GOP: Autism is god's wrath on America

[sandy whitelinger]

I believe Democratic Govenor George Wallace was in the clan as well. Funny no GOP members elected to any high offices can say that.

It just goes to show the hypocrisy of the Democratic party thinking they should receive the minority vote.

Warren Harding was suspected of being a Republican Klansman and David Duke switched parties to Republican and elected to the Louisiana State legislature. Not exactly high office though.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Further to the post above, what do you think young people - especially young women - care more about: the right to decide for themselves whether to become parents and when, or some minor fiddling with their tax returns?

Young women are completely in control of when they can become parents without any say so from the government or anyone else for that matter except in the case of rape.

 

[Alceste]

Young women are completely in control of when they can become parents without any say so from the government or anyone else for that matter except in the case of rape.

They are now, but the Republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment to bestow all the rights of personhood upon an insensible blastocyst from the moment of conception. On top of that, any congressional body they cobble together to discuss the subject of women's reproductive rights is invariably composed entirely of men. Is it any wonder that young women overwhelmingly voted for the status quo offered by the democrats in the last election?

 

[sandy whitelinger]

They are now, but the Republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment to bestow all the rights of personhood upon an insensible blastocyst from the moment of conception. On top of that, any congressional body they cobble together to discuss the subject of women's reproductive rights is invariably composed entirely of men. Is it any wonder that young women overwhelmingly voted for the status quo offered by the democrats in the last election?

We obviously live on different planets.

 

[Alceste]

We obviously live on different planets.

You obviously didn't read Romney's official party platform before deciding he was the best man for the job.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

You obviously didn't read Romney's official party platform before deciding he was the best man for the job.

Do you know what they say about people who assume? You assume too much. In case you missed it (and I assume you miss a lot) I posted that I wrote in my choice for president last election which precludes voting for either established candidate.

 

[Alceste]

Do you know what they say about people who assume? You assume too much. In case you missed it (and I assume you miss a lot) I posted that I wrote in my choice for president last election which precludes voting for either established candidate.

I'm referring to the fact you seem to be unaware that a constitutional amendment to repeal abortion rights is part of the official GOP platform.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Well, most of them were elected. Rush has the most popular radio show on the planet. Enough evidence? Now I'll generalize; why is it that commie-libs have to denigrate those who disagree with them; this thread as evidence.

As a person who sides with the communist cause, I resent being lumped in with liberals. Communists are not liberals and vice versa. Please stop being ignorant with your political smears.

 

[Alceste]

As a person who sides with the communist cause, I resent being lumped in with liberals. Communists are not liberals and vice versa. Please stop being ignorant with your political smears.

You'll get used to it. Many US conservatives don't know the difference between communism, socialism, liberalism, progressivism, or anything else left of General Franco. They use the terms interchangeably and assume everybody reading understands them to be insults rather than references to a specific political ideology. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

You'll get used to it. Many US conservatives don't know the difference between communism, socialism, liberalism, progressivism, or anything else left of General Franco. They use the terms interchangeably and assume everybody reading understands them to be insults rather than references to a specific political ideology. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

Yes, it's very common thing. I see it happen all the time. It's so annoying. I guess some people can't wrap their minds around the concept of a person being neither a liberal or a conservative.

 

[LuisDantas]

I wonder if they realize how it hurts their credibility and the level of respect they are perceived as deserving.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

As a person who sides with the communist cause, I resent being lumped in with liberals. Communists are not liberals and vice versa. Please stop being ignorant with your political smears.

Thank you, you just proved my point. I purposefully threw that generic statement out as an example of the same kind of blind mudslinging that was going in the opposite direction. It doesn't work going in either direction.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

I'm referring to the fact you seem to be unaware that a constitutional amendment to repeal abortion rights is part of the official GOP platform.

Works for me. You, see there are some good qualities to Republicans. They love children.

 

[Alceste]

Works for me. You, see there are some good qualities to Republicans. They love children.

Fine, go ahead and love it. But it alienates young female voters, so they are going to keep losing elections as long as they keep poking their noses into American bedrooms and meddling with people's family planning decisions. That was my point.

