Snap Shots of YOUR Republican Party, 21st Century Style

[donquixote99]

Here's Josh Barro saying Wednesday that the current Republicans are too incompent to be allowed to run anything:

Roughly one-third of this caucus thinks hitting the debt ceiling and shutting down the government are great strategies to try to stop Obamacare. The other two-thirds of the party has realized all along that this strategy sucks, but they could not find any way to stop their party from implementing it — even though these "reasonable" Republicans outnumber the crazies.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) was on CNN today saying that his party's strategy for the last month has been lunacy. Well why the hell didn't he do anything to stop it? Why didn't he join with Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and stop the shutdown in its tracks on Sept. 30? Where is his sense of responsibility?

Can you imagine the situation this country would be in if Republicans controlled both houses of Congress right now? Or if we had a President whose administration gets jerked around by Heritage Action in the same way that House Republicans do? It would be a trainwreck, and "reasonable" Republicans like Nunes would still be on television saying they understand it's a trainwreck, but by golly, operationally, they had no way to stop it.

There is no serious argument for Republican governance right now, even if you prefer conservative policies over liberal ones. These people are just too dangerously incompetent to be trusted with power. LINK

This is very level-headed analysis, and while rather unprecedented, not out of character coming from moderate Republican Josh Barro of Business Insider. But the following is unexpected:

Old-line Conservative Ron Dreher quotes Barro approvingly in HIS column Wednesday on American Conservative, and then says this:

Yes. I cannot believe I’m saying this, but I hope the House flips to the Democrats in 2014, so we can be rid of these nuts. Let Ted Cruz sit in the Senate stewing in his precious bodily fluids, and let Washington get back to the business of governing. LINK

I'd call that a crossing of the Rubicon. It's GOP Civil War for sure. Kill or be killed.

[Zeke]

Sum?

Obama is winning.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Sum?

Obama is winning.

this too sort of explains everything Zeke

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4114662.html

[Zeke]

OUCH.

Complete ass kicking.

[icenine]

look who is driving the klown kar

who will nominate Cristie?

[piece-itpete]

If Christie ran, which Dem here would vote for him over Biden or Hillary?

Pete

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

If Christie ran, which Dem here would vote for him over Biden or Hillary?

Pete

Sounds like a great question for a new and different thread.


Carl

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

If Christie ran, which Dem here would vote for him over Biden or Hillary?

Pete

Originally Posted by CarlV

Sounds like a great question for a new and different thread.


Carl

If it got beyond two pages I would be astonished... If Christie is the best the RNC has? God help the GOP.

[icenine]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...tml?ref=topbar


The first McCarthy in the 1950s was very evil...he smeared and destroyed many people and their careers. Today's version may not have accused others of being Communist but certainly views people who do not vote his way as "the other" and is not above providing moderate Republican names to Tea Party groups so they can target them in primaries. And this guy probably did more macro-economic damage to our economy than Tail Gunner Joe ever did,
not that I am sticking up for Ted Cruz' political model.

[glen65]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Sum?

Obama is winning.

The president doesn't seem to agree.

"Let's be clear: there are no winners here. These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy," he said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57607996/