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10. They don't want to govern, they don't want to be in the majority in the House even.

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 07:54 PM

Nov 2013

They just want to oppose oppose oppose.

But, they're irrelevant if they're in the House minority, so they seek the majority without any interest in using it to do useful stuff.

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Boehner: We Republicans still hate gays and Latinos [View all] geek tragedy Nov 2013 OP

OMG you would think the repukes would learn gopiscrap Nov 2013 #1

They only understand pain and power. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #3

yeah but they just got trounced in the last gopiscrap Nov 2013 #5

Still control the House thanks to their gerrymandered looney bins nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #9

they are on masocistic auto pilot nt arely staircase Nov 2013 #11

they are headed for extinction spanone Nov 2013 #2

I don't think they care about the White House, as long as the House is unwinnable for Dems. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #4

yep, they just like meddling. Divine Discontent Nov 2013 #6

Exactly. Joy Ann Reid of the Grio first got me thinking about that concept. There's a whole.... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #7

could be why big mouth is showing his rancid face in the news of late about the ACA, because Divine Discontent Nov 2013 #13

They don't want to govern, they don't want to be in the majority in the House even. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #10

I agree. n/t Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #12

SSDD blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #8