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Showing Original Post only (View all)Chris Mathews made an interesting and relevant point [View all]
In his "last word" comments, he pointed out just how far right the Republican Party has gone and how they are different from the Democratic Party?
He noted that the Democrats were prepared to lose the Supreme Court decision. Not only the mandate portion but a possibility of losing it all. Yet, they were not ready to clinch their teeth and fists and riot over the decision. They were ready to accept the Supreme Court decision as the rule of law.
But the Republicans...
They were ready to declare Roberts a traitor. They were making all kinds of irrational and volatile comments. They were threatening to repeal it as soon as Romney became President. They were not ready to accept the decision as the law. They believed the Supreme Court belonged to them. They felt betrayed.
It was a stark contrast between the two Parties.
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Well, there may be DEMs rioting in the streets - ok call them protest marches
Tigress DEM
Jun 2012
#2
Well, Jim Ramstad from Minnesota was ok - not perfect and don't agree with him on lots of stuff.
Tigress DEM
Jun 2012
#25
they thought roberts was in their pocket. he obviously did what a judge should do.
spanone
Jun 2012
#3
Some pundit suggested that Democrats suffer from battered wife syndrome. I don't like that analogy,
freshwest
Jun 2012
#27
BTW, LOL@ 'It gets quite hilarious online. I ask them if they're going to shoot their own monitor.'
freshwest
Jun 2012
#41
Hehe! Got me laughing out loud! And here I am supposed to go to sleep. Too much fun tonight!
freshwest
Jun 2012
#44
The influence of the Right Wing on Americas has been greatly exagerated.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2012
#50
I do believe that there are some among the RW who are watching this reaction across boards
nanabugg
Jun 2012
#11
We as Democrats should have forced the Congressional Democrats to fight for Al Gore
INdemo
Jun 2012
#17
They are still not ready to accept the democratic result of the 2008 ELECTION that went
TrollBuster9090
Jun 2012
#18
I want to be fair here. We would have berated the Supreme Court if the decision
JDPriestly
Jun 2012
#21
That is SO true. They don't respect the law. Some of them are prepared to shoot people...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#22
His Sense of History Gives Him a Perspective Sorely Lacking Greatly from Other Commentators
mckara
Jun 2012
#33
My theory is that people who aren't democrats (e.g., republicans) don't like democracy
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2012
#52
I knew that it would be upheld when fat tony went into meltdown mode over immigration.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2012
#57