What's next for the GOP?

[ebacon]

The purpose of the Tea Party is to sympathize with the 1%. They are the kings' pawns. It's that simple. That's why the kings prop up dumb candidates. They don't want them to think. Evar.

[piece-itpete]

The Tea Party cost Romney the election? I disagree.

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The Tea Party cost Romney the election? I disagree.

Pete

It's a toss-up between Romney's flawed candidacy/message and the GOP's intransigence and cultural backwardness exemplified by the Teabaggers. They unquestionably cost the GOP control of the Senate.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It's a toss-up between Romney's flawed candidacy/message and the GOP's intransigence and cultural backwardness exemplified by the Teabaggers. They unquestionably cost the GOP control of the Senate.

I largely agree. 'Mistakes were made'

Too much can be read in to this though. The mistakes were largely style and inelegant-ness imo.

Pete

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I largely agree. 'Mistakes were made'

Too much can be read in to this though. The mistakes were largely style and inelegant-ness imo.

Pete

Style and inelegant-ness? When yo tell half of the country to go screw themselves that is not inelegant, it is just plain stupid. We have a Congress full of alleged adults who live in deadly fear of Super Grover, and no one elected that b*****d. When Repubs grow up and start acting like adults they just might be a viable party. We cleaned a few clocks Tuesday, we are going to clean House in 2014.

[d-ray657]

According to Fox, it was the liberal media.

Regards,

D-Ray

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

According to Fox, it was the liberal media.

Regards,

D-Ray

It makes me wonder if the Faux/Talk Radio audience will finally realize that they've been played for fools all along.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It makes me wonder if the Faux/Talk Radio audience will finally realize that they've been played for fools all along.

I seriously doubt it. Unless Limbeck and Hannitage start calling for violent revolution, the "faithful" will simply allow these people to tell them how badly they've been abused.

John

[icenine]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The Tea Party cost Romney the election? I disagree.

Pete

The extreme views that left Romney the only non-kook candidate left to nominate for the GOP from the clown car primary candidate collection was indeed the tea party's doing. Romney had to shape shift to get their support.
Then if this was not it what was?

You think Santorum would have made it?

[ebacon]

They certainly offended this traditional Republican. Their ideas stank, their candidates stank, and their online debate style was nothing other than piling on anyone that disagreed with them. That style did not show up as much on politicalchat but it was awful on other boards. Even on boards primarily occupied by one percenters. What a bunch of assholes.

They took the Republican party from being citizens to being punks.