Comments on: To my Republican friends; time to step away from that cookie jar.

By: CherryBombSim

CherryBombSim — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:07:03 +0000

I stepped away from the cookie jar about 10 or 12 years ago, when they really began the hard sell to the paranoid fringe. Sure, there’s always been the Birch faction, but they were never actually in charge of anything. Now they run the party.

The ads for our Senate primary degenerated into “Vote for Tome Dewhurst, a True Conservative.” “Vote for Ted Cruz, THE True Conservative.” I would just close my eyes, and imagine in my mind the word “conservative” replaced with “lunatic.” It sounded so much more believable.

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:46:47 +0000

Ah, the John Birch and Ayn Rand Society. Let’s call it by it’s real agenda – forget that ‘Tea Party’ nonsense.

By: On The X Blog [Greg Laden's Blog] | Single Planet

On The X Blog [Greg Laden's Blog] | Single Planet — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:01:35 +0000

[…] I made a few observations from Bill Clinton’s incredible speech last night and have a proposition for my Republican acquaintances. There’s a fantastic bit of video in which Mitt Romney sits down with a plaid smooth talk jacket […]

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:34:19 +0000

Wesley: Ya, actually, I thought about the equivalence thing. The proper comparison may have been the nominating speech for the nominating speech, but instead I opted for the speech the party chose to highlight vs. the speech the party chose to highlight.

By: Wesley R. Elsberry

Wesley R. Elsberry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:16:15 +0000

Surely the comparison speech from the RNC to put up would be the most recent Republican former president’s speech. What?

By: Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:42:44 +0000

“And for goodness sake, stop voting that way too.”

That is what it will take to change the current GOP culture. As long as their behaviour is rewarded with votes it will continue