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Originally posted by Superman
*****! We've got Republicans in our bedrooms, in our hospital rooms, in our bank accounts, in our library records,.....and the nation is imagining that the danger is coming from the liberals.
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And now, the nation is temporarily confused into thinking that the Republicans are for "freedom." Most clever political marketing I have EVER seen.
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Well said! The people running around calling themselves "conservatives" are NOT conservatives, not in the sense that most people understand that term. I've been saying that over and over to little effect, so I hope that people read what you have written above, and re-think their views.
The "Christian Conservative" base that has hi-jacked the Republican party wants to control who you have sex with, who you marry, how you die, who decides when you die, what you can ingest in your body, and on and on and on. They don't care about "judicial activism" or "states rights," or any of the tag lines we continue to hear about. They care about enforcing their religious, moral code on you, no matter what it takes. If its an "activist judge" they need to keep Terri Schiavo alive, fine. If it’s a "strict constructionist" they need to outlaw abortion, bring them on.
They don’t hold a POLITICAL philosophy, they hold a moral one. Whatever legal/political means they can use to enforce their moral code, that suits them just fine. These people are polar opposites of the libertarian wing of the Republican Party, yet somehow they continue to get lumped together.
Now one more thought, and some may think this cynical. I firmly believe that the "conservatives" IN POWER are using the Christian conservative base not because they share this desire to enforce these moral/religious views on the populace, but BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM AND THEIR FRIENDS MONEY. Spouting the moral conservative line keeps them in power, and that power is used to shift wealth where they want it – to their true "base," the wealthiest 1% of the population.
So when I see wage earners supporting this administration, because they think the president is a "conservative," are all I can think to myself is "sucker."