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bigbrother05

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49. That's why they have started talking about a Constitutional Convention

Mon May 15, 2017, 11:23 AM

May 2017

They want to rewrite (edit out) minority protections and individual rights. They will claim to wanting to "modernize", i.e. get rid of the Electoral College and use "plain English". What they really want is to ban abortion, restrict voter access, and codify class privilege.

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Chuck Todd - Meet the Press, Sunday, Just formulated something profound [View all] Xipe Totec May 2017 OP

The right has become anti-anti Trump. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #1

Still just anti-government, I think. Orsino May 2017 #59

Yep. Never underestimate canetoad May 2017 #2

Interesting and very accurate. Tom67 May 2017 #3

They've been gerrymandering..... SergeStorms May 2017 #33

That's why they have started talking about a Constitutional Convention bigbrother05 May 2017 #49

!!! Alice11111 May 2017 #66

They stand for greed and unborn babies. mucifer May 2017 #4

That's our view of them; yes. Not that it's wrong, but they don't see themselves that way. nt Xipe Totec May 2017 #6

No, unborn babies are just useful tools to them. n/t Beartracks May 2017 #35

Yep Freddie May 2017 #51

Their sheep are too dimwitted to see the strong correlation between contraception/abortion MrPurple May 2017 #60

That's it in a nutshell jberryhill May 2017 #5

Recommended. guillaumeb May 2017 #7

they don't want to govern; they want to RULE. n/t lastlib May 2017 #18

And they are. guillaumeb May 2017 #19

Their ideology is tax cuts for the ruling class hibbing May 2017 #8

Tax less Plucketeer May 2017 #10

Anti-Obama Has Been Their Only Motivating Philosophy for 9 years Stallion May 2017 #9

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Useless in FL May 2017 #11

Right wing conservatives bucolic_frolic May 2017 #12

Capitalism was never "founded"; it evolved from feudalism organically - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #25

Capitalism grew from technological developments bucolic_frolic May 2017 #30

Um, no. They want government only when it serves their capitalist purposes. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #39

Um, no. That's ridiculous. bucolic_frolic May 2017 #43

No, it's not ridiculous at all. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #65

and the "anti-whatever the Black guy said" ideology grantcart May 2017 #13

Power is their only ideology & selling out the country is not too low for them to get it. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #14

Anything to stick it to the libtards. NBachers May 2017 #15

They act as if they were still the minority party in opposition Xipe Totec May 2017 #20

I once asked a conservative acquaintance just what it was that conservatives wanted to conserve... lastlib May 2017 #16

Comforting the confortable and afflicting the afflicted. - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #26

Actually, it is true lovemydogs May 2017 #17

They're against progress as it does not favor them. Ligyron May 2017 #47

That's why it's better to accentuate the positive BarbD May 2017 #21

Gee Thanks Toad.... Grassy Knoll May 2017 #22

So the GOP is the "Party of No." Right? Nothing new here. N/T slumcamper May 2017 #23

Message deleted by DU the Administrators BigBearJohn May 2017 #24

+1 n/t jaysunb May 2017 #61

Certainly is easier. tazkcmo May 2017 #27

Took him long enough. Volaris May 2017 #28

I heard that but don't know what the hell he meant. And of course, the Righties have always been Akamai May 2017 #29

Trump did not 'win'. He was annointed by Putin. triron May 2017 #31

We've been calling them obstructionists for years. lpbk2713 May 2017 #32

one of these days liberals will figure out it's just a few hundred assholes certainot May 2017 #34

He didn't "formulate" anything, just restated stuff that liberals have been saying... JHB May 2017 #36

Chuck Todd has certainly 'grown up' in these last few years. anniebelle May 2017 #37

I somewhat agree. I think there's a right-wing faction and an anti-left-wing faction. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #38

To me, the present day Republicans are those who always resented their parents Jim Beard May 2017 #40

George Washington called it the spirit of party. Bucky May 2017 #41

No shit Cosmocat May 2017 #42

I can agree with that.. disillusioned73 May 2017 #44

It's been that way since GW. They're completely lost. byronius May 2017 #45

Here is a good read on the subject. Snotcicles May 2017 #46

The right is anti-American dalton99a May 2017 #48

Partly true... Mike Nelson May 2017 #50

+1000 n/t jaysunb May 2017 #62

F--- Todd being profound? 47of74 May 2017 #52

They won't defend DFT, they just attack his attackers. Ilsa May 2017 #53

We have come to this: That we call the media's noting the obvious, "profound." WinkyDink May 2017 #54

Confederates. moondust May 2017 #55

Groucho Marx was mocking these people 85 years ago DFW May 2017 #56

At one time, being a "Conservative" meant.... Xolodno May 2017 #68

That was back in the days when the main language was English DFW May 2017 #70

Bullshit. Read their platform, for one. Check their actions. L. Coyote May 2017 #57

I think their ideology is "money above all else." No? Yes? Honeycombe8 May 2017 #58

I disagree with Todd paulkienitz May 2017 #63

I hope Todd gave credit to the New York Times . FairWinds May 2017 #64

Hell, it's 7 years since it became a central tenet of Balloon Juice, a leading liberal blog muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #67

I usually don't watch that stupid show Dem2 May 2017 #69