Where the GOP goes from here

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If bearers of technological expertise depart our shores (and they very well might) the U.S. would become an agricultural nation once more inside of a generation. To Mr. "good riddance" just remember which class of people made your computer and the internet possible. It was not political numbskulls like Al Gore.

The U.S. either survives through technological excellence or it perishes for lack of it.

ruveyn

No. Kick out the greed-driven narcissists with an overblown sense of entitlement and more enlightened people will take over. Our scientists and engineers do not need to be slaves to the dumb-as-a-doorknob corporate suits and wall street shysters. You have to remember these people had to be at least borderline ret*ds to seriously believe that housing prices would rise forever. What the current owners of the corporate world have is what I would call "street smarts", i.e. they are good at finding ways to abuse the system and swindle people in their favor. Such knuckle-daggers don't have a curious bone in their body.

If you are proposing to rid ourselves of Crony Capitalism, I gladly concur.

ruveyn

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Crony Capitalism and Pure Capitalism are one in the same. If you think otherwise you've either lying or have never won a game of monopoly. In the real life version of Monopoly you start

They are not. Real capitalism does not operate on subsidies and handouts.

Historic Example: Union Pacific Rail was built on a sweetheart deal between the government and the railroad promoters. That is crony capitalism. The Great Northern was built without a single subsidy. That is real capitalism.

And what government handout did Ed Land get when he introduced instant photography to the public?

When the Freres Wright developed their flying machine they did it out of their own pocket. $1200 circa 1903 dollars. That is real capitalism. Samuel Langley got $50,000 form Congress to develop his flying machine which was a complete failure. That is crony capitalism.

The transistor was invented at Bell Telephone Labs and released in 1947. Not one penny of government money there. That is real capitalism.

ruveyn

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So nothing internet-based is "real" capitalism, eh?

this sounds like a 'no true Scotsman' fallacy to me, Ruveyn.

Seems like the popular topic currently. The GOP lost to unpopular president with country at war with a struggling economy, for all intents and purposes they should of won. The lost seats in a senate that they should of gained control of. Was it the candidate or his policies? 'Or did Obama just run an effective campaign? Some blame the hurricane.

A lot of people are blaming the 'far right' of the Republican party, depends of who you consider 'far right'. A lot of people are blaming the Tea Party, depends on who you consider the Tea Party. Romney was a Northeast Republican, he wasn't really a conservative in any sense besides culturally although he was easy to caricature him as such due to his wealth and Mormon faith.

I think the Obama campaign was extremely effective driving issues like abortion, gay marriage, contraceptives, rape, etc to the forefront of the race with the dumb comments/positions of other Republicans. Those comments didn't really reflect Romney's beliefs but he did trend socially conservative. Not only did this hurt Romney, it was disastrous down ticket and was directly responsible for losing multiple seats in the senate that they should of won.

I don't think pro-life positions need be abandoned, I still think it can be an winning issue if one isn't too extreme or make stupid comments. There is no way to defend rape and attacking contraceptives and sex education is a generational step backward on the issue while also being counter-productive to the goal of less abortion. I don't think the Tea Party is to blame on this, I don't think this was a Tea Party issue or a new position, it's a social conservative issue and has been present with in the GOP for awhile. I definitely agree however that social conservatism needs to be de-empathized from future campaigns however.

I'll continue on but I'd like to hear what other people think.

Voter suppression will be a continued GOP strategy

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