Young Republican election proves the GOP will continue to be the party of Palin

Don't need to add to it....

Just repeat it:

It's quite a statement that these young Republicans seem to have the same fear of voting their conscience here that those in countries run by despots have. . .

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 18:15:46 PM CDT

thanks

... for stimulating my memory cels.  Pete Seeger's Hammer of Justice is now in my iTunes along with the one I've had so long - We Shall Overcome.

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by: Passionforprog @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 21:18:49 PM CDT

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I guess I shouldn't be surprised

considering their base is referring to Malia Obama as a "street whore" and worse.  I don't suppose Mrs Palin will launch an offensive on the Free Republic

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by: ol cranky @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 18:24:30 PM CDT

Does this mean

Does this mean the Republicans are abandoning religious conservatives in favor of racists?

Don't forget that Ronald Reagan, the matinée idol and Republican idol, kicked off his campaign as the Republican nominee for president by making a speech supporting states' rights in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Probably not. I'll bet it's a ploy to win the support of the RAHOWA and the other white supremacist religions.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -- John F. Kennedy (inspired by Dante's Inferno)

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by: oldbrit @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 18:41:24 PM CDT

In What world is

In what world is someone who's 38 a youth or young. She's got a 20 year work record by now. Shouldn't a "young" whatever org at least be under say..25? By then someone could have served two tours of duty in Afganistan. Hell -  Many people are grandmothers at that age in Louisiana.

Audray - you're an adult.

"Audra Shay, 38, has won the post of chairman of the Young Republicans"  

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by: Kathleen @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 18:55:38 PM CDT

It's relative.

Look at the main republicans.

Fetch my pearls, I need to clutch them!

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by: RainbowPhoenix @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 19:03:09 PM CDT

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"Young"

It must refer to her emotional maturity level rather than her chronological age.

Tax the Christian Taliban!

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by: Wolfgang @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 03:40:33 AM CDT

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Age limit for Young Democrats

The age limit for Young Democrats is 36. Their president is a CFO, so that doesn't seem like much of a difference.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -- John F. Kennedy (inspired by Dante's Inferno)

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by: oldbrit @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 08:46:17 AM CDT

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I don't understand these YR

Young Republicans often seem off their rocker.  Often racist, sexist, homophobic, and have very strange ideas.  Ryan Sorba, for example, is a young Republican who constantly says bizarre things and has weird actions.  Like the rapping group Young Conservatives, these people seem to think they are entitled because of race, status, etc.  They are selfish and cannot see others' viewpoints or even try to understand them.

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by: Johnnywhynot @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 19:46:42 PM CDT

Easy!

That's because they've listened to their Lord Rush sitting on their daddy's knee, listening to his words as if it's gospel.

The local branch of the College Republicans have been for years classless and shot themselves in the foot metaphorically so many times, it's a wonder they're even viable as a group.

Listen to "TransTalk" every Thursday at 4-5pm ET on http://www.falconradio.org

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by: Marlene @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 06:27:08 AM CDT

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wretched woman, that Shayster

I've just finished off the LBJ-Goldwater section in the midst of reading Allan J. Lichtman's WHITE PROTESTANT NATION: THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.   One lesson is that they can't be counted out.  The inanity is persistent.  Where else will the old Dixiecrats go?  

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by: Passionforprog @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 20:00:37 PM CDT

if you've ever been to a party caucus

you know that intimidation isn't the sole domain of republicans.  i was happy that my precinct seemed quite tame during the presidential democratic primaries, but that hasn't always been the case, sadly.  political parties are private organizations, and so whether ballots are secret or not is completely up to the management.

Lurleen on Twitter

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by: Lurleen @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 20:39:05 PM CDT

Secret Ballots

" "I believe that people were intimidated," said North Carolina delegate John Ross.  "Without a secret ballot, many people did not have the opportunity to vote their conscience."

How odd! This is exactly the "moral outrage" that Republicans claim is their reason for being against Card Check votes in getting a workplace Unionized. I guess secret ballot isn't so important after all...

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by: emjsea @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 20:51:40 PM CDT

Futue tenants of C Street...and members of The Family...

Since that group by self-definition is made up of supreme beings who will run the world and not be bothered by laws or anything.. 

Course I don't think they have allowed a woman in, to live in the house yet. 

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 23:39:51 PM CDT

Of course not!

In their little minds, there are only two positions for women: on their backs and on their knees.

They're only allowing women to be in unnatural positions of power until they rule, then it's back to the 1800s.

Listen to "TransTalk" every Thursday at 4-5pm ET on http://www.falconradio.org

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by: Marlene @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 06:23:11 AM CDT

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And here I was worried

I was worried that the Republicans might see the error of their ways and follow the lead of someone like Megan McCain, moderating themselves on social issues to win back the youth vote and appealing once again to the "vast middle."  Which in turn, might have made the GOP viable on a national level again.

Why was I even worried?

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by: popebuck1 @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 02:07:07 AM CDT

It's the Palin/Glen Beck route - by appealing to a certain segment, they can

win.

Besides their racist, misogynistic, homophobic ideas - what else do they even have right now?

Everything else they claim they stood for has been totally discredited during the last 8 years.

 

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by: Scott_NC @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 04:25:36 AM CDT