tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post8948845734283396007..comments2023-10-30T05:42:21.945-04:00Comments on Eponym: Limbaugh v. ObamaEponymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05015797300434327506noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-52917643214876771732009-03-09T14:20:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:20:00.000-04:00But, REALLY, you are hoping the GOP power structur...<I>But, REALLY, you are hoping the GOP power structure will act as responsible opposition?</I><BR/><BR/>Heh. Let's just say that hope and expectation are not the same things.Eponymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015797300434327506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-44126862758474503572009-03-09T14:11:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:11:00.000-04:00Ep - fair point re: where will they go (other than...Ep - fair point re: where will they go (other than to stay home. If your base isn't enthusiastic, it's quite hard to maintain, or gain, power).<BR/><BR/>But, REALLY, you are hoping the GOP power structure will act as responsible opposition? Really? :)John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-11147425237522787642009-03-09T14:09:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:09:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-29621764344550544742009-03-09T02:49:00.000-04:002009-03-09T02:49:00.000-04:00John, you have good points. But we have to hope t...John, you have good points. But we have to hope that the people running the party aren't stupid. (I can't think of a better way to completely screw up the Democrats than by denying them worthy opposition.) Fear of Rush, and fear generally of losing the support of the dittohead army are not irrational fears, but eventually the leadership is going to have to do the sums and decide how little support they can live with. And paraphrasing you, where are the dittoheads going to go?Eponymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015797300434327506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-83059305883612774882009-03-08T23:43:00.000-04:002009-03-08T23:43:00.000-04:00Oh... and as to what might CAUSE such a backlash, ...Oh... and as to what might CAUSE such a backlash, imagine our current economic problems times 2 or times 3. It's not outrageous to contemplate. Bush did everything perfectly, if you want a complete economic melt-down. Short-sighted (and short memory) Americans will almost certainly blame it on the Democrats. Hell, I have already seen mainstream articles questioning whether Obama is making things worse. <BR/><BR/>Give it time. I'd guess that's what the GOP is banking on.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844648759855860489.post-78962848999463023842009-03-08T23:38:00.000-04:002009-03-08T23:38:00.000-04:00What else have they got? Don't you think that by ...What else have they got? Don't you think that by sticking to the wingnut base and praying (what else would a wingnut do?) that America eventually turns on Obama and that the base will be the center of real political power, they at least have a dream (what else can a wingnut have)? <BR/><BR/>The "moderate conservative" is lost to them for as long as Obama has any degree of success. There is no point in them suddenly adopting a rational position. <BR/><BR/>A wild, and potentially violent, conservative backlash is their only hope and sticking with the followers of Rush puts them in the sweet spot should that ever happen.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.com