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Motown_Johnny

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40. This does not go far enough.

Wed May 11, 2016, 05:24 PM

May 2016

It has been since Reagan that the (R)s have been on this track.

It got worse with Rove's "Deeper not Wider" approach to getting Shrub elected. Their party became dependent on the wing nuts that were hard to get out to vote. Now they need to cater to them to keep their voting numbers up and the political middle has been absorbed by the (D)s (moving our party to the right as a whole).

The thing that seems to be missing in all these discussions is that the evolution shows no signs of slowing. Trump is the current product of the (R)s needing the extreme right to stay in power, but someone/something even crazier is bound to surpass even him.

As long as they keep going in this direction, it seems inevitable. That or a complete collapse and rebuilding of their political ideology and everyone now in power wants to delay that until after their retirement.

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First rec! femmocrat May 2016 #1

Cue a 'Not Hillary' Party member to concoct a version of this about Hillary. nt onehandle May 2016 #2

You just did! d_legendary1 May 2016 #3

+1 AllyCat May 2016 #19

Bull shit . It's about the Democratic party lsewpershad May 2016 #38

My only disagreement with this Sherman A1 May 2016 #4

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Prove it. Loki May 2016 #37

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Well the anti-Obama bit is 8 years AllyCat May 2016 #20

? That's the same thing my prior post said about the anti-Obama bit. merrily May 2016 #27

Apparently responded to wrong post and didn't see yours. AllyCat May 2016 #39

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"the GOP has been working on this for far longer than 8 years. " LiberalLovinLug May 2016 #34

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Keep broadcasting this message: unfit GOP ffr May 2016 #7

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Really? Loki May 2016 #12

I will miss that man--no one does it better. MADem May 2016 #9

K&R! stonecutter357 May 2016 #10

The GOP and its followers Loki May 2016 #11

and that is putting it mildly, sen. reid. niyad May 2016 #13

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You are right. They believe and embrace what he says AllyCat May 2016 #21

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They shouldn't be at all surprised. Trump epitomizes everything they've been working toward... TwilightZone May 2016 #17

Harry is right! hamsterjill May 2016 #22

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Exactly! lark May 2016 #29

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Sad to see him go hrsummers May 2016 #42

Stephen King: bvar22 May 2016 #43

You GO, Harry Reid!!!!! Stellar May 2016 #44

So what's your problem with Alan Grayson, Harry? Nyan May 2016 #45

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Spot on, Senator Reid!!! ailsagirl May 2016 #47

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If "give em hell Harry" heaven05 May 2016 #51

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