50 years old ---> Average age of GOP "Young Guns"

[rdean]

Young Guns

Origins of the debt showdown - The Washington Post

On the Hill, leaders congratulated themselves for averting disaster. Republicans considered it a win-win: deep spending cuts to come and no new taxes. But the markets were less impressed with the turn toward austerity. After slumping for days, they swooned Thursday amid mounting fears of a new global slowdown. On Friday, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s issued the first-ever downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, saying the “political brinkmanship of recent months” had shown evidence of “America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable.” (and yet, REpublicans insist they got 98% of everything they wanted, oops)

The public shared the markets’ unhappiness. In a New York Times poll released Thursday, 82 percent of those surveyed said they disapproved of how Congress was doing its job, a record number. Republicans earned more criticism than Democrats.

For Democrats, the deal’s lack of new tax revenue was hard to swallow. But some believed they would be able to regain leverage this fall, when a new committee begins working to tame the debt, and late next year, when the Bush-era tax cuts are set once again to expire.

For Republican leaders, there was pride in a hand well played. “I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming.” (the GOP loves taking hostages. they proved that with unemployment and the Bush tax extensions)

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I think I read the average age of the Republican Party member is 62. For a group that hates government and wants to end "entitlements", I suspect they will become the single largest group depending on government to take care of them. You watch.

 

[FactFinder]

50 years old ---> Average age of GOP "Young Guns"

In this ***Independent*** view it looks like their mind has rotted along with their body. I guess they thought the honorable Ronald Reagan's battle with alzheimers was a fad.

 

[Mad Scientist]

"Old and Wise" vs "Young and Dumb"? You mean like that?

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving rdean!

 

[Avorysuds]

Best part is most of the younger "Republicans" 35 and under are Paul fans... Meaning in just a few more elections the Republican party will be fully taken back.

=D

 

[tinydancer]

Young Guns

Origins of the debt showdown - The Washington Post

On the Hill, leaders congratulated themselves for averting disaster. Republicans considered it a win-win: deep spending cuts to come and no new taxes. But the markets were less impressed with the turn toward austerity. After slumping for days, they swooned Thursday amid mounting fears of a new global slowdown. On Friday, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s issued the first-ever downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, saying the “political brinkmanship of recent months” had shown evidence of “America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable.” (and yet, REpublicans insist they got 98% of everything they wanted, oops)

The public shared the markets’ unhappiness. In a New York Times poll released Thursday, 82 percent of those surveyed said they disapproved of how Congress was doing its job, a record number. Republicans earned more criticism than Democrats.

For Democrats, the deal’s lack of new tax revenue was hard to swallow. But some believed they would be able to regain leverage this fall, when a new committee begins working to tame the debt, and late next year, when the Bush-era tax cuts are set once again to expire.

For Republican leaders, there was pride in a hand well played. “I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming.” (the GOP loves taking hostages. they proved that with unemployment and the Bush tax extensions)

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I think I read the average age of the Republican Party member is 62. For a group that hates government and wants to end "entitlements", I suspect they will become the single largest group depending on government to take care of them. You watch.

I love asswhipes like you rdean. you are what I live for.

Completely in back rooms nuked, killed and destroyed progressive conservatives up here. Was asked to help out in the last provincial election. No mother freaking way will I ever back a progressive conservative. So consequently Hugh McFayden went down to the NDP's here. I will never ever support a progressive conservative.

My tactic for your election is what I threatened every one up here with. I am going to attack your press with every bit of dirt I have dug up on them since 2008.

I'm going to palinate your press. watch me darlin.

Pandora's box is going to open on all the media. Hey what's good for the goose right?



Don't forget half your press leaders are Canucks. I knew them. JD and I both worked Ronnie Spector when she came up on a tour with Genya Raven. JD used to be with City.

You see I'm not a bullshit poster. I really have a life. I know who players are.

 

[tinydancer]

Best part is most of the younger "Republicans" 35 and under are Paul fans... Meaning in just a few more elections the Republican party will be fully taken back.

=D

You have to understand that wing of R's have always been in existence. The Rockefellers.
I'm so disappointed in the Rove wing. They have all gone completely rino.

I think 3rd party is the only way to go and go quickly to it. I can't even beleive what I'm typing. But I think you are going to have to pull a Wild Rose Party and go conservative and cut ourselves completely away from Republican immediately.

 

[tinydancer]

Just so you people know, your teleprompter reader very handsome man J.D was a jock for Much Music.

I love him to death. Great rock and roller, but never a journalist. He and I actually had to pull up Ronnie off the floor in an interview.

 

[tinydancer]

Peter Jennings? Just died a few years back. Another canuck. Oh well he's passed now, but what I have on him would shake the pillars of hell.

