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Related: About this forumSmith County Republican Chairman resigns, the GOP is "beyond repair."
It's hard to disagree with that.
The fanatical GOP has meandered deep into the thicket of extremism and nonsense. Less than half of Republicans believe in climate change, while nearly seventy percent believe in demon possession. Congressional Republicans have twice threatened the country's credit rating over the debt limit. 150 Republican congressman in the last Congress voted for a bill that would allow abortions only in cases where the woman became pregnant through, "forcible rape" (as if there was any other kind).
But Oravetz , who identified as a Republican for 33 years and served as chairman of the Smith County Republican Party for five before resigning today, didn't resign because he thought the wayward GOP was too radical. He thinks the GOP isn't radical enough. And he told the Texas Tribune he is working to form a third party by 2016.
Source: http://www.burntorangereport.com/
[font color=green] Divide and conquer![/font]
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Tyler is the county seat of Smith County, home of crazy Congressman Louie Gohmert.
The guy that talks about terrorist anchor babies. Uh huh.....
tanyev
(42,568 posts)I lived there for about 6 months fresh out of college. It was a beautiful place to live, but the job didn't work out. I wasn't there long enough or paying enough attention to realize what the political atmosphere was. Whew! Close call.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Wow.
I just can't fathom that
Scuba
(53,475 posts)That's your Republican Party.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)You get repossessed.
Sorry, couldn't resist.