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TheFarseer

(9,341 posts)
40. Unfortunately
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 07:37 PM
Mar 2016

The democratic party has taken over many of the causes the republicans used to push. It's pretty unbelievable when you think about it.

Hear hear Hayduke Bomgarte Mar 2016 #1
i'll drink to that!!! spanone Mar 2016 #2
They seem to be imploding before our very eyes.... Hekate Mar 2016 #3
Not sure of this at all. zentrum Mar 2016 #12
yes, but Kasich being pushed by the establishment GOP while Trump is the choice of the base. Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #23
I see what you mean. zentrum Mar 2016 #27
Problem with Kasich is that he comes from Ohio Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #54
yeah, I would so love to know the true story of what happened there Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #59
Kasich is indeed creepy and arrogant... FarPoint Mar 2016 #29
I've been in the process of re-reading my books about the dirty tricks Republicans played Trust Buster Mar 2016 #4
some of us Bernie people try to point out what they could use as dirty tricks PatrynXX Mar 2016 #17
This is not a primary discussion group so I'll just let that one go. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #20
Yep Cosmocat Mar 2016 #66
Great post. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #67
I too have suggested sedition chapdrum Mar 2016 #68
Absolutely Cosmocat Mar 2016 #70
... it could be drowned in a cess pool IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2016 #5
"The cesspool party" is an appropriate moniker, I think. nt SylviaD Mar 2016 #31
Sounds like a plan. sarge43 Mar 2016 #6
Hear, hear! Loki Mar 2016 #7
I'd even contribute pre-digested water to that cause. DavidDvorkin Mar 2016 #8
Add to this list... KauaiK Mar 2016 #9
Complicit members of the media--the usual lineup japple Mar 2016 #11
"Darth Vader Cheney." Except muntrv Mar 2016 #64
That goes into my back pocket for future use Gman Mar 2016 #10
Autocannibalism at its finest - eom pallidin710 Mar 2016 #13
Welcome to DU paddidin710 malaise Mar 2016 #60
Thank you! pallidin710 Mar 2016 #76
Who needs the GOP? Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #14
I was thinking it's no big deal, the oligarchs are training the replacement party as we speak. A Simple Game Mar 2016 #25
Brilliant 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #15
It's not going anywhere hibbing Mar 2016 #16
Heh, I'd rather pick up the paper one day. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #18
Or in a bathtub in Flint, Michigan. nt madinmaryland Mar 2016 #21
you always have a way of uniting we DUers! Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #19
+1 stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #36
Problem is, I already thought Bush would do that. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #22
GW Bush was the beginning of the end, IMO Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #26
This is a pretty fucking long end, wouldn't you agree? JackRiddler Mar 2016 #28
yeah, it's been painfully slow Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #38
They're about as dead as a professional hitman with cancer JackRiddler Mar 2016 #39
LOL! Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #42
There is no end. Not with the current Democratic party leadership. They'll cede the advantage Chakab Mar 2016 #47
This.+++++. nt Euphoria Mar 2016 #57
I know... I can't argue Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #58
it's been a long time coming and it can't happen soon enough Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #24
Yeah, except we might elect a candidate that should be perfectly acceptable to them anyway. brewens Mar 2016 #30
Yes, me, too. But they're still babylonsister Mar 2016 #32
I'd settle for using a vat of acid. EOM The Green Manalishi Mar 2016 #33
I second that motion. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #34
From another short fingered vulgarian: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #35
LOL!! Thread win!! madinmaryland Mar 2016 #37
Unfortunately TheFarseer Mar 2016 #40
A bathtub of boiling crude oil would be a Ilsa Mar 2016 #41
No. Dirty, well-used, skanky bathtub water. Raster Mar 2016 #43
I was thinking about returning the pain he brought others. nt Ilsa Mar 2016 #44
You are very correct...norquist's rethuglican rhetoric hurt some of the... Raster Mar 2016 #45
Interesting to me... Thespian2 Mar 2016 #46
grover needs to go out by major scandal. maybe stealing from grannies,which he has done. pansypoo53219 Mar 2016 #48
Kicked and recommended Firebrand Gary Mar 2016 #49
My Uncle Frank always said shadowmayor Mar 2016 #50
Here, here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PatrickforO Mar 2016 #51
There is a caveat though, lest our celebration is premature. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #52
@madinmaryland... Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #53
It is happening. If Trump is the candidate, it could happen very soon. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #55
The GOP should be drowned in Alien acid-blood nikto Mar 2016 #56
Me too. Chan790 Mar 2016 #61
I beg to differ-not the fuck the Republican Party part randr Mar 2016 #62
They are a LONG way from over. The vile creatures continue to infest government at many levels. Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #63
My husband is tired of hearing me say TNNurse Mar 2016 #65
Yes indeed. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #69
Norquist is the Rasputin of the GOP. DissidentVoice Mar 2016 #71
Sadly that isn't a good thing. We need two viable parties. Now we just have one and rhett o rick Mar 2016 #72
While I wish it was true NewJeffCT Mar 2016 #73
Yeah! libodem Mar 2016 #74
Rs have FUBARed the Federal level,but at the State & Local level Rs gerrymander & oppress nonstop. Sunlei Mar 2016 #75
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