 

[FactFinder]

That might interest readers of some shock rags, but I am more interested in the US getting back to reality, basics, principles. The post I thanked you for reflected that.

Boards like this reflect the sad reality of what the US and the world has become. Cheap shot, defending fallacious egos.

 

[Chris]

There is nothing like a Republican collecting Social Security and Medicare and complaining about socialism.

It cracks me up.

 

[tinydancer]

That might interest readers of some shock rags, but I am more interested in the US getting back to reality, basics, principles. The post I thanked you for reflected that.

Boards like this reflect the sad reality of what the US and the world has become. Cheap shot, defending fallacious egos.

STOP

I still think America is the greatest place on the planet. Screw the bitching ass wipes of OWS.

America is all about a dream.

It's this country that spans millions of miles and people who walked, sat in the back of a covered wagon or rode horseback to come into some place called nowhere and loved it and embraced it and they are AMERICANS

America is a dream. In just less than 200 years this country has achieved what other nations couldn't achieve in multiple centuries.

 

[Jroc]

Best part is most of the younger "Republicans" 35 and under are Paul fans... Meaning in just a few more elections the Republican party will be fully taken back.

=D

You have to understand that wing of R's have always been in existence. The Rockefellers.
I'm so disappointed in the Rove wing. They have all gone completely rino.

I think 3rd party is the only way to go and go quickly to it. I can't even beleive what I'm typing. But I think you are going to have to pull a Wild Rose Party and go conservative and cut ourselves completely away from Republican immediately.

So you want Obama reelected?

 

[tinydancer]

There is nothing like a Republican collecting Social Security and Medicare and complaining about socialism.

It cracks me up.

ok explain to me little douche bag how funnelling money into social security over all these years makes you some sort of socialist pig when you want money back from what you've fucking put in to.

I'd like an explanation and I will step aside if you can explain how your whole fucking life you can put your money into SS even if you ddn't like it but you still end up being a socialist.

 

[FactFinder]

That might interest readers of some shock rags, but I am more interested in the US getting back to reality, basics, principles. The post I thanked you for reflected that.

Boards like this reflect the sad reality of what the US and the world has become. Cheap shot, defending fallacious egos.

STOP

I still think America is the greatest place on the planet. Screw the bitching ass wipes of OWS.

America is all about a dream.

It's this country that spans millions of miles and people who walked, sat in the back of a covered wagon or rode horseback to come into some place called nowhere and loved it and embraced it and they are AMERICANS

America is a dream. In just less than 200 years this country has achieved what other nations couldn't achieve in multiple centuries.

A dream is just a dream till you take action. Right now too many are sittin on their arse or just plain ole complainin or just oppressing others to make it work. Till we once again get past fear and get moving consider ourselves stalled in the midst of a wagon train under attack. Foolish, siily and sad.

 

[rdean]

Republican "Young Gun" in a thoughtful pose.

 

[Political Junky]

Best part is most of the younger "Republicans" 35 and under are Paul fans... Meaning in just a few more elections the Republican party will be fully taken back.

=D

New peaceful republicans, imagine.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

50 years old ---> Average age of GOP "Young Guns"

In this ***Independent*** view it looks like their mind has rotted along with their body. I guess they thought the honorable Ronald Reagan's battle with alzheimers was a fad.

This is why I say Independents can kiss my ass in Macy's window

 

[Avorysuds]

Best part is most of the younger "Republicans" 35 and under are Paul fans... Meaning in just a few more elections the Republican party will be fully taken back.

=D

You have to understand that wing of R's have always been in existence. The Rockefellers.
I'm so disappointed in the Rove wing. They have all gone completely rino.

I think 3rd party is the only way to go and go quickly to it. I can't even beleive what I'm typing. But I think you are going to have to pull a Wild Rose Party and go conservative and cut ourselves completely away from Republican immediately.

So you want Obama reelected?

I know the question was not directed at me but here is why that question is pure stupidity.

First I could argue that if you don't vote for Paul or who I consider worth voting for then that is a vote for Obama... Meaning I could say YOU want Obama to win in 2012.

Secondly if my options are between Obama and Obama-lite (Mitt/Cain/Newt) then yes, I'd vote third party and be happy to watch the Republican party collapse.

To me it's arrogant to demand that 20-30% of the Republican party that actually wants a real conservative to win the nomination to sell out their standards and support a candidate that offers little or nothing different than Bush and Obama have. Either the party meets half way or I’ll be happy to make them pay for that mistake. The reality is this is what is happening, so to talk shit and try and make us feel bad won’t get you anywhere.

The Republican party is quickly being split between a libertarian conservative types and the Neocon Progressive liberal types. The Neocons gave birth to such horrid candidates as McCain, Santorum, Mitt, Cain and Newt… These Neocons don’t even like the candidates they support. So once again, I will gladly be a part of the destruction of the Republican party rather than watch Democrats and Republicans, election after election, vote in the stupidest and most destructive people in America.

