"There is no serious argument for Republican Governance, even if you prefer conservative policies.."

[M.G.]

Moderate conservative Josh Barro tears today's GOP apart.


"Can you imagine the situation this country would be in if Republicans controlled both houses of Congress right now? Or if we had a President whose administration gets jerked around by Heritage Action in the same way that House Republicans do? It would be a trainwreck, and "reasonable" Republicans like Nunes would still be on television saying they understand it's a trainwreck, but by golly, operationally, they had no way to stop it.

There is no serious argument for Republican governance right now, even if you prefer conservative policies over liberal ones. These people are just too dangerously incompetent to be trusted with power."

http://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-show-themselves-to-be-dangerously-incompetent-again-2013-10

[freshwest]

1. The GOP is a criminal conspiracy organized by big business to rob the people of the USA. EOM.

[M.G.]

2. It's worse than that...

You may have read that business groups, like the Chamber of Commerce, are getting angry with the Tea Party.

Business was happy to ally with modern movement conservatism, and may foot a lot of their bills, but the foot soldiers (and many of the reps) are true believers in a wacky semi-cultlike hodgepodge of paranoia, Ayn Randism, neo-Confederacy, and boiling misplaced anger.

In another era these would been Boosheviks or revolutionaries or fascist insurgents.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. The GOP: America's #1 Terror Organization.

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[M.G.]

4. I wouldn't say that, but...

I'd call them a cult.

Maybe a religion, actually. It's weird if you see people actually become conservative republicans these days. It's very much like a religious conversion.

[Chan790]

5. I prefer to think of them as a cabal of insurrectionists. n/t

[M.G.]

6. Yeah, that works.