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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:07 PM Mar 2012

I know why Republicans are doing what they are doing

Because if you break the system, Republicans can continue to remain relevant. If you roll back progress, the fight continues.

If Democrats succeed in fixing the system, Republicans become irrelevant and die. They are trying to roll back as much progress as they can - civil rights legislation, tax legislation, women's rights, voting rights, etc - because they need problems to survive.

Right now, Republicans are deliberately trying to roll back progress, to create problems, to break the system far worse than it is, so they can survive as a party.

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I know why Republicans are doing what they are doing (Original Post) Shankapotomus Mar 2012 OP

The only explanation I have seen that makes sense. Kalidurga Mar 2012 #1

Thanks Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #3

They are Saddam Hussein at the end of Gulf War I, they are burning the oil fields. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #2

Exactly Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #4

This is a party wide strategy Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #5

GOP=grumpy old people Wellstone ruled Mar 2012 #6

True...but I wish it was an opiate, more like meth if you ask me. RagAss Mar 2012 #7

Simple and to the point. I don't know what else to say. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #8

It brings in lots of donation for both sides Raine Mar 2012 #9

Just thought of another way of phrasing Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #10

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. The only explanation I have seen that makes sense.

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:22 PM

Mar 2012

The one where they are looking at 2012 comes the closest after this one to make sense.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

3. Thanks

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:39 PM

Mar 2012

Actually, had a sense of it during the Bush administration but it seems to me much more obvious now. The farther Republicans roll us back in time, the more time they buy for their dying party. They want a total refresh. Before women's rights, before civil rights, before workers rights so they can keep fighting these battles forever with Democrats.

It's disgusting and terrifying but I don't see any other logic to it than that. They are literally trying to break the country and they know it.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

2. They are Saddam Hussein at the end of Gulf War I, they are burning the oil fields.

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:35 PM

Mar 2012

They know that their time is coming to and end. And so they are going to make as big a mess as they can on the way out. They have no other ideas. Their hope is that the mess they make will be so great, no one can fix it quickly (think 4 years), and so they will get future opportunities at holding power as a result.

That's the only thing they care about.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

4. Exactly

Reply to JoePhilly (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:47 PM

Mar 2012

They want to refight the battles the Dems won in the past 100 years so it keeps the Dems from addressing corporate exploitation, campaign finance reform, tax reform, energy reform, all the modern issues that could fix this country once and for all. They want to go back and refight the old battles so it keeps the Dems off of the modern battles.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

5. This is a party wide strategy

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:49 PM

Mar 2012

Fight all the old battles to take attention off the new.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

6. GOP=grumpy old people

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:17 PM

Mar 2012

This nothing more than the last stand of the Christian Right,they are pulling out all the stops. They are scared of progress,white males in the minority,church attendance on the decline,looking for their male fascist white guy leader,and just plain ignorant of evolution of mankind.

Was it Marx whom said:Religion is the Opiate of the masses?

RagAss

(13,832 posts)

7. True...but I wish it was an opiate, more like meth if you ask me.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:20 PM

Mar 2012

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)

8. Simple and to the point. I don't know what else to say. nt

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:29 PM

Mar 2012

Raine

(30,540 posts)

9. It brings in lots of donation for both sides

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:50 PM

Mar 2012

so "it's all good" seriously though both sides bring in money from this kind of crap.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

10. Just thought of another way of phrasing

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2012, 07:05 AM

Apr 2012

this theory:

The Republican party requires the existence of social, economic and political inequities to pretend they are needed to "fix" these inequities. If the inequities are allowed to be addressed, the debate over them dies and with it the platform of Republican party.

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