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To: Dale Baker who wrote (197105)	8/15/2012 8:55:56 AM
From: MoneyPenny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541906

Have you ever watched the documentary about Lee Atwater? Called The Bogey Man. It outlines his complete overhaul of the Republican party and how they came to be the sorry mess they are today. It is on Netflix streaming video. I think it is a must watch. movies.netflix.com

To: Dale Baker who wrote (197105)	8/15/2012 8:58:16 AM
From: stsimon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541906

I don't believe the Republicans main goal is to actually win the election this year. It is the only conclusion I can draw based on what I am seeing. Others may have a different view.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (197105)	8/15/2012 9:05:41 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 541906

Personally, I think this ends badly for the Reps again. So do I. Their base will blame the "MSM" again, claiming bias but actually they will be just shining a light on what Ryan and his acolytes want to do. And no one has to speculate about what they want to do, since they have proposed it in legislation in the past several times now. And the entire Republican House has voted on it. They are simply fixated on ideas that most Americans simply don't want, symbolized by Norquist's "fitting govt in a bathtub" comment. The vast majority of Americans want far more govt than that, but the Reps have convinced themselves that they can force the country into their view with their "Starve the Govt" philosophy and tactics. Cut taxes no matter what the consequences, and the govt eventually will have to cut those "superfluous" things like SS and Medicare, not to mention other things like NPR and national parks, because they will be forced to plead poverty: "We can't afford this." It is not unlike what Mittens and his Merry Minions at Bain did to many companies in the past. Use debt to finance the deal, then cut workers, then between the point at which the dip in productivity in the workforce shows up and the increase in profits that results from lower fixed costs take out a large loan from a bank and give themselves a special dividend that guarantees them a profit on their investment, charge the company a management fee for their brilliant stewardship that enhances their profit, then plead poverty when the interest payments on that loan are difficult to meet. All outlined in a Bloomberg article I post a couple of days ago, here: Message 28333253