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3/19/2014 3:01:02 PM
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Can Republicans recover from the Tea Party?

For the entirety of my adult life, the GOP has been re-defined from the inside out. To outsiders like myself, the Republican party appears to be the party against science, education, women, immigrants, lgbts, anything not Christian, poor, and a myriad of other things, all the while preaching "smaller government" and "personal freedom." Granted, there are plenty of Republicans, both elected and registered, that don't support those things. They are Republicans who support fiscal responsibility, [i]actual [/i]smaller government, and [i]real [/i]personal freedom. The problem with being associated with the fundamental religious right that also fall under the same umbrella is they are tacitly approving of the positions held by those they share the name with. [b]What can the traditional Republicans do to take back their name?[/b] Do the Tea Party need to form their own third party and separate from the GOP? I know they wont do that because that means they'll never get elected again. Third parties [almost] never get elected; I can count the number of non-democrats or non-republicans in Congress on one hand.
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  • Edited by M37h3w3: 3/21/2014 6:02:37 AM
    I suggested that the moderates and non-crazies in the party splinter off and take the RINO name for their own. Bit of ol' Yankee Doodle for them. I really do think that our spending needs to be reigned back, that we need more efficient programs, and that we need to end crap such as TSA patdowns and sanctioned government spying. [quote]poor,[/quote] Nah Max, the GOP isn't for poor people, they are for rich people. I know it's hyperbole when I say that they are goddam Muppets for the Koch Brothers, since the K Bros have their hands up their bums directing them what to say, but sometimes I start to think it's actually true. They are just using the poor and uneducated as means to their ends since they need more votes than the rich alone can provide.

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