Boehner - Obama trying to annihilate Repubs- Bitch & Moan, do something about it

[elucidator]

Never mind banning guns, lets ban people who post dictionary definitions like it proves something. Damn, but that gets on my nerves.

[Zakalwe]

@elucidator

Never mind banning guns, lets ban people who post dictionary definitions like it proves something. Damn, but that gets on my nerves.

nerve (nûrv)
n.

1. Any of the cordlike bundles of fibers made up of neurons through which sensory stimuli and motor impulses pass between the brain or other parts of the central nervous system and the eyes, glands, muscles, and other parts of the body. Nerves form a network of pathways for conducting information throughout the body.
2. The sensitive tissue in the pulp of a tooth.
3. A sore point or sensitive subject: The criticism touched a nerve.

a. Courage and control under pressure: lost his nerve at the last minute.
b. Fortitude; stamina.
c. Forceful quality; boldness.
d. Brazen boldness; effrontery: had the nerve to deny it.
5. nerves Nervous agitation caused by fear, anxiety, or stress: an attack of nerves.
6. A vein or rib in the wing of an insect.
7. The midrib and larger veins in a leaf.
tr.v. nerved, nerv·ing, nerves
To give strength or courage to.
Idioms:
get on (someone’s) nerves
To irritate or exasperate.
strain every nerve
To make every effort.

[RickJay]

Loser Whining is a long tradition in politics. You get the same thing here in Canada, where the parties that lose the election often whine the party in power is, well, doing what they said they would, rather than what the losers want. It’s really an amazing phenomenon; immediately after losing the election, the losers will begin whining that the winning party isn’t listening to them. Well, if you don’t like it, don’t lose the election, Losey McLoserton.

I would further point out that at least in Canada, it’s an all-party phenomenon.

[monavis]

@diggerwam

Yeah, Mr Boehner, you are right. You gonna sit there like a bitch or are you gonna try to do something about it? Trust me, you would try to do it too if the situation was reversed.

Now repubs in general have got a choice, they need to change their positions to become more relevant/popular or they need to do a better job in selling their existing positions. Neither of which has to do with the Dems. Change comes from within.

There is nothing in the Constitution that says there has to be 2 parties or that the Repubs have to be one of them. You want to be relevant, you better be willing to fight & nail to get there again. You better figure out a way because nobody’s gonna do it for you.

It’s a brutal world out there. Quit your bitching and hand wringing and adapt.

Instead of blaming Obama they should take a good look at themselves. Too many extremists as their base?

[digs]

I hate that somehow the term “base” is being used to mean “far right tea party religious fundie nutjobs”.

A “base” sounds legit. The base of a building is a firm foundation, upon which you can build something worth standing.

The Republican “base” is not a foundation, nor stable.

[BigAppleBucky]

@Euphonious_Polemic

I think this is a classic case of projection.

As I recall, it was the Republicans who, 4 years ago, thought that the top priority was to make Obama a one term president.

Here’s a nice book from a conservative radio host:

Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority

They failed in their attempts; now they think that the Democrats will naturally have the same sleazy thinking.

Exactly. The Teahadists have been accusing the Democrats doing the things the Teahadists are doing for a number of years now. It’s their SOP.

[irae]

“Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself”

I’m sure the President of the United States (again) has better things to do than hasten the self-imposed annihilation of the GOP.

[aruvqan]

@Martin_Hyde

an·ni·hi·late [ ə n ə làyt ]
destroy something: to destroy something completely, especially so that it ceases to exist
defeat somebody: to defeat somebody easily and decisively
be destroyed in particle collision: to be mutually destroyed when a particle collides with a corresponding antiparticle

It can easily mean exactly that without it being silly or stupid. This is part and parcel of some of the mouthbreathers here on the SDMB wanting to find “stupidity” anytime a Republican opens their mouth. It was overblown rhetoric but no technical violation of the language and no evidence he was suggesting annihilate to mean “total destruction.” That’s one possible meaning of the word.

Excuse me? I have been a registered republican for over 30 years, since I was 18 and old enough to register to vote, and to exercise my franchise. Todays bull fucking shit republican fuckall crap makes me regret registering repub all those years ago. I have not voted for a republican for an office in almost 8 years because of the crap they are pulling. I keep hoping one of us will develop some balls to stand up and tell our party off, and every time my party approaches me with some damned fucked up screwball conspiracy grade bullshit with a request for money, I tell them exactly what I think of them and it never seems to help any. The only thing that keeps me registering repub is the way it allows me to vote in preelections so I can try to vote down the worst of the tin foil hat asswipes trying to get into office.

DO NOT COUNT ME AS ONE OF YOUR BRAINWASHED ASSHAT VOTERS. I am republican with the brains to actually research the issues and vote accordingly, not because someone claims to be republican and needs my vote. I find stupidity in almost everything the current crop of republicans opens up and vomits out.

[digs]

@aruvqan

Excuse me? I have been a registered republican for over 30 years… I find stupidity in almost everything the current crop of republicans opens up and vomits out.

Yeah, I went to a Libertarian college (Wm. F. Buckley was a constant lecturer-- Hillsdale has all his writings archived) and considered myself a Republican. A good friend of mine was the Treasurer of the State Republican Party. He had a great line at the pub the other night:

“I’d like to apologize for the party that uses the name Republican. The party I was part of believed in small
government, fiscal conservatism, and sanity. George Bush’s handlers didn’t believe in any of those
principles, and the party’s been bent into a wicked-yet-sometimes-hilarious caricature of its former label.”

– Dave, the man without a party