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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-10-06 07:53 PM
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DNC: Republicans meet amidst chaos, coming apart at the seams
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/03/grand_ol_parody.php

"On the weekend Republicans gather in Memphis to coronate their standard bearer for the 2008 presidential election, the GOP is coming apart at the seams. A party that once stood for respectable conservative principles has become a mere parody of itself. The party that once stood for fiscal sanity has run up the largest deficits in American history. The party that once campaigned on a strong national defense has weakened our security because of complete ineptitude in their prosecution of the war in Iraq, and was willing to hand the keys to our ports over to a foreign, state-owned company with ties to Al-Qaeda. The party that once stood for minimal government intrusion is protecting a full-scale domestic spying program and increasingly looks to take up residence in the bedrooms and doctor's offices of Americans across the country. It's no longer the Grand Ol' Party, it's become the Grand Ol' Parody.

The party once praised for its ability to keep a broad coalition together, is now marked with complete disunity and open revolt:

More here:
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/03/grand_ol_parody.php
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-10-06 07:55 PM
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1. They've always been a parody
Never been anything more than a farce.
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adigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 08:01 PM
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5. Thanks for the good news
It makes me happy to hear Dean say things like this.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 03:15 PM
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2. Kick and Recommend. Folks always ask what's Dean doing and yet this
post about what he's doing sinks into the archives... sheesh.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 04:24 PM
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3. Then there will be another post about why they don't speak out.
You are right.
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-11-06 07:54 PM
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4. the Republican coalition is falling apart
while all we see here at DU are threads trashing Dems

and positive threads like this one sink like a stone



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