Anyone else notice a marked increase of Republicans who seem really panicked?

[NNN0LHI]

I watch and analyze them on TV and around me and they are all appear to be as nervous as a mother cat with deaf kittens.

You can see it in their facial expressions and hear it in their voices when they talk.

They are becoming hysterical. Like time is running out for them.

I am really enjoying this a lot.

Don

[Ganja Ninja]

1. It's gone up to 11 since the SC approved Obamacare.

I would call it frenzied desperation.

[Posteritatis]

32. I think it's at least up to fifteen or so by now. (nt)

[msanthrope]

2. Don't just look at the Republicans...look at the Libertarians and the Far, Far Left.....

The level of panic they are exhibiting at the thought of not being able to spoil it for President Obama is staggering.

[Fumesucker]

7. Yep, the only people not panicking are the pragmatic moderate centrists..

You don't see us "panicking, do you?

[msanthrope]

10. Hit a little close to you, did I? nt

[Fumesucker]

11. You're welcome to search my posts for evidence of panic..

I'm by no means an entirely enthusiastic Obama supporter but he's light years better than The Man From Kolob..

http://truthandgrace.com/kolob.htm

[Capt. Obvious]

17. Ha!

Good choice

[BlueCaliDem]

26. More like Pragmatic Progressives . . .

people who know what's doable with this Congress and work toward more progressive without tossing a progressive president under the bus.

[ananda]

12. No no no about the Left.

As far as I can tell, the Left is well informed and rational.
We see things exactly the way they are and say so.

If that makes others panic, well .... the truth is still the truth.

[coalition_unwilling]

13. I'm "Far, Far Left" (I think) but I'm not feeling panicked. 8.2%

unemployment and 46 millions Americans still living at or beneath the poverty level - those are the things that I get panicked about. But then I suck it up and try to transcend my panicky feelings.

I actually like Obama a lot on the personal level, but I view Obama v. Romney as an entertaining sideshow to the issues that really matter in most people's lives.

Most 'Far, Far Leftists' would agree with me, I think.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

16. I agree with you.

I didn't have the patience to thoughtfully respond to the bait as well as you did. Maybe, because I'm "panicking!". LOL

[Fantastic Anarchist]

14. Far, far left?

Are you fucking kidding me?

[Fumesucker]

21. There has been a portal opened to an alternate reality..

A reality wherein the USA in 2012 has a "far, far left"..

"The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."

[Fantastic Anarchist]

24. It's most definitely laughable ...

... the notion that we have a sizeable far leftist movement in this country. Wish it were true, but we're stuck with center and center-right elements who have ultimate influence policy-wise.

Them's the facts.

[MADem]

27. I don't know if anyone on this thread said anything about the size of the leftist movement. nt

[A Simple Game]

34. "... the notion that we have a sizeable far leftist movement in this country."

Well it may be true to an Allen West supporter. According to him we are being overrun from the far, far left.

The right sure knew what they were doing when they created the meme equating Liberal with bad.

[Fawke Em]

36. Far left to Allen West is to the right of Atila the Hun.

[A Simple Game]

33. Oh, and if President Obama loses,

it won't be because of the Republicans, it will be the fault of the far, far Left. Just like when Gore lost, right?

Some people will use any opportunity to rag on Liberals won't they.

I can remember when DU was a Liberal web site.

[NightWatcher]

3. Like Bill Mahr said " for tuff guys they sure seem to piss themselves a lot"

It was in response to one of the daily "Obama's going to destroy our way of life" emails from rnc chair.

It's the truth, everything scares them, threatens them, their bible, or their gun...
They should all just cower under their beds with their binkies in their mouthes.

[aquart]

35. Bill Maher.

[Fumesucker]

4. The dog whistling is getting out of hand..

Sooner or later some official Republican figure is gonna use the N word publicly, it's really only a matter of time. A lot of them want to scream the N word so bad they're like little kids that have to go to the bathroom, they're squirming..

[coalition_unwilling]

15. That scene in "Blazing Saddles" where the town crier sees the

new sheriff approaching

[Surya Gayatri]

22. Here ya go, cu...hot from YouTube in HD!

One of the funniest scenes in all of cinema!

&feature=related

[coalition_unwilling]

23. Thank you. I have really bad YouTube skills and don't

think I know how to get a YouTube clip (assuming I can find one) onto DU.

I have no idea how the actors were able to keep straight faces when they made this scene.

There's a scene in Jim Jarmusch's 'Down by Law' that rivals this one in pure comic hilarity (when the three inmates, including Roberto Benigni, go 'ice scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.'), but this one is right up there at the top

[malaise]

31. +1,000

I adore that scene - must have watched it a million times

[lunatica]

5. Karmic adjustments can be painful

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Not North Carolina Republicans...at all.

