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Mr.Bill

(24,334 posts) Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:11 PM Sep 2013

So I hear all these Republicans talking about what their voters want them to do.

They need to consider what those who voted for Obama want him to do. Then they need to consider how many people in their district voted for them.

Then they need to realize who 54% of the electorate voted for. This will not end well for the Republicans. They are very bad at arithmetic if they think they have the upper hand and the support of the US citizens.

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So I hear all these Republicans talking about what their voters want them to do. (Original Post) Mr.Bill Sep 2013 OP

They care only about the voters in their safely gerrymandered districts The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #1

the only voters they are worried about belong to the 1% putitinD Sep 2013 #2

I expect them to manufacture one "crisis" after another. arcane1 Sep 2013 #3

Every time I hear one of these yahoos say, Marie Marie Sep 2013 #4

problem is, these House districts have been so gerrymandered... TDale313 Sep 2013 #5

If they proceed in shutting down the government, their voters will find out how very wrong they are. Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #6

They think government sucks and Congress is broken. TDale313 Sep 2013 #7

Sadly, this is E X A C T L Y what their constituents want from them. Stinky The Clown Sep 2013 #8

Fortunately, when it comes down to it, Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #10

They're listening to low- & mis-informed people who don't understand that the Republicans pacalo Sep 2013 #9

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,878 posts)

1. They care only about the voters in their safely gerrymandered districts

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:14 PM

Sep 2013

and those voters are mostly old white teabaggers. They are completely oblivious to, and uninterested in, the rest of the voters in this country - they care only about being reelected in their districts, and the only way they can do that is by being more right-wing and anti-Obama than any potential primary challenger.

putitinD

(1,551 posts)

2. the only voters they are worried about belong to the 1%

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:14 PM

Sep 2013

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

3. I expect them to manufacture one "crisis" after another.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:16 PM

Sep 2013

It is literally all they have.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

4. Every time I hear one of these yahoos say,

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:17 PM

Sep 2013

"well, what the American people want" I want to blow lunch. Don't tell me what I want because you haven't been listening. You guys are the LAST to understand anything about what the American people want. You only serve your corporate masters so stop using me in your pretty little speeches to screw us over. I got angry just writing that..

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

5. problem is, these House districts have been so gerrymandered...

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:19 PM

Sep 2013

That this often is what their voters want, even if the vast majority of Americans disagree. Millions more voters voted fir Democratic congress members this last time than Repubs, but in many "red"or "purple" states the dems got concentrated into just a couple districts.

Mr.Bill

(24,334 posts)

6. If they proceed in shutting down the government, their voters will find out how very wrong they are.

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:24 PM

Sep 2013

Right now these teabagging idiots (voters) are so ignorant, they think a shutdown will save money.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

7. They think government sucks and Congress is broken.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:31 PM

Sep 2013

And their Congress critters are determined to prove them right.

Stinky The Clown

(67,823 posts)

8. Sadly, this is E X A C T L Y what their constituents want from them.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:32 PM

Sep 2013

And their districts are net even close to competitive. Their districts are overwhelmingly white (high 90%) and older. Obama lost in their average district by 23%.

Think about that.

The voters won't stop them. Not a chance.

Mr.Bill

(24,334 posts)

10. Fortunately, when it comes down to it,

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:36 PM

Sep 2013

the guy with the veto pen was elected by a much larger constituency.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

9. They're listening to low- & mis-informed people who don't understand that the Republicans

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 11:35 PM

Sep 2013

are only concerned about protecting the interests of insurance companies. Their voters are being bamboozled into voting against their own interests.

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