Well duh.

Nabb1: You couldn't even come up with any decent parody of them right now, because it would be indiscernible from reality.

The best we could do is put Snidely Whiplash mustaches on them.

The result of this stupid payroll tax kerfuffle is that the GOP has lost their single most reliable political attack vector over the past 30 years: that they are the party that never raises your taxes. Once you lose that, you can't get it back. And even better, they handed it to the Democrats to use against them.

Forget the rest of the usual biased BS.. Even the WSJ in a recent editorial acknowledge that this is immense. The GOP just deliberaetly shot themselves in the face.

Satan. Gotta be Satan.

B-b-but NDAA!!

GAT_00: If you want government to resemble a pack of 2 year olds, vote Republican. If you want government run by intelligent human beings, vote Democratic wake up as you're obviously dreaming.

gilgigamesh: I love that Boehner is going on the offensive, demanding that Obama somehow command the Senate to come back to Washington to renegotiate the deal they already passed with massive bipartisan support. All because Boehner is incapable of whipping his own people in the House into line.

Absolutely no one is going to buy that. Well, except the true believers who want to impeach Obama over the Christmas ornaments on the Capitol Christmas tree.

Well, they are severed baby 'infidel' heads. I don't know why we tolerate such an attack on our Christian nation by such an obviously partisan islamofascist communist like B. Hussein N00bama.

If you are ugly and stand next to one of those face transplant people suddenly you're lookin pretty darn good.

Boner can't control his cockus.

GAT_00: If you want government to resemble a pack of 2 year olds, vote Republican. If you want government run by intelligent human beings precocious two year olds, vote Democratic.

I like that better. The inter-party health-care "debate" should be evidence enough.

GAT_00: If you want government to resemble a pack of 2 year olds, vote Republican. If you want government run by intelligent human beings, vote Democratic.

Don't overstate the case, GAT. The Dems are a pretty lame center-right party.

Tories over a farking far-right nationalist party any day if those are the only choices, sure. But at the end of the day it's still an inexorable march to the right. The NDAA is case in point.

amiable: The GOP just deliberaetly shot themselves in the face.

That sounds kinda gay. And bad for your back.

Don't Troll Me Bro!: Nabb1: They are their own worst enemy. You couldn't even come up with any decent parody of them right now, because it would be indiscernible from reality.

I've tried to parody some of their stuff just to show how insane it is. I make sure what I say is so off the wall that nobody could ever think I'm serious. Then I have people argue with me because they thought I was serious. When people can no longer distinguish between a political party's stance and an absurd, satirical comment mocking them, well....

Poe's Law. It's what happens when for 30 years the national political conversation consists of far-right voices and "what he said but, y'know, less".

Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

amiable: The result of this stupid payroll tax kerfuffle is that the GOP has lost their single most reliable political attack vector over the past 30 years: that they are the party that never raises your taxes. Once you lose that, you can't get it back.

You mean they are the party that never raises taxes on rich people, and that historically gave them a free pass for all the tax rises on the poor and middle classes over the years.

"Why do they love my Kenyen butt so much?"

The CNN/ORC Poll also shows that the Republican brand has suffered. Only 43% of voters have a favorable view of the Republican Party, down 6 points since June, while the numbers for the Democratic Party have held steady at 55%.

That's such BS. The public is too stupid and brainwashed to understand our brilliant ideas. They've been tricked by the Democrat party into liking them better.

God, I hate the public so much. If only they'd elect us, we'd make them pay.

I don't know what took me so long but I finally realized why the Republican presidential candidates are the weakest group that I can remember in the last 30 years: it is just for show.

The corporations have already chosen their president for 2012: Obama.

whidbey: Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

The Capitulator in Chief might be more of a hard ass next term.

Headso: whidbey: Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

The Capitulator in Chief might be more of a hard ass next term.

We can only hope. I know he's capable of it...

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Yes, that is the correct answer. Had the Republicans had just a touch of sophistication and nuance to them, they would have recognized that passing the Senate-passed bill and shoving the turd onto the White House for Obama to veto due to all that nastiness about the Keystone pipeline, it would have given them the perfect cover and turned 160,000,000 pissed off taxpayers squarely against Obama. But, no, they decided to cave to the Tea Party sentiment which seems to be to point the loaded pistol to their heads, take off the safety and take a practice shot. Have a wonderful rest of your Tea bagging mandate.

