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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:45 PM
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The Repubs can't run fast enough away from the teabaggers
Last summer

Right-Wing Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: ‘Yell,’ ‘Stand Up And Shout Out,’ ‘Rattle Him’





That was then, this is now:

Brown-endorsee Hudak now claims that he’s not a birther.

2 lawmakers (Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee) drop out of Tea Party Convention

Oops

Meg Whitman dumps and disavows supporter after video surfaces of him declaring himself "a proud racist."

Video after the jump.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:46 PM
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1. Well they jumped into bed with the devil because they had
nothing else....may they reap the rewards that they justly deserve!
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Diamonique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:50 PM
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16. Ditto! I couldn't have said it better. nt
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:53 PM
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2. Bwahahaha they created a Frankenstein monster
and now the monster is not going to go away, it wants to take control.
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:58 PM
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3. They got what they wanted (Kennedy's seat) and now it's so long, suckers.
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Kdillard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:59 PM
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4. May they reap what they sow.
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:03 PM
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5. They can run, but the tea party still has control
They've picked off some of the GOP base.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:14 PM
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6. I don't see them running away from the tea baggers and birthers. Steele is embracing
them. IMO, they are using teabaggers as their driving force. Fox "News" promotes them, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck are their inspiration.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:20 PM
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8. Republicans will still be hypocrites and try to have it both ways.
Edited on Sun Jan-31-10 07:20 PM by ProSense
The fact is being associated with the lunatics isn't good for them (see NY 23). They have to find a way to give the impression, as they did on the recent purity test, that they're not ceding to the lunatics.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:19 PM
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7. They might be trying, but I don't think they're fast enough.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:27 PM
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9. Two years too early.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:29 PM
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10. This is an election year. n/t
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:37 PM
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13. I know.
I was just hoping we could milk the whole teabagger thing into 2012. Too many of them are catching on too soon.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:35 PM
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11. Brown was running away from them in the Barbara Walters interview.
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JoeyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:36 PM
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12. I think they'll
keep them right up until the next cycle of elections start. That way they'll have the maximum amount of time to whip them up with propaganda, but still claim they aren't the teabaggers in the hopes of fooling people that have short attention spans. Then they hope like hell enough of the propaganda stuck to make them vote R after they're shunned.

Then again no matter how cynical I become, I never can quite guess how low they're willing to sink.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:38 PM
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14. Boner disagrees...Boehner to GOP: Embrace the Tea Parties
Edited on Sun Jan-31-10 08:15 PM by babylonsister
http://washingtonindependent.com/75217/boehner-to-gop-embrace-the-tea-parties

Boehner to GOP: Embrace the Tea Parties
By David Weigel 1/29/10 4:13 PM


This nugget from Jake Sherman and Patrick O’Connor’s preview of the House GOP retreat deserves more attention.Boehner to GOP: Embrace the Tea Parties

{House Minority Leader John} Boehner has told his rank and file to embrace the so-called tea party movement “because it will be critical as we proceed,” according to excerpts from his remarks.


I’ve been reporting for months on how, despite the non-partisan origins of the movement, the Tea Party will inevitably do the GOP more good than the Democrats.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:49 PM
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15. K&R - may they be eaten by their own. nt
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 08:05 PM
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17. May the teabaggers be for Republicans
what Frau Bluchher was for horses. . .

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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 10:23 PM
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18. But that's their base
They won't have anyone else left, darn it all! ;)
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 10:29 PM
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19. I would like to see how the Repukes play this come election time. Will their party fracture?
My guess is that marginal or vulnerable Repukes will distance themselves from the tea parties, while "safe" Repukes will embrace them. Boehner has no fear of losing his seat, so of course he'll embrace the tea baggers. Scott Brown, on the other hand, needs to tread lightly on that ground. He actually could end up being a formidable force if the Repukes allow him to play the "moderate" game just as McDonnell and Ritchie did. Liars!! It's such a fucking charade.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 10:33 PM
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20. The GOP LOVED those folks when McCain or Palin was speaking in '08 -
Edited on Sun Jan-31-10 10:34 PM by old mark
and remember those big banners reading "Country First" - I guess that idea isn't vey popular now either.

They are their own worst enemy.

mark
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 10:34 PM
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21. Scott Brown had no problems with them while running for office. Now...
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LatteLibertine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-01-10 01:29 AM
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22. I'd love to see
the Tea Party folks and the Republicans go at it. Let's encourage it. I certainly plan on encouraging the Republicans to pass all their people through the "purity" test.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-01-10 08:43 AM
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23. Well, the tea partiers are some of the most naive idiots around. Of course the GOP
will use them when they need them then kick them to the curb when they are no longer useful. Half these people were Ron Paul supporters anyway.
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