So I thought it might be useful for me to vent my soul of an
accumulation of material that demonstrates the idiocy of republicanism. Bear in
mind I was a Republican (that’s with a capital R) when it was rooted in the
ideals of Abraham Lincoln. I still admire what Lincoln
So let me share with you examples of why I cannot bring
myself to vote for most republican politicians.
- “Government involvement in healthcare decisions is un-American.” Unless of course you are a woman; then she can’t be trusted to make the right decisions for herself; so we will do that for her. Big government or small?
- Republicans have introduced 46 bills on abortion, 113 bills on religion, 73 bills on family relationships, 36 bills on marriage, 72 bills on firearms, 604 bills on taxation, and 467 bills on government investigation. Yet they BLOCKED the American Jobs Act. Separation of church and state? Big or small government?
- Giving someone else equal rights does not infringe or take away rights of yours. It just makes it illegal to enforce your prejudice and hate. It’s that simple. Republicans continue to block gay/sexual orientation legislation.
- “It makes no sense to make this attack on women. If you don’t feel this is an attack, you need to go home and talk to your wife and your daughters.” Alaska Senator (Republican) Lisa Murkowski. I would add, talk with your mothers, aunts, grandmothers, sisters and sisters in law!
- “Some people say homosexuality is a sin. It’s not. God is perfectly cool with it, and He feels the same way about homosexuality as He does about heterosexuality. Now you might say, ‘whoa, whoa! Slow down…you move too fast. How could you have the audacity, the temerity to speak on behalf of God?’ Exactly. That’s an excellent point, and I pray that you remember it.” Ted Alexandro And this is why church and state are separated. Live your life your way; let others live theirs free of your beliefs.
- “As President, I will: raise the retirement age to 69; prevent social security benefits from keeping pace with inflation; gamble your social security on Wall Street; and lower my own taxes.” Mitt Romney I hope you are getting the point by now!
- What Bush Inherited: strongest economy in decades; record low unemployment (4.2%); record low poverty rates; every segment of the population becoming more prosperous; a budget surplus projected to eliminate the national debt in 20 years.
What Bush accomplished in his 8 years: two recessions; doubled
the
unemployment rate; increased the
poverty rate; wiped out the budget surplus;
doubled the national debt; left us
with a trillion dollar annual deficit; a complete
collapse of the financial
system; unemployment skyrocketed out of control;
750,000 people were thrown out
of work in a single month. And
republicans
appear to think this is OK!
8. FACT: Obama inherited the worst
economy since the Great Depression, with
unemployment on pace to reach 20%
by the end of his first year. Hell
of an
inheritance!
What Obama did in his first 4 years
so far: stemmed tide of out-of-control
recession in only a few months;
rate of job loss improved every month after the
stimulus was passed;
unemployment began declining a year after Obama took
office; over 3
million new jobs have been created; businesses are now reporting
record
profits; the stock market has nearly doubled in value; economy has
improved every month for the past 2 straight years. And he did this with zero
support from republicans; indeed he
accomplished this with their open hostility!
So much for America
I think that’s enough for one sitting. Ideologues can and
will argue each of the points above. I’m sure of that. But please, America
April 29, 2012
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