Dusk-You-n-Me: CNN|ORC Poll, December 16-18, 2011 ±3% (new window, .pdf)

Net favorability rating
Democrats: +14
Republicans: -9
Tea Party: -16

Among registered voters
Obama v Mitt: Obama +7
Obama v Paul: Obama +7
Obama v Perry: Obama +18
Obama v Gingrich: Obama +16
Obama v Bachmann: Obama +12

The obvious solution here is that the GOP needs to move further right.

I was unemployed for 8 months, and underemployed right now. The GOPs are looking like a bag of assholes that in no way shape or form want to help me.

Trickle down didn't work, doesn't work, wont work, the proof is right farking now. I'm not falling for their tax cut bullshiat.

They had better fire up the ol abortion/god/fear train if they want to keep their jobs.

I farking love you, Subby.

Headso: whidbey: Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

The Capitulator in Chief might be more of a hard ass next term.

It would be nice to see Obama take a more Hillary-style populist stance. I think he'd be more successful. But 2nd term Presidents spend at least a little time thinking about their party retaining the White House after they leave. If Occupy's message takes hold and more people begin to demand populist change, Obama could tack left. That's a lot of 'ifs', though.

Nabb1: They are their own worst enemy. You couldn't even come up with any decent parody of them right now, because it would be indiscernible from reality.

Weaver95: pretty much - its the GOP. they're being idiots.

How the world has changed...

good one subs

TheNewJesus: I was unemployed for 8 months, and underemployed right now. The GOPs are looking like a bag of assholes that in no way shape or form want to help me.

Trickle down didn't work, doesn't work, wont work, the proof is right farking now. I'm not falling for their tax cut bullshiat.

They had better fire up the ol abortion/god/fear train if they want to keep their jobs.

No, they definitely need another big "war" that the Democrats would be too pussified to wage themselves...like yesterday.

whidbey: Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

This, Reid and Obama are happily grabbing their ankles to accommodate the GOPs ridiculous demands. I'm guessing Obama will be politely requesting lube when he's re-elected.

hmm...

Do I want the guy I may not like, but is actually TRYING to make things better for me, whether correct or not.

Or do I want the group, that will support those taking away my money, health and freedom?



/and if the Dems started doing that, then I would avoid them too...but at the moment, they aren't.

amiable: The result of this stupid payroll tax kerfuffle is that the GOP has lost their single most reliable political attack vector over the past 30 years: that they are the party that never raises your taxes. Once you lose that, you can't get it back. And even better, they handed it to the Democrats to use against them.

Forget the rest of the usual biased BS.. Even the WSJ in a recent editorial acknowledge that this is immense. The GOP just deliberaetly shot themselves in the face.

Seriously. It's like the GOP has completely forgotten that the electorate has a memory span of 10 days, at the high end. They used that fact to great effect for several consecutive elections and now expect their base to slob their nob and remember all the nuance they have been told to forget, while simultaneously expecting them to forget this particular slight in a month or two while they are noticing a pay decrease that their employers are all going to repeatedly blame on congress?

Yeah... somebody lost their farking mind over there at GOP HQ. At first I thought it was a ploy to continue handing the presidency to Obama to use as fodder in 4-6 years. I mean, things aren't great. And it'd be sweet if Obama did magic and things were tolerably better when he left his second term, and with all the lingering animosity and voter fatigue at the end of that term any Republican worth a damn would sail to victory, inherit a recovering economy and reclaim the title of tax cut professional extraordinaire.

Now? It's like they've managed to confuse THEMSELVES, when the intention was to confuse the electorate.

Good work champs, you got too meta.

whidbey: Seriously, though. Does the GOP even NEED a man in the White House?

They're doing fine calling the shots as the minority party.

...yeah but trying that with a president that doesn't have to deal with worrying about re-election...it MIGHT not work...

/it still might.

TheNewJesus: I was unemployed for 8 months, and underemployed right now. The GOPs are looking like a bag of assholes that in no way shape or form want to help me.

Trickle down didn't work, doesn't work, wont work, the proof is right farking now. I'm not falling for their tax cut bullshiat.

They had better fire up the ol abortion/god/fear train if they want to keep their jobs.

they tried. remember the alabama fetus=person thing? the train's derailed, they're rejecting tax cuts, half the nominees are objectively lunatics, the other half like that, but less. people are returning to the churches less. a black man is In the white house. the big businesses often supported by the party have wrecked the country's economy, which is desperately trying to claw its way back, and the tea partiers are gutting them from the inside, throwing the party into the trenches when a good compromise would be better.

The Grand Old Party, The Republicans, are in a tailspin. Even if the party name survives, it'll be either as a lunatic fringe party, or run by entirely new people who have shifted them to the left of the democrats after a party leadership overhaul. We elected obama for change, here it is.