The GOP Is Dead... Consigned To The Dustbins Of History...

[bayoubill]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

 

[RandallFlagg]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

Yep...The democrat party was completely irrelevant for a nearly 20 year span. Most predicted they were dead, yet they were revived and are now the party of death and destruction.

These things, like everything else in life, are cyclical. America will, at some point, wake up from its fascination with these freaks and geeks and, once again, kick their worthless butts to the curb.

 

[Mac1958]

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The Democrats have all the momentum right now, plus they have demographics on their side (a fact that continues to mysteriously evade conservatives).

And, as part of that momentum, we've probably now reached and passed the tipping point regarding the size, scope and cost of government. It looks now like the Left has convinced enough people that the federal bureaucracy is the answer to our problems. And this didn't happen overnight; it's been done slowly, over decades.

And once we've reached that point, I don't know how you go back. People are not going to give back what they are given, that's just not human nature.

Certainly part of the Left's victory has been the behavior of many on the Right, who obediently (and stunningly) played right into their own worst stereotypes, allowing the Left to simply point at them and say, "holy crap, look at THAT". So I'm hopeful that the Left is kind enough to send out Thank You cards soon.

So congratulations to the hardcore absolutists on the Right. You made your bed, here ya go.

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[Stephanie]

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The Democrats have all the momentum right now, plus they have demographics on their side (a fact that continues to mysteriously evade conservatives).

And, as part of that momentum, we've probably now reached and passed the tipping point regarding the size, scope and cost of government. It looks now like the Left has convinced enough people that the federal bureaucracy is the answer to our problems. And this didn't happen overnight; it's been done slowly, over decades.

And once we've reached that point, I don't know how you go back. People are not going to give back what they are given, that's just not human nature.

Certainly part of the Left's victory has been the behavior of many on the Right, who obediently (and stunningly) played right into their own worst stereotypes, allowing the Left to simply point at them and say, "holy crap, look at THAT". So I'm hopeful that the Left is kind enough to send out Thank You cards soon.

So congratulations to the hardcore absolutists on the Right. You made your bed, here ya go.

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Wonderful, so it's the people fault they felt people should take responsibility for themselves, I guess it should of been sugar coated for all those people with sensitive fweeeings..

but you are probably right, we have now become a a welfare dependent country were there is no shame in living off the backs of others, people used to feel shame doing it, but not anymore... so the snake oil salesman like Obama is welcomed with open arms..this country is history.

 

[Mac1958]

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The Democrats have all the momentum right now, plus they have demographics on their side (a fact that continues to mysteriously evade conservatives).

And, as part of that momentum, we've probably now reached and passed the tipping point regarding the size, scope and cost of government. It looks now like the Left has convinced enough people that the federal bureaucracy is the answer to our problems. And this didn't happen overnight; it's been done slowly, over decades.

And once we've reached that point, I don't know how you go back. People are not going to give back what they are given, that's just not human nature.

Certainly part of the Left's victory has been the behavior of many on the Right, who obediently (and stunningly) played right into their own worst stereotypes, allowing the Left to simply point at them and say, "holy crap, look at THAT". So I'm hopeful that the Left is kind enough to send out Thank You cards soon.

So congratulations to the hardcore absolutists on the Right. You made your bed, here ya go.

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Wonderful, so it's the people fault they felt people should take responsibility for themselves, I guess it should of been sugar coated for all those people with sensitive fweeeings..

but you are probably right, we have now become a a welfare dependent country were there is no shame in living off the backs of others, people used to feel shame doing it, but not anymore... so the snake oil salesman like Obama is welcomed with open arms..this country is history.

It's not just the message, it's the messaging, especially in a shallow, image-driven culture such as ours. Somehow the GOP still hasn't figured that out.

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[Claudette]

Things are indeed changing.

America has gone from the land of opportunity to the land of gimmee, gimmee and gimmee.

