...the immortal words of The Bubble Boy: "Not. Too. Good."

Pablo Pantoja, the RNC Outreach Director for Florida said he's joining the DemocratIC Party because of the Republican Party's culture of intolerance.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/pablo-pantoja-democrat_n_3269977.html


Meh, the Republicans don't need Pablo Pantoja anyway; they think Hispanics have lower IQs than whites.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/jason-richwine-resigns-heritage-foundation_n_3254927.html





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Republicans need to stop being the party of STUPID and as long as they keep alienating the minorities, they will not win a national election.

The whole GOP is not like that, but a few bad apples do end up making them look bad.

The fact that Pablo left the party, because he felt alienated or was for some other reasons is not clear, and probably never will be..If he were true to the principles, he would have stayed...

So how I am reading this is, "I changed my conservative principles because Republicans don't like minorities.."

The two regular male posters here that aren't white are  considered righties here. Either the Democratic party is not the mecca for minorities that the lefties here like to preach, or maybe we need to change our definition of the term "righty" as it seems to be defined here?

FWIW I certainly don't consider myself a Republican, but I detest the Democratic Party even more, although I will concede they are a necessary evil to keep the "thumpers" from taking over every aspect our our life.

People like Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Todd Aiken, and our beloved hot mama Sarah Palin. And these are the loudest of all. There are lot of sensible people in GOP like Rubio, Jindal, Christie, Huntsman...

I have voted both Democratic and Republican since I was eligible to vote..

Whether to stay loyal to he party principles and vote along the party lines, or to vote for the person and forget about the party they are from is the constant struggle that I face...

and sometimes I simply vote for gridlock, as "getting things done" is rarely a good thing where it comes to our political process. A couple of examples of "getting things done" are The Patriot Act and ObamaCare, personally I would have preferred that those things had not gotten done.

When ever one party is firmly in control bad things seem to happen, and that goes for both parties.

Are a bunch of kumbaya, bread for all, fucking fascist-socialists who don't want to acknowledge sometimes things need to get ugly to get done.

will that make the playing field more level, because they do love our capatalism here in the US.  The hispanics are very hard workers, and aggressive.  I give them that.  But how is it fair to us that own small businesses to try to compete with them when they operate completely under the table.  No workers comp, No sales tax, no fed or state unemployment taxes.

republicans need to find a way to combine conservatism with liberalism and give the 3rd party Libertarians a fair shot with news media and debates.

Isn't it rather sad that we have to be content with the status quo because either of the two sides are way too dangerous when given power..

That's not a way to lead the biggest economy in the world.

When our country was formed there were ton of independents in the Congress. Even George Washington stayed away from party lines. He probably realized how dangerous affiliation with either of the two parties, Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, was..

Not suggesting that it would be easy to go back to those roots again, but something to chew on....

Re: "Irish decent." Isn't that an oxymoron? (eom)

My family came here because of a potato blight in Ireland just a few generations back.  They were farmers, and only cared about feeding their families and not starving.  They evenutually had hired hands.  The hired hands ate just as good as them, and were free to leave anytime they wanted.  They were paid probably just enough to cover there clothes, but that was all my family had too.  They were poor and not rich southern white plantation owners.    

Mitt was a flip floper and hated that guy.. Hated him more than Bush....

As in they NIGGARDLY gave your posting privileges back. EOM

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Also that Christie and Huntsman have practically been driven out by the "true believers."  And they don't like Jindal much since he referred to the Republicans as "the party of stupid."  That leaves Rubio, and I'm not too sure about him, though I give him credit on the immigration bill.

because of a combination of gridlock (the sequester), higher taxes on the wealthy and a strong economy, the deficit is shrinking faster than anyone thought it would -- down $200 billion since Feb. estimates.  The CBO believes it will be down to less than $400 billion a year by 2015.  That amount, while still too big, is sustainable in terms of the debt compared to the size of the economy.  It also means we can avoid another debt-ceiling trainwreck until November.

Let's see if the idiots try to ban you over the use of a word that only means "miserly" or "cheap."  But they know you are just a closet racist! LMAO!

Barack Hussein Obama is OK with late term abortions and holds viewpoints as anti 2nd Amendment as it can get..

The thing I don't like Rubio is his immigration bill.

I don't feel that the people who have broken the law should ever be given complete citizenship. My family came to US when I was little (legally) and its is quite an honor and privilege to call yourself an American. People who have broken the law should never be given that opportunity...

Should they be kicked out of the COUNTRY with their families..NO. That is too harsh and would hurt the economy. But no complete citizenship - not even after 10-12 yrs of going back of the line...

I feel really strongly about this issue...

hat is your definition of a “thumper”?

More whacked out than whacked out republicans. Never, ever will get any where. Fair Tax looks good on a bumper sticker and that’s about it

Re immigration, what's the alternative?  Leave them in limbo?  And you've left out that fact that they have to pay a fine, then go back to the end of the line.  Hardly a reward.

Madison mentioned in this thread that she is Irish, and none of us like the fucking Irish. So why not let a great American filmmaker say it for us. And if the Dutch don't like it, well they can take their tulips and shove up their Holland Tunnel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWmf3Waio9E

Amazing what Brooks got away with back in the 1970s. He couldn't pull that shit today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRgoxWap-M&list=PL428048E399957BE9

And check out this quick video, specifically at 23 seconds. Cleavon is a bit dark to be Dutch.



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As far as hard/difficult...That's all relative...My dad did not have to work in field for 20 hrs a day.. And I do feel for them. Don't think I don't.. But again, the other side of the story is that they did break the law.

No citizenship. No right to vote....

Now that's far different from limbo. All naturalized citizens like myself have to hold GC for 5 yrs, not commit any crimes, pay all the taxes, before you can apply for citizenship..

Actually it also means begrudgingly .. .......

Definition of NIGGARDLY
1
: grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niggardly
Granting means to give or allow.
 


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Here are some facts and I can find direct articules if you want on obamas gun control stance going back as far as 96. I can name all the sources if you want but many are Ill legislative records. How does he really feel Laffy?  
     
    FactCheck: Yes, Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban. (Apr 2008) Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:

Do you think that they wont apply for food stamps, welfare, medicaide and still work for cash?  
     Some will. I'm not against it but there are issue s that need to be addressed. Requiring gainful employment wouldnt be such a bad thing.

and I thought the French were the new Irish, even the flaming fucking libs here don't like the fucking French. I will drink their wine and their Cognac, but I won't even fuck their women, not unless they come by way of Toronto or Montreal. Does that make me a racist?

Have you seen Miss Frenchie Rose?  She was at the LV party.  Crazy as a bedbug but sexier than shit.  I would fuck her in a heartbeat.  And, no, it doesn't make you a racist, dumbass.  The French are a nationality, not a race.
No land for you!

because yes, she is definitely sexier than shit. and I tend to go for "Crazy as a bedbug" If she were a bitch to boot, I might be in danger of falling heads over heels for her.

As for racist, if hating micks and Chinks makes one a racist, why not the French. Last I checked, neither the Chinese or the Irish were a race either.

but alas, I have to agree with you. Looked at as a whole, the Libertarians really are crazier than bedbugs and the only policies that they could ever actually enact if ever elected to power would be the bat shit crazy ones.

As for the Fair Tax, it's another pipe dream, not to mention the fact that it creates more problems than solutions,

After months of sequester, the country has not fallen apart, there are no wars in the streets, planes aren't falling from the skies. In short, we can spend a little less and still do just fine.

I seem to recall some people claiming these "Draconian cuts: would end civilization as we know it. Who knows, maybe we could have REAL cuts in spending someday without going over the edge?