The Republicans are diminishing in numbers...big time.... WHY?

[opihimoimoi]

These guys need Heroes and Their "Heroes" are not really....

and their Lies have been exposed

and their Damage has been noted,

and their plans have been inadequate,

and their Solutions are nil,

and some of their Heroes...are actually ZEROES

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. and someof them started calling themselves "independents" and even..."Democrats"

[malaise]

3. Libertarian is another word they are using more and more

these days.

[mckara]

11. When Will They Catch On That the Word LIBERTARIAN Derives from LIBERAL?

Citizens should have to take an I.Q. test before earning the right to vote!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MineralMan]

13. Uh, not really. Libertarian derives from Liberty,

not Liberal. Both derive, however, from the same Latin root.

[mckara]

18. I Should Have Said Libertarianism Derives from Liberalism!

Both words are based in Latin from the adjective liber for free: Libertas for liberty and libertalis for liberal. Founders of libertarian movements date back to the age of liberalism, and their founders were English liberals. Does that explain it better for you?

[Odin2005]

24. Yep. Most so-called "Libertarians" are just Pukes

The real Libertarians are nuts, but they want nothing to do with the Pukes calling themselves "Libertarians" out of convince or shame.

[opihimoimoi]

4. and some of them run for office as DEMs....the nerve and the gall

HOW DISHONEST IS THAT???

Damn

[Uzybone]

16. Heath Shuler Heath Shuler!!!!

[opihimoimoi]

17. Yup...he got in....and is now a DINO.....Please recall Carl Sheeler of RI

he thought he could ride the DEM Wave in 2006....nope...lost his ass....he posed as a DEM but peeps went for Whitehouse the eventual winner

[Deep13]

2. They suck and they know it. nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. but the ones who are left

are toxic!

[Towlie]

6. Diminishing in WHAT numbers? It sounds like great news, but is there a poll or study to back it up?

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. the election

was the ultimate poll

[opihimoimoi]

9. They diminished to the point of losing their asses last Nov....

Their power has been eroded...

They huddle for a play and are flummoxed...the result of a poor Game Plan....their bench is weak....Joe the Plumber? Please....

[Towlie]

21. They lost because we had good candidates and they had idiots, but that doesn't mean they diminished.

I'd like to see evidence that Americans are actually abandoning the GOP and becoming Democrats in significant numbers.

[opihimoimoi]

29. Polls indicate this is the trend....

[lonestarnot]

7. I don't see either dominionist or bigot in this thread anywhere.

:evilgrin:

[opihimoimoi]

10. Now that ya mentioned it....LOL

[rug]

12. Half of them are abstinent, the other half are getting meth massages.

[RDANGELO]

14. The country has move culturally to the left.

The Republican Party as it exists today, was born on reaction to the Civil Rights Amendment. Their base is insecure with America's diversity, while the rest of the nation has become much more comfortable in it's own skin, in a society where everybody doesn't look alike, talk alike, worship alike or form bonding relationships alike. I am 55 years old; I have watched all evolve.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Truth has set us free from the GOP Dogma...Pragmatism and Reality influences our elections rather

than Fantasy of the GOP....

IE....McCain'Palins loss last Nov....

[anonymous171]

19. We really need to start moving left economically as well. nt

[L. Coyote]

20. There not listening to the Pope?

Do a good deed, give an R a condom so they reproduce less :rofl:

[Fire1]

22. So they come here disguised as democrats. Gotcha.

[opihimoimoi]

26. Yup...too many do it....remember Carl Sheeler? He ran against Whitehouse of RI

as a DEM to openly support the Pub in the general....he was a dino.....a pub plant

with only 8% support cause peeps smelled a Rat...he lost his ass...in the primary...

There are too many who made it through and got elected....Conservative Dems are Closet Pubs

GOP are like termites.....

[Juche]

23. Katrina & Iraq

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/773/fewer-voters-identify-as-republicans

The GOP started falling apart in 2005 (after the 2004 election when they gained the presidency and 4 senate seats but before the 2006 elections when they lost the house and senate).

I personally think Katrina and Iraq were among the bigger reasons for it, as those embody GOP philosophy. If Willie Horton embodies the negatives of liberal philosophy on crime, then Katrina and Iraq embody the GOP philosophy on foreign policy, government and taxes. They want to cut taxes even if infrastructure suffers, and next thing you know people in NO are on their roofs begging for help. They want war with anyone, even if it is stupid.

What surprised me was I thought after the 2008 election the public would start warming up to the GOP again, but if anything the trend is continuing because the GOP only wants to obstruct and pursue the same failed policies that created many of these issues (ignoring the middle class, supply side economics, deregulation, gov. is always the problem). WHen you can't buy toys or peanut butter w/o worrying you or your kids will get sick then all of a sudden government is not the problem, it is the solution.

The GOP can't figure this out. Fine by me. People under 30 support the democratic party by 30 point margins as is.

[opihimoimoi]

27. The GOP has adapted a losing philosophy and are unable to change their spots...

Trapped in quicksand with no escape...they gurgle on...hoping for a miricle....they thought Rush was gonna deliver but even he, large as he is, failed on his ass....

The GOP is fucked...

[Odin2005]

25. They are still there, they just aren't calling themselves "Republicans".

They are all "Independents", and, even better, "Libertarians", now. But they are just trying to put lipstick on a pig.

[opihimoimoi]

28. Try as they will...its still a smelly Pig in a GOPSTY...jus look at Rush

who has become a Joke

[FarLeftRage]

30. Actually all,

of their "heroes" are ZEROES!!! And they're big ones too!