-Laelth

we restrict "Republican" to the conservative voter, while for the conservative members of Congress (politicians) we use the the term "cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit[."

(With apologies to "Christmas Vacation&quot .

Can we use the acronym-
CLNGRFFLLSLDEIOIBSDKBDHHFABESLSLWHSOMS ?

an abbreviation for CLNGRFFLLSLDEIOIBSDKBDHHFABESLSLWHSOMS!

Republican.

Republicans "no longer represent real Americans". THAT would get the conversation started on "Face The Fascist Nation."

old white farts who hate the government and anyone who doesn't look, speak, and believe like them.

That is what currently has China flying high, at least economically.

True, the Democrats need an opposition party. However, America would be better off without this opposition party.

If the GOP gets swept into the dustbin of history, then something will rise to challenge establishment Democrats. No political party is a tent big enough to encompass everybody from Bernie Sanders to Jim Inhofe.

So now I apply for welfare.

This is a salvo in the 2014 elections aimed at peeling off Republican votes that would usually go to Republican politicians. If successful, it would be an ironic historical turn to create a generation of "Obama Republicans" in the way the GOP in the eighties enjoyed the benefits of "Reagan Democrats."

It's an Ayn Rand thing.

Eventually Charles and David Koch must face off in a final duel, and the winner will have ALL the money.

If you think of the great republicans throughout history like Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhowser - they were actually pretty moderate compared to today's GOP party. Think about it - it was the Republicans that halped pass LBJ's Civil Rights bill when Dixie Democrats like Strom Thurmond filibustered against it. It was T. Roosevelt that created one of our country's best conservation laws with the creation of the National Parks Service. Even on Social Issues Richard Nixon was more like today's democrats than today's republicans. It was only when the religious right/and anti-minorities dug their claws into the Republican Party and moved them to where they are today.

So to be honest if the GOP party acted like true republicans, smaller government including less interference on personal issues, I think we would all be happy!