This is America. Let it unfurl.

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 16:33:57 CDT 2011


On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> Notice how Republicans, time and time again, claim they speak for all Americans. The implication being if you don't agree with me, you are not a real American. Do Democrats do that as often or is it that I only bristle when it's a claim for "Americans don't want..." or "Americans believe.." that I, as an American, disagree with?
>

In the "debate" Perry was a hit with the current Republican base, now
called TeaPartiers, because, as Politico pu it:  "Viewers saw a guy
with square shoulders and a gunslinger squint, a man who likes to drop
his ‘g’s’ when ‘speakin’ his mind.”

Republicans don't like brains or reason.  They like swagger.



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