't crazy, not batshit anyway, so this means flamingdem Oct 2013 #55
Exactly, it's like a drunk giving us all a terrifying ride in his car landolfi Oct 2013 #84
Eisenhower was the last sane Republican. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #56
I've heard a rumor Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2013 #61
East Kansas in the house! Moostache Oct 2013 #62
I am starting to think Cryptoad Oct 2013 #63
If being completely disconnected from what most of us see as reality deutsey Oct 2013 #64
"Gone"…? regnaD kciN Oct 2013 #66
I thought they were insane before. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #67
1994. dchill Oct 2013 #68
Crazed dangerous idiots. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #69
BATSHIT INSANE! JaneyVee Oct 2013 #70
this is a continuation of 1964 when the lunatics took over the insane asylum and declared that Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #73
From crazed The Wizard Oct 2013 #74
Here is what is really scary. nevergiveup Oct 2013 #75
It started with Reagan and the concept of disinformation. airplaneman Oct 2013 #76
If they blow it up, what do they have left Southside Oct 2013 #77
They think they can take the country over with their guns. texanwitch Oct 2013 #78
Why is it we know and they don't? Southside Oct 2013 #89
These teabaggers are not normal in any sense. texanwitch Oct 2013 #91
I'm insulated by progressives Southside Oct 2013 #92
I believe 9/11 was followed by mass hysteria and insanity.... JohnnyRingo Oct 2013 #79
I think the extremists in the GOP believe they've won OmahaBlueDog Oct 2013 #80
That's the most sophisticated take on this thread. But, I'd argue, it's more bipartisan than that leveymg Oct 2013 #110
I think O - Hell Hath No Fury Oct 2013 #118
O and many other Dems get the entitlements cuts they've wanted all along. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #137
It's much the same austerity strategy pursued by the Center-Right and Rightwing parties in Europe leveymg Oct 2013 #139
i have heard,put options against t bills have soared questionseverything Oct 2013 #154
This sounds like false equivalence to me. mwb970 Oct 2013 #171
No, that's not what I'm saying OmahaBlueDog Oct 2013 #172
They are barking mad, the lot of them. PDJane Oct 2013 #81
Gone insane? They have been insane all along, especially the Nutbaggers landolfi Oct 2013 #82
HELL yes. And I'm a professional. nolabear Oct 2013 #83
I'm no mental health pro mike dub Oct 2013 #85
Not Insane, but Fundamentalists... M.G. Oct 2013 #88
This is a new breed of insanity. We've been noting it since 2010. joshcryer Oct 2013 #90
They have been headed this way since Nixon Julian Englis Oct 2013 #95
a long wait Chaco Dundee Oct 2013 #96
The Rs have wanted to destroy government for 30+ years, it's their plan Corruption Inc Oct 2013 #97
The GOP is Proudly Celebrating... GReedDiamond Oct 2013 #99
Totally fucking Rincewind Oct 2013 #100
The GOP has been out of its mind for many years now. cristianmarie533 Oct 2013 #101
If you think that people doing a happy dance around a government that is on fire... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #102
They've been nutso ever since the Reagan era; Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #103
checking in oldtime dfl_er Oct 2013 #104
Certifiable. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #106
All the above. ffr Oct 2013 #107
I agree DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #108
The teaorrists in charge with their little minons in Congress are Cha Oct 2013 #109
The GOP acts insane stage left Oct 2013 #111
I'll assume I should also rec if I believe they've always been insane Fearless Oct 2013 #112
checking in onethatcares Oct 2013 #113
The people who vote for them are the most insane B Calm Oct 2013 #114
Please check in if you think 'good' is better than 'bad'. randome Oct 2013 #115
It was inevitable due to their catering to the deepest, darkest fears of religious racists. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #116
this could be a very long thread Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #117
Insane? Ivywoods55 Oct 2013 #119
I think you may be underestimating the Power of Stupid. GeorgeGist Oct 2013 #121
Didn't Reagan have ALZHEIMER'S while in Office? underthematrix Oct 2013 #127
If by insane, you mean antisocial, ... 99Forever Oct 2013 #122
They have treestar Oct 2013 #123
They do seem scarily nuts LeftishBrit Oct 2013 #124
WORSE now than in '94. They are totally off the beam. RBInMaine Oct 2013 #126
Here's my little fantasy for the future... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2013 #128
I asked my representative (R) why he contiues to belong to a terrorist organization Hokie Oct 2013 #129
The hatred they have been spoon fed from Faux randr Oct 2013 #130
A large segment of the GOP is getting exactly what they want: CanonRay Oct 2013 #131
They are more than insane Pakid Oct 2013 #132
Out where the buses don't run....insane. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #133
I don't mind calling them insane rock Oct 2013 #135
Fascists were organized. The GOP is not. randome Oct 2013 #136
Still Crazy After All These Years rpannier Oct 2013 #138
Criminally. n/t dsharp88 Oct 2013 #140
Cuokoo Bananas! Nanjing to Seoul Oct 2013 #141
Absolutely right on! warrenswil Oct 2013 #142
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #146
It's not full moon is it? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2013 #143
They'll be discussing their martyrdom for years Shamash Oct 2013 #144
Repeat of the first thread ever on DU? ElboRuum Oct 2013 #145
Nuts to them. Lifelong Protester Oct 2013 #147
Are we talking 'plain crazy', or 'batsh*t, howling at the moon' crazy? ColesCountyDem Oct 2013 #148
The GOP is insane AND dangerous Joey Liberal Oct 2013 #149
Gone? JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #150
They may be insane but I think Democrats will have to cave or doc03 Oct 2013 #151
Yep, stark raving loony Taverner Oct 2013 #152
No, they're doing exactly what worked for them in 2011... mrsadm Oct 2013 #153
Oh yeah shenmue Oct 2013 #155
You reap what you sow... kenichol Oct 2013 #156
I wish they would find some way to suicide... D23MIURG23 Oct 2013 #157
delusional and sociopathic in one scary bundle nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #158
They are ignorant and insane which makes them perfect for their puppet masters. glinda Oct 2013 #159
btw - there is no "moderate" Republican rurallib Oct 2013 #160
I have believed that republicans were dangerously insane since I was a child. Zorra Oct 2013 #161
Raises hand - haele Oct 2013 #162
Checking in. n/t Duval Oct 2013 #163
Yep. Insane with greed N/T AikidoSoul Oct 2013 #164
Nuts, nuttser, nuttier & nutsiest! MarianJack Oct 2013 #165
They make me sick to my stomach. mwb970 Oct 2013 #166
Not just that, Hayabusa Oct 2013 #167
The Tea Party has been insane since conception. nt Unrepentant Fenian Oct 2013 #169
just checkin' Sanddog42 Oct 2013 #170
Butt ignorant and dumb as a stump. ronnie624 Oct 2013 #173
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