They took control of the legislature in 2010 -- first time in over 100 years -- and are getting pretty much everything they want. McCrory (R) is likely to win as governor in November. Nope, not hysterical in the least.

[nc4bo]

8. I'm seeing the same view from my window also....

They are more dug in than ever before, most aren't even capable of having a reasonable discussion.

Miserable lot of misinformed Fox News cretins and lemmings.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. Yep. Grover Norquist has set his sights on this state...

and it's like a juggernaut that (seemingly) can't be stopped. Meanwhile, state-wide unemployment is still at what? 10%? Many don't seem to care, just as long as gays can't marry. The apathy I see around me really ticks me off. And many people are just generally uninformed: Last night I played trivia and about 1/2 of the group had NO IDEA what fracking was. Sure, they could list Jennifer Lopez movies by release date, but flammable water and micro-earthquakes...say what?! Part of the problem is the shitty local news -- no mention of the $330M in tax cuts for the wealthy, but God almighty, the outrage over the fireworks being moved from the fairgrounds to downtown Raleigh.

Obama won in 2008 by only about 14,000 votes, and based on what I've witnessed over the past two years, I'm not so sure about 2012. The Democratic Party in this state needs to get it together, and people need to start paying f'ing attention and vote.

[Vogon_Glory]

9. Not So's You'd Notice, But I'm From Texas

As much as I hope what you're saying is true, and hope that they have very good reasons for panicking, I'm from Texas, where the Republican/Teabagger heel is firmly planted on the Lone Star State's necks, not only thanks to the strength of the very entrenched Republican establishment, but (no) thanks to the lassitude of so many Texans who could fight back by the simple expedient of registering to vote and then actually going to the polls.

I applaud and cheer Democratic advances in other states. But Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, I feel like I've been living in a state-wide Mudville, especially since our very good Democratic gubernatorial candidate struck out in 2010.

[Johonny]

18. won't they just take over the Democratic party

The progressive (for its era) Republican party eventually transformed into the party it was for most of the last 100 years. I think the guys in office panic all the time for their jobs but I'm not so sure the people that prop them up with money are in panic mode. If Romney loses and they lose the house they will move to getting more blue dog Democrats into office. If a real progressive agenda started passing, I wonder how long the Democratic party would last before the big money destroyed it. Robber Barons don't like to lose.

[turtlerescue1]

20. Aye, there's the rub in your last sentence.

SCOTUS scares the heck out of me. We peasants are just too immaterial, Vonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House" and my all time fav: "Harrison Bergeron"

[marions ghost]

25. We peasants have the numbers

the only power we really have...

That's what they fear.

[sdfernando]

29. Ain't it the truth though

Peasants do have power...just ask Louis the XVI...oh, wait.

[cdsilv]

30. Time to eat the rich...just need enough garlic & basil to mask the taste.....n/t

n/t

[marions ghost]

41. they are so stupid & arrogant they leave us no choice

[Tsiyu]

28. Less than four months to pull it out their hoo-has

Half are threatening secession and armed insurrection - they really, really think it's 1776 and that they can defeat the US military - and the other half are wondering which oozing, slithering Republican beast will do something vile to secure the win.

But four months is a loooong time in politics.

Their panic needs to be replaced with some serious soul-searching and research, but that's not as fun as watching Beck and Limpballs and getting all frothy at the mouth over imaginary enemies.

[Initech]

37. We're witnessing the end of the grifter class - and they're getting desperate indeed.

Pass the popcorn - Tampa will be fun to watch.

[tsuki]

38. Yes. I watched a clip

of CNBC with Krugman, and they were all screams and over talking him like hysterical dingbats. He could not get out two sentences. It looks like the gravy train is coming to an end.

[craigmatic]

39. It's fox news they cultivate fear in their viewers in the comercials too. Just watch for 10 minutes

it's like fear factor for dummys.

[kentuck]

40. I really don't know how to read them...

Most Republicans that I encounter seem to be withdrawn from politics and have no desire to talk politics. About the only exceptions would be the Tea Baggers. What does it mean?

I don't think they are smart enough to conspire in their silence? I think they are just turned off by the entire play. It will be a challenge for the Republicans to get these folks fired up for the election. How far can the hatred for Obama carry them? I sense that many more Republicans than Democrats will sit out the next election. They see no reason to vote. I think this would favor the President? But this is just an uneducated guess.

[Doctor_J]

42. Actually they look pretty sanguine to me

Considering their candidate is complete loser. I am certain that their media hold, voter purges, gerrymandering, and voting machines will give them back the Senate, grow their lead in the house, and maybe steal the WH. And of course the Blue Dogs will blame the losses on the liberals.