 

[Alceste]

I wonder if they realize how it hurts their credibility and the level of respect they are perceived as deserving.

I don't think so. They have an echo chamber effect going on. They feel credible because they have a bunch of radio and TV shows that reassure them lumping a huge spectrum of political ideas and economic models together is clever. Not only that, but any of them can be steadfastly relied upon as a withering slur.

If you're not living in that propaganda bubble yourself, though, what a spectacle it is!

 

[yoda89]

It depends on who creditability they are focused on. They may have lost your creditability in your eyes yet not those who elected them into office. We all have varying beliefs and the winner is the who gains the most votes. Therefore to say that they are stupid is strictly your opinion. They were intelligent enough to get elected and represent the ideals of those that represent. So your eyes of creditability don't really mean frell to them. As it should not because they do not represent you.

Not to mention the fact that each politician of each party has their own agenda. If you group all representatives of the same party into the exact same ideals it is a close minded claim. One that displays the true extent of your personal knowledge of American politics.

Each individual claim most be analyzed individually. Democrats are often all claimed as Liberals. Republicans are mainly claimed as conservatives. When in fact they vary widely.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

It depends on who creditability they are focused on. They may have lost your creditability in your eyes yet not those who elected them into office. We all have varying beliefs and the winner is the who gains the most votes. Therefore to say that they are stupid is strictly your opinion. They were intelligent enough to get elected and represent the ideals of those that represent. So your eyes of creditability don't really mean frell to them. As it should not because they do not represent you.

Not to mention the fact that each politician of each party has their own agenda. If you group all representatives of the same party into the exact same ideals it is a close minded claim. One that displays the true extent of your personal knowledge of American politics.

Each individual claim most be analyzed individually. Democrats are often all claimed as Liberals. Republicans are mainly claimed as conservatives. When in fact they vary widely.

Yours is a view that I think someone would come to when they put aside personal agendas or feel secure enough in their positions to allow others theirs without attack or look at their world without blinders. I think that we have a pretty good system; it seems to be forgoten that it is an adversarial systems. It would be expected that a two-party system would have opposing views. A bi-cameral legislature combined with a representative republic actually allows for a number opposing views. Having three branches of government with checks and balances makes sure that one view is not dominant over others. All in all the governmental authority lumbers along at a conservative pace alongside the views of a changing society.

Yet the history of our system is occasionally marred by extremist actions; fistfights in congress, the Chicago Convention riots or even assinations. Even the constitutional convention was not without serious devisiveness. Yet I think that if people would remember to act civil and accept their losses the system works as it was intended in a peaceful manner.

Now, while I am in favor of such things as gun rights and not in favor of killing unborn children or a number of other things such as alcoholism, drug abuse, or lying and cheating or dangling participles and the misuse of the English language I am very willing to live my life according to my values and let others live their lives without my interference, as long as our opposing views do not conflict with the leading of our lives. To me God sets the rules let him deal with it. Sometimes that is not possible and we rely on our civil authority to decide the matters according to our system described earlier. Yet as long as I have my values and live in a democratic society I will address my views at the ballot box as I see fit without being effected by the vitriol and sometimes seeming madness of those who oppose my views.

 

[creXifiction]

I don't think that This is a punishment but an attribute for mans behavior.

Also Drugs, Chemicals and Pollutants cause many health problems in child bearing.

 

[Triumphant_Loser]

An example please.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

That's not me you're replying to.

But yes, those who actually hoped Obama might be a progressive were immediately disillusioned within days of his taking office, due to the fact he simply continued all of Bush's most unpopular policies. Even expanded on some of them, like domestic spying, foreign adventurism, the persecution of whistle blowers, the over-use of state secrecy, rendition and torture, letting corporations write their own laws, environmental inaction, yada yada. You know, the stuff progressives care about.

But that disappointment was over long before Obama won his second term. People knew exactly what they were getting - near total political inertia - and they STILL preferred that to the GOP. Mull that one over for a while.

Exactly..... !