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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:57 PM
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I've noticed something new(?) today. The repugnant camp is now claiming
that they are "running as reformers", according to msnbc and cnn. Since when are they reformers? Yesterday?
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:58 PM
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1. What are they reforming? Their own mess over the last 8 years?
:shrug:


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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:04 PM
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7. They're reforming the same things they're always reforming.
The New Deal & the policies of FDR.

And by "reform" they mean "destroy".
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:58 PM
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2. They floated that at the convention. It's hilarious. n/t
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:59 PM
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3. They are trying to turn back all of the world's progress since the Reformation?
:shrug:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:01 PM
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4. "Third Way" stuff, dishonest at that!, co-opt is the name of the game, so now it
DOES come down to who can make good on the specifics.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:01 PM
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5. Why, didn't you know?
The Republican Party--or should I say TODAY'S Republican Party--only began at this year's convention. It is no longer the party of Abraham Lincoln, that was the old Republican Party, which they want us to assume is also the party of Bush and Cheney and all of their abuses.

Yes, it's all BULLSHIT.
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ITsec Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:03 PM
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6. They're reforming a Democracy into a Theocracy n/t
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:10 PM
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15. They are giving it a good go, aren't they?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:05 PM
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8. The Reform Candidate
Pappy O"Daniel: "We need a shot in the arm. You hear me boys? In the bleepdamn arm! Election held tomorrw, that son of bitch Stokes would win it in a walk!"

Junior O'Daniel: "Well' he's the reform candidate, Daddy."

Pappy O"Daniel: "Yeah."

Junior O'Daniel: "A lot of people like that reform. Maybe we should get us some."

Pappy O"Daniel: "I'll reform you, you soft-headed son of a bitch. How we gonna run reform when we're the damn incumbent? Is that the best idea you boys can come up with? Reform?! Weepin' jesus on the cross. Thta's it! You may as well start drafting my concession speach right now."

Pappy's Staff: "Okay, Pappy."

Pappy O"Daniel: "I,m just making a point you stupid son of a bitch. Give me back that hat! Hurry up!"

Pappy's Staff: "Pappy's just makin' a point."

Pappy O"Daniel: "Shut up!"


- Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.

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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:06 PM
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9. ummmm...yeah....right.... read the list, pass it around
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DaveJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:06 PM
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10. It's a childish strategy
This is sort of like when one kid constantly repeats what another kid says. It's the way the dumb kid tries to make the other kid look dumb as well.

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Larkspur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:08 PM
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11. They're reforming our democracy into a fascist state
That's the only kind of reformer they are.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:09 PM
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12. Reformed in the same sense as your alcoholic, wife beating , gambling addict brother-in-law.
And you know how that usually works out.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:09 PM
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13. ROFLMAO
What idiots!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:10 PM
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14. I hope your news puts them in history's trash bin. n/t
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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:12 PM
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16. oh and are the Chance party now too if you havent heard nt
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:16 PM
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17. First, understand your Achilles heel, then counter the weakness with LIES.
The GOP formula: Pick every issue you know you could lose the election on, then create a propaganda blizzard that portrays the most effective immunization on the issue.

The GOP is just an immense Corrupt Bastards Club = "We are the reformers"

The GOP lied us into a war = "We are winning the war" and "We are the reformers"

The GOP destroyed the economy = "The tax cuts will work" and "We are the reformers"

The GOP criminals have corrupted the Department of Justice = "Gonzo is gone" and "We are the reformers"

The price of gas rose from $1.42 to $4.42. "We gave you a couple hundred bucks, so STFU" and "We are the reformers"
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:21 PM
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18. Yes, it's been noticed.
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