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6502

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40. For the love of Mary!!! Now, let's not go having a lovefest...
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:30 AM
Nov 2012

... and start accepting these people!!!
Listen carefully to what they are saying:

Oh! We are the real "Conservatives"! We're the real "Republicans"!

We're not like those "Conservatives" or "Republicans"... we're not losers, like them!
We're not racist, like them!

They made us support voter suppression!
They made us support racism!
They made us support anti LGBT civil right!
They made us go against a woman's right to her own body!
They made us vote lock-step against a woman's right to equal pay!
We really didn't want to hate Mexicans!
And holding America hostage for the interests of Plutocrats and the 1%? Those other whacky "Republicans" were so crazy. We didn't want to follow them, really.


Blah! Blah! Blah!

Hey, do you think someone Jewish would accept an excuse from a Nazi like:

"It wasn't my fault that I supported the intimidation, harassment, torture and death and may more things to numerous and horrible to describe. But it wasn't my fault, they told me to do it."


Now think about it.
Yeah, keep thinking.

The answer is: NO!!!!

Any Jew --- God dammit, any American! --- Jesus of tricycle, the entire fricken United Nations would tell you what is the standard we on the planet live by:

To say simply that "I was following orders" is no excuse for your crimes. Your actions are your responsibility. You will pay for your crimes.


And we will not give them an inch.

We will not entertain the this ridiculous idea that they are somehow reasonable because they are distancing themselves from their own losers.

If you still want to go on believing like that, then you're


1. in denial
2. engaging in self deception
3. taken up with wishful thinking
4. easily influenced by suggesting
5. have some kind of psychological condition

or... your going to love this last one:

6. trying to deceive the rest of us

(Yeah, I said it. Someone has to.)


If you are somewhere in the #1-#5 set, I say:

Open your eyes and keep them open!


But, if you are a #6... well, the nicest thing that we can all agree to say is:

You should stop being a #6.




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Good. The Schmidt piece is a little confusing. "not a con if you won't stand up to lumbaugh"??? Scuba Nov 2012 #1
Good catch EarlG Nov 2012 #3
Perfect! Thanks for this and all you do. Scuba Nov 2012 #10
Notice how badly he stutters and stumbles as he tries to get those words out! nt tblue37 Nov 2012 #15
ahaahahaha I was just about to post the same thing! good example of what he's talking about Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #19
Hahahaha! 2naSalit Nov 2012 #22
Rush needs to relocate to Texas. maddiemom Nov 2012 #28
He usually talks that way. MissMarple Nov 2012 #31
Perhaps they would like to survive as a national, relevant party? CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #2
Don't think so lark Nov 2012 #4
Okay... 2naSalit Nov 2012 #23
Don't they have the right to a few public lands to drill on and exploite? maddiemom Nov 2012 #29
Hell NO! 2naSalit Nov 2012 #34
hey hey! NC lost because of John Edwards! bluemarkers Nov 2012 #24
On Alternet mimi85 Nov 2012 #35
"they might actually marginalize themselves right out of existence." SoapBox Nov 2012 #5
They will break into 2 completely separate factions for awhile. Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #37
Frum has the right idea: first, they need to ditch their activists and their donors! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #6
Snort. Scuba Nov 2012 #11
Con jobs were never a meaningful anything but misogynist, fanatical bigots. part man all 86 Nov 2012 #20
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #7
Republicans have an ideology problem AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #8
"It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain Scuba Nov 2012 #12
Samuel Clemons: has to be our nation's greatest thinker and foremost philosopher! maddiemom Nov 2012 #30
Too Late, Too Late Baby Caeser67 Nov 2012 #9
Steve Schmidt is the kind of Republican... iandhr Nov 2012 #13
Absolutely infuriating! SutaUvaca Nov 2012 #14
Republicans lie continually and always. lumpy Nov 2012 #17
The GOPolitico meltdown Hutzpa Nov 2012 #16
Where are the tax returns? PNW_Dem Nov 2012 #18
THANK YOU for this! (Jindal is just looking out for #1, but still!) WinkyDink Nov 2012 #21
Just more GOP hot air until a Repub denounces "Citizens' United" KansDem Nov 2012 #25
Here's hoping that Jindal and Schmidt are squeezed out LeftinOH Nov 2012 #26
Norquist may have to run himself julian09 Nov 2012 #27
I'm torn. Do I want Republicans to realize they lost on the issues and need to buy some new issues, tclambert Nov 2012 #32
Will the GOP actually listen? ballaratocker Nov 2012 #33
great stuff.. posted on my Facebook Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #36
Add Karen Hughes to the mix Alcibiades Nov 2012 #38
What we're seeing is JoeyT Nov 2012 #39
For the love of Mary!!! Now, let's not go having a lovefest... 6502 Nov 2012 #40
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