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calimary

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39. YES.

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 04:55 PM

Jan 2017

I remember seeing a quick interview clip that one of the reporters did with a republi-CON woman, someone in Congress I think. This was quite a while ago. Maybe as far back as bush/cheney. I forget who was being interviewed. But she had a three-word answer for why it could be that the GOP was as successful as it was at that time. She asserted: "because WEEE FIGHT." Her emphasis on the first-person-plural pronoun. "WEEE FIGHT."

I remember at the time, being unimpressed and thinking - "yep, that's all you guys ever do: fight. Always fighting. Can't just make peace. Can't just get along. Can't stop stirring shit up. Can't find some common ground. Can't figure out how we can all win because it's always gotta be YOU winning. Always with the fighting." But that's IT. Yep. They're always fighting. ALWAYS gotta fight.

We don't. And maybe we should reconsider that. We didn't have the drop-everything lockstep loyalty on our side that we saw across the aisle. They hang together. THEM or nothing. THEIR way or no way. If that's what backbone means, dammit, I want some! I want to see that on OUR side!

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K&R! SticksnStones Jan 2017 #3

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OH HELL YES! "This is the time for them to rise to the occasion... Raster Jan 2017 #5

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Glad to see Ham Nolen's byline again .. DemoTex Jan 2017 #12

Good to see they're back! calimary Jan 2017 #36

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YES. calimary Jan 2017 #39

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