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« on: June 12, 2012, 11:18:20 AM »

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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 12:21:53 PM »

Amen.
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 03:15:46 PM »

Jeb Bush has not become the voice of moderate Republicans, he has become the voice of Republicans now regarded as moderate.
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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 03:19:06 PM »

For Jeb Bush to be considered a "moderate" is simply beyond defensible.
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 03:20:20 PM »

"moderate" =/= "not insane"
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2012, 03:33:56 PM »

You all act as if what makes someone a moderate are set in stone. From the perspective of those of the left I am sure he looks nothing like a moderate but when placed in comparison to the growing right wing of the party he is a tad bit more moderate. I wouldn't call him a centrist but he is center-right by today's standards.
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 03:35:02 PM »

Your country is completely f***ed up, you know that, right?
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2012, 03:38:38 PM »

Your country is completely f***ed up, you know that, right?

So why not rub it in.
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2012, 03:39:54 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&feature=related
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2012, 03:45:30 PM »

Republicans have moved so far to the radical right that Oswald Mosley looks socialist in comparison.
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2012, 04:03:17 PM »

Republicans have moved so far to the radical right that Oswald Mosley looks socialist in comparison.

Given that Oswald Mosley resigned from the Labour Party for its being insufficiently socialist, that isn't difficult.
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« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2012, 04:43:09 PM »

Your country is completely f***ed up, you know that, right?

I'm reminded every day.
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« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2012, 05:43:36 PM »

Jeb Bush is was rated as a "moderate conservative" by on the issues.org so he is a medium conservative. Is he Olympia Snowe moderate? No.

Maybe Jeb can take the party back from the religious right. He is friendly with the Hispanic Community and he is married to a latina so those types of things are assets.

He was my pick for being Romney's VP but I don't think that will happen.
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« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2012, 08:47:57 PM »

If the GOP continues down this path, the Democratic cry in 20 years will be "Paul Ryan couldn't survive in today's GOP!" as the House blocks legislation to create a police department.
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« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2012, 08:51:15 PM »

If the GOP continues down this path, the Democratic cry in 20 years will be "Paul Ryan couldn't survive in today's GOP!" as the House blocks legislation to create a police department.

At the rate they're going, the GOP isn't going to last past the end of this year. I'm being 100% serious.
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« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2012, 01:13:20 AM »

If the GOP continues down this path, the Democratic cry in 20 years will be "Paul Ryan couldn't survive in today's GOP!" as the House blocks legislation to create a police department.

Why does the House need it's own police department? Capitol Hill police are responsible for enforcing the law in and around the House buildings.

Simply creating another one would be redundant and a waste of money.
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« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2012, 01:19:53 AM »

If the GOP continues down this path, the Democratic cry in 20 years will be "Paul Ryan couldn't survive in today's GOP!" as the House blocks legislation to create a police department.

Why does the House need it's own police department? Capitol Hill police are responsible for enforcing the law in and around the House buildings.

Simply creating another one would be redundant and a waste of money.

...  Try reading his post again.
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« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2012, 02:19:42 AM »

When will the republican party learn? Viewing things in terms of a Bush doesn't get you ANYWHERE except downward.
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« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2012, 02:21:48 AM »

If the GOP continues down this path, the Democratic cry in 20 years will be "Paul Ryan couldn't survive in today's GOP!" as the House blocks legislation to create a police department.

At the rate they're going, the GOP isn't going to last past the end of this year. I'm being 100% serious.

Wishful thinking, Bandit.  It is a coin-toss whether they'll control the Presidency in a few months more, and they'll quite likely control the legislature and the courts.  Jeb is out.
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« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2012, 02:43:13 AM »

He's positioning himself for 2016. Voters are moving in the opposite direction from the GOP. The bigger the drift the heavier the defeat.
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« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2012, 03:53:00 AM »
« Edited: June 13, 2012, 03:56:20 AM by ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ »

Just because you aren't quite as crazy as some other Republicans does not make you a moderate. As for the actual moderate Republicans, they stopped being Republicans a while ago. See Weicker, Chafee, Jeffords, Bloomberg, and the like. The liberal Republicans left a while before then. Javitts, LaGuardia, Follette, and so on.
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« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2012, 03:54:05 AM »

I'll be amused when Christine O'Donnell will be considered too moderate for the modern GOP.
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« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2012, 11:36:01 AM »

I'll be amused when Christine O'Donnell will be considered too moderate for the modern GOP.
What has Christine O' D Donnell ever done? She has lost 2 Senate Races. She had never been in local government. Even her work history is shady. I don't even get how she is even worth a post on this particular thread. I know my post is harsh but it had to be said.
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« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2012, 11:38:54 AM »

[quote author=mah519 link=topic=154811.msg3325529#msg3325529 date=1339571982
When will the republican party learn? Viewing things in terms of a Bush doesn't get you ANYWHERE except downward.
[/quote]Jeb is his own guy he is not W. or H.W.
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« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2012, 11:47:49 AM »
« Edited: June 13, 2012, 11:55:36 AM by hopper »

He's positioning himself for 2016. Voters are moving in the opposite direction from the GOP. The bigger the drift the heavier the defeat.
Voters aren't happy with the Dems either. Just witness the wild swings of 2006, 2008 vs 2010 elections. Maybe as the country becomes more ethnically diverse though(the growing latino population) the swings won't be as bad because minorities tend to like the Dems policies.
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