tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post140851263043491231..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: Chickens come home to roostRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-80680674132648178682012-03-17T02:29:10.437-07:002012-03-17T02:29:10.437-07:00Both of the major political parties have changed, ...Both of the major political parties have changed, but the GOP seems to have made the biggest move to extreme positions. If somebody doesn't rescue the party, maybe it will implode. <br /><br />I'm scared by the number of people willing to support these extreme views.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-79802683143816712692012-03-17T00:35:58.829-07:002012-03-17T00:35:58.829-07:00A frightening group, these guys! Scarier than Hell...A frightening group, these guys! Scarier than Hell! In fact, they make me feel like I am in HELL!!!!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-50735377653420113692012-03-16T16:42:34.541-07:002012-03-16T16:42:34.541-07:00I've been hearing discussions that the Republi...I've been hearing discussions that the Republican party has always represented the special interests. I think they need to look up the definition of conservative and start to apply it. We need two parties-- one more liberal and one more conservative. That provides the discussion that helps make wise choices. Right now what I hear from Republicans isn't conservative in anyway. They say they would balance the budget but they never have. Now if they did it, it'd be on the backs of the poor and middle. Their dive toward the religious right isn't conservative, it's regressive.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-14143371411394345312012-03-16T16:38:27.817-07:002012-03-16T16:38:27.817-07:00Sometimes things have to fall apart completely be...Sometimes things have to fall apart completely before they can truly be rebuilt. I think we are watching this happen to the Republican Party this year.la peregrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-8300729547286873412012-03-16T13:14:35.999-07:002012-03-16T13:14:35.999-07:00Yep you are so right! uh read that CORRECT! I, a...Yep you are so right! uh read that CORRECT! I, as you know if you have followed me for any length of time, am a reformed Republican...I vorted Democrat last election, because I just did not fit what I thought the Republican agenga was. I had either changed drastically or they had. so they moved further to the right which put me just to the left of center. I keep hoping a dark horse will come out of hiding and bring back the GOP more to the Center, and thus moderating out a lot of the Religious right, and fundamentalists who have absolutely NO BUSINESS in our government or our Bedrooms! And YAY for you for sharing Doonesbury! it hits it right on the head!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118106177725242820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-42844257077417904812012-03-16T09:37:15.805-07:002012-03-16T09:37:15.805-07:00I try not to pay attention to this stuff because i...I try not to pay attention to this stuff because it fills me with so much despair. I'm glad that you have the stamina and stomach for it. Someone has to keep a watchful eye on the scene, if only to relay the awful news to the rest of us. Thank you for that. I'm not sure that anything can be done, but I'm leaning toward a replay of Lysistrata and women kicking some serious butt in November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-36780233490124649722012-03-16T09:02:32.924-07:002012-03-16T09:02:32.924-07:00This link truly belongs with the crazies-- How Sar...This link truly belongs with the crazies-- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/sarah-palin-2012_b_1351763.html?ref=politics" rel="nofollow">How Sarah Palin hopes to use a brokered convention</a>. Don't kid yourself it couldn't happen-- not if you have listened to what the crowds cheer at these debates. If she does get the convention packed with believers in her, if she milks the excitement of the crowd as she has before, don't count this out!Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-56665449028454061142012-03-16T08:07:26.321-07:002012-03-16T08:07:26.321-07:00my parents are GOP, and they despair of where the ...my parents are GOP, and they despair of where the party has gone...and have no clue how to get it back. Mom just mutters that "somebody needs to fix this." In any event, they won't switch to democratic party, so just like I do many times as a dem, I hold my nose and vote for the a**hole anyway.<br /><br />I don't remember the guy's name, but saw a news story yesterday that there is a Republican in congress who is saying there has got to be increased taxes on the very wealthy. The new pundits are already saying that guy has cooked his goose with the GOP -- and they're probably correct. Sad.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-20025566381715257972012-03-16T07:16:53.439-07:002012-03-16T07:16:53.439-07:00I did not have a link as I heard it on several cab...I did not have a link as I heard it on several cable news programs but I went looking for it and found this from Daily Kos with a list of the measures and what they would do-- <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/13/1074068/-Arizona-out-crazies-other-contraception-bills-Use-birth-control-get-fired-" rel="nofollow">Arizona out crazies crazies</a>. I don't suppose it could pass but I love Arizona, have a second home there, and this just drives me nuts as the people I know there aren't like this and yet it gives the country the impression (as have other issues) that the whole state is full of extreme righties. Unfortunately too many of them are or there'd not be these kind of legislators...Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-35835570042402468742012-03-16T05:20:46.625-07:002012-03-16T05:20:46.625-07:00I have friends who are GOP supporters and we do no...I have friends who are GOP supporters and we do not discuss this, but I do wonder how they let the party sink to this level and why they do not fight to bring it back. Do you have a link to the AZ law?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-31797141523616610262012-03-16T02:12:41.940-07:002012-03-16T02:12:41.940-07:00The middle is no longer in the middle - it has mov...The middle is no longer in the middle - it has moved to the right over the past 60 years!<br />Cop CarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com