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AsahinaKimi

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39. oh.

Reply to blkmusclmachine (Reply #24)

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 02:49 PM

Aug 2013

You are soooooooooooooo correct!

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Have Republicans/Tea Party Members gotten worse in the last few years? [View all] AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 OP

I voted not sure because I think their vile disgusting behavior has remained constant over time. TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #1

I spent the entire day at the hospital yesterday AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #4

Oh my dear! TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #7

Kiyotsukite Asahinakimi dono. Ogenki narite. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #12

arigatou AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #14

I think they are far more desperate now. Rex Aug 2013 #2

TV has dumbed down the world olddots Aug 2013 #3

Definitely. Many of the shows now are nothing less than a cast of fools IMO. TV is the RKP5637 Aug 2013 #26

No, thy're the same as they always have been. They're just more public about it now. Scootaloo Aug 2013 #5

I think the Tea Party influence upon public dialog is diminishing daily. mick063 Aug 2013 #6

I don't think they have gotten any smarter. They still say the stupidest things I ever heard. B Calm Aug 2013 #8

Very much so. bearssoapbox Aug 2013 #9

To me, your last sentence really sums it up. I really think many teabaggers RKP5637 Aug 2013 #28

Yes but they have gone "Underground". eom. 4bucksagallon Aug 2013 #10

Particularly racists have gotten emboldened in tweets and unguarded remarks. nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #11

I have noticed that too AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #15

Everything they represent, discuss, propose, and try to advance is always coated RKP5637 Aug 2013 #29

They no longer feel the need to put up a veneer of civility deutsey Aug 2013 #13

It is on about a three decade arc Cosmocat Aug 2013 #16

Yes, and now they claim that..... DeSwiss Aug 2013 #17

Great montage but.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #38

They go by so fast..... DeSwiss Aug 2013 #42

The tea party seems to be going through Turbineguy Aug 2013 #18

Yes, as an example.. just yesterday Motown_Johnny Aug 2013 #19

HATE. It's the glue that holds today's GOPee together. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #20

And Ignorance. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #21

And Bigotry. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #22

And Militant "Christianity." blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #23

And Money. Lots and lots of MONEY. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #24

oh. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #39

It serves a purpose. The crazier they act, the greater cover it provides Enthusiast Aug 2013 #25

Agree. In addition to pushing their own agenda they utterly neutralize a real progressive agenda by Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #31

Thanks. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #33

No JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #27

I think keeping the crowd worked up requires a relentless upping the ante in rhetoric Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #30

No, Kimi. They are just more open and blunt about their shit. Nanjing to Seoul Aug 2013 #32

un. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #40

fei chang hao. wo de gao zhong de xue sheng shi hui lai ta men de shang ke Nanjing to Seoul Aug 2013 #43

Worse? MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2013 #34

Republicans have always been far right Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #35

There's more of them. kentuck Aug 2013 #36

Hobbits need more FOODD $$$$$$$. love that their crap costs the R social terrorists billions.. Sunlei Aug 2013 #37

Ideology wise, about the same but much meaner and much MUCH more vocal Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #41