Comments on: Future of the GOP? http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/ "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."-Teddy Roosevelt Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sumo http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1491 Sumo Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:26:38 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1491 I think the Dems should wipe that slate clean if for no other reason than to show the world out there that we Americans want no part of what HAS gone on...and it will stop from Now on. We have to show the people outside of our country that we mean business and hopefully we will be forgiven as a people for what the Buhsites have done. I know they got "some" help from the left side of the isle...but a whole lot was afoot at the time too. Some of it can be explained away...even though it shouldn't have happened...but none-the-less I want other nations to know we are sorry and were not a part of it. The administration needs to be held accountable for the world to see and understand us better. I think the Dems should wipe that slate clean if for no other reason than to show the world out there that we Americans want no part of what HAS gone on…and it will stop from Now on. We have to show the people outside of our country that we mean business and hopefully we will be forgiven as a people for what the Buhsites have done. I know they got “some” help from the left side of the isle…but a whole lot was afoot at the time too. Some of it can be explained away…even though it shouldn’t have happened…but none-the-less I want other nations to know we are sorry and were not a part of it. The administration needs to be held accountable for the world to see and understand us better.

]]> By: demon princess http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1490 demon princess Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:19:23 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1490 Yes, somebody has to & should. They have their work cut out for them, is all I'm sayin'. It won't be easy with the legacy of extreme partisan politics Bushco has left. I wish Dems would see that impeachment is absolutely necessary to wipe the slate clean & set an example for the future. A clean break & demarcation, not to mention the psychic relief from the harrowing Bush years, can only help the process, not to mention it could maybe prevent Dick Cheney from prosecuting another war we can't afford in Iraq. Yes, somebody has to & should. They have their work cut out for them, is all I’m sayin’. It won’t be easy with the legacy of extreme partisan politics Bushco has left.

I wish Dems would see that impeachment is absolutely necessary to wipe the slate clean & set an example for the future. A clean break & demarcation, not to mention the psychic relief from the harrowing Bush years, can only help the process, not to mention it could maybe prevent Dick Cheney from prosecuting another war we can’t afford in Iraq.

]]> By: Sumo http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1487 Sumo Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:45:29 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1487 I agree with the great tasks they all have ahead of themselves...but somebody has got to do it. I agree with the great tasks they all have ahead of themselves…but somebody has got to do it.

]]> By: demon princess http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1485 demon princess Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:22:42 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1485 I certainly wouldn't want to be a Republicon running for office in '08, never mind the Presidency. George has proved to be a death knell for his party, & rightfully so. That's the good news :) The bad news is that the Democrats who follow will be trying to pick up the shattered pieces of a horribly divided & riven populace, which is the fallout in Bush's wake. The damage the Moron Cowboy has done to this country, both internally & abroad, is beyond anything anybody could have imagined before the neo-cons took office, & the difficulty of picking up should not be underestimated. First & foremost will be the undoing of all the legal treachery Bushco managed to foist upon us, not least the "unitary executive" theory. That's a mighty big task for even the most optomistic. I certainly wouldn’t want to be a Republicon running for office in ‘08, never mind the Presidency. George has proved to be a death knell for his party, & rightfully so. That’s the good news :)

The bad news is that the Democrats who follow will be trying to pick up the shattered pieces of a horribly divided & riven populace, which is the fallout in Bush’s wake. The damage the Moron Cowboy has done to this country, both internally & abroad, is beyond anything anybody could have imagined before the neo-cons took office, & the difficulty of picking up should not be underestimated. First & foremost will be the undoing of all the legal treachery Bushco managed to foist upon us, not least the “unitary executive” theory.

That’s a mighty big task for even the most optomistic.

]]> By: Sumo http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1469 Sumo Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:20:40 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1469 Larry...I think the Republican party is imploding on itself right before out eyes. Earl...you are right...with dread and panic. They will need years to get themselves out of their own darkness. Larry…I think the Republican party is imploding on itself right before out eyes.

Earl…you are right…with dread and panic. They will need years to get themselves out of their own darkness.

]]> By: earl bockenfeld http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1468 earl bockenfeld Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:48:48 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1468 Let’s see, Sen. John Warner of Virginia is retiring, giving Democrats another key pick-up opportunity next year. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is resigning, and the DSCC is talking about making a serious run at that seat, too. Looking ahead, Dems also appear to be in a good position to pick up seats in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Minnesota, with Maine, Oregon, New Mexico, Nebraska, and even Kentucky very much in play. Dems go into the cycle with a cyclical edge — the GOP has 22 seats to defend in 2008, the Dems have 12 — and the rest of the political landscape, at least at this early date, seems tilted in their direction. And how are Republican insiders responding to this landscape? With dread and panic. “It’s always darkest right before you get clobbered over the head with a pipe wrench. But then it actually does get darker,” said a GOP pollster who insisted on anonymity in order to speak candidly. […] “About the only safe Republican Senate seats in ‘08 are the ones that aren’t on the ballot,” a GOP operative with extensive experience in Senate races said. “I don’t see even the rosiest scenario where we don’t end up losing more seats.” If you consider just those seats for those states listed in the list, that gives us 61 votes, without LIE-berman. Let’s see, Sen. John Warner of Virginia is retiring, giving Democrats another key pick-up opportunity next year. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is resigning, and the DSCC is talking about making a serious run at that seat, too.

Looking ahead, Dems also appear to be in a good position to pick up seats in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Minnesota, with Maine, Oregon, New Mexico, Nebraska, and even Kentucky very much in play. Dems go into the cycle with a cyclical edge — the GOP has 22 seats to defend in 2008, the Dems have 12 — and the rest of the political landscape, at least at this early date, seems tilted in their direction.

And how are Republican insiders responding to this landscape? With dread and panic.

“It’s always darkest right before you get clobbered over the head with a pipe wrench. But then it actually does get darker,” said a GOP pollster who insisted on anonymity in order to speak candidly. […]

“About the only safe Republican Senate seats in ‘08 are the ones that aren’t on the ballot,” a GOP operative with extensive experience in Senate races said. “I don’t see even the rosiest scenario where we don’t end up losing more seats.”

If you consider just those seats for those states listed in the list, that gives us 61 votes, without LIE-berman.

]]> By: Larry http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1466 Larry Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:12:45 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/2007/09/02/future-of-the-gop/#comment-1466 Bush is the one who will ultimately destroy the Republican Party unless the spineless Democrats led by Pelosi and Reid help save it by their continued enabling of Bush. Bush is the one who will ultimately destroy the Republican Party unless the spineless Democrats led by Pelosi and Reid help save it by their continued enabling of Bush.

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