Think you'll find ther is no going back. Once the people learn then can draw from the public largesse the republic is doomed.

Should be interesting to see what happens when that 49% turn into 50% or better. More takers than producers.

Wonder what the left will do when there are more takers than providers. Kinda hard to give away what you don't have.

 

[Stephanie]

this is Obama's VISION for you people in the ObamaNation
sound wonderful, doesn't it?
You people enjoy PAYING FOR IT..the money has to come from SOMEWHERE
And then cheer that the GOP is dead

[ame=http://youtu.be/bXh0mIilKq0]Obama's "Life of Julia'... the untold story - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sunshine]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

The GOP has had some trouble coming up with candidates over the years. I've tried to disect exactly why and I'm not really sure. I think it could be that actually working a CEO job pays so much more than the CEO job of being president, no one wants to take a pay cut. In the DNC, pretty much any advancement legitimate or otherwise is a pay raise.

 

[Sunshine]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

Yep...The democrat party was completely irrelevant for a nearly 20 year span. Most predicted they were dead, yet they were revived and are now the party of death and destruction.

These things, like everything else in life, are cyclical. America will, at some point, wake up from its fascination with these freaks and geeks and, once again, kick their worthless butts to the curb.

We can only hope!

 

[Sunshine]

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The Democrats have all the momentum right now, plus they have demographics on their side (a fact that continues to mysteriously evade conservatives).
And, as part of that momentum, we've probably now reached and passed the tipping point regarding the size, scope and cost of government. It looks now like the Left has convinced enough people that the federal bureaucracy is the answer to our problems. And this didn't happen overnight; it's been done slowly, over decades.

And once we've reached that point, I don't know how you go back. People are not going to give back what they are given, that's just not human nature.

Certainly part of the Left's victory has been the behavior of many on the Right, who obediently (and stunningly) played right into their own worst stereotypes, allowing the Left to simply point at them and say, "holy crap, look at THAT". So I'm hopeful that the Left is kind enough to send out Thank You cards soon.

So congratulations to the hardcore absolutists on the Right. You made your bed, here ya go.

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It does not evade anyone that the DNC has the welfare class on its side. It also does not evade ME that Obama is trying to take the retirement that I have worked to have and spread it around to that class. Obama must love poor people. He sure created a lot of them.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Our two party system has outlived it's usefulness.

We need some new blood,

 

[RandallFlagg]

Our two party system has outlived it's usefulness.



We need some new blood,

And your answer is what? What exactly does new "blood" mean? Dictatorship? Communism, Socialism?

I'm not being confrontational here, merely trying to wrap my head around your idea of "new blood".

 

[RandallFlagg]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

Yep...The democrat party was completely irrelevant for a nearly 20 year span. Most predicted they were dead, yet they were revived and are now the party of death and destruction.

These things, like everything else in life, are cyclical. America will, at some point, wake up from its fascination with these freaks and geeks and, once again, kick their worthless butts to the curb.

We can only hope!

You know, as soon as I wrote my comment last night, I instantly regretted writing it and it actually bothered me.

I actually tend to agree with those who contend that the GOP is dying (if not DOA already).

Obama is neither stupid, nor is he going about his governance "willy-nilly". That man, although totally incompetent in every facet of life, managed (not unlike Adolph Hitler) to come from nowhere, have everything in life handed to him by persons unknown, waltz into State government, virtually unopposed, waltz into the US Senate (again, virtually unopposed), serve two years and is now the most powerful man in the world. as far as anyone can tell, this man has never held a job in his life that wasn't handed to him and, has never once, held meaningful employment anywhere.

From the first day he took office, he has set in motion a plan to "fundamentally transform" the United States of America. He literally TOLD us that he was going to destroy our system, yet I really don't believe anyone (other than the communists he surrounds himself with) actually thought that it was anything more than political grandstanding.

His "puppets" (useful idiots like Pelosi and Reid) have been more than happy to do his bidding, with a smile, and reach important milestones such as destroying our Healthcare system and refusing to allow our government to operate under a budget for nearly 5 years now - contrary to Federal Law.

He routinely circumvents the Congress telling us that they are "irrelevant" to his form of governance. There is no outrage against this as the American people have been conditioned to despise those Represenatives sent to speak for us. If the Congress makes the slightest attempt to "reign in" the trillions and trillions of dollars spent in arrears every year, Obama merely instructs his propaganda minister to Marshall the Main Street media and sway public opinion against those in Congress who would DARE go against his "plan" for a new "Amerika".

Meanwhile, the government handouts grow larger and larger and those receiving those "entitlements" grow larger every day, while employment and productivity grow smaller and smaller. Oh yes, we hear of a small, irrelevant "spike" in the amount of jobs occasionally, but never anything even REMOTELY close to that needed to sustain any kind of meaningful growth.

We now have an electorate who despises anyone who has been successful in their lives, being told that they somehow don't "deserve" success unless they give more of their ill-gotten "gains" over to the state. Those who now make a million dollars a year are required to give 63% of their income over to the state while those who have never paid a tax in their miserable lives-pay nothing and take more each year.

Folks, I submit to you that the 2 party system in Amerika, is, indeed, dead.We have been the victims of a non-violent revolution in this country. I can not see any possibility of this country EVER returning to the greatness that was the United State of America. I see the slow, painful death of this country only to be replaced by a regime not unlike the former Soviet Union. I wish it weren't so, but frankly, I see no other outcome here.

It doesn't happen often, but today, I'm grateful that I'm an old man and won't be alive to see the ultimate outcome of this disaster.

 

[jwoodie]

A discussion of Party politics is becoming increasingly irrelevant. We have committed ourselves to trillion dollar annual deficits as far as the eye can see, and there is little we can do about it. At some point, the rest of the world is going to stop loaning us money at low interest rates and we will be forced to start rationing government benefits to the most needy. Our standard of living will decline significantly, and we will have increasing civil unrest and friction between special interest groups. We will have to get used to sitting at home and watching TV with a gun in our laps.

 

[Charles_Main]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

I recall it being said when Obama won the First time. What followed that? Oh that's right one of the biggest Mid Term Sweeps for any party ever, by the so called dead Republican Party.

I am not going to spend much time arguing with Libs, who want to believe the GOP is dead, let them. lol

The only thing that really bothers me about this silly speculation, is just how many of you seem to think it would be great if we were left with only 1 viable party.

1 party Democracy is well, not Democracy.

 

[candycorn]

The GOP should do well in 2014 as well as 2016

 

[RandallFlagg]

A discussion of Party politics is becoming increasingly irrelevant. We have committed ourselves to trillion dollar annual deficits as far as the eye can see, and there is little we can do about it. At some point, the rest of the world is going to stop loaning us money at low interest rates and we will be forced to start rationing government benefits to the most needy. Our standard of living will decline significantly, and we will have increasing civil unrest and friction between special interest groups. We will have to get used to sitting at home and watching TV with a gun in our laps.

You know, I agree with you completely. Our WWE society that we have created is partially to blame as well as just TIME. Hell, one has only to look at the history of the Roman Empire to see our collective fates.

No doubt in years to come, Anthropologists will look back on our society and determine that it was at this time in our history (perhaps) that we reached the tipping point and fell prey to the same things that destroyed Greece and Rome. Damn shame, really.

 

[Duped]

The day is coming when we will have to live within our means, and socialism will fail, and keep it's perfect record - conservatism will reign!

 

[konradv]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

It was said before that, when Goldwater lost to Johnson. It's all a bit of hyperbole, but they do have a lot of work to do. The demographics and the old ways just aren't cutting it when they can lose to a president with the deficit and economic problems Obama was facing.

 

[sfcalifornia]

I recall that being said after Ford lost to Carter...

So what do you think the GOP should do to make their party relevant again?