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babylonsister

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Thu Jun-11-09 09:57 AM
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A Republican Ice Age

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/11/a_republican_ice_age.html

A Republican Ice Age

Republican strategist Mike Murphy in the latest issue of Time magazine:

"Despairing Republican friends have been asking me what I think we should do to rebuild the GOP and begin our certain and inevitable comeback. My answer disappoints them: 'Build an ark.' I say this because I've made a career out of counting votes, and the numbers tell a clear story; the demographics of America are changing in a way that is deadly for the Republican Party as it exists today... Young voters need to see a GOP that is more socially libertarian, particularly toward gay rights. With changing demographics come changing attitudes, and aping the grim town elders from Footloose is not the path back to a Republican White House. The pro-life movement can still be a central part of the GOP -- it has support among all ages (and a slim majority of Latino voters) -- but the overall GOP view on abortion must aggressively embrace the big tent."

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Swamp Rat

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:02 AM
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1. BWAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!

:rofl: Adios GOP! :hi:

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Captain Hilts

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:02 AM
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2. I actually have met Murphy a couple of times and he is a straight shooter even if his

clients are not always.

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Double T

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:07 AM
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3. rethug party is dead. If the DNC 'democrats' dont get their houses in order..........

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 10:08 AM by Double T

they will not be far behind. Two dysfunctional political parties will insure the strength of a third or more parties. Criminal corporate business as usual will not be tolerated by the masses regardless of which political party is enabling them.

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peace frog

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Thu Jun-11-09 11:23 AM
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4. May it last for millenia

and end with the irrevocable and utter extinction of the GOPer species.

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