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Newsjock

(11,733 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2013, 11:27 PM Oct 2013

NYT's Blow: Malfunctioning website vs. malfunctioning political party

Source: New York Times
By Charles M. Blow

... In the grand scheme of things, a malfunctioning Web site is more understandable and less consequential than a malfunctioning political party.

... The Republican Party’s conduct during this period in the country’s history will get the same sober, thorough judgment from history as the health care law, and that judgment is not likely to be kind.

History will record that this is the moment that the party camped out in its own graveyard, hastening the demise of its national viability; that it gave up on America, while constantly reminiscing about America as it once was; that its thought leaders were replaced by crusade leaders and the Grand Old Party saw its grandeur subside; that it came to realize that it couldn’t forever be the party of intransigence in a nation of progress, without being burned by the friction inherent in those two warring concepts.

... The Republican Party isn’t going away, but it is going down, and it seems unable and unwilling to stop the sinking.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/opinion/blow-web-sites-and-grave-sites.html

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NYT's Blow: Malfunctioning website vs. malfunctioning political party (Original Post) Newsjock Oct 2013 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #1

He's been reading my mind... pacalo Oct 2013 #2

this thread goes hand in hand with this Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #3

Wow great piece Egnever Oct 2013 #4

It doesn't matter that the republican party is going down. The democratic party loudsue Oct 2013 #5

In a nutshell, here it is: Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #6

Toon n2doc Oct 2013 #7

When Democrats Mess Up... KharmaTrain Oct 2013 #8

K & R Scurrilous Oct 2013 #9

Thank you, Newsjock. Cha Oct 2013 #10

The Senate Ought To Have Hearings On The Manipulation of The GOP TomCADem Oct 2013 #11

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

1. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 11:39 PM

Oct 2013

Thanks for the thread, Newsjock.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

2. He's been reading my mind...

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 12:48 AM

Oct 2013

Republicans are pretending that they care about the problems encountered in signing up for a system that many of them are bent on destroying.

They are demanding an immediate fix to something they want to break.

They are trying to deflect public outrage away from their record-low approval ratings.

The only problem for Republicans is that a technical issue isn’t likely to have legs. Yes, it’s embarrassing. Yes, it’s frustrating. Yes, it’s an unforced error.

But it’s also fixable...

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)

3. this thread goes hand in hand with this

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 12:53 AM

Oct 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017153846

It's amazing how a few glitches on a brand new website can spawn pandemic of terminal diaper rash, while $24 Billion Dollars and a government shut down can be so easily ignored

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

4. Wow great piece

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 12:54 AM

Oct 2013

Thnx

loudsue

(14,087 posts)

5. It doesn't matter that the republican party is going down. The democratic party

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 01:18 AM

Oct 2013

already took over the right wing agenda for them, starting with Reagan. It's just the loonies that are left in the GOP.

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)

6. In a nutshell, here it is:

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 01:40 AM

Oct 2013

"They need the law to fail to validate their enmity."

The NYT is very, very lucky to have Charles Blow. Helluva columnist consistently.

K&R

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

7. Toon

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Thu Oct 24, 2013, 06:45 AM

Oct 2013

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)

8. When Democrats Mess Up...

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 06:50 AM

Oct 2013

...people have to wait a couple extra weeks to get health care. When rushpublicans mess things up we end up with 3,000 plus dead American soldiers along with hundreds of thousands of "collateral damage". At least we're talking about saving lives not destroying them...