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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Sep 27, 2015 • 6:37:51am

Well, the old school George Will type Republicans like Boehner are being kicked to the curb by the very monster they encouraged and coddled for the last 50 years. Serves them right, but at a tremendous cost to the country’s ability to reconcile differences within the scope of the Constitution. We have a solid 35-45% of the country now that thinks they have a shot at basically re-writing the Constitution (either by convention and ratification means, or by local and state political mutiny under the guise of “religious freedom”).

I wonder if the Koch Bros are now worried about the Frankenstein monster they created. If the Koch’s business interests run afoul of this Creationist Evangelical monster, watch out. They might have to start funding centrist-Democrat politicians. The Koch Bros have to realize that gays, like the Jews of decades ago, are simply the canary in the coalmine for what these Evangelicals have in store for the country.

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CleverToad  Sep 27, 2015 • 8:11:36am

So the moderates have to channel alarm into action, to hold back the crazies. Which is difficult, because first they have to recognize what’s going on and pay attention. Not made any easier by the ‘mainstream media’ and the dumbing-down of news for ratings and mythical balance. Definitely not easier when too much of the media is controlled by a few owners with a vested interest in the profitable strategy of appeal to emotions and not to reason.

Would like to see the label ‘Dominionist’ applied regularly to its practitioners, with the description of their belief system more widely discussed. Would also like to see them stop using ‘Christian’ as shorthand for the theocrats, so the wider faith community is less linked in the public mind with the power-seekers.

Would like to win the lottery too, while I’m at it…

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victor27  Sep 27, 2015 • 9:00:40am
The resignation of Boehner, second in line in presidential succession, gives them new hope that the party may choose a candidate who energizes the most passionate conservative voters even if he or she is less attractive in a general election.

Not that math is their strong suit, but they’re doing midterm calculations in a Presidential election year.

Just imagine a 2016 campaign between the Ben Carson/Michele Bachmann and Hillary Clinton/Julian Castro tickets.

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The_Mess  Sep 28, 2015 • 2:16:35am
“You cannot win a primary and then succeed in the general election without having strength within the ranks of social conservative voters,” said Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council Action. The group’s annual Values Voter Summit drew nearly 2,700 activists to Washington this weekend.

Except of course such a candidate would loose the presidential election for having such views, which haven’t been popular with a majority of the US population for a couple of decades now. Then again, empiricism 101 isn’t one of their strong points given how easily they’ll fall for a pack of lies.

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Sep 28, 2015 • 4:47:22am

The always-mobilized End-Times-Fire in their Eyes 35% of voters that elect these nutball Konservative Krazies will turn out at their relative usual 100%, and the opposition at best turns out around 50-60%.

That is the real concern, not that the majority of the country doesn’t adhere to their extremist wacky ideology, but that they do not sense the real danger of it being made reality after this election.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 28, 2015 • 3:53:26pm

“Conservatives are on fire at the moment,” said Gary Bauer

So what? How much of the Electorate are Conservatives who are focused on social issues like same sex marriage and abortion? I doubt it’s enough to win a general election. Progressives will be fired up too given our fear (terror) of a Rightwinger choosing the next four Supreme Court Justices. Just think of the Supreme Court Justices that a President Trump or Carson would nominate!!


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