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brokephibroke

(1,883 posts)
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 04:25 PM Jun 2017

What's with these calls for unity and bipartisanship?

They want us to unify with the terrorists who desire to take 23,000,000 of us off health insurance? Unify with the chumps who stand with Syria and Nicaragua? Unify with the zealots who want to crush women's rights? Unify with a piece of shit potus?

Fuck no.

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leftstreet

(36,117 posts)
1. They're terrified of angry people on the left
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 04:27 PM
Jun 2017

Because they know what they've been doing to 'liberals' for decades and they really, REALLY don't want any payback

Which is also why they're overreacting

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. They are seeing what
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 04:29 PM
Jun 2017

a GOP Strategist warned would happen if a certain level of discourse occurred. Pitchforks and torches.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)
4. Now that they are on the ropes, they're playing victims to get people/the media to back off.
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 04:30 PM
Jun 2017

Don't worry, they'll be back to being the vicious bullys that they really are.

Freethinker65

(10,089 posts)
5. Unity against violence does not not mean unity of political policies and agenda
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jun 2017

The GOP knows there will be no bipartisanship on legislature...if they knew how to govern they could ram through almost anything now with the majorities they have in the House and Senate.

chia

(2,244 posts)
6. I'm seeing a lot of rightists trying to claim victimhood
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 05:21 PM
Jun 2017

while at the same time boasting about how they're "locked and loaded," but that's okay because they're doing it for the 'right' reasons... BS.

These are from Houston's rally:

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Both posted from David Frum's Twitter account

https://twitter.com/davidfrum

chia

(2,244 posts)
8. More like Trump's emboldened the worst of the worst...
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 06:22 PM
Jun 2017

and they think they're being 'patriots' but really they're just in love with their own macho image of themselves.

spanone

(135,919 posts)
9. when republicans say that, it means that we give in to all their demands .....
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 06:24 PM
Jun 2017

and agree with all their policies...nothing less

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