http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/11/09/republican-civil-war Comments On: Republican 'Civil War' rages nationally, but not in Arkansas by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by plainjim]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:16:12 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:11:17 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by mrprincipal07]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:03:30 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Salieri]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:21:07 -0600 Arkansas Times
Peter Morrison, Texas GOP Official, Calls For 'Amicable Divorce' From 'Maggots' Who Voted For Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/p…
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:05:06 -0600 Arkansas Times >He won with fewer votes than McCain lost with.

Could you explain the significance of such a ratio?

Btw, it's still done via the electoral college. That's where math beat Bullshit Mountain.
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:53:45 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:02:04 -0600 Arkansas Times
But then I'm not even much good at responding to the facebook posts from Arkansas friends who drink the kool aid. I've got a cousin with three girls who I've watched grow up inside the constraints of of an almost cult-like upbringing. They are all good people. But like the Republican party they have purposefully isolated themselves to the point that reality simply does not register. (Karl Rove anyone?) And I am filled with wonderment to see how those girls make their way about the secular world and while I find them easily identifiable simply by their dress and style, I still know that they participate in that world without being of it.

It reminds me of when I was 14 or 15 and hustled off to a tent revival to see my uncle saved and ended up mingling with a young lady my same age, discussing sex with our respective boyfriends in their vehicles.

How do you get through to them? Because there can't be a backlash without the truth and the truth is what they are often isolating themselves from?
Posted by Vanessa]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:55:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
Both sides are reading far too much into the election results and will learn the wrong lessons.
Posted by Gylippus]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:54:25 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:46:24 -0600 Arkansas Times
"The problems with Republican leaders is that they are cowards."

My friends at the Fayetteville Freethinkers forum did some research a few years ago into the "conservative entertainment complex" and found so many religio-conservative groups were simply set up to fleece the gullible and provide themselves with lucre.

I must admit, I was tempted for awhile. Hell, it's easy money. The bait is so well-defined and all you need is a webpage and p.o. box. The rhetoric has been written so often that one would only need to skim the cream and use it. Maybe set up a think-tank look-alike in NWA. Bring in some highly visible rwing persons mixed with religio-conservatives and build a mighty database. There still maybe room for it as anti-n*gger in White House flames are roaring hot these days across the South. But, do t-bagging fundamentalists have any money?
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:38:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
"My takeaway after reading all of the delicious schadenfreude conservative postmortems is the dawning reality that they lost not just the election fair and square, but the argument. There’s no real place to go for them now, because they didn’t lose with Gore style shenanigans that would give them the victim mentality they’re so good at exploiting. Obama ran on pro-choice, gay marriage, tax increases and healthcare, so people knew what they were voting for, and just told all the old white men, you’re not the boss of me."

And Pierce puts it in historical perspective. (I can't recommend his essay enough.)

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/bara…
Posted by the outlier]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:20:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
Anyone?

"What we learned under Reagan is that deficits don't matter."
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:13:08 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msn…

Frum basically says the Repub party has catered so much to their base (the Southern
Strategy) that they have lost their ability to appeal to independent voters. Frum also acknowledges that all the pundits and talk show hosts are doing fine financially again. But 80% of the population is still suffering from economic uncertainty.

Two quotes from Frum:

"Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex"

"The donors and activists are so mistaken about the nature of the problem the country faces."
Posted by the outlier]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:00:18 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by FullThrottle]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:53:29 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Mara Leveritt]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:37:46 -0600 Arkansas Times