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**egershna** · 07-28-2011, 12:28 PM

Comedy of errors, that's what this is...I swear, if somebody had written this as fiction five years ago it would never have been believed...

Five years ago? I would have believed it. The GOP made partisanship and an unwillingness to compromise strong pillars of their party during the Bush presidency. Even after they lost control of Congress, I don't think they ever really accepted how unpopular they were, and they still twistedly thought they were the victims. That thought is bolstered now by the Tea Party, but I think they are in for a big shock if they think the Flea Baggers are their salvation. How many Tea Party favorites lost? How many of them that weren't previously established will remain in the next set of elections? On the governor level, not many, and it's already costing the Republicans controls of states (i.e. Wisconsin, with Ohio, Indiana and Florida seem set to fall).

I'd say let them learn their lesson the hard way, but the country can't afford it in this instance.

07-28-2011, 12:28 PM	#6
egershna Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	Comedy of errors, that's what this is...I swear, if somebody had written this as fiction five years ago it would never have been believed... Five years ago? I would have believed it. The GOP made partisanship and an unwillingness to compromise strong pillars of their party during the Bush presidency. Even after they lost control of Congress, I don't think they ever really accepted how unpopular they were, and they still twistedly thought they were the victims. That thought is bolstered now by the Tea Party, but I think they are in for a big shock if they think the Flea Baggers are their salvation. How many Tea Party favorites lost? How many of them that weren't previously established will remain in the next set of elections? On the governor level, not many, and it's already costing the Republicans controls of states (i.e. Wisconsin, with Ohio, Indiana and Florida seem set to fall). I'd say let them learn their lesson the hard way, but the country can't afford it in this instance.
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