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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 10:26 AM
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Is Intelligent Republican An Oxymoron?
They seem to revel in their ignorance.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 10:32 AM
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1. Reminds me of Bush's
"Compassionate Conservatism" :puke:
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Nancy Waterman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 10:53 AM
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2. yes
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 11:06 AM
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3. Has "Progressive Democrat" become an Oxymoron? nt
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 03:20 PM
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6. Point taken
No, it is not an oxymoron. However, it is out of favor with the current party leadership.

The same is true of the term intelligent Republican.


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nxylas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 03:44 PM
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7. Yep. I know intelligent Republicans at the grassroots level
Most of them feel a bit like strangers in their own party, though.
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Harmony Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 11:07 AM
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4. Republicanism is based on ego-centric personal passions and emotions
Furthermore, it lacks empathy and the ability to use logic to explore the world around.

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Sheepshank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 11:08 AM
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5. I thought Army Intelligence was the oxymoron? n/t
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deadinsider Donating Member (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 04:49 PM
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8. Philistines. That's what they are.
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craigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 05:52 PM
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9. Yup
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 08:09 PM
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10. No
and I think it's wrong to joke or think this way. Just as the first example that popped into my mind, Stve Schmidt that managed McCain campaign and appears now on MSNBC, I disagree with 99% of what he stands for politically, but he is definitely smart. And incidentaly also disgusted with most of what's going on now in his party, his comments last night on Cain and Perry were actually priceless (but don't ask me to quote them because I do not remember, just that I very much enjoyed them :-), and felt kind of sorry for the guy, not easy to be a smart, rational R nowadays).
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deadinsider Donating Member (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 10:20 PM
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15. Apparatchiks and philistines
There is a difference in my mind:

Limbaugh, Romney, Schmidt: appartchiks (political purity, loyalty, etc)
Their followers: philistines (anti-intellectual, anti-tolerant, anti-liberal arts, etc)

That's my perception anyway.
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 08:15 PM
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11. No but in your case quite possible!
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 08:18 PM
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12. Well, they are led by an oxycontin moron
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 09:55 PM
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13. It's as much of an oxymoron as Honest Republican
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 10:06 PM
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14. they're stupid and we're smart
they're evil and we're good.

They're ugly and we're pretty.

They're clumsy and we're coordinated.

Etc. etc.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 11:30 AM
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20. I Have A Fan
Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 11:59 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
I can't get the image of you out of my head, spending every waking minute, waiting to get on a board for Democrats so you can snark at a Democratic poster,and one in particular, for making disparaging remarks about Republicans. What do you expect on a site for Democrats? Verbal bouquets for them.

If you want verbal boquets for them perhaps you will have to look elswehere.

If I liked em I would be one.




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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 11:08 PM
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16. Humanist psychology came to that conclusion. It was replaced by pharmaceuticals....
Neurobiology is coming to the same conclusion. Let's see how it holds up this time.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 11:39 PM
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17. An intelligent republican is an endangered species
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 02:46 AM
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18. No, some are sociopaths. nt
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 11:27 AM
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19. Not when their agenda of stoopid and evil has been so successful.
Intelligence needn't enter into it. A lack of scruples is all that's required.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 11:35 AM
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21. They used to be called Compassionate Conservatives, another oxymoron.
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JimWis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 01:03 PM
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22. Yes
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totodeinhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 09:23 PM
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23. No, not all of them are stupid and the intelligent ones are the ones we need to worry about.
Sure, a lot of their base is stupid and the Republican establishment uses them. But make no mistake. The smart Republicans know exactly what they are doing and what they want. What they want is no less than to reverse the entire New Deal, and so far they have made a good start at it. For openers they purposefully ran up the national debt and the budget deficit in order to have an excuse to cut back on or if they can eliminate social programs. You see, it is possible to be intelligent and evil at the same time.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 09:52 PM
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24. They have a sort of feral inteligence
like rats. And like rats, they can get in anywhere, make a big mess and spoil what they leave behind.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 10:58 PM
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25. It is these days; hasn't always been such.
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-12-11 01:01 AM
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26. I think "compassionate conservative" is an oxymoron, but not "intelligent Republican"
I think that's painting with too broad a brush. I wouldn't automatically dismiss those with whom I disagree as unintelligent. Misinformed, maybe. :)
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