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Betty Karlson

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10. I suspect that they never expected them to roost at all:
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:21 AM
Mar 2016

"Just keep posting foxes to guard the hen-house, and the chickens will never come to roost."

Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, one campaign is counting chickens that are yet to hatch.

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They didn't think the chickens would come home to roost so soon... malthaussen Mar 2016 #1
Absolutely n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #6
I suspect that they never expected them to roost at all: Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #10
Kudos for pushing the metaphor farther.:) malthaussen Mar 2016 #14
And who says that all that will hatch is a chicken? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #28
Typos are terrible things... n/t malthaussen Mar 2016 #45
What he said. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 #2
If you like that, you should look up America's leading professor of Brooksology... JHB Mar 2016 #3
driftglass kpete Mar 2016 #4
do you listen to his and his wife's podcast "Professional Left" ? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #63
Excellent! mountain grammy Mar 2016 #8
OMG. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #15
I saved the link malaise Mar 2016 #25
+1 Johonny Mar 2016 #27
Oh Yes! I just posted his link too! zentrum Mar 2016 #40
There we go. Thanks. closeupready Mar 2016 #47
brooks was called bo bo(mystic science 3000 monkey man) on rising hegemon. pansypoo53219 Mar 2016 #48
K&R. Bookmarked. So glad to have someone saying so well how I feel about Brooks ! Overseas Mar 2016 #53
Wow! Punkingal Mar 2016 #5
Right there with you. klook Mar 2016 #61
The Ruling Class is taking advantage of the carnage in the GOP. They use Trump as a bludgeon rhett o rick Mar 2016 #7
I think we all learned a lesson from Obama's presidency. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #11
Yep. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #16
I will never forget the joy I felt the night Obama won. pangaia Mar 2016 #19
Exactly. I knew from Rick Warren what the message was. It seemed it was important to strike rhett o rick Mar 2016 #22
If we fail in 2016, we need to start think about breaking the mold of the two-party system - Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #29
We can't leave the Democratic Party. It's our Party and we need to kick rhett o rick Mar 2016 #32
The UK Labour Party Califonz Mar 2016 #36
And Don siegelman is STILL in prison Doctor_J Mar 2016 #49
more status quo, more status quo - why won't anybody vote to keep things untenable? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #50
Electing Bernard Sanders is the only hope we have. pangaia Mar 2016 #17
Yes It Is... BUT The NOW Democratic Party Hasn't HAD Their A-HA Moment ChiciB1 Mar 2016 #46
Yes, thank-you! Took the words right out of my mouth mrdmk Mar 2016 #59
K & R mountain grammy Mar 2016 #9
GOP will wrap Trump up in a bow, blame him for all the GOP wiggs Mar 2016 #12
Excellent AxionExcel Mar 2016 #13
Love that comment. MrScorpio Mar 2016 #18
Republicans? Failed? They control the House, Senate, most state legislatures, half of the tabasco Mar 2016 #37
Sure, they know how to steal elections... MrScorpio Mar 2016 #38
Why are they still in power then? Boomerproud Mar 2016 #58
Excellent point. nt MrScorpio Mar 2016 #60
This is great! ananda Mar 2016 #20
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #21
Uncle Joe kpete Mar 2016 #23
Good morning to you, kpete. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #26
Beautiful malaise Mar 2016 #24
Wow. Happy today? That is the question we need to ask jwirr Mar 2016 #30
Occupy the Party? HenryWallace Mar 2016 #31
I can see the Democrats splintering in the near future into the New Republicans and FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #43
The problem is... SHRED Mar 2016 #33
Reagan was a fraud and a liar liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #34
This was the inevitable result of one political party becoming the home of the worst of humanity. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #35
Well done! And... zentrum Mar 2016 #39
Reagan disease.... AlbertCat Mar 2016 #41
Love the Alien chestburster analogy. So spot on in describing Reagan and his various spawn. FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #42
Another comment from the story: LiberalLovinLug Mar 2016 #44
Yowza!!!! Thanks for sharing this. Bookmarking japple Mar 2016 #51
K&R. Wonderful! Overseas Mar 2016 #52
That was a thing of beauty libodem Mar 2016 #54
A main symptom of this social disease felix_numinous Mar 2016 #55
In some ways the Republican power brokers' horror at the rise of Trump is satisfying... SylviaD Mar 2016 #56
Ronnies last 2 years of his presidency pbmus Mar 2016 #57
"There is no room for reciprocity and love in his worldview." A lot of truth in one short sentence. pampango Mar 2016 #62
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