Is this the start of "Nacht Der langen Messer"?

[cwcwmack]

"Night of the long knives"

1934 - Germany

The Nazi regime carried out a series of political executions, most of those killed being members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary Brownshirts. Adolf Hitler moved against the SA and its leader, Ernst Röhm, because he saw the independence of the SA and the penchant of its members for street violence as a direct threat to his power. Hitler also wanted to conciliate leaders of the Reichswehr, the official German military. They both feared and despised the SA and in particular feared Röhm's ambition to absorb the Reichswehr into the SA under his own leadership. Finally, Hitler used the purge to attack or eliminate critics of his regime, especially those loyal to Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, and to settle scores with old enemies.

The GOP is threatening the "impure" with Primary opponents... by November 3, 2010 will the GOP party be a permanent minority party with a slim core of Southern pol's?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Nein.

:shrug:

[tekisui]

2. I don't understand your reference.

Are the Dems the Nazis in your analogy?

[cwcwmack]

5. no

no, of course not! To stabilize the Nazi party in 1934, Hitler and his henchmen purged the party of "moderates" at the end of a rifle, if you know what I mean...

Of course it's not going to happen that way in 2009... but the hand writing's on the wall. Palin, Rush, Hannity and the hardcore "righties" are intent on purging THEIR party of moderates...

They're ALREADY a minority... this is their long anticipated opportunity to "cleanse" the party. Just wait... they're going to ignore all the people who've advised them to turn to the middle... and embrace Goldwater-ian Libertarian-Republicanism.

[tekisui]

6. Ah, I get it now.

Indeed, they are dumping their moderates, and left with radical righties.

[cwcwmack]

7. yeah precisely

Believe it or not... when the pubs won like 48 states (or w/e it was) with Ray-gun it wasn't by being a bat-shit wingnut... Reagan RAN somewhat moderately.

But the NEW GOP...

think 1968 "American Independence Party"

[CakeGrrl]

9. Specter actually used the word "purify" in his presser today in reference to Congressional R's

and where he felt they were taking the Republican Party. I think there's merit to this.

[scheming daemons]

3. What do you mean "by November 13, 2010"... it's already true

There are zero Republican members of congress from the six New England states.... and 26 of the 29 from New York are Democrats as well.

Now... in PA.. both Senators are Democrats.



Nothing in politics is EVER permanent.... but it will be a couple decades before the GOP recovers in the North East.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. "Both Senators are Democrats."

Right.

[truedelphi]

8. Gosh it would be great to see this stupid bunch of

Nazis die out.

Reading Howard Zinn the other night, I was amazed to discover that back in 1893, the GOP supported the Pullman rioters in Chicago! Back then, the Grand Old Party actually wanted fair wages for workers.