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Bodybuilding Coach January 19, 2012 at 5:06 pm

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Pappadave January 25, 2012 at 8:38 pm

Can’t say that I particularly disagree with any of this. I’ve thought of Coulter as a “conservative” for a few years now, but her inexplicable endorsement of Romney has ALWAYS puzzled me–as her seeming affection for Christy does. Christy has SAID some good things, but his latest idiocy of appointing a black, gay judge in the name of “diversity” shows his RINO colors. As for Coulter, it may very well BE a case of being bought off–which kills her reliability for me forever. What IS it with Northeasterner Republicans that they think big government is good as long as THEY are in charge???

CzechRebel January 25, 2012 at 10:21 pm

Go back to the American Revolution and ask the same question about North Eastern patriots. The North Easterner formed a Federalist Party. The Southerners formed a Democratic-Republican Party, but that was generally shortened to “Republicans.” Those Republicans later disbanded.

The same thing happened in the mid-1800s. A group of tyrants banned together behind a philosophy of tax and spend. They played on class envy and add an interesting wrinkle. They would do their taxing in the South and spending in the North. To really confuse people, they called themselves “Republicans.”

Flash forward to our lifetime and now we have this fine party full of conservative Southern values and a bunch of tax and spend liberals from the North East both trying to be the Republican Party. Both have history on their side. Sure makes it confusing.

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