Because of the Republicans and the Democrats we have 4-5 wars, we have 14-15 Trillion dollar deficit, we run a 1.6 Trillion dollar deficit , we got bail-outs and stimulus from both Bush and Obama... We get expansion of Government at every level of Government from both Bush and Obama… So I have no interested in playing the “If you don’t vote for Mitt/Cain/Newt you support Obama!!!” bullshit games.

Neocons helped create Obama, Neocons and their low standard of candidates made it possible not only for Obama to exists in politics by making Obama not look extreme, it also made someone like Obama win.

 

[Jroc]

You have to understand that wing of R's have always been in existence. The Rockefellers.
I'm so disappointed in the Rove wing. They have all gone completely rino.

I think 3rd party is the only way to go and go quickly to it. I can't even beleive what I'm typing. But I think you are going to have to pull a Wild Rose Party and go conservative and cut ourselves completely away from Republican immediately.

So you want Obama reelected?

I know the question was not directed at me but here is why that question is pure stupidity.

First I could argue that if you don't vote for Paul or who I consider worth voting for then that is a vote for Obama... Meaning I could say YOU want Obama to win in 2012.

Secondly if my options are between Obama and Obama-lite (Mitt/Cain/Newt) then yes, I'd vote third party and be happy to watch the Republican party collapse.

To me it's arrogant to demand that 20-30% of the Republican party that actually wants a real conservative to win the nomination to sell out their standards and support a candidate that offers little or nothing different than Bush and Obama have. Either the party meets half way or I’ll be happy to make them pay for that mistake. The reality is this is what is happening, so to talk shit and try and make us feel bad won’t get you anywhere.

The Republican party is quickly being split between a libertarian conservative types and the Neocon Progressive liberal types. The Neocons gave birth to such horrid candidates as McCain, Santorum, Mitt, Cain and Newt… These Neocons don’t even like the candidates they support. So once again, I will gladly be a part of the destruction of the Republican party rather than watch Democrats and Republicans, election after election, vote in the stupidest and most destructive people in America.

Because of the Republicans and the Democrats we have 4-5 wars, we have 14-15 Trillion dollar deficit, we run a 1.6 Trillion dollar deficit , we got bail-outs and stimulus from both Bush and Obama... We get expansion of Government at every level of Government from both Bush and Obama… So I have no interested in playing the “If you don’t vote for Mitt/Cain/Newt you support Obama!!!” bullshit games.

Neocons helped create Obama, Neocons and their low standard of candidates made it possible not only for Obama to exists in politics by making Obama not look extreme, it also made someone like Obama win.

People like you are irrelevant in the big scheme of things most Paul supporters will vote for the nominee, so vote for whomever who cares. Even Paul said he will not run as a third party so he is obviously smarter than you

 

[Avorysuds]

So you want Obama reelected?

I know the question was not directed at me but here is why that question is pure stupidity.

First I could argue that if you don't vote for Paul or who I consider worth voting for then that is a vote for Obama... Meaning I could say YOU want Obama to win in 2012.

Secondly if my options are between Obama and Obama-lite (Mitt/Cain/Newt) then yes, I'd vote third party and be happy to watch the Republican party collapse.

To me it's arrogant to demand that 20-30% of the Republican party that actually wants a real conservative to win the nomination to sell out their standards and support a candidate that offers little or nothing different than Bush and Obama have. Either the party meets half way or I’ll be happy to make them pay for that mistake. The reality is this is what is happening, so to talk shit and try and make us feel bad won’t get you anywhere.

The Republican party is quickly being split between a libertarian conservative types and the Neocon Progressive liberal types. The Neocons gave birth to such horrid candidates as McCain, Santorum, Mitt, Cain and Newt… These Neocons don’t even like the candidates they support. So once again, I will gladly be a part of the destruction of the Republican party rather than watch Democrats and Republicans, election after election, vote in the stupidest and most destructive people in America.

Because of the Republicans and the Democrats we have 4-5 wars, we have 14-15 Trillion dollar deficit, we run a 1.6 Trillion dollar deficit , we got bail-outs and stimulus from both Bush and Obama... We get expansion of Government at every level of Government from both Bush and Obama… So I have no interested in playing the “If you don’t vote for Mitt/Cain/Newt you support Obama!!!” bullshit games.

Neocons helped create Obama, Neocons and their low standard of candidates made it possible not only for Obama to exists in politics by making Obama not look extreme, it also made someone like Obama win.

People like you are irrelevant in the big scheme of things most Paul supporters will vote for the nominee, so vote for whomever who cares. Even Paul said he will not run as a third party so he is obviously smarter than you

lol, so butt hurt that you know the party is shifting away from your Big Government views.