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08-14-2010 , 11:35 AM

#76

Rampage_Jackson

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2 party system created the best country in the world... obviously it's sucks (for the liberals who hate America)

08-14-2010 , 11:51 AM

#77

13ball

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Originally Posted by Rampage_Jackson

2 party system created the best country in the world... obviously it's sucks (for the liberals who hate America)

wat? Hard conservatives love America so much they want to secede from it after losing an election.

08-14-2010 , 12:06 PM

#78

[Phill]

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Liberals arent the ones in danger of being marginalised as irrelevant. Whether intentional or not you did do a good job showing one systemic flaw of the right - namely your views are the only ones that matter and because you "love America" (or more accurately a caricature of it) those who have different views do not.

08-14-2010 , 12:16 PM

#79

Regret$

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 12,124

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Originally Posted by TomVeil

I am not religious or anything, but shouldn't Christians not judge the lifestyles and love all men equally and blah blah meow chow?

I pretty much agree with this. If there were a type of figure that the Republicans direly need at this point, would be strong leader whos religion is both unquestionable and part of base. However, this person's political persona was that of the government needs to GTFO people's lives. I'm thinking someone who is a Protestant minister or something but believes America's whole separation of church and state, and religiously subscribes to the Rome is for Roman's thing. It would be a hard thing to pull off, but doesn't seem impossible to me by any stretch.

08-14-2010 , 01:15 PM

#80

Dynasty

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Originally Posted by OhioPlayersGang

I think a lot of you have FARRR underestimated how alienated Mexican Americans have become(at least in the near/medium term) from the GOP due to all the demagoguery coming out of California/American SW from conservatives directed at Hispanic immigrants. Its a really shortsighted strategy that will end up costing the GOP huge in the coming yrs.

If this story is to be believed, the Democrats have their problems too.

Politico.com: Hispanic media turn on President Obama by Carrie Budoff Brown

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Originally Posted by 13ball

wat? Hard conservatives love America so much they want to secede from it after losing an election.

I don't think we should take sucession/partition talk too seriously- from either side.

08-14-2010 , 02:20 PM

#81

Fedorfan

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Originally Posted by ElliotR

People predicting the demise of the GOP are kidding themselves. Any two party system tends towards a 50/50 equilibrium imo.

This. The gop may change a great deal in the future, with any luck delegating the social conservatives to the fringe, but the nature of the system isn't going to change.

08-14-2010 , 02:22 PM

#82

USC Cheats

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There are a lot more social conservatives than economic conservatives in the GOP. More likely that they start embracing some entitlements than suddenly doing a 180 on gay marriage, poker and the like.