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The House Republicans are Idiots! (Original Post) Melissa G Sep 2013 OP
With NO Opposition Party in sight, they can be bullies to Main Street, without compromise. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #1
At this moment, the Dem leadership is showing some spine. Melissa G Sep 2013 #2
Not to mention their gerrymandered power. NCLefty Sep 2013 #3
What does that mean? DURHAM D Sep 2013 #5
They have taken advantage of republican governors to set it up that it will be very hard Maraya1969 Sep 2013 #6
The districts can not be redrawn until 2020. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #8
Is that toast I smell? davekriss Sep 2013 #4
They have just lost it Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2013 #7
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
1. With NO Opposition Party in sight, they can be bullies to Main Street, without compromise.
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:03 PM
Sep 2013
Hope.

Change.

Baloney.

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
5. What does that mean?
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:22 PM
Sep 2013

I know what gerrymandered means but I don't understand how you are using it.

Maraya1969

(22,482 posts)
6. They have taken advantage of republican governors to set it up that it will be very hard
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:32 PM
Sep 2013

for Democrats to ever win back the house. I saw one GOP's district and it was a thin line going across the state.

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
8. The districts can not be redrawn until 2020.
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:37 PM
Sep 2013

And if the Democrats can't figure out how to build a party and recruit candidates to run at the state level the U.S. House control will be Republican from here on out.

davekriss

(4,617 posts)
4. Is that toast I smell?
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:21 PM
Sep 2013

They are buffoons, however they hold an AK-47 in their hands and they are inadvertently taking aim at the economy. Tonight's actions will add a percentage point to the unemployment figures and billions of dollars in list tax revenue (thus increasing the deficit they purportedly want to reduce).

Buffoons, all!

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