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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:28 PM
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How come GOP wait for the Dems screw up then Pounce...why don't they make Good News for themselves?
Can it possibly be the Pubs do not make Good News and instead rely on Bad news of the Dems so they can crow...make themselves look good by making us look bad?

It just seems that how it is...

Its an evil way of looking good
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:30 PM
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1. It is just their nature. They have no idea how to do it any other way.
Kind of like vultures...they wait until something is dead to start eating it. They do not know how to make the kill themselves.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:36 PM
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2. Fascinating analogy..unable to make a kill...they wait...LOL
:toast:
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:42 PM
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3. Because their only good news is our bad news.......
otherwise, they have nothin'!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:56 PM
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4. It looks that way...they never come up with something good....whatever they do, they have to SELL IT
TO US.....force it down our throats even...
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 10:59 PM
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5. Well, we will have to let them know that we don't swallow
again. They seem to have forgotten.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:02 PM
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6. I think they got the message on Nov 4th but having short term memory problems
"They seem to have forgotten"
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:07 PM
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7. They can make a helluva lot of people joyful this holiday season by
calling for a full, RAPID investigation of those who have been power during the last 8 years.

They would be heroes in many people's hearts and minds. That would be super duper Good News!

Instead they figure if they squeal a loud enough righteous indignation at their foes' faults, no one will notice their own.

It works. Good News for them - yippee.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:18 PM
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8. Those Pubs are Cowards....they got no Balls...they are not gonna call for anything
but more pardons and perm positions....
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:24 PM
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9. Good news for Repigs are killing brown people, attacking gays, fucking over the poor & being greedy
If it comes down to helping out people other than themselves, they get angry.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:38 PM
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10. Ya got that right...thats their MO
:toast:
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 12:16 AM
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11. B/c in order to make news you have to have a plan or ideas......they're
only plan is to attack and exploit....hence the monumental losses!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 01:27 AM
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12. Drunks are notorious for lack of fresh Ideas...the good feasible kind
Smokers are known for their freshness, their innovative powers are legendary....this is why they love the arts so much...They plan to solve.....drunks are the opposite...
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 02:31 AM
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16. There have been a few drunks that managed to love the arts.
























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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 10:43 AM
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21. a few.....besides....many are also smokers....
:smoke:
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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 01:29 AM
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13. Because they work for the party first and America second.
Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 01:36 AM by political_Dem
They've always been that way. And the Blagojevich scandal made their mouths water at the possibilities of attacking the President-Elect. After all, some of their minions already think that Mr. Obama doesn't deserve to be President of the United States.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 01:54 AM
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14. Whatever happened to the Honeymoon Period when all Parties work together?
We ARE TRYING TO FIX THINGS...are we NOT?

Sniping is Not Helping.....

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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 02:16 AM
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15. I think with the Blagojevich scandal, the Honeymoon period is off.
Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 02:19 AM by political_Dem
And this is not sniping. It is simply telling the truth.

The last eight years should have taught a lot of Dems some meaningful lessons of how the GOP operates.

After all, they've haven't called off their shock troops from clogging the justice system with these Birth Certificate challenges, have they?

That should tell you all you need to know about the GOP and where their priorities are.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 02:55 AM
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18. Well the punk asses are in the minority.....
Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 02:57 AM by FrenchieCat
and if they keep it up, their numbers will be so few,
There will be just enough of them to move to Alaska
and join the AIP.
Like I give a shit.
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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 05:00 AM
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19. My two cents.
Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 05:19 AM by political_Dem
But the sting usually comes when there is a mess-up like the Blagojevich scandal. There's enough of them to join together at the command of Rush and Hannity to continue this crap until Obama leaves from office. The Republicans in office quietly continue to stir up stuff in Washington D.C. in the same way in order to give the GOP shock troops more fodder.

The shock troops feeding off of the RW media and repeating that drivel to family, friends, co-workers and on-line acquaintances are a burr in the butt of the DNC that won't go away.

And unfortunately because of Obama, it is much bigger than you think. Racism and a demoralizing loss binds them together even though the Republican party is in the midst of a civil war.

The Blagojevich scandal is the moment the GOP salivates for. His downfall makes the conservatives justified in their thinking that Obama is not only crooked, but inexperienced too. And the GOP would not dare to stop their adherents from thinking any other way. After all, during the campaign, they planted the seeds for this type of thinking. How else do you get these crazy "birthers" who won't stop filing suits?

It's time for the Dems to grow a spine and stop going spread-eagle for the Republicans. No more capitulation. No more Reids and Pelosis telling us to play nice, bend down and kiss the Republicans' ring. When we do, the Republicans laugh and kick us right in the behind.

Enough is enough--especially when Bush dragged this country right down into the toilet.

I'll watch to see if the MSM gives Norm Coleman's donor scandal the same type of attention that they've given Rod Blagojevich. I bet you they don't. And guess who will be right there pouring salt right into the Dems' wounds while reigniting the Blagojevich and Rezko mess?
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 02:53 AM
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17. They don't give a shit about America...except for the America
they deserve...which is the disaster that we are looking at right now.

They have no vision, so they can't see further than their own bank accounts.

So not only don't they give a shit, but they are traitors to our Nation,
as they are more than willing to continue tearing it up till there is nothing left.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 10:49 AM
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23. But but...don't them Pubs like to say COUNTRY FIRST???
Its more like
Country First My ASS

:toast:
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HillWilliam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:00 AM
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24. I'm not sure they REALLY think it
It's more like they're trying to wish the thought into reality. Like they're off in a corner, believing real hard in faeries, yelling, "Live, Stinkerbelle, live!!"

That, and a buck-two-ninety-eight, see how far it gets them.

Unless we smack shit out of them every time they open their yaps, see how far it gets us.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 06:54 AM
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20. It's all about dividing the country.
You can't do that by making everybody happy. Remember anger and division are the GOP's greatest allies. Keeping people poor and fighting over stupid shit is the way they like it. It makes the country fertile ground for their authoritarian rule.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 10:47 AM
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22. Divide and conquer thing in pkay...Yup...I see the point
:toast:
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:18 AM
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25. Destructive, uncreative assholes by nature. n/t
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:25 AM
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26. They could use some things to lighten up
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:28 AM
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27. The best news the 'pukes could come up with recently is
the ebay sale of the poor turkey executed behind Palen that day. They've got nothing to offer up that's good.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:57 AM
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28. I think Bush has killed the GOP by exposing their central weaknesses
Lack of good ideas and concepts for the Nation...

The Pubs are a self interest group mired in greed, etc.
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