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Betty Karlson Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 06:52 AM
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Steele: African Americans don't have a reason to vote GOP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/republican-party-only-win_n_680556.html

And Democrats lead the generic ballot everywhere, except in the south.

This is breaking news: the GOP is starting to realise what we have known for decades: the Southern strategy alienates most voters because of its focus on elderly WASP votes. (I'm WASP myself, so I'm allowed to use that term.)

So perhaps in forty years time, the GOP will also admit that 'trickle-down economics' is another word for 'lopsided balance'?

And as early as 2030, will we hear the first GOP-er admit to some deficiencies of Reagan's terms?

We can only hope so. Unless, of course, either the GOP or the world implodes before that time.

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(In other news: I may have a part-time job as early as next month!)
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groovedaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 06:54 AM
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1. 2030? Will they still be around then? n.t
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 06:58 AM
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2. One of Mike's stopped clock moments for the day.
nt

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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:10 AM
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3. Michael Steele: the gift that keeps on giving.
Congratulations on the job, Betty K.
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Betty Karlson Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:15 AM
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5. Thank you; those are kind words. N/T
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:15 AM
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4. D'oh
And oblivious, maladroit Steeley Mike has absolutely no bidness hitching his own peculiar brand of FAIL to the Dark Star of Republicon fear, hate, and FAIL.

FREE CLUE FOR STEELEY MIKE: Get on your knees and kiss the Fat Butt of The Man (R), and get a face full of fart.

I mean, D'oh.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:23 AM
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6. Good luck with job...
It's a bitch being without work.
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Betty Karlson Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:30 AM
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7. Yeah, it is.
But I biched back. Thanks for the good wishes.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:30 AM
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8. Present company included, Mikey?
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 07:32 AM by rocktivity
Perhaps his time would be better invested in getting the votes to keep his own job!

P.S. Isn't "White Anglo-Saxon" redundant?

:shrug:
rocktivity
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Betty Karlson Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:33 AM
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10. People of Celtic extraction were usually excluded from the club.
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 07:38 AM by Betty Karlson
They were white, but not Anglo-Saxon. Please remember that the WASPs moving to the New World predate the decline of the Celtic languages on the British Isles.

Edit: and the English-speaking people of mixed race were - of course - not white, while their tongue was nothing if not Anglo-Saxon.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:32 AM
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9. well sure, but I mean, neither does anyone else...unless they are wealthy
Not any kind of sensible reason, anyway.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 07:48 AM
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11. Hey, Mikey, that's not late breaking news
at least to most black people. How long did it take you to figure that out, Mikey?
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 08:21 AM
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12. Steele is one of the best players on our team.
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