Comments on: GOP Preps For Civil War http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Duros Hussein 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123924 Duros Hussein 62 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:53:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123924 <i>Here’s to pragmatism.</i> that's the most rational thing you've said in weeks, Jay. Kudos. Personally, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by President Obama. Here’s to pragmatism.

that’s the most rational thing you’ve said in weeks, Jay. Kudos. Personally, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by President Obama.

]]> By: Matt Ortega » Former Republican Senator Votes Absentee for Obama http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123793 Matt Ortega » Former Republican Senator Votes Absentee for Obama Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:42:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123793 [...] and Democrats make large gains in both chambers of Congress, there will be an all-out civil war within the Republican [...] [...] and Democrats make large gains in both chambers of Congress, there will be an all-out civil war within the Republican [...]

]]> By: thebewilderness http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123770 thebewilderness Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:50:02 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123770 I used to think that too, Jay. I thought that if we could survive Ronnie Raygunz, sustaining only as much damage as we did, that it couldn't get much worse than that. I was completely wrong. I used to think that too, Jay.
I thought that if we could survive Ronnie Raygunz, sustaining only as much damage as we did, that it couldn’t get much worse than that.

I was completely wrong.

]]> By: Jay http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123757 Jay Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:57:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123757 I've long had a theory that any given President, however bad - truly or from the perspective of part of the population - could and would only do so much damage, and that once in office they tend to rise to doing more or less the right or pragmatic thing. I'd not thought about this lately, but Bush has strained that perspective, and damaged the office in a way that makes it easier for those who follow to go too far. I'd like to think Obama will do what he has to do to get elected, and then will be pragmatic - shades of Clinton, maybe with a better defense posture and a backing off of the more absurd internal security measures of the past several years. My fear is that he will be what the deranged crowd expects, and more, taking the Bush years as a jumping off point rather than as a cautionary lesson. I expect we'll see. Here's to pragmatism. Yes, I'm basically a libertarian, but even if someone with my outlook were elected, it would be about pragmatically moving the status quo, not trying to be all radical and sudden. I’ve long had a theory that any given President, however bad – truly or from the perspective of part of the population – could and would only do so much damage, and that once in office they tend to rise to doing more or less the right or pragmatic thing. I’d not thought about this lately, but Bush has strained that perspective, and damaged the office in a way that makes it easier for those who follow to go too far. I’d like to think Obama will do what he has to do to get elected, and then will be pragmatic – shades of Clinton, maybe with a better defense posture and a backing off of the more absurd internal security measures of the past several years. My fear is that he will be what the deranged crowd expects, and more, taking the Bush years as a jumping off point rather than as a cautionary lesson. I expect we’ll see. Here’s to pragmatism. Yes, I’m basically a libertarian, but even if someone with my outlook were elected, it would be about pragmatically moving the status quo, not trying to be all radical and sudden.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123701 Nimrod Gently Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:55:52 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123701 Please god let the GOP get SDPed. Go go go! SDP! SDP! Please god let the GOP get SDPed. Go go go! SDP! SDP!

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/26/gop-preps-for-civil-war/#comment-123699 C.S.Strowbridge Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:06:25 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10902#comment-123699 Right now the three main GOP contenders for 2012 are Romney, Huckabee, and Palin. If that's true three years from now, then the GOP are in a world of trouble. If Palin is in the top ten, they are screwed. Right now the three main GOP contenders for 2012 are Romney, Huckabee, and Palin. If that’s true three years from now, then the GOP are in a world of trouble.

If Palin is in the top ten, they are screwed.

]]>