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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:42 PM
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In a perfect world, who should be the leader of a sane Republican Party?
Collin Powell? Chuck Hagel? Ron Paul?
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:43 PM
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1. Ron Paul, hehe
:rofl:
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:46 PM
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2. If you give the man an hour to speak, he eventually makes sense.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:47 PM
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4. He's a complete idiot. nt
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:07 PM
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15. If you gave him an hour to speak
you'd figure out that he's batshit insane and has no real idea how a modern economy works.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:47 PM
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3. In a perfect world the GOP doesnt exist
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:48 PM
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5. Perhaps, but one party rule sounds quite undemocratic...
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:52 PM
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8. No, I meant a sane party would be there in their place
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:50 PM
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6. Bill Clinton......
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:05 PM
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25. I'm glad you said it.
I was just thinking it.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:50 PM
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7. A taxophobe, and nothing less
Taxophobes make some valid arguments occasionally

But any other GOP argument falls falt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:52 PM
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9. "GOP" and "sane" are no longer compatible words.
The GOP is dominated by fascists. There is no sanity involved. Powell is kidding himself if he thinks the party still has hope. They are entrenched in fascism with FOX leading the charge.

On the plus side, the "GOP BASE" is mostly overweight fundamentalists who can't do much more than bring tea bags to an outdoor BBQ. (No offense to people with a few extra pounds, but I think that is a fair observation of the "base").



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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:54 PM
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10. Dan Evans
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:56 PM
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11. Joe the plumber
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 04:56 PM
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12. Goldwater....n/t
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:04 PM
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13. Arnie Vinick
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:07 PM
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14. They should be begging Colin Powell to lead them to reason
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:27 PM
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16. Not sure any one currently in that party would qualify
I can't think of anyone even at our state level that isn't kowtowing to the narrow leadership.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:27 PM
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17. Howard Baker. n/t
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:30 PM
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18. Richard Nixon
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:31 PM
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19. Don't care.
Edited on Tue May-26-09 05:31 PM by Fuzz
;)
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:32 PM
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20. Warren Rudman, John Warner, or Richard Lugar?
Edited on Tue May-26-09 05:33 PM by FSogol
:shrug:

Not bad people, but didn't speak up during the abuses and crimes of their party during Reagan, Bush, and Bush.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 05:45 PM
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21. Some county official in rural Alabama.
Who'd be its only elected official in the country.

;-)
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:02 PM
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22. Jerry Falwell.
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Mme. Defarge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:02 PM
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23. Isn't it obvious
that the current leader of the Republican party is Dick Cheney? Good grief, the guy's running for president already -- wants his old job back.
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:04 PM
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24. Not Ron Paul.
Edited on Tue May-26-09 06:06 PM by Mike 03
Collin Powell or Chuck Hagel I could accept.

I used to really like a guy named Warren Rudman. At one time, when I was fresh out of college, I thought he was actually a Republican I could stand to vote for. Unfortunately, during the last leg of the Obama/McCain competition, he turned to shit (to be blunt). He accused Obama of relying on fake voters to support his run for Presidency.

He lost every bit of respect I had for him.

It's sad, because he actually, at one time, was a good man.

Sucks when that happens.

Fuck you, Warren Rudman.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:05 PM
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26. Lincoln?
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Libertyfirst Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:59 PM
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27. Former Governor McKean of New Jersey. n/t
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:02 PM
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28. sane republican party? new millenia oxymoron
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:04 PM
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29. Hillary Clinton.
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New Dawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:16 PM
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30. In a perfect world, the GOP would not even exist.
So, naturally, there would be no leader.
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Dramarama Donating Member (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:17 PM
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31. Arnold post 2007
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 08:34 PM
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32. Christopher Buckley
Son of William F. Buckley, Jr. and patron saint of the Republican Party, therefore heir to the title.
dc
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cagesoulman Donating Member (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 08:35 PM
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33. Dr. Kevorikian.
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