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Republicans Find Voice in Opposing Stimulus: 'Oh, My God' <BR> <BR><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/republicans-fin.html" target=_top>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/republica ns-fin.html</a> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>"There was no Republican input at all involved in what House Democrats outlined today," Boehner, R-Ohio, said at a news conference at the Capitol. "I just took a moment to look over the draft from Chairman [David] Obey and the draft or outline from Chairman [Charlie] Rangel. Oh, my God. <BR> <BR>"I just can't tell you how shocked I am at what we're seeing. You know it's clear that they're moving on this path along the flawed notion that we can borrow and spend our way back to prosperity." <BR> <BR><!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>There's that good old spirit of bipartisanship Obama promised, OOPS, I meant "Where's that..."?
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but what makes a Republican? <BR> <BR>from a story making the 'net: <BR> <BR>I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?' <BR> <BR>She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' <BR> <BR>Her parents beamed. <BR> <BR>'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, <BR> <BR><font color="0000ff">'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.'</font> <BR> <BR>She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, <BR> <BR><font color="0000ff">'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?'</font> <BR> <BR>I said, <BR><font color="ff0000">'Welcome to the Republican Party.'</font> <BR> <BR>Her parents still aren't speaking to me.
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
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New Gallup Poll. Note that these are percentages from "Lean Repub" at the beginning of W's terms.:<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>May 18, 2009 <BR> <BR><font color="119911"><b><font size="+1">GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups</font></b></font> <BR>Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001 <BR> <BR>by <i>Jeffrey M. Jones</i> <BR> <BR><b>PRINCETON, NJ</b> -- The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the first year of George W. Bush's presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR><blockquote><img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/14/1311.gif" alt=""> <img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/14/1312.gif" alt=""> <BR> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/messages/14/1313.gif" alt=""></blockquote> <BR><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/118528/GOP-Losses-Span-Nearly-Demographic-Groups.aspx" target=_top>http://www.gallup.com/poll/118528/GOP-Losses-Span-Nearly-Demographic-Groups.aspx</a>
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