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Letter to a whiny young Democrat
Samara:
Plain and simple, I would vote for Elmo before I would ever vote Republican. It has nothing to do with Democrats. I just hate Republicans on their own merits. Also, I'm not really into theological fascism. I really don't see Ben Franklin hobnobbing with the current rendition of crazy assed neocons.
I also don't understand why people think America is supposed to remain the same when our population has exploded exponentially in the past 60 years. Opportunity is not as pervasive. This is the first generation that is graduating less literate than their parent's generation.
What I really hate is the whole big government vs. small government argument. It's not an all or nothing paradigm. There is place for both. But I sure as @#!*% don't trust too-big-to-fail corporations to "keep it real." Regulations and oversight are necessary.
Do Democrats even have a version of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Ann Coulter to name a few? These pundits don't represent sanity, or conservatism. They are all vicious little @#!*% that base every argument on bellicosity instead of reason and sense. The fact they are so admired makes me think Americans are stupid twits who 1. don't read, and 2. are either bullies or 3. so impotent they have to stand under the skirts of mean girls to feel powerful.
I would much rather hang with someone who attends tree hugging ceremonies for Adam and Steve than I would ever choose to hang around some one holding a "God hates F-gs" sign at a dead hero's funeral.
Shadyacres:
--- Quote from: "Samara" ---Plain and simple, I would vote for Elmo before I would ever vote Republican. It has nothing to do with Democrats. I just hate Republicans on their own merits. Also, I'm not really into theological fascism. I really don't see Ben Franklin hobnobbing with the current rendition of crazy assed neocons.
I also don't understand why people think America is supposed to remain the same when our population has exploded exponentially in the past 60 years. Opportunity is not as pervasive. This is the first generation that is graduating less literate than their parent's generation.
What I really hate is the whole big government vs. small government argument. It's not an all or nothing paradigm. There is place for both. But I sure as hell don't trust too-big-to-fail corporations to "keep it real." Regulations and oversight are necessary.
Do Democrats even have a version of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Ann Coulter to name a few? These pundits don't represent sanity, or conservatism. They are all vicious little bitches that base every argument on bellicosity instead of reason and sense. The fact they are so admired makes me think Americans are stupid twits who 1. don't read, and 2. are either bullies or 3. so impotent they have to stand under the skirts the mean girls to feel powerful.
I would much rather hang with someone who attends tree hugging ceremonies for Adam and Steve than I would ever choose to hang around some one holding a "God hates F-gs"sign at dead hero's funeral.
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Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Samara" ---I would much rather hang with someone who attends tree hugging ceremonies for Adam and Steve than I would ever choose to hang around some one holding a "God hates F-gs" sign at a dead hero's funeral.
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I think most people would agree with you here, myself included. The people who carry these signs are not representing the Republican party, they are representing a segment of a religious affiliation.
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Shadyacres:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---
--- Quote from: "Samara" ---I would much rather hang with someone who attends tree hugging ceremonies for Adam and Steve than I would ever choose to hang around some one holding a "God hates F-gs" sign at a dead hero's funeral.
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I think most people would agree with you here, myself included. The people who carry these signs are not representing the Republican party, they are representing a segment of a religious affiliation.
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Whooter, I'll bet you a million dollars they didn't vote democrat in the last election.
Samara:
The whole liberal and conservative monikers are totally fucking BS, too.
I live in a very fundie area. All NeoCon republican. The level of sheer hypocrisy that exists here is absolutely stultifying. So, yeah, I am not as quietly biased as I used to be. I don't want to hear about your freaking family values when you are on wife #3 or you straightjacket your real orientation, your conservative lifestyle because your addiction comes with an RX, or your fiscal conservatism when you declared bankruptcy as a result of your greedy keeping up with the Joneses lifestyle. (Does a family of 3 REALLY need a mansion?) Out here, I get the WORST of social hypocrisy and religious fascism. NOT impressed.
And of course, while I would LOVE to hear sound arguments establishing a valid POV, who the hell am I supposed to listen to? Coulter? Limbaugh? Beck? Hannity? Or Perhaps Palin whose platform rests on guns, God, moose chili, and the ability to see Russia from her back porch makes her uniquely qualified to lead?
Trickle down and read-my-lips-no-new taxes is all BS, too, but still, I never ever thought I'd say this: In this era of fascist NeoCons, I'm really missing the hell out of Reagan.
But I'd still vote for ELMO first.
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