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Hortensis

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18. Agree. The GOP leadership's gone extreme, well right of

Reply to mdbl (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 08:31 AM

Mar 2017

even conservative voters on average. Watching today's GOP, it's so clear that extremists in power are fundamentally stupidified and not only not fit to govern but unwilling. They want to rule. And, of course, many are just plain ambitious, amoral opportunists.

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Trump Ally Proposes Purge Of Leftists From The Executive Branch [View all] ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 OP

Ah sweetie Corgigal Mar 2017 #1

Kinda stalinesque, isn't it? jmowreader Mar 2017 #2

That'll solve things. forgotmylogin Mar 2017 #3

If they purge all the leftists mdbl Mar 2017 #4

I bet many of the people they call "leftists" aren't even close to being leftists xor Mar 2017 #15

Agreed. That was where I was going with it. mdbl Mar 2017 #16

Agree. The GOP leadership's gone extreme, well right of Hortensis Mar 2017 #18

Purging all the brains from the Executive Branches will only make matter worse. nikibatts Mar 2017 #5

The headline should be, "Steve King (R-IA) calls for full-blown fascism". sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #6

Does that mean KIng is proposing doing away with Civil Service KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #7

"{Horowitz} ... argued for a wholesale firing of political appointees who dont 'share the views of mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #10

Thanks! - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #12

Steve King's definition of "leftist" anyone who doesn't think Trump's doo doo smells like roses. yellowcanine Mar 2017 #8

Steven King likes to say the word "purge" because it sounds vaguely dirty and titillating. yellowcanine Mar 2017 #9

Leftists? dhill926 Mar 2017 #11

Coming soon, to a legislature near you... neeksgeek Mar 2017 #13

It's as if some of these people want to push things to the point of revolution xor Mar 2017 #14

"Leftist" being defined as "not a conservative partisan" JHB Mar 2017 #17

Sounds vaguely like ethnic cleansing. truthisfreedom Mar 2017 #19

But there aren't any "leftists" working for that moron? Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #20