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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 08:55 AM
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Conservatives: We weren't true to conservatism in 2001-2008
Edited on Thu Nov-04-10 09:16 AM by gulliver
If, in the years 2001 through 2008, you had asked everyone in the Bush/Cheney administration and every single GOP Congressperson if they thought they were acting like true conservatives should act, they would have sung out "Yes" to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner. Ask them now, and they will tell you that they failed because they were not true to conservatism. In fact, you don't even have to ask them. That's their story, and they're sticking to it.

The Tea Partiers are not even Republicans if you ask them. See, the Tea Partiers are conservatives who were let down by Republicans. True, if you check behind their Tea Party bumper stickers really closely, you'll find some glue and dust in the shape of a W, but you are not allowed to think that means anything.

The media are going along with this whole charade, of course. The Tea Partiers missed an opportunity though. They should have just worn T-Shirts that read, "I'm Thin, Blonde, and Hot." The media would turn them into fashion models.

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 08:58 AM
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1. GOPs are NOT conservatives in any true sense of the word. They're FASCISTS and corporatists leading
dumbed down fantasists.
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 09:08 AM
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2. They're only conservative when they're not in power
...but let them win one, and they'll spend like there's no tomorrow!

Dems are the same way.
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 09:11 AM
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3. No, they "starve the beast"
They just try to do it by maxing out its credit cards.

Of course, the credit cards have no limit, but let's not sweat details.
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BarbaRosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 09:22 AM
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4. That's not what they were saying in 2001-2008.
Funny how they say that at the conclusion of every repug presidency. IIRC back in '94 they were touting the "conservative revolution", just prior to blaming everything on Liberals.:crazy:
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daa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 09:57 AM
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5. Big Business ≠ Conservative
GOP money = tax breaks for multinationals to send jobs overseas.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 10:00 AM
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6. Actually, they were more true to it and Bush helped their true colors shine through.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 10:03 AM
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7. Or from 1980 to 1992 either. The only thing they like to crow about is penis-gate.
nt
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 10:08 AM
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8. Funny - when they tried to offer up "true blue conservatism" during
the Shrub era (Social Security privatization), their proposal did a giant flaming death spiral!
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 10:37 AM
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9. T-Shirts that read, "I'm Thin, Blonde, and Hot."
Do they make XXXXL T-shirts? That's what the average teabagger would need.
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