Trump has made his repeated promise to deport 20,000,000 minorities and foreigners a central feature of his campaign. What does Trump intend to do with them? History provides the key. And what history? The history of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, when another great power, seeking a cheap way to victimize a large part of its population to benefit the majority race, also started a program of mass "deportation" of minorities, in order to provide its majority race with more land, more money, more of everything, at the expense of the others. There was a word for this: lebensraum, or "living space," the notion that the majority race deserved what it craved so much that it justified any abuse of those considered to be lesser humans. Hitler proposed to "deport" Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and eventually all other non "Aryan" residents of the Third Reich. The Nazis soon discovered that deportation was impossible; it was too expensive for Germany, and oth...
Because it sure doesn't make any difference to us, how many Senators we have.
"Good riddance. Take Snowe and Collins with you."
Good idea. Let's see if we can work that out.
"I wish the Republicrat Party was governing from the right..."
And I wish Santa would come twice a year. Before they can "govern from the right," they have to "govern." That involves "winning elections." Good luck with that.
"Many good things will come out of this Specter situation and the Republican Party will be stronger in the end."
Right.
"Where does Rick Santorum stand in all this? Is it too late to possibly run him in 2010?"
Please. Go ahead. Make my day.
"The GOP moved left
Let us join the battle, and right soon. In case of defeat I need time to find a new country to emigrate to (or start my own!)."
How about Texas?
" (Senator) DeMint says he would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than. . . 50 that don't have a set of beliefs."
How about five Republicans that REALLY believe that, in greed is the true salvation of mankind? I like that idea even better.
This remark is particularly ironic, since DeMint's endorsement of right wing wacko Pat Toomey to defeat Spector is being cited as a significant factor in Spector's decision.
"Just fine for the democrats to nominate an 80 year-old man who dyes his hair orange and has recurrent cancer. this is definitely change we can believe in."
Well, at least John McCain didn't die his hair. I think.
"Like his ideological soulmate, Sen. John McCain, Specter's reputation for bipartisan moderation was always a function of his vain desire to be perceived as a "public servant."
And, for real Republicans, there is nothing worse than being a "public servant." They know whom they are paid to serve.
Well, this is all still pretty mild. Like everyone experiencing a loss, the Republicans still have to go through the denial stage. I'll keep on this. In a day or two we will be seeing some real wackiness.