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pantslessprogressive: “We knew shutting down the government in 1995 was not going to work for us. It helped Bill Clinton get reelected. I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected by marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy.” - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the Laura Ingraham Show Wednesday. At least one Republican leader is willing to get to the point: the GOP leadership does not care about reducing the deficit. They don’t care about the unemployed. They don’t care about you. They care about their brand: […] the Republican Party has moved from Reagan’s politics of principle to Norquist’s politics of marketing. The central principle of marketing is: you sell to the niche, you protect your niche and make money off of it, your brand–not your principles–is your most valuable commodity. [Joe Klein] How absolutely disgusting.

pantslessprogressive:

“We knew shutting down the government in 1995 was not going to work for us. It helped Bill Clinton get reelected. I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected by marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy.” - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the Laura Ingraham Show Wednesday.

At least one Republican leader is willing to get to the point: the GOP leadership does not care about reducing the deficit. They don’t care about the unemployed. They don’t care about you. They care about their brand:

[…] the Republican Party has moved from Reagan’s politics of principle to Norquist’s politics of marketing. The central principle of marketing is: you sell to the niche, you protect your niche and make money off of it, your brand–not your principles–is your most valuable commodity. [Joe Klein]

How absolutely disgusting.

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    our forefathers are projectile vomiting in their graves
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    This is what Republicans really mean when they talk about “running government like a business.”
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    How does it feel to get played, Tea Party?
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    How absolutely disgusting.
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  18. crypticwolfe said: “…marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy.” ???? They freaking caused the bad economy. Democrats inherited the bad economy from republicans. Hello???
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    GOP politicking on the backs of the most vulnerable. So… nothing new.
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    Mitch McConnell is such a Yurtle.
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