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stillwaiting

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24. I believe GOP governors know that their policies deliver poor results to the 99%.
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 04:08 PM
Apr 2012

I also believe they know that their policies deliver very, very, VERY well to the 1%.

It's what's been happening since the mid to late 70's in this country.

GOP governors are fine with both of these outcomes since they personally benefit handsomely.

So, I might argue against labeling them insane for the reason you state while still agreeing with you
that they are indeed psychopaths and sociopaths which puts them in the same group as the insane
as far as I'm concerned.

Look at it from the sociopaths perspective. If they give tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting benefits to the
masses like they are currently proposing, the deficit will skyrocket and they can repeat the process repeatedly
in the near future, using the same talking points, until they have created the feudal society that they clearly believe should exist.

They are going to keep taking us down this path unless we can wake up more of this country, get them informed
to fight for their own economic self interest, and get them motivated to help us MAKE elected Democrats implement the
platform they supposedly represent.

At this point, electing Democrats is only the very beginning step to seeing change come to this country. We're going to
have to work hard for it.

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They have a keen eye orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1
Yeah, but that is almost Canada alfredo Apr 2012 #2
'Feel the Rush...' freshwest Apr 2012 #7
ND is close to Canada only by location. progressoid Apr 2012 #9
One hears very little about North Dakota. That could be a good thing, or not. alfredo Apr 2012 #12
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #3
Well all I can say is when the wealthy can't get any poor people to clean their homes, watch their southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #4
That would be a unin. Witholding labor is our power upi402 Apr 2012 #14
Yep that will be our ace in the hole. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #15
They will make private prison inmates do it. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #21
K&R nt abelenkpe Apr 2012 #5
Conservatives: Consistently wrong on how to run government, always, all the way back to.. freshwest Apr 2012 #6
How is it.. . that Conservatives have been wrong on EVERYTHING for the last 40 years...? lib2DaBone Apr 2012 #8
Money doesn't like us. Orsino Apr 2012 #19
Does this mean that we now have to buy our newspapers from North Dakota? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2012 #10
Ha, that's my local paper, the Fargo Forum! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #11
The Fargo Forum, AKA, the Fargo Fool'um, is a Republican family owned right-wing rag. RC Apr 2012 #17
Yup. Their opinion and comentary sections are full of RW horseshit. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #20
GOP governors are the very textbook definition of insanity. Initech Apr 2012 #13
I believe GOP governors know that their policies deliver poor results to the 99%. stillwaiting Apr 2012 #24
The reporter that wrote that story along with the editor are INdemo Apr 2012 #16
I think it's hilarious that there's a picture of the flooding above it Tsiyu Apr 2012 #18
For all we know matt819 Apr 2012 #22
sheesh - here in Az, you would never ever see a headline like that. jillan Apr 2012 #23
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