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He very likely is all that's standing between us and a Tea Party speaker.

Posted by TWuG Oct 16 '13, 08:02

The GOP is running so scared of the Tea Party that the formerly reasonable GOP members are having to act like extremists to avoid being replaced by extremists at election time.

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It's been decades since I read Frankenstein but didn't (spoilers) - Mel Profit Oct 16, 08:15 11
- I think you're thinking of (1930s movie spoils) - Roger More Oct 16, 08:32 2
  - that movie is sooooo cool....nm - x Oct 16, 08:47
  - that's the one. thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 16, 08:33
- (I love this post.) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 08:24
- in the book (mary shelley spoils)... - x Oct 16, 08:22 2
  - right right... - Mel Profit Oct 16, 08:24
  - (spoils) - Inigo Oct 16, 08:24
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  - thanks. still fits too. - Mel Profit Oct 16, 08:19 2
    - [deleted] 1
      - I didn't mention anything anal specifically so - no. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 16, 08:23
Is there, do we think, a conservative enough Democrat in the House that would be acceptable to a small group of moderate Republicans - znufrii Oct 16, 08:04 11
- I think the "moderate Republican" is now a myth. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 16, 08:19 3
  - A pretty wild statement, right? They exist, they're just being primaried and not getting elected to Congress so much noiw -- nm - con_carne Oct 16, 08:47 2
    - he probably means they don't exist in Congress - znufrii Oct 16, 08:49 1
      - Ah, I didn't realize you might have meant the current Congress only -- nm - con_carne Oct 16, 08:51
- It would have to be a moderate Republican. - spamlet Oct 16, 08:12 6
  - then the question becomes is there a moderate enough Republican to get the support of most if not all of the Democrats? -- nm - znufrii Oct 16, 08:18 5
    - If they are the only one standing between Speaker Gohmert and the country, there better be. -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 08:20 4
      - and you presume that a hypothetical moderate Republican would vote for Gohmert before any Democrat? -- nm - znufrii Oct 16, 08:26 2
        
        Yes. They're in the majority, they get to call the shots. - spamlet Oct 16, 08:28 1
        
        I'd think you'd need a pretty explicit power-sharing agreement with Pelosi to get the Dems on board with this plan - znufrii Oct 16, 08:36
      - I like how everyone has a different "oh crap, we're fucked" scenario. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 08:23

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He very likely is all that's standing between us and a Tea Party speaker.

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