The end of the Republican party

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

exaclty, I had hair down past my shoulders, lived in San francisco for years, tie dies, etc.
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You had hair?

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by striperman36

You had hair?

beautiful thick curly hair that women were always envious of. I think some ex-girlfriends got hold of a voodoo doll and took away my Samson-like asset

[Jackbass]

Originally Posted by striperman36

You had hair?

Me too now I have the Merrill Steubing look
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[sburnsey931]

If and when the country votes the republicans out of office then it will be over....It didn't happen. ....
Like Boehner says.....We're still here and intend to do what we were elected to do. Stop the spending and get the economy going.
The beauty of our system of Government is if one party goes to far, "Obamacare"... 2 years later the balance of power shifts...(2010).
Yesterday it was a Status Quo Election. If the Republicans were so bad and obstructionist then why weren't they voted out of office. They are still there because enough of the electorate wanted them to keep doing it.
The won not because of performance or great legislation.. but because of the UAW bailout and the Dream Act. Great Political moves.
Hats off to Axelrod....

By the way .."I'm a wharf rat from Gloucester" 45 shows

[Jim in CT]

We all need to calm down and take a breath, and stop listening to what they say on MSNBC.

This election was not a widespread repudiation of the GOP. The popular vote split was 51-49. It just doesn't get a whole lot closer than that. This was not a Ronald Reagan-Jimmy Carter smackdown. And even if it was, the Democratic Party survived that, and they did it by becoming way more radically liberal.

The GOP will do fine in midterm elections, when the media can't demonize every single Republican running for the house and the senate.

There are 2 economic high-speed trains on a collision course in this country. (1) Our national debt is $16T, and growing by $1.5T a year. (2) FAR MORE IMPOERANTLY, 10,000 baby boomers a day are turning 65, making them eligible for social security and Medicare. Ten thousand a day, and that will last for 15 years. When enough of those boomers are old, sick, and have dementia, that's when we run out of money. This issue will make the current national debt look like a hiccup in terms of magnitude. The lowest estimate I have seen, for the projected shortfalls for SS and Medicare, is $40 trillion. Probably closer to $60 trillion. Ponder that for a minute.

When those 2 things collide, liberals won't be able to demonize conservatives for saying we need fiscal responsibility.

In the meantime...I'm converting 100% of my 401(k) to cash, and I'm waiting it out. When the inevitable happens, the result will be a recession that makes 2008 look like the roaring 1920's, and that's a damn good time to get back in the stock market.

And Marco Rubio has a damn good shot at becoming the President in 2016.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

We all need to calm down and take a breath, and stop listening to what they say on MSNBC.

I used to think that FOX was the worst, clearly MSNBC is the most biased media outlet for the past 6-8 years. I can no longer watch it and it was the one I watched the most. CNN runs circles around MSNBC in objectivity.

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

This election was not a widespread repudiation of the GOP. The popular vote split was 51-49. It just doesn't get a whole lot closer than that. This was not a Ronald Reagan-Jimmy Carter smackdown. And even if it was, the Democratic Party survived that, and they did it by becoming way more radically liberal.

The GOP will do fine in midterm elections, when the media can't demonize every single Republican running for the house and the senate.

The election was close but until the GOP changes course on a few things they will continue to be close losses. At best it will be quick swings back and forth.

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

There are 2 economic high-speed trains on a collision course in this country. (1) Our national debt is $16T, and growing by $1.5T a year. (2) FAR MORE IMPOERANTLY, 10,000 baby boomers a day are turning 65, making them eligible for social security and Medicare. Ten thousand a day, and that will last for 15 years. When enough of those boomers are old, sick, and have dementia, that's when we run out of money. This issue will make the current national debt look like a hiccup in terms of magnitude. The lowest estimate I have seen, for the projected shortfalls for SS and Medicare, is $40 trillion. Probably closer to $60 trillion. Ponder that for a minute.

When those 2 things collide, liberals won't be able to demonize conservatives for saying we need fiscal responsibility.

In the meantime...I'm converting 100% of my 401(k) to cash, and I'm waiting it out. When the inevitable happens, the result will be a recession that makes 2008 look like the roaring 1920's, and that's a damn good time to get back in the stock market.

THESE TWO things are going to crush us but we keep kicking that down the road. Instead of acting like adults, our elected officials are refusing to deal with this. This is unacceptable.

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

And Marco Rubio has a damn good shot at becoming the President in 2016.

Don't know about that and 2016 is a little early to ponder.

[Jim in CT]

[QUOTE=JohnR;968195until the GOP changes course on a few things they will continue to be close losses. At best it will be quick swings back and forth.



.[/QUOTE]

I'll respectfully disagree. At the national level, the democratic party embraces partial birth abortion, and literally no limits to spending, and persecution of the Catholic Church. Most Americans don't like those things. The problem is, only one network talks about those things,all the other networks are essentially 24/7 commercials for Obama. For example, none of them are doing any reporting on Benghazi. Unbelievable.

Marco Rubio has it all. As you said, we'll see.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by JohnR

THESE TWO things are going to crush us but we keep kicking that down the road.



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You can no longer say "we" keep kicking the can down the road. Rmoney/Ryan had a plan. It is now "they", meaning liberals, who keep kicking the can down the road. The conservative position on this is clear, that we need to fix entitlements. The liberal response is, "you hate poor people!!" Not exactly a solution, is it?

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I'll respectfully disagree. At the national level, the democratic party embraces partial birth abortion, and literally no limits to spending, and persecution of the Catholic Church. Most Americans don't like those things. The problem is, only one network talks about those things,all the other networks are essentially 24/7 commercials for Obama. For example, none of them are doing any reporting on Benghazi. Unbelievable.

Marco Rubio has it all. As you said, we'll see.

The last election might say otherwise.

And don't get me wrong, I like Rubio. I'm not convinced that he is the guy.

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

You can no longer say "we" keep kicking the can down the road. Rmoney/Ryan had a plan. It is now "they", meaning liberals, who keep kicking the can down the road. The conservative position on this is clear, that we need to fix entitlements. The liberal response is, "you hate poor people!!" Not exactly a solution, is it?

We - as in the US a we / us, not a they / them. WE keep kicking the can down the road. How is that for bipartisanship .

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

We all need to calm down and take a breath, and stop listening to what they say on MSNBC.

This election was not a widespread repudiation of the GOP. The popular vote split was 51-49. It just doesn't get a whole lot closer than that. This was not a Ronald Reagan-Jimmy Carter smackdown. And even if it was, the Democratic Party survived that, and they did it by becoming way more radically liberal.

The GOP will do fine in midterm elections, when the media can't demonize every single Republican running for the house and the senate.

There are 2 economic high-speed trains on a collision course in this country. (1) Our national debt is $16T, and growing by $1.5T a year. (2) FAR MORE IMPOERANTLY, 10,000 baby boomers a day are turning 65, making them eligible for social security and Medicare. Ten thousand a day, and that will last for 15 years. When enough of those boomers are old, sick, and have dementia, that's when we run out of money. This issue will make the current national debt look like a hiccup in terms of magnitude. The lowest estimate I have seen, for the projected shortfalls for SS and Medicare, is $40 trillion. Probably closer to $60 trillion. Ponder that for a minute.

When those 2 things collide, liberals won't be able to demonize conservatives for saying we need fiscal responsibility.

In the meantime...I'm converting 100% of my 401(k) to cash, and I'm waiting it out. When the inevitable happens, the result will be a recession that makes 2008 look like the roaring 1920's, and that's a damn good time to get back in the stock market.

And Marco Rubio has a damn good shot at becoming the President in 2016.

Exactly