Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:16 PM
Boogiemack (1,406 posts)
All we need is TWO (2) GOP patriotic Senators to switch parties right now, BEFORE the GA runoff.
Then we could have a thriving economy once again, a really good chance to know COVID out, a surge in good paying jobs, worker protections, and dismantling of CITIZENS UNITED. The GA runoff would just be icing on the cake and the two GOP Senators changing parties would be heroes who save our country from fascism.
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Boogiemack | Dec 2020 | OP |
samnsara | Dec 2020 | #1 | |
liberalmuse | Dec 2020 | #2 | |
Jerry2144 | Dec 2020 | #3 | |
DFW | Dec 2020 | #4 | |
Funtatlaguy | Dec 2020 | #5 | |
irisblue | Dec 2020 | #8 | |
comradebillyboy | Dec 2020 | #11 | |
JanMichael | Dec 2020 | #13 | |
lame54 | Dec 2020 | #6 | |
Chainfire | Dec 2020 | #7 | |
dem4decades | Dec 2020 | #9 | |
jimlup | Dec 2020 | #15 | |
Initech | Dec 2020 | #10 | |
Eyeball_Kid | Dec 2020 | #12 | |
Boogiemack | Dec 2020 | #14 | |
dawg day | Dec 2020 | #16 | |
My Pet Orangutan | Dec 2020 | #17 | |
Polybius | Dec 2020 | #18 | |
Wednesdays | Dec 2020 | #19 | |
Polybius | Dec 2020 | #21 | |
Polybius | Dec 2020 | #20 | |
karynnj | Dec 2020 | #23 | |
Polybius | Dec 2020 | #24 | |
Bettie | Dec 2020 | #22 | |
LAS14 | Dec 2020 | #25 |
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:18 PM
samnsara (17,219 posts)
1. ive been waiting.....
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:18 PM
liberalmuse (18,639 posts)
2. I don't know if there are any patriots left in the GOP.
But it's a wonderful dream and I wish it would happen, too.
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Response to liberalmuse (Reply #2)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:21 PM
Jerry2144 (1,814 posts)
3. The last patriotic R
The last patriotic Republican Senator was John McCain. There are none left, all are now Repugnant.
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Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:24 PM
DFW (52,339 posts)
4. The trouble is.........
WHO?
The only two who would even come close that I could think of are named Lisa and Murkowski, and somehow that doesn't quite add up to where we would need to be. |
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:25 PM
Funtatlaguy (10,699 posts)
5. Murkowski and Sasse should be approached this way.
Ask them to caucus with the Dems for a short period only.
Just one or two years to get us past COVID-19. Odds are very much against this happening. But, they’d be the only two that would even remotely consider this. |
Response to Funtatlaguy (Reply #5)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:30 PM
irisblue (32,112 posts)
8. Sasse is going to run for POTUS on the republican side in 2024
Response to irisblue (Reply #8)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:37 PM
comradebillyboy (9,849 posts)
11. Sasse isn't a big enough asshole to win the Pukes nomination.
Response to comradebillyboy (Reply #11)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:04 PM
JanMichael (24,639 posts)
13. ha! He's an asshole but just a big one. Gawd they have fallen. nt
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:27 PM
lame54 (34,494 posts)
6. But Trump might tweet mean things about them
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:28 PM
Chainfire (15,195 posts)
7. I wouldn't be holding my breath
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:35 PM
dem4decades (10,963 posts)
9. Right after hell freezes over.
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:36 PM
Initech (98,636 posts)
10. I would say very slim to nil chance of that happening.
Though if there ever was a time for Bernie Sanders to register as a Dem, that time is now!
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Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 07:48 PM
Eyeball_Kid (7,310 posts)
12. Ah! But because GOPer Senators would switch parties doesn't mean
that they would vote with the bloc of Dem Senators. They still have the right to vote any way they wish. They'd have to BELIEVE in the benefits of Dem policies passed and enacted. So there's no guarantee that ANY Dem Senator will vote with the others. It's still a crap shoot. But if the Senate flips from the Georgia vote, the odds are better that the game will change. If some GOPers switched parties, then all the better.
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Response to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #12)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:15 PM
Boogiemack (1,406 posts)
14. But the point is...Mitch would not be Senate Leader anymore. nt
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:42 PM
dawg day (7,947 posts)
16. They can just say they are independent,
but caucus with the Dems like Sanders and King.
Murkowski could do that. She lost the GOP primary and then won a Write-in campaign, which means she doesn't need the GOP. Romney too-- doubtlessly he's more popular than Trump in Utah. |
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:57 PM
My Pet Orangutan (8,012 posts)
17. Oh please, not Susan Collins.
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 10:57 PM
Polybius (13,461 posts)
18. The last Senator to switch from one Party to the other was in 1994
That was Richard Shelby of Alabama, a Democrat that switched to a Republican. Funny how you say "All we need" lol, like it's that easy.
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Response to Polybius (Reply #18)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 10:36 AM
Wednesdays (16,629 posts)
19. Arlen Specter
switched from Repug to Democratic in 2009.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen_Specter |
Response to Wednesdays (Reply #19)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 02:21 PM
Polybius (13,461 posts)
21. You're right
I totally forgot about him, my apologies.
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Response to Polybius (Reply #18)
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Response to Polybius (Reply #18)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 02:30 PM
karynnj (59,310 posts)
23. Arlen Spector (2009) and Jim Jeffords (Vermont) in 2001 happened later
Like now, Jeffords turned the balance to the Democrats giving us Senators during the Bush years.
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Response to karynnj (Reply #23)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 11:42 PM
Polybius (13,461 posts)
24. Yes, I admitted my mistake about Spector in my above reply
Jeffords I purposely left out because I was looking for Republicans who switched to Democrats. I can't believe I forgot about Spector.
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Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 02:27 PM
Bettie (15,298 posts)
22. They do not exist
even when they "break" from the party, they do so only after receiving permission.
Romney's vote for impeachment was orchestrated. Collins' and Murkowski's occasional votes against McConnell's agenda are similarly orchestrated to give them political cover while still moving the overall right wing agenda forward. There is not a single Republican in congress at this point who has any ethics, integrity, or patriotism. |
Response to Boogiemack (Original post)
Wed Dec 16, 2020, 11:46 PM
LAS14 (13,629 posts)
25. They don't even have to switch. They just have to vote with integrity. nt