DONE with GOP

The power grab is truly embarrassing.  They've completely undermined the enthusiasm and goodwill generated by Paul Ryan's selection.  A very real chance this will be a rerun of "How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".

What happened?

Talk radio callers this morning are feeling very similar as you Daiwa. Many talking about a 3rd party and the host was saying No, no, no....let's save the Republic first (meaning vote for Romney/Ryan) and then make changes.   

Gary Johnson not an option?

If forced to accept a label, I'd take Goldwater Republican, which is closer to Johnson than Boehner, that's for sure.

What happened.

I have my doubts about the ability of any 3rd party movement to gain sufficient traction and support to displace the RP, which is why 'fixing' the RP is probably the only real option.  Selecting Ryan was a good step, but they need to sweat a little in order for them to pay attention and become receptive to any fix.  Fewer self-identified Republicans might bring up a bead or two.  McCain, for example, who I admired greatly in years past, has become the poster-child for what is wrong with the RP and I have zero respect for him as a Senator.  If a legitimate alternative had run against him, good chance he'd have lost his last Senate primary.

The Republican party did this so Obama could get elected again.

Anyone notice the platform as it regards (or disregards) women passed unchanged as well.... if it doesn't matter, why do it at all, and if it does, start respecting women as people.

Rush, etc.  on "undemocratic rules"....

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/team-romney-forces-undemocratic-rules-to-disenfranchise-pro-life-republican?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b2d07a1513-

Not sure I agree with Rush that the rules changes were specifically targeted at pro-life conservatives (they picked Ryan for VP, after all).  I think it's worse than that and more pervasive in disenfranchising the broad grass roots.  It embarrasses me enough to change my registration, though I'm more pro-Romney now after watching his acceptance speech.

They will never lose me.  They never had me.  But in the final analysis, I will vote the same as you.

Been interesting reading and listening to the various post-mortems on Romney's defeat (as opposed to Obama's victory).  Romney having received roughly a million fewer votes than McCain, I have a strong suspicion that the impact of the convention shenanigans was far greater than the RE (Republican Establishment) and media ever let on and the Tea Party folks in particular weren't busting a gut to get to the polls.  I really think that was the difference.  Particularly when you look at how narrow the margins were in big swing states.  Disenfranchising your base is not very smart politics, but then these are Republicans; maybe they overreacted to the savaging of Palin, but it was foolish just the same.  You'll never catch the Democrats attempting to disenfranchise blacks or latinos at their conventions.

Which brings me to another difference between the parties.  For Democrats, it's all identity politics and government benefits.  For Republicans, it's all about economic politics and personal freedom.

Perhaps someday, though I doubt during my remaining lifetime, principles will again cut across racial/ethnic identity and result in elections being decided on ideas and principles rather than skin color or enforced groupthink.  And I know it's not purely one or the other - but predominantly so.

Just saw some newer 'final' vote tallies that showed Romney's at least equaled McCain's, maybe just barely exceeded it.  WSJ also said the combined vote deficit in 4 swing states was ~335,000; another 400,000 votes distributed among those 4 states & Romney would have won the EC.  That's only ~0.3% of voters.  The antics at the convention could easily have cost them that many.

I heard that in some areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, every single vote went to Obama! That's another angle of this election that's mind boggling.  

Yeah, well there's that.

Here's the story...

http://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2012/11/16/precincts-with-0-votes-for-romney-suggest-voter-fraud

Republicans, God bless 'em, today affirmed the wisdom of my decision to leave their clueless, gutless party after 42 years.  Not that it will matter in the long run.  I foresee one-party rule for the balance of my lifetime, during which I'll witness the final debasement of the wonderful experiment that was our Democratic Republic.  Ben Franklin was a realist and George Orwell was a very bright dude.  The future belongs to the culture of Kanye & Kim.

For the first time in history (according to pundits) a majority of Americans do not think the next generation will be better off.  My only incredulity about the results of the survey is that they are asking "Why?"  DUH!  I think we all know why.

You do not enrich a society by making everyone poor.

I agree with both Diawa and DrG.

Republicans, God bless em', but man o man, they've proven themselves to be nothing other than self-serving and free to design unjust laws, anti-family policies and regulations that divide, exploit and punish us.   

This Government is not to be trusted.

It just gets better by the day.  Here's today's lesson in Rep Stupidity, from the PJ Tatler, on the Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill:

I'm no fan of Boehner, but Geez-O-Beast they could at least identify the real villain here.

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