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  • September 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM #16340
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    Some of the recent Internet activity seem to reflect the growing radicalization of the GOP.

    I’m actually glad to see that happen. Perhaps people will wake up and realize that crazy marginal elements are taking over the GOP. The grass roots of the GOP are Palin worshipers if that isn’t indication enough.

    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

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    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gop-fringe14-2009sep14,0,5000500,full.story

    Reporting from Washington – Amid a rebirth of conservative activism that could help Republicans win elections next year, some party insiders now fear that extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories coming from the angry reaches of the conservative base are undermining the GOP’s broader credibility and casting it as the party of the paranoid.

    Such insiders point to theories running rampant on the Internet, such as the idea that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is thus ineligible to be president, or that he is a communist, or that his allies want to set up Nazi-like detention camps for political opponents. Those theories, the insiders say, have stoked the GOP base and have created a “purist” climate in which a figure such as Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) is lionized for his “You lie!” outburst last week when Obama addressed Congress.

    They are “wild accusations and the paranoid delusions coming from the fever swamps,” said David Frum, a conservative author and speechwriter for President George W. Bush who is among the more vocal critics of the party base and of the conservative talk show hosts helping to fan the unrest.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM #456538
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    [quote=briansd1]
    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

    [/quote]

    I agree with this. And the proof is that the bailouts started in the form of the TARP plan – with the executive branch (GOP) telling the congress (Dem) that we’d have financial armageddon if we didn’t bail out the banks.

    Both parties are culpible in the bailouts.

    One side wants to do stimulus.

    The other side crafted tax cuts that were super slanted to the wealthy.

    Neither party seems to worry about the deficit. Officials from both parties seem very beholden to corporate interests at the expense of the people.

    I’m generically disgusted with politicians.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM #456732
    UCGal
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    [quote=briansd1]
    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

    [/quote]

    I agree with this. And the proof is that the bailouts started in the form of the TARP plan – with the executive branch (GOP) telling the congress (Dem) that we’d have financial armageddon if we didn’t bail out the banks.

    Both parties are culpible in the bailouts.

    One side wants to do stimulus.

    The other side crafted tax cuts that were super slanted to the wealthy.

    Neither party seems to worry about the deficit. Officials from both parties seem very beholden to corporate interests at the expense of the people.

    I’m generically disgusted with politicians.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM #457069
    UCGal
    Participant

    [quote=briansd1]
    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

    [/quote]

    I agree with this. And the proof is that the bailouts started in the form of the TARP plan – with the executive branch (GOP) telling the congress (Dem) that we’d have financial armageddon if we didn’t bail out the banks.

    Both parties are culpible in the bailouts.

    One side wants to do stimulus.

    The other side crafted tax cuts that were super slanted to the wealthy.

    Neither party seems to worry about the deficit. Officials from both parties seem very beholden to corporate interests at the expense of the people.

    I’m generically disgusted with politicians.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM #457142
    UCGal
    Participant

    [quote=briansd1]
    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

    [/quote]

    I agree with this. And the proof is that the bailouts started in the form of the TARP plan – with the executive branch (GOP) telling the congress (Dem) that we’d have financial armageddon if we didn’t bail out the banks.

    Both parties are culpible in the bailouts.

    One side wants to do stimulus.

    The other side crafted tax cuts that were super slanted to the wealthy.

    Neither party seems to worry about the deficit. Officials from both parties seem very beholden to corporate interests at the expense of the people.

    I’m generically disgusted with politicians.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM #457336
    UCGal
    Participant

    [quote=briansd1]
    I hate all the bailouts but I don’t think that a Republican administration would have done anything different.

    [/quote]

    I agree with this. And the proof is that the bailouts started in the form of the TARP plan – with the executive branch (GOP) telling the congress (Dem) that we’d have financial armageddon if we didn’t bail out the banks.

    Both parties are culpible in the bailouts.

    One side wants to do stimulus.

    The other side crafted tax cuts that were super slanted to the wealthy.

    Neither party seems to worry about the deficit. Officials from both parties seem very beholden to corporate interests at the expense of the people.

    I’m generically disgusted with politicians.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM #456543
    DataAgent
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    As I biked the PB boardwalk last weekend, I listened to radio reruns of Rush and Hannity. Hard to believe they both elevated Joe Wilson to sainthood for his outburst.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM #456737
    DataAgent
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    As I biked the PB boardwalk last weekend, I listened to radio reruns of Rush and Hannity. Hard to believe they both elevated Joe Wilson to sainthood for his outburst.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM #457074
    DataAgent
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    As I biked the PB boardwalk last weekend, I listened to radio reruns of Rush and Hannity. Hard to believe they both elevated Joe Wilson to sainthood for his outburst.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM #457147
    DataAgent
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    As I biked the PB boardwalk last weekend, I listened to radio reruns of Rush and Hannity. Hard to believe they both elevated Joe Wilson to sainthood for his outburst.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM #457341
    DataAgent
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    As I biked the PB boardwalk last weekend, I listened to radio reruns of Rush and Hannity. Hard to believe they both elevated Joe Wilson to sainthood for his outburst.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM #456548
    Zeitgeist
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    I am equally disgusted with the bailouts. Both sides have fringe elements. The left just cannot believe the right finally got off its collective a$$ and did something. The radical left is a minority. There are more conservatives in this country than leftists. Obama is just as corporate bought and paid for as Bush was. His ideology might look different, but scratch the surface and it is identical. Put down your Kool aid and look at the facts.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM #456742
    Zeitgeist
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    I am equally disgusted with the bailouts. Both sides have fringe elements. The left just cannot believe the right finally got off its collective a$$ and did something. The radical left is a minority. There are more conservatives in this country than leftists. Obama is just as corporate bought and paid for as Bush was. His ideology might look different, but scratch the surface and it is identical. Put down your Kool aid and look at the facts.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM #457079
    Zeitgeist
    Participant

    I am equally disgusted with the bailouts. Both sides have fringe elements. The left just cannot believe the right finally got off its collective a$$ and did something. The radical left is a minority. There are more conservatives in this country than leftists. Obama is just as corporate bought and paid for as Bush was. His ideology might look different, but scratch the surface and it is identical. Put down your Kool aid and look at the facts.

    September 14, 2009 at 4:38 PM #457152
    Zeitgeist
    Participant

    I am equally disgusted with the bailouts. Both sides have fringe elements. The left just cannot believe the right finally got off its collective a$$ and did something. The radical left is a minority. There are more conservatives in this country than leftists. Obama is just as corporate bought and paid for as Bush was. His ideology might look different, but scratch the surface and it is identical. Put down your Kool aid and look at the facts.

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