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There is so much going on behind closed doors over at the GOP it is hard to know who is running the place. Who does speak for the Republican Party in summer 2009?
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Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right
The Republicans now make the Tories at their worst seem achingly inclusive
The Independent, Thursday, 30 July 2009
Who leads them at the minute is a mystery. Some think it's Sarah Palin, others the deliriously repugnant Rush Limbaugh, who inevitably joins the other oracles of US radio and TV in keeping the birther debate bubbling. What leadership there is, so it seems to this ignorant observer across the ocean, comes from the grass roots ... the sort of God fearin', gun-totin', sister-shaggin' sweethearts who screeched "terrorist" and "kill him" when John McCain mentioned Obama on the stump. Unable to compute that America elected a black man, they have decided that he isn't their President at all. No longer can they use the "n" word or fantasise publicly about lynch mobs. But they can divert their rage into a bogus legalistic dispute, rejected time and again by the Supreme Court, as freely as they like.
Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent
There is so much going on behind closed doors over at the GOP it is hard to know who is running the place. Who does speak for the Republican Party in summer 2009?
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It's not just here in the US that this vacuum is glaringly apparent...
Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right
The Republicans now make the Tories at their worst seem achingly inclusive
The Independent, Thursday, 30 July 2009
Who leads them at the minute is a mystery. Some think it's Sarah Palin, others the deliriously repugnant Rush Limbaugh, who inevitably joins the other oracles of US radio and TV in keeping the birther debate bubbling. What leadership there is, so it seems to this ignorant observer across the ocean, comes from the grass roots ... the sort of God fearin', gun-totin', sister-shaggin' sweethearts who screeched "terrorist" and "kill him" when John McCain mentioned Obama on the stump. Unable to compute that America elected a black man, they have decided that he isn't their President at all. No longer can they use the "n" word or fantasise publicly about lynch mobs. But they can divert their rage into a bogus legalistic dispute, rejected time and again by the Supreme Court, as freely as they like.
Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent
There is so much going on behind closed doors over at the GOP it is hard to know who is running the place. Who does speak for the Republican Party in summer 2009?
![]()
It's not just here in the US that this vacuum is glaringly apparent...
Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right
The Republicans now make the Tories at their worst seem achingly inclusive
The Independent, Thursday, 30 July 2009
Who leads them at the minute is a mystery. Some think it's Sarah Palin, others the deliriously repugnant Rush Limbaugh, who inevitably joins the other oracles of US radio and TV in keeping the birther debate bubbling. What leadership there is, so it seems to this ignorant observer across the ocean, comes from the grass roots ... the sort of God fearin', gun-totin', sister-shaggin' sweethearts who screeched "terrorist" and "kill him" when John McCain mentioned Obama on the stump. Unable to compute that America elected a black man, they have decided that he isn't their President at all. No longer can they use the "n" word or fantasise publicly about lynch mobs. But they can divert their rage into a bogus legalistic dispute, rejected time and again by the Supreme Court, as freely as they like.
Matthew Norman: The insanity and enduring racism of the American right - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent
the prattle of the dead
Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
Just consider the source, Republican, southerner, confederate flag as an avatar.......just another southern bigot. Is it my turn to take out the trash this week, or yours?
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That's all? Hmmm.... There are a total of 535 elected legislators.
Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
No matter what the race, gender or religion of our Government over the past 8 years they did a horrible job. The best people were not elected for whatever reason.
You pointed out the majority of the elected officials over the past 8 years were white men.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt to have more diversity.
Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
Just consider the source, Republican, southerner, confederate flag as an avatar.......just another southern bigot. Is it my turn to take out the trash this week, or yours?
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Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
Just consider the source, Republican, southerner, confederate flag as an avatar.......just another southern bigot. Is it my turn to take out the trash this week, or yours?
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You're the one that's being the bigot. You can't argue the point I made so you try to insult me and judge me based on an avatar. Hypocrite much?
You just can't keep a secret on Capitol Hill!![]()
That's all? Hmmm.... There are a total of 535 elected legislators.
Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
It's not just here in the US that this vacuum is glaringly apparent...
the prattle of the dead
The response of the unresponsive.
who is Mathew Norman, and why should i give a rats ass what his opinion isIt's not just here in the US that this vacuum is glaringly apparent...
the prattle of the dead
The response of the unresponsive.
there you go confusing an oped with factsthe prattle of the dead
The response of the unresponsive.
Pesky facts just get in their way. Are you kidding?
DiveCon said:there you go confusing an oped with facts
again, that is NOT a factWho leads them at the minute is a mystery. Some think it's Sarah Palin, others the deliriously repugnant Rush Limbaugh, who inevitably joins the other oracles of US radio and TV in keeping the birther debate bubbling. What leadership there is, so it seems to this ignorant observer across the ocean, comes from the grass roots ... the sort of God fearin', gun-totin', sister-shaggin' sweethearts who screeched "terrorist" and "kill him" when John McCain mentioned Obama on the stump. Unable to compute that America elected a black man, they have decided that he isn't their President at all. No longer can they use the "n" word or fantasise publicly about lynch mobs. But they can divert their rage into a bogus legalistic dispute, rejected time and again by the Supreme Court, as freely as they like.
I have eyes and ears. The truth of this is all around us. Take your blinders off and remove the cotton.
DiveCon said:there you go confusing an oped with facts
There is so much going on behind closed doors over at the GOP it is hard to know who is running the place. Who does speak for the Republican Party in summer 2009?
There is so much going on behind closed doors over at the GOP it is hard to know who is running the place. Who does speak for the Republican Party in summer 2009?
I've been itching to post an answer in this thread for 2 days now and I have figured it out.
NO ONE individual voice is speaking for the republicans right now. They are all saying and doing their own thing in my observations.
who is Mathew Norman, and why should i give a rats ass what his opinion isthe prattle of the dead
The response of the unresponsive.
he sounds like a typical democrat that has no fucking clue
the prattle of the dead
The response of the unresponsive.
Pesky facts just get in their way. Are you kidding?
That's all? Hmmm.... There are a total of 535 elected legislators.
Obviously people voted in who they thought was the best person for the job. Just so happens the majority of them were white. Would you rather put people with race, gender and/or ethnicity as the criteria?
Nice spin.