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John2

(2,730 posts)
34. I think your calculation
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 08:15 AM
Mar 2013

is wrong. Most of the Democrats in Congress have diverse Districts. The people in those Districts understand the problem. I can go further and make the claim these Republicans obstructing Policy decisions have made it a point to gerrymander themselves into 88 to 90 percent white districts. Most of these districts are rural and they are not that sensitive to urban problems. And most of these representatives come from red states in the South or middle of the United States where population is more sparse. So essentially you have a divided America along racial lines. I think the fella on the view pointed this out. There is no where in the History of the United States where a candidate for President won the plural votes of a single state and still loss that state. The Republicans are trying to manufacture that too along racial lines. The leaders of the Republican Party are extremists and intolerant. I would go even further and call them racists without any hesitation whatsoever. That is why I think the Republican Party is extremely dangerous to this country just like the Nazi Party was to Germany. That is what Americans need to resist and the whole World also. The problem wasn't just with George Bush and Cheney, it was his whole Party. They have the whole cabal, including the media propaganda apparatus promoting this supremacist complex. They have people in their Party calling other Americans non American based on religion, skin color and sexual orientation. They have even placed people on the Supreme Court to legally validate their intolerance into American law. DOMA and the attack on the Voting Rights Act are good examples of this. The Republican Party is the most dangerous Party in this country's history since the American Civil War. And when you start oppressing people too far, you know the results. The first Civil War was terrible and caused over 600,00 American lives. It can happen again. The Republican Party is moving this country towards dangerous territory.

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The Latest Polls Should Have Let the Congress Know Just What Citizens Think of Them. dballance Mar 2013 #1
If you look at the polls, it's Republicans who are dragging Congress' approval rating down Tempest Mar 2013 #2
You Are Absolutely Correct. dballance Mar 2013 #5
we're only low PatrynXX Mar 2013 #17
Doesn't matter customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #12
Unfortunately You are Correct. dballance Mar 2013 #15
If you can help only the rich and still get voted in why would you change. oldbanjo Mar 2013 #22
Yep customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #24
Can congressional approval go into the negative? liberal N proud Mar 2013 #3
Good! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author movonne Mar 2013 #7
This Congress is pathetic, what do they do best, take time off. Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #6
My fear is the republicans behind this will come out as heros to their constituents. Kablooie Mar 2013 #8
I agree with your fear customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #13
military cuts don't go over well ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #14
except from the looks of it PatrynXX Mar 2013 #18
I believe that the Democrats won back the Senate and House at the wrong time in 2006. Selatius Mar 2013 #33
I think your calculation John2 Mar 2013 #34
Be careful not to perpetuate the false equivalency . . . another_liberal Mar 2013 #9
Bingo!! cstanleytech Mar 2013 #11
+1 freshwest Mar 2013 #20
Absolutely correct dburner1 Mar 2013 #25
That and the fact that part of their incentive is to 2naSalit Mar 2013 #26
+1000 southern_belle Mar 2013 #27
Carper is wrong, this isnt an issue of the dems refusing to work with the republicans its cstanleytech Mar 2013 #10
that reminds me PatrynXX Mar 2013 #19
Without the false equivalency, Reuters wouldn't have run the story. They're shills now, too. freshwest Mar 2013 #21
Would ask who won the election, but we already know that SOME (D) are merely (R) in sheep's clothing blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #16
I can't leave a message for Boehner... liberalmuse Mar 2013 #23
I misread this as, "Big CATS spur calls to Congress from irate constituents." Ian David Mar 2013 #28
Why can't we have a system which conducts a vote of... Left Coast2020 Mar 2013 #29
As a Canadian, I'm confused about this issue OnlinePoker Mar 2013 #30
As Americans, we call that "false equivalency". mwb970 Mar 2013 #31
Who wants to work with Republicans? Their price is too high. YOHABLO Mar 2013 #32
This is the GOP's worst mistake since Mitt Romney. caseymoz Mar 2013 #35
Pay cuts to Congress if they do not get things done! Kteachums Mar 2013 #36
The teabag republicans are doing the job the Koch bros are paying them to do workinclasszero Mar 2013 #37
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