The GOP News Thread

[deep]

Big boy's all done.

New Jersey paper: We "blew" Chris Christie endorsement in 2013 - CBS News

let's hope the GOP goes with Ted Cruz or Rubio in 2016

 

[BEAL]

Please run with Ted. Not a chance he gets elected.

 

[cobl04]

So I recall many around here, from left and right, saying that the GOP needs to realise that if they ever want to be elected again they have to stop pandering to the extreme right.

Rick Santorum disagrees. He thinks they should take a leaf out of Tony Abbott's book - he's our current PM, and perhaps the most conservative one we've ever had - and hold onto those more extreme values.

Former senator Rick Santorum says Mr Abbott was able to win government while sticking to his right-wing Catholic principles.

"Australia is clearly to the left of us on most of these moral cultural issues and yet Tony Abbott is a conservative Catholic who didn't change his positions one bit, but was able to go out there and connect with average voters," Mr Santorum told Fox News.

Rick Santorum praises 'hardliner' Tony Abbott, says US conservatives could learn lessons from him - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Sounds like a surefire way to urge the likes of INDY to move to Australia.

 

[cobl04]

Gay marriage is illegal in every state and territory here as well

 

[INDY500]

Sounds like a surefire way to urge the likes of INDY to move to Australia.

Australia had me at Elle.

 

[Irvine511]

Gay marriage is illegal in every state and territory here as well

Down Under, the world only spins counter-clockwise.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

So do our toilets when we flush them, I think.

 

[Diemen]

Check out Scott, the cool young Republican!

Can Hipster Glasses Save the GOP?

 

[BEAL]

I totally believed him

 

[Diemen]

He really comes across as authentic and natural, doesn't he?

 

[PhilsFan]

You know how a lot of people don't understand how bad the fashion of their era is going to look 20 or 30 years down the road? That's that haircut.

 

[Izzy.nyc]

Fashion? How about the duck face pose for pictures....

 

[deep]

Will the GOP take the Senate this Nov?

yes, almost a certainty

and now, 51 seats is the new filler buster proof majority

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLxKCmzBS8w

Obama will govern will his veto pen

 

[deep]

Dennis Hastert's private problem is no longer private.

 

[Irvine511]

i don't specifically know Hastert's record on LGBT issues, but seeing that he's from Texas and a Republican, and has been retired for the past 8 years, makes me think it's probably not too good.

so, color me shocked (SHOCKED!):

Hastert made payments to conceal sexual misconduct from high school coaching years, officials say - LA Times

they're all the same.

 

[BVS]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journa...fellow/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Now take this with a grain of salt, Breitbart has been known just to completely fabricate stories out of thin air, but I found this interesting.

One he actually admits the guise of the station, but secondly the further implosion of the right.


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[Irvine511]

Can we now hold the GOP responsible for the lead poisoning of children in Flint, and hopefully toss the governor in jail?

Honestly. It's fucking outrageous.

 

[nbelcik]

Can we now hold the GOP responsible for the lead poisoning of children in Flint, and hopefully toss the governor in jail?

Honestly. It's fucking outrageous.

My grandmother lives in Flint and is currently in the hospital because of pneumonia. They're testing for Legionnaires disease. I swear to god if she got it because of the water I will make it my personal mission to destroy Rick Snyder's life.


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[cobl04]

I hear a lot of people in Flint are unemployed and underpaid.

 

[nbelcik]

I hear a lot of people in Flint are unemployed and underpaid.

Yep, GM built and destroyed that city. It's truly quite sad


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[bobsaget77]

I hear a lot of people in Flint are unemployed and underpaid.

Flint is a crap hole. It is quite sad.
Nice Sufjan reference.


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[Irvine511]

i know there are good things and bad things about Michael Moore, but this was his first major movie and it's really amazing, and it's all about Flint in the 1980s:

 

[DaveC]

The man on that poster looks like the dude Michael Moore ate.

 

[PhilsFan]

Flint is what the majority of this country would be like if the GOP were allowed unchecked power over the government. Voting for the Republican Party is morally reprehensible.

My grandmother lives in Flint and is currently in the hospital because of pneumonia. They're testing for Legionnaires disease. I swear to god if she got it because of the water I will make it my personal mission to destroy Rick Snyder's life.

That is horrible, I hope her condition improves and quickly.

 

[Mack_Again]

My grandmother lives in Flint and is currently in the hospital because of pneumonia. They're testing for Legionnaires disease. I swear to god if she got it because of the water I will make it my personal mission to destroy Rick Snyder's life.


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wow this is one of the heaviest and saddest thing I've seen for a while. (ad sure, Rick can really go to hell by now)

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Seconding the well wishes to your grandmother, nbelcik. I hope she'll be all right.

And I also hope that any and all politicians who were involved in creating this mess go straight to jail. This is utterly horrifying and shameful.

 

[Mack_Again]

now Im horrified to drink water in Ann Arbor now. hope nbelicik's grandma's alright.

 

[nbelcik]

She is doing okay and out of the hospital. She had problems with her antibiotics but she was very dehydrated on account of not drinking enough water...fuck Snyder


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[the iron horse]

Where are you guys getting this "blame the Republicans" rant for the bad water in Flint?

The entire city council are Democrats.

It was a Democratic mayor of the city who brushed off complaints about the water from the residents.

Democrats are running the show there.