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Zoonart

(11,750 posts)
40. Thank you!
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 10:47 AM
Jan 2018

The term "Compassionate Conservative" is an oxymoron... heavy on the moron.
NO ONE gets to hide behind that anymore.
This woman helped to sew this monster together and now that it has escaped the lab she does not get to wring her hands.
She can shove it right up there with her thousand points of bullshit.

Weak tea. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #1
Why? nt babylonsister Jan 2018 #2
She Praises Compassionate Conservatism Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #8
Compassionate conservatism is not completely Hortensis Jan 2018 #20
Compassionate conservatism is sorta like a hairy snake. A pale gorilla. An underwater bridge. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #23
Thank you! Zoonart Jan 2018 #40
You have a way wih words! lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #63
It was a slogan, nothing more. JHB Jan 2018 #49
Compassionate Conservatism is "Let somebody else take care of them" nt Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #24
No. It's they need to take care of themselves. Hortensis Jan 2018 #26
Post removed Post removed Jan 2018 #28
Extremism and divisiveness are destructive. They destroyed the GOP. Hortensis Jan 2018 #32
My visceral reaction is to decry "compassionate conservatism" klook Jan 2018 #56
Yeah, bushes claimed they were "compassionate Cha Jan 2018 #62
If you find it so wrong... Paka Jan 2018 #3
It was Obama who killed the GOP. A black man in the WH was just too much to take for them. DetlefK Jan 2018 #4
Yep this is the end stage of Obama Derangement Syndrome Volaris Jan 2018 #44
Well, Elise Jordan, have you been out of the country since 2008? Since 2000? hatrack Jan 2018 #5
Or since 1980 PJMcK Jan 2018 #27
Nixon's southern strategy sarge43 Jan 2018 #31
I am sick unto my eyeballs of all these Republican idiots who are Shocked! Just Shocked I tell you! Squinch Jan 2018 #6
We once had a kinder, gentler machine gun hand nolabels Jan 2018 #16
Exactly. This is the logical, and possibly inevitable, extension of all that. Squinch Jan 2018 #18
And where was her solution? procon Jan 2018 #7
Nobody has solutions Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #12
Yeah at least it is appearing in a Mainstream weekly jimlup Jan 2018 #9
partially? n/t getagrip_already Jan 2018 #39
Yes I confess that I thought about that for awhile jimlup Jan 2018 #60
She was on MJ this morning talking about this piece. MoonRiver Jan 2018 #10
He wasn't the "lesser of two evils". They perceived him as that. Big difference. SharonAnn Jan 2018 #64
K&R... spanone Jan 2018 #11
Good job, Elise! kentuck Jan 2018 #13
ttraditional "Republican" is extinct, the corruption of republican values been happening for decades beachbum bob Jan 2018 #14
God article. K&R. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #15
The problem is NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #17
the short answer to what is wrong with the republican party barbtries Jan 2018 #19
What a crock of shit. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #21
The author is only asking this question now? Javaman Jan 2018 #22
The Republican Party was a toxic shithole before Trump. alarimer Jan 2018 #25
This!+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #61
There was a time when you could vote for a republican Danmel Jan 2018 #29
Back in the 70's both Parties had a spectrum of viewpoints. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2018 #50
I hate to tell you this, but nothing, it has always been that way...well, maybe worst today Perseus Jan 2018 #30
Did she vote for him? Because he clearly showed this is what AllyCat Jan 2018 #33
I was wondering the same thing Perseus Jan 2018 #35
I usually don't like to post twice, but I feel her bull*&t deserves an answer Perseus Jan 2018 #34
And yet she still calls them "my party". llmart Jan 2018 #36
She's just mad that Trump isn't calm, cool and collected n2doc Jan 2018 #37
couple decades to late. Republicans are well known for their cruelty to humans and animals. Sunlei Jan 2018 #38
The real question that you seem to bne avoiding, Elise, is... Liberalagogo Jan 2018 #41
Republicans Are Simply Evil SeaDoo77 Jan 2018 #43
if you vote for a racist pig you are a racist pig .... stonecutter357 Jan 2018 #42
That's it in a nutshell. Can't wait to here this line on bonniebgood Jan 2018 #46
FU. You didn't leave your deplorable "party" when Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #45
Prove it DownriverDem Jan 2018 #47
You, Ms. Jordan, are the frog that's being boiled. Hop out of the pot. JHB Jan 2018 #48
Actually, that's the best answer: You, Ms Jordan. Iggo Jan 2018 #54
Well, for starters, the fact that you realize how screwed up it is Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #51
Oh, shut up Elise Jordan. Solly Mack Jan 2018 #52
The GOP was a piece of shit before Trump, Ms Jordan. Iggo Jan 2018 #53
These people belong in the UpInArms Jan 2018 #55
Wouldn't be so quick to throw . . . peggysue2 Jan 2018 #57
"Compassionate conservatism"? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #58
She lost me at that bullshit about Dubya making compassion policy. Neema Jan 2018 #59
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