Support and Defend the Constitution

[idlewind]

The undesirables in the Republican party today are a by product of the Reagan revolution. It started under Reagan/Bush, then it became a festering sore while Clinton was in office. With Dubya, it was payback time. Now they are panicking because their vision of America has been categorically rejected and will never thrive. I could conceivably vote Republican if it weren't for the fact that the party comes across as an insane asylum run by the inmates.

What is your solution for these bad people? Is it the "final solution?"

 

[Winnie]

The undesirables in the Republican party today are a by product of the Reagan revolution. I could conceivably vote Republican if it weren't for the fact that the party comes across as an insane asylum run by the inmates.

If you change Republican to Democrat in the above, I would agree with you. As it is, I have to vote with those I most agree with since there are none I completely agree with.

I just don't care much either way on any of the social issues. I have to vote on the fiscal and civil issues. For most of those, the Republican party represents my views.

I wish neither party had extremists or as LuciferSam calls them "undesirables," but both do and both are ruining it for many others.

 

[hnooe]

The undesirables in the Republican party today are a by product of the Reagan revolution. It started under Reagan/Bush, then it became a festering sore while Clinton was in office. With Dubya, it was payback time. Now they are panicking because their vision of America has been categorically rejected and will never thrive. I could conceivably vote Republican if it weren't for the fact that the party comes across as an insane asylum run by the inmates.

No. I was there. It started with Nixon--pitting his "great silent majority" against the hippies and anti war youth in the 1960's. That was the beginning of "If your not with us you are anti American (against us).

Today, the teabagger, deathers, and birthers who are all mixed into the healthcare issues would like to liken themselves to these anti-war protesters in the 1960's, but they are not. They are simply now the older, whiney, out of power (very) base of a dying Republican Party--they are the Limbaugh/Palin wing, their loudest speakers.

The last vestiges of this once great party that once held the likes of Goldwater, Rockefeller, and to a limited degree, Reagan, are gone forever-what is left is a very fearful group clutching God, guns, and religion in a very scary world that has blacks and latinas in power, or coming into power.

Nixon and his advisors created the Pandoras box that we are still seeing today..

 

[idlewind]

No. I was there. It started with Nixon--pitting his "great silent majority" against the hippies and anti war youth in the 1960's. That was the beginning of "If your not with us you are anti American (against us).

Today, the teabagger, deathers, and birthers who are all mixed into the healthcare issues would like to liken themselves to these anti-war protesters in the 1960's, but they are not. They are simple the older, whiney, out of power (very) base of a dying Republican Party--they are the Limbaugh/Palin wing, their loudest speakers.

The last vestiges of this once great party that once held the likes of Goldwater, Rockefeller, and to a limited degree, Reagan, are gone forever-what is left is a very fearful group clutching God, guns, and religion in a very scary world that has blacks and latinas in power or coming into power.

Nixon and his advisors created the Pandoras box that we are still seeing today..

You are so far off base it is laughable.
1. A protester is a protester. Whether they are anti-war, anti-government healthcare, anti-taxes they are simply people who have grievances with the government and seek a means to redress them. This is neither right or left wing, it is freedom at work. You may not agree with them, but they have a right to say what they believe to be true.
2. Many Americans have a desire to return to the roots of our republic, to the principles that fueled the building of the greatest nation on earth. Freedom to bear arms, Freedom of religion and Freedom of Speech are the bedrock principles and must be protected.
3. No one cares what race someone is. It is their VIEWS that mean something. Obama is wrong because he is a tax and spend liberal, it has nothing to do with him being half-black.
4. This coutry is usually conservative and I believe it will return there.

 

[condomimi]

We need more AMERICANS and fewer Democrats and Republicans in our government. We need to re-read our Constitution and return to its wise outline for the safety, growth and continued prosperity of our country. Our founding fathers knew the threat of a federal government being too powerful and that is why the 10th Amendment was so important. We should all encourage our state representatives to recognize each state's sovereignty and prevent the federal government from overstepping its bounds. The states have the power to tell the federal government what it can and cannot do - they just have to reclaim their sovereignty.

(By the way - fire departments, police departments, etc. are not the function of the federal government, but the state.)

 

[Gidget]

I think you left out an interested party: the child. Killing a child is wrong. If you and your doctor agreed to kill your husband, I think someone would have a problem.

That said, I am against a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion. I do think the congress should pass a law removing this from Supreme Court jurisdiction as it is properly a state matter. States should be allowed to handle this as their people wish.

And the life of the mother? There is no black or white. That is why government should stay out of this. I am glad you are against a constitutional amendment though.

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[hnooe]

You are so far off base it is laughable.
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Not too many people are laughing--I am not!

 

[LuciferSam]

What is your solution for these bad people? Is it the "final solution?"

I don't think on such terms, so I'm not sure what you are getting at. I have no idea what you mean by "final solution". I don't have an activist, authoritarian, punitive mindset. All I can say is market forces will eliminate the crazies from the political scene through attrition. Truth, resulting from the free exchange of ideas will create these market forces.

 

[sunspotbaby]

You are so far off base it is laughable.
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Not too many people are laughing--I am not!

:funn::rofl:

 

[hnooe]

You are so far off base it is laughable.
1. A protester is a protester. Whether they are anti-war, anti-government healthcare, anti-taxes they are simply people who have grievances with the government and seek a means to redress them. This is neither right or left wing, it is freedom at work. You may not agree with them, but they have a right to say what they believe to be true.
2. Many Americans have a desire to return to the roots of our republic, to the principles that fueled the building of the greatest nation on earth. Freedom to bear arms, Freedom of religion and Freedom of Speech are the bedrock principles and must be protected.
3. No one cares what race someone is. It is their VIEWS that mean something. Obama is wrong because he is a tax and spend liberal, it has nothing to do with him being half-black.
4. This coutry is usually conservative and I believe it will return there.

This great country will not return to the land of slaves owners, women not being allowed to vote, etc. Politically, as a country, we ying and yang , go back and forth--go forward progressively or backwards or just stay the same (as in 2001 to 2008).

The very great thing about America is that is does continually progress forward. Even the word Conservative has "progressed' since the 1800's, albeit very s l o w l y...