The OP is a C&P from WaPo about how the Tea Party is hurting the GOP is places like Colorado (huh?) and Delaware; although outright slander is probably more accurate in the latter case.
WaPo not supportive of conservatives?
I'm shocked!
Anyhoo...
...here they come:
bemildred (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 02:03 PM
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1. Time to start the butt covering, eh? nt
bemildewed is one poster in particular I will be looking for the evening of Nov 2 and the days following.
kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 04:16 PM
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8. It serves multiple functions
It is the republicans effort to manage the expectation game. Unless they steal a bunch of elections to garauntee control of both the Senate and House, people are going to deny that there is anything resembling a mandate and in two years backed by a president, Republicans are going to be reflushed.
They also have a vested interest in scapegoating the tea party people, at least immediately following the elections, while they try to build up a more loyal and standardized following. To them the religious right is a far more reliable and less demanding lot in terms of poll workers and foot soldiers. Tea party libertarians can get upset and take a walk.
louis-t (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 05:33 PM
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16. They will pay heavily if they turn on the baggers.
Those people are sick. Repugs made their beds, and the tea-totalitarians will set them on fire.
Yes, these would be the totalitarians who want to provide their own healthcare, education and retirement.
breadandwine (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 10:17 PM
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38. They WON'T turn on the baggers. They will turn on the SCAPEGOAT - Obama.
The GOP is still set to take over the House and they don't care if they can't convict in the Senate, they will still impeach Obama in the House (i.e., indict, as they did to Clinton) and the next two years are going to be a zoo. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is going to get done in the next two years. And then they will say in 2012, see? He's not getting anything done. Better vote for Palin and the GOP.
The next two years are going to be full of horrors. There will be more environmental disasters too, and this time there will be much less done because the GOP will have more power. There will be no multi-billion dollar fund set up by the next oil company that spills and screws up.
Congress will pass a resolution declaring that global warming is a myth, evolution is a theory and the world is flat.
We are entering the dark ages. But the world is going to hell in the meantime.
To liberals, the only time America is a world leader is when it's our fault.
unpossibles (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-29-10 04:39 AM
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46. don't forget all of the rather scary "ballot or bullet" nonsense they are spewing
I'd like to think it's just hyperbole, but between that and the reports of the right trying to simultaneously scare people about fraud and also trying to deny minorities the right to vote, I have a feeling that things could get a bit unhinged if they don't win like they think they will. And frankly I am not convinced they will win as much as they think, so expect to hear lots of complaining about fraud. And hopefully nothing else.
You'd think with 1000+ posts unpossibles would know DU is far more rancid.
kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-29-10 02:59 PM
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53. Err..
Edited on Fri Oct-29-10 03:00 PM by kenfrequed
For this movement to have ascapegoat would be someone from their movement.
The GOP is by no means garaunteed to take over the House even if there is a slight trend that direction. Most of the races that they are considering shoe-ins are too close and, barring electronic election fraud, they will lose them.
STOP THE TAPE!
Do you see this bullshit?
First he says, ""Most races are...too close" then he immediately declares "they will lose them".
If it's too close to call how do you know who should or should not win?
The Gop will not take over the Senate and will actually lose the expectation game. They will have to explain this somehow and there were so many of the wild and crazy tea party candidates that are going down in flames, they will obviously point to them as part of the problem. The Tea Partty was a stop gap and a temporary way to steal the public spotlight while slowing down any progressive legislation. It will be business as usual after this election.
A fair number of the seats that they are taking were occupied by blue dogs who would not vote along party lines in any case. The remaining Dem's are less likely to 'get along' just for the sake of getting along, particularly after four years of the most obstructionist minority party in American history.
In summation. Spare the gloom and doom and get yer ass out there and vote.
Don't bother voting. We're going to steal it.
stopbush (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 06:16 PM
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22. And the narrative begins to turn
DCKit (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 03:35 PM
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6. Yay! Even the WaPo can no longer choose to ignore it.
File under "things you'll never see on Faux."
elmerdem (296 posts) Thu Oct-28-10 04:21 PM
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9. I've been canvasing in KY
& Rand has the core crazy vote, but in my canvasing an overwhelming number of independents & undecideds appear to be breaking for Conway. It is still an uphill climb, but canvasing has made me more hopeful.
Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-28-10 05:13 PM
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12. God bless you, and thanks for the good fight
Your post gives me some hope. Rand Paul has looked like the most formidable Teabagger, and it would be great to see him go down.
And on it goes...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4591494Tuesday will be fun.
