What have Republicans done for us lately?

MensNewsDaily.com ^ | December 9, 2003 | Roger F. Gay

[RogerFGay]

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[Dane]

To do so leaves us with nothing but an illusion that we have supported the lesser of two evils. It is time to ask, what have the parties done for me lately? Evil is not what we want and we should not give our support without concrete chang

When you reach your destination called "perfect political world", how about sending me a post card. JMO, but I think I will be waiting by the mail box for a long time.

[theFIRMbss]

>To do so leaves us with nothing but an illusion that we have supported the lesser of two evils.

Which course is the more
rational: elect someone
you know is evil,

and then use all the
checks and balances to keep
the evil in line;

Or elect someone
who is supposed to be good
and who thereby flies

below the radar
of the checks and balances
and can do real harm?!

[RogerFGay]

When you reach your destination called "perfect political world", how about sending me a post card. JMO, but I think I will be waiting by the mail box for a long time.

Yes, that's it exactly. The article comes out very strongly and explicitly in favor of a "perfect political world." Exactly, that's why your reference to a "perfect political world" has quotes around it, right?

[Dane]

Yes, that's it exactly. The article comes out very strongly and explicitly in favor of a "perfect political world." Exactly, that's why your reference to a "perfect political world" has quotes around it, right?

No the reason for the quotes is to emphasize what you are implying. You are looking for perfect political world and it is my contention that you will never find it. Life is all about making a choice between things. Have you found the perfect car, the perfect house, or the perfect diet? You call it the choice of the lesser of two evils. I call it making the best choice and making an educated decision within the realm of possibilty.

Oh BTW, is using bold fonts ok with you?

[Naspino]

Just remember to drop principles by the door on election day. A vote for anyone other than George W. Bush will not be a principled vote it will be a vote for Howard Dean or Hitlery Clinton depending on how the primary comes out.

[Consort]

Just remember to drop principles by the door on election day.

Exactly. In politics, common sense trumps principles, morals, conscience, and personal views, etc. because politicians are like poets and taxi drivers....they make their own rules and regulations, they follow no existing laws and statutes, and they operate within their own set of parameters as defined by them at any given time.

[Orangedog]

A vote for anyone other than George W. Bush will not be a principled vote it will be a vote for Howard Dean or Hitlery Clinton depending on how the primary comes out.

And the GOP has about one election cycle left to rely on that as the overriding reason to keep returning them to power. The GOP leadership in Congress is just about moved "off the reservation" completely regarding spending and growing non-military spending and growth of government. How much of the base can the party afford to p*ss off in 2004 in the hopes of gaining the votes of the insipid soccer-moms who will turn on them the second the dems top them with the "...for the children" line of BS?

The party faithful will sit around and bitch about one segment of the right cost them them election instead of wondering why those people who had always been in their camp stayed home instead of going to the polls.

[Soren]

Just remember to drop principles by the door on election day

The party without principles. I like it. Has a ring to it.

[Independentamerican]

Why do you think we have to vote for either party ? We don't have to vote for Dean or Bush.

[Protagoras]

I call it making the best choice and making an educated decision within the realm of possibilty.

So if two candidates are running and both are equally repugnant to you, you make an informed decision to vote for one because they are the only ones possible?

[Mr. Bird]

It is time to ask, what have the parties done for me lately?

This may come as a shock, but the parties were not created to do anything thing for you. They are there to assist their candidates; they are political entities, not municipal or charitable organizations.

If you've got issues, raise them with your elected reps. If you really want to ask that "what have you done for me lately", why not ask them?

[Consort]

Why do you think we have to vote for either party ? We don't have to vote for Dean or Bush.

Great. Let's reinvent the wheel. Let's add a Third Party to mix so that they can do exactly what the major parties are doing, and further confuse the voters in the process. Why didn't we all think of that?

[Consort]

A lot of conservatives said "screw you" to the GOP in '92 and stayed home on election day or voted for Perot or other Third Party. Now the GOP is appealing to the center for votes and the conservatives are wondering why.

[autoresponder]

Libertarians abound

"Perfectionists" abound

immature, irrational, childlike

They celebrated the 8 years of Clinton?

If they were so principled and viable they would run for elected office and create a perfect political America

Easier to disrupt, stay home, or vote Perot/Buchanan and blame Republicans for what they cause

Single issue basically

The LB goes round the circle and joins the radical leftists, Greenies, Naderites, drug gangs.

Write down their respective agendas

LBs do not like taxes (who does?)

Lefties don't pay taxes!

[Hila]

Bush and whoever may be sacrificed by the Demo party are the parties that will compete. The rest of the parties are ust for show and we all know they will not get near being close to having anyone elected. So, make your vote count by voting Republican or the disgraced demos.

[Naspino]

Why do you think we have to vote for either party ? We don't have to vote for Dean or Bush.

Thats exactly what I said. If you do not vote for Bush then by default you've voted for Dean.

[RogerFGay]

This may come as a shock, but the parties were not created to do anything thing for you. They are there to assist their candidates; they are political entities, not municipal or charitable organizations.

LOLRH -- Ah ... ok, since you don't agree with me, I'll pretend this isn't an election season. DA-OH!

[RogerFGay]

Just remember to drop principles by the door on election day. A vote for anyone other than George W. Bush will not be a principled vote it will be a vote for Howard Dean or Hitlery Clinton depending on how the primary comes out.

The Republicans have adopted so much of the Democrats domestic agenda, that I'm not sure many people care.