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The Trouble with RepublicansFrom: Steven
Subject: General
Date/Time 2010-03-10 16:26:37
Remote IP: 76.247.152.202
MessageRepublicans LIKE TO BILL THEMSELVES as the party of
"small government" and like to try to seduce people
to their party by making scaring statements such as
"Democrats want big government; Democrats want socialism;
Democrats'll tax ya"
But Republicans DON'T actually believe in governmental
non-interference . . .
They are married to the Religious Right (who are religiously WRONG).
It's a party that only favors white heterosexual Christian rich men.
Basically, anything not in the Bible they want forbidden. As a
consequence, here are the things I hate about the Republicans:
1. Banned Stem-Cell Research
(Religious Right interference)
2. Against Gay Marriage and Gay Rights
(90% of barriers to gay rights are due to Republicans)
3. Against having Abortion Legal.
(I'm not interested in having one, but I view it as
personal rights issue.)
4. Basically, if they can legislate MORALITY and restrict
personal liberties, they go for it. I want to give them
the middle finger on this.
5. They also are more likely to start pre-emptive wars and
attack other peoples. They are too in love with the WAR MACHINE.
6. They are in bed with CORPORATIONS. If they can help corporations
turn a bigger profit at the expense of the individual, they go for it.
Consider Exxon-Mobil and Bush as an example.
7. They are also typically very WEAK on ENVIRONMENTAL issues.
I want clean AIR, clear WATER, advances in GREEN issues that
help prevent pollution and waste. Note: None of these things
help PROFIT, so because of item #6, their environmental position
is clear.
If you want to talk about expansion in the size of government, we
had one of the biggest expansions in government under President Bush.
He enacted all kinds of anti-terror laws, i.e. Patriot Act, etc.
designed to usurp constitutional rights, as well as interfering
in personal liberties, AS WELL as SPENDING money like crazy.
[Note: This isn't limited to Bush, R. Reagan was a spend-a-holic also]
Granted, I'm not really pleased with the idea of Socialized Health Care
and Government Overspending that we have now under the watch
of the Democrats, but painting the Republicans as the
Champion of PERSONAL LIBERTY is simply not true.
In fact, as far as PERSONAL LIBERTY goes, you are far better off
with the Democrats who will increase your taxes to fund more
social programs . . . at least they aren't doing the other things
I mentioned in the REPUBLICANS SUCK LIST.
Of course, this is the problem with the PARTIES.
They word says it all: A lot of brou-ha-ha with nothing helpful.
Unfortunately, we are stuck with them.
If we could get LIBERTARIANS into office, I'd vote for them.
They are for PERSONAL LIBERTIES and SMALL GOVERNMENT.
Unfortunately, in our two-party system, voting for them
means splitting your vote of dissent from the status quo
[this is the mathematical problem in any election scheme
where you have more than two choices].
Thus with the laundry-list of things I HATE about Republicans,
I'm not going to vote for them. I'd rather be anally raped by someone
wearing a condom made out of that "metal cheese-grater" material
than vote for them. So I guess I'm stuck voting for the Democrats
and bitching about the stuff they F*K UP.
Steven
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