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The Republican Party has been on a suicide mission in the months since the midterm elections handed them the House of Representatives last fall, with the US Senate almost within their grasp.
As victorious Tea Party candidates surged into Washington DC, they swore mighty oaths that rather than add a single zero to the debt of the U.S. government they would fast until death, or make a histrionic lunge in that direction, or make a big stink, or a sort of stink. By God, they would draw a line in the sand, if only to get pushed off it.
Alexander Cockburn: Nutty Republicans
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 10:30 AM EDT
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This is not to say Obama is a shoo-in in 2012. Far from it. Presidents get into trouble when they face grim economic data during the reelection period. The economic outlook is extremely dire. The unemployment numbers are appalling and the total number of Americans near or amid destitution at terrible levels with the necessary large-scale Keynesian measures beyond the political capacities or even desires of the Obama administration. The sky is dark with bad news. Housing is in the septic tank. States are hacking away at their budgets. There’s no credit and people are frightened of borrowing anyway. America is tipping further into a second Depression. This is a record of failure that could very well doom Obama if a Republican challenger can mount an assault not festooned with manifest kookery.
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#1 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 10:32 AM EDTWell, from what we've seen of the GOP candidates thus far, they're proving the author correct.
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#2 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 11:47 AM EDTThe Republican strategy is to do everything in their power to keep the economy from recovering until they regain power. To hell with America and the middle class regain power or destroy the Nation. Its treasonous, immoral and on the money. Complain about the deficit but oppose any attempt to raise revenue to pay for it. Confuse people about spending cuts but take the real money off the table. The religious right is going to kill our present form of government. The coming election will decide the fate of the Nation for no Nation can with stand the plunder of the majority for ever.
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#3 - Sun Jun 5, 2011 10:48 AM EDTCockburn has been listening in on my calls or reading my e-mails. He is spot on. The GOP has me gnashing my teeth as they spew lies and invectives. MSM are a bunch of #@!^! They work for papers and networks owned by rich conservatives. There is no liberal media. What we have today is "reality news" not journalism.
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