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aristocles

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12. No party won, no party lost. The 99% lost big time.

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 08:00 PM

Oct 2013

The Democrats, the Repuplicans, the Tea party...all various flavors of one party: The Beltway Party.

The only solution I can propose is term limits. Four years for the House, four years for the Senate, six years for President. And one can only serve once in a lifetime.

Let's get ordinary citizens back into the governing process.

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Teabagger Narrative is: The Senate Sold Us Out [View all] JCMach1 Oct 2013 OP

A better news for the country is that the tea party is history lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #1

Doubt it. Stupid sticks. nt mr_hat Oct 2013 #2

Right, they're organized, they're funded, doesn't matter that they're nuts Warpy Oct 2013 #5

Not anymore. FreedomWorks is going broke... Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #15

Primary the Rhinos pscot Oct 2013 #3

+1. nt onehandle Oct 2013 #4

Tea Freak Ringleader admits to what we all suspected/knew Left Coast2020 Oct 2013 #6

thanks for that, Left Coast.. Cha Oct 2013 #8

Yeah, ted always has something to whine about. Cha Oct 2013 #7

"Stabbed in the back" History repeats itself. Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #9

Well there are two chambers in the legislative branch malaise Oct 2013 #10

I'd say the Teabagger narrative is even simpler than that, no matter who is talking: kentauros Oct 2013 #11

No party won, no party lost. The 99% lost big time. aristocles Oct 2013 #12

Oh, please. Now they can't even decide on a narrative? randome Oct 2013 #13

That's what Cruz said on the floor of the Senate... kentuck Oct 2013 #14