What happens to the GOP when this is all over?

[TK]

Fuck yes, go Independent. Fuck a two party system anymore.

[Uncle Mxy]

The GOP wins. Shutdown city, baybeeeeee!!!!!!

[Tahoe]

I haven't been following this shit AT ALL. I haven't watched politics since the day after fuckhead got reelected(sp?).

But regarding Gov't shutdown? Fuck'n A. Shut half the Gov't down and we wouldn't even notice. Its just a bunch of lazy fucks collecting paychecks from hard working private sector taxpayers.

Good job whomever shut this shit down.

[Uncle Mxy]

WASHINGTON—As the shutdown of the federal government enters its second week, with legislators on both sides of the aisle having so far failed to bring a resolution to the negotiating table, sources confirmed Tuesday that Washington’s congressional aides have opted to withhold sex from their employers until a budget compromise is reached. “We were all hoping it would never come to this, but unless lawmakers agree to put aside their differences and get the government moving again, then any and all clandestine sexual intercourse with us is simply off the table,” said Allison Pereira, 26, personal aide to Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) and just one of hundreds of Capitol Hill staffers who reportedly have resolved to deny the nation’s elected officials sexual favors of any kind until they hammer out an evenhanded federal budget agreement that resolves the Obamacare stalemate and ends the shutdown. “With hundreds of thousands of government employees out of work and the congressional process held hostage to partisan gridlock, we have no chance but to leverage our most powerful bargaining chip. So until they figure out a budget deal, sex is off. And that includes oral sex and hand jobs, by the way.” In the absence of gratification from their subordinates, sources confirmed that the sex boycott has forced all 535 U.S. senators and House representatives to avail themselves of D.C.’s various escort services and brothels, at an estimated cost to the American taxpayer of $6.2 million.

[Uncle Mxy]

Looking at the transformation of the conservatives in Europe may be a guide to what happens to conservatives in the U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/op...ghts-mind.html

[Uncle Mxy]

GOP Lifer:

http://blog.chron.com/goplifer/2014/...on/#28114101=0

[Tahoe]

^ What'd the article say? Boil that bitch down to a couple of sentences mxy.

[Uncle Mxy]

Few things are as dangerous to a long term strategy as a short-term victory. Republicans this week scored the kind of win that sets one up for spectacular, catastrophic failure and no one is talking about it.

What emerges from the numbers is the continuation of a trend that has been in place for almost two decades. Once again, Republicans are disappearing from the competitive landscape at the national level across the most heavily populated sections of the country while intensifying their hold on a declining electoral bloc of aging, white, rural voters. The 2014 election not only continued that doomed pattern, it doubled down on it. As a result, it became apparent from the numbers last week that no Republican candidate has a credible shot at the White House in 2016, and the chance of the GOP holding the Senate for longer than two years is precisely zero.

Note that the analysis is from a lifelong Republican. I don't agree with it all, but it's a worthwhile read... the insights into the energy biz are interesting.

[Glenn]

So I guess this is what happened. /thread

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[Tahoe